LCBR 20 by the great Luke Ski

Episode #20 of "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport" is now up for your listening pleasure (not guaranteed to be pleasurable) http://badrapport.com

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The year so far... by Consortium Of Genius

I had meant to do this a month ago, but I've been just slammed. Interesting, fantastic year so far! Lemme recap, month by month...

• January: Did long overdue overhaul to the main C.O.G.-puter.
• February: Dr. Formelda Hyde officially joined the band. Also commissioned a secondary lineup of C.O.G. to be able to play any gig offered. Also played our first outdoor show.
• March: Played a huge show with Peelander Z and a giant cockroach - our first show on a festival bill.
• April: Played a great show in Huntsville to a bunch of cool Steampunk kids, proving the viability of playing Huntsville (lots better than the previous outing last year.) Also mixed the first material I've ever done that came out on vinyl 45 (for another band - sadly not mine!)
• May: Played first show with Formelda at the Republic in New Orleans - a fantastic night! Did another great radio takeover at Tulane's WTUL FM. Also got the first band writeup in an actual published book.
• June: Got accepted to perform at VoodooFest 2010!!! Friendly persistence pays off!!! Also finished a full length CD for the NOLA ska band The Local Skank.
• July: Played at Ancient City Con, the farthest I've ever driven for a gig. Hopefully not going to stay the farthest though! My friends in Local Skank just completed their east coast tour, and I aim to do that with one of the C.O.G. lineups as well!

As we move into August, I'm getting down to the nitty gritty on the new CD, and have no shows booked until VoodooFest. Gotta reverse that trend! For one thing, any show must be booked two months away in order to effectively promote, and I aim to have the album finished and published by then. So now it's time for me to get off my duff and make some calls. Excuse me!

LCBR 20 by the great Luke Ski

Episode #20 of "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport" was just posted at http://badrapport.com !

Something Awful This Way Went by Nuclear Bubble Wrap

Well it finally happened. Some brave soul just purchased the very last copy of “Something Stupid This Way Comes.” I hope they know they’re in for.

That CD was made in 2005 when we first formed the band. We didn’t know what we were doing and had very little knowledge of musicianship. Songs were recorded without a click track. The guitar playing is atrocious. The songwriting is just plain bad. Nevertheless, it happened. I suppose it had to happen because otherwise, we never would have learned how to actually create music.

Only about 40 copies of that CD actually exist. And the very last one got sold. It’s gone. Forever! We got rid of it. Success!