Marc Anthony and Cleopatra

Scott and his lovely bride Tracy really did Holloween right this year, appearing as Marc Anthony and Cleopatra. Their constumes were "to the nines!"

IPO in Two Weeks!

For the fourth year in a row, we are happy to be attending (and performing) at IPO NY which this year will take place at Local 269.

which is located at 269 East Houston Street in Manhattan.

Buddy Love is scheduled for Friday evening November 4th at 11PM. We've been working on new material and I hope that some of it is ready to be debuted at that time but even if it's not (to quote a Beatle) "A Splendid Time Is Guaranteed For All!"

Ever Present Past from Memory Almost Full

Rich and I were on our way home from rehearsal the other night and we got on a discussion of little known Paul McCartney albums and I mentioned how awesome the song "Ever Present Past" from the CD "Memory Almost Full" was.

Way back in 2008 (almost to the day) I posted the video for it, so I thought I'd repost it now.

This Sunday it's Back To School... with Buddy Love!

The band took most of the summer off. Now that fall is around the corner we are gearing up for our "Back To School" appearances in the New York Metropolitan area. To kick it off we are playing this Sunday at one of our favorite (and easy!) places, Otto's Shrunken Head and Tiki Bar.

I hope our fan(s!?) can make it!

On another note, we recieved the IPO NY Schedule and am happy to announce that we are set to play Friday evening November 4th at 11:15. Again, for those who don't read the old posts (what? you don't?) IPO NY this year will be at


Local 269
269 East Houston Street
New York 212 228-9874 http://thelocal269.com

Here's the full schedule:

Tuesday, November 1: $10
7:30 Waldo Cros
8:15 Freddy Monday
9:00 Dixon
9:45 BlackBunny
10:30 Action Toolbelt
11:15 The Baghdaddios

Wednesday, November 2: $10
7:30 The Father and The Son
8:15 Michael Lynch
9:00 Lannie Flowers
9:45 meyerman
10:30 The Anderson Council
11:15 The Above

Thursday, November 3: $10
7:30 John Laprade
8:15 Changing Modes
9:00 Wendy Ip
9:45 McGinty & White
10:30 The Hillary Step
11:15 The Middle Eight

Friday, November 4: $10
7:30 The Roebucks
8:15 Vegas With Randolph
9:00 The Peaces
9:45 The Modulators
10:30 The Turnback
11:15 Buddy Love
12:00 The Beat Rats

Saturday, November 5: $10
7:30 Lily Sparks
8:15 The Shirts
9:00 Kurt Reil/Kristin Pinell from The Grip Weeds- Special Acoustic Show
9:45 Sonny Lee & The Layovers
10:30 Dave Rave
11:15 London Egg
12:00 The Reign

Sunday afternoon, November 6: $10
1:00 Joel Streeter
1:45 Zombies Of The Stratosphere
2:30 The Electric Mess
3:15 The Movers
4:00 Lieder
4:45 Sexy Heroes

Sunday evening, November 6: $8
7:30 The Hide and Seek Effect
8:15 Jana Peri
9:00 Twenty Cent Crush
9:45 Bastards of Melody
10:30 The Fallen Troubadours

IPO New York, again!

I am happy to report that David Bash has once again invited us to appear at IPO New York.

The dates for this DO NOT MISS Power Pop Event are November 1 through 6 with all shows to be held at Local 269 which is at 269 East Houston Street.

I'll update you (all three of you) when I know exactly what night we are scheduled for...

Meeting with the management

I met with Maria (our manager) and her associate Roman to discuss the band's next step, now that our distribution arrangement is signed. It was my intention to play them about ten songs (live with acoustic guitar) to decide which ones to concentrate on for new material. I wound up playing more like twenty! ranging from two months to eight years old.

Some of their choices were (to me anyway) obvious but a few were a complete surprise to me. But that was the purpose of the meeting in the first place! To get dispassionate opinions and then to make more informed decisions about which songs for the band to learn.

Among other things discussed were the possibility of outside funding to prepare new recordings for a follow up to our new CD (Buddy Love 2011).

It feels good to have an honest to goodness music business machine working in the background for the band. In fact, this is the first time in our history that we've had such a mechanism in place! I'm glad to have Maria and Roman in our camp.

International POP Overthrow Vol. 14

I almost don't even have to say anything except to mention that our song "Almost In Tears" from our new CD Buddy Love (2011) is included on this fantastic compilation of Modern Melodic Rock.

"Almost In Tears" from "Buddy Love (2011)"