Interesting week. Only a few highlights. A lot of discovery to do with some of these unknowns. We'll see what comes of it. Silversun Pickups - SwoonDeath Cab For Cutie - The Open Door EPMetric - FantasiesDay26 - Forever in a DayBuddy Guy - The Definitive BuddyIda Maria - Fortress Round My HeartEasy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub BandBernie Williams - Moving ForwardJohn Doe - Cou...
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Fastball, famous for their hit single "The Way", is back on the music scene with a new album, Little White Lies. Set to be released in the spring of 2009, Little White Lies is the group's first album in five years. They have recently updated both their official website and myspace page, in preparation for the new album's release. Currently all of the songs on the band's myspace page appear to b...
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Back in March, during the SxSW Film Festival, I caught Fastball at The Saxon Pub in their hometown of Austin, Texas. They always seem to put on a great show there, and this one was no exception.I made audio and video recordings and my friend Shelly also filmed the show. I put the recordings together and it turned out pretty nice. Here's an example. (Hint: Click on the Permalink below to see it ...
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Fastball is happy to be joined by new bass player, backing vocalist, Bruce Hughes. Here Bruces' got my back onstage at Antone's , Home Of The Blues, Austin, TX. 2/4/08Bruce joins us after many years in music; He was the bassist of indie/jam prototype Poi Dog Pondering and now plays with us! In his band the Resentments, Bruce plays alongside Texas music luminaries, "Scrappy" Judd Newcomb, Steph...
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First of all, my apologies for the stupid title. Yesterday was very interesting indeed as gigs go. As I said yesterday, we would be playing a set before the Austin appearance of Barak Obama at the Backyard. Well that's just what we did! No, that's not our high powered manager on the stage with us. That's a secret service agent, I think his name is Darrell. He was very nice and did not smile. ...
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Interesting week. Only a few highlights. A lot of discovery to do with some of these unknowns. We'll see what comes of it. Silversun Pickups - SwoonDeath Cab For Cutie - The Open Door EPMetric - FantasiesDay26 - Forever in a DayBuddy Guy - The Definitive BuddyIda Maria - Fortress Round My HeartEasy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub BandBernie Williams - Moving ForwardJohn Doe - Cou...
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Yesterday I visited a place I had never been, saw something I had never seen and heard something I had never heard. Lakeway is a community on the shore of Lake Travis, west of Austin. Basically built around a golf course, there isn't a straight piece of road in the place. Lakeway Resort is on a hillside overlooking the lake, which means you have to negotiate all the hilly, curvy streets to get ...
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San Antonio really is lame. Yes, I live here, and believe me I wish it weren't true. That's why I spend so much time in Austin. I'm not making excuses for my fellow San Antonians. But it does explain a lot about last night's Fastball show at The White Rabbit.The whole idea of Fastball playing a show at The White Rabbit seemed a bit incongruous. The White Rabbit used to be a haven for up-and-com...
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I had never been to NYC (not really, anyway, just a drive-by several years ago). S and I decided to make a long weekend of it and went a couple of days early. We did the obligatory tourist thing: took a bus tour, caught a couple of Broadway shows, stuffed our faces in the great delis along 7th Avenue. And spent a fortune in the process. Oh, well, it was worth it.The highlight, of course, was th...
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Oh, man. What a show. It had been somewhat over two months since my last Fastball show, but it seemed like longer. I was really looking forward to last night's show, and I wasn't disappointed. It was a stiflingly hot night, sign of a long hot summer to come. I was uncomfortable, so I can only imagine how the guys felt on stage (especially Joey!). Still, despite the ridiculous heat, the boys put...
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Fastball is one of those groups that hasn't been heard of in a long time- but they are coming back after about 5 years. Here is the title track to the new CD due April 14th.
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Don't argue people, just accept it as fact.
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Some of you may know about my career as a rock singer in the band Fastball. We started in Austin, Tx in 1994 when Miles Zuniga, Joey Shuffield and myself formed after Miles moved back to town from Berkley, Ca. Things moved super fast for us in that final decade of music industry decadence. We performed the ??goat dance?? for the label and for radio and it really paid off. Had a couple of hits. ...
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I've just arrived home from a busy weekend with the band out to the east coast. We started off in Poughkeepsie, NY for a friday night gig at chances. Ew. What stink-hole! We're done with that place I'll tell you that much. I've never been so happy to get back to the Best Western. Miles and I were being ignored by the bartender so we partied in the parking lot with a Mexican rock band called los...
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I regret that I failed to attend any MOG parties in town, I was out of the loop as I haven't been around for a while. Plus, way too busy juggling family and SXSW Fastball stuff. We did various local TV and radio performances as well as 3 shows which all went very well. I didn't see any bands at all! I was all business; just got in there, did my thing and went home. I guess that's the beauty of ...
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| 1 You're an Ocean |
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| 2 Our Misunderstanding |
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| 3 The Way |
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| 4 Perfect World |
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