Time for a break / weekend in review

And oh yeah - Happy Halloween children!!!

Well now... let's see.

- The Nerd Parade is taking it kinda easy this week - Chris is out of town right now and we'll be getting together to rehearse for a show on Nov.11 starting next week. Be on the lookout for big info about a show in January soon. The week off is totally ok with me, having dropped something heavy 0n, and injured my right hand yesterday. Things should be cool in a couple of days though. And Randy and I may be doing some other band related work by the end of the week.

- Last weekend's show at Sweetwater Live went pretty well. Austre Giltrap made a big mess, Swank was swank, and we played a very energetic set despite an unexpected faulty bass amp incident near the end of the first song. We enjoyed our first show at the venue and are looking forward to rocking there again.

NP setlist - 10.27 @ Sweetwater Live

spies
wide asleep
we are not sleeping
kenny rogers tune
smedley
a bird's song
the devil of california
one million wooden arches
daylight savings time

THE ONLY SHOW THIS SATURDAY / NOPHEST DETAILS BELOW

It's the only place to be - this Saturday - October 27th. The Nerd Parade will be taking the stage as part of the Sweetwater Bar & Grill's annual Halloween bash!!!

We will be playing with 2 bands that we have good friendships with - Austre Giltrap (with whom we have rocked The Avenue Skatepark & Smith's Olde Bar) and Swank Sinatra (with whom we've rocked last year's Nophest) who will also be producing their brand spanking new, Randy Garcia produced full-length LP. The album rocks very hard and features musical guest spots by NP members Randy, and Abby Wren.

Here are the details on the gig -

Swank Sinatra
w/ The Nerd Parade & Austre Giltrap
@
Sweetwater Live
2920 Old Norcross Rd.
Duluth Ga - 30096

10$ 18+ / 5$ 21+

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Speaking of Nophest - check out the newly launched Nophest site at www.nophest.com. This year's winter edition had its first details announced this week. The festival will be taking place @ Parkgrounds - the coffeehouse / dog park in Reynoldstown, Atlanta - and will run Friday - Sunday, December 7, 8, and 9.

Here is the list of performers confirmed so far - more will be announced soon, and a full schedule with performance times will be available as the even approaches.

CONFRIMED
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Austre Giltrap
Cinetrope
Feeding Fingers
Oski Foundation (Miami FL)
Swank Sinatra
The Green Hit
The Nerd Parade
Wednesday If Not Before
... and many more TBA

Last minute show rolls in for The Nerd Parade - in Athens, Ga - CANCELLED

You can still see The Nerd Parade & Austre Giltrap together later this month at the following shows :

10.14 @ Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta GA
10.27 @ Sweetwater Live - Duluth GA

the next show for The Nerd Parade - help us rock for the cause!!!

Sunday, October 14th we will take the stage in support of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Joann O'Conner. We will be joined by Slim Chickens,Feeding Fingers, our label mates: Adam and the Pinx, our friends Austre Giltrap, and Motown Luminary Ike Stubblefield! The show is early, so no need to worry about getting up late for work on Monday. The cause is noble, and rockin' will be top-notch.Please come out and support!

Check these links:

Susan G. Komen Foundation

Smiths Olde Bar

Our Myspace
(for more frequent updates)

Alice In Chains live - They don't make em' like that anymore...

So last week Kat, Randy, Abby, and myself went to see Alice In Chains at the HiFi Buys Amphitheater here in Atlanta. It was once again amazing to see them. I have a theory that the band never really lost any of it's original magic because they were inactive from about 1997 - 2006, they never spend those long years losing their love for the band's music. Instead - they seem to have missed it badly and came back with a brand new appreciation for just how great they were.

Now I know some of you - including some good friends of mine - view the current AIC as somehow illegitimate. I wholeheartedly disagree. I know for sure that I love Layne Stayley as much as any of them. I hung my head and shed a little tear when I heard he was gone too, but that was 5 years ago. I really respect that the band is bringing these great songs back to the people who loved them so much in the early 90's - and showing a whole new generation just how powerful they are. Also overlooked by the Layne loyalists is the fact that Jerry Cantrell was probably responsible for more than twice songwriting than Layne was - I love the guy - but the sound of AIC that we all love is mostly the doing of the amazing Jerry.

long live Alice In Chains - props to William Duvall - r.i.p. Layne Stayley - we think about ya every time we hear those songs, and I know you're smiling up there watching us all get together and rock out with your old mates - we miss ya!!!

Alice In Chains - 10.03.07 - Atlanta

Again
Grind
We Die Young
Sludge Factory
Them Bones
Rain When I Die
Nutshell
No Excuses
Angry Chair
Man In The Box
Would?
Rooster