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11/13/08

The Glad Version will peform live on Fox 9 this Saturday (11/15) in support of the Cities 97 20th Anniversary Sampler (featuring "Can't Wait For October"). For more info visit the Fox 9 website.

10/26/08

Jason Nagel was kind enough to put The Glad Version's video for "Deadwood" on the Minnesota Music page of Cities97.com.

Cities 97: Music from Then - Music from Now

10/26/08

So, we just returned from a fantastic trip to New York for the 2008 CMJ Music Festival. Draw Fire Record's biodiesel bus adventure was a success. The trip started with a night of apprehensive sleep in uncomfortable positions. However, as soon as the bus landed at our hotel in beautiful Elizabeth NJ (just outside of Newark), the good times started rolling. I decided to go for a walk and see if I could get some beer for the boys. Apparently the apocalypse preceded my stroll through the neighborhood near the hotel. The streets were lined with broken glass, syringes, garbage, and shopping carts. Absolutely every establishment (including McDonald's) was surrounded by razor wire atop ten foot fences. When I did finally find a liquor store, I started to wonder if walking back to the hotel with a bag full of booze was such a good idea. Fortunately, Newark let me live.

The bus delivered us to the Ivy Brown Gallery late Friday afternoon. We loaded our gear into the space, and then Kyle and Justin were kind enough to set up all of the sound equipment so that it would be ready for the show. Travis, Tor, Chris, Jenn, Holly and I walked up the block to get CMJ badges and dinner. With sets by Stook!, Sam Keenan, us, Aviette, Bill Mike Band, and Kid Dakota playing to a full house at the Ivy Brown Gallery, DFR swung and swayed through a night in Manhattan. Full of Surly, I accidentally dropped the keg down the stairs as were leaving. For some reason, my mind decides to get inappropriately emotional in certain really benign situations... the "keg dropping" was one of these situations... I guess that's why I write songs.

The bus trip home was filled with better sleep, episodes of The Office, and podcasts. Andrea, Jenn, and Eric were doing their best to document the trip. You can find blog entries, podcast highlights and pictures at the following links:

http://blogs.citypages.com/ctg/minnesota_does/

http://howwastheshow.blogspot.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennbarnett/2967615844/in/set-72157608310752153/

1)  Draw Fire Records Showcase!
Turf Club
Friday 10/17/08
Doors at 8
Music starts at 9pm sharp!
$6 at the door
Bands performing include Stook!, Aviette, Bill Mike Band, The Glad Version, and Sam Keenan.

2)  "Draw Fire Records is proud to present the first annual Draw Fire Records Showcase, taking place at the Turf Club on Friday, October 17, 2008. This showcase will celebrate the release of six albums by Draw Fire Records in the past year and will serve as the send-off party for the Draw Fire Records Bio-Diesel Bus Adventure to the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City beginning October 22, 2008."  

"Draw Fire Records is an artist-friendly, cooperative recording company based in the Twin Cities and home to all of the bands playing this evening. In addition to having Stook! and The Glad Version's albums making the Top 20 of The Star Tribune's Twin Cities Critics' Tally, Draw Fire artists have enjoyed exposure on 89.3 The Current, Cities 97, IndieFeed, and KARE 11 and in such local publications as City Pages, The Star Tribune, Minneapolis Saint Paul Magazine, Reveille Magazine and The St. Paul Pioneer Press. Draw Fire Records was also recently featured in Twin Cities Business Magazine."

3) TGV performance on Kare 11 last Saturday
Link

4)  TGV's "Can't Wait for October" is on the Cities 97 20th Anniversary Sampler that is being released on
Link

5) The Glad Version is playing CMJ this year thanks to Holly and David at Draw Fire Records!  The CMJ showcase is next Friday, 10/24 at the Ivy Brown Gallery.  Please take a look at the information below regarding the spectacular art show we'll be sharing the space with: Ivy Brown Gallery 212 925 1111 675 Hudson Street between 13th + 14th streets "Wide Open" Sept 10th- October 24th Cody S. Brothers

Cody's families were some first settler's in New Mexico. Cody's paternal family were among the first farmers in the four corners area in Farmington, they had an apple orchard. Cody's paternal great, great grandmother, Mary Hudson Brothers was the author of Pecos Pioneer as well as some of the first stories about Billy the Kid (she knew him) published by New Mexico Press. Cody's maternal grandfather, Pa, worked on the oil field, he would take Cody on the road through the desert showing him the landscape's and pointing out the rock formations while educating Cody on their corner of the world. Pa also took Cody to Israel, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden and the former USSR and several fishing and hunting trips in Alaska and Canada. Pa was the driving force behind Cody going to Military school as he was an ex marine raider and WWII veteran. Pa was a huge influence on Cody's life and opened Cody's eye to the world. It was one of the most difficult decisions to leave the military, as it was Pa's dream. Wide Open is the view from Cody's heart' eye. It is the landscape he grew up in and chooses to live in. It is a view from a native's eye; Cody shows us the difference between the "New" New Mexico and the old magical beauty that still exists. The West had hope; people went out West for a better life, adventure and the wide-open landscape. And they still do. Theses landscapes are breathtaking and dreamlike. It shows us what is and was. Who built that house? Did they farm there? Did they live there all their lives or did they have to abandon their home? How did that car make it to the end of the road? Was someone stranded? Did someone perish or were they saved? Cody offers his unique view of the beauty of the landscape and its failed dreams. His technique and his talent make these images hauntingly magical and transcend the viewer. Born in Farmington, New Mexico 1966. Educated in Albuquerque NM Attended Marin Military Academy in Harlingen, TX Appointed to West Point, left after 2 years moved to Florida, surfed for 2 years, while working as a framer. Graduated Orlando College in Art. Cody and his wife Nikkol Brothers own a photo lab, Visions Photo Lab in Santa Fe, NM. All the printing and mounting are done by Cody Brothers.

6) **Draw Fire Records has received generous support for its annual showcase and trip to CMJ from Surly Brewing, Pizza Luce, Metromix, KARE 11, Richfield Bus Company, Heartland Tours, OurStage.com, BetterThanTheVan.com and FutureEating.org**

www.surlybrewing.com
pizzaluce.com
www.metromix.com
www.kare11.com
www.richfieldbus.com
http://www.heartlandtoursandtravel.net
www.ourstage.com
www.betterthanthevan.com
www.futureeating.org

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