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Welcome To The January
                             Issue of Mil Mania!

Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2007

 

Music Mayhem    

As noted in the December 2005 edition of Mil Mania, I continue to include news in every issue to keep readers up to date on the latest happenings with the three acts most prominently featured on www.artistinsane.com. However, I now also choose one additional artist — in some cases a new discovery I’ve recently made, in others an individual or group whose work I’ve long appreciated — to make a one-time appearance here.  And, as with all aspects of Mil Mania, feel free to offer suggestions.

 

This month’s featured art-
ist…

 

John Waite  —   Like
Counting Crows, who oc-
cupied this column in the
Nov. ‘06 issue, here’s an
other artist I always
planned to feature here one day…
and have no idea why it took
me so long to get a
(that’s a round tuit...i.e.
“round to it”  for those of 
you who’ve never read the inaugural issue of this publication from Oct. ‘05)  Unlike Counting Crows, however, my appreciation of John Waite’s voice and work is truly almost lifelong...dating back well before my teens — and, more significantly, persisting through his many solo and band incarnations, soundtrack appearances and more in the years following.   In any case, upon deciding to include him here at last and looking for a website/recent news to share on him I learned the timing was most likely “meant to be”...as it turns out a new release entitled Downtown: Journey of a Heart just hit stores on Jan. 9  A collection of his greatest hits and favorite songs (including a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited”)  you can purchase this now on Amazon.com.  You can also listen to a few songs from it — including a new duet version of the 80’s hit, “Missing You” (featuring Allison Krauss) at the official John Waite myspace page and get additional info by vising the website, www.johnwaiteonline.com.  Do so and I suspect you’ll find this “journey” well worth taking.

……………………..

 

Third Eye Blind has recently put out the following big news…“ for the 10th anniversary of the release of Third Eye Blind's 1st album the band will be playing at the Fillmore on March 13th & 14th.... These shows will be filmed for broadcast on HDNet as well as normal broadcast and release on DVD… they will be special events with set-lists containing songs not played in years and new tracks as well as 3EB favorites...     
     If there was ever a time to make the trek across country to see the band in action, this is the time...so make your plans now!”

     What’s likewise big news in the world of 3eb is the fact this announcement was distributed via the mailing list of the (last year de-activated) website, StephanJenkins.com (for which, you may recall, I was chosen to write the band’s bio, and have updated this every year since).  And, so I’ve through this learned...the site is back!!! 

     Of course, that’s not to in any way minimize the efforts of  Adam and his own ever-evolving site, The Village Churchyard (where the same bio is also published) which is to be thanked profusely for keeping fans fully informed during the interim…and continuing to offer an additional web home for supporters of the band.

 

Brian Fitzpatrick is moving forward with preliminary work for his fifth album.  Here’s what he had to say about it in a recent myspace blog:  “So...I have three new tunes recorded. Right now they are just demos, but I am making progress at break neck speed. I am very happy with what I have so far. I think it is a big departure from ‘Further Down The Line’ and it sounds very fresh to my ears.”

     And, given the rarity performances by this artist have become, here’s the other exciting announcement included in the same blog:

      “I will be playing a solo acoustic show at The Underpass on January 19th. I hope you all can make it down. I promise it will be a good show. I go on first, which is around 9:00. Stop by and say Hello!”   Drat! I missed it!  If YOU made it, however, please feel free to share some highlights I might pass along to readers next month. 

 

Michael McDermott played a very well received show just days ago at The Beverly Arts Center in Chicago.  According to those present it was a truly memorable event...a recap of which you can read at this thread from Michael’s website bulletin board, The Pauper’s Sky.  (Setlist can be read on my site here.)  It was also announced at this show that the new album, Noise From Words, is now scheduled for an April 4th release date.  If you live in the Midwest, however, you don’t have to wait that long to experience previews of this work — you can simply attend one of the many live
shows taking place in Feb. and March.  Check out Michael’s page at
myspace.com for more details.

 

 

 
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