Hey, all of you readers must have by this time seen the January music calendar for the UCA but if you have actually been INTO the café anytime recently then you have only seen part of the calendar on the wall, you know the big ones that Mark keeps on the walls – it’ missing an important date FRIDAY JAN. 21 JUSTIN MARKERT is an indie pop singer songwriter acoustic guitar slinger guy who has most recently been traveling in Europe, he was in Spain, England, and Amsterdam. Justin, as you might recall, owned and operated his own coffee shop for awhile there, the Cellar Door, they had a healthy little music scene cooking at the coffee shop from what I understood (I never actually made it out there) however Justin has since moved on to bigger and better things. C’mon out and hear this young guy - he is worth the visit!

I had to miss Matt’s solo show at UCA last Sat. – how was it? Did any of you readers hear Matt do his solo acoustic thing? Matt G. has an awful lot of talent and it’s possible we are all going to be hearing him play out allot more in the near future – and, conveniently enough I just got his band schedule in my email box, the email explains that Matt’s band is going to play a few shows with bass player Corby Hien – interesting (Corby is pretty much a MONSTER bass player) - here is the near future schedule:

MATT GEROVAC IMPLOSION
TOUR DATES:

Fri., Jan. 21, 9 p.m. - SHADOW LOUNGE - 5972 Baum
Blvd. - Pittsburgh, PA

Sat., Jan. 22, 10 p.m. - BROWN HOTEL - 6 Water St,
Indiana,PA

Thurs., Jan. 27, 9 p.m. - MANHATTAN'S - 1516 Adams St.
- Toledo, OH

Fri., Jan. 28, 10 p.m. - VILLAGE IDIOT - 309 Conants
St. - Maumee, OH

Sat., Jan. 29, 9 p.m.- KALAMAZOO BREWING CO. -
355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo, MI

Sat., Feb. 5, 10 p.m. - SOUTHSIDE - 2207 W. 11th St. -
Cleveland, OH

OH MAN!!!! I met John Hill recently at the Lakewood Library, you know, he is the Cleveland’s high end electric guitar and bass entrepreneur fellow – anyhow, he is such a really low-key fellow and he is bringing a bunch of guitars to the Agora TONIGHT for the filming of a pilot series called “Axe to Grind” – gosh, this sounds way to sweet - they got all the local hot axe slingers players tonight:

The Billy Morris Band
Swim
The Armstrong Bearcat Band
Beau Coup
SNC
The Bad Boys of Blues
AND
Special Surprise Guest: MICHAEL STANLEY!

All these hot shots will play Hill Guitars tonight! Whoooooo sweeeeeeetneeeessss!!!


You can even enter to win a Hill Custom Guitar! And a portion of the proceeds will benefit breast cancer research – wow, I wish I could go I feel so – lame.

Uhm, hmmm - Jordan Stone answered my email, HE answered my email - the lady featured in some of his site design is his wife! So, someone is the godess. Coolness that he answered me. What else, oh yeah - I have heard Kaki King, she honed her acoustic guitar style on the subway platforms in NYC - check her site out - she is at HOB this Thusrday and tickets are "ONLY" almost 30 bucks - ouch. Geesh though, what some girls can do to a dang acoustic guitar, it's almost unbelievable.

Audra Kubat updated her webblog - she is in NYC busting her ass - nice to see something from her, I have been wondering. I cannot wait to hear her new album!! Well, I suppose I will have to wait. She is at The LIving Room end of this month.

The Musicians Friend is now duping CD's for a couple cents over a buck a piece on 50 or more and they have this cool web interface that allows you to design the CD face right online. The printing is thermal, good quality on a silver CD. Coolness.

And, hey, I finally have my own copy of the recent Cats On Holiday CD recorded 98 percent live downtown at Wilberts - I will be listening to it ASAP.

I watched some of Storefront Hitchcock last night, Robyn Hitchcok live in a storefront downtown NYC. Cool.

Well, I am at work i better actually do some work.

G'bye.