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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
These United States
Thanks, friends and fans, for two lovely shows in Calgary and Edmonton!
(the above photo is from neither event- it's me and my buddy Mike at the Last Chance Saloon in Wayne a couple of weeks ago)
The releases for 'These United States' were populated with a mix of those young in years and wise in spirit, graduated in years and youthful at heart, the funny, fun, smart, sensitive and strange. Many thanks for supporting the Crack Band, and filling the request box with so man Cactus Mans and One Shoes.
For those who haven't received the 'special edition' copy of the new CD available only at those two shows, the lead off track 'Soul Food' is up on our Myspace. I'll let you know when the full CD is set for sale for download and in stores.
www.myspace.com/kdcrackband
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Q: How do I when I've written a hit? A: When there's a Mazerati at the bottom of your swimming pool.
So says the music industry conference panel member to the aspiring songwriter.
What a fine time Dave Lang and I had on our B.C. tour! Lots of laughs. Lots of laughs.
Dave has excellent new songs with sensual, jazzy chords and darkly hilarious words. Listen to these songs, I implore you:
www.davelang.com
www.myspace.com/davelanggoddamnit
There were no nights that were not late, and we even filmed a pilot of a cooking show with Carolyn Mark in which songwriters and their friends party in the kitchen while Carolyn charms and sings and gets the sous chef (me) to chop the veggies.
I have a few new songs whose titles will make no sense to you unless you've heard them, but stay tuned for a summer acoustic recording that features such numbers as 'Bury the Needle', about driving fast in order to forget one's lack of prospects, 'Johann Heesters', about the world's oldest entertainer and former Third Reich favourite, and 'The British Rape Krakow', which is becoming a live favourite and needs to be recorded.
Bye for now.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Crack Band show in Edmonton tonight, Friday June 5!
Crack Band show in Edmonton tonight, Friday June 5
Hello friends! The band and I are playing tonight, Friday June 5 at the Artery in Edmonton. I had the date on the posters as Saturday June 5, which was wrong and silly of me. Hope there was not too much confusion.
Show starts at 9 pm! The address is 9535 Jasper Avenue
See you!
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Hello friends! The band and I are playing tonight, Friday June 5 at the Artery in Edmonton. I had the date on the posters as Saturday June 5, which was wrong and silly of me. Hope there was not too much confusion.
Show starts at 9 pm! The address is 9535 Jasper Avenue
See you!
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Spring has Sprung, yes, and I'm a Believer
West Coast Turnaround with Dave Lang!
Crack Band shows!
'Get a Real Job' nominated for another award!
I live in a world in which I can plan to spend a couple of weeks in early spring playing music on the islands of the west coast of Canada, laughing and drinking with Carolyn Mark and Geoff Berner and Ford Pier, eating candied salmon, looking for marine mammals from the ferry. I am humbled in my joy. Check out the gigs page for B.C. tour dates with Dave Lang (and a few with Tolan Mcneil!).
And we are getting very close to finishing a long overdue Crack Band recording. Peter Moller, our drummer, has been working like a mad man on the final mixes, and the songs sound fantastic. Check out our www.myspace/kdcrackband for samples of 'Soul Food' and 'Double Down'.
And, 'Get a Real Job', my article for Unlimited Magazine last year, has been nominated for a West Coast Magazine Award in the arts and culture category. If I win, I'm buying a very large tray of bedding out plants.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Kris Demeanor's 'Get a Real Job' wins Best New Writer award
Just when I thought I was 100% folk/rock institution, the article I wrote chronicling all the shit jobs I've had for Unlimited Magazine gets a National Magazine Award!
Well, what was a delightful surprise. Now I'll be able to put a down payment on that quad. I must thank former Unlimited editor Dan Rubenstein for asking me to do the piece, and for nominating it for the award, and thanks to all the current staff at Unlimited Magazine.
Please check out the article, Unlimited online, and see the rest of nominees for the National Magazine Awards.
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