Sorry, but we have had to cancel our Potter's House gig.  The Black Finks will still be playing and it is still a most worthy benefit so you should still go.

A Thousand Apologies

I wrote the words and some of the music, Dawn wrote the good parts of the music and the keyboard riff (except for the "ow!", that part was mine).  Video is still being conceptualized, but if you send us a video clip of you singing the You'll shoot your eye out part, maybe we'll use it!. 

We hope you like it.  Download and forward it to your friends so that the whole world will be singing "you'll shoot your eye out" on Christmas Day!  What could be more Christmas-y!

Yup, we finally finished our first Christmas song, and of course, it is based on my favorite Christmas movie of all time, A Christmas Story.

A few more vocals to record then it will be posted...hopefully by the weekend. Not to give too much away but it rocks.  and rolls.

...imagine all the happy families gathered round the tree this year as they sing the glorious chorus of "you'll shoot your eye out"

lyrics will be posted soon for all your sing-a-long needs 

Finally!

The one and only Dawn Dineen is featured on NPR.org's All Songs Considered Open Mic.  She was artist of the day on Friday.  My fave song, Tomboys, (cause I don't fuss my hair very much) will be available for your listening please for a few more days, at least.

go, now, and click

http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1094

but now (as of 11/13/07) the name of the show has changed to "Second Stage" so look for that if you don't see Open Mic on the All Songs Considered site.

Did you miss the show?  Forget to get a CD?

no worries, they are now available at cdbaby.com

http://cdbaby.com/cd/airportboulevard

if you forgot to get a t-shirt, email me directly and we can work something out!

....loading in for the big CD release party at the club she loves more than any other club in the entire world. The drive over was cold, drizzly and long. Through the mix of exhaust and road spray thoughts such as "I hope I don't whack myself in the head with a microphone again or do something else stupid" and "Man, this rain is going to keep people away" and "What a drag so many people already emailed to say they couldn't make it" and "Did I fill the belt buckle?" run through her head. Pulling up to the club, once again tragically prompt for anyone- especially a musician, she starts getting out the guitar and t-shirts and CD's and other crap and slogging it to the door. Pushing into the club, the scene is familiar, a crowd around the bar toasting happy hour.

And then it all starts to spin in a crazy, timewarp-y kind of way. The crowd is not the usual happy hour crowd, it is composed almost entirely of her sorority sisters, many of whom she has not seen in years. Most of whom had lied through their teeth saying they could not come to the show! Standing there like a slack-jawed idiot, no words come out of her mouth except for things like "What the ...?"  and "What the....?" and also "Huh? What the...." The shell shock lasts for a good long while as even more sisters appear- as if there was a little clown car outside then they just kept pouring out of it. Someone flew in from Minneapolis this afternoon and has to fly back tomorrow at 6AM- from Dulles??!?!? Another came in from Seattle?? And New Orleans? And New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Richmond?

New thoughts take over from the drive time version: "I can't believe I didn't know" "Are they crazy?" "How did I get so lucky to have such great friends?" "Holy Crap! We better not suck tonight!" "Do I lose my indie cred once everyone finds out I am Delta Gamma born, Delta Gamma bred, Delta Gamma till I'm dead?" "Am I dreaming this?" and "Did I fill the belt buckle?"

So, that's what happened to me at the CD release party. Unbeknownst to me, all the Delta Gams plotted and planned for months, called Steve at IOTA for the details (alot) and surprised the living crap out of me because, as one said, "Some have baby showers and bridal showers, you have a CD release". I agree, the labor was long and hard, after all.

So anyway, that's how the night started. Check the photos for the rest of the story. I'm pretty sure they won't print them in the alumni magazine but we're gonna try.

We sat around afterwards and drank and talked and laughed till the smoke alarm went off. The same amazing, crazy, funny, eclectic bunch we were back in the day when we didn't fit in any other sorority so we formed our own, and proceeded to set backseats of cars on fire using only a beer keg and throw raw biscuits at each other for reasons still unknown.

Sometimes life is just so good you can't even figure out how to deal with it or how to express it or how to thank them all for understanding that showing up for your CD shower means the world and then some.

Damn Good.

I think I need to refill the belt buckle, there are still too many caribou in here.

Just wanted to make mention of the kind folks who have helped promote the show:

My good old Alma Mater (times 3)

The ever wonderful Mr Joel 

Yeah, so, the CD officially dropped yesterday!!  All 100 remaining copies.  Wow, who woulda thought it would actually happen?!  (Thanks Dawn!)

You can get yours very soon at cdbaby.com. or make it easier on yourself, save the shipping and get it at IOTA tomorrow at the release party.  Then you can get t-shirts, buttons, stickers and a photo of yourself with your favorite Airport Boulevardier

Starting off the night will be Dawn Dineen and the Cue and The Art Daniels Band.  A bargain at only $10.

They're sitting in 3 heavy boxes in the basement, awaiting the release party in Oct. The final package/artwork/design is so cool!  And although it's still pretty unnerving to hear my own voice, it sounds pretty cool too.

Why does it seem so much more legit when it's shrinkwrapped? 

Time to stop thinking about rowing all the time and work on getting back the guitar calluses

So, here's the thing.  We love having friends.  Friends are great. It would be a sad, sad world without friends. But here at Airport Boulevard, it's more about quality over quantity.  So drop a line when you send the friends request so we know you actually spent a couple of seconds on our little corner of the binary world....tell us how you found us...or why we should be friends....or send a good recipe for lemon bars or martinis.

Cheers

~AB