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Thao with The Get Down Stay Down



Last Updated: 12/10/2009

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City: SF, Richmond,NYC
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/2/2005

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Monday, December 07, 2009 
YALL i posted on oxfam's site to try and help bring more attention to the human toll of climate change and the climate talks beginning today in Copenhagen. Please visit oxfam's site if you like reading loose and fast skits involving world leaders AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY to find out how to get involved and stay updated on Copenhagen.  
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 
Yall we are going to JAPAN! in six days. Japanese record label P-VINE has very graciously agreed to release our new record and thus we are going to thank them in person. We will also be playing shows with Superchunk and our dear friend Simone White. Also we will eat so many things we do not immediately recognize and we will ride on very fast trains and we are going to try very hard to sleep standing up. 

if you are in Japan or will be passing through, might you consider joining us for an evening, or seven. that is how long we will be there. 

from our econo-jet to yours,
thao

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 
Far flung friends,  we are coming for you! rope.

Please see below for when and where.



17-jan NL Rotterdam dBs   
19-jan DE Cologne Blue Shell  
20-jan DE Hamburg Grüner Jäger  
21-jan DE Berlin Magnet  
22-jan DE Munich 59to1  
23-jan AT Vienna FM4 Festival @ Arena  
24-jan AT Innsbruck PMK      
27-jan IT Milan Casa 139  
28-jan FR Basel Kaserne  
29-jan FR Paris la Maroquinerie  
30-jan BE Brussels Botanique  
02-feb UK London POWERS  

we very much look forward to the possibilities. 

best
thao, adam and willis
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 
I miss you. To show it, we are playing a show at the Independent on Saturday, November 21st. It will be the last show of our tour; please come help us remember and forget. 

Hope to see you. 

Best
thao
3:16 PM 
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 
YALL

To help raise money for CASH, an organization that benefits musicians and music organizations, I am offering a songwriting telegram service. All you have to donate to enter the raffle, and then win, and then i will write and record a song for whoever you want, as long as you have something nice to say to them. 
also check out what other bands are doing, maybe their offerings will better suit you. 

COME ON and thanks

best
t
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 
Friends: Today is Blog Action Day, even more than normal. Here at this Oxfam page  I have leapt at the chance to explain why working with Oxfam America is important to me, and a bit of how this organization is fighting climate change and its devastating affect on real live people punch for punch. Please read if you get  a minute, as this is much more important than anything else I blog about. 

thank you, and may you not get caught in a flash flood. 

t 
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 
Friends, real and otherwise:

We are proud and pleased to announce the upcoming release of our new record Know Better Learn Faster-- out Oct. 13th on Kill Rock Stars. To celebrate, we are going on tour. Please see show dates; we are thrilled at the prospect of seeing you again or for the first time.
On this record, we clapped, sang, shouted, laughed, danced, played instruments, and i cried just a little bit, for texture.

We hope you like it more than you don't like it.

Joining us across the country and even some of canada will be The Portland Cello Project and David Shultz and The Skyline.
We are a little bit older and a little bit different but the same amount of very excited to see you in your town, among your people.

all the best,

thao, adam and willis


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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 

Yesterday a record was released by the Portland Cello Project titled The Thao and Justin Power Session. Justin Power is a songwriter in Portland. He has some songs on there as well. He is really great. He is also, just for the sake of the album title, my husband. 

As wife, i contributed four previously recorded songs and re-recorded them with the ever impressive and beautiful sounding ensemble. Together (willis included) we revisited Violet, Tally Marks, Beat (Health, Life and Fire) and Geography. The arrangements are so fantastic, you might think the songs sound better with an ocean of cellos and you might compare them in  your mind to our other versions without any cellos and then you might be polite and say you like both, they are just different. we thank you in advance for your diplomacy. 

Also included are beautiful cello-only pieces. 

 we'll be playing in seattle (Triple Door) tomorrow  and Portland (Aladdin Theater)  the next night in support of the release. 

NORTHBEST why don't you come on too. 



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Thursday, May 28, 2009 
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 

Thao with The Get Down and Stay Down are playing LIVE at MusicRise in Videoranch3D on Sunday May 24th.  

Videoranch is a 3D virtual world on the internet, where LIVE musical performances occur in real-time, attended by a virtual audience made up of people like you from all over the world.   

Anyone can attend, but only via the Internet.   

It’s free and open to the Public.  

All you need is high speed Internet connection and a good computer running Windows. The concerts are live ---NOT pre-recorded--- in real time high resolution video and CD quality sound.  

Just go to www.videoranch3d.com. Click on "Download the Videoranch 3D software and sign in as a visitor”. Choose Open, and it will automatically install and start the software for you in just a few seconds.  

You are REALLY there!   

Once inside Videoranch3D, you have an avatar you can move around the venue, where you will see the other people attending the concert from around the world. Thao and the band can see your Avatar and respond to your comments.   

All LIVE and in REAL TIME.  

Ranch Hands will be on duty to help you and will greet you the moment you log on.  

To find out more information email vr3d@videoranch.com or call toll free 1-866-727-2639.  

Show Times Around the world:

Pacific Time: 4PM to 5PM

Mountain Time: 8PM to 9PM

Central Time: 9PM to 10PM

Eastern Time: 10PM to 11PM

UK Time: 3AM to 4AM

European Continent: 4AM to 5AM

New Zealand Time: Monday 11AM to 12Noon

Sydney AU: Monday, 9AM to 11AM

Tokyo: Monday, 10AM to 11AM  

There will be give-aways throughout the weekend long festival from Fender, Ephiphone, Gretsch, Shure, Audio-Technica, SKB Cases, DigiTech, Line6 and more! 

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