'Songs from the Year of Our Demise' - January 2006

Snippet from updates on jonauer.com:

And now for the bad news…After all the trials and tribulations, long lonely late night hours, a million and one morning stars counted, and many of what can now be officially labeled “Odes to Wishful Thinking”, “Songs from the Year of Our Demise” will not be released in the near future as I’d originally hoped. Simply put, there just isn’t enough time to do it any real justice as we’ve almost entered the realm of the Posies pre-release/tour press and such. Further prolonging my “masterpiece” from being released, Big Star is all set to put out our new record in late August/early September so the soonest mine really has a chance of reaching your patient hands is.......................January 2006.



#++&*%?+=!#*&*!!!!!!!!!!!!



Hell, it may even be a little later than that depending on how well the Posies stuff goes. Not the way I wanted it, but it’s really all because of me and my “perfectionism” and all that "I-Love-Stanley-Kubrick-He's-My-Idol" stuff so there’s no one else to point a finger at but yours truly. The way I look at it, at least the record is done and I’m finally getting a little sleep. As a bonus, my label couldn’t be happier with the final product and the people who have heard it say it was worth the wait (“But for fuck’s sake” they pointedly add, “don’t you dare take so long to make the next one!”). Some have even expressed how they were quite surprise by some of the material and all the attention to detail. To my ears, this can only be positive news and it’s nice to know you can still surprise those so familiar. So yes, I’ll have some waiting to do (the hardest part) but I’m already plotting the solo future after the Posies and Big Star finish doing their thing. When you think about it, we’re talking about another nine months of waiting or so and time moving the way it does for me these days, “Songs from the Year of Our Demise” is practically just around the corner. Plus, when I do actually tour, I’m going to go full tilt and do more shows and play more places than I would’ve been able too had I started in May of this year. And, in spite of it all, I’m still considering doing a few shows in the major cites of the US and maybe a show in London and/or Amsterdam before the Posies and Big Star start taking up all manner of available time from July 15th until the end of 2005. No promises or dates yet, but I'd sure like it to happen

Soft Commands released in Japan

The Japanese edition of 'Soft Commands', featuring the two bonus tracks from the European release and two more bonus tracks, is available on Cd Japan (thanks to Carsten via kenstringfellow.com!) for $23.

The bonus tracks are covers of the Association's 'Never My Love', Neil Young's 'Down to the Wire', R.E.M.'s 'New Test Leper', and Stevie Wonder's 'Knocks Me Off My Feet'.

Upcoming Posies date

From KS.com -

5/7 POSIES at the Nightlight, Bellingham USA

Posies album news & new Ken tour dates

As posted by Barbara Mitchell to the dear23 list -

just wanted to check in with a quick update. i'm sure you all know jon's
record is done - should have news on a release date, etc. soon. posies album
is done and will be out WORLDWIDE at the end of june. we're putting together
the subsequent tour - be assured that even if you live in outer mongolia,
you're likely to get an opportunity to see them this time around!

in the meantime, ken's doing some solo dates in between r.e.m. duties. we
just confirmed the australian tour (a co-headlining run with even) and two
dates in new zealand. details below.

i should have some more news shortly. this is going to be a VERY busy year
(or years!) in the land o' posies. thanks for all your patience and support!

EVEN and KEN STRINGFELLOW "Together Alone" April 2005

Saturday 9th - The Zoo, Brisbane
Sunday 10th - Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Monday 11th - day off
Tuesday 12th - day off (Ken may do Perth)
Wednesday 13th - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Thursday 14th - Grace Emily, Adelaide
Friday 15th - Republic Bar, Hobart

NEW ZEALAND DATES

Saturday 16th - Kings Arms, Auckland
Sunday 17th - Matterhorn "Sunday Roast," Wellington

'Songs from the Year of Our Demise' completed

Mirrored from jonauer.com -

Certainly I have envisioned this moment a multitude of times in the last 6 months or so, so without further delay, I’d like to tell you this record I’ve been methodically dragging into existence, “Songs from the Year of Our Demise”, is finally done. I finished the mastering a handful of hours ago and I have to say I am extremely exhausted in the most euphoric kind of way. Now it’s time to get a little rest and then get on with the rest, that being what to do next and when to do it all.
 
Check back over the next few days as there will be more updates. Along with posting an image of the cover art on their website, I will be writing a piece for the Pattern 25 home page as well. At the present time, I’m going to drink a bottle of good red stuff and call it a night.
 
See you in the morning,
 
Jon

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