NYC Venue Tonight

The venue for tonight's show in NYC listed on the tour page is incorrect; they will be playing at the Bowery Ballroom (not Maxwell's).

'Conversations' video & in-store updates

The Posies' video for "Conversations" can now be viewed online here at Rykodisc's website.

Here is the latest update on upcoming in-store performances & radio apperances:

SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 - TUESDAY - SHOW DAY PHILLY
7PM AKA MUSIC
27 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, 19106

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 WEDNESDAY - SHOW DAY HOBOKEN
2:30PM WFMU
Jersey City, NJ 07303
http://www.wfmu.org/

8PM TUNES
225 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030

SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 - THURSDAY - SHOW DAY NEW YORK
7PM NYCD
173 West 81st Street (between Amsterdam & Columbus)
New York, NY 10024

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 - FRIDAY - SHOW DAY NORTHAMPTON
5PM B-SIDE RECORDS
273 Main Street Northampton, MA 01060

Radio & Instores In The Next Week

New appearances not included in the last post:

SEPT 23: NASHVILLE TN
8PM WRVU
Jon & Ken on-air performance
http://wrvu.org/

SEPT 24: ATHENS GA
7PM WUOG
Jon & Ken on-air performance
http://www.wuog.org/

SEPT 26: WASHINGTON DC
5PM Revolution Records
Ken & Jon in-store performance
4215 Connecticut Avenue, NW
http://www.revolutionrecords.net/index.html

Two New Shows

10/17 @ John Henry's, Eugene OR
10/18 @ Jazzbones, Tacoma WA

Filter Magazine Contest - Win In Space

Visit Filter Magazine to register to win one of 5 copies of the new Big Star album. Contest ends on October 17th.

Instores & Radio Appearances

SEPTEMBER 17, 2005
6PM KLSU
Ken & Jon acoustic performance/interview with DJ Vlad The Assailer
B-39 Hodges Hall, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

SEPTEMBER 18, 2005
4:30PM SHANGRI LA - http://www.shangri.com/
Jon & Ken in-store appearance
1916 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104

SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
6PM CRIMINAL RECORDS - http://www.criminal.com/
Ken & Jon in-store appearance
466 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, 30307

SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
6:30PM GRIMEYS NEW & PRELOVED MUSIC - http://www.grimeys.com/
Ken & Jon in-store appearance
1604 8th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37203

SEPTEMBER 24, 2005
5PM SCHOOL KIDS RECORDS - http://www.schoolkidsrecords.com/athens.html
Ken & Jon in-store performance
264 East Clayton St.
Athens, GA 30601

WUOG - http://www.wuog.org/
Jon & Ken on-air performance
153 Tate Center Athens, GA 30602

SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
AKA MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
27 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, 19106

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
2:30PM WFMU - http://www.wfmu.org/
Jon & Ken on-air performance
Jersey City, NJ 07303

TBD TUNES
Ken & Jon in-store performance
225 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030

SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
TBD NYCD
Ken & Jon in-store performance
173 West 81st Street (between Amsterdam & Columbus)
New York, NY 10024
http://www.nycd-online.com/

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
5PM B-SIDE RECORDS
Ken & Jon in-store performance
273 Main Street Northampton, MA

More Shows & Instores

- 9/29 in New York City: they'll be playing at NYCD @ 7pm. The store is located at 173 West 81 St.

- and a new show has been added: 10/12 in Kansas City MO @ Hurricane.

Memphis Show

The Posies will be playing the Hi Tone in Memphis TN on September 18th.

Archies Shirts Are Back

From Andrew:

At the shows this weekend you will have the ability to purchase the newly designed Posies/Archies shirts. Darius and Matt are now featured along with Jon and Ken. They are VERY limited and once gone, I don't know when they will return.

If any of the shirts get past AZ they will be available at future dates until gone.

I will be working with Taylor to get a mail order thing going if there is a demand. We have to work on the logistics with paying the band and all of the details....

Here is the updated design:



(The original design was done by Chris Mowrer - you can see his portfolio here and check out some of the other things he's done.)

More Instores Coming Up + Big Star Ecard

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 - TEMPE, AZ
Stinkweeds Records 4PM - Ken & Jon acoustic set
1250 E Apache Blvd , Tempe, AZ 85281
http://stinkweeds.com/

On-air Radio performance:
KASC Ken & Jon on The Blaze (ASU) 5PM
http://www.theblaze1260.com/

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 - TUCSON, AZ
Ken & Jon will be doing their acoustic set at the ZIA RECORDS in Tucson Arizona
7940 E Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85710
www.ziarecords.com

ON-AIR RADIO PERFORMANCE
7:30 PM KAMP
Ken & Jon on KAMP
KAMP Radio - University of Arizona
http://kamp.arizona.edu/

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 - ALBUQUERQUE, NM
6PM Natural Sounds in-store performance - Ken & Jon acoustic
3422 Central Ave Se, Albuquerque, NM 87106

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - DALLAS, TX
7 PM GOOD MUSIC IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
Ken & Jon acoustic set
617 N. Good Latimer
Dallas, TX
http://www.goodrecords.com/

Also, here is an ecard created by Jonathan Krop for the new Big Star album. Three full-length songs available ('Lady Sweet', 'Best Chance We Ever Had', 'Dony') to listen to on the site.

Houston Show Cancelled

The 9/16 show in Houston, TX has been cancelled.

Tempe AZ Instore - This Saturday!

Jon and Ken will be doing an acoustic instore peformance at Stinkweeds Records in Tempe AZ this Saturday. It starts at 4pm and the store is one block away from the venue, located at 1425 E. Apache.

Alex Chilton Safe

It has been confirmed by friends & family that Alex Chilton has been located and is safe.

Also, a ton more of Jon's tour photos have been added here.

Alex Chilton Updates

For updates on the status of Alex Chilton (who remains missing after the hurricane), please visit his Yahoo group, or this thread in our forums.

Reunited, Posies are reconstituted

The breakup of the Posies in 1998 carried with it an undeniable sense of finality. There was a farewell album and tour. In addition, a career-capping boxed set of rarities and unreleased material was unveiled in 2000.

But front men Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer have since resurrected the Posies, and they say the band is as strong and vibrant as ever. A reunion album called 'Every Kind of Light' was released recently. The band starts a two-month U.S. tour Wednesday at Slim's in San Francisco.

In a phone interview from his home in Paris, Stringfellow acknowledged that it would have been better if the group had taken a sabbatical rather than announce a full-scale breakup.

Read the full article at MercuryNews.com

New Orleans Show Cancelled

The 9/18 New Orleans show has been cancelled in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. To donate to the Red Cross and aid the victims and recovery efforts, please click here.

Interview in San Francisco Gate

As the band re-emerges today, a full 15 years after making its major label debut -- with a new album, Every Kind of Light (Ryko), and a U.S. tour that brings the reinvigorated quartet to Slim's in S.F. on Wed., Sept. 7 -- little has changed in the band's bracing blend of big, crunching guitar chords, complex keyboard ornamentations and sumptuous, alternately smooth and tangy vocal harmonies. But a lot of turbulent water has passed under the bridge.

"We've had this amazingly up-and-down relationship over the years," singer-guitarist Jon Auer said in a phone call earlier this week from Seattle, talking about his partnership with singer-guitarist-keyboardist Ken Stringfellow. "There's something about what we create when we do work together that just seems to be indestructible. We've done things to each other and said things to each other that perhaps would cause most people to not even bother talking to each other ever again. Yet for some reason we feel still drawn to making music together."

read the full article

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