Another child is born to a member of Guster

Ryan and Angela's daughter, Lionelle Rosalie Miller, arrived June 16th. The third (and final) Guster-girl of the year, Leo weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces at birth. Her photo is up on the road journal, along with pictures of her friends Jolene Rosenworcel and Sloan Gardner.

Despite all the procreation, we've been putting the finishing touches on about 17 new songs this summer and we ought to begin recording them in a month. For those of you keeping score at home, we've moved from Reprise/Warner Brothers Records to Aware/Columbia Records. Expect a new album in early oh nine.

And those of you hoping to stalk Scooter this summer can find him traveling the world greening tours by Jack Johnson and DMB for Adam's environmental non-profit, REVERB. Our merch-girl, Amy, is doing the same thing on tours by John Mayer, Maroon 5 & Counting Crows. Visit this link, where Adam becomes an official "EarthKeeper," to check out what Scooter and Amy have been up to, sign up to volunteer, and see free music.

Until the next newsworthy Guster event, whenever and whatever that may be....

g

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More Offspring

We've got another baby girl to welcome into the ever-expanding Guster family. Sloan Sullivan Gardner, the sleeping/pooping/burping by-product of Adam and his wife Lauren's love, joined us on May 16th. There's a beautiful photo up on the road journal, which is really just a baby announcement journal this year. We've got another Guster baby due this month.

Meanwhile we've found time to write a big batch of new songs and we can't wait to record them. This summer? We'll have to see how it all balances with the newcomers. But we expect to have an album finished this year and a tour ready to go in early oh nine.

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Mayercraft Carrier

Those of you who like all you can eat buffets and sea legs with your Guster: Our barenaked friends are mixing it up with some new bands next year, so we're paddling our little rock 'n roll dinghy over to the Mayercraft Carrier and hitching on for the ride at the end of March. Join us!

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Live Chat w/Adam @ 5PM / Sundance Channel Feature

Join Adam in a special Earth Day live online chat right here at 5PM EDT: thegreen.gather.com


Also, Guster & Reverb will be featured on the Sundance Channel tonight at 9pm EDT as part of "Big Ideas For A Small Planet"


-Team G

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Green News & Wetlands Preserved Documentary

Adam talks to the Sundance Channel about green touring. "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" is a documentary series presenting the forward-thinking designers, products and processes that are at the forefront of a new green world. Each episode revolves around a different green theme as it spotlights three specific innovators or innovations that have the potential to transform our everyday lives. The individuals profiled range from scientists to fashion and product designers, and from entrepreneurs to first-time inventors. The series also features a cast of recurring expert commentators, including award-winning scientist, geneticist, and author, Dr. David Suzuki, GOOD Magazine Founder Ben Goldhirsh, Deputy Commissioner for Capital Project for the City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation Amy Freitag and former Talking Heads frontman and bicycle advocate David Byrne who all provide the big-picture context to each week's stories. Season 1 of "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" received the 2007 Environmental Media Award for Best Documentary.

Visit www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen to find out more info. Watch a preview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpY0U8rGewY


First Act Guitar Studio in Somerville, MA presented Adam Gardner with custom made eco-friendly guitars last week. Here's a mention in the Boston Herald: www.bostonherald.com

And here's a scan of the recent Billboard Magazine Q&A with Adam.

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Billboard Magazine Article

Click Here to read an article posted in Billboard online about Guster & Reverb. Stay tuned for more green news, coming soon.



Team G

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Music and babies and email communication

Gusterrhoids -- We've been a distant and incommunicative rock band over the past few months, and for that we apologize. Or should I say I apologize, as it's really me, the drummer, the Rosenworcel, who's the gatekeeper of the band email list. And in this time of music and babies and email communication, I allowed certain offspring to take precedence over others. Forgive me, there is much to celebrate:



My daughter Jolene was born February 6th, and I've been slowly redefining my relationship with sleep and poop ever since. While there may be an influx of diaper-themed road journals on our website when we tour again, for now I've put a photo of my sweet little girl up there, to linger until the next Guster baby arrives in May, followed by a third Guster baby in June. Oh yeah! Now-is-the-time-in-Guster-when-we-make-humans!



But we're also well into the gestation process of another album, as we spent the winter working up songs on a slightly out of tune upright piano in Brooklyn. And believe you me it's not shaping up to be the mellow dad-rock album you might expect from a band of expecting band members. We're keeping it up. We're rollicking if not rocking. There's still time to write a bunch of sappy lyrics about daddyhood.



So this is what's on our plate. Make more babies. Make an album. Eventually play our instruments live again but not for a while. Remember to check in every now and then with the people out there who remember us well. Many thanks for sticking with us, life is good over here.



Bri etc

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Yukon Kornelius

Exciting holiday announcements, Gusterrhoids!



1) The Joe's Place DVD is now online as a pre-order link. Also known as "D.F. Yonkman's Greatest Hits," also known as "Guster Can't Act for Shit," this is a collection of our Joe's Place episodes, bonus Joe's Place footage, and many other video collaborations between our band and our friend Dave's camera. It's 8 bucks.



2) But that's not all! Among our exciting holiday announcements is this one: We can't promise it'll reach you before Christmas, like we expected. There was a little hang-up at the printing plant, so we still think it's likely your Joe's Place DVD will show up by Christmas morning, but no guarantees. Those of you who have been banking on this as a gift idea will surely enjoy the ass-covering "this DVD is on its way to you" card we've made available for you to print off of our website.



3) There's a Guster Holiday Calendar website. I don't quite understand it, but it appears that we're clearing out our merchandise inventory by making one item available at a huge clearance price every day from now until Christmas. So you visit every day, and it tells you the daily special. Correct me if I'm wrong here.



4) Adam has a lot of holiday-themed stuff going on. His Chhannukkahh band, The LeeVees, are currently touring temples across the USA, and he's playing a benefit show with Stefan from DMB and Ed from BNL at the Pickle Barrel in Killington VT on January 9th. The band is called Yukon Kornelius and tickets are available here.



5) We're writing songs right now... which means a Guster album is only a few years away! (Or maybe sooner).



Much love and happy holidays,



g

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Happy Holidays!

As a treat for our loyal fans, we've created a holiday calendar full of gifts.  Each gift is only available for a limited time, so be sure to check back every day - you never know when you're going to find a super merch deal, an mp3 download, or a chance to win prizes!

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D.F. Yonkman’s Greatest Hits

Hello. Gusterrhoids.

Last night Ryan and I attended the "MTVU Woodie Awards" and much to our surprise we won the award we were up for (the "Good Woodie" -- or the band with the greatest social impact). A spontaneous and very awkward acceptance speech at the podium is what followed, and while I'm pretty sure I thanked "Spank Rock" for an inspiring performance, I wish I'd remembered to thank our fans who voted for us online and especially Adam, who made a big splash greening the way bands tour this year with his non-profit, Reverb.

So another long touring season is behind us. Thanks to everyone for coming to our rock concerts and keeping our engine running. Much was accomplished during the Ganging Up on the Sun era. Adam learned how to play trumpet, live on stage in front of people. A 16 year old named "Scooter" became the most popular member of our band. We broke three sets of bocce balls before we discovered the plastic kind, and I learned how to create web-based graphic email newsletters with images, colors, embedded videos, and flash animation. No I didn't.

This holiday season we have one last item to promote before we leave you alone in 2008 and go write songs. It's our self-released Joe's Place DVD (for those of you who aren't familiar with our very own reality sitcom, check out Episode 2 where Ryan tries to feed peanut butter to a snake in Joe's front yard) .... since it's way too controversial for stores it'll only be available through our website. And the Joe's Place DVD is not just a collection of episodes that our friend Dave (I mean D.F.) Yonkman created while we were recording at Joe's house in Nashville a couple of years ago. It's more like Dave (I mean D.F.) Yonkman's Greatest Hits Reel. Here come the bullet points! It's got:

• All 5 original Joe's Place episodes in their original form
• All 5 original Joe's Place episodes with Dave and the Gusters talking over them, dvd-commentary-style
• A bonus 6th Joe's Place episode that gets a little dark
• Deleted Joe's Place scenes. Everyone loves deleted scenes!
• Our promotional spoof of The Last Waltz
• "GSPN" -- our collaboration with ESPN and Fenway Park for our Boston Opera House show
• Our ill-advised re-enactment of the famous YouTube grape stomping video
• Dave's segueway video for "C'mon" (shot in one hour in South Boston)
• Dave's abandoned Ganging Up on the Sun documentary
• Minimalist packaging to keep the price ($8) low

So if there's a very special Guster fan in your life, we urge you to set aside 8 dollars for this little piece of Guster video history -- when the dvd's arrive in our office in a few weeks we'll send along an active ordering link and we'll make sure everything gets to you in time for the holidays. And for every Joe's Place DVD sold, a contribution is made to the Dave (I mean D.F.) Yonkman Relief Fund, a charitable organization that helps offset the costs of having your friend document a six month project without getting reimbursed by your label.

There is one last chance to see Guster, live in person, with Tyler Stewart from Barenaked Ladies playing drums instead of me. I expect nothing short of an epic week of concerts and poolside shenanigans. It's the Ships & Dip Cruise at the end of January. I can't be there because I'm expecting a little Thundergod(dess) that week. You should all go and tell me how it is.

Ciao!
Brian and the Gusters

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