Have you ever wanted The Posies to cover a certain song?
Category: Music

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE!

The Stranger newspaper in Seattle does an auction every year where local folks donate goods and services and all of the money raised goes to help homeless people in our community. They raised over $40,000 last year!

Here is where The Posies come in. Jon and Ken are donating one cover song of the winning bidders choice to the auction this year.

There is a twist! (Isn't there always?)

Each of them will do their own version of the song, so in the end you get two songs for the price of one and a one-of-a-kind opportunity to see how Jon and Ken would each cover the same song!
(This is for your own personal use only, of course.)

All of the bidding is done via Ebay and the auction goes live on December fifth.

Since it is on Ebay, it would be super easy for everyone to participate,
even you folks that don't live in Seattle, and since the US$ is crap right
now, folks with Euros have a major advantage in any bidding war!

Here is a link that shows what Strangercrombi is all about:

http://thestranger.com/strangercrombie

Start saving your pennies and coming up with cover song ideas!!!

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Disculpas a los fans de Madrid En Español

Hola a todos,

Solo quería haceros saber que el retraso en nuestra aparición la otra
noche, fue un cúmulo de falta de entendimiento entre varias partes.
Nos habían dicho que teníamos que estar en escena después de las
23:00m y que no había toque de queda para acabar el concierto. A las
20:45 todavía estabamos probando sonido, y pedimos algunos taxis para
poder ir a cenar a un restaurante (ya sabeis que pasamos todo el día
en una furgoneta de ciudad en ciudad, así que cenar es esencial de
alguna manera). El local no hizo mención alguna como "oye, empezáis
pronto, así que dónde vais?". Les dijimos que estaríamos de vuelta
hacia las 23:00-23:30 y nos dijeron "sin problema".
De alguna manera, al abrir las puertas a las 21:30, la gente tuvo la
impresión de que empezaríamos a las 21:30 y ese no fue nunca el caso.
Tenemos un contrato que dice que la hora de empezar eran las 23:00. Y,
oye, esto es España – los promotores, sin razón aparente, nos han
dicho varias veces en el último minuto, que nuestra hora de estar en
el escenario se había retrasado 3 horas.
Así que imaginamos que 30-45 minutos no serían un problema. De repente
todos empezamos a tener problemas para coger taxis, así que esto
añadió algún tiempo extra a nuestra vuelta. Teníamos la impresión de
que llegábamos una hora tarde, con lo que nos sentíamos
suficientemente mal, como para descubrir que el público tenía la
impresión de que llegábamos un par de horas tarde. Así que solo puedo
decir que la sala podría haber hecho un mejor trabajo en la
comunicación, tanto a nosotros como a vosotros, con los horarios
correctos. Si hubiésemos pensado, por decir algo, que teníamos que
empezar a las 22:00, nunca hubiésemos abandonado la sala. Pero no hubo
ninguna mención.

Al final solo puedo decir: somos simples humanos, y como profesionales
que creo que somos, a veces, simplemente hay errores. No era nuestra
intención haceros esperar. 99 noches de cada 100, somos profesionales,
puntuales, y lo damos todo en nuestros directos. La otra noche también
lo dimos todo, simplemente empezamos tarde, y vosotros creiais incluso
que era más de lo que fue. A lo mejor, podríais dirigir unas pocas
quejas al Gruta 77 por decirnos y deciros mal los horarios.

Gracias por comprendernos, nos vemos la próxima vez.

Os quieren,
The Posies.

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Apology to Madrid fans

Hello all,

I just wanted to let you know that our late appearance last night was a complete misunderstanding on several people's parts. We were told that we were to go onstage after 11pm, and there was no curfew. We were still soundchecking at 8.45, and requested some cabs to take us to a restaurant for dinner (you know we spend all day in a van getting from town to town, so dinner at some point is essential). The club made no mention of anything like "hey, you're on soon, so where are you going?" We told them we'd be back by 11-11.30 and they said, "no problem". Somehow, as the doors opened at 9.30, people got the impression we were to go on at 9.30, and this was never the case. We have a contract that says the stage time is 11pm. And, hey, it's Spain--we've been told at the last minute by promoters in Spain that our stage time has suddenly moved back three hours, for no apparent reason. So, we figured 30-45 minutes of time would be OK. Suddenly we all had trouble to get cabs, so it added some time to our return. So, we were under the impression that we were an hour late, for which we felt bad enough--only to discover that the audience had been given the impression that we were a couple of hours late. So, I can only say--the club should have done a better job communicating to us and to you the correct times. If we had thought we were going on at, say, 10, we would never have left the club. But, there was no mention.

At the end i can only say: we are only human, and as professional as I believe we are, sometimes, things just go wrong. It wasn't our intention to make you wait. 99 nights out of 100, we are professional, on time, and give our shows are all. We still gave last night our all, we were just late, and you thought we were even later. Perhaps you could direct a few complaints to Gruta 77 for telling you/us the wrong times.

Thanks for your understanding, see you next time.

Love
the Posies

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Jon & Ken solo dates
Category: Music

Upcoming solo dates listed on their Myspace profiles:

http://www.myspace.com/jonauermusic

http://www.myspace.com/kenstringfellow

check it out!

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European Third Leg - January dates!

Here are the dates for the Posies' European tour in January:

Jan 14: Insbruck, Austria @ Weekender
Jan 15: Schorndorf, Germany @ Manufaktur
Jan 16: Regensburg, Germany @ Alte Malzerei
Jan 17: Saarbrucken, Germany @ Garage Club
Jan 18: Frankfurt, Germany @ Nachtleben
Jan 19: Koln, Germany @ Prime Club
Jan 21: Amsterdam, Holland @ Melkweg
Jan 22: Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
Jan 23: Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
Jan 24: Munster, Germany @ Gleis 22
Jan 25: Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
Jan 26: London, UK @ The Garage

Of course, you still have a chance to catch the band before then - they are on tour until December 18th in Europe... see their touring schedule here: http://www.theposies.net/tour.htm

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Studio Brussels "Macaroni Session" Giveaway

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European Tour Dates

10.26.05 - Bielefeld, Germany @ Forum #
10.27.05 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust #    
10.28.05 - Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof #     
10.29.05 - Dresden, Germany @ Star Club #
10.30.05 - Munich, Germany @ Ampere #
11.01.05 - Bristol, UK @ Fleece $
11.02.05 - Brighton UK @ Concorde 2 $
11.03.05 - Oxford, UK @ Zodiac $
11.04.05 - Leicester, UK @ Charlotte $
11.05.05 - Northampton, UK @ Roadmenders $
11.06.05 - Portsmouth, UK @ Wedgewood Rooms $
11.07.05 - Cambridge, UK @ The Junction $
11.08.05 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront $
11.10.05 - Mechelen, Belgium @ CC Mechelen $
11.11.05 - Gronigen, Netherlands @ Vera *
11.12.05 - Den sHague, Netherlands @ Music In My Head Festival (at Paard van Troje)
11.14.05 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Loppen gbsp;   
11.16.05 - Bergen, Norway @ Garage =
11.17.05 - Stavanger, Norway @ Folken !
11.18.05 - Oslo, Norway @ Betong !
11.19.05 - Trondheim, Norway @ Blaest !
11.21.05 - Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia Club ^    
11.22.05 - Tampere, Finland @ Klubi ^    
11.23.05 - Turku, Finland @ Klubi ^         
11.25.05 - Malmo, Sweden @ KB Halle _span>
11.28.05 - Ghent, Belgium @ Vooruit *
11.29.05 - Paris, France @ Maroquienerie *
11.30.05 - Evereux, France @ Abordage *
12.01.05 - Angouleme, France @ La Nef *     
12.02.05 - Bordeaux, France @ Brabey *    
12.03.05 - Bilbao, Spain @ Kafe Antzokia !     
12.04.05 - Oviedo, Spain @ Sala Triseca !     
12.05.05 - Vigo, Spain @ La Fabrica de Chocolate !     
12.06.05 - Burgos, Spain @ La Quinta Avendida !     
12.07.05 - Madrid, Spain @Arena !    
12.08.05 - Granada, Spain @ Industrial Copera !    
12.09.05 - Alicante (Sta. Pola), Spain @ Sala Camelot !     
12.10.05 - Barcelona, Spain @ Bikini !     
12.11.05 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain @ Teatro Xesc Forteza de Palma (full-band acoustic show) !
12.13.05 - Geneva, Switzerland @ L'Usine     
12.14.05 - Torino, Italy @ Hiroshima Mon Amour *    
12.15.05  - Rome, Italy @ Circolo degli Arstisti *
12.16.05 - Bologna, Italy @ Estragon *
12.17.05 - Mezzago, Italy @ Bloom *
12.18.05 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Abart Music Club ~

# opening for Teenage Fanclub     
$ with Voicst
* support TBA
! with Beezewax     
^ with Latebirds
% with Briskeby
= with Popium
+ with Wok
~ with Preen

Ken Stringellow solo:
12.31.05 - Vaduz, Liechtenstein @ Beats Club

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Jon and Ken talk about the new album...

check out the interview here

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confirmed UK/Europe dates

JULY
19 Switzerland, Nyon, Paleo Festival (Club Tent)
21 Ireland, Dublin, Whelans
22 Ireland, Cork, Cruiscin Lan
23 Ireland, Limerick, Dolans
24 Ireland, Galway, Roisin Dubh
25 UK, Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
28 Italy, Catania, Le Ciminiere
30 UK, London, Islington, Academy
31 UK, Manchester, Academy 3

AUGUST
1 UK, Glasgow, King Tuts
4 Spain, Benicassim, Festival
6 Finland, Korso, Ankkarock
9 Sweden, Gothenburg, Goteborgskalaset
10 Sweden, Stockholm, Debaser
11 Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller (Oya Festival)
18 Holland, Utrecht, Tivoli De Helling
19 Belgium, Hassalt, Pukkelpop (Marquee Stage)
20 UK, Exeter, Beautiful Days Festival

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