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Big show tonight, ya’ll. I know it’s a Sunday so if that’s a problem, no big deal. However, it’s gonna be a good one so keep that in mind.

We’re (The Good Fear) playing with American Princes and Catfish Haven at the Old Post Office building on the square here in Fayetteville. I believe it’s now called The Urban Table or something.

The American Princes are just about to put out a new record and it is simply incredible. There’s a brand new Artist Profile of them which includes an interview and a streaming new track over at The Fayetteville Flyer so check that out and then get pumped. Then come on out tonight.

Thanks to daylight savings, you’re already gonna have a hard time getting up for work tomorrow. Why not make the best of it?

I’m terrible at remembering to post our show dates on my blog. This time I will not let myself down. I remembered. Eat it.

This Friday (Feb 22) we’ll be playing at The White Water Tavern in Little Rock at about 10pm. It’s $5 to get in and we’re playing with a great band called Ghost Company.

We’ve got a couple of shows next month in Fayetteville. One’s with American Princes and Catfish Haven. The other’s with Dr. Dog. More information soon.

March=gonna be fun.

After the game tonight (or before), you should head over to George’s Majestic Lounge to catch Cory Branan and Chris Denny.

If for some reason you are still unfamiliar with either one of these dudes, be sure to check out their MySpace pages to hear some tunes. That should be all you need to realize that missing this show would be silly. Don’t be silly, ya’ll.

Here’s the part where I provide a link to Cory Branan’s MySpace page.

And here’s the part where I do the same for Chris Denny’s MySpace page.

Now you know. And here’s the part where I click “Publish”.

Good show tomorrow night at The Boom Boom Room in Fayetteville, ya’ll. The shows there start at around 10pm and tomorrow night’s lineup is gonna be super fun.

First off, The Good Fear will be playing some songs from the upcoming album on Max Recordings. Also, the new video produced by Deluxe36 has been added to YouTube. Check it out here.

More importantly, however, are The New Tragedies who are also playing and have recently released their new EP “Souveniers” on New Scratch Records. It’s good, ya’ll. Real good.

The Good Fear don’t play all that often and The New Tragedies are from Kansas City so don’t miss out on this one if you’ve been meaning to see either band.

Besides the free Spoon show this Sunday at the Greek Theater on the UA Campus (I still have to see it to believe it), The Good Fear will be playing a couple of times with a couple of excellent bands.

Friday night, we’ll be at Juanita’s in Little Rock and Saturday night we’ll be back in Fayetteville at George’s. Both nights, we’re sharing the stage with American Princes and J Roddy Walston and The Business.

If you’re not familiar with their music, you gotsta check it out. Their respective MySpace pages are here and here so turn up your speakers and mark your calendar. Or don’t.

Hey, if you live near Fayetteville and are wondering what to do this evening, come out to the Dickson Theater and watch us play a show at 9pm.

It’s supposed to be cold as hell tonight but don’t let that stop you from hearing 4 new songs. That’s right, four. New songs.

We’re playing with Ian Moore and it’s gonna be $8, I think. Ian is playing first which means we’re the last band.

I know most of you probably rocked out to Dr. Dog last night at George’s so if you’re too tired then that’s cool…be a wuss.

See you there?

I forgot to mention that The Paper Hearts are playing tonight at the Dickson Theater in Fayetteville with Drag The River.

I don’t know when we’re going on but it’s probably gonna be late. I don’t care though, because I’m off all damn day tomorrow. But not because of tonight’s show. It’s because I’m going damn camping. CAMPING! YEEOW!

Despite my yearly fall cold/sinus infection, I was able to make it to The Gypsy the other night to see Cory Branan and The New Tragedies. It was the kickoff show for their fall tour together and it was most excellent.

The New Tragedies’ drummer, Jason Wright, made a surprise (at least to me) appearance at the last second which made their set even tastier as I thought it was going to just be Aaron and Bev on stage.

As always, Cory’s performance ruled.

If you get a chance, check them both out sometime in the next week:

• Sun Sept 24th - Louisville, KY @ Rudyard Kipling
• Mon Sept 25th - Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street
• Tue Sept 26th - Baltimore, MD @ Side Bar Tavern
• Wed Sept 27th - Richmond, VA @ Nanci Raygun
• Thu Sept 28th - Charlotte, NC @ Evening Muse
• Fri Sept 29th - Auburn, AL @ Eighth And Rail
• Sun Oct 1st - Conway, AR @ Sound Stage
• Tue Oct 3rd - Kansas City, MO @ Davey’s Uptown

There is a rumor that they’ll be back through Fayetteville near the end of the tour but I haven’t heard any confirmation on that yet. Know any details? Let me know and I’ll post it, ya’ll.

UPDATE: They’ll be back through on Monday Oct 2, most likely at The Delicious Basement but still not sure.

Big show coming up in 2 days. Do you want to miss it? Hell no you don’t.

White Whale, American Princes, and The Good Fear together at The Gypsy in Fayetteville on Thursday September 7th.

Be there or don’t be there. Hint: Not being there will suck.

The great Paul Wardein has struck again. Head over to The Paper Hearts’ photo section for some excellent photos from the show at The Gypsy the other night.

By the way, the show was one of the best we’ve ever had. If you couldn’t make it then you missed an excellent performance by all three bands. Bryce Harrison and TRAT were awesome, The New Tragedies were awesome and all the fans were awesome. Basically, it was awesome. And awesome.

One of my bands, The Paper Hearts is playing this Friday night here in Fayetteville at The Gypsy on Dickson Street.

Also playing are The New Tragedies from Kansas City. Actually, it’s Aaron & Bev Weidner who are originally from here. Aaron co-founded The Paper Hearts with me and wrote a ton of our songs so if you were any sort of a fan of ours at all, you should be entertained thoroughly.

Finally, rounding out the bill are Bryce Harrison and The Rumors Are True who are from here and who also are really good so don’t miss out on the sweetness. Come to the show. Thanks.

If you live near here, you should definitely try to make it to George’s tonight to see The American Princes. They are from Little Rock and they recently got signed to Yep Roc Records. Their newest album, Less and Less is so good that I think I caught myself making out with it one night after a few too many beers.

Anyway, they’re one of the best bands you’ll see live and you’re guaranteed to become a fan. Head over to their MySpace site and check out a few tunes if you wanna. Brighter Later is also playing and they are from Fayetteville so come on out and show some Arkansas love. OK?

It’s an early show and there is no headliner. Doors are at 7:30pm and the show starts at 8:30pm. Tickets are available at the door only and are $10. As always, it’s ages 18+. An after-party at The Lightbulb club is rumored to be in the works. That’s all.

UPDATE: A poem: The show was sweet. The after-party was too. You probably missed it. Too bad for you.

Leaving work an hour early on a Thursday is sweet but not as sweet as leaving work an hour early on a Thursday when you also have Friday off as well. Playing a show out of town is sweet but not as sweet as playing a show out of town with The American Princes the night of their CD release party. Playing at Juanita’s is sweet but not as sweet as playing at Juanita’s the same night that Southern Bitch is playing at Sticky Fingers which means you get to drive over there and call them and get into their sold-out show and watch 5 or 6 songs for free beforehand. Getting a hotel instead of driving home at 3am from Little Rock is sweet but not as sweet as getting two rooms at the Holiday Inn Presidential with 10 of your best friends and having a Busch Light 30-pack party mixed with a drunken Chi iron hair-straightening party all in one night. Getting home on Friday evening, going to bed early and still having Saturday night to hang out is sweet but not as sweet as getting home on a Friday evevning, going to bed early and having a kick-ass cookout at your house in the best weather you’ve had in 9 months. Still having an entire Sunday is sweet but not as sweet as spending that Sunday with your favorite lady at thrift shops and then starting the Deadwood Season 1 DVDs later that night. Beat that.

Photos here and here.

If you are in the Little Rock, Arkansas area this evening and are looking for something to do, head over to Juanita’s where we will be opening for American Princes.

It is a CD release party for their latest album “Less And Less” on Yep Roc Records and just from listening to the few tracks on their MySpace site, it’s obviously gonna be a great one.