Archive for August, 2005

Sheik Goes Minimalist

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

So, Duncan’s on the road and pretty disconnected from all things related to the Internets. Folks who saw any of the last few shows are welcome to post thoughts/reactions/polite criticisms in comments. Come on, people: make me feel like I was there, too instead of stuck here at my boring day-job.
In that […]

Yellow Umbrella Tour

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Just to avoid confusion, I will be headlining the Yellow Umbrella shows in October and November. David Poe, Sarah Bettens and one other performer will be playing short sets prior to my set - which should be a “normal” 90 minutes or so (more if the club lets me!).
If you google “pop smear” and/or […]

More Shows …

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

We’ve just confirmed some more shows for Oct. and Nov. including a show at Irving Plaza in NYC.
Please go to places i’m playing for more info. These shows will be part of a “Yellow Umbrella” mini-tour in which David Poe, Sarah Bettens and myself will wander over hill and dale gladly singing our songs […]

Movies

Monday, August 15th, 2005

On Saturday night I saw “Pretty Persuasion” and last night I saw a German movie called “The Edukators”. They were very different in that the former is an American black comedy and the latter is a German kidnapping drama shot on DV, but they were both very interesting (and pretty good) in their indictment […]

Last Night

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

Sorry I played the longest show ever - someone needs to stop me or I’ll just drone on and on all night.
Anyway, it was great to see all y’all and just so you know we are about to announce another run of shows from the middle of Oct. into Nov. that will include NYC and […]

Response

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

This is out of character but I feel the need to respond to something posted on sheikfreik.com about the Ann Arbor show.
As you might imagine, if you’ve read the thread, I’m referring to Matthias’s posts. Of course, he is totally entitled his opinion and I’m sorry that he wasn’t happy with the set list. […]

E.P.

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

Just to reiterate and avoid confusion: the first four songs on the E.P. will be on the full release, and the last three songs are b-sides. The main reason I have it at the shows is that I feel bad that the full release isn’t out yet and I wanted to have something […]

M. O. / E. P. etc.

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

O.K. we are going to try and figure something out so that the M.O. folks will get the EP. They might have to send a SASE to Peter or something like that, but we’ll try and make it happen ASAP.
P.S. I just wanted to use more acronyms!

Spring Awakening

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

If you are interested, go to variety.com and playbill.com to see the articles about the Atlantic Theater announcing Spring Awakening’s world premiere production in NYC (beginning in May of ‘06). It’s about bloody time!
Sweet,
DS

Correction

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

Actually, The Aftermath and Altered were mixed by Kevin Killen, and I mixed Action At A Distance - which explains why the first two sound better …
See you soon!
DS

Upcoming B-sides

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Three more White Limo B-sides have been mixed and are on the way to the Members Only area.
Duncan mixed The Aftermath, Altered, and Action At a Distance the other night, three tracks from the White Limousine sessions that didn’t make the final version of the record. These three songs will also appear […]

Sellersville

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Well, that was fun. Why do I like the “acoustic” shows more?
See you guys in PA (I hope).
DS