January 28, 2005
Venice's latest album, "Pacific Standard Time," is maintaining its place on Holland's Top 100 chart, ranking this week at #61.  Meanwhile, the second single has just been chosen, and it's "I'll Keep My Fingers Crossed."

In other news, there's only four more days until bidding begins on "Hey! Mark just ate my appetizer! 2005."  (I'm gonna keep playing with the name until I find one that works.)  Remember, Americans and Dutch can all participate in this auction, and you can pair up with a friend and bid together.  Winner gets a private meal with Kipp, Mark, Michael and Pat, and all the money goes to charity so it's a tax write-off!  More information is here.  Come back to the Venice Central News Page on Tuesday for a direct link to the auction.


January 18, 2005
You can now listen to Dutch band Dynamic 5 performing Venice's "When I Get Over You" over on the fan cover audio page, right here.


January 16, 2005
A message from Mark Lennon:

VENICE IS PERFORMING A LAST MINUTE, ONE HOUR, ACOUSTIC SET TONIGHT (SUNDAY) AT 8:00PM FOR A TSUNAMI BENEFIT AT "MA KAI" RESTAURANT IN SANTA MONICA, NEAR THE 3RD STREET PROMENADE.

$10.00 DONATION AT THE DOOR AND A D.J. WILL BE PLAYING AFTERWARDS UNTIL CLOSING.

MA KAI IS ON THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND OCEAN AVENUE (101 BROADWAY). PARK IN THE PROMENADE PARKING LOTS.

21 AND OVER ONLY. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

THANKS,
MARK


January 9, 2005
Ladies and gentlemen, brand new to the worldwide web, may I present to you, danngillen.com!


January 8, 2005
Got a couple of very exciting pieces of news today.  The first involves the two California shows that Venice is doing at the end of January, at the Belly Up Tavern and at the Canyon Club.  Just confirmed to play in the band at these shows are Bob Philipse on drums and Nick Bult on keyboards.  Yes, for the very first time, the two Dutch musicians from Venice's Holland tours are flying to America to play in the band out here.  We've already heard how Nick sounds with Venice, because he's the keyboardist on the "Live at the Royal Carre Theater" DVD.  But this is the first time we'll get to see him live!  Also, just coming off of an intensive two month tour playing most of the songs from the new album, you can bet that this incarnation of the band is extremely tight with them.  This should be really great, so if you don't have your tickets yet, go get 'em now!

The other announcement is "Lennons Who Lunch 2005!"  (Okay, that's just my name for it, it's really "Lunch with a Leader," but what the heck, I'm a Sondheim fan.)  Once again, Venice is participating in a charity auction where the winner gets a private lunch with the guys, plus tickets and backstage passes to a concert.  Both American or Dutch fans can participate, because the winning lunch can take place in either in California or in the Netherlands.  The auction begins on February 1, so get ready.

And here's a little hint - you can pool your money with a friend, bid together, and share the prize if you win...

You can read about the charity here.

You can read about Venice's auction here.

You can read last year's winner's account of her winning lunch here.

Watch this page.  When the auction goes active on Ebay, I'll link to it here.


January 3, 2005
Fixed the link on "Sweet Aloha."  Sorry about that!


January 2, 2005
Happy New Year everyone!  To celebrate, here's Venice's full Festival Express concert for you to download, burn, and listen to in your cars.  Lots of great rare covers here!  Yes, it's the same Paradiso show that's currently archived on fabchannel.com, but this is a soundboard recording from Michael Lennon's personal collection, so the audio is much better here.  Enjoy!