April 28,
2004
Venice has just announced that their new single in Germany is
"One Word." It will be released to radio and stores
this week. Here's hoping that one word turns out to be "hit!"
(Yes, I used to write radio shows for a living. Can
you tell?)
April 22, 2004
A few pieces of news from Venice collaborator and frequent co-writer
John Vester. John's new CD, "Things I Wish I Would
Have Said," is finished and mastered and will be released
in May or June. Just like John's last album, this was produced
by Venice's Michael Lennon, and members of Venice play and sing
on various tracks.
On Saturday, May 15 (the day after the Jackson Browne / Venice show), John will perform a short set at 3:30pm at the Venice Carnevale in Venice Beach, California. Mark and Michael Lennon are tentatively scheduled to perform with him at this show. Attendance is free. So if you come into town for the benefit concert the night before, you'll want to stick around and check this out as well.
Then in early
June, John will do a quick tour of the Netherlands. Look
for tour dates to be posted soon, on John's section of the Tour
Dates page at Venice Central, and also at JohnVester.com.
April 21, 2004
Venice's cybercast has been archived, so if you missed it, you
can now check it out anytime you want, minus the first song, "Carry
On," which for some reason was not made part of the file.
The remaining 90 minutes are over here. Setlist is as
follows:
The Weight (The
Band)
Down on the Corner (Credence Clearwater Revival)
With a Little Help from my Friends (Joe Cocker)
Sing a Simple Song (Sly and the Family Stone)
Reeling in the Years (Steely Dan)
Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
Scarsborough Fair (traditional, also Simon & Garfunkle)
Piece of my Heart (Janis Joplin)
What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)
All Right Now (Free)
If I Were You
Sweet Aloha
The Family Tree
The End of the World
One Quiet Day
Think Again
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
April 17, 2004
Despite the fact that Fabchannel.com claims that Venice's webcast
will begin promptly at 8pm Holland time (11am Pacific Standard
Time) on Tuesday, April 20th, the band actually has to wait until
after the movie "Festival Express" finishes, before
their live set can begin. So the starttime will actually
be at approximately 9:20pm Holland time (12:20pm Pacific Standard
Time). Follow the link by clicking on the logo below.
Also, remember
that tickets for the Jackson Browne / Venice benefit show on May
14 at Santa Monica High School will go on sale this Monday, April
19th. Only 500 tickets will go on sale for this 1000 seat
room (the rest go to VIPs), so be sure and get yours quickly.
Tickets can only be purchased by phone by calling (310)
452-1394. I have confirmed that this is the correct phone
number, but don't bother calling it before Monday morning, because
nobody will pick up. I don't know what time tickets will
go on sale yet, but I'm trying to find that out. If I hear
anything, I will post it here. If I don't, then I suppose
10am seems like a fairly educated guess.
April 13, 2004
On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, exactly one week from today, Venice's
entire Festival Express set will be cybercast live on the internet.
Fans all over the world can tune in here:
You will be required
to register on their site before you're granted access to either
the live feeds or the archives. So you might want to take
care of that in advance, rather than discovering this time-consuming
step right when the show is starting. Just try to access
any of their archived concerts, and the registration option will
pop up.
April 2, 2004
In case anyone missed this year's April Fools Day joke, I replaced
the picture on the site's main page with the following:
It's kind of a shame it was just a gag. I don't know about
you guys, but I sure would've bought one.
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