June 21,
2007
Don't forget about Venice's free show this Sunday at 6pm at the
hanging of the new Venice trestle on Windward Ave. in Venice Beach.
It should be a fun day-long celebration for the whole family.
Come early and you can also catch Mark Lennon's solo set
with his newly formed jazz band. Here are some pictures
of the new sign in action:
More information
can be found on the tour
dates
page.
June
12, 2007
A note from Michael:
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Dear friends, Over a year ago, we did a special benefit concert at the old, empty Pioneer Bakery in Venice. The proceeds went to building a new "VENICE" lighted trestle sign that will span the buildings and hang over Windward Avenue in Venice Beach. This sign will replicate the original sign that used to hang there, back in the beginning days of the city of Venice. You can see a picture of the original sign on the cover of our "Born and Raised" CD. Well, now the light trestle is finished and they are having a day of celebration on Sunday, June 24, when they will officially hang and light the sign. It's also the 100th anniversary of the Venice Chamber of Commerce. The "Venice Fest" will run from 12 noon until 9pm on Windward Ave., between Pacific Ave. and the Speedway. (Boardwalk.) There will be music and craft booths, bouncies, petting zoo, face painting, etc., throughout the day. Then at 6pm, VENICE, the band, will headline the festival, and will play for 90 minutes, right up until the official lighting of the trestle sign at dusk. Mayor Antonio Villairegosa and council member Bill Rosendahl will also be there for the lighting ceremony. As you might guess, this will be a landmark day for the city of Venice, but also for the band and the Lennon Family that came here back in 1917. The festival is FREE! Please visit Venice Central's tour dates page for more information. Also, you can check out the event's webpage, here. Hope to see you there....bring your video and still cameras to capture this historic day. See you soon, |
June 10, 2007
Much to our surprise, we've just discovered that Venice's 1990
self-titled debut CD will be available on iTunes starting this
week. They're taking pre-orders now and they list a release
date of this Tuesday. This is exciting, since the album
has been out of print for almost ten years now. I can't
tell you how many e-mails we've received over the years from people
asking where they can find it. My stock answer has been
to point them to Ebay. But this is even better!
Pre-orders are $9.99. We have no idea what the price will be after Tuesday. As I say, the record label is doing this, not us.
Click here, and iTunes will open up right to the pre-order page.
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