Give Peas A Chance (August 2010 Newsletter)
Posted on August 22, 2010
Hello everyone :)
The title is borrowed from John Lennon's famous campaign for kids to "eat their greens". Awesome.
I hope you are doing really well :) I have two new singles from the forthcoming album "The Road" for you today. The first is a tribute to John Lennon, and the song that was one of the reasons I first decided to become a musician. The second is an upbeat and emotional love song called "Before You Go" with some of my favourite harmonies that I've ever recorded. I also have a confession to make: you've supported me so much lately, I'm depressed by all of you. No, wait! I meant, im-pressed! Sorry, it was a slip of the tongue, but not a Freudian slip, by any means. Would you like to see another "slip" of the tongue? Come over here. ;)
In all seriousness, I love you all very, very much. And...
I NEED YOUR HELP
Thank you all, to those of you who have seen me live in the last few months... the 2010 "Road" tour has been the most successful yet! I really appreciate it! However, due to some issues in promotion, there is a chance that all of the shows from September 8th - December 25th (125 shows or so) will have to be cancelled. I am hoping that will not be the case. In order for it not to be the case, I need a couple of things to go my way, and one of those things is that I need a gang of new promoters to help me... the behind-the-scenes workload is just too great for me and my current people to handle.
So... I am asking you very kindly and emphatically to please e-mail me privately ( ELIPSUS@GMAIL.COM ) and let me know you're interested in helping me - even for just 5 mins a week - spread my music of peace and love around the world, and in keeping the tour going. Without a lot more help, it may not carry on this year. But I will do everything in my power to make sure it does, and unless you hear from me otherwise, assume that the tour will go all the way through December as planned. Anyone who does join promo gets to receive intimate behind the scenes pic-blogs by text (to phone or email) from my tour :) Although you will get very tired of looking at me very quickly (as many of my exs did), and will much prefer the animal, food and scenery pix.
Also, don't forget to join your regional fan group - here is the full list with links to all the groups: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=443553366054
(don't forget to invite all of your local friends so your area can be named one of the biggest Fox fan bases!)
And please, go here http://www.facebook.com/foxelipsusand click "suggest to friends", select all your friends, and click "send invitations".
TWO NEW MUSIC VIDEOS FROM THE ROAD (DOUBLE A-SIDE)
Imagine & Before You Go
My tribute to John Lennon... one of the greatest songs ever
- - - - - - - - - IMAGINE - - - - - - - - -
A powerful and uptempo love song with an olden-days feeling
- - - - - - - - BEFORE YOU GO - - - - - -
Please rate them, comment on them, and share them with all your friends to help spread these messages of peace and love.
There was a time when Lennon imagined... like him, I wonder, why, when we are all so profoundly similar, can we not find a way to see past our differences, and live life as one, one people, one race, one species, one world, with compromise and communication, with tolerance and acceptance, and above all, with PEACE. You may have said he was a dreamer. But he wasn't the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.
He may be gone but his words of peace and hope still linger on, and inspire us.
See all of my videos at http://www.youtube.com/foxelipsus
MAKING MOVIES
Would you like to film a Fox Elipsus music video? No, this is not a solicitation for an adult site, thank you very much. I can't pay you (unless you're offering more than just a video shoot), but your name and work will reach 100,000 people (though probably not all on the same day) and your video will be seen all over the world (though probably not at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, as deep-sea life does not have a network on facebook yet). If you'd like to make a Fox Elipsus music video, please e-mail ELIPSUS@GMAIL.COM
Similarly, if you'd like to be considered to design the cover of next year's 4th Fox Elipsus album (entitled "Another one? Is the 3rd one even out yet?"), or if you'd like to have some of your work, or photography, included in the booklet or on my websites, or if you'd like to do a photo shoot with me (fully or partially clothed only, mwahaha), please e-mail me!
TIME TO LET THE BIG BOYS (AND GIRLS) KNOW WE'RE HERE
We're approaching 100,000 fans now (although the Drive To 95 will fall just short by the end of the summer), so it's time for a mass orgy. Oh wait, did I say that out loud? No, I meant, so it's time to start letting the people in the music business know we're here. (Calls Simon Cowell). No luck there. Apparently if I'm not willing to rip off other people's songs, Not because we need their help, neccessarily, but because they may need ours... before brand names and commercialism completely take over the contemporary mainstream music scene. If you know any record label employees, any top notch promoters & managers, or any radio & TV people that would be interested in what I'm doing, please let them know about me, and/or send me their information to ELIPSUS@GMAIL.COM
Basically, what I am doing is this: playing for free and sleeping in my car all over North America, and sometimes Europe, and singing songs of peace and love and hope, in an attempt to help save the environment and promote peace and tolerance and equality and fairness and human rights. I live completely off the CD sales, as well as tips and donations, and if you've seen my show, you know it's quite an experience, in both a comical sense and also in terms of emotive and thought-provoking introspection into who we are, what we are doing, and where we are going. I would love your help. I would not love your "hep". But I would love your "help". See how much difference an "L" can make?
UPCOMING SHOWS
If you are in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, or Upstate NY, or in any state close to those states, or even in Nepal and feel like flying halfway around the world, then there are upcoming shows with your name on them. Literally. The flyers for the show have your name printed across the top. I'm serious! Don't believe me? Come to the show and see for yourself. ;)
These may be the final shows of the year if a few things do not go my way, so enjoy them. For example, if someone doesn't bring me a Greek Salad within 10 mins, I am cancelling tonight's Denver show. OK, OK, I'm kidding. I'm not famous enough for that sort of behavior yet. In fact there is no famous that is famous enough for that. Hopefully the tour will not be cancelled. Hopefully, I will return in the second week of September, and continue with the 125 extra shows that cover the parts of the USA that I have not performed in yet, this year.
Full tour schedule here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=313331726054
August
Sun 22nd (tonight), 8pm - DENVER, CO - Gypsy House Cafe, 1279 Marion St
Mon 23rd (tomorrow), 6pm - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Borders Books, 2120 Southgate Rd
Tue 24th, 6.30pm - WICHITA, KS - Borders Books, 1715 N Rock Rd
Wed 25th, 6pm - TOPEKA, KS - Pizagel's Pizza & Bakery, 2830 SW Fairlawn Rd
Thu 26th, 7pm - KANSAS CITY, MO - Borders Books (Olathe), 15350 W 119th St, Olathe, KS
Fri 27th, 6pm - SPRINGFIELD, MO - Heroes Coffee Cafe, 601 N National Ave
Sat 28th, 1pm - COLUMBIA, MO - Cafe Berlin, 220 N 10th St
Sat 28th, 7pm - SAINT LOUIS, MO - Borders Books, 25 South County Center Way
Sun 29th, 5pm - LOUISVILLE, KY - La Vida Java Coffee Co, 1301 Herr Lane
Mon 30th, 6pm - LEXINGTON, KY - Dink's Cafe, 2033 Harrodsburg Road
Tue 31st, 8pm - CINCINNATI, OH - Sitwell's Coffee House, 324 Ludlow Ave
September
Wed 1st, 7pm - DAYTON, OH - Saxbys Coffee, 4425 Feedwire Rd
Thu 2nd, 8pm - COLUMBUS, OH - Travonna Coffee House, 1195 North High St
Sat 4th, 7pm - BUFFALO, NY - Goodrich Coffee & Tea, 9450 Main St, Clarence, NY
Full tour schedule, again, is here:
I hope to see all of you soon! In next month's newsletter, which will be along shortly, we will have more music videos, more fun, and hopefully more tour dates.
It's not easy to do this, but it's impossible alone. Thank you for standing with me. Please never stop standing with me. If we're going to make things better, we need to stand as one, for peace.
With love
Fox Elipsus in Denver, CO.
PS
Q: Which is a horse's fave beatles song?
A: "Hay Chewed"
PPS
Q: Michael Jackson once dropped a famous item of clothing on the way up to the penthouse suite in his hotel... then Aerosmith wrote a song about it... called what?
A: "Glove In An Elevator..."
PPPS
Q: What do you call the dance that all the hotel staff are doing, where they jump up and down on one leg, and make buzzer sounds?
A: The "bell-hop"
PPPPS
Q: What does elton john say to his nervous opening act, every night, right before the opening act goes on?
A: "rock it, man!"
PPPPS
Q: What did the closed can of tuna say to the freshly-opened can of tuna?
A: "You're on a roll tonight..."