Doctor Noize

Hello Noizemakers,

It is uncommonly quiet in the Noize house this week. All three of my girls (my daughters and their mother) are in the San Francisco Bay Area, while I remain here in Colorado. I am not used to a quiet house, and I much prefer a Noizy one. So I am looking forward to their return on Friday.

My butt kicking, crime fighting PR agent, Beth Blenz-Clucas — heretofore referred to as the Bethinator — says that a bunch of CD reviews have been confirmed for publication over the next few months. Based on my experience several weeks ago getting excited about a review that never materialized (written about in a previous Blah Blah Blog) I will not focus on the specifics of these potential reviews, and instead point you to something I’m very excited about — the first real published review. This review is very meaningful to me, for two reasons: (1) It is the first published review; and (2) The reviewer totally gets and appreciates the big picture goals of the CD. I cannot ask for a better review than this one, and I always feel incredibly excited when I meet someone who really gets the CD. Here it is:

“out with the kids — parent differently”

So here’s a big shout out to Jeff at “out with the kids — parent differently.” Thanks for being there. Also to the Bethinator for interesting people in writing up the CD.

We are in the process of updating the website to include live show pictures and get some of the originally promoted things truly working at full speed — the Forum, the email list signup, the “Win A Free All-Expenses Paid Trip To The Island Of Thelonious” competition, etc. Okay, fine, there’s no free trip to Thelonious giveaway, but there should be, and if I have my way in this life, there will be at some point. We just gotta find Thelonious — it’s not on any human maps.

Anyway, the website is a little out of date and behind schedule, and I apologize. Soon you will be able to hear the XM Radio interview and do some other cool new things. I want to give a big shout out to Weldon Dodd and Christian Lowe, who have spent gobs of time on the website making it super duper swell. They are awesome. They have both been my buddies since kindergarten — no kidding — which means we’ve been friends for at least a decade, maybe even more. (I’ll get back to you on the math there.) Christian — who you know as the dude who makes all the great illustrations for all thingz Doctor Noize — just became a daddy last week too. Nice going, Daddio. (Weldon already has four kids — that’s right, four. Hey Weldon: Nice going, nice going, nice going, and nice going.)

On to work. Have a good week.

Your buddy for life,

Doctor Noize