1/24/06

thanks so very much to everyone for coming to our fabulous gig at Onopa Brewery last fri. eve. For a fucking blizzard, the turnout was amazing !We would like to thank Dan especially for hittin' those skins for us on such short notice as well ..what a guy,what a guy.We lok forward to playing The Mad Planet on feb. 4th ,feeling good about getting our feet wet again after kind of re-couping from a member change(the best part of being a musician indeed)Its so great to feel the love, and get e-mails from people that are keeping up w/ us,wondering whn the next gigs are, etc...Little things like that really make a difference.Oh yes, thanks to "crimes of paris" & "hoss "as well, two solid bands.

On a personal note, if anyone spots a woman running down at the lakefront,wearing a white fuzzy hat, and punching the air tribute ala "rocky" around 9:00 a.m,thats me...give a honk would ya?

 

12/13/05

Well hey hey hey kids....been awhile.Just got a lap-top & the codes to update the site so here we are again. Looking forward to a january 20th show at Onopa brewery on center street ( I beleive we go on 1st) so hopefully we will see you there. There's some unfortunate 'dark horse' news ,our drummer kristy is staying back in Los Angeles due to an amazing job oportunity that presented itself, we will miss her & have fond memories of the shows that we played with her..So what if your reading this & you are an amazing drummer? Although we have someone in mind ,you should contact us.Maybe we can make rock together...maybe we can eat cinnabons together....maybe we can rule the nation...who knows.I do have to say on a side note, that i'm already sick of winter,nothing like a 2 degree breeze blowing up your pantleg whilst shaking massive amounts of radio active salt off your boots ya know??? jesus. Hey check out onmilwaukee.com's article on our nutty band, just click on "music" and it will be easy to locate*

10/24/05

Well well well... we had some amazing shows so far in october, looking forward to more soon. Dont be discouraged if we are not too active for the next some weeks, our wonderful drummer is working in L.A until the end of december, to make some cash and tie up loose ends. We may book a couple gigs w/ a fill in drummer, we'll see. On another note, we are happy to say that there is a potential new 'label home' for the dark horse project , so thats why there is a bit of a delay in terms of purchasing our new c.d on line .You can however get it at our shows when we play.Make sure you check out the dark horse project on 'my space' and we look forward to continuing to play full force right after the holly-days.Local folks, go to 'atomic records'...You might just find a special treat in "the lovelies" section.wink wink.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

8/29/05

Hi there. Life is good, ...fans/friends will be happy to know that the Dark Horse Project will have c.d's available in two weeks, hot off the pressing plant.We have some gigs coming up in October that we are excited about , and more details will be posted as we book in.C.D's will be available on-line or at our performances.Josh, kristy and I look forward to playing for you.

7/31/05

Wow....A huge thanks to everyone that came out to our show last night w/ 'the woggles' & 'holly go lightly '.We couldnt have prayed for a better vibe, or a more beautiful evening..I must say that the sound system there was fantastic as well.Josh(the bassist) was excellent, and it made my heart swell to have all our hard practicing come to fruition.(If you call 'hard' chainsmoking, and lounging on red carpet in my basement drinking diet cokes.*) We look forward to many shows in the future & our drummer will be here in less than a month.I got to sport my new one piece elvis jumpsuit, and life is good.

6/22/05

 

Just checking in, what else is new. I am thrilled to announce that my new bassist and i will be playing our first show together in july...please go to the shows page for further details.We have been practicing hard so our drummer's arrival in August will be a smooth transition. I look forward to getting a couple local shows under our belt, and I am hoping to plan a series of out of town shows in sept/ oct.It sure would be great to get back to nashville & austin again.Looking forward to seeing y'all at the gig on the 30th of July!

6/11/05

Hello again.Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the wonderful people that came out to my performace last night.I would like to send a special thanks to the chicago crew, who got jacked up mapquest directions and only saw the last two songs...total bummer,( i'll catch you next time brian*) I must say, shank hall has the best sound in the city hands down...(Paul, you the man.So refreshing to have someone mix vocals properly).Gosh, in the words of Donna Fargo,' I'm the happiest girl in the whole U.S.A'...

PRETTY MUCH THE BEST NIGHT EVER*

06/07/05

Yes,now you cant get rid of me since i figured out how to' log on' and post a bunch of sense-less shit.. just taking a quick break from writing I guess.Saw a great lana turner movie last night , jesus, they shaved that womans eyebrows & penciled them back on like 7 inches higher ...I fucking love that stuff.I just pulled an old 'ampeg' amp of mine out that i will be playing on the 10th, it sounds amazing..the tremelo is gorgeous, unlike the 'pedal tremelos' you can buy that sound similar to a small farm animal drowning ...

The other day my friend took me to a great store intown called"Gearheads" ..it's on 41st and National , and they have a fantastic selection of old/ obscure amps..I did not want to leave. Adjacent to the music store is a old movie/ memorobilia store that's really cool as well, I couldnt believe that i had never been there before.But if you are in the market for some cool & obscure gear for your guitar (or any instrument for that matter) go there & talk to a gentleman named Ben ...he is nice, and nice is extremely under-rated in my opinion. It's a family business & you just cant beat that.

6/3/05

Hey friends,let me say again, how cool it's been to hear from so many of you.Good times,good times. Ah yes, I enjoy sitting in front of my computer, late at night rambling endlessley into the cyber- stratosphere .Today was cool,I have begun practicing w/ a certain bass player in town & Its been much fun.I think we are both warped enough to actually make a 'go' of it .Other than that, I am busy preparing for a solo show at SHANK HALL on the 10th of june.Its been really nice to be in a position where I am able to find/ audition people to play out (full band). Dont get me wrong, I dig solo shows, and the intimacy you get from them, but playing out "The Dark Horse " record full band is great as well.I have truly enjoyed the presence of other people playing w/ myself again.I 've never recorded a full record & than put a band together, but my friends & i say that if you do the exact opposite, of what you have usually done, you will get great results.So far it has been true.Being able to 'start over' as it were, rebuilding something so different from where I came from is un-explainabley cool. I cant wait till my drummer kristy gets here.

ciao baby!

5/23/05

Hello friends, glad to see that so many people are hitting this site & signing up for the e-mail list.I'm looking forward to giving a solo performance on june 10th@SHANK HALL...If you are interested, please visit the media page to hear some tunes.If you are a "myspace" member, you can download those songs as well.....Big & good news...Drummer Kristy Mcinnis from Los Angeles will soon be an official part of the dark horse project.She is relocating towards the end of summer.Kristy was recently in a band called The Randies , but before that she played in The Delphines ( Kathy Valentines band, formerly from the Go Go's.)She is a tasteful & multi talented drummer,with whom I share mucho chemistry.cool..Was up late last night strumming, trying to squeeze some new song ideas out on paper ( which worked).Today, was spent partly watching the Lawrence Welk Show..fucking incredible.

4/15/05

I'm very pleased to say that my dearfriend/photographer maria & I just finished a photo shoot.Its so hard to get photos that I myself dig, but I have to say we got quite a few.Now that my luddite ass has been taught how to use this journal,I promise that I will be writing more frequently.I just mastered the record, and wow, I am thrilled with the results.Now its time to scrounge to press a few of those bad boys....Welp, i am going to see "Pleasure Club" on may 14th in St. Louis, and I am very happy seeing as they are one of my all-time faves. O.K, goodnight...and do me a favor...rent ANY Judy Garland movie, and than we can chat about what a master of everything that she was !