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| It's almost 3 am. Brushwood and JimBob just
tried to have Cybersex with two coeds in Boston that turned out
to be guys. So It's time for another installment of ....
THE FREDHED GAZETTE Yes indeedy, we are falling asleep and hallucinating. There are large reptiles everywhere it seems. And we finally have some shows. Really. FEBRUARY 14 FRIDAY VALENTINE'S DAY BLACK FRIDAY CD RELEASE PARTY Plum Street Pub, corner of Hamilton Street, New Brunswick NJ. Brushwood needs a date. JimBob's date needs a fake ID. Chester is being set up with an invisible RI girl. Starts around 9 sharp. Also playing is Drag Pack, Fatty Lumpkin and Gerrymiah's date, Catherine Moon. Celebrating the release of the Powerbunny 4x4 CD Compilation, with lots of cool NB bands. MARCH 15 SATURDAY ALMOST ST. PATRICK'S DAY Plum Street Pub yet again-- this time with the world renowned BIONIC RHODA. Bring your own shamrocks, Plum St.'ll supply the beer. We'll supply the fake Irish jigs. Chester, as ever, will supply the cosmic vibes. Wanna buy a duck? A what? A duck. Does it quack? Of course it quacks. We went on AOL chat rooms and started this ancient grade school verse, hoping for someone to join in. NOBODY got it right. We are VERY disappointed. We e-mailed a few people a duck gif anyway. Our brains are fried. Even WE don't remember Mr. Hooper anymore. We remember Bob now. And when Gordon had a big 'fro. And when Oscar was orange instead of green. We're old. Did we mention tired? The CD!!!!!!!!!!!! We mentioned it above. We're on it, so are lots of other fine NJ bands. You can buy it at the Feb 14 show and at the Court Tavern this coming Friday (the first release party). We'll be there watching. Maybe. This is a LIMITED EDITION, kiddies, so grab 'em while they're hot!! We should some of our stuff on sale at the Court that night too. Now we must sleep. We Love You All A Halo Called Fred A HALO CALLED FRED If you don't come out to see one of these shows, we have vowed to break up because of Ringo. By the way, this e-mailing has been chemically altered to subliminally flash the words "Worship the Halo" in microsecond intervals across your screen*. Eventually, it will infect the Pentagon and any invading alien fleets from outer space that happen to use a Macintosh platform. Saturday March 15 Thursday March 27 Saturday April 4 INDULGENCE DEPARTMENT Desert Island Disks of Brushwood: REM/Murmer I just changed my mind on half of them and then thought of ten more. But only the first answers count, you know. Half of them are first albums, by the way. Currently The Best Comic Books Brushwood Knows
of: Preacher That's all bye. -B. A HALO CALLED FRED Greetings again patient Fred Heds and people who
don't know any better. The Halo will be playing a few select exclusive
one of a kind shows for all of you who do not need to fly across
the country. For those who DO need to fly, check out our NEW UPDATED
Website at Before we go any further, here's our next scheduled
SHOWS: SATURDAY JUNE 14 4:30pm (we go on 6pm? maybe?) THURSDAY JULY 24 10PM (DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED PLEASE
NOTE!!!) Special thanks to the rite Rev Ivan Stang of the
Church of the Subgenius for making us a NATIONWIDE hitmaking machine
on his syndicated radio show. Jersey area listeners can hear it
on Mondays at 1am on WFMU 91.1 FM. Others check out the SubSite
for more information and severe brain damage at http://www.subgenius.com Status of the Halo... Yes, we still "exist". We are not exactly
pre-fame Green Day out there playing every friggin night at crap
places around the country. We have JOBS, maaan. A few of us (1)
are even HAPPY. But the muse still calls, as does our unhealthy
need for attention. We are starting to OUTLAST other bands simply
by laying low. All God's Children gone, Isoe gone, various lineups
of unnamed bands busting up due to internal interpersonal problems
(read: love and hate), hey--we have it GOOD. If a little slow.
Yes, we have started to record again. Yes, we are using wacky 90's
digital methods. We are, as ever, simultaneously 20 years behind
AND ahead of our time. We hope to complete the record just in time
for the big Cocktail-Techno craze of next winter. To avoid the
rush, set your DVD players NOW to record the AOL Internet Video
channel over your fiber optic cable lines for our Livingroom practice
sessions in 2002. "Why haven't I gotten any of those neat-o postcards?" Please! What are we, MADE of money? If you're reading
this on your e-mail account, we don't NEED to send you no steeenking
postcards. So -- last time out, I gave you my Desert Island Disks
and made the other members jealous. So... GEVEREND DEE'S DESERT ISLAND DISKS: "So Brushwood's list featured Bands' first albums. I suppose that means he likes the freshness of raw creativity. I, on the other hand, chose several Greatest hits albums -- meaning that I am easily swayed by shallow pop hooks. " The Beatles - Rubber Soul CHESTER'S fave song is the original John Cage 4'33" GERRYMIAH loves any record by any band that will take him on a world tour (are you listening, Spice Girls?) and the Top Album JIM BOB would like to be stuck
on a desert Island with.. Milli Vanilli - The Live Album See you next time, folks. A HALO CALLED FRED Read this twice...AND THEN READ IT AGAIN!!! A Halo Called Fred can get you ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD in only 45 MINUTES!! Great new investment deal!! Not a dream! Not a hoax! Instant stuff in the place round about the time!! Lies lies lies!! Okay, I hate junk e-mail. Except ours, because
we write it. THURSDAY JULY 24 @MERCURY LOUNGE 9:30pm We even have a new song or two. So I've forgoten how to make mailing labels for our list. It just doesn't seem to work anymore. You wonderful e-mail people, you're all we have left, unless we recopy the list and we all know how painful THAT can be. GOOD NEWS! We have actually started to record. Deck II and Soundedit 16 by Macromedia. 132 mhz PowerPC. Lotsa sound equipment generously loaned to us by Wil the Sound God. Samples and harmonies and click tracks and we're STILL sloppy and out of time. But gorgeous as usual. Worship our chaos. HOW THE HALO SPEND ITS SUMMER VACATION We WORKED, like right and decent people!!!!! And got cats, got dumped, got haircut-ed, gambled, recorded, yelled at our parents, stared at the internet, stayed in our room, got drunk. You? La la la la la la okay, we go away now. A HALO CALLED FRED Welcome welcome welcome all newcomers and old fogies (hometown and out-of-state) to the Fred Hed Gazette, designed to excersize your eyeballs and dramatically improve hand-eye coordination. As of September 1, Gerrymiah moves (note from 1998: this never happened) a block away from Jim Bob and we become, for the first time, a purely New Brunswick, NJ band. Let the bells ring and yaks yelp. Never mind that New York laughs at us. Yes, in answer the question many of you ask, your computer does indeed hate you very much. It is plotting against you now and will strike when you sleep. A Halo Called Fred shall play a LIVE SHOW and perform new and old songs and psychically serenade your unborn children to ensure that they destroy the very civilization you know and understand. You're welcome. I will tell you when: SATURDAY AUGUST 23 PLUM STREET PUB 10pm Album update: It's still the Al Franken Decade to us. We Love You All, Brushwood Thicket Farmer A HALO CALLED FRED Turmoil. Isn't turmoil wonderful? Isn't it just a fabulous thought to start off a rock band promo with? It's so... so... jene-say rock un roll. We hope your lives have plenty of turmoil and that you enjoy it to the utmost. We'll provide the background music: FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 ****** BUDAPEST LOUNGE ************ Action plus with: Paul Rieder, former Hub City bard and All God's Children member AND rock the night away with Drag Pack, fellow Powerbunny CD mates. The turmoil begins at 10pm and is a steal at $3. That's a buck a band. YOU ARE ROBBING US BLIND!! and we love you for it. * * * * ITEM!! Our contribution to the newest Powerbunny CD compilation is in, and it's brand new, danceable and not available on any Halo release til next year. It's called Minuet in F. It sounds like a hit record, but it won't get played on the radio, trust us. A hi-fi digital sneak preview of our new collection. Powerbunny 4x4's Kitra Volume 2 should be out before Thanksgiving. ITEM!! Other finished new songs can be heard on
our lovely web site at http://members.aol.com/ahcf ITEM!! Howard the Unemployed Guy is working on a Halo screen saver since we know you can't go an idle minute without seeing our faces. It'll only be available for Windows unless Howard suddenly learns Mac programming. We'll have it on the web site for download when finished. ITEM!! We'll be at the Mercury Lounge in NYC November 24 with KING MISSILE III. Out-of-State fans, your Thanksgiving vacation is planned! Take a trip. Excelsior! -A Halo Called Fred. A HALO CALLED FRED Welcome to the most boring edition of the Gazette there ever was. Today you will hear us drone on and on and on about things that are not in the very least important to you and even if they were we will use this completely unreadable run-on style that just goes on and on and on and on and into your pathetic future where no matter how you run, this sentence will still be there. Why is it so unbearably boring you might ask, assuming you were still reading? Perhaps it could be because it is being written whilst at a boring day job but I could neither confirm nor deny such atrocious accusations so shut up. Or next time I'll write a long introspective poem about shattered love and shrubbery. Gig worth traveling to as it will be considerably less boring than this newsletter: A Halo Called Fred w/ King Missile III As always, out of area fans are encouraged to put aside other plans and obligations and fly to NY. I hear there's even other things to do there. We'll nag you about it one more time before the show. Those of you who wanted a printed postcard to hang on the refrigerator can go to our wonderful website (http://members.aol.com/ahcf) and download our latest work of aht.You online people are all just not worth the extra stamp and copy money and I'd say it to your face if this weren't e-mail. But we love you all deeply anyway. I'm cold... And there are wolves after me. One or all of A Halo Called Fred! New show! Come see! Last show of the year! Maybe! All your friends will be there! Your enemies too! People you had difficult emotional experiences with and currently don't talk to! They might even be us! Come anyway! Get drunk if it helps! Get someone else to drive! Or come by dog sled! Scream at us! We'll scream back! Go out this Saturday night! Get a life! Move out of your parents' basement! Budapest Lounge! 234 Somerset Street New Brunswick
NJ! Powerbunny 4x4 Kitra Vol. 2 release jam! It's a CD! It's good! We're on it! Also playing are Bunt, the Stuntcocks and MC Starch & the Magic Rabbit Posse! They're on the CD too! We go on third! If all goes well! NEW Halo Song on CD! Minuet in F! Dance to it! Dirty lyrics! The kind you like! Not for kids! Or adults either! Buy it at the show! Only five bucks! Save now! See you all then! A Halo Called Fred! |
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2000-2003 A new millenium arrives. Most computers fail to explode. 2 songs are released with Tiny. Halo coasts on old glories, sits around watching TV and surfing the internet. Videos mysteriously appear, as the legend grows. 1999 The long awaited CD is released, and .00001% of the world rejoices!! Tiny brings his bass to the Halo, and tries to make it Y2K complient. Well, he tries... Grunge is like so over, but being played on Dr. Demento is cool. 1998 A long and torturous home recording process results in the year-end completion of our first actual CD. Along the way we become dissatisfied with our day jobs, but we still don't quit to go on a cross country tour. Except for Jim Bob who takes his bass to Salt Lake City, leaving Halo with totally different band arguments. 1997 Starbucks forces New Brunswick coffee houses into the bunker. Halo open several shows in NY with John S Hall / King Missile, and begin recording an album that doesn't see the light of day for over a year. 1996 Brushwood buys a computer and takes over the newsletter. The Halo web site makes its official debut. Sgt Pepper becomes the best selling tape yet. Some of Halo get real jobs. And even get married. (not to each other) 1995 The Gazette is started by Jim Bob on a tiny b/w Mac SE. Sgt. Pepper is recorded. Gerrymiah T. Bullfrog joins the Halo full-time. The manager is dumped, even as Halo makes a bit of money... or at least breaks even. The band is 3 years old. Goo. |