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2007-06-25

Good morning Boys and Girls.

Received some interesting news over the weekend.

You've heard me yap on endlessly over the years about my son's music, and you've always been kind enough to not say, "shut the hell up, would you?"

Well... The fact is, my brother Matthew is incredibly talented too, though his band, "Discipline," hasn't done much for a number of years, while Matt's kids have been young. He did release a damn fine solo album a couple of years ago called "Astray," and has performed a couple of times individually - including an appearance at a pretty cool progressive rock festival in Portugal - in support of that album, but all along, his relatively small but enthusiastic fan base has been after him to start recording and performing with the band again.

Well, a couple of weeks ago, my son Ryan, who works with Matt at their "day jobs" (-they're both entirely practical people) mentioned that he thought Discipline might be signed to play at next year's Nearfest in Philly, but that it wasn't to be made public yet.

Nearfest is the preeminent U.S. East Coast Prog Rock Festival every year, and tends to sell out very quickly.

Well, lo and behold, evidently it was announced at this year's Nearfest, which just ended yesterday, that the first band signed for next year, is Discipline, and throughout the day yesterday I received email forwards from excited people announcing as much from his fan supported "Into the Dream," what? bulletin board? -I don't know what you call it. I just know I get these emails. Fan club? Perhaps.

Anyway, it made me smile.

Also, a big thank you to Adrian Belew for granting me permission to use his lyrics of the King Crimson song "Indiscipline," in my novel "Alma Matters," and to fellow author, (and mother of two-thirds of the Adrian Belew Power Trio,) Robin Slick for acting as go between.


Be good to everyone.

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Barnabus (2007-06-25)
A Hearty Congratulations to him and his group, for getting a spot on the Festival!!!

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