Big Changes Coming Soon!

Dudes & Dudettes: Big developments are looming on the MiniBoone horizon. (Note how hard it was for me to avoid saying "Big changes" right there. Love dem puns) Our new ep Big Changes is coming out January 26, 2010 on Drug Front Records and we are all super excited. On that date you'll be able to buy the record through our website, Drug Front's website, and Bandcamp. In addition, on that date or thereabouts, www.miniboone.com will link directly to Drug Front Records' website instead of going to that pretty orange page you see now. But have no fear. You will still be able to click through to the MiniBoone blog and enjoy the occasional dispatches of wisdom from MiniBoone, including more videos from James and new episodes of Craig's Recipe Corner.

If you want a sneak peek of the tunes from Big Changes, roll on over to our myspace page or, better yet, check out one of the recent writeups on the band. Yes that's right ladies, we have been named Band of the Week at Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, Band of the Month at Music Zeitgeist, and Band of the Year at Pitchfork. Haha, just kiddin' about that last one.

In addition, we'll be doing a release party for the EP on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at Glasslands in Brooklyn, NY with the fantastic bands I'm Turning Into, Pet Ghost Project, and one more band. I'm sure we'll be reminding you of it constantly in the next few weeks. It'll certainly be an extravaganza, so come and be merry. Don't forget to invite Grandma Rosemary!

In other news... my girlfriend bought me a new Bread Machine for Christmas after reading my tear-inducing plea for a new one in "Craig's Recipe Corner Volume 1". Looks like the MiniBoone blog has now become the new Make a Wish Foundation. Not bad. And my mom bought me this awesome new pedalboard which powers all my pedals WITH JUST ONE 9V ADAPTOR. Can't tell you how awesome that is. Haters (jealous members of MiniBoone) gonna hate, but Craig's gonna smile when he's on stage without having to worry about a million cords tangling him up.

Oh yeah, and lately I've been super-listening to Yeasayer's as-yet-unreleased album, some Fever Ray, Bat for Lashes, Little Dragon, Antony and the Johnsons' newest record... but not that that makes me cool, all my listening tastes are ripped off my band members.

GO CHECK OUT THOSE MINIBOONE LINKS!! oh yeah here's one more: Quiet Color January 6, 2010 Just couldn't resist

Recording and Marriage

Craig here to report that Saturday's recording session went off without a hitch. We headed out to New Jersey early Saturday morning to record with Jesse and Dean, and busted through guitars, bass, keyboards and drums for 6 tracks in 12 hours. Ordered some Thai food around 7:00 pm and it took a damn hour to get there. During overdubs, those not recording rested up by battling each other in Def Jam Vendetta for Playstation, a wrestling game for rappers. Keith Murray versus some white guy named Tank and none of us could figure out how to pin, so the match went on for 16 minutes. Easily the longest and most excruciating video game wrestling match I've seen. But, lots of Stankin' Punches and combo moves were scored, and Keith Murray earned $1,600 for beating Tank. Are there actual celebrity wrestling matches? Besides Andy Kaufman? I'm talking like celebrity golf tournaments and celebrity basketball games. Is $1,600 all Keith Murray would get for wrestling?

Any case, next up on the agenda is vocals and more overdubs next Saturday. Hopefully the EP should be ready by the end of October. Until then, why don't you distract yourself with a new Miniboone show at Cameo Gallery on Wednesday?

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Weds. Sep. 16th - Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo Gallery
93 n 6th st. b/w Wythe and Berry. Off the Beford L stop.
Actually looks like "The Loving Cup Cafe" from the outside.
Free show! We go on after the weekly comedy show Big Terrific.
Show up around 10:30 for us, earlier for the yuk-yuks (which are also free)!
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Lastly, ya'll might be interested to know that I'M GONNA GET MARRIED! I proposed to my girlfriend Marielle by the campfire while we were camping at the Wharton State Forest on Labor Day Weekend. Got down on my knee in the dirt. She didn't even see it coming! It was a pleasant accompaniment to the sleepless nights we had, since we forgot to bring an inflatable mattress or sleeping bags, and Jersey was for some reason cold as hell and our 4 blankets just didn't cut it. But we are super excited and looking into dates and places for the wedding!

As they say, "it's not like hanging around with your friends"... actually Billy from Desk already made that joke (joke?) to me. But I made it again.