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| From | Judith Beeman <beeman@istar.ca> |
| Subject | Tsunami relief & "free" PERNICE BROTHERS stuff all in one |
| Date | Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:44:12 -0800 |
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Hey all. I'm on the Pernice Brothers list where they send the
occasional missive (anyone can join). Earlier this week I got the news
that ALL monies from this week's ASHMONT (chez Pernice) mail order sales
will go the the RED CROSS TSUNAMI RELIEF. Pretty groovy and my bad for
not reporting this earlier -- I thought someone else would beat me to it.
Zo, if you're thinking of snagging that new live cd/video or one of
those pug-ugly tshirts (lordy they suck) or the #1 crucial Pernice
Release (overcome with happiness) or scud mtn stuff this is a good time
to do so. Mayhaps specify you want to make sure the Red Cross offer is
still going on.
Just today another missive came from Camp Pernice and its a message from
Joe. He's a great writer. I'm gettin' a bit weary of the baseball stuff
but that's just me and sports (do'em don't watch'em!). Joe's missive below.
rawk on, Judith
> Greetings Everyone,
>
> This web entry was originally supposed to be a Happy Thanksgiving puff
> piece, but as I have only recently begun to free myself from a
> particularly sticky patch of procrastination (I practically had to
> chew through my own leg just to get away), you'll have to settle for a
> belated New Years greeting. Here's hoping 2005 tops 2004.
>
> I would like thank all of you who downloaded "Moonshot Manny" and "The
> Flu" from Ashmont's digital store: The Bargain Center. Proceeds from
> both songs are going to pretty good causes, if you ask me. You can get
> more info at www.pernicebrothers.com <http://www.pernicebrothers.com>.
> We're also giving the money from ALL ASHMONT mail order sales through
> this week to the Red Cross Tsunami relief.
>
> Also, thanks to everyone who bought the live album/DVD. The DVD in
> particular could serve as a primer for low concept fashion. A little
> style I like to call: Nearly Presentable. Though it was shot over a
> few weeks, you'll notice there is nary a costume change or shave.
> Which reminds me. We recently had publicity photos taken for the next
> Pernice Brothers album (more on that in a minute), and I have a giant
> beard. It's like a parasite. I almost look like those dudes from Zed
> Zed Top (that's for you non Americans who might be reading this). I
> was speaking to a certain Pernice Brothers fill in drummer there other
> day, and the conversation went something like this:
>
> Me: "Man, you should see me. I have a giant beard."
> Fill In Drummer: "Perneeeece, that's a terrible thing to call your
> wife. I didn't know you were gay."
>
> Anyway, I have a giant beard.
>
> As for the new record, it's coming, I swear. As I mentioned before, I
> have been on an unparalleled procrastination tear. It really should be
> recognized publicly. It's like I'm back in college except I don't feel
> like I am about to throw up or have just thrown up.
>
> Plus, I'm just starting to come down from the Red Sox high, though I
> truly doubt I will ever fully come down. (Many thanks to Mitchell
> Scherr at Major League Baseball for hooking my wife and I up with
> World Series Game Two tickets and Game Four dirt from the pitcher's
> mound in Saint Looie! A high point of my life, honestly. When Laura
> and I have a kid we're going to name him/her Mitchell Scherr Pernice.
> Same goes for the second kid if there is one. Kind of like a George
> Foreman or Manny Ramirez thing.)
>
> I'm not making excuses for the record's delayed release, but here
> comes another excuse. I went to more weddings last fall than I've been
> to in the last five years. What's with these people? Couldn't they for
> once have considered my needs? Don't they know the kind or irreparable
> damage I sustain every time a necktie tightens around my neck? And my
> good friends, no less. Among them, my guitarist Peyton Pinkerton and
> his girlfriend in September. Then my bassist Thom Monahan and his
> girlfriend in October. Oh well, I guess congrats to both couples. I
> suppose I forgive them. Just don't let it happen again.
>
> November/December are a blur. I go into hyper low gear around the
> holidays as a defense mechanism. I'm like a sea turtle with a lot more
> hair. Highlights from those sixty-one days: Received a signed letter
> from Bill Clinton saying that his Manny Ramirez T-shirt had arrived
> safely, and I watched the documentary Alone in the Wilderness about
> twenty times. For more on President Clinton, refer to just about every
> scrap of media created between 1992 and 2000. As for the documentary:
> It's the story of a guy named Dick Proenneke (I apologize for the
> spelling errors) who in 1963 at the age of 51, having spent 25 years
> in the navy, wanted to see if he could live for one year like a
> woodsman in the Alaskan wilderness. Well, he ended up staying for
> thirty-five years alone and filmed himself! Do yourself a favor,
> google Bob Swerer Productions and buy this DVD. It's amazing.
>
> I've also begun to write a movie based on my book "Meat is Murder."
> I'm writing it with my friend Neal Huff. Neal's a really good actor
> living in NYC. He was in the play Take Me Out and is in a The
> Foreigner with Matthew Broderick. The latter play is still running in
> New York through mid January and is highly recommended. During the
> play, my sister whispered to me, "That guy seems like a real jerk."
> High praise considering the character he plays. The night before Neal
> and I met for the first time, I had seen him in a Law and Order
> episode. I said to him, "Hey, you play a good nut job. I think we can
> work together." Anyway, in a perfect world we'll make a movie in the
> not-so-distant future.
>
> But believe me, I am finished trying predict delivery dates. That goes
> for albums, DVDs, movies and the yet-to-be conceived Mitchell Scherr
> Pernice.
>
> Best wishes for '05,
>
>
> JP
> 1/6/05 Boston
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