1888 BLOG! A place for 1888ers!
  • scissors
    March 30th, 2007Brad1888 BAND MEMBER POSTS

    Hello everyone. Just wanted to welcome you to our new blog. We are finally finished with the new record, and can’t wait for you all to hear what we have been up to. Hope to see you at the release show on april 7 (the boot) Until then……..
    Brad 1888

  • scissors
    March 27th, 200718881888 BAND MEMBER POSTS

    HI! WE’RE BACK!
    Well as promised this blog is the first step in our building our new website.
    The Album(CD) is being pressed as we speak and so are the brand new
    1888 shirts. You will be able to get your lovely hands on both items at
    our upcoming show at THE BOOT.
    Check out the flyer!
    1888/HONEY, I'D KILL.../PRE-RELEASE PARTY/APRIL 7TH, 2007
    Please roll out and check it out! We always look forward to the live show and can’t wait!

    For those of you who live far away we have you in our minds and are working hard to
    get the means to offer the new Album directley from our website/blog!
    (OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS APRIL 10TH, 2007)

    Stay tuned for much more 1888 NEWS on this blog.

  • scissors
    March 26th, 200718881888 BAND MEMBER POSTS

    AUGUST/4/2006:
    QUICK RECAP AND NEW PHOTOS!!

    WELL
    IT’S BEEN VACATION TIME FOR THE 1888 BOYS AND
    WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF UPDATES LATELY. THE NEW
    YORK SHOW WENT VERY WELL AND WE HAD A MINDBLOWING
    TIME WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS. SCOTT LYMAN BLESSED US
    WITH HIS AMAZING SKILLS AND SICK PERFORMANCE AS HE
    FILLED IN THE LEAD GUITAR WORK. CHEERS SCOTT! HE

    REALLY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME HELPING US OUT AND OF
    COURSE IT WAS JUST OUR PLOY TO GET HIM BACK ON THE
    STAGE!!-ha ha. ACTUALLY, OUR FRIEND CIESTHER
    FROM ASTROPOP3 TOOK SOME KILLER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
    SHOW, CHECK’EM OUT..|HERE|..THANKS
    CIESTHER!!

    SINCE
    THE SHOW WE HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY IN THE STUDIO
    PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON "HONEY, ID KILL…"
    ALBUM ART IS IN PROGRESS AND BIO SECTION WILL BE
    ADDED TO THIS SITE SOON.OH YEAH, AND IF YOU HAVEN’T
    ALREADY, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR VIDEO PAGE BY CLICKING
    THE COLOR BARS BELOW OR JUST BY CLICKING..|HERE|

    MAY/31/2006:
    TAPHOUSE SHOW CANCELLED (JUNE 3RD)

    EXTREMELY
    SORRY FOR THE CANCELLATION. ONE OF OUR
    MEMBERS GOT HIT WITH SOME SERIOUS OBLIGATIONS.
    SO TO RECOVER WE HAVE HAD TO DO SOME SERIOUS
    THINKING ABOUT OUR OPTIONS FOR THE LIVE SHOW.

    WHILE THE TAPHOUSE SHOW WAS TOO SOON TO FIGURE
    THINGS OUT, WE WILL STILL BE PERFORMING IN NEW
    YORK CITY ON JUNE 24TH AT THE CAKESHOP.
    WE WILL
    HAVE THE HELP OF A GREAT FRIEND AND ALSO AN
    ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THIS BAND, SCOTT LYMAN. WE THANK

    HIM WITH OUR WHOLE HEART FOR TAKING PART. WE HAVE
    MUCH WORK TO DO IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, SO LOOK
    OUT FOR THE 1888 CONVOY TO NY SOON! ITS SIMPLY
    WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. LIMITED RELEASE OF THE MAD
    ABBLE GOOSE SINGLE ON SCHEDULE AS WELL (ONLY AT THE
    SHOW).FULL LENGTH RECORD TO FOLLOW. SEE YOU IN NY.

    MAY/2/2006:
    NY SHOW DATE MOVED TO JUNE 24TH!
    + TAPHOUSE SHOW ADDED ON JUNE 3RD!

    MUCH
    NEWS SINCE OUR LAST POST…MADNESS ENSUES!
    FIRST OFF WE WANT TO THANK RELATIVE
    THEORY RECORDS

    FOR DOING A NICE REVIEW OF OUR SHOW THERE ON APRIL

    6TH WITH VOXTROT AND GRIZZLY BEAR.read
    it!

    IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!!SHOW DATE
    CHANGED:

    OUR JUNE 3RD DATE AT NY’S CAKESHOP HAS BEEN MOVED
    TO JUNE 24TH!(only the date has changed.show is
    still at THE CAKESHOP). LINE
    UP IS CONFIRMED WITH

    5 ACTS, INCLUDING ASTROPOP3,
    NORTHERN,
    & THE
    RINSE
    .
    go to CRASHININ.COM
    to find out more.
    IMPORTANT SHOW ADDITION!!!!!

    WELL, SOMEHOW, THOUGH WE WE’RE BUMMED TO FIND OUT
    THAT OUR NY SHOW WAS PUSHED BACK, ON JUNE 3RD WE
    WILL BE PLAYING AT OUR FAVORITE BAR/VENUE AND
    SECRET HIDAWAY, THE TAPHOUSE(norfolk,va).
    NONETHELESS, 1888 AND JUNE 3RD WERE MEANT TO BE.
    check out THE
    TAPHOUSE
    for more.

    NEW SINGLE RELEASE!!!!
    WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED YOUR EARS FROM
    THE 1888 SOUNDS THEY DESERVE, SO WE ARE HAPPY TO
    ANNOUNCE THE SECOND HALF OF THE ABBLE GOOSE DAM
    SINGLE; TITLED: MAD ABBLE GOOSE. TOGETHER THEY
    MAKE THE "ABBLE GOOSE DAM:MAD ABBLE GOOSE" EP.

    OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL YOU’LL GET BEFORE OUR
    FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM, "HONEY, I’D KILL…"
    IS RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR.
    LINE UP:
    GLENN MUNGCAL WILL BE MOVING TO CALI TO PURSUE
    AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY IN JULY, SO DON’T WORRY

    HE WILL BE WITH US FOR THE JUNE 3RD AND JUNE 24TH
    PERFORMANCES. AND WE THANK HIM FOR THAT. NOT TO
    MENTION WE’VE RECIEVED A LOT OF INTEREST FROM
    SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESPONDED TO OUR
    MYSPACE BULLETIN.CHEERS!
    MORE NEWS:

    BOBBY’S GETTIN A NEW SNARE THANKS TO THE TAX
    RETURN…CLAY GARDEN STUDIO HAS TWO MAIN ROOMS
    NOW – ONE ABSORBTIVE AND ONE REFLECTIVE + A BABY
    GRAND PIANO….RICKY
    NELSON TRIBUTE ALBUM
    SHOULD BE OUT
    SOON FEATURING OUR VERSION OF TRAVELIN’ MAN..

    …REVIEWS UP ON OUR HOMEPAGE,
    oh yeah and recently we found out that the
    first gramophone was patented in the year 1888.
    VIDS
    UP TOO!
    CHECK EM OUT!
    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmY.

    MARCH/6/2006:
    BACK ON TRACK + 2 SICK SHOWS ADDED!!

    OK.
    OUR SEARCH IS OVER…INTRODUCING JAYSON
    BAUTISTA
    TO THE 1888 LINEUP. NOT ONLY A GREAT
    FRIEND, JAYSON IS AN ULTRATALENTED MUSICIAN ON MOST

    INSTRUMENTS – WHAT MAKES HIM MOST ADMIRABLE IS
    HIS DETERMINATION AND INTELLIGENCE. WE ALSO WANT TO
    SAY THANKS TO THE OTHER FINE PEOPLE WHO ROCKED OUT
    WITH US DURING OUR SEARCH FOR A NEW BASSIST. CHEERS!
    SO, WITH A LIVE ACT ONCE AGAIN AND THE EXTREMELY
    ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF OUR 1ST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM,

    2006 COULD BE THE FUNNEST YEAR YET! SPEAKING OF
    FUN, WE WILL SHARE THE STAGE WITH VOXTROT
    AND
    GRIZZLY
    BEAR
    ON THURSDAY, APRIL 6TH AT THE RENOWNED
    RELATIVE
    THEORY RECORDS
    {THX TO ENDING
    EAST
    FOR

    ADDING US!}

    WE’LL SEE YOU HAMPTON ROADSTERS THERE ON THE
    CHECKERBOARD SQUARES.
    AND ON JUNE 3RD WE WILL CARRY OUR ASSES UP TO NYC
    COURTESY OF THE
    CAKESHOP
    AND THE CRASHININ
    CREW!

    ASTROPOP3
    IS ALSO ON THE BILL MAKING THIS ONE SORT
    OF A PLANTING
    SEEDS RECORDS
    SHOWCASE. NEW YORKERS
    MARK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE WERE GONNA SHOW YOU
    WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO DOWN HERE. DAM LOVELY.

    FEBRUARY/6/2006:
    THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR 1888…

    IT’S
    AMAZING! YOUR SUPPORT DID IT! WE WERE VOTED
    BEST POP BAND IN THE 2005
    PORTFOLIO WEEKLY MUSIC
    AWARDS.
    ALSO, OUR VERY OWN BRAD ROSENBERG AND HIS

    INCREDIBLE CLAY GARDEN STUDIO
    WAS VOTED AS
    BEST RECORDING
    STUDIO!

    GIVE IT UP FOR BRADLEY WHO HAS OWNED AND OPERATED

    CGS FOR 5 YEARS AND RUNNING! ALSO CONGRATULATE
    DAN BETANCOURT FOR HIS FINE WORK OUT OF THE STUDIO.
    BRAD AND DAN ARE UNSTOPPABLE BEHIND THE BOARD AND
    ONLY BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS ARE IN STORE FOR THEM
    THIS YEAR. PRODUCTION ON THE ALBUM IS NEARING ITS
    FINAL STAGES AND OUR HUNT FOR A NEW LIVE BASSIST

    IS BEING FIGURED OUT. ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
    BEFORE WE GET BACK ON THE STAGE AND CELEBRATE
    WITH ALL OF YOU WHO LOVE TO ROCK OUT WITH 1888!!

    JANUARY/3/2006:
    HAPPY F*#KIN BIRTHDAY BOBBY!

    SORRY
    TO ANNOUNCE YET ANOTHER
    CANCELLATION-NOT OF

    A SHOW BUT OF OUR ATTENDENCE AT THE WRECK ROOM SHOW
    ON JAN 13TH IN NEW YORK
    CITY…SO LETS STIPULATE
    THAT THE SHOW IS STILL ON, ITS JUST THAT WE WILL
    NOT BE PERFORMING. WE WILL BREAK OUT AND PLAY SOME
    OUT OF TOWN SHOWS SOON. ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH

    OUR FORMER BASS PLAYER GOOD LUCK AS WE NOW ARE IN
    THE PROCESS OF FINDING SOMEONE ELSE TO PERFORM WITH
    LIVE. IN THE MEAN TIME, THE ALBUM IS OUR PRIORITY
    AND WILL BE READY FOR YOUR EARS BY THE SPRING.
    WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT WHILE WE PREPARE FOR
    THIS OCCASION. FINALLY, THE RICKY NELSON TRIBUTE

    ALBUM IS ABOUT TO HIT THE PRESSES SO LOOK OUT FOR
    THIS GEM FROM PLANTING
    SEEDS RECORDS.

    DECEMBER/15/2005:
    NY SHOW CONFIRMED!!

    TIME
    TO RENT THE VAN AND GO NORTH TO PLAY WITH OUR
    FRIEND MIKE PRESTA’S "A
    BIT FARTHER WEST
    ," AND 2

    MORE ACTS,"LLOYD" AND "STATUE OF DAVID!!" WE ARE
    EXTREMELY EXCITED TO PLAY A SHOW OUT OF TOWN…
    ESPECIALLY NY. WE ARE GONNA TRY TO HIT PHILLY OR
    DC ON THAT SAME WEEKEND SO KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR

    US IN NEW ENGLAND SOON.
    NOTE:JAN 7TH SHOW CANCELLED!
    WE ARE EXTREMELY SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT DUE TO
    PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS, WE HAVE CANCELLED OUR JAN 7TH
    SHOW AT STATION 2. WE HOPE TO MAKE THIS UP TO YOU
    SOON!

    ALSO, PLEASE VOTE FOR US IN PORTFOLIO WEEKLEY’S MUSIC
    AWARDS – WE ARE NOMINATED IN THE BEST POP/ROCK
    BAND AND BEST LIVE BAND CATEGORIES. ALSO, VOTE FOR
    CLAY GARDEN STUDIO FOR BEST STUDIO, RELATIVE THEORY
    RECORDS FOR BEST RECORD STORE, AND STATION 2 FOR BEST
    SMALL VENUE BECAUSE ALL THESE FINE PEOPLE RULE!

    SEASON’S GRETTINGS!!

    NOVEMBER/23/2005:
    GOOD SHOW LOVIES! + 2 MORE


    BIG THANKS TO THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO THE BLUE PLATE
    LAST SATURDAY, AND OUR SINCERE APOLOGY TO THOSE
    WHO COULD NOT GET IN DUE TO CAPACITY ISSUES…WE’D
    LOVED TO HAVE YOU ALL THAT NIGHT, BUT LAWS ARE LAWS.

    NONETHELESS, WE HAVE 2 SHOWS LINED UP FOR THE
    REST OF THE YEAR AND SIMPLY CAN’T WAIT TO PERFORM
    AGAIN. CHECK OUT OUR SHOWS PAGE TO SEE WHO WE
    WILL SHARE THE BILL WITH NEXT!BIG HUGS AND BLANKETS
    AND SUCH…STAY WARM!

    NOVEMBER/11/2005:
    BACK TO THE STAGE


    IT HAS BEEN AN INTENSE COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE
    OUR LAST UPDATE…OUR "MUSIC HELPS" KATRINA
    RELIEF BENEFIT WENT EXTREMELY WELL FOR A SUNDAY
    NIGHT EVENT. WE RAISED $3579 FOR THE SALVATION
    ARMY/HURRICANE RELIEF FUND AND HAD ALL TYPES OF

    WONDERFUL PEOPLE COME OUT TO SUPPORT…ONE SPECIAL
    PERSON EVEN WON A SNOWBOARD FROM SKIWORLD FOR
    A $100 DONATION BY BIDDING ON THE SILENT AUCTION…
    AND HEIDI JO HOOKED US UP WITH SOME 1888 BUTTONS TO
    GIVE OUT FOR ADDITIONAL DONATIONS…SO WE THANK
    EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR UNRELENTING

    GENEROSITY DURING THIS CRAZY YEAR OF STORMS. GO TO
    OUR MYSPACE SITE(click
    here)
    AND READ OUR LATEST BLOG
    TO SEE WHO DID THEIR PART IN HELPING OUT THE UNFORTUNATE.
    NEXT, WE HAVE LINKED UP WITH PLANTING SEEDS RECORDS
    TO DO A LIMITED RUN OF THE ABBLE GOOSE DAM SINGLE

    WHICH ALSO FEATURES TWO TRACKS FROM OUR PANDA EP
    WHICH WAS SELF-RELEASED IN 2003. WE ARE ALSO TAKING
    PART IN A RICKY NELSON TRIBUTE ALBUM WHICH WILL
    FEATURE OUR RENDITION OF HIS POPULAR TRACK,
    "TRAVELLIN MAN." GO TO THE PLANTING SEEDS RECORDS

    WEBSITE TO FIND OUT MORE ON THIS PROJECT(click
    here)

    NEXT SHOW IS ON NOVEMBER 19TH AT OUR BELOVED BLUE
    PLATE HERE IN NORFOLK, VA. DON’T WORRY, WE ARE PUTTING
    TOGETHER SOME OUT OF TOWN SHOWS VERY SOON, SO KEEP
    CHECKING OUT THE SITE FOR DEVELOPMENTS.
    CHEERS!!

    SEPTEMBER/3/2005:
    BENEFIT FOR THE GULF STATES


    WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE DEVASTATION AND
    AND CHAOS THAT HURRICANE KATRINA HAS BROUGHT
    WITH HER. EACH OF US FELT LIKE WE HAD TO GIVE
    SOMETHING OF OURSELVES TO HELP THIS SITUATION,
    BECAUSE WE VERY WELL KNOW THAT IF WE WERE

    GOING THROUGH IT, EVERY BIT OF SUPPORT
    WOULD MEAN THE WORLD. SO WE QUICKLY LINKED UP
    WITH STATION 2 AND ARE LINING UP A LOCAL CHARITY
    ORGANIZATION TO HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR
    THE AFFLICTED PEOPLE IN THE GULF STATES.
    WE ARE GATHERING SOME LOCAL AND REGIONAL

    ACTS TO CREATE A SHOWCASE OF DIFFERENT
    GENRES OF ARTISTS. ALTHOUGH MUCH IS
    STILL DEVELOPING, THE LINE UP SO FAR IS,
    1888, ASTROPOP 3, & KID CAMARO. WE
    WILL HAVE A PRESS RELEASE WITH ALL INFO

    INTACT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL AS
    SOME FLYERS(WHICH WE WILL NEED HELP TO
    DISTRIBUTE..so email us if you want to help)
    MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! NOT ONLY WILL YOU BE
    SUPPORTING THE RECOVERY, BUT YOU WILL BE
    SURROUNDED BY GREAT MUSIC PERFORMED BY THE

    AREAS FINEST ARTISTS////SUNDAY,
    SEPT 18, 2005.

    AUGUST/30/2005:FALL
    APPROACHES

    AFTER
    A SHORT SUMMER BREAK, WE ARE BACK
    EVERYBODY! AND NOW, AS OUR FAVORITE SEASON
    ARRIVES, IT’S TIME FOR 1888 TO FOCUS ON
    PUTTING A NEW ALBUM IN YOUR PLAYLIST…

    …SO WE HAVE BEEN BUSY-BUSY-BUSY DOING JUST
    THAT, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE OTHER FANTASTIC
    THINGS WE LOVE AND HAVE TO DO! – LIKE
    WORKING WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND PAOLO PABLO(aka.
    Scott Lyman) WHO CAME OVER TO VA TO CUT SOME
    BEAUTIFUL SONGS AT CLAY GARDEN; MEANWHILE,

    BOBBY GOT HITCHED, BRAD OVERHAULS CGS WITH
    SOME HELP FROM DAN B, DANIEL FINDS A NICE
    LITTLE PAD IN GHENT, AND BT IS LEARNING
    THE 5 ELEMENTS OF FINE ART…..MOST
    IMPORTANTLY THOUGH, IS THE ADDITION OF
    GLENN M TO THE LIVE ACT, WHO IS BRINGING

    SOME SICK SOUNDS OUT OF THE GUITAR FOR US.
    WE SIMPLY CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT SHOW!
    BTW, THE OUTSTANDING DAN VILLANUEVA (OF
    ASTROPOP3), WHO HAS HELPED US OUT
    TREMENDOUSLY LATELY WITH PERFORMING
    LIVE, HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON A SOLO

    EP, AS WELL AS,…..MMMM, LET’S JUST SAY
    THAT ASTROPOP3 IS THE MOST PROLIFIC
    BAND IN HAMPTON ROADS. PEACE!!

    JUNE/17/2005:NEW
    MATERIAL

    HELLO!
    SUMMER IS HERE AND SO IS THE HEAT.

    IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD OUR JUST RELEASED SINGLE,
    "ABBLE GOOSE DAM," YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE 2
    TRACKS FOR FREE BY CLICKING

    HERE::AGD,
    OR JUST
    CLICK ON THE "VIEW EPK" LINK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT

    CORNER OF THIS PAGE(this is our new sonicbids
    electronic press kit). THE BIO AND LINKS LINKS ARE
    BEING FINISHED AS WE SPEAK AS WELL AS A BRAND
    NEW SITE FOR CLAY GARDEN STUDIO. STAY TUNED!
    ALSO, WE ARE PLAYING A SHOW ON JUNE 25TH AT
    RELATIVE THEORY RECORDS WITH THE
    SPINTO
    BAND
    ,

    CINEMASOPHIA, AND THE BIKINI CARWASH CO. DON’T
    MISS THIS ONE CAUSE WE ARE BREAKING OUT SOME
    NEW SONGS…and they’re lovely.

    MAY/24/2005:
    TWO SHOWS ADDED!

    BOTH SHOWS ARE AT RELATIVE THEORY RECORDS

    IN DOWNTOWN NORFOLK! WE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO
    THE REDWALLS/AMERICAN MINOR SHOW ON MAY 27TH!
    THIS FRIDAY, SO GET YOUR TICKETS
    NOW
    FOR ONLY $5 AT RTR….WHAT A DEAL! THIS SHOW
    MAY VERY WELL SELL OUT! TWO NATIONAL ACTS AND
    YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL BAND-1888-FOR ONLY

    FIVE BUCKS! + THIS IS AN ALL AGES SHOW!! THIS
    ONE IS FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO
    GET INTO THE BAR VENUES. RELATIVE THEORY RECORDS
    SAVES THE DAY EVERYDAY WITH GENUINE MUSIC, ART,
    AND CULTURE!! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS
    BECAUSE THEY BRING THE BEAT TO YOU!!

    MAY/17/2005:
    ABBLE GOOSE DAM:MAD ABBLE GOOSE EP.
    {part 1} tracks to be posted on the studio page soon!)

    THE
    RELEASE PARTY WAS EXTRAORDINARY! A HUGE
    THANKS TO

    FLUORESCENT
    AND RIDDERHOF
    FOR HELPING

    US OUT AND BRINGING TIGHT MUSIC TO THE SCENE.
    THERE ARE STILL SOME FREE COPIES OF THE "ABBLE
    GOOSE DAM" SINGLE FLOATING AROUND
    RELATIVE
    THEORY RECORDS
    . IF YOU’RE LUCKY YOU MAY FIND
    ONE THERE.

    AS A MATTER OF FACT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED SHOW IS AT RTR
    ON JUNE 25TH WITH
    THE
    SPINTO BAND
    OUT OF WILMINGTON,
    DELAWARE – KNOWN FOR THIER HIGH ENERGY PERFORMANCES!
    WE LOVE TO PLAY AT RTR TOO BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ONE
    OF THE ONLY ALL AGES VENUES IN NORFOLK! SO THIS ONE IS

    FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHECK
    OUT THE RELEASE PARTY DUE TO THE 21 AND UP FACTOR………
    …………………………………..AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE
    OUTSIDE THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA, BUT REALLY WANT
    A COPY OF THE NEW SINGLE, PLEASE EMAIL:
    info@eighteeneightyeight.com and we will reply

    with instructions on how to get it.

    MAY/2/2005:
    THANKS THANKS THANKS!

    WE
    REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A
    COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE REALLY
    COME THRU FOR US IN THE LAST FEW

    WEEKS: FIRST IS
    DANNY
    HOLCOMB
    WHO
    TOOK SOME WONDERFUL PICTURES OF
    US AT THE LAST BLUE PLATE SHOW.
    HE USED SOME DIGITAL SKILLS TO
    CREATE A NICE PANORAMA OF US THAT

    WON THE MANIPULATED PHOTO CATEGORY
    IN THE CONTEST SPONSORED BY
    THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM AND NINEVOLT
    MAGAZINE. SECOND IS THE INCREDIBLE
    PAUL SHUGRUE, WHO HOSTS A RADIO SHOW
    CALLED
    "OUT
    OF THE BOX"
    MONDAY-THURS

    ON WHRV(NPR) 89.5FM – HE HAS BEEN
    EXTREMELY HELPFUL GETTING OUR
    TUNES ON THE AIR…SO LOOK OUT FOR
    1888 ON 89.5!! WITHOUT PAUL, HAMPTON
    ROADS RADIO WOULD BE LIGHT YEARS
    BEHIND! SPREAD THE WORD! BIG PARTY

    ON MAY 14TH/DOWNTOWN NORFOLK!!!!

    APRIL/18/2005:
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!

    MUCH IS GOING ON
    NOW WITH THE BUSY
    BEES AND BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
    ANNOUNCING FLUORESCENT AND RIDDERHOF
    TO LINE UP FOR THE RELEASE PARTY.

    ON THIS NIGHT ONLY GET A FREE COPY OF
    THE ABBLE GOOSE DAM {part1} EP.
    WE HOPE TO GIVE THEM ALL AWAY IN
    ONE NIGHT!, SO DO US A FAVOR AND
    COME OUT AND PARTY!!

    APRIL/7/2005:
    ALLERGIES AND AC.

    SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT OUR
    APRIL 15TH SHOW DATE @ RTR IS
    CANCELLED…however stay tuned
    for a show in late april, and
    of course the ABBLE GOOSE DAM
    {PART 1} EP RELEASE PARTY @

    STATION 2. THIS ONE WILL BE
    CERTAINLY OUT OF THIS WORLD.
    We just decided to send our
    recording to Abbey Road for
    mastering, and we are so
    excited to hear the results,

    and we hope you do too!
    And we will need reviews, so
    if you run a website or
    perhaps a blog or two, please
    let us know where or how to
    send you the tracks!!

    MAR/24/2005:
    ITS SPRING AGAIN!!

    THE BIO AND LINKS LINKS ARE STILL
    UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER IF YOU
    ARE READING THIS NOW THEN YOU ARE
    GETTING A GLIMPSE OF WHAT
    IS TO COME FOR THIS WEBSITE.

    PLEASE CONTACT US IF THIS SITE
    IS LOADING FUNNY ON YOUR COMPUTER.
    EMAIL-THISIS1888@HOTMAIL.COM

    OUR NEXT SHOW IS MARCH 26TH, 2005
    @ STATION 2 – LOCATED AT 233
    GRANBY ST/NORFOLK. WE WILL BE OPENING

    FOR PALM PICTURES ARTIST, LAKE TROUT.
    WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
    SHOW WITH THE GENRE DESTROYING BALTIMORIANS.

    MAR/19/2005:
    FLUORESCENT/
    A BIT FARTHER WEST

    WHAT
    A GOOD TIME…BUNCHA OLD BOYS

    COMING TOGETHER TO PARTY ALL IN ONE PLACE.
    SOUNDS LIKE THE GOOD OL’ DAYS ARE BACK!
    MIKE PRESTA MADE AN APPEARANCE TAKING A
    QUICK BREAK FROM DUBWAY STUDIO IN NY TO
    PLAY FOR US…watch out one man acts,
    here comes a bit farther west!

    AND FOR THEIR LIVE DEBUT, FLUORESCENT
    WILL ROCK YOU STEADY!

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