The fat lady has apparently frozen over because here, now, are the three songs we recorded at Armstrong Recording with Stephen Egerton back in August \’04:

1. Major Change (2.6MB MP3)
2. Resigned (2.5MB MP3)
3. Remind Me (4.5MB MP3)

(Guitar solos on 1 & 3 performed by Stephen Egerton.)

Go here for lyrics.

Songs written & performed by 41 Gorgeous Blocks and are ©2005 Rogue Elephant. They were engineered & produced by Stephen and mixed by Deedle.

If you want the CDR version of \”Resigned\” (which includes the above 3 songs, plus a new acoustic one, and the entire live recording of Deedle\’s last 41GB show), click here or send a note and $4 cash to:

41 Gorgeous Blocks
P.O. Box 542122
Grand Prairie, TX 75054

Thanks.

I love when announcements are so short notice that you\’re not expected to come up with a clever way to say them. It really takes the pressure off…

Friday, March 25*
@ The \”new\” Galaxy Club
(2808 Commerce, Dallas, TX)
Orange Peel Sunshine, 41 Gorgeous Blocks, & Before the Fall
Doors @ 8pm, 17+, $8/$10

*Matt M turns the big 2-5. The least you can do is come stand outside the club and yell happy birthday at him through the door. (Actually, with that cover charge, that might be the most you can do.)

The always helpful but usually confusingly random service known as \”Google Alerts (BETA)\” pointed me towards this review of a Fort Worth show we played in 2003. The last sentence alone makes it worth linking to, even two years after the fact. Enjoy.

UPDATE: Which guitar player was he talking about?

Either way, we thank him for noticing.

I didn\’t think it was possible to spend several consecutive hours in a former strip club on the outskirts of Waco and not feel weird, dirty, and a little freaked-out for days and days afterwards. Somehow I was wrong.

The aforesaid place (which recently and thankfully received a good cleaning and remodeling) is where we played last Saturday with Darlington, The Dropouts, The New Stand, The Tastydactlys and Garage 34 (Here\’s a review). Thanks Andrew, Justin, Kim, Wes, Angie and everyone who came out and refrained from asking us the obvious due to the circumstance: \”How much for a lap dance?\” And thanks, Sydni, for the big, red button. I\’ll sew it on something worthy soon, and with pride.

Back to business: the 3 songs I spoke of and posted lyrics to the other day are very, very close to being done. I believe Deedle is doing the final mixing/mastering tweaks on Wednesday or Thursday, so we hope to have them up on the site next week. These three songs (and possibly a 4th, acoustic one called \”Where Are We\”) will also be released as a short-run CD EP. We\’re also figuring out the logistics of including the live recording of Deedle\’s last show with us from December. It\’s pretty rough (just two mics in the back of the room) but seems to have at least a little bit of character. Anyway, I think that\’ll be on it, too. The \”EP\”, by the way, will be titled Resigned.

I\’ve also been made aware that the completed, full version of 41gb.com will be coming to a screen near me very soon. I\’m not holding my breath, nor am I advising you to, but I feel pretty good about the prospect of it happening within the next few weeks. Until then, happy breathing.

Now, here\’s the other thing: April 9th and 10th we are recording 8 songs for what will be a section of our new full-length. The plan is to do a few separate studio stints over the Spring/Summer (instead of doing all the songs in one sitting like usual). We\’ll see how this method works out, but it\’s been pretty exciting working on everything so far, so hopefully a drop or two of that excitement will somehow make its way onto the tape (or into the computer, rather) causing it to come out sounding somewhat okay. Anyhow, if all goes well, or at least well enough, the album turnaround should be pretty quick, like maybe late Summer. Until then, happy breathing.

UPCOMING TOUR info:

That would be \”show update\”.