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11.03.06 BREAKING NEWS : ASS KICKING ROCK TO COMMENCE TONIGHT AT THE NOMAD! If you don't know by now, read all about it below. Or quit wasting time READING...just get yer arse down to the Nomad Pub for 9 pm tonight! 10.25.06 OK, so that ploy yielded so many new mailing
list subscribers, we're cancelling our plans to threaten
disco covers at our next show. So NOW, here's the nugget
we were offering to subscribers: an mp3 of our new song,
The Same. Click on
the link to download the song for yourself and rock out!
If you think THAT tune sounds good, imagine a whole record
full of those! Kinda makes you drool, huh? OK, so it's not
really like FOOD...but it makes us drool anyway. Maybe we
should seek help. But we eat this stuff for breakfast! Wait...arrgh! Anyway, we also totally have some news about
the CD Release Party next Friday,
Nov 3rd. (HEY! THAT'S NEXT WEEKEND! HOLY CRAP! What are
you gonna WEAR? NOT that pink leotard again, please. Spare
the masses.) We're sure you know about the $5 cover, and
even though we think the party is totally gonna be worth
droppin' Lincolns like John Wilkes Booth, we decided to
give everyone through the door a coupon good for $5 off
ANY merchandise purchase that night from ANY of the three
bands - us, Mighty
Fairly, and Suede
Baby. So let's add up all the reasons to go to our
CD Release Party (don't worry, "Because we rock"
didn't make the cut): And if you just can't wait, catch us at a Halloween
weekend gig this Saturday at Floyd's.
It's Mike's first show back, and you know it'll be a scorcher.
Like spicy Indian food. Crap! There we go again... 10.3.06 Only one month until our CD RELEASE PARTY! In
honor of this stupendous moment in anticipation, we're giving
you this opportunity to sign up on our mailing list on the
right of this page. Why? Cuz mailing list members (an exclusive
club) are going to receive an ULTRA MONDO special preview
of our new album sometime in the next few weeks - WAY before
anyone else can! So sign up now! (You might be saying: "Wait. I signed up
on that mailing list and haven't gotten anything in years.
What's up with that?" Well, we lost a whole bunch o'
addresses around New Year's 2006 (darn bonfires) and have
had to rebuild. Granted, we haven't sent out anything since
June, but if you didn't even get anything THEN, you need
to sign up again. PLEASE?) Don't make us angry. You wouldn't like us when
we're angry. We turn pink and shrivel like frightened turtles. 09.21.06 NEWS FLASH: LAZY SUSAN PLANS TO RULE THE CRAP
OUT OF THE WEST BANK (AND A WHOLE MESS OF OTHER STUFF TOO)
ON NOV 3RD And we didn't even charge you 25 cents for that
little nugget. And if that wasn't enough to inspire you,
check out this
performance. Playing instruments that spontaneously
disappear - now THAT is talent! 09.10.06 After suggesting we cover an Eddie Money song,
Mike has been temporarily kicked out of the band for a few
weeks to recover his senses. Not really. But he did have
a kid, boy #2, "Kyle", last Thursday, September
7th. Solid proof that Lazy Susan music totally gets you
laid. So Mike plans to return to the lineup shortly before
our CD release party, where he'll
split time on bass with Tom "the Monster" Adams,
aka "T&A" from Doc's Kids
fame. T&A also graces several tracks on the new record,
which is sounding so hot it has actually melted ice cream
cones a few blocks away. You gotta get your mitts on this
sh*t - seriously, though, you're gonna need the oven mitts
to keep your hands from being fried by the pure molten rock
that only we can conjure. 09.01.06 BIG NEWS FROM THE "HOLY CRAP THAT ROCKS"
DEPARTMENT: In honor of the occasion, we've cooked up a
little eye-candy tease for you at right. That's right, do
not adjust your internet. That's our new album cover. And
if you think it LOOKS pretty damn sweet, wait'll you HEAR
the freakin' thing. Why did it take us so long to get here?
File it under the "taking things to the next level"
category, cuz this record sounds so good, your stereo might
actually reach orgasm when you slip it in. So how do you get your hands on this priceless
work of ass-kicking? Show up at the Nomad in November, that's
how! And if you think we're gonna let you forget about this
between now and then, you got ANOTHER think comin'! Cuz
this is just the beginning of the media blitz that is soon
to come. Stay tuned for more details, or show up at one
of our upcoming shows to witness
the power of our rock first hand. 08.24.06 After a weekend of ruling the crap out of Stillwater,
we're totally ready for road trips to new venues this coming
weekend. The first is a short one to the Decoy's in Hopkins
on Friday, where we've been invited back after a long hiatus.
Let's just say we're gonna take it to the next level at
this show. You'll just have to make an appearance if you
want to find out what that means...cuz we don't even know
just yet. And if that didn't make us kings of the road
and a whole bunch of other stuff too, we'll be launching
the Susanmobile up north to Cross Lake on Saturday to visit
the old "New Exchange", currently called the less
confusing "Log Jam". See the tour
page for the deets! Now the webmaster's gonna go and take a shower
after sweating out the new dialup connection. We'll keep
you posted. 08.08.06 Well, well, well. You're back. Nice to see you
for a change. We hear you've been hitting the bottle pretty
hard lately. Hey, calm down now, there's nothing wrong with
that! We've been known to down a diet Pepcid every now and
then ourselves. Of course, that's just because we're legendary
in certain circles. Did you hear that we broke down and
set up a PA system in FIFTEEN minutes last weekend? Yup.
Never been done before. Folks at Floyd's thought we were
nuts. But we did it - just cuz some itty bitty rain threatened
to spoil our party, we moved it inside and rocked even harder.
So it's time for a weekend off while we polish
the PA Olympics trophy that we totally won. Then, next weekend,
we head on out to Ruby Begonia's in Stillwater for yet another
night of 3-piece rock. That's right, the Lazy Susan power
trio will be back in action while the Weave tends to his
duties as head of the Gordon Lightfoot fan club. Where will
we be beyond that? Well, that's for us to know and you to
find out...which of course, if you look to the right....no,
ABOVE the "montage" thing. THERE. Knew you could
do it! Maybe them bottles don't kill brain cells after all... 07.24.06 Whew...what can we say? Mike D's official last
weekend in Breezy Point was one of the best we've ever had.
When not one, but TWO bachelorette parties show up, how
can we beat that? With nonstop rockin', that's how. Do we
rest on our laurels after a stand like that? No. Do we get
complacent and figure we're the greatest? No. We bring it
again, this time for the locals down here in the cities.
Because we know you're a glutton for punishment! You YEARN
for the soul-whipping we dish out every night, and that's
why you'll see us at the Beach House Bar & Grill this
Saturday night. Check out the tour page
for details and bring your codpieces! 07.17.06 This past weekend the Lazy Susan bandwagon learned
how to cool off from the kick-in-the-groin heat we've been
experiencing all around the country. Of course, as soon
as we figured that out, we did the opposite. We decided
to give summer the su-fi and rock even harder than is humanly
possible. We sweat. We bled. The heat beat every drop of
moisture from our bodies and we stood there and said, "Okay.
NEXT SONG." And THIS weekend, we're bringing that attitude
up north to a special place we like to just call "Breezy".
And since we're in dire need of a road trip, we figured
we'd head up early and set up stage on THURSDAY. And we
simply won't leave until the rockin' is done well past midnight
on Saturday. So when the smoke clears, your ears stop ringing,
and the smell of tequila is washed from your collar, don't
blame us if you can't remember it all. If we do our jobs,
it'll all just be like a hazy dream - with a kickass soundtrack. 07.04.06 Happy Fourth of JULY! At this moment, hopefully
you're kicking back in a lawn chair with a can of Premium,
some Pork Rinds, and a Roman Candle by your side. The wife
beater hangs loosely around your spare tire while the smell
of bug repellent mixes with the sulfur of your backyard
fireworks. Of course, your neighbors don't know that by
day you're working for the CIA as an undercover operative... Sorry, wrong effing blog! Back to the Lazy Susan
newsmachine, which has been simply TEARING it up in downtown
Stillwater so much they had to name one of those 32oz beer
mugs after us. So what's that mean? Time to get outta Dodge!
(Wouldn't want anyone to actually recognize our names...that
would go COMPLETELY against our marketing strategy.) Yep,
a Lazy Susan trio will be heading down to lovely Fairmont,
MN for some steak and rock. In that order. If you find yourself
in the near-Iowa portions of the state, perhaps you should
head on over this Saturday. The worst thing that could happen
is your cover could be blown... 06.10.06 Let's face it, most of the time, work pretty
much blows. When it doesn't blow, it tends to lean toward
"slightly less sucky than root canals". Those
of us who actually enjoy their day job are usually quite
twisted, like the Lazy Susan webmaster, or lucky enough
to be rock stars, ball players, or DMV employees. Maybe
even all three. But in a great city like St. Paul or Minneapolis,
there's one saving grace to the 9-5 grind: happy hour. More
specifically, happy hour TUNES. So that's exactly what the
a**-kicking machine known as Justin Bell & Lazy Susan
have dialed up for you this coming Thursday: FREE admission
to an outdoor concert in downtown St. Paul with beer, food,
sweet merchandise and two great bands: Mighty
Fairly and well, us of course. Sorry if you're disappointed
it's not the Winger/Warrant "Hairspray Across America"
double tour. Nope, only us rebel mofos who play by their
own rules are invited to gig at Mears Park for St.
Paul After Hours. We'll be taking the stage at 5 pm,
just as the beer starts to flow. During this 75-minute set,
you'll see something you won't see at one of our typical
bar gigs: only 2 or 3 covers. Yep, we'll be showcasing your
favorites from "you...up in lights" as well as
a bunch of new, never-been-played-onstage original songs
that will probably be your one and only preview of our upcoming
album slated for release this fall. And given how long we've
been TALKING about this album, you can only imagine how
excited we are to actually PLAY these tunes in front of
a live audience. And if you haven't seen Mighty Fairly yet,
well this is your chance to see what all the fuss is really
about. So if you work in downtown St. Paul, there will
perhaps NEVER be a better time to catch an original showcase
of Justin Bell tunes, full-electric band style, than this
Thursday at 5. But even if you DON'T work in St. Paul, you
know how you and your pals feel come Thursday afternoon.
You're itchin' to blow off work early, get a head start
on the weekend, and hit the town. You face two choices:
sit in traffic for an hour just to make it home in time
for "Walker, Texas Ranger" or come see us rock
in Mears Park. The choice is clear. We'll see you Thursday. 05.21.06 Who knew that beer could be so good? Well, we
found out last night at the second annual "Beer is
Good" celebration at Floyd's
in Victoria. We knew it was going to be a great night when
we pulled up and there was a mechanical bull next to the
patio! And it was JUST warm enough to keep the nighttime
chills away - provided the right mix of Justin Bell tunes
and beer, of course. If you were there, thanks for making it a memorable
night. If you weren't, well, these are the things you've
been missing? What on earth do you hit the water cooler
with each Monday? Saturday Night Live sketches?
C'mon, man, get with the game! 05.17.06 OK, so we haven't exactly turned over a new
leaf here. Come see us at Floyd's this weekend. It is your
mission in life. 04.26.06 TEN DAYS. It's been TEN DAYS since the loyal,
courageous, Lazy Susan faithful have seen an update on these
pages. Well, that just tells you how long it took us to
recover from our weekend at Serum's. We'd tell you it was
the hard rockin', the steep stairs, the bachelorette parties,
or the unending demands for more, still more rock. But we'd
be lying. It was the... uh, well...use your imagination.
Now double that, and put it on the stairs. Not that we're
complaining - we LIVE for this stuff! We only share the
tantalizing lack of detail so you can come see it for yourself
next time. When's that? May 5th, baby - in Stillwater! We'll
see you there! 04.16.06 Since J.Bell simply can't keep himself out of
the spotlight (it FOLLOWS him, we swear), he decided to
fill his weekend with spectacular shows at the Bryant Lake
Bowl with our label-mates Doc's Kids,
and then headed down to Iowa for even more Mighty
Fairly gigs. A little fly on the wall told us that all
the extra work is bringing "crossover" fans to
ALL these groups (something about panties being thrown at
the stage), and we in the Lazy Susan camp say, more the
merrier! And what better way to check out what all the fuss
is about than to join us this coming weekend (4/21-22) at
our favorite place to play in Anoka, Serum's
Good Time Emporium? Wild things have a way of happening
at Serum's when we're there, and we're pretty sure it's
because of our loin-stirring brand of rock and roll. Or
maybe it's just the totally sweet wings they have there.
Either way, if you go, you're bound to end up with some
extrapalicious "water-cooler" stories to help
lighten up your crappy day job next Monday. And when people
stare at you like they don't get it, you can just say "BAH!
You had to be there" and walk away coolly like the
mysterious stud/babe that you are. 04.04.2006 Special thanks to all the friends & fans
who came out on super-short notice to join us at Ruby
Begonia's last Friday night in downtown Stillwater.
For those of you who missed it, the bottom line is we kicked
some serious 3-piece tail, avoided burning ourselves on
the stageside coffeemaker, made some really cool new friends,
and generally had a quagmire-free time. We're pretty sure
that a few people even managed to score that night. No one
in the band, of course, but the good times were flowin'
quite freely. The city of Stillwater was so blown away,
in fact, that we've added no less than SIX (count 'em) Stillwater
gigs to the tour page. Heck, anymore and we'll just park
the Susanmobile there permanently. Naw... This weekend we head down the legendary Highway
61 to J.Bell's hometown of Winona to light up the Acoustic
Cafe stage like only we know how. An acoustic version of
the indie-pop sensation Mighty
Fairly will be opening up for us at 8:00, followed by
the Lazy Susan conspiracy. Stop down to hear percussion
as only T&A can provide it, and watch Justin pretend
he knows how to play the mandolin. We promise your time
will be decidedly sweet, if only because we know the coffee
and sandwiches alone are worth the trip. It'll be like the
time you went home for Thanksgiving break and hooked up
with that crush from high school, then totally went out
with some pals the next night just to clear your head. 03.31.06 LAST MINUTE GIG NOTICE!! We've been invited
to fill in at a new venue (for us, anyway) in historic downtown
Stillwater. Being as how our ass-kicking rock tunes tend
to stun new club patrons into euphoric shock, we're counting
on a few of you die-hards out there will catch this in time
and make some plans to join us at Ruby
Begonia's tonight (Friday) at 9:00 sharp. That way you'll
be able to reassure those stunned into drool-dom that it's
OK to believe their eyes and ears. By the way, Ruby Begonia
is a two-level club, with a jazz lounge upstairs and rock
downstairs. So if you don't recognize us at first, you're
looking at the wrong band. Get another beer, find the stairs,
and seek us out at a lower elevation. There will be plenty
of breaks for you to soak up the smooth jazz tones in between
our floor-shaking sets. SEE YOU THERE! 03.17.06 Happy St. Patty's day, Susan fans! As the webmaster
sits back with a celebratory stout this Friday eve and types
this entry, our labelmates from Doc's
Kids are busy entertaining the folks down in Mankato.
As for the Susan itself, we'll be sparking up the Susanmobiles
again next Friday to head west to our favorite little bar
in Victoria, Floyd's.
And if the Susan can't rock Floyd's, well, the Susan has
to stop referring to itself in the third person! And you
know THAT'LL never happen! So if you're in the area or in
the mood for a short trek down Highway 5, join us for the
party. You won't regret it! And lest we leave you without any more news,
be sure to check the two new gigs we've added to the tour
page, and we're gonna tease you again with the fact that
we'll be in the studio a whopping THREE times next week.
So the light is visible at the end of the tunnel for a new
album. Sure, that light is still the size of a pin, but
hey, it's there! Seeing as how this record will soon be
heard on airwaves throughout the country (Inn and Suites
in Topeka, KS), think about how cool it'll be to tell your
friends you were there every step of the way (in spirit)! 02.21.06 Late night drives. Bowling alleys. Pizza joints.
Dance floors. Frozen highways. Hotel rooms. Greasy sppons.
These are just a few of the sights, sounds, and smells that
the Lazy Susan has encountered on their recent trips to
outstate Minnesota. First, we went south, to Blue Earth.
After we conquered the south, we went north, to Breezy Point.
Leaving a trail of sweat, blood, and sweet-ass rock songs,
we did what we do best in a big way the past two weekends.
If you were there, you could totally be in possession of
a token of our appreciation, a great conversation-starter
enabling you to say "Yeah, I was there, and it rocked.
Now can I interest you in an appetizer this evening?"
Your companions may doubt the stories of the unbridled rocking
that you witnessed, but then you'll just have to bring them
next time, won't you? This phenomenon cannot be truly served
with words - it must be experienced to be understood. Hey,
we can rock pretty hard, but we can't change the laws of
physics. Only Chuck
Norris can do that. 02.07.06 After a brief weekend hiatus (recovery?) from
the bar stages of Minnesota, the Lazy Susan is ready for
a new BART: Big-Ass Road Trip. That's right, we're packing
up the van (actually it's two pickup trucks...but "the
van" sounds WAY more "indie" so we really
need you to be OK with our little fib) and heading down
I-35 to a new venue in a new town. Blue Earth, MN is our
destination this Saturday night, and we're hauling down
some brand new songs to boot. So if you know anyone in that
corner of the state, be sure to warn them about the chaos
that is about to reign at The Double Play Sports Bar & Grill.
Check out the tour page for the
same vague details that we'll be using to find our way to
the gig. Then when you get there, just look for the van! 01.30.06 This past weekend, the Lazy Susan kicked the
rock wagon into high gear at Serum's
in Anoka, and the result was just short of cataclysmic.
The floor shook. The beer flowed. The blood and sweat stained
the stage carpet. The fans and friends who attended were
stunned into strange reactions, such as simultaneously screaming
and banging hands together at a rapid pace. It was pretty
much the best rock weekend ever, but you'll never hear about
it outside of this space, mostly because the witnesses are
still recovering. So the Lazy Susan ass-kicking machine has been
put back in the garage, traded in for a comfy multi-person
hammock that we'll set up in St. Paul for an acoustic and
coffee-flavored showcase at Dunn
Brothers on Grand & Snelling. This gig is going
to be more than just J. Bell and his guitar, so be sure
to roll on down to check out the special guests as they
attempt to drown out the cappuchino machine. It's a perfect
contrast to the wild rock of our recent past, and just the
tonic for some mid-winter blues. 01.17.06 We would be extremely delinquent if we failed
to notify you in advance of the intense arse-kicking tidal
wave of rock and roll about to be released upon the legendary
Minnesota Music
Cafe this coming Sunday. This may be your last chance
to hear about it, unless the webmaster gets off his rear
to send out a mailing list. Needless to say, the Lazy Susan
will be doing what they do best - rocking. But they're totally
good at a whole bunch of other stuff, too, just ask their
moms. And for those of you who weren't at our recent
St. Croix Live
show, this is your chance to catch the insanity you missed.
Let's just say that drunken dancing and encores were heavily
involved. Not necessarily in that order. The authorities
have asked us not to discuss any further details until the
arraignment. Cheers! - the Lazy Susan webmaster 01.02.06 Happy New Year, Lazy Susan fans! We hope you
all had a safe and happy holiday season, and are ready for
a great new year and some new years resolutions. We have
some of our own. Typically when you see new year's resolutions
from bands, you'll see really lame stuff like "Rock
Harder!". Yeah, we're a bit more creative than that,
as we hope you already know. Top Ten Lazy Susan New Year's Resolutions OK, so now that we have that out of the way,
we want to issue a quick reminder that we'll be at the St.
Croix Live in Stillwater this Friday, rocking out our
first show of the year in style. We hope to see you all
there! Oh yeah, and our smart, creative webmaster had
a bit of a, shall we say, "total brainfart" lately,
and lost all the e-mail addresses in the official Lazy Susan
mailing list. SO, if you haven't gotten a mailing list entry
in 2006 yet, please, PLEASE sign yourself (and your friends)
up using the tool at right, and ease his guilt! You too
can save gallons of ice cream and chocolate by helping him. See you Friday night! |
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