I know this is small potatoes, compared to the album going on sale tonight at midnight (west coast time), but we have a new t-shirt design:


(this is a photoshop mockup, since I haven't taken pictures of the shirt yet.)

I'm telling you this because of two reasons.

1. It'll probably sell out before you wake up tomorrow morning.
2. We are closing out the old stripy one (it too expensive to make) so if you wanted one of those, buy it now.

New songs off Abney Parks new album, Æther Shanties, are available for free download on our MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/abneypark

Just two.


Also: Album Goes On Sale Midnight Tomorrow Night!!


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FREE SAMPLE SONGS

I made this for myself, but thought you might want to have it to. Its a Æther Shanties desktop wallpaper!
I'm really happy with how that artwork turned out: Dark and Distressed, and rusty and weathered...but very strong feeling. I see no reason why Steampunk can't be rough and tough as nails. Silly and fluffy is fine, but not all the time - as you will see when you hear this album.

The SwingGoth people in San Fransisco are having an Æther Shanties listening party, and that got me thinking...

Do you run a Nightclub, or organise a club night that wants to have an Æther Shanties Listening party? Let me know.

Also, what about a virtual "live listening" party? I picture a chat room, and a lot of people all listening at exactly the same time, talking about what they hear. Is there a way to do this? Maybe more importantly, is there a way to do this that people could just record the whole damn thing and then not buy the album? :(

"I told you there was going to be a very special announcement regarding Dance in Aether! In fact, it keeps getting bigger. Right now, it's so big I just can't wait until next Tuesday to tell you. It involves:

Tim Burton (although not personally)
Abney Park (personally)
and Dickens Fair AND Clockwork (for your person)

On February 5th 2010, Abney Park will be headlining Swing Goth's "Wonderland: A Tim Burton Ball." The opening act and special performances are still being added, but really, what more do you need to know?

The first 100 pre-sale tickets to the concert will be available for $15 (and they'll be a keepsake all their own). You can buy them individually, or for Dec 1st only you can get them in a bundle with admission to Clockwork and The Dickens Fair for $35 (that's a $47 value!)

Here at Crazy Eddies Junk Emporium, we deal in volume, volume, volume! We know how to negotiate with other ventures, and pass the bargains on to you!

Best,
Brian

PS- There's so much more to come, but I'll hold off on the rest until next Tuesday. "

There is a movie company called the Asylum, who seems to make there money by making movies JUST LIKE upcoming major blockbusters...but they make them much cheaper and faster and get the to the DVD rental stores just before the real film gets there. In this way they get there films rented TONS...by mistake.

Dad, "Son, Guess what, we don't need to go to the theater! I Got the new Transmorpher movie at the DVD store!"

Son, "Um, dad, that's not even in theaters yet."

Let me give you examples:



















I can't help but laugh at the thought of this movie producer sitting around a thanksgiving table with his mom dutifly explaining why she thought his "The Da Vinci Treasure" was much better the "Then DaVinici Code".

"Honey, I think its just dreadful how Hollywood keeps stealing your movies! You had yours first!"

*Sigh*

"Thanks mom".

When I was a little kid, I wasn't allowed Star Wars figures unless I won them shooting marbles on the playground. My father would say "that's only a nickles worth of plastic, I'm not paying $.99 for them!", and then for Christmas I'd get some generic equivalent that was hardly a step up from  armymen, roughly around some cheesy 70's space theme:

awesome star wars equivalent?

I made the best of them, normally by building massive space fortress for the lame things in my fathers very well equiped work-shop.

Needles to say, when my own kids got interested in star wars figures for this Christmas, I was quick to jump online and get them some, only to find ITS A PAIN IN THE ASS!
They want:

• Padmé Amidala
• C-3PO
• R2-D2
• an Ewok
• Princess Leia
  
• and
• Chewbacca

Six in total, but if I buy on Amazon they come to over $50 JUST IN SHIPPING COSTS (Amazon has this f'ed up way of selling you crap from a 100 different places with out telling you that you have to pay an additional shipping charge on each item!). Meanwhile, sites like Toys R Us only has a few figures, and they are all lame:


"yes honey, santa brought you your very own 'Plo Koom' doll! NO, its from star wars honey!  No, really...oh, please dont cry...he's not THAT scary!"

Ebay will be just like Amazon: if I find the right ones, I'll be buying from 10 different locations and end up spending $130 on 6 little plastic figures (and those are only worth a nickle, by gummit!)

Any of you got any insight on this very important issue?



(Off topic, and to my fathers defense, one year he bought me this, which was like the coolest toy ever:)





THIS JUST IN, HOLY CRAP!!!