Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana

世界に一つだけの花

Just one flower... is all it would have taken...

link

An implantable GPS chip. http://ping.fm/hCirB Would you put one in your kids to keep them safe? Gut says no but if my kid was gone...

Reality check

Speaking of optimism, here is a lesson on gratitude from Louis CK.

Ok, Billy Bob was obviously high during the interview. Why are none of the news reports even alluding to that aspect?!

Good news for FBM

Hey! Yesterday was a happy day for us. We entered Yamaha's Band Jiman contest, and won both prizes available. One was for being the crowd favorite, and the other results in us doing a concert at the Nagoya Bluenote on July 13th. And if they like us again at that one, we will advance to the Tokyo final in Ebisu. Wouldn't that be nice.

Anyway, the funny thing for me is that the whole contest is judged on cover songs. For the 13th, they actually state "no originals". Weird, because any contest I have entered previously has always said "no covers!" But in the final judgment they said that they really liked how we changed the cover songs to fit our style while still making them work. I will admit I got a charge out of that comment because I have always been a big fan of a musicians who can bring out a new interpretation of an old song that makes it even better (Holly Cole singing "I've Just Seen a Face" comes to mind).

The song we won with was Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi. I'll put our performance up on our youtube page later if you want to see it. (http://ca.youtube.com/user/fatblueman)

I also forget to mention that we got a really good full page write-up in Japanzine this month. I sat down and had a great chat with their reporter, and the result is posted here: http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/jz/1663/Fatblueman

Now on sale on iTunesで発売中！！

The Back to Winnipeg album is now on sale at iTunes! Just search "Fatblueman" or follow this link (the iTunes application will open):

Or, if you still prefer to buy a regular hard copy CD, you can get one at CD Baby.


ファットブルーマンのCD"Back to Winnipeg"は今Apple iTunesで販売中！iTunesで「fatblueman」を検索して、または下記のリンクをクリックしてください。

普通のCDを買いたい人はCD Babyで買うことができます:

CD BABY

Back To Winnipeg 販売中！！

It's on sale online!!!

You can buy the actual CD or download a digital version from CDBaby .

次のライブ Upcoming Concerts

５月１１日　１６時４０分
Central Park 栄、Springfest
ホームページ：http://www.nagoyaspringfest.com/

５月１８日　１２時
明治公園、Nagoya Walkathon Charity Event
ホームページ：http://www.nagoyawalkathon.com/rw/web/ja/homePage

see Facebook page.

Facebook Musician page

Just made a facebook musician page. Could this be the end of myspace?

外国人のMixiみたいなFacebookと言うホームページに最近ミュージシャンページを作成しました。Check it out!

MIXIもやっています！FATBLUEMANを検索したら、私たちのページを見つけめす！