Marc Weeklies: Despite Warning, I Went Drinking With Hobbits

I'm still glowing from my trip to Kentucky where we celebrated Bilbo's Birthday Party with A Long Expected Party. I'm a little sad for several reasons. First, because it is over. But also because I feel sorry for all the Lord of the Rings fans who missed this great event. It really was a priceless memory. I can't help but wonder if ALEP could ever be replicated as good as it was this year. Ah well. I'm just happy I got to go drinking with hobbits one more time. Now it's time to scour the net for pictures.


This Week:

-- Quote of the Week: "Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain

-- "Will Brobdingnagin Bards Music Disappear Forever?" I got this email last week from someone who was hoping to buy our CDs for Christmas. The answer is no. All Brobdingnagian Bards albums will continue to remain for sale. HOWEVER, we do still have some t-shirts (sizes Small to 5X) and tote bags for sale. There are not many left, and they will remain until they are sold out. Then they are gone forever!

-- NEW MP3: Wild Mountain Thyme. Listen and download one of my favorite songs from my new demo CD, which you can get for free.

-- FEATURED: WGPR 13 - Dragon Con Artists and TLAPD! and on a Hobbit Day blog. I've also never seen myself headbang before. Check it out with FreeBog.

-- Voltaire's New CD Finally Online. Voltaire's new CD To the Bottom of the Sea is now online. It's currently the #1 CD on CD Baby's Top Now Charts!

-- Well, I'm Back from Bilbo's Birthday Party. Read about my adventure to The Shire. It was a magical experience. I wish I took more pictures at ALEP. Fortunately, pics and blogs are popping up all over. Read Elven singer, Kate Brown's blog, or see Rosie Cotton's pictures.

-- PrintTheTruth.org. The first distributed political poster system in history. Every day until the election, we give you a free poster. Print as many as you can, paste em up. Put them on the office fridge, the cars in the lot, on your vacuum cleaner, wherever you can.

-- UPCOMING GIGS. This weekend the Brobdingnagian Bards are at FenCon in Dallas. The following weekend is the Browncoat Ball. Then the week after that I return for Another Space Madness at Elysium!

-- Wine and Whiskey Tasting at Louisiana Renaissance Festival. If you want an incredible experience at LARF, sign up now for the Wine and Whiskey Tastings. You will learn a ton about the drinks, PLUS, you'll hear a few songs for me. Right now, this is the only show I have at the festival. However, I am hoping to score more. Time will tell.

-- Celtic Invasion of Italy. I haven't even solidified the trip, and it is already nearly sold out. Sign up to the mailing list to find out more and reserve your spot ASAP.

-- Check me out on Myspace, SoundClick, Demand a Show on Eventful, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal, Sonicbids, and DeviantArt. And if you'd like a CD...








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posted by Marc Gunn @ Tuesday, September 30, 2008