http://www.ustream.tv/channel/possible-oscar-live

We’ll be using a phone to do the streaming. I hope it works well enough to be watchable.

Next up: sales. Glorious, glorious sales. That’s where you come in. The CD will be available at CONvergence this weekend for $10 each. There is also still time to pre-order for $9.99. Pre-orders get free shipping and a future free download code for Songs from the Hammock, an acoustic EP due out this summer. We will accept pre-orders through July 5. All pre-order CDs will begin shipping on July 6.

See you at CONvergence!

New Album Progress

The new album is still on-track to be released at CONvergence 2010 on July 3. We’ve seen the art proofs — the UPC means it’s real — and the master CD should be in the hands of the duplicator as we speak. Monday looks like the day we’ll be receiving the CDs, which means there’s a possibility those of you who have pre-ordered the album will be getting it a bit earlier than expected. That brings us to…

Pre-order Our New Album

There’s still time to pre-order Individual Results May Vary! A measly $9.99 gets you a new CD shipped to your designated address absolutely free. Pre-order customers will also receive a download code in the future for a free copy of our forthcoming Songs from the Hammock acoustic EP. Head on over to the store page to reserve your copy today.

Possible Oscar @ CONvergence

We will be performing once again at Minneapolis-St. Paul’s premiere speculative fiction convention, CONvergence. This annual four-day convention unites thousands of science fiction and fantasy fans in an orgy of geeky expression. Possible Oscar’s brand of nerdy rock fits right in.

Our performance is on Saturday, July 3 at 3:30 PM in the Harmonic CONvergence room. Come on by to enjoy 45 minutes of funny rock music if you are attending the convention. Did we mention you can buy our new CD right at the show? Now we did.

CONvergence schedule event link
Facebook event link

Possible Oscar Podcast

We’ve started a podcast! Each episode is 10-15 minutes of silliness recorded after our weekly practices (or as often as we feel like it). We talk about what’s going on with the band, we get to know the members of Possible Oscar a little more personally, and sometimes John  improvises a song. Subscribe today to get episodes delivered as they are released.

Podcast feed (subscribe in any podcatching software)
iTunes link (subscribe in the iTunes store)

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That’s the news. Thanks for sticking with us.

- Possible Oscar -

The cover and CD packaging feature photography by Joanna Holland. Why are we wearing bath robes? That’s just how we roll on a summer weekend.

We can also reveal the final track sequence for this album.

1. Rock is FTW!
2. Press Start to Continue
3. How We Recycle
4. All Out of Beer [rock version]
5. Sundae Chocolate Sundae
6. That Calls for a Wilhelm Scream
7. You Pay, We Play
8. Intermission
9. Kill The Enemies
10. Dead Again
11. If I Had a Rocket Launcher — with Insane Ian
12. Take Back the Music — Sudden Death feat. Possible Oscar
13. Filler
14. What Does Tony Really Know
15. Rock is FTW! (Reprise)

All of this can be yours for one easy payment of only $9.99 (S&H included). Order today!

Visit the Possible Oscar Store to order your copy today!

Track List (not final order)

• Rock is FTW!
• Kill The Enemies
• You Pay, We Play
• Filler – featuring Chris Mezzolesta
• That Calls for a Wilhelm Scream
• Take Back the Music – by Sudden Death featuring Possible Oscar
• If I Had a Rocket Launcher – by Insane Ian and Possible Oscar
• Dead Again
• All Out of Beer (rock version)
• Press Start to Continue
• How We Recycle
• Sundae Chocolate Sundae

“Hayden Christensen”

“Screwed”

May the Fourth be with you!

Okay, back to hermit mode. We’ll catch up again in 2010.

Download our new song “Rock Is FTW!” for free for the next two weeks on The FuMP.

Tuesday we record John and Nathan’s backing vocals. Wednesday I edit and mix — that’s when I decide if the hand claps make it to the final mix — so that everything is ready for the release on The FuMP on Friday.

I say, it sure is handy to have recording gear in your basement.

I always played as the Elf. Which Gauntlet character were you?

This is a little odd considering the song was released in 2007, and the composer is listed as “Ringold, Jared (Bud Sharpe)” even though it was a collaboration between John and me. But hey, it’s cool to be considered!

So, go vote or something.

“It features hypertalent chameleoncore band Possible Oscar, who just decided one day, out of the blue, on a whim, to be the surf rock band we always wanted but could never find. Even behind the water heater.”

Have a listen.

We’ll be back on The FuMP again in July with an all-PO track entitled “Kill The Enemies.” Look for it to drop July 10! (Did I just say “drop?” I did. Well, there it is. There’s no use ignoring it. I must live with the shame. –Jared)

We will be performing a couple new arrangements of some old P.O. favorites. There’s also that small matter of not one, not two, but three new songs that will make their live debut on stage at CONvergence. The Pentagon has just given us clearance to release the titles of the new songs. They are:

• “Get Our Geek On (It’s About Time)”
• “Rock Is FTW”
• “Kill The Enemies”

Two of the new songs are original; one is a parody. You’ll just have to see us live to learn which is which.

We’ve reserved a slot on The FuMP on July 10 to release one of these songs — which means it will not be 365 consecutive days without a Possible Oscar release on The FuMP.

We’d like to encourage our fans to attend the concerts of all three of the fannish bands performing on Friday night at CONvergence. Fans who see both Feng Shui Ninjas and Beth Kinderman & The Player Characters before enduring our performance might receive a special token of our appreciation. I said might — this is still in the planning stage.

See you in three weeks!

Sadly, those recordings are no longer available to the general public. However, the band has seen fit to release their groundbreaking holiday album The Nick Atoms Christmas Record on the Interwebs for everyone to enjoy. From The Nick Atoms’ website:

The Nick Atoms Christmas Record is a whimsical take on holiday music. Seasonal standards such as “Winter Wonderland” and “Let It Snow” are given the rock ‘n roll instrumental treatment, while original songs “It’s Christmas Time” and “Kein Weihnachten fur Sie” are destined to become holiday classics.

Christmas time is the season for giving. In that spirit we are offering The Nick Atoms Christmas Record for download. Please enjoy it with family and friends.

You could do worse than spin this record for folks at your holiday gathering. Make sure you go the their website and grab a copy today!

In the meantime, there is some good FuMP-related news for the band. Our song “Talk Nerdy to Me” passed the 10,000 mark for plays and downloads. That makes it our second most popular song on The FuMP after the runaway success of our cover of Tom Smith’s “Dead Again.” Thanks to everyone who continues to enjoy that song!

From our forthcoming Songs From The Hammock EP comes an acoustic rearrangement of a song dedicated to one of comicdom’s most popular characters. But wait! You already have that song on our last album, don’t you? Good thing we wedged in a short parody of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” about the joys of comic books. Never say Possible Oscar isn’t about value.

Download this song for free for a limited time only.

To help further promote the fund raiser The FuMP is having a video contest! Make a fan video for this song and you could win a SanDisk Sansa MP3 Player loaded with a ton of music.

For more information or to enter visit The FuMP contest page.

This song is available for free download at TheFuMP.com for a limited time only.