Possible Oscar

It’s been mostly a lazy summer for Possible Oscar, but there have been a few things going on, Let’s get to the news.

Acoustic Recording

We’ve been hard at work recording music for Songs from the Hammock. Two songs are essentially complete — the previously-released “All Out of Beer” and “Wolverine (Don’t Stop Readin’)” will likely see some tweaks for this new EP — and basic tracks for three other songs have been recorded. There are vocal overdubs yet to complete as well as final mixes. We’re looking at a late September/early October release.

POscarCast Podcast

We’re continue recording a podcast on a semi-regular basis. Each episode is a brief glimpse into what’s going on with the band and as many childish jokes we can cram into 10-15 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast feed (subscribe in any podcatching software) or through iTunes (subscribe in the iTunes store) to keep up with every episode.

Jared Works for Others on The FuMP

Jared appeared on three tracks on The FuMP in August in one capacity or another. First up was “Big Oil Spill of Love” by Hot Waffles on which Jared played drums. Next was “Twitter Tweetin’” by Carrie Dahlby; Jared joined many other comedy music artists in reading one of his favorite funny tweets. Finally, Jared joined Devo Spice and Insane Ian in taking a verse on the great Luke Ski’s rap ode to Mel Brooks, “It’s Good To Be The King“.

All three tracks are available free for a limited time at The FuMP (http://www.thefump.com/)

John’s Solo Work on Bandcamp

John re-released his solo work through the online music service Bandcamp. There are currently three volumes of material available, including the original motion picture soundtrack to Collecto Mondo (which includes drums and percussion by Jared) and a series of covers of well-known Sesame Street songs. Everything there is worth your time, so stop over at John’s Bandcamp site (http://johnmapes.bandcamp.com/) and take a listen.

Nathan Will Mock You

If you’re heading to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival this year, be sure to stop by the stocks to see Nathan in a kilt making jokes at the expense of some poor soul who was sold out  by his or her friends.

New Album for Sale

Our new album Individual Results May Vary is available now on CD and as a download. You can buy either version from our new web store, powered by Bandcamp, for $9.99 for the CD or $7.99 for the download.

http://music.possibleoscar.com/

That’s what we’ve been up to. Thanks for being a fan.

- Possible Oscar

Possible Oscar talks about the latest recording session, Jared is absorbed in Fable II, and Jeff gets sick at the end.

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The POscarCast gets rolling with talk and a sneak peak of our evening’s recording session for Songs from the Hammock. We then segue into a discussion of our latest media consumption. Thrilling? Of course.

As a bonus, we’ll be photographing our recording sessions for the EP. The first batch is posted now on our Facebook page.

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We’re back from a brief summer break! It’s time to get all caught up on what  we were up to during the interim. We talk about getting new instruments, what goes on at an 80s-flavored party, and how to be late to practice by making egg rolls.

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Things have happened recently. I think it’s time we recap what those things were.

CONvergence 2010

We performed at CONvergence! What? You missed it? Shame on you! The show went well, and while we didn’t have the packed house that we had last year at 10:00 on Friday evening, we had a decent crowd who seemed to be content to spend 45 minutes listening to us wail on a Saturday afternoon. I think our stage energy was good, and that’s what matters, right? CD sales met expectations as well. Thanks to you (yes, you) if you bought our new album.

We attempted to stream the concert live on Ustream using a cell phone, a feat that was too much for the poor device’s battery to handle for the entire show. You can check out bite-sized clips of our show on our Ustream channel. I can only assume that the phone kept losing its connection frequently, resulting in the short videos. We might do more live PO events in the future, so follow us on Twitter to get notified when the channel goes live.

New Album for Sale

Our new album Individual Results May Vary is available now on CD and as a download. You can buy either version from our new web store, powered by Bandcamp, for $9.99 for the CD or $7.99 for the download.

http://music.possibleoscar.com/

PO on the Radio

Possible Oscar was a call-in guest to the Sarasota, FL radio show “Geekin’ Out w/ Skippy & The Dude” on Sunday, July 18. We talked about the new album and the history of the band as well as nerdy topics like pencil and paper gaming and spaghetti western movies. I believe you can stream the episode for the rest of the week at the radio station’s website. Our thanks go out to the hosts for having us on. We had a blast!

Podcast

We’re now recording a podcast on a semi-regular basis. Each episode is a brief glimpse into what’s going on with the band and as many childish jokes we can cram into 10-15 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast feed (subscribe in any podcatching software) or through iTunes (subscribe in the iTunes store) to keep up with every episode.

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That’s the news for July. If you can’t be good, be bad. And if you can’t be bad, be purple.

- Possible Oscar -