According to pollstar.com, Jon will be playing at the Showbox in Seattle with Cantona.
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Cars Tribute CD Now Available
A tribute to one of our all-time favorite bands, The Cars. Long overdue, this 21 track tribute showcases versions of Cars faves from Jon Auer(the Posies), Jason Falkner, Butch Walker, Owsley, Bleu, Gigolo Aunts(featuring Kid Lightning), Doug Powell, Damone, The Argument, Chris Von Sneidern, Action Action, Dum Dog Run(Rick Altizer), The Millions, Spiraling, The Bravery, sparkle*jets uk, The Andersons!, JohnnyMonaco, The Daybirds and The Cautions.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this CD will be donated to the American Cancer Society, In memory of Ben Orr.
Jon contributrs the track ‘Misfit Kid’. Click here to visit Not Lame’s site for the album to purchase it and hear Jon’s cover. (Not in stores yet; the album will end up there in the new year.)
JONAUER.com is launched!
From Jon, as posted by Michelle to the dear23 list:
Hey there, y’all…
I wanted to let you know that WWW.JONAUER.COM is up and running as of today!
Feel free to check it out and tell all your friends that the seemingly
impossible has finally happened.
Let there be light! Pigs do fly and hell definitely can freeze over…
And but of course me and mine wish all of you and yours a very happy holiday
season as well…
Cheers,
Jon
jon/posies shows in the next week
Posted by Barbara Mitchell to the dear23 list:
hi there –
just wanted to remind y’all that jon’s playing this friday, november 19 at
the sunset tavern with cantona. it’s an early happy hour show – starts at 7
pm.
if you’re curious what the new posies album is going to sound like, then
don’t miss the shows at neumo’s (tuesday, november 23) and hell’s kitchen
(wednesday, november 24) because there are new songs on the set list…
ken’s album is out worldwide now; jon’s is *this* close to being done.
ken’s european dates are on his site; in the process of booking a solo tour of
australia, new zealand, korea and japan next april. details as soon as i have
them.
looks like the new posies album will be out next summer due to ken’s r.e.m.
commitments. they’ll start touring immediately thereafter.
stay tuned…
Happy birthday!
Happy 35th birthday to Jon Auer!
Jon on Cars Tribute album
Set for release in late November on Not Lame – Jon covers the song “Misfit Kid.”
For information and sound clips, visit Not Lame’s page for the CD.
Jon to perform at No Vote Left Behind benefit
Pearl Jam among bands to play at fundraising concert
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
No Vote Left Behind, a political action committee that aims to raise money for the Kerry-Edwards campaign, and others, has announced a Sept. 23-26 festival/fundraiser, in Seattle.
Pearl Jam, Queensryche, David Cross, Mudhoney, John Doe, Grant-Lee Phillips, Pansy Division Jon Auer (of the Posies), Kinski, El Vez and others will perform at the Crocodile, Showbox, Sunset Tavern, Tractor Tavern, Neumo’s, Graceland and the Comet Tavern, among others. The complete line-up, with specific times and dates, will be announced after Labor Day. Tickets go on sale Sept. 10.
No Vote Left Behind is a Seattle-based organization with roots in the Seattle music community. Because tickets are a political donation, federal regulations require buyers to be 18 years old and registered U.S. citizens.
Posies interviews at Toazted.com
Listen to two interviews from 1995 – one with the band, one just with Jon – on Toazted.com.
New classes teach lyrical approach to penning songs
By Joanna Horowitz
Seattle Times staff reporter
There is a giant board on the north side of the Songcraft room, one of Experience Music Project’s newest exhibits. Words haphazardly cover the surface like a blown-up version of the magnetic poetry seen on dorm-room fridges all over the country.
The mission here: Make lyrics from the jumble. Visitors have left snapshots of songs, “I got a light in a deep well/it’s about to deny me of longer soul” or “Rock away the tears.”
If these are the start of a great new song, who knows, but what’s good or bad is subjective, said Jon Auer, former frontman of The Posies. Auer, along with Seattle musicians Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger and Christy McWilson from country-rock band The Picketts, will teach part of a six-month EMP/University of Washington songwriting-certificate program, which starts in October.
Anyone who can play an instrument well enough to record a song, UW student or not, can apply for the program.
“There’s really no one correct way to do anything,” Auer said. “All I can really hope is they’ll find something in there that is of use to them.”
Shatner album released October 5th, plus another review
This time Shatner has teamed up with Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) for what he states are “…thoughts and experiences of mine that very few people have heard before.” He adds, “I wanted to share them with my loved ones.”
Recorded in Folds’ Nashville studio, Has Been features eleven tracks with select songs featuring Folds (also on piano), Henry Rollins on “I Can’t Get Behind That,” Aimee Mann, Brad Paisley, and Lemon Jelly. The band includes guitarist Jon Auer (The Posies), bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple).
Click here for a tracklisting and more info.
Another Soft Commands review – ‘Stringfellow Avoids Soft Rock Stigma’