Promo This Week

OCTOBER 19, 2005 – WEDNESAY – SHOW DAY PORTLAND
6PM MILLENIUM MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
801. N.W. 23rd (At Johnson)
Portland, 97210
http://www.musicmillennium.com/

OCTOBER 20, 2005 – THURSDAY – SHOW DAY SEATTLE
10AM THE MOUNTAIN KMTT
103.7FM Ken & Jon on-air appearance on The Mountain Morning Show
http://www.kmtt.com/

US Tour Takes Shape; Press Round-Up

The Posies’ 28 September show at Maxwell’s in New Jersey is on sale at Ticketweb now, and their 8 September show at the Knitting Factory in California (with Matt Harris’ band Oranger opening) goes on sale tonight. Click here to visit Ticketweb. In addition, they will be playing Bumbershoot in Seattle during labor day weekend (September 2-5). Tickets are on sale now, and the full line-up will be announced this Friday.

The band was interviewed by Ethan and James at Three Imaginary Girls the night of their peformance at the Seattle International Film Festival; you can read the interview here.

Some recent foreign press… thanks to Amandine, Maako, and Andre for sending these in!:

*French: Xsilence.net
*Finnish: Desilbeli.net & Nojesguiden.fi
*Dutch: Fileunder.net – Jon interviewed, with photos by David Belisle & Fileunder.nl – review

European tour kicks off in 5 days!

POSIES VIDEO SEEKS EXTRAS!

The Posies will be shooting a video for ‘Conversations’ this Thursday (the 14th) in Seattle, and they are looking for extras. They will not be able to pay you, but a hot meal will be provided!

If you fit any of these descriptions (or know someone who does), e-mail a photo to casting@worthyent.com.

– Asian man and woman, both 40+ yrs old

– Hispanic man, 20-40 yrs old

– African American man, 40+ yrs old

– Two caucasian women 60 + yrs old

Three new dates and more

The Posies will play the Göteborgkalaset Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, on August 9th. (thank you to Henrik for finding the date!) and Debaser in Stockholm on August 10th. In addition, a new promo picture can be seen here.

They will also play the Seattle Internation Film Festival, at MOHAI, on May 19th.
(source)

‘Every Kind Of Light’ can now be pre-ordered from Not Lame. From their site:

“We`ll be trying to set up something special for Not Lame folks, who preorder this with us. Details will be forthcoming! and Soundbites, as well.”

For updates on tour dates or the new album, join the mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to updates@theposies.net

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.

(Seattle Times)