Hey, jerks.  We’re taking the new record out to some familiar haunts in Chicago and Dubuque. Share the news with your friends in middle America.  Or not.

We *shouldn’t* get too excited after a nice review, or two bummed after a bad one. We should do what we do for ourselves. But sometimes a positive review makes your midsection tremble with vindication and satisfaction; as such, for crying out loud, Rick Allen nailed this review. It’s almost like he was privy to our first band emails when we decided to start Bi Bear. Because what he says in the review is everything I wanted us to sound like.

I like this part the best:

Heya!  The record is now available on iTunes and CD Baby.

At Friday’s show, we’ll be selling limited edition physical copies of the album that will be housed in a hand numbered and silk screened package, designed by our great friend and amazing illustrator Clint Reno.

Hand screened posters will also be on Sale at Friday’s show.

You can check out all of Reno’s stuff here.

See ya Friday?!

And the Dispatch gave us a liitle love on Thursday to push the show.  Unfortunately, the masses were hammered on green beer and jello shots and probably missed it.  But that’s why we’re re-posting.

We are heading to Cleveland tomorrow to record the second half of our June release with Mr. Todd Tobias of GBV/Robert Pollard production fame.  My alarm is set for 6:15 AM.  It’s 2:30 AM. What is wrong with me?

I should be preparing for tomorrow, but instead I’ve been re-searching Trevor’s breed possibilities (for a second I thought he might have a little Samoyed in him, but he’s most likely a Golden Retriever/Chow mix).  Did I mention that I research this every six months and conclude the same?

No matter how much I do or don’t prepare, I’ma rewrite half of my guitar and vocal lines about 15 minutes before I track.  Well, probably not.  But after a long week of work, working out and fending off a sideways flu, I don’t have any good ideas left.  So here I am, puking out nonsense for no one.  Anyhow, yeah, Todd Tobias at Waterloo studio.  This should be a golden time.

We are still alive. We have a new record coming out in March June and a few splendid shows lined up.

You should come see us at Kobo on January 28 with SPD GVNR and Vanity Theft.  And if you want to prolong Christmas until the Orthodox New Year, you can get dirty with the number we added to Donewaiting’s Very Ohio Christmas.  People are digging it!

Bicentennial Bear at Comfest: Sunday at 1:30 SHARP, Offramp Stage.  That is all.

Heya,

Welcome to bicentennialbear.com.  If you are a frequent visitor, you know that we spent a couple of days at Central City with Jon Chinn (before he made us eat his dust as he wheeled off to Brooklyn like a high effin’ roller).  So yeah, we recorded 4 full songs with Chinners and 1 more sans vocals. Chinn mastered them and now they are sitting on Sean’s computer, which is right next to his collection of She-Ra Princess of Power action figures.

We may record a few more songs this summer and eventually release an LP.  We may stop here and make it an EP.  We might get in a giant fist fight on stage at tomorrow night’s happy hour show, break up and never release them to the public (because odd shit always goes down when we play Rumba – pants splitting, chicken nugget USA chants, etc).

Regardless, we posted one of the songs, which is actually the baby of the batch, called Cardinal Codes.

DOWNLOAD THAT HOT SHIT and come to our Rumba show on Friday.  Good times, indeed, good times.

-beeps

Friends of the Bear,

Before summer poops in your Rice Chex with family reunions and Ricky’s youth soccer league, take advantage of the moderate weather and your unexpected free time:

Happy Hour Show this Friday
Rumba Room, Columbus
Bicentennial Bear + The Moving Parts
Music at 6:30 sharp – done by 9.

You wanted early rock shows, and the Bear has delivered.  You’ll be home in time to watch that show where Jennifer Love Hewitt talks to zombie milk maids.

Word!

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