Day Glo cover art
Look Look! I finally got around to colorizing the album art. Hooray!

	front (green) totally alternative, less girly, hyper glow green version!
	back (green) song list and credits...

Current Mood: artistic

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Daisy Days
Wondering what to wish for this holiday season? We suggest getting some copies of Planting Seeds Records' benefit release "Blue Skies and Daisy Days," which not only contains an exclusive track from our new album ("Stonewords") but also a veritable smorgasbord of other Mystery Lawn notables, such as The Fairwood Singers, The Incredible Vickers Brothers and The Ocean Blue. Plus other stuff like Jesus and Mary Chain people. Plus, it's for a good cause. Proceeds benefit a breast-cancer awareness nonprofit.

A Myspace page has just been set up: http://www.myspace.com/blueskiesdaisydayscomp
You can also pre-order it here: http://www.darla.com/comingSoon/

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Hey, that's us! We are cool.
From Planting Seeds Records...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS "Blue Skies Daisy Days" (PSRCD-058)
Planting Seeds' third label comp featuring label artists & friends will be due out Fall 2008 with a slew of exclusive tracks and a portion of the proceeds going to San Diego, CA based Cancer Awareness KAB Organization. The compilation features a stellar line-up of artists from around the globe:

International Jetsetters (members of Jesus & Mary Chain, Ride), Corner Laughers (San Franciso, CA), A.M. Vibe (San Diego, CA) The Tamborines (London, UK), Fairwood Singers (featuring Allen Clapp), The Left Outsides (featuring members of The Eighteenth Day of May), Color Filter featuring Linda Draper (from Japan, Draper from Queens, NY), Loose Salute (featuring members of Mojave 3), Stevenson Ranch Davidians (from Los Angeles, CA), Loz Colbert (Ride, Jesus & Mary Chain, International Jetsetters), The Primary 5 (Teenage Fanclub), The See See (members of Eighteenth Day of May), The Parson Red Heads (Los Angeles, CA), Incredible Vickers Brothers (The Orange Peels), Nic Dalton (Lemonheads, Sneeze, etc), Michael Barrett (Essex Green, Ladybug Transistor), John Moore (Black Box Recorder, Jesus & Mary Chain), Pinkie (Sarah Records, Harper Lee etc), The Fischers (UK, members of Tompaulin), and more to be announced! Look for the full artist/track listing shortly...

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myspace stuff
yesterday i added a little zazzle store widget to the myspace page. there are some shirts on there now (babydoll TOL, mens TOL, babydoll hummingbird, Pigeon) but there is oh so much more i could add, including stickers, postcards, magnets, calendars and even aprons. (rock out while you're cookin'.) so, if there's something you'd really like to see on there, like mini pigeon stickers or a TOL poster or some Ultraviolet Garden postcards, just let me know!

i also cleaned up the HTML on the "About" section on the myspace. that little widget ("powered by SNOCAP") isn't working and i wonder if i should just delete it altogether because i can't get it to work and the music player at the top of the page seems to work just fine. but if you want to keep it there, that's cool, too. just let me know if you want me to delete it!

charlie's working on getting the videos on the page. hopefully they will work!

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Random Access- Xposted

Last night we did a taping for the Mountain View public-access channel KMVT. We were "the talent." As you probably know, I love that channel and how it makes everything look like British tv in the 1980s. The sound mix is a bit dodgy. The show will be on every Thursday night at 9:15, possibly forever!
Please enjoy. I expect the endorsement deals to start flowing in ...oh and here are three more clips from the show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozLKZg7Zcso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=143TmMFL9yk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cukGKhP3saM

EDIT: and of course the credit-rolling finale with the glorious drum close-up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMrCTRe0AQ

AGAIN EDIT: Also, merch! http://www.zazzle.com/annarama?CMPN=mb_gallery

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ultraviolet garden t-shirt...
since i'm on a roll here, i mocked up a demo t-shirt for ultraviolet garden.

here it is.

very minimal. bird on front, banner on back. just an idea...

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tomb of leopards t-shirt
by special request: TOL shirt on Zazzle!

i wasn't sure if you guys wanted it to just be the album front and back, but it was a pretty easy solution since i already had the art. all the song titles and credits are on the back. i'm not sure if they will be completely readable but i think they will be. oh, and dig that model guy's pose. that was cracking me up! :)

Edit: here's a version with the plain (no song titles/credits) design on the back.

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UV Garden art (again!)


okay, i think the yellow banner looks better...

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UV Garden art


so, here are some more tweaks and new colors! still more work to be done, but at least there's a little progress goin' on. :)

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first try on 'Ultraviolet Garden' art
so, here it is. take #1 on the album artwork for Ultraviolet Garden...



first: i know the colors are WAY too girlie. goldenmoonbear and i discussed changing them to dark violet or dark blue and deep red instead of pink and purple. so i will try doing that.

second: there are still more tweaks i want to make (make the banner and text larger, enlarge the border, etc.) so i'm going to do that, too.

this is just a starting-off point!

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band meeting
So what are we doing for this show on Saturday? Songwise, instrumentwise, etc... Also, how long is our set? And do you think practice and prep on Friday night is enough or should I come down earlier?

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I'm the one who wears the pants.
The time has come to discuss tedious LA travel plans. Obviously we should rent a Prius, but how? I think it would make the most sense for zimbra1006 to rent one in San Francisco and then pick the rest of us up. I'm hoping Karla and I will be able to leave early Friday afternoon so we can make it to LA before dark. I assume Brian James has his own plans?

Also Aaron emailed me this morning asking about LA. I'm going to tell him that it's too late since we don't really have any more practice opportunities with Brian.

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I Wanna Sue Your Boyfriend
Q: Are The Corner Laughers next?

A: Not until we start making more than $15 per show.

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X-Posted from Goldenmoonbear
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, The Corner Laughers proudly presents our spectacular pageant of night-time magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electrosynthomagnetic musical sounds:

The Make-out Room in S.F., 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 19 (Khoi's birthday).
Be there or be forever complained about! 

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Just in case you don't obsessively look at our Myspace all the time, we have a number of shows lined up this summer. At this point:

* Tues June 19 2007 9:00P
The Makeout Room, San Francisco
* Sun July 22 2007 5:00P
Annie's Social Club, San Francisco
* Sat August 4 2007 3:30P
The Joint, Los Angeles
* Thurs August 9 2007 10:00P
The Starry Plough, Berkeley


Now you may all plan your lives accordingly!

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I am happy to see that, in celebration of our Chronicle article and general world domination, there is a post in our Yahoogroups just now entitled "Corner Laughers: Instant Penis Enlargement."

Current Mood: amused

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SF Chronicle! X-Posted
Excitement! Please check out today's San Francisco Chronicle, for The Corner Laughers are featured in this week's "Bandwidth" section! It is on page G-9 in the physical paper, or you can view the online version here.

Also, I must remind you to please attend our show on Saturday evening at the Edinburgh Castle pub on Geary St. If you do not attend, hell hounds will be on your trail for sure. Plus, we just received a shiny new batch of "Tomb of Leopards" cds which will be for sale. And they actually are shinier and more colorful than the first batch.

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for your records
My favorite sexy scientist has "New Leaf" uploaded on his myspace page. :)

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PopCurrent.com
If you like The C, please give us a "pop" .

Current Mood: Poppy

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x-Posted from Me
New reviews of Tomb of Leopards, from Fufkin and Ear Candy! I take offense to a few comments but all and all they are pretty positive/pleasing/amusing. Yay, Us.

From Fufkin-

The Corner Laughers -- Tomb Of Leopards (Sandbox): Does anyone out there remember cub? They were a Canadian band that played a spunky brand of pop that they called cuddlecore. It combined surf music energy with sweet and twee melodies. The reason I bring cub up is that The Corner Laughers sound to me like cub 10 years down the road -- the rock energy turned down to soccer mom volume. The core of this cuddly band is Karla Kane, on vocals and ukelele, and guitarist Angela Silletto, who are abetted by various Bay Area popsters like Khoi Huynh and Chris von Sneidern. They have some cute songs, and the best two start the disc. "You Two Are the Ones" is like a more bopping Jill Sobule, with Karla singing about her love for two people...who happen to be a couple. This is followed by "The Red Queen", where the uke ukes out and the song could easily be adapted into a jug band arrangement, a la The Lovin' Spoonful. Producer Aaron Madsen adds some cool lead guitar sounds. Other highlights include "One for the Ladies" with Mr. von Sneidern on drums, and the saucy "See You in Hell". I like the wit and obvious fun being had. I would like more consistent songwriting, and maybe rocking up the music just a notch. sandboxrecords.com

From Ear Candy

The Corner Laughers,"Tomb Of Leopards" (Sandbox Records)
Girly girl powerpop that's so catchy and infectious that it'll probably give you cavities. Twelve lighthearted romps through love and loss, evolution, being trapped in a bathroom, ancient history and guys who are jerks. I guess I fall in that last category since I made the girly girl comment. Anyway, this is a very enjoyable cd full of girl group vocals with indie pop hooks and flashbacks to the sixties sprinkled throughout. The vocals fall somewhere between the Bangles and the Ronettes. Favorite track: "Star Power Lament".
www.sandboxrecords.com
Rating:
3 and 1/2

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