The absolute farmersest of Farmer's Markets

Why, hello there, reader(s?)!

On Monday CST will be playing at the Coralville Farmer's Market - a venue we've had a pretty consistent relationship with since they started having music for the shoppers. Thanks, as always, to the city of Coralville and to Farmer's Market director M. Hibbard for that.

We're thinking of doing a different sort of show, being the intrigued-by-variety sorts that we are. We're going to try to pull out some of our older tunes that we haven't played for a while and dust 'em off a bit. So if you're interested in hearing some little-done CST music, stop by the Farmer's Market (right by the Coralville Aquatic Center (which is itself right by the pool)) at 5:00 on Monday. Bring requests, if you like, and we'll try to play 'em or at least apologize politely if we've forgotten how they go entirely.

Storyhill

Okay, so as you know, Charlie and I are big Storyhill fans, and count them as our greatest musical influence. I've been a fan of theirs since about 1993, when I first heard their stuff. They have just finished a new CD, which for now is only available at their shows. The problem is, they don't have any shows scheduled in Iowa, so it's going to be tough (for me, anyway) to get to one.

They're apparently working on signing with a label, so the CD will be more readily available then, but I don't want to wait! So here's what I need you to do: send an email to their booking agent, Renee, and tell her that they need to add a show this fall somewhere in eastern Iowa. Another option would be to email their manager, Eric, with the same plea. Ideally the show would be at The Mill in Iowa City or at CSPS in Cedar Rapids (you could go ahead and suggest those options; they’ve played both venues before), but I'll take pretty much anything east of Interstate 35. Hopefully if Renee gets enough emails from Storyhill's Iowa fans, she'll go ahead and book something around here. Then I (and all of you, natch) will not only get to see my favorite band perform, but I'll be able to pick up a copy of their new CD. I appreciate your help!

Mud River Festival

Don't forget that we're playing the Mud River Music Festival this Saturday, Sept. 9, at about 6:00. The festival will be held at the Iowa City Izaak Walton League (take Riverside Drive south out of Iowa City, and watch for the signs). There's good music all weekend long, starting at 5:00 on Friday night.

It's really a nice way to spend a Saturday, so please, grab a lawn chair or blanket, throw a few of your favorite beverage in a cooler, and come on out!

Interesting...

This has to be the oddest profile of CST out on the web. Nice of Paul to devote webspace to us, though.

Does having it on another website actually commit us to finishing sometime in 2006, I wonder?