"Song from Holland" is exclusively available as a single at iTunes and is now available for purchase.
Friday, July 27, 2007
iTunes and Fargo to release bonus tracks
We Walked In Song will be released in Europe on August 28th by Fargo Store. The album will contain previously released bonus track "Shooting Star (sketch)" as well as a new track, "Song from Holland" and for the first time since the demo was released by the band as a free monthly track, "Do You See My Brothers Coming?"
"Song from Holland" is exclusively available as a single at iTunes and is now available for purchase.
"Song from Holland" is exclusively available as a single at iTunes and is now available for purchase.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Lancaster in 2007
Here's my own personal music video for "Spinning" which was filmed entirely in Lancaster this past weekend. Available via Vimeo...
I'm back from my first real trip to Lancaster, PA - home of The Innocence Mission. I had a blast. My wife and I saw "the Police" perform in Hershey (waited an hour and a half to get out of the parking lot jam). I thought it was an amazing show. We also visited Hershey Park (which I highly recommend) and took in the Lancaster countryside. Be sure to stay away from Rt. 30 East on a summer weekend as it's traffic jam central. The commercialism over the Amish isn't necessarily a suprise, but it's a bit more overwhelming than I expected. It's a bit distressing actually.
Did you know that Lancaster also has a baseball team? The Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League got slaughtered last night, but they kept it close most of the game despite the one bad inning. I learned that Virginians like myself are a bit more vocal for the hometeam than the typical Lancaster folk.
We also took in a visit to Lily's on Main to experience the reason why Steve Brown left the band. Let me tell you, Steve is just as good as a chef and owner than he is a drummer, and that's not a knock on his drumming either. He runs a fantastic restaurant and it's well worth the 20-30 minute drive from Lancaster.
If there's good news to report, it's that despite Steve's extremely busy schedule..he's willing to perform with the band on a future album. That bit of information made the trip all the more exciting.
I'm back from my first real trip to Lancaster, PA - home of The Innocence Mission. I had a blast. My wife and I saw "the Police" perform in Hershey (waited an hour and a half to get out of the parking lot jam). I thought it was an amazing show. We also visited Hershey Park (which I highly recommend) and took in the Lancaster countryside. Be sure to stay away from Rt. 30 East on a summer weekend as it's traffic jam central. The commercialism over the Amish isn't necessarily a suprise, but it's a bit more overwhelming than I expected. It's a bit distressing actually.
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Did you know that Lancaster also has a baseball team? The Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League got slaughtered last night, but they kept it close most of the game despite the one bad inning. I learned that Virginians like myself are a bit more vocal for the hometeam than the typical Lancaster folk.
We also took in a visit to Lily's on Main to experience the reason why Steve Brown left the band. Let me tell you, Steve is just as good as a chef and owner than he is a drummer, and that's not a knock on his drumming either. He runs a fantastic restaurant and it's well worth the 20-30 minute drive from Lancaster.
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If there's good news to report, it's that despite Steve's extremely busy schedule..he's willing to perform with the band on a future album. That bit of information made the trip all the more exciting.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
"The Lakes of Canada" by GF&SW
GF&SW have uploaded a live video on YouTube.com. The video features "The Lakes of Canada" from the album Birds of My Neighborhood.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Relevant Magazine interview
Relevant Magazine interviews The Innocence Mission in their latest issue (#27).
Sunday, July 01, 2007
"I Haven't Seen This Day Before" by the PS22 Chorus
The PS22 Chorus has uploaded a video on YouTube.com. The video features "I Haven't Seen This Day Before" from the album Birds of My Neighborhood.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Karen is still recovering...
From theinnocencemission.com:
"World Cafe/Philadelphia show on 7/7 has been cancelled. Karen's voice is beginning to improve but unfortunately is not yet able to sing a whole concert. We are very sorry to cause you any inconvenience and to miss the opportunity of being with you."
"World Cafe/Philadelphia show on 7/7 has been cancelled. Karen's voice is beginning to improve but unfortunately is not yet able to sing a whole concert. We are very sorry to cause you any inconvenience and to miss the opportunity of being with you."
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Taiwan release of We Walked In Song
I just received word today that the Taiwan release of We Walked In Song (in addition to the Japanese and LP versions) also contains a hidden 12th track: "Shooting Star (sketch)".
Monday, June 25, 2007
2003 Chameleon Club photo set #6
Once again thanks to Bob Rousseau, Here is the set 6 of 7 of the new photos from the Lancaster 2003 Chamelon Club performance. Unfortunately these last few sets didn't come out as well as the earlier sets:
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Philadelphia Music Awards
In 1990, The Innocence Mission won two music awards according to The Philadelphia Inquirer (Jun 27, 1990). As to what they may have been?
The free summary includes, "The Innocence Mission, based in Lancaster and signed to A&M Records, won for most promising pop/rock artist and captured the popular vote for outstanding..."
The Philadelphia Daily News (Jun 27, 1990) further exanded in their summary, "'We're going to put ours up in our Rehearsal studio,' said Karen Peris of the Innocence Mission, the Lancaster, PA., art rock band that nabbed two awards."
The free summary includes, "The Innocence Mission, based in Lancaster and signed to A&M Records, won for most promising pop/rock artist and captured the popular vote for outstanding..."
The Philadelphia Daily News (Jun 27, 1990) further exanded in their summary, "'We're going to put ours up in our Rehearsal studio,' said Karen Peris of the Innocence Mission, the Lancaster, PA., art rock band that nabbed two awards."
Monday, June 04, 2007
Vintage articles reveal much
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for your contributions to the site: news, information, art, photos and financial donations. Those contributions help make this site all the better. For a small purchase, I discovered (via Google's new search engine for archived news) several pre-1989 articles. The two articles by the Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer revealed quite a bit of information.
Here are a few bits and pieces which I've summarized:
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer / December 17, 1987
"INNOCENCE MISSION IS CATCHING ON" by Steven Rea, Inquirer Staff Writer
The band formed in 1982 at Lancaster Catholic High (from their 1989 bio). In 1983 and 1984, the Innocence Mission was known as Masquerade. They were a Top 40 cover band and performed in school, at dance halls, lounges and Holiday Inns.
Quote from Don: "Those were days of learning, of supporting ourselves through school with odd jobs. It was serious enough that we all kept doing it, but the level of seriousness changed when we started doing our own material. And that's when things really began, and that was about two years ago. 1985, early '86."
They frequently played at Chestnut Cabaret, 23 East, Ambler and J. C. Dobbs.
Hooters bassist Andy King and WMMR's Cyndi Drue recorded pitches on the band's four-song demo tape (although, I'm not exactly sure which of the many demos were on that tape).
Karen is older than Don by a year, and Don is older than Mike by a year and Steve was the same age as Don at the time of the article.
Quote from Patrick Clifford (A&M exec): "They put a big smile on my face. I got the demo tape just as I was getting on a plane to go to Stockholm. So I flew over to Stockholm and I put this tape on, and when I got off the plane I was so crazy about what I'd heard I was thinking, 'I have to find out more about them!' I ran to a pay phone and immediately called New York to talk to their attorney. Only problem: It was still like 4 o'clock in the morning there."
Source: Philadelphia Daily News / December 8, 1987
"CHARM, TALENT MAKE THIS MISSION POSSIBLE NEW GROUP HAS BIG FUTURE" by Jonathan Takiff, Daily News Staff Writer
Cabaret nightclub owner and manager of the Hooters, Steve Mountain and Concert Company boss Stephen Starr made unsuccessful bids to manage the band.
A&M signed the band for a minimum of two albums. Geffen and Capitol Records were also in the running.
Daniel Lenois listened to two sets of an IM show at 23 East and was being considered as a producer.
They opened for 10,000 Maniacs at the Chestnut Cabaret on December 16, 1987.
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Here are a few bits and pieces which I've summarized:
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer / December 17, 1987
"INNOCENCE MISSION IS CATCHING ON" by Steven Rea, Inquirer Staff Writer
The band formed in 1982 at Lancaster Catholic High (from their 1989 bio). In 1983 and 1984, the Innocence Mission was known as Masquerade. They were a Top 40 cover band and performed in school, at dance halls, lounges and Holiday Inns.
Quote from Don: "Those were days of learning, of supporting ourselves through school with odd jobs. It was serious enough that we all kept doing it, but the level of seriousness changed when we started doing our own material. And that's when things really began, and that was about two years ago. 1985, early '86."
They frequently played at Chestnut Cabaret, 23 East, Ambler and J. C. Dobbs.
Hooters bassist Andy King and WMMR's Cyndi Drue recorded pitches on the band's four-song demo tape (although, I'm not exactly sure which of the many demos were on that tape).
Karen is older than Don by a year, and Don is older than Mike by a year and Steve was the same age as Don at the time of the article.
Quote from Patrick Clifford (A&M exec): "They put a big smile on my face. I got the demo tape just as I was getting on a plane to go to Stockholm. So I flew over to Stockholm and I put this tape on, and when I got off the plane I was so crazy about what I'd heard I was thinking, 'I have to find out more about them!' I ran to a pay phone and immediately called New York to talk to their attorney. Only problem: It was still like 4 o'clock in the morning there."
Source: Philadelphia Daily News / December 8, 1987
"CHARM, TALENT MAKE THIS MISSION POSSIBLE NEW GROUP HAS BIG FUTURE" by Jonathan Takiff, Daily News Staff Writer
Cabaret nightclub owner and manager of the Hooters, Steve Mountain and Concert Company boss Stephen Starr made unsuccessful bids to manage the band.
A&M signed the band for a minimum of two albums. Geffen and Capitol Records were also in the running.
Daniel Lenois listened to two sets of an IM show at 23 East and was being considered as a producer.
They opened for 10,000 Maniacs at the Chestnut Cabaret on December 16, 1987.
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