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5/07/08
9/16/07
Minneapolis, MN - 9/08/07 6/12/06 Five
years. Wow. I looked up the other day and realized it's been FIVE
FREAKING YEARS. How crazy is that? We are all doing well, it's
just.....wow....five years. I had the distinct pleasure of having
dinner with an old friend of the band, Chris Busch, when I was in
Washington D.C. . He lives there now, went to law school at Georgetown,
the whole nine yards. My rambling point being, it's crazy how people
that we used to just hang out with at shows and became friends with are
all "grown up" now. It's weird. Anyway, as I've stated before all the
MP3s in the listen section are working. Tell Scott
Crader that taking this long to finish his record is a little
much and to get with the program. He's running a studio in Lubbock now,
so if any of you need some recording done, talk to Scott. take
care, 10/11/05
The MP3s in the listen
section are finally all working correctly. Keep in mind that it's an
ongoing project, but the ones that are there are all working correctly.
Feel free to email
me with any questions. 6/05/05
Still working on putting stuff up in the listen section. Sorry for the
delay, I've only had four years to try to get my shit together. I
promise it'll happen, I just don't know when, but I'm working on it. Where
are we now? Me
( Michael ) - Austin, TX Ryan
- Hastings, NE Lynn
- Midland, TX Scott
- Lubbock, TX Brian
- Lubbock, TX
Maybe it's silly to keep updating this page ( some 7 years after the fact, for those keeping score ), but I like doing it, I convince myself that there are people who still check it ( my e-mail affirms this fact, ocassionally ) and this website is still sitting on the servers of a job I left almost 4 years ago. I might not be so vigilant if I had to pay for server space, but as long as it's getting hosted for free, why not?
A few things:
1. We have a Myspace page.
2. I had a kid (technically, my girlfriend, now my wife "had" her ) on December 4, 2007.
Her name is Lily.
She is awesome.
We all got together last September in Minneapolis. We sat in Ryan's living room and played a bunch of songs, made a bunch of inappropriate jokes and generally had an awesome time. It was the first time the five of us had been in a room together in over six years.
Just so we're straight:
1. Me ( Michael ) Austin, TX - 1 kid
2. Brian - Lubbock, TX - 2 kids
3. Ryan - Minneapolis, MN - 1 kid
4. Lynn - Midland, TX - 2 kids
5. Scott - Portland, OR -2 kids
Seven years later, eight kids, three states.
Any questions?
2/27/05
While still in the works, you can check out the listen section of the site.
Sorry it's taken so long to update. Everyone is doing well. If you're
so inclined, take the time to bug Scott and tell
him to finish his album.
1/16/04
my dogs fight all the time.
11/25/03
Something
is really,
really wrong with the MP3s on the "listen" section of the website. I'm
working on getting them fixed as well as putting up some new stuff.
Sorry for the hassle. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
10/23/03
I
updated when Scott and Kristi had their baby Zoe, but then something
evil happened with the server and the update was lost. So, to catch you
up, Scott and his wife Kristi are the proud parents of Zoe, a beautiful
baby girl.
So, everyone has fruit of their loins but me ( Michael ). I do have a
dog now. She showed up on my back steps in the pouring rain in true
pathetic fashion. Her name is Daisy. She likes to chase squirrels and
eat poop. Paradise for Daisy would be a field of poop with frolicking
squirrels. Scott's little girl Zoe is beautiful and, to the best of my
knowledge, doesn't like eating poop and is ambivalent about squirrels.
Ryan came and visited from Nebraska and recorded some Indian flute
music at the studio. There's nothing like a man and his flute. Nothing.
Pictures below.
12/22/02
It's been
awhile since the last update here. In the BIG NEWS
department, Lynn and Shannon had a beautiful baby boy ( Noah Jackson
Holdridge ) on December 12th. He was 8 lbs 2 oz. and has some BIG feet.
Scott's album has been at a bit of a stand-still in the last month or
so due to the busy schedule at the studio. Rest assured, though, it's
WILL get finished and I still think the songs are incredible. A few of
you have e-mailed me to say that some of the MP3s aren't working for
you. Keep in mind that I'm one of those weird Macintosh people and
everything seems to work find on my Mac. I'd suggest "right-clicking"
on the link ( for those of you with TWO mouse buttons and (ack!)
Windows ) and "Save File As" or whatever your wicked PC tells you to
do. If the MP3s are STILL not downloadable, e-mail me
and we'll figure something out. Hope everybody has a good Christmas.
-Michael
5/29/02
Scott's album is
coming along SLOWLY but surely.
When you put me (Michael) and Scott in a room together, we end up
spending most of our
time talking and smoking cigarettes. I think we've had the same
conversation approximately
ten thousand times. Regardless, everything is sounding great, we've
gotten some friends to
play on it ( 'cause me and Scott can't play bass, piano or drums worth
a damn ) Lynn's playing drums,
our friend Amy Faris (from 100
Love Sonnets) has been
kind enough to play piano and Rhodes on some songs, and our friend Karl
is playing bass. I'm still
playing in 10 K Drive
and we're recording when we can. Other bands have been in the studio
and with Scott's ongoing rock-opera
we haven't had alot of time to really devote to recording. We do,
however, have some shows coming up in June and a tour in July. Brian,
Ryan & Lynn are alive and well and everything seems to be
peachy. I think that's it for now.
2/27/02
We're all
still alive and well.
Scott is working on his solo album, you can get details and MP3s at
ScottCrader.com
Michael's still playing in 10 K Drive.
Lynn's living in Midland and playing drums for his church as well as
playing on Scott's new project.
Brian and Ryan are busy being the coolest dads ever.
If you'd like to contact any of us, just scoot on over to the contact page
and you can get our individual e-mail addresses, or you can still get
in touch with us at mail@spillingpoetry.com
11/07/01
WOW. It's
been a LONG time since we updated.
So, we'll bring everybody up to speed on the happenings with the five
of us.
Brian is working, hanging out with his wife and little girl Allison,
playing guitar
in church and has been rehearsing with a new band ( not sure of the
specifics )
Michael is working (sort of) and playing with 10 K
Drive
Ryan is in Hastings, Nebraska hanging with his son Avery and his wife.
(see photo below)
Lynn is in Midland, working and still playing drums every day
Scott is starting work on solo material and finishing work on his new
house. You can go to his
website, ScottCrader.com
and sign up
for updates and news.
We just want, collectively, to say thank you to all of you who sent us
e-mails and let us know
how much Spilling Poetry meant to you. It was appreciated more than
you'll ever know.
You can still e-mail
us, and the website will
stay up indefinitely.
If you want to e-mail us individually you can:
Brian??? ( he changed jobs, so I'm not sure what his e-mail is now )
Michael
Lynn
Scott
Ryan
5/17/01
Seven years, 3 albums and over 500 shows. We've decided to call it a
day.
Not the easiest decision any of us have ever made but the time has come
to
move on to other things. We're all still the best of friends, there
were
was no screaming and yelling, no "musical differences", this was a
unanimous,
group decision between the five of us.
As far as the next album is concerned, it's fate is still up in the
air. The songs
have been recorded and Brian is still mixing them. It may or may not be
pressed,
but we will make the music available, at the very least, online.
If you placed an order online, it's been cancelled and your credit card
WASN'T charged.
If you bought a CD through pre-sales, there's a check on it's way to
refund you.
Keep checking back here, the site will remain active to let you know
what the
five of us are up to and news about the CD. The merchandise
section will remain active and you can still order the previous 3 CDs
online.
Thank you all for your kindness and support over the years.
It never went unnoticed.
We apologize for the brevity of this message, but we're all still a
little shell-shocked
ourselves. Please feel free to e-mail us at
mail@spillingpoetry.com.
thanks,
Spilling Poetry
(Brian, Michael, Ryan, Lynn & Scott )
