7 MAY 04 – LAST-MINUTE SHOW TONIGHT h&s will play a 45-minute acoustic set tonight (friday, may 7th) in Crete around 10 p.m.
The show is being put on by two fraternities, and will be held at the Tuxedo Park roller rink. h&s will take the stage around 10:00. 18+ show, and there will probably be a $2-3 cover at the door.
Directions: coming into town on Hwy 33 (from Lincoln, from the East), follow the highway through downtown. When the highway curves to the left (south) a block or two after Casey’s, follow the road straight over the railroad. Take the first paved right (north) turn, follow the road over the bridge into Tuxedo Park. All the cars will be at the roller rink.
5 MAY 04 – UPDATE there are happenings that don’t quite make the shows page, so i’ll summarize. but first, make sure you come to the lincoln-music.com kickoff show next friday, may 14th, with h&s, westside proletariat, and J.V. All*stars.
now, other news. tonight (may 7) howie will play acoustic at the UCC church, around 7:00 p.m., followed by a local band that is currently Nameless. friday night (may 9) howie will play an acoustic set at doane around 9:30 for the APE event on campus. saturday we’re playing a party, which includes a nice check so celebrate that with us (we need it). come to Doane’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” at 7:30 p.m saturday night outside in cassell theatre, and head down to the Isis for the 11:00 showing of Monty Python’s “Holy Grail” film. sweet!
shacker is beginning to take “blackbeard’s revenge” in PROJECT:ECHO this week – the results will be one of the first things posted at the soon-to-be-launched mr. furious site. you can catch shacker’s final live performance thursday night, may 13, at the world-famous Zoo Bar in Lincoln with Strawberry Burns. -h
29 APRIL 04 – IF YOU were at tonight’s show with Life in General, I hope you feel you were a part of a great night of music. I do. Jason and Jerry’s songs are part of my experience of these years, and hearing their music has me both comforted, and with the idea of being on the tips of my toes at the edge of something else – who knows when or where their music and ours will cross paths again? Saying “thanks” is too impersonal to give words to the friendship that Jason and Jerry have extended. Nights like these are why I like to venture out of the studio to play, and maybe also why you like to come and listen (or sing along). -h
11 APRIL 04 – E. MORNING & NEW THINGS: happy Easter all. we have several new written things, and new photos as well. the photos are circa-(r)ocktober 2002, while the written things are more recent.
after the countdown handwritten music
article in the Crete News
two.april.04
article in the Doane Owl
-h
29 MARCH 04 – SIGNS.COMETS IN STORES: to summarize, here are all the ways you can get a copy of “signs.comets” (there were several news stories about this spread out, but i collected them).
TrueValue in Crete (12th & Main)
Doane College Bookstore (Perry Campus Center)
HOMER’s locations (in Lincoln and Omaha)
come to a live h&s rock show
email howie and work it out via snail mail.
6 FEB 04 – COMMENTS PAGE: howieandscott.com posted a new page today. it’s got feedback from people who have been listening to the “signs.comets” and “b.sides” projects. we hope this comments page will spark interesting thoughts in your mind as you listen, or give you some ideas about what we sound like if you haven’t heard us before.
last night at the Shacker show cory was saying something about how the song structure and melodies share some territory with Tool. minus the metal, i see that. it’s an interesting question that always perplexes me; what does h&s sound like? but along the lines of “Tool – metal x Incubus/DMB” may asymptotically approach reality… i hope that at least is useful for new listeners to decide if they might be interested.
26 DECEMBER 03 – THIS FEELS LIKE AN END!: “sign.comets” is in the final stage of production in the warehouse. An on sight inspestion of the project will be given by Shannon and Scott in Minneapolis in the next few days and we may possibly have a disc in hand. Howie will be arriving home from his journey to Ghana upon the new year, and HOWIEANDSCOTT will then be fully operational. Shows and dates will are TBA and will be posted. On a side note we would like to pay tribute to our friends and one of our favorite bands BLACKLIGHT SUNSHINE as they are playing thier last show, as we currently know them, Dec. 27th. The music and shows have been nothing, but ROCK! and as for everyone else Happy New Year! It is excitng to puncuate this year with all of these paths winding to their destination, but as it “feels like an end”… “it’s only the beginning!” -s!
28 OCTOBER 03 – GREETINGS FROM GHANA, WEST AFRICA: i am safe & sound at my school in peki, ghana. we must travel to another town to access the web, so i can’t promise frequent updates, but everything is fine here and i’m looking forward to a great semester. Many thanks to those of you who have downloaded and are enjoying the new EP – don’t forget to write me an email with your thoughts once the record, “signs.comets,” is out (you’ll be able to get your copy from scottie). SEE YOU in the new year! -h
20 OCTOBER 03 – SIGNS.COMETS MASTERING: Update: the masterig sessions are now done… News at eleven. howie&scott is now among names such as Mannheim Steamroller and the Faint in terms of using the same studio. For those who have not participated in a mastering session before it consists of paying a rocker to look at the back of his head all day and periodically say yes or no, and sometimes just a nod of the head is sufficient. -s (scott)
2 OCTOBER 03 – signs.comets: we are working like mad, recording voices and 2nd percussion parts, sax, and mixing in order to be ready for mastering (17 October). artwork is also coming along – we haven’t seen anything yet but some amazing ideas and work is being brought into the picture. you all will most likely see the finished work before i will, and that’s something i think about – it helps me have a double-perspective, on making sure we have the record we want and also constantly thinking about what you all would like to hear/see, and how to give you the best work possible. -h