From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Sun Jan 27 12:16:10 2008 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:16:10 EST Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine Looking for a Warm Place Message-ID: Hello again from Ohio? Ahh, it's a new year, still. It's been freezing cold on Nowhere Farm for weeks - temperatures hovering well below freezing, short days, long nights, weather that tempts us to mostly stay indoors, try to stay cozy, draw relaxed, extravagant hot baths in the evenings, snuggle on the couch with sleepy dogs. We do bundle the dogs out doors at least twice a day to let them run around on the farm, play catch with the Frisbee, make ghosts with their heaving lungs in the frozen air. After they're good and tired, as the sun is going down, it's my turn to take a 40 minute walk across the fields down to the creek, the dark creek water freezing here and there this year. We had a lovely Christmas in Canada with my sister Grace's family, my brother-in-law Peter and their 3 college age (!) children in Sarnia, Ontario (just a stone's throw from Narnia as we are prone to say). Every late afternoon, religiously, Grace takes a lengthy, brisk walk around the lake, before the evening meal, and I got caught up in the spirit of these rigorous constitutionals, trying my best to keep up with her. (Grace and Peter are good examples for us in many ways.) So as the Ohio sun is setting, I've been walking as the crow flies across the fields, down along the banks of the tree-lined creek, making my own extended loop. Once I walked right up on a Great Blue Heron, a massive bird springing up out of the creek right in front of my eyes, angling its six-foot wingspan just so to maneuver upward through the overhanging sycamores. Up close, calling that bird Great, is no exaggeration. I can still see the infinite, weird blue of its back as it rose. Once, just as darkness fell, I saw a top-heavy owl gliding dead silent just above the curve of my favorite hill before it disappeared into the woods. But dang it's been cold! (Freezing here on the farm, Christmas in Canada, touring Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Ann Arbor, Chicago etc last December?) Our break went by quickly. We had family stop in here at the farm on a few occasions. My brother Myron and his wife Molly and their daughter Betsy Detweiler moved to Cincinnati late last year, so it's been fun to see them getting settled in to their new house. We tried to catch up on paper work, clean up some of the many loose ends lying around from a busy year of touring. But we did take time to really enjoy this 180 year-old farm house, our little hideaway. And Karin and I took time to dream out loud a bit. On a few occasions we did revisit our restorative formula of opening a bottle of wine and sitting down for extended conversations in the evening. The scrabble board came out a few times. But recently, though we waited as long as we possibly could, it was finally time to take the tree down. Karin festoons the house so artfully, and when we finally put everything away, that usually means it's time to get back to work in earnest. So tomorrow, we fly to a warmer place. We pick up our instruments and try to make a lovely ruckus. We see who walks in the door, we gather 'round, we play our songs, tell a few stories and hope something amazing happens. Somehow, with your help, we often, much to our surprise, succeed. We hope you can join us. OVER THE RHINE TRYS TO FIND A WARM PLACE Tue, 2008-01-29 St. Augustine, FL Cafe Eleven Wed, 2008-01-30 Stuart, FL Lyric Theater All Ages - 7pm Fri, 2008-02-01 Lake Worth, FL Bamboo Room Sat, 2008-02-02 Orlando, FL Backbooth 7:00pm, All Ages Mon, 2008-02-04 Birmingham, AL Workplay Wed, 2008-02-06 Houston, TX Mucky Duck (SOLD OUT) Thu, 2008-02-07 Austin, TX Cactus Cafe seated, general admission Fri, 2008-02-08 Austin, TX Cactus Cafe seated, general admission Sat, 2008-02-09 Dallas, TX House of Blues Dallas - Cambridge Room seated, general admission Mon, 2008-02-11 Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room 8pm All Ages Tue, 2008-02-12 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone 8pm All Ages (More details and additional dates at OvertheRhine.com.) Pls share the above info with family, friends and all who might appreciate a soulful, melting-pot evening of American music. And once again, we're looking for a few good volunteers to sell our wares in each city at our concerts. Who better for the job than folks who have actually listened to the music. If you'd be willing to help us out pls send an e-mail to merch at overtherhine.com. (Pls put MERCH VOLUNTEER/CITY/DATE in the subject heading. Include your contact info in the body of the e-mail. If you don't hear back, no worries, it just means we're covered. Thanks again.) Don't forget to pre-order your copy of Live From Nowhere Volume Three at OvertheRhine.com. 2007 was a truly fantastic year for our music - thanks to all who made it so. We are compiling the best 2007 concert highlights onto this limited edition CD. All who pre-order will receive an exclusive treat. Bill Ivester has been doing a great job with our MySpace page. Stop by, check it out and say hello. (myspace.com/overtherhine) We have a few more things to announce soon. Stay tuned. And by all means, if you need to get warm, come find us in Florida, Alabama, Texas and points beyond? Lookin' forward, Linford and Karin Over the Rhine **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Thu Feb 21 17:30:13 2008 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:30:13 EST Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine on Tour with Ani DiFranco and More... Message-ID: February 21, 2008 Hello again, We stood outside last night in the freezing air on snow so cold that it squeaked when we walked and watched the total eclipse of the full moon. (I'll try not to break into verse.) The shadow coming across her lunar face was eery, turning her into an overripe blood orange, or a ball-shaped wound that had been bandaged poorly. Someone thousands of years ago may have described this event as the moon springing a surface leak and slowly flooding with rust-colored water that had steeped in Autumn leaves. A different theorist may have ventured (excuse me please) that the moon was made of cheese. Or yes, those prone to visions of this world hurling toward some dramatic conclusion would certainly be predisposed to the idea that the moon may well be turning to blood in front of their eyes. But regardless, there was that fully eclipsed moon over the farm glowing vibrant and weird at 10pm, lit as if from within, turning the sky into a new outer space as if we were looking up from a different planet. And the stars were bright, the big dipper just to the left of the barn, Orion over the neighbor's field, a swath of spilled milky way across the sky, just because. The dogs chased each other around for awhile, but we soon had to put them inside - it was just too cold. Our friend Misty told Karin that cosmically speaking, this eclipse is a Big Green Light. Karin texted back, YOU GO GIRL! and Misty got to laughing up there in Cleveland. But yes, why not, we're giving ourselves (and anyone else who could use one) a Big Green Light. Here we go. *** Big Green Light Number One Our thanks to the best listening audience in the world for the following: SOLD OUT SHOWS this past month in St. Augustine, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Houston, Austin (2 nights) and Dallas. And great crowds in Stuart, Birmingham, Little Rock and Memphis. Thanks for a great run, and yes we did get warm, although the memory is distant as we look out now on a still snowy farm with more snow falling. (And a special thanks to all of you who welcomed us back to Texas (finally!) so beautifully. Thanks for the many small gifts and mementos. We look forward to returning regularly.) Big Green Light Number Two If you're able and willing, join us this Saturday, February 23, 2008, in Louisville, KY, at beautiful Bomhard Theater for another warm evening of sultry midwestern cabaret. Our thanks to WFPK, one of the great remaining independent, listener-supported American radio stations, for their help with this concert. Ben Sollee opens. Hope to see you there! Big Green Light Number Three We were delighted to receive an invitation from Ani DiFranco to join her on a few weeks of dates in March. Ani is a free spirit who defied the odds years ago by starting her own record label and owning her own music from the start. Her songwriting is juicy, vulnerable and unpredictable, and she's influenced hundreds of aspiring guitar players with her volatile, unbridled approach to her instrument. We hope you can join us. Pls spread the word. Over the Rhine on tour opening for Ani DiFranco: Thu, 2008-02-28 Concord, NH Capitol Theater Sat, 2008-03-01 Rochester, NY Auditorium Theater Sun, 2008-03-02 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall Wed, 2008-03-05 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Thu, 2008-03-06 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre Fri, 2008-03-07 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club Tue, 2008-03-11 Tampa, FL Tampa Theatre Wed, 2008-03-12 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live Fri, 2008-03-14 Nashville, TN The Ryman Sat, 2008-03-15 Birmingham, AL Workplay Soundstage Sun, 2008-03-16 New Orleans, LA House of Blues Again, hope to see you! Big Green Light Number Four We'll soon be performing for the first time on etown, a nationally syndicated radio show out of Boulder, Colorado, that we've been fans of for a long time. For years, hosts Nick and Helen Forster have been creatively building community and encouraging everyone to live peacefully with our planet. (After all, it's the only planet in the universe that we know of that teems with life.) Pls join us as a member of the audience if you're able. Sun, 2008-03-09 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater E*town radio show taping with Over the Rhine and the BoDeans. Much more to announce soon. Pls share this letter with family and friends or anyone who might be interested. Deep blessings, Linford and Karin/Over the Rhine Check out all things Over the Rhine at overtherhine.com: Concert dates, discount prices on tickets and recordings, limited edition posters, T-shirts, downloads, OtR Blend Coffee and much, much more. Enjoy! ************** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: