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We decided that is was time to add a song to our mp3.com
account. The new track is "Sticker" a
classic that was recorded for a "Summer's
Over" compilation that never quite happened.
So show your support by clicking
on the link, listening to the song, and finally,
let us know what you think.
As of right now, we are considering making a few song
exclusive to that site. I'll keep you posted.
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| www.NothingNice.com |
July 14, 2002
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 Mitch
has been writing "Nothing
Nice to Say", an online comic, for a while
now, and it is only getting better. (I look forward
to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday a little bit more because
of it!)
In a recent
issue he compiled his list of "best of lists".
I am happy to report that we made #4 on his "BEST
PUNK BANDS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF" list. (It's the
little things that mean so much.)
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| What is obvious... |
May 26, 2002
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The free stuff just keeps
on coming...
You new it was going to happen eventually, right? Well,
here it is. All of the songs
from the CDEP "No Going Back" are now
available for you to download. (We don't have any plans
to make more copies of this disk as it is, so we are
putting everything that was on the CD on the site.)
We finaly launched our new site!
In addition to making all of the songs
from "No Going Back" available as .mp3s,
there are some other surprises buried in here. We hope
that you enjoy it.
A few months ago we recorded two tracks for "It's
not the Heat it's the Humility" a "Gratuitously
Skipping Records" compilation. The process hasn't
been without it's challenges, we are currently "experimenting"
with the final mix. I hope that we will be able to hand
a final version of the recording over to Mitch soon.
We have been having a blast playing some good shows.
Be sure to check out the "Fireball Espresso Cafe"
and the "Java Joint". These venues have been
very good to us and we appreciate it.
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New Sticker Design!
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As some of you may know, the offer to get
a free sticker from theOffset changed a while ago
because our page found its way to a "Free Stuff
Site". To make a long story short, we ran out of
stuff to send. I am happy to say that a fresh sticker
order is in the hands of "the
Sticker Guy"! (This means that those of you
that have been waiting for stickers, should be getting
them in the mail.)
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| Making the Grade? |
May 5, 2002
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"The Area" KVSC's (88.1FM) local music show
broadcasts from 7:00pm until 10:00pm (CST). (You can
listen
to a live stream on their website.)
We were very excited that "No Going Back"
made the cut for the years "best of" list!
We ranked 15th under the Midnight Evils (some friends
of ours) who were ranked #5.
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| Fireball? |
January 27, 2002
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We are in the middle of recording some songs for "It's
Not the Heat, it's the Humility" a "Gratuitously
Skipping Records" compilation. ("Sticker"
and "She's Making out with Matt Morris") I
have no idea what the release schedule is, but feel
free to contact Mitch
and ask. Adam Welle, from Endahl,
is going to help us out with mixing and mastering the
tracks (and we are VERY excited about that).
By the way, we played with some great bands (and really
cool people) this last week. Mike,
Wandering Aimlessly, and Kites and Power Lines. If you
have the chance, check them out.
(I also want to thank Blake for letting us use his
footage in our first media clip.)
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| Striving for perfection in an imperfect situation. |
July 6, 2001
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It has been over a month since we finished recording
tracks and started putting in the final touches for
our upcoming release. I am happy to report that it we
are almost finished. Since I am not sure about all the
facts I will not state details. Instead I will leave
you with this.
I hear an end, and it sounds nice.
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| Recording, local bands and creating
a way of life. |
June 13, 2001
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It has been a long time since theOffset has been in
the studio and during that time we have gotten more
than our fair share of less than subtle reminders of
that fact (we appreciate that). We knew it was time
to record some of our new material, so in the early
part of May the three of us got together to begin working
on a new recording project. We decided on the six tracks
that we would concentrate on and got to work.
(Songs: Wrote it on Tuesday, Grey, Linoleum, Davenport,
Regret and Innocent Life.)
Right now we are in the middle of mixing the six songs
and I think that things are going pretty well. We hope
to have a "limited release" available in the
next month or two (fingers crossed).
Now, I would like to introduce
you to theArgument!
(the exclamation point is essential!)
Our good friends Xakk (Officer Annie and booking agent
extraordinaire) and Mitch (Summer’s Over ‘zine)
have joined forces with Shane to form St. Cloud MN’s
latest assault on the music scene. Defying classification,
they are definitely a band to see. Oh yeah, they are
getting buttons made.
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brings me to the "way of life" that I alluded
to in the title. Xakk (as mentioned above) found a great
deal on 1" buttons. So he sent off an order and
included a design for theOffset! (the exclamation point
is NOT essential).
(Come on, when you describe life don't you envision
a one inch circle with a sharp point on the back? I
do.)
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I guess I can't really call it "news" when
it takes me this long to update information. I am sorry.
(Haven't we all heard that before?)
So here is what I know:
•Tony is recovering nicely.
• Adam has been writing some new songs.
• I am trying to write some more songs.
• We are getting ready to play some shows.
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| What A Show! |
November 9, 2000
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November 8, we played with Nada Surf and the Impossibles.
It was one of those weird shows that you really don't
know what to expect or how to prepare. So we decided
to go at it straight on. Play a diverse set and see
what would happen. We were pleasantly surprised that
there was a good turnout for a Wednesday night show.
The crowd was receptive. It was a lot of fun.
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Well, let's start with the most obvious thing. Today,
I finally published our new web site!
Adam is doing really well, he still has a little stiffness
in his wrist but as far as his playing is concerned,
he's 100%. You can't keep a good guy down, he has been
writing at least a song a week, really good stuff too.
We are getting ready to record again and I am really
looking forward to it. It's been a long time since we
put anything out, and I think it's past due. So as the
Minnesota winter takes over we are going to cuddle up
in a warm studio and strive for that perfect take. I
will keep you posted...
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Adam went to the doctor a few days ago for more x-rays.
His arm is healing well and everything looks great!
He said that the cast will be removed on the 13th and
that he is looking forward to playing as soon as possible.
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 A
couple of weeks ago, Adam hurt himself in a work related
accident. His wrist will be in a cast for approximately
4 more weeks.
We are all hoping for a quick recovery.
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Someone said, it was a guitarist's worst nightmare.
I just had to laugh. The show didn't go off as well
as planned. Thanks for coming out!
By the way here's the list : Bass kept cutting out,
Guitar cut out, Drummer couldn't hear, FUSE BLEW!!!
We borrowed Nothing Jive About Jupiter's head (thanks).
Played Davenport, went home.
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Okay, so the Offset is back, writing songs and playing
shows. Maybe sometime in the future I will lay out what
happened over the last few months (probably not). It
should be sufficient for us to say that we missed getting
together and making music. So we are doing it again
and it has been amazing! Speaking of shows, we are playing
this weekend at the Java Joint with Nothing Jive About
Jupiter and Akra. As always it should be a good time
Most of the people that made up the Misfires are playing
in a new band, I urge you to check them out! They are
now called : Signal to Trust. There isn't anything set
up yet, but we hope to be playing some shows with them
in the future.
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Rumors, vicious rumors. Well not really. After a much
needed two month break, OFFSET is back on track. CD?,
maybe; shows?, Definitely.
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