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AH! IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME TO WRITE SOMETHING HERE!!  time goes by........ Anyway!! Summer time is coming!! Happy to tell you about the date of the show at Top of the Park!!

We are gonna play on Wednesday June 20th 8:00pm~ !! Before us, an amazing Australian group "The Barons of Tang" will play from 6:30pm!

See you there!!!!

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So, I'm very happy to announce our summer schedule!!!

Let's celebrate summer time!!!
Jun 10, 2011 10:00 PM Churchills Food and Spirits wsg/ Taste This! Flint, MI
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wsg/ Taste This!

Jun 22, 2011 8:00 PM Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Top of the Park 2011: Ingalls Mall  (915 E Washington St)

Ann Arbor, MI
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Jul 16, 2011 4:30 PM The Max M. Fisher Music Center

Detroit, MI
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Aug 6, 2011 TBA The 3rd Annual Michigan Roots Jamboree

Ypsilanti, MI
Aug 19, 2011 12:00 PM Ann Arbor.com Summer Concert Series Ann Arbor, MI

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Once again, thank you so so so much for supporting Japan Relief Postcard Project! I have been meeting so many supportive wonderful people and could talk with them!!! I'm very happy... I will bring those postcards with me at every show, PLEASE TALK TO ME if you are interested!!
Oh you don't know what the Postcard Project Japan Relief is? So, here is the information!!
About Postcard Project Japan Relief

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We are super excited about the show at the Blind Pig with Movits! on 7th, and on 12th, the fundraiser event!!!

Movits! is a band from Sweden!!! They are great!!!! Check them out!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaeImQ0TSg

SEE YOU AT THE PIG ON 7TH!!!!!


Here is the details about the fundraiser event: Japan Relief 2011

A fundraiser using Art and Music to support Earthquake and Tsunami victims in Japan

(Here is the event page on FB http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=172994592749352 )


• Selling postcards and art works created by artists in Japan and Michigan to raise money for Japan!
(We will send the money via Japan Red Cross since they have a special account for the victims.)

• Live music by local musicians! The lineup will be announced very soon!! It will be a nice acoustic heartwarming jam!

Among those present will be:
members of October Babies (Erik Santos, Ben Lorenz, Dale King, Mike Ouellette, Toko Shiiki),
Frank Allison,
members of Dragon Wagon (Don Sicheneder, Troy Radikin), members of 16 More Miles (Jason Magee, Brian Poore),
members of Rootstand (Brant Losinki),
members of Origami Cat Plan (Paul Schubach)
members of Hullabaloo (Terry Carpenter),
members of 7 Come 11 (Leilani & Dennis O'Brien, Sean Paradis), and



I've been inspired to realize that there are so many supportive people in Michigan (and actually all over the world)
Thank you so much...

Although I am Japanese, I now live very far away from Japan. I've been thinking of friends and family struggling through such hard conditions. I strongly want to do something for them, and after I had the idea for this benefit, I discovered so many people who wanted to contribute to this postcard project and event.
I really appreciate all of your help...

I hope you can make it!
Please invite your friends too!
The more the better.

Thank you very much!!

Toko




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October Babies Live on Radiozilla!................
March 20th Sunday 2pm~

Sundays 2PM-3PM (Eastern)
WCBN-FM Ann Arbor
Broadcast 88.3 MHz
Webcast www.wcbn.org/listen.html

Also the TV show "October Babies 'Live' at CTN" will start from March 28th!

Here is the schedule of the TV show!

 "October Babies 'Live' at CTN" is scheduled to premiere on your COMMUNITY TELEVISION NETWORK, CABLE CHANNEL 17 - Monday, 3/28/11 at 10:00pm.
 
Additional replay times include:
Wednesday, 3/30 at 8:30pm;
Friday, 4/1 at 2:00pm;
Saturday, 4/2 at 8:00pm;
Sunday, 4/3 at 10:30pm;
Monday, 4/4 at 2:00pm;
Wednesday, 4/6 at 8:00pm;
Friday, 4/8 at 6:00pm;
Saturday, 4/9 at 4:00pm;
and Sunday, 4/10 at Noon;
all on cable channel 17.

AND great to tell you, we will play with MOVITS! from Sweden!!!!!! on APRIL 7TH Thursday, BLIND PIG

So, see you there!!!
Other show schedule is...


And finally, we also have been planning of the benefit show for Japan at Yellow Barn in Ann Arbor on 12th April

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=172994592749352


Thank you for sharing so many kind messages with me about Japan...
I have been sharing them with my friends and family and they have so appreciated......

Love!!!

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Here is the first show 2011!!

With Arlow Xan!!

Churchill's Flint,
340 S Saginaw St Flint MI, 48502

Jan 21st Friday
(9:30~)

Let's celebrate together!!!

See YOU!!!!!!


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BTW, here is a new video from the last show!  :)





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We have been rehearsing for the CD Release Show with the great guest players!!!! We have been amazed by them!!! Woo... can't wait to share this with you all!!!!

Album is ready, of course! This album really gives me super energetic joy! I hope you will feel this soon!!!!   Oh! We got a really nice review from Japan!!! Yay! In the review, he said, "If someone wants to know what kind of music October Babies plays, just listen to this album from the beginning to the end. Then you will know their unique powerful sound! That's the October Babies!"

Many times, people asked me whether I (we) think it's hard to be accepted by many listeners in the US because Toko sings mainly in Japanese? To be honest, first I thought so. But... now, I can say that I more believe that the power of music. Music itself is its own unique language. I think that if someone like our music, even if I sing in Japanese, it doesn't so much matter (maybe for some people, it's still big deal but...) I think it is really not that big deal.
I am the one who has enjoyed songs in any language. Since I was a child, I've always listened to other countries' songs. (because of my mom. She is that kind of person) So, for me, really no problem to enjoy.  Of course, this is my experience. But, I'm very optimistic to share this album with YOU, even if you have never listened to songs sang in other language.
Anyway... if you want to know about this album, please join our CD release party on 16th! We'll play those all songs for you! And now, we have been building the online shop too! If you want to get the copy, stay tuned! The shop will open very soon!

Also, we are very happy that we got some great opportunities to share our excitements with the people in the Earth in this Birthday month!!!

Did you get  ANN ARBOR OBSERVER? There is our interview!!!!So nice!! Thank you so much!!!
If you didn't get it yet, check it out! ^v^

And  Did you listen to the radio program, "MOTOR LIVE DRIVE" on WHRF.FM 89.3 on the last Thursday 7th?
They are super nice people!!! Thank you MR. and Mrs White and Allen!! If you missed the show, no problem! You can still listen to it via their podcast, here:

http://whfr.fm/sites/default/files/motor-2010-10-07.mp3
(We started playing after around 14min passed!)

And we have done a couple more interviews! I'll post here once I got them!
Thank you very much!!!!

OK! See you 16th at the Elbow Room in Ypsilanti!!!!!!!

(The Elbow Room: 6 Washington St. Ypsilanti, MI)


Hash Bash 4/3/2010!

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So, this Saturday April 3rd is "Hash Bash"!!! If you live close to Ann Arbor, join us!! We have a Hash Bash After Party at... detail is here:
Hash Bash After Party!!!


It'll be so much fun!!!!!

See you there!!!!

Other Show in April is here:
Show Schedule

Toko will go to Japan from May 6th to 24th. So, for a while we will not play but we will be back to performance after 24th! We will play more and more!!
See you soon!!!!

Toko






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October Babies play MetroTimes Blowout this Friday (March 5th)! If you live near
Hamtramk or have friends there, please help us spread the word!! for
details, follow link.
http://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/schedule.asp?day=Friday


Came back to Michigan from PA!

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xmas_pa-20.jpgXmas tree and Satchel on the carpet in Erik's mom's living room. (He was sleeping!)

We (Erik and Toko) went to PA to celebrate Xmas with his family! And Satchel in NY joined us!!!

Three of us played a song "Silent Night" in Japanese at a church over there together!!

All people whom I met at the church were super nice and friendly! I'm so happy to be there!!


This is the recorded sound! (Sorry, it's very soft!)


Our next show is January 14th Thursday, @ The Heidlberg, Club Above in Ann Arbor! With Old Empire!!!

We are the opener for the night! So, we'll start playing at 9:30pm!

I hope to see you there!!!!


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Xmas concert in Ann Arbor & Hartland!

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Here is the movie about the last Flint show!!!


Erik and Toko will join Erin (from The Ragbirds) & Friends Annual Holiday Show!!!

Let's celebrate together!!!


12/18/2009 08:00 PM - The Yellow Barn 

416 West Huron St,

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 

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12/20/2009 06:00 PM - The Hartland Village Theater


3619 Avon

Hartland, Michigan 48353

US



See you there!!!!!


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