2 Skinnee J's Newsletter December 30, 2002 The J's family would like to wish you and yours a happy holiday season and to wish you the best of luck in the new year!!! NEWS NEW ALBUM IN THE WORKS We've been plugging away at our studio, Skylab NYC, in an effort to finish recording for our forthcoming album. We expect all the tracks to be completed by early January and for the album to be released by Mid/Late February. Look to earthboy.net for periodic song snippets in early January. WWW.EARTHBOY.NET We'd like to thank Paul Jobson who has been working dilligently with us to make earthboy.net the most comprehensive 2SJ site on the web. Look to the site for exclusive pics from our archives, full song lyrics for all of our albums, a full discography and a timeline that details the history of the band from it's beginnings in 1991 to the present. Check it out! FREE NEW YORK CITY SHOW!!! Once again we'll be having a free show in New York City. This time the show will be on Wednesday, January 8th at B.B. King's, which is on 42nd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Another mailer will be sent out before the new year with full details. The free and low dough shows in Norfolk and Washington, DC were great and we are currently negotiating with venues in Connecticut for our next free/low cost show with plans for North Carolina and South Carolina next! MERCH TROUBLES We'd like to apologize to anyone who had difficulties recieving merchandise orders over the last several weeks. Our merch provider had some technical difficulties which are all resolved now. If you never received your order, please contact us at skinneej@aol.com and we'll make sure it is taken care of immediately. Thanks for your patience, and we again apologize for any delays. TOUR DATES In January we look forward to playing a free show in NYC as well as hitting NC, DC and two pleasurable ski weekends. See you there. January 2 Thursday - Ziggy's - Winston-Salem w/Squeezetoy & My Blue Pill 3&4 Friday & Saturday - Snow Shoe, WV 8 Wednesday - B.B. Kings - New York City - FREE SHOW 9 Thursday - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC 15 & 16 Wednesday & Thursday - Pickle Barrel - Killington, VT 31 Friday - Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY MERCH NEWS Sing, Earthboy, Sing As mentioned previously, we have printed up a limited run of the 2SJ classic, Sing, Earthboy, Sing. As with previous releases, the disc will only be available at shows and is available online at 2sj.com and Earthboy.net. There are only about 100 or so copies left, so be sure to buy them early!!!! 2nd Limited Edition Live CD Now Available!!!! We've put together a 2nd live CD, titled "Return of the Furious Dragon," recorded this summer at Mississippi Nights in St. Louis. The CD has 21 tracks and includes the songs Get in the Van, Deal of the Century, One and Think of Us, all previously unavailable on recordings. Again, available online and at shows. Go directly to this link for Skinnee merch -- http://users.rcn.com/aemerchandise/2SJmain.htm New T-Shirts!!!! Check out the new California J's T's available at shows now. New 2SJ Winamp Skins on the web! Thanks to Yager for making 2 Skinnee J's skins for your winamp player. Get them at http://joketownskin.filetap.com Websites We'd like to thank all the fans who've put their time in making new fan sites for us. Also, the official 2SJ Message board is found at Paul Jobson's site, http://www.earthboy.net/2sj/. Check http://jroute.hypermart.net for info, exclusive pics and links to footage of live performances. Check these othergreat sites, too!!!! irresistible_force.tripod.com 2sjpromo.tripod.com www.angelfire.com/va3/2sj totaldomination.cjb.net www.jsolar.com/skinnee http://joketownskin.filetap.com http://members.lycos.co.uk/twoskinneejs <---- back