HOLIDAY PARADE

Last week was a blur. But a good kind of blur.
So, we flew into NYC last Monday and played a free, "secret" Holiday show, which was nothing short of an amazing experience. <sarcasm> We also did some pretty unusual and refreshing things that we've never done before...like went to Starbucks and H&M a lot </sarcasm>. But for real, we saw the big Christmas tree thing, and the Washington Square monument...which are two things we've always wanted to do.

Story time: I saw a dog owner trying to detach his dog's tongue from a light post because apparently he licked it and it got stuck. The end.

We flew back Wednesday and had a hometown show with Cartel on Friday, in Atlanta. Not to de-value the previous hometown shows we've played, but this one was on a completely different level. The crowd response, and excitement level was seriously off the chart.…

HOLIDAY PARADE AND ZK PRODUCTIONS BRING YOU: "Slam Crunk"!

We just finished recording our rap mash-up cover song, appropriately titled "Slam Crunk"! If you wanna hear it, read below for the details:

*September 10th @ 6:00pm EST - at OurStage.com, you'll be able to watch a studio video from the recording, and listen to a 30-second clip of "Slam Crunk"! We'll also be holding a special chat...so be sure to mark it on your calendar.

*September 14th @ 9:00pm EST - The Gunz Show will be playing the entire song on-air, as well as conducting an interview with us! This will be the first time you can hear "Slam Crunk" in it's entirety. (if you want to listen, just click the iTunes or Realplayer links in the top right corner of http://idobiradio.com/)

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"Yo! Record that songgggg!", "Seriously, that thing is so amazing...how come you guys don't record it?", "Where can I download that song?", "Is it on a CD or anything?" --- everyone who has come to any of our live shows since January :)

SOOO!O!!! we decided to listen to your guys' advaice and record our "rap medley" song! If you are familiar with our live show, or have seen us live at all since January, then you should remember us playing a song that's full of a bunch of rap songs all combined into one ("Dolla Dolla Bill Ya'll!"). we're super super excited with how it's turning out, and we'll be wrapping up the recording process in about a week. More details will be coming soon!! Also, check back in a few days...we'll be announcing a new Fall tour.

We painted a picture in NYC on August 6th, and it's being aunctioned off to benefit autism for 149 Pieces. CLICK HERE to check out the painting...it's a blueberry pizza, and it's signed by all of us BID ON IT and help a good cause :)

Our good friend Leigh and us will be re-launching our street team, "The Brigade". We are looking for members, and we need the biggest and most dedicated fans to apply! Fill out ALL of the following questions, and E-MAIL them to HolidayParadeStreetTeam@gmail.com!

ALL INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT 100% CONFIDENTIAL
*Name
*Age
*Gender (M or F)
*AIM SN:
*Myspace link:
*Cell Number:
*Home address:
*What is the closest big city to you? (how many miles away is it? Mapquest it!)
*Have you ever seen us live? If so, how many times?
*How long ago did you hear about our music?
*Why do you want to be a part of our street team?

IF YOU ARE AN OLD MEMBER OF THE TEAM, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RE-APPLY! For those of you that don't know what a street team is: it's a team of people who will be helping us promote, in exchange for goodies and cool stuff :)

SO! We recently posted a new demo titled, "Gone" on our Purevolume.com and Myspace.com pages and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive...so thank you guys for that. In addition to that, we also revealed a brand new myspace design, with new pictures, content, and a slew of other stuff... which is pretty exciting, and I hope you had the chance to check it out. We also reached 3,000,000 plays and 50,000 comments on Myspace... bottoms UP!!

With the recent changes, it should be pretty obvious to most that we are focusing our attention towards new material. We are currently in the planning stages of when and how to release the new music that we've been working on and we will have some very concrete information on that in the not-too-distant future. Songs are written, some things are recorded and it's reaching a point in time where we…