John Allaire Newsletter - December 2005

Hello to everyone from the blustery capital of Canada! Here's the "Holiday Edition" of the JA Newsletter. I sincerely hope everyone is well and on your way to getting into the festive spirit! We're trying this "web page format". For those of you who can't see the pictures or are having trouble with this format, click here to get the newsletter in a browser.

Live Appearances
John Allaire will be appearing at the Rainbow Bistro in beautiful downtown Ottawa, Ontario on Friday December 9th as part of a Christmas show put on by Ottawa original rockers The Bushpilots. John will be singing two or three songs with the band, and rumour has it that they will be songs paying tribute to The Clash (it's almost 3 years since the untimely death of Joe Strummer, lead singer for the Clash). There will be other special guests and a whole bunch of holiday cheer!

Plans for the upcoming Ottawa CD release party with a full compliment of Campistas is still in the works. Dates and venues have been shuffled around so many times that it's best just to say "stay tuned".

John has been continuing to play solo shows close (and not so close) to the Ontario region. A solid tour schedule is still in the works for Ontario and beyond, including shows in 2006 across North America and perhaps a venture over to Europe/UK. Anyone who has traveled Canadian highways in the winter will know why some dates may be pushed off further into the spring....

New Site, New Staff
This may be repetitive for some, but we were having difficulties with our last newsletter. Some of you may have already seen the new site that's up and running. The old one was becoming less and less functional as more information was added. This one seems to do the trick a little better. There's also plenty of opportunity to "Interact", contribute to the blog, join a "street team" in your town, etc. Check it out.

We'd also like to welcome Trevor Zachary to the Flat and Black Records/Spin fold. Trevor will be doing some booking and promotional activities for John. He has a background in communications and marketing and we are all looking forward to working together. Trevor's contact information, for booking purposes, is here.

"Thank You Waitress!" - Stories from the Retail Bins
John's latest release, Thank You Waitress!, has been selling consistently well over in Europe/UK along with the brisk sales here in Canada and the U.S. Just a reminder that Thank You Waitress! would make a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT! :-) Fastest shipping and best price (shipping is $2.80 CAD anywhere in the world!) is through the johnallaire.com e-store . If you haven't purchased one yet, whatcha waitin' fer??? Christmas??? Many of the finer CD shops around (like the Compact Music or CD Warehouse chains) are carrying the CD (or you can bug them to order it). Using your PayPal account will get it there the quickest. CDBaby.com is also carrying it, for those in the US and around the world who like to deal with them. And of course, Tower Records in the US have it in their enormous e-store. We have wearables too...

We are having some difficulties with delivery times from Amazon.ca, so while the CD remains available there, we're not recommending their service at this time.

SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! We hope to see you soon!
JA & the Campistas

 

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