Hi Everybody,
I know most of you hate these kinda “Group” thingys, so if any of ya are particulary offended just write back and ask me to stop and I gladly will. Please forgive if offended, and I hope you will notice that I havent done it for ages and don’t plan on doing it for a while so, um, yeh. But I thought it’s high time I let the people I like/love/used to fuck know what I’m doing.

Where to start? The kids are ok. Te Aroha has dropped Basketball in favour of hockey, Picture books in favour of Harry Potter and good music in favour of some thing called “Shakira” (What the hell is a “Shakira”?????) She played a set with me at a show a few months ago and I can assure you that she has inherited a love of singing and performance that is, quite frankly, scary. Her composure on stage is staggering. Dinosaurs and words fascinate Seattle. He is beautiful and I love him a lot. I love them both. Someone once said they were my anchor. I agree.

Wonderbug went on tour over the summer. It blew the band apart I think. Too much time together, too much joy and dissapointment crammed into 2 weeks. Too much whiskey. It was a great time tho, and now we can all say we have done it. It was certainly an experience. Rock n Roll is fun. They don’t like it on the interislander much tho, ha ha ha. Big ups to Otis for slotting in, he is my hero. We are still friends and that is the main thing. In fact we have planned a jam session this weekend and I am really stoked that they are gonna play a part in St. Lucy and that they want to include me on their stuff. Yay. Friends rock. The EP did ok I guess, we got in NZ Musician earlier this year and did a few live to airs around the place. Mission accomplished. In fact, the further away from the material I get, the better it sounds. If you don’t have a copy, find one and have a listen. Its fucken great!

Jah’na died, unceremoniously in whangamata earlier this year. I guess I could state my case and be a bitch about it, but lets just cite “Creative and managerial differences” and move on aye? Before we died we recorded a bunch of songs with Graeme Rogerson. He really is a great engineer if you wanna know. They came out wicked and I have been using mine for St. Lucy. SO, if ya wanna listen to perhaps, the pinnacle of “Jah’na” at their best, buy a fucking St. Lucy cd.

I still live at home. I guess its easier that way. Joe and Trish are cool, mostly. I can’t see myself being in the property market for a while so for now its “Status Quo”. Hey, do you LOVE “The Osbournes”????? I sure do! Have been playing a lot this year. I kinda floundered after “Wonderbug” for a month or so. It really is like getting over a lover or something. Then Jah’na took off and Ray Columbus was here to hear us play and things got all messed up. Ha ha ha, he offered us a “Publishing Deal” (Whatever the fuck THAT means). I guess it was nice to have someone who is respected give a shit, but I really think it went to certain peoples heads a lil….. opps, there I go again, sorry. So yeh, after that I kinda just dove into “St. Lucy”. Have been all over the where playing and it has been great. Not all great shows, but certainly a period of development. Have my fingers in a bunch of distribution/funding pies so I’m expecting to have the first album ready for release in January next year. I’m hoping one of the major labels, well, ANY fricken label, will jump on board, but I don’t really care too much. It’s not like I’m gonna stop because of THAT, is it? I now have, in my possession, 3 rejection letters from Sony Music. Ha ha ha, in 4 years, they havent changed the wording. Yeh, anyway, I have been writing a lot, you can hear the NEW songs here  http://www.mp3.com.au/album.asp?id=3950
Make sure you click on the song title and read the stories and look at the pictures ok. There is a lot of new material on the webpage too if you wanna look. I have been kinda updating it more often lately.
http://www.mp3.com.au/StLucy/
Whats next? Well, I guess I’ll keep plugging away, my life is in a state of disarray as fucking usual, but I guess you just carry on huh? What else can you do? I really love the new songs and the possibilities that are presenting themselves to me at the moment. I hope you are happy and loved and stuff. You can call me if you aren’t and we could swap horror stories (07) 8535061. I hope you have a great summer, keep your ear out for Lucy on the radio and in the magazines ok?
Xxx Mark

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fair enough

I'm so confused. Can anyone tell me whats going on???

I guess I did Rat, I dunno, is it just me or was he being a lil "Over-Sensitive"? I certainly layed none of the blame for "Jah'na"s' demise on his shoulders, and as for the publishing deal thing, semantics, thats all. I dunno. I'm not taking a shot at him. If I were gonna take a shot at a "Name" it would probably be at that "Havoc" guy for consistantly getting less funny and more fat. But I wouldnt do that.... But sheesh Ray, lighten up, if you wanna giggle, watch a zed video.
(Grin)
xxx Lucy

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I just downloaded and listened to "The Battle of Rangiriri". It's such a terrific name for a song that I knew it would have to be a really good song to not disappoint me. I was not disappointed.

The election night soundbites provide an almost disturbing introduction. Compared to the gentle sound of St Lucy's guitar, our beloved Prime Minister's voice sounds harsh.

The maniacal bullshit of election night contrasted with one person with a few questions of their own makes for quite a spectacular aural experience.

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Next time you record a demo, could you turn msn off first? kthx.

i leik ur music, by the way. GO GO GO!!

Thanks Kid_A, "msn" is a brand and logo of the "microsoft Corporation" and remains propety of the "microsoft Corporation". Please do not breach copyright by using our name in the public arena again.

Yours,
Tanner Rossa (St. Lucy)

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Yeh Tama, ha ha ha, I guess we are "Dissing" you. I think you are dumber than you think I think you are, only slightly tho. The rest is just "hear say". Kinda like Rubicon if you think about it. Also, don't you love the irony in the fact that you call yourself a drummer and act all dumb ass? Isn't that a hoot coz drummers are often percieved as being a lil thick. You are doing nothing to aid their cause my friend, nothing. Sure is funny tho.
xxx Lucy

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best drummer joke ever ....

q - "how do you know a drummer's knocking at the door?"

a - 'it speeds up"

:) (it's ok - i'm a drummer too)