Gunnelpumpers News, October 1

A recent press release from our friends Gunnelpumpers provides the following intriguing pieces of information:

  • Recent studies have indicated that reading comprehension suffers when text contains lots of hyperlinks.
  • A leading cause of beaver deaths is falling trees.
  • Copies of Gunnelpumpers debut CD “the nth wave” are still available for only $10.
    • If you see Doug Johnson around, chances are extremely high that he’ll have a few copies nearby.
    • One can also order the physical CD from CD Baby,
    • or digitally download the music from CD Baby, iTunes, eMusic, and many other online purveyors of sonic goodness.
  • If you have the CD and like it, please take a few minutes to “review” it on one of the aforementioned sites.
  • There’s word on the street that Gunnelpumpers second album “Symphonie Improvisé” will be released this December or January.
  • Joan Levergood recently created a video of Gunnelpumpers “The Memory of Trees” from their July show at Martyrs’.
    • An album by Enya of the same title was a HUGE success in 1995.
    • For Gunnelpumpers, then name was chosen while looking through a book of Celtic mythology for a good song title as a result of certain “bagpipey” influences in the music.
    • “The Memory of Trees” rolls of the tongue better than “The Face-Chains of Ogmios”.
  • Joan merged shots from two cameras and a separate sound recording. Synchronizing these things is a real tricky business.
  • The video is up on youtube.
  • Gunnelpumpers have a couple of shows to announce:
    • October 19 at Elbo Room. Music goes from 8-12. Gunnelpumpers plays one set at 9:00 p.m. $7.
    • December 3 at Heartland Cafe. Details forthcoming.
  • We have no word on how multiple, nested unordered lists affects reading comprehension on the web.

“The Memory of Trees” video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wceZtJyc9d0

Youtube Gunnelpumpers channel: http://www.youtube.com/gunnelpumpers

“the nth wave” on CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Gunnelpumpers

“the nth wave” on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-nth-wave/id375107757

Gunnelpumpers on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gunnelpumpers/118268258208586

Gunnelpumpers on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gunnelpumpers

Elbo Room: http://www.elboroomchicago.com/elboroom/index.html

Heartland Cafe: http://www.heartlandcafe.com/

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