Welcome to the
first ever BloodThirsty Vegans newsletter. July 2009 Edition.
The BloodThirsty Vegans is a musical family that makes music (sweet, sweet music)
about peace, love and understanding to unite the human family, foster respect for
the interconnected web of life, and remind the tribes how liberating it was to
dance the dances of
freedom.
Currently the BloodThirsty Vegans are
Michael Delaney,
My Rap Name is Alex,
MC Vendetta,
Dave Harter,
Ben Sachs &
Bryan Lohr.
BTVs enter the recording studio
The BTVs entered the recording studio in June to begin work on recording
their debut CD. The first four songs are starting to take shape and capture
a lot of that BTV awesomeness from our live shows.
BTVs new facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bloodthirsty-Vegans/93890370788
We started a new facebook page two weeks ago and WOW it already has
200 friends, fans and family on it. Awesome!
BTVs on the local news
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/48997436.html
The BTVs played a benefit for the WNY Food Bank and it got us on the
local tv news. Pretty cool.
New Merch is on the way
BTV stickers are on the way!!! Buttons, magnets and bottle openers will also be available soon! Save your pennies, merch is coming! This in addition to the BTV canvas bags and t-shirts already available on our website.
Reminder: there is no Dance Alive for Friday, July 3rd
July 17: Live Recording
what: Live Recording of BloodThirsty Vegans music
when: Friday July 17th at 7pm
where: Burnwood Studios - 885 Niagara St. Buffalo, NY 14213
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=96486756615
Come watch BTV history in the making!
The BloodThirsty Vegans' music has been growing and changing at a dizzying rate.
The music on our website and various pages is starting to sound dated. Our friend
Jay has agreed to help us with this problem by lending his recording talents to
help us capture an evening of live gourmet music. We are opening this event to a
live limited studio audience. Please RSVP to this event on our new facebook page
so that we know who and how many to expect.
July 25: Burnwood show - 5pm
Following an amazing Rock Opera, "Oscar & the Hooker", featuring members of Lazlo Hollifield &
Penut Brittle Satelite. With Night Gallery, Quest for Friends & Curiosity's End.
Part of the Buffalo infringement Festival
July 26: PorchRock 2: The Lawn Disco Returns
what: free outdoor dance party / concert
when: Sunday July 26th, 2009 - 8pm to 10:30pm
where: Ol' Wondermoth - 208 North St. (corner of Elmwood & North)
link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212686795611
2nd Annual Party on the Porch. Scientifically confirmed to be our funnest show of the year!
Free Live Hip Hop/Rock Concert and Front Lawn Disco on the corner of Elmwood and North. Live music by the BloodThirsty Vegans with the Grappling Hooks.
Part of the Buffalo infringement Festival
This show will mark the one year anniversary of MC Vendetta and Dave Harter being BloodThirsty Vegans.
July 30: Nietzsche's Hip Hop Showcase
With Subsoil, Soul Bodega & Askew's Livematic Vibes
Part of the Buffalo infringement Festival
@ Nietzsche's - 248 Allen St - 9pm.
We played a private party for Brrrn's Birthday and wished a fond farewell to
Joseph Mulhollen with live music by Lazlo Hollyfeild, Cassy Mierhoffer, Joe Mulhollen,
w ((aa)) ou w on June 26th.
We helped raise 5 big barrels of food for the WNY food bank with
the Tunes4food crew on June 22nd.
We played Merlin's with Redwater & Nathan Xander on June 20th.
On June 6th we played the
Buffalo Environmental Action Team’s annual benefit (benefitting Green Options Buffalo for 2009)
We ventured out to the country and breathed some fresh air and heard some awesome
live music by Todd Eberwine Band, DJ Cutler & Allen Greystone. We played All Winners
during a hula hoop competition and everybody won.
On June 5th we celebrated 2 Years of Dance Alive.
Kilissa Cissoko, Paul Zanolli & Doug Lambert responded to the Bunny Signal and put on
their BTV hats for the BTV Family Reunion. Together with My Rap Name is Alex they
performed some of their own songs and some older BTV songs that hadn't been performed
in quite some time. Then the current active BTF family took to the stage and rocked
out for our massive toddler audience.
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MySpace:
www.myspace.com/bloodthirstyvegans
Facebook:
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Twitter:
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