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GOSSIP
Dec
8, 2001
New
EP Available!
Just
Plain Folks Songwriting Contest
Gig
December 15
Interview
with The Women of MP3.com
Brand
New Fan
Site & Message
Board
hi roadsters,
sorry
i've been so quiet these past few months. what with the escape to
paradise over the summer, then the complete shock of new york city,
i've definitely been exhibiting under-the-cover symptoms.
hope
everyone is doing well...i've got some cool news...a brand new live
acoustic cd - 5 songs on the cheap available at mp3.com.
did an interview with The Women of Mp3.com too, which was neat.
and
VERY excited about the Just
Plain Folks Songwriting Contest. Star came in second place and
my record came in fourth in the singer-songwriter category (yeah,
i know, so close!). 5 songs also placed in the top 500 in the Billboard
Songwriting Contest. what does that mean exactly? well, they sent
me 5 pairs of the weirdest looking sunglasses as a consolation prize.
i haven't quite figured out what to do with them yet.
what
else... have 2 fansites now: www.karenires.net
and karen_ires.tripod.com.
there's some different stuff on them, reviews of live shows and
the like. Lauren over at karenires.net also made me a new messageboard!
pretty sweet that.
finally...biggest
fun news. got a gig
on december 15 10PM at the C-NOTE here in NYC. Eugene will be playing
elec guitar, Jon on bass, and there will even be a surprise musical
guest... this is not a show to miss, my friend KJ will even be there
selling her amazing IluvFDNY T-shirts (all funds going to ladder
3 in the east village). also, the band Loaded
Dreams goes on before me at 9PM - i highly recommend coming
early to see them.
hope
to see you all at the show! if not, internet love coming at ya...
-k
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June
26, 2001
New
“unofficial” web site
Digital Heroin compilation cd!
Summer vacation postcards
Well kids,
I’m
GONE until sometime in August. But if you feel like checking up
on my whereabouts, please tune in to the message
board where I’ll be posting stuff while on the road. Also,
feel free to email me your
address cause I’ll be randomly sending out postcards!
Some
other cool news - got a brand new “unofficial”
web site, brought to you by Joy, Julie and Lauren (very same
makers of the message board). Thanks!
And...drumroll...the Digital
Heroin compilation cd is finally out and about! Pick up a copy
and listen to some great bands.
One
more thing, if you haven’t already checked out Mark
Kirby’s MusicDish review about yours truly, well, I highly
recommend it!
I'll
miss the chats while I'm gone...
Happy trails babies and 100% summer fun....k
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4/15/01
SPECIAL
NEWS FLASH!
Click
here to check out Kirby's REVIEW of my cd on the Dream
Forge Webzine!!!
Road
Trip to Boston!
Hi
Kids,
Wow,
I haven't been to Boston since I was 18 and ran away to music school
for a semester (much to my parent's horror!) But it looks like I'll
be there next week for the Boston
Nemo Festival - yay! For those of you in the near environs,
I'll be playing on April 21 at 2:30 pm at the World Trade Center.
Unlike a lot of the conference's showcases, this is a FREE event
and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC so come on down.
Also, just started a new post-gig
info section on my dates page. This was inspired by Joy and
Julie slogging it from Alabama to NYC to see my last show (how sweet
are they?) They even took a bunch of pics and posted them - thanks
girls! Anyway, I set up this new section and now I'm gonna have
to fill it so watch out - if you're not careful you too might show
up on my web site.
Some more nice things: I'll be featured on Shauna Skye's Moon
Radio on Sunday,
April 15. Check out Shauna’s
web site
as well - she’s a fabulous musician. I'll also be hitting the
air waves in Brazil,
thanks to Rodrigo Parra - cool! And congratulations to the winner
of the Digital
Heroin Karen Ires cd give-a-way. Even better news - the contest
continues with more cd freebies from some amazing artists on the
station.
Thanks so much everyone for stopping by. And many many thanks to
those of you who continue to vote
for me as a farmclub.com recommended artist.
I appreciate
all your support, babies.
xo, karen
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WIN
A FREE CD!!!
3/24/01
hi
darlings,
Guess
what? Follow this link to Digital
Heroin and you may win one of my cds! The drawing is on April
6 so don't wait too long kids!
And
I just received fabulous news from farmclub.com. Their A&R team
chose the song Hotel Room for their recommended list. Cool! Uh,
so now I have a little favor to ask of you...if you've got the time
please go to my page there and vote for the song. No downloading
required and believe me, your vote counts! Click
here and maybe those A&R reps will take further notice!
About
shows -next one around the bend is on Thursday, April 29 at 10PM
at Sidewalk. This promises to be a wild night so get those suits
pressed and haul out the silk stockings okay?
Thanks
again everyone for all your support, emails and love. It's truly
appreciated!
xo,
karen
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3/6/01
hiya
kids,
This
just in...the song Star has been chosen to be on the exclusive NEMO
compilation CD (as part of the NEMO
Music Conference I'll be playing in April). They told me that
they received entries from 1300 artists so as you can imagine I'm
drinking a beer (or two or three) right now and toasting myself!
Also,
Ciara from message board fame happened to catch the song Hotel Room
on the MTV show Undressed.
Sure enough, I checked out the MTV site and discovered the tune
played on episode 422. Bummer, though, cause I guess I missed my
debut, though I'm hoping there was some kickin' underwear involved.
If anyone else caught the show, please drop me a line!
As
for gigs, got 2 of em set up for March. They're both at Sidewalk
(6th St. & Ave. A, NYC) and the first one on the plate is this
Sunday, March 11 at 9PM. Would love to see everyone so get your
shoes all shined up and come on down babies!
xo,
karen
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2/19/01
hey
treasures,
Thanks
so much to all of you who came down to the Sidewalk show on the
10th! Extra special thanks to Nick, dj at 88.7 WNHU, for making
a hike into the city with his pals. Apparantly Nick's been playing
the cd on the air too on his Monday show (he played the entire cd
this week!) so make sure you call in and say how much you love him
- and me! (tel. 203.934.9296)
Also,
wonder of wonders, I seem to have a message
board! While I was lazing around, procrastinating my life, laundry,
and site updates, Joy & Julie out in Alabama went and created
one for me. And not only that, they managed to get me some radio
play on WVUA!
Thanks so much girls!
Finally,
uploaded another song on mp3.com called evol
- you old timers probably remember the tune from when the band was
called PETS. It's definitely still one of my faves, and currently
only available on mp3.com (but you can download it for free!)
In
the middle of booking some more shows. For you guys out in Boston,
though, I'll be playing at the NEMO
showcase on April 21 at 2:30 at the World Trade Center. This
is a FREE event, and open to the public.
Still
finding the learning curve on html...but I've managed to add a couple
of new things to this site, including a links area and guestbook
(oh sweethearts, don't be afraid, sign it now!)
xo,
karen
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2/1/01
Hey
kids!
Thank
you all so so so much for your support and emails (special thanks
to you cd buyers!). I can't tell you how much I appreciate it and
am inspired by it. Big love to all of you.
Some
good stuff going on. Recently recorded the basics on 6 news tracks
at Temple of Soul in NYC with Christopher Covert, Daniel Wyatt and
Charles Stella. Very fun and very cool studio. Thanks guys!
In
the mp3.com universe...Hotel
Room is currently floating around the top 10 on the indie-alt charts.
yay! And the song Evrylsthwy was recently added to the station Digital
Heroin which has some great tracks on it. Highly listenable
and a great place to find up and coming artists. Very recommended.
Also,
for you old timers, you might have noticed that I've redesigned
my site...but I'm still hacking away at the web stuff. Come back
often for new and neat things - guest lists, radio play updates
and super links. Since I really don't know what I'm doing, though,
please email me if you have any trouble navigating the site.
Don't
forget - got a show coming up at Sidewalk on February 10 in NYC
so come on down. It's FREE too (okay, well, the mc does pass around
a tip jar after the gig, but it's still the cheapest show in town).
Please come visit and make sure to introduce yourself.
Nuff
said. Shout out to Joy and Julie in Alabama for all their help with
the radio plays. And to Alek Vila at Digital Heroin.
xo,
karen
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