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October 4, 2005 hi kids - show coming up October 27 at 7:30 at Sidewalk...yeah, i know, it's about time. will have a bunch of new numbers. also, big news, i have a song in an upcoming film, a documentary called AKA Tommy Chong, directed by Josh Gilbert. i did a cover of the Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) song, "Trouble," recorded with guitarist Oz Noy. i'm a particularly enormous fan of Cat, so it meant a whole lot to me to sing one of his songs. anyhow, back
to the film...i went up to see it at the Toronto Film Festival (the premiere
after-party featured pot brownies but don't tell my mom), where it got
rave reviews. to quote Roger Ebert, Decembr 14, 2003 another lightening fast year...all the best to everyone in 2004. safe and happy holidays! and oh yeah, i'm at the Living Room this tuesday at 9pm ... xo k November 25, 2003 hi kids, October 22, 2003 i am brokenhearted.
i just found out Elliott Smith has killed himself. how is this possible?
i'm confused by sadness. here i've been waiting for his next record, waiting
to see him on tour again, waiting for the day i'd meet him...i'll be waiting
forever. my sincere condolences to Elliott's family and friends. -k
September 28 , 2003 hi kids, new pics up! go on and check out the gallery to see some scenes from Teddy Richard's show last week at Sidewalk. he was awesome! plus added bonus, i stayed out so late that i felt positively teenagerish. thanks to everyone who came out, and special thanks to Teddy who let me sing a few tunes. Boohoo for those of you who missed the show - go see what you missed at www.teddyrichards.com let's see...what else is shaking... in between praying that Dean beats the crap out of all those other presidential hopefuls, i've been busy in the recording studio working on a new cd. i also found out that an ancient Pets tune, Evol, was nominated as Track of the Day at garageband.com. cool! mark your calendars, show coming up Oct. 18... xo, karen
May 25, 2003 please forgive my shameless advertising and promotion, but is anyone interested in a PA system? then head on over to my ebay auction. i won 2 speakers and a mixer recently in a song contest and just don't have a need for them. thanks! shameless promotion over....for now. xo, karen
May 7, 2003 so for the past 2 days i was hanging out at my friend Liane's office (which is where i go sometimes to fund my vacations) and this guy named Aaron had an ipod set to play at random, and i think i listened to maybe 1000 songs, covering over 20 genres, that i'd never heard before...and right now i feel sooo tired, like when you eat a too big meal, drink one too many margaritas, and then read the endings to a dozen scifi novels at the same time. bottom line: it is unsettling to listen to so much music. i am now afraid of ipods. other than that....some nice recent news...Faithless is in the Alternative Top Ten at garageband.com and will be track of the day on May 10th. also got a gig way the hell in the future, June 21 at Sidewalk. mark your calendars babies... xo
April 21,
2003
check it out, i'm at Sidewalk this Friday, April 25, for an early half hour set. come on down...i'll have copies of my brand new video on hand - "Hotel Room" directed by F. Scott Schafer. other news - just found out my song Suburban is in this fantastic new film called Dog's Life. cool. hope everyone is doing well, er, under the circumstances. i know i can't be the only one fantasizing about moving to a tiny island in the Pacific - the world is over the top lunatic these days. i'm just glad i quit smoking so that i don't have to hang out in front of bars. xoxo -k
March 2,
2003
i'm back! just finished a brand new video for the song Hotel Room, with director F. Scott Schafer. Stay tuned for updates on a video release party, plus i'll be getting a version ready to view on this site. hope everyone out there is alive and kicking. type in "impeach bush" on an internet search engine and see what happens. xoxo -k
Dec 8, 2001 Just Plain Folks Songwriting Contest Interview with The Women of MP3.com Brand
New Fan Site
& Message
Board
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 ---------------------------- June 26, 2001 New “unofficial”
web site
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! 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...
---------------------------- 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. I appreciate
all your support, babies. -------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------- 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 |