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10 December 1999 PART TWO: From Jim "Jimbo" Mathus
Dear Brethren and Sistren,
Thank you for checking in at the Mammoth website. In the coming weeks and
months, I plan to visit here regularly to answer questions, offer comfort to
the sick and shut-in, give practical advice to the common man, etc. You can rest
assured knowing that S.N.Z. is working hard behind the scenes to continue to
bring the finest in listening entertainments to the young and old.
First order of business today is to send out thanks out to the crowds in Philly
and N.Y.C. You helped bring S.N.Z. back with a bang and you know who you are.
Next, of utmost importance to this message is the following sad tale. On Dec.
7th, at our Irving Plaza show in N.Y.C., an overzealous and perhaps unknowing
fan mistook our horn section's chart book for a souvenir and took it from the
foot of the stage. The book contains full horn arrangements for much of our
past repertoire and many new songs from our upcoming release. It represents
round the clock work from the horn section and myself over the past three
months in preparing a new show and CD for the public.
A plea goes out to anyone who took this or knows who took it or was standing by
in front of the horn section at the end of the show and may have seen someone
take it. Please return it to us, no questions asked, and we will be indebted
to you for much saved time and hard work. PART ONE: From the SNZ management
"Pre-Holiday Greetings from Squirrel Nut Zippers! Thanks to all who
came out to shows this week in New York and Philadelphia ... we hope you enjoyed
the new lineup, a smattering of new material, and the award-winning animated
video for 'Ghost of Stephen Foster'!
Seems that an overzealous fan at
Irving Plaza in NYC (1207) may have yanked a critical, one-of-a-kind binder
full of horn charts from the stage at the end of the band's set. These are
arrangements that Jimbo painstakingly scribed for our horn section, and
sadly, we are without a backup copy. HELP! If anyone visiting this
site has any info regarding the whereabouts of this folder, please email
ehsfuzz@aol.com
as soon as possible. No questions asked ... reward if need be ... we just
need those charts back in hand! Thanks very much for any assistance."
-- Now, I know that we all love SNZ and anything and everything that we can "get a hold of" that involves them, but this is crazy! To whomever may have gotten his/her hand on the binder, please return it. As fans, do we not want our beloved SNZ to succeed and not disappoint other fans and potential "future fans" who want to see SNZ in concert?? After all, it's the Holidays...please do the right thing. |
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01 December 1999 Ok, so it only took me 3 months to update this site. :-) There are a lot of new and very exciting happenings; SNZ is touring again, SNZ has sadly lost two of our beloved members but gained three *(!), Tom Maxwell has an incredibly fabulous web site filled with lots of info about him and his budding career (outside of SNZ) and many, many more! Oh, did I mention that I'll be attending the SNZ concert this Saturday, 5 December 1999, in Pennsylvania?! I'm so excited! Hopefully, if all goes well, I will have a pleasant surprise for y'all when I get back! AND, when I finally get settled from all the "screaming" and "yelling" and "soaking in" Zippers music from the concert, I will begin my major updates to this site. Please be patient with me. * SNZ welcomes Tim Smith on saxophones, Dave Wright on trombone and Reese Gray on piano! |
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25 August 1999 [A mini-update] Just wanted to update the main page with the new trivia by Ken. Extended July's "Song of the Month" through October.
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wOrKs <- -- --- This site will see a lot of action/updates/changes in the coming months, starting October. Right now, I am wonderfully swamped with wedding plans...YES, I am getting married in less than a month!! |
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28 July 1999 Sign the petition to get the "Ghost of Stephen Foster" video played on various music video stations! Updated the "Song of the Month" page with a submission by a fellow SNZ fan. I just thought I'd mention...I added "Internet Time" to the main page. It's a cool concept. Read more about it. |
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20 July 1999 Jimbo's Page updated. A free cybercast of the Knockdown Society's concert on 21 July 1999?!! |
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13 July 1999 |
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12 July 1999 I finally got an exclusive e-mail interview with Ken. Go on, read it! |
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02 July 1999 Changed the "Song of the Month" page from "Twilight" to "Hell" as a tribute to Tom (Maxwell). Check it out! |
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28 June 1999 As you have probably already seen, I added text to the main-entry/portal page. I'm doing a little experimenting. I would love to hear any comments about this *change*. Added a "Song of the Month" page. Check it out! |
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22 June 1999 Updated The Links page. Modified my link (located at The Story page) to Pyewacket Restaurant to their current URL. |
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18 June 1999 James (Jimbo) Mathus and His Knockdown Society will be touring in July. Find out when and where! Added a few more pics from the June 2nd KWJS concert. They are found at the bottom of the page. Go there now! Updated The Links page. Now, fans and first-time visitors alike can find out ways to reach SNZ. Check out the "Contacting Squirrel Nut Zippers (SNZ)" link located at the bottom of the page. |
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08 June 1999 |
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02 June 1999 Actually, I have *little* updates on several pages, including Kat's, Jimbo's, Tom's, and KWJS's pages. |
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01 June 1999 KWJS News page updated. |
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14 May 1999 I finally finished writing my personal review of the "Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad" album. Read on. [Only 11 days left until the album is released!] I will be out of town starting tomorrow and will be back on the 24th or 25th of May. I won't be able to do any updates until then. If you would like to find out about any new info regarding SNZ (that comes up while I'm away), feel free to subscribe to my SNZ Mailing List. I'm sure my listmembers will keep you informed. :-) Meanwhile, watch out for the "Ghost of Stephen Foster" video. Make sure you e-mail the appropriate stations* to give it more air-time. And, as always, let's spread the word about SNZ! |
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11 May 1999 |
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10 May 1999 |
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05 May 1999 Jazz Squad tour dates updated. |
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27 April 1999 For this update, I'd like to thank my list members at snz@onelist.com. Thanks, guys!
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19 April 1999 Jazz Squad tour dates. |
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12 April 1999 SNZ up for "Band of the Year" award?! Plus, lots of new info!!
And, in other news: Order any Squirrel Nut Zippers title from the Mammoth Online Store and get a free "Suits Are Picking Up the Bill" remix CD! And, as always, you can listen to RealAudio versions of SNZ tracks on the Mammoth site. |
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07 April 1999 Added a couple of links to The Links page. Very soon, I hope to include other related links, not just fan-related ones (i.e. links to album reviews, magazine articles, etc...) |
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06 April 1999 Tweaked Kat's Jazz Squad page. |
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02 April 1999 I started a page dedicated to Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad. Check it out! It will be accessible through Katharine's page. |
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30 March 1999 As promised, I have scanned the photo of Katharine. Have a look! And, I am truly enjoying listening to her debut solo album. :-) As I opened my inbox this morning, I quickly skimmed down the list of senders (as I usually do to sort out & trash spam mail). And, as I was going down the list, guess what I saw?? An e-mail from Ken Mosher! I was so surprised and excited at the same time. Can you imagine?! He complimented me on this site, which I accept(ed) with high regard. Thanks a bunch, Ken! It means a lot to me. |
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27 March 1999
I'm excited to let y'all know that I got my promo copy of "Katharine
Whalen's Jazz Squad" yesterday, as well as a big (8 1/2 x11) black & white
portrait of Katharine
herself!* As soon as I listen to it...oh, at least ten**
times, I will share my thoughts on it. I also received a copy of
"Legacy"*--It will be
a great weekend after all!!
* Thanks so much, Kerry!! |
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26 March 1999 Added the lyrics to "The Inevitable". |
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25 March 1999 |
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17 March 1999 Mickey Mouse cartoon still in development. Changed the SNZ Webring graphic found on the main page. I don't know when my site will be added to the webring -- I even tried to write the webring master, but to no avail (the e-mail address is unresolveable.) So, my site lives in the SNZ Webring Queue, along with several others. In hopes of literally trying to get a start on this web site (i.e. getting the word out about SNZ, getting more hits, etc...), I've signed up with HitBOX. The graphic/text link is located on the main page as well, right next to the SNZ Webring. |
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15 March 1999 This site is now a part of the Squirrel Nut Zippers Webring! I've added a link to the webring on the main page. Be sure to check out other fan dedicated SNZ web sites. (Note: I don't know when they're going to index my site...pretty soon, I hope.) |
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11 March 1999 |
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10 March 1999 "Legacy" was not released yesterday, as reported by Billboard Online. |
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09 March 1999 New news by Ken Mosher. More on Kat's Solo Album. "Legacy" released today? And much more... A humble beginning to The Links page. |
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08 March 1999 |
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07 March 1999 Added some words about Jim, Katharine, Chris, and Je. Many of the information about SNZ (i.e. new album info, tour dates, etc...) you see around here will most likely be coming from an inside source from Mammoth Records. So, in other words, I am giving credit where credit is due! I have added a link to the Mammoth Web Site on this page and on The News page. I am working really hard on getting The Links page organized and ready to go. If anyone is interested in a link exchange (between our SNZ-related sites), let me know. |
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01 March 1999 A re-broadcast of the 1997 SNZ concert in Denver? Sign up for the SNZ Mailing List (owned by me, hosted by ONElist) where you can discuss anything and everything about SNZ with other fans. This is also a good way to find out new information on SNZ, as well as new information on this web site. |
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25 February 1999
Added a site index, represented by
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22 February 1999
My SNZ site officially
opens today. Here's to a successful year!
Let me just write down a few words about this site.
As you may have already observed, this site is dedicated to one of the
most musically gifted bands in the world; And, they call themselves
SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS (SNZ). Because
the SNZ are on a 6-month hiatus (which began in January 1999), I will have a
little time to develop this site, accordingly, with the band's history
and past accomplishments. We all await their return on stage later this
year. So, stay tuned to this site for upcoming events
and information on SNZ!
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