MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2003 MARTHA AND MARK TO PERFORM AT THE CFNY REUNION NOV. 12TH Martha and Mark will be performing a couple of Martha and the Muffins songs at the upcoming CFNY Reunion on November 12 at The Guvernment in Toronto along with several other artists who received major radio support from the groundbreaking station during its heyday in the 80s. For more information go to or . Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets. Phone 416-870-8000 or visit . TORONTO MAYORAL CANDIDATE DAVID MILLER SPINS 'ECHO BEACH' As campaigning for Toronto's upcoming municipal elections gathered steam in late October, several mayoral candidates took turns playing DJ on Toronto's upstart FM station JACK FM. Frontrunner David Miller put ECHO BEACH near the top of his list. Will this affect Martha and Mark's voting preferences? Not at all - Mr. Miller has been their pick for mayor for some time. "ICE AGE" RETURNING AFTER 22 YEARS? After recent discussions between Martha and Mark and Warren Stewart, Director of Catalogue Marketing at EMI Music Canada, plans are being made to reissue MatM's third and most sought-after album THIS IS THE ICE AGE on CD. (See track listing below.) Recorded in 1981, this was the first album of three that MatM recorded with Daniel Lanois, legendary producer of U2, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and Bob Dylan, among others. EMI Music Canada has applied for licensing of ICE AGE to Virgin Records UK, the label that controls the masters and is currently waiting for the go-ahead from Virgin to proceed. In addition to the original track listing, two bonus cuts from the same recording sessions are likely to be included: TWENTY-TWO IN CINCINATTI and I'M NO GOOD AT CONVERSATION , both originally released on vinyl as B-sides. Stay tuned for more ICE AGE info in the coming months. THIS IS THE ICE AGE Album Info: Track Listing: Swimming / Women Around the World at Work / Casualties of Glass / Boy Without Filters / Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies / This is the Ice Age/ One Day in Paris / You Sold the Cottage / Three Hundred Years/Chemistry Band Personnel: Mark Gane - guitar, vocals, keyboards, treatments, percussion Tim Gane - drum kit, percussion Andy Haas - alto sax, trombone Martha Johnson - vocals, keyboards, percussion Jocelyne Lanois - bass, backing vocals, percussion, keyboards with Daniel Lanois - additional backing vocals, percussion, treatments Recorded at Nimbus 9, Toronto and Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario May-July 1981 Produced by Martha and the Muffins and Daniel Lanois Engineered by Daniel Lanois, Andy Condon and George Axon Released by Virgin/Dindisc1981 NEW MatM SONGS IN PROGRESS Martha and Mark have been busy for the past several weeks recording demos of new songs at their studio, The Web, in Toronto. When enough songs have been demoed, the plan is to give listeners the opportunity to purchase a limited-edition CD of the new material through the offical MatM website. The CD will present early versions of songs that are likely to appear in more developed arrangements on the next MatM album, possibly providing a glimpse into how songs evolve, (or don't!), during the songwriting process. All proceeds from the sales of the CD will go into funding the next album project. Questions? Comments? Email MatM at: info@marthaandthemuffins.com www.marthaandthemuffins.com Best regards to all, MatM ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/nnJolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> For more information: http://www.thecia.net/users/hamilton/muffins/ Post message: echo-beach@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: echo-beach-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: echo-beach-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: echo-beach-owner@yahoogroups.com URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/echo-beach Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/