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January
Monday/26th - hey, it may be a little late, but happy new year to everybody. we had a great time at bret's birthday show, and i'd like to recommend all the bands who played, especially beyond mirth. sorry to anyone who was looking forward to finding westerly, sometimes things just come up that you can't help.
anyway, now for the news. i was told today that we will be featured on a greenline records compilation to be released before the summer. more on this later. until then, have a good time.
-kevin
December
Monday/15th - Whats up everyone? I remodeled the website to "cheesy 90's rock / incredible hulk" theme. If you don't like it, I don't care because I do. On top of unnecessary logo's and stuff, I might add something of value sometime soon. But probably not.
Oh yeah, and just because I'm a nice guy, none of the pages work. See ya.
- Vinnie
Tuesday/2nd - more info for the next show can be found on the saint's online concert calendar. check 12.29 at this address http://thesaintnj.com/december_2003.htm.
also, look at the names of the bands listed. worse than "puppet show and spinal tap."
-kevin
Monday/1st - Well it's another month...and it's cold. So Thanksgiving break was very successful in terms of our band. In terms of other things, I dunno. We successfully introduced Dan Swango to the band. This coming after a six hour drive Dan and I shared up to Boston to pick up Kevin and Zack. Dan's been singing some songs and it's been working out very well. Who knows .badwill. may have another member yet. He will be playing with us on the 29th! Kevin is officially now the John Nolan of .badwill. and seems very pleased (We realize that 90 percent of you reading this will not know who John Nolan is...I'm sorry). So make it out to the show I promise it'll be a really good time.
-chris
November
Friday/14th - yo, just got some great news. it's listed in the gigs page, but i'll tell you here anyway. on december 29th, 2003, in honor of the twenty-first anniversary of the birth of Bret Rodgers, there will be a kick-ass show at the Saint in asbury park. Besides us, there's Universal Breakdown (Mass pop punk),Last Perfect Thing (Jersey shore rock),Finding Westerly (Ex Early November, June Spirit),
Paulson (Played a few Warped Tour dates). we're all really psyched about being able to do this show with bands we admire and like very much. i'm sure we'll see you all there, and we hope to debut a few songs at the show. mark your calendars, tell your friends, etc.
-kevin
October
Wednesday/22nd - hey guys, how are things? not too much of an update here. zack and i are polishing a two-man act to play around here to debut new songs and keep playing .badwill. songs in our off time. we're also doing it for the chicks and extra cash. also, click this link to see a picture of our friend Tricky at a show here in boston. http://www.returntothepit.com/pictures.php?id=58687&simple=1. he stands out, he's number 354.
also, everyone should check out sample chapters of the novel the contortionist's handbook by craig clevenger. those sample chapters can be found at www.craigclevenger.com under the "specimens" section. it was recommended to me by a number of credible sources, including fight club author chuck palahniuk. it really is excellent, so check it out.
-kevin
Monday/6th - Hello loyal .badwill. fans. It's zack reporting in from boston again. The red sox just won the game and there very well may be a riot. In music related news me and kevin have completed the shells for 2 songs, and we are working on third and fourth songs as well. they - oh my god, they're flipping over cars. i have to go.
now.
~zack
~kevin
September
Thursday/11th - Hey guys zack reporting in from boston. Kevin and I have just gotten setteled here in and already were working on new material which will hopefully find its way into the .badwill. catalogue. Kevin has all but completed the basic structure and lyrics for one presently untitled song and i have been working on a number of riffs that also seem promising. Aside from that all is well. Hopefully the band will have a short time in october to rehearse as Kevin and I will probibly be coming home for a weekend. Aside from that who knows the next time we will get some serious rehersal time...oh well
~zack
Tuesday/9th - Sorry for the lack updates, but there really hasn't been anything going on. Chris, Kevin, Zack have all gone off to college, Chris in Wayne, Kevin & Zack in Boston. Needless to say, Badwill will be taking a pretty big break. We are all great friends so there is no doubt we will play together whenever the chance arises. But Badwill is currently... uhm... inactive. We'd like to get back together in maybe a year and write some new songs and record them for fun and maybe that will happen. Honestly, I don't know what the deal is. I will be playing with my friend Tommy on drums and Sean from Sarajevo on bass in a little project called Gravy Train . Because, goddammit, if I don't play some music I'll just lose it. I will still post here for the hell of it and maybe something cool will happen so check in sometimes.
Till next time...
-vinnie
July
Tuesday/29th - this just in, super-update whoo!
kevin.higgins' solo "band," (openmicnight), will be performing at the slowdown cafe in hightstown this thursday, the 31st. so come on out and support kevin and emily (his guitar), they will be playing .badwill. originals, including the new "disappearer," and "Fezzik, tear his arms off," as well as covers of songs that he thinks are good, and so should you. he will be joined on stage for a little jammy with good friend, brother mustard singer and guitarist, john walsh. if you weren't at walsh and smith's performance at the slowdown this evening, you missed an excellent time.
Thursday/24th - Not too much going on in the life of Badwill right this moment. I changed the page layout again and just made it more simple. So most of the page isn't up and running yet. We are anticipating a show in late August / very early September at Stingray's (Birch Hill) in Old Bridge with Last Perfect Thing and the Youth Ahead. We are still in process of booking everything, we'll let you know what happens. We still have copies of our EP available, so help us out and pick up a copy, there only 5 bucks. The track listing and lyrics will be available on the "music" page as soon as I get to it. We have two new songs that we've been playing live "Disappearer" and "Fezzik, Tear His Arms Off". We want to record these and more and make a full length CD in the future. Anywho, keep on with the crazy summer stuff.
- Vinnie
