Dear Friends, Fans, and Family December 10th, 2009 Business first. You will be getting this email twice. We are trying to find out if certain mail servers are deleting our emails for having Poker in the title of the emails we send or not. So please bare with us. Also please reply to this newsletter so we know that your email address is still viable)
We would like to invite all of you out to our CD Release party for our new disc PEACE OR WAR - Songs for the Revolution.
12/19/2009 9:00 PM at LUPOS Beef & Ale in Allentown, PA 2149 Reading Rd., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104 Cost: 5$
Description:Poker Faces CD Release Party for their new disc#5 PEACE OR WAR - Songs for the Revolution
5 bands for 5 dollars 9pm 18th Hour - doing an acoustic set 930pm AMEROS - band from Albany NY 10pm POKER FACE 1145pm Dave Cahill & The Almighty Terribles from NJ 1215pm HATE TANK (members of Blue Sees Red and Cheese Melt)
times scheduled to change as the evening gets going. Come hear the best in PROTEST Music in the valley and country. Poker Face releases their EPIC 5th disc after a 6 year wait.
Come read some of the reviews; http://pokerface.org/fx/viewtopic.php?t=5892
or read our lyrics; http://pokerface.org/fx/viewtopic.php?t=5866
or check out a couple of the new tunes for free here; http://www.pokerface.com/Peace_War.html
lastly a Morning Call(Tribune paper) review:
http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2009/11/local-soundtrack-peace-or-war-by-pokerface-a-political-statement-in-hard-rock-.html
We look forward to catching up with a lot of long time old time friends. Come celebrate with us...
Please check out the new music. Pick up a copy or two for yourself, a loved one, a cousin, niece, your child etc... Those that need to wake up, music is one of the best ways to do it.
Here is the most recent review from our brother
Frank Whalen Host of Frankly Speaking Radio
If America's founding fathers themselves had the time and talent to raise musical alarms, it would probably have come close to the skillful and heartfelt outpourings of the unapologetic new offering from Pokerface. "Peace or War" comprises a snapshot of the United States today in context of the social and political machinations which have taken us to where we are now.and a sonic heads-up to stave off the decline that would sink America from the greatness of its ideals which have allowed its people to always reach for something better.
With over 16 years of radio experience myself, I must confess, the mere existence of Pokerface is a commercial aberration. Truth and honesty have no place in radio. It just doesn't sell. Most people use music as a distraction, a form of escapism, and have no use for the reflective nature of an auditory mirror that highlights a nation's (and its peoples) failings. That Pokerface can continue to move forward, growing and advancing with each album, is a ray of hope in a darkened world. Not only can we ascertain that there are countless fans (and I count myself proudly among them) who gain sustenance from such genuineness, but the notion of such raw emotion so courageously displayed by Pokerface so constantly, personally, is a comfort to me, knowing that they are out there rocking in the free world. For me, for you and for freedom.
While "Peace or War" is accessible to all music lovers of all ages and all demographics, there should be a caveat included here. Pokerface is not gentle; Not even remotely. From the artistic mastery with which these patriotic warriors wield their weapons of aural combat, comes the nagging and uncomfortable reminder that there are things that must be discussed, mental struggles still to be fought, wrongs that must be righted. That there are still tasks to be done before all Americans can finally rest their weary heads knowing that at long last, he "Peace" spoken of in the album's title has finally been achieved- the internal and external peace that is a spiritual imperative inherent in all humanity. They offer up the ultimate warning, the alternative, in the same album title. Fearlessly, the beautiful rage of "Peace or War" will keep those with ears to hear, honest, awake and aware.
Frank Whalen
Host, "Frankly Speaking Radio"
www.themicroeffectlive.com
www.franklyspeakingradio.com
Former Program Director, KFFK