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Activism See other Activism Articles Title: From Paul Topete (PokerFace) 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
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#1. To: christine, Jethro Tull (#0)
I'm heading to Allentown for this one. Got my room booked already. Anyone else going? How about you Tull?
Obama's health care plan shall be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it, signed by a president who smokes and has no birth certificate, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is overweight and financed by a country that is nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong? - buckeroo My wife Karen and I along with my brother and his wife went to Branson a couple of years ago to see Poker Face. The show didn't start until 9:45 and they were only 8 people in the hall. Embarrassing. I've e-mailed Paul for several years so it was nice partying with them in our room until 4:30a.m. when they had to get on the plane to home. Got shit-faced with 'em, too.
I've gone to NYC and Allentown to see them play and it was always to a fairly packed house. I guess you caught a bad night. I always have a good time at their shows.
Obama's health care plan shall be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it, signed by a president who smokes and has no birth certificate, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is overweight and financed by a country that is nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong? - buckeroo Oh, we had a good time, to be sure. I was embarrassed by the size of the audience.
I've never heard their music. However finding out that they had a small audience doesn't surprise me. The reason? How many people do you really think want to hear songs about a revolution when we have such an apathetic loser mentality in this country? If there were a thousand people that saw a poster, and 8 showed up, it should tell you what kind of audience you have. You could have the greatest music, and message in the world, and most people will ignore it because it scares them. The cowardly many always sell out the patriotic few. It took a good long time for the colonists in America to finally figure out there was a revolution going on, and the reasons why yet only about 10 percent of the people fought it. That should also tell you something. I wish you guys the best of luck, and if you need art done, let me know. Let's talk. I'll do the work for free.
Better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not.
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