Stewart Holiday/Graduation Party w/Murhpy’s Law tomorrow night!!!

So many things. Every year we throw a holiday party where I buy everybody pizza and there's an open bar. How can you go wrong with free beer and pizza? Well, this year is a little different. Not only do we have free beer and pizza, it is also my GRADUATION party AND we have Murphy's Law!

Details:

8PM Friday, December 12th
Trash Bar
256 Grand St., between Driggs and Roebling
Brooklyn, NY 11211
$12

8:00 - Stewart
8:45 - Arms Forward
9:30 - Thriller
10:15 - Shiragirl
11:00 - The Krays
11:45 - Murphy's Law

FREE pizza, FREE cds and open bar from 8-9 in the back with admission. Come one, come all. It's gonna be a fun night!

See you there!

For more info:
http://www.thetrashbar.com/

M.E.A.N.Y Fest TONIGHT!

Hello my friends!

Our first show at M.E.A.N.Y Fest is tonight! This is a voting situation, so please come out if you can- I promise you won't be disappointed. :) Here are the details:

$10, Friday, October 10th
Red Star Bar
37 Greenpoint Ave. (@ West St.)
Show starts at 7PM (I don't know when we're actually going on, but 4th and sets are short, so I'm thinking if you're there by 8:30 you should be OK- but if you're always late or like to be early, don't take my word on that one.)

Line-up:
-Ten Minute Turns
-Tanya True
-The Mumbles
-Stewart
-In Cadeo
-Flying Machines
-Hidden People

Here's the way the voting works:
Audience members that would like to cast a vote must choose 2 bands on the bill of the show they are attending on any given night of the fest. Just fill in 2 band entries. The ballot must be stamp validated that evening by M.E.A.N.Y. FEST staff. The ballot is then submitted to the ballot box.

* Audience members may only vote once per venue.

I'll have more CDs to pass out if you didn't get one at the party, and smiles and hugs for all my favorite people. :) Yay! See you there!

Love,
Stewart

For more information please check out:
http://www.meanyfest.com/
http://www.redstarny.com/

Party Tomorrow!

Everybody (ok, not everybody, lots of people though...) has been asking lately- "when can we hang out? I miss you." And the truth is I MISS YOU TOO!!! And the answer to that question is TOMORROW!

Usually shows are really super hectic and there's so much going on and I have to get people and equipment home and all that good stuff, but not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a party. Not only is it A party, it's MY party so I'm going to do what I fucking well want!!! (F'ing. I mean f'ing.) Dave is coming in from LA (holla!) my Mom is coming up from PA (cause she loves me) and you, all my friends, all you fine people, all you wonderfully stressed, tired and beautiful souls- YOU should all come hang out and have fun with me in honor of my birth, the birth of my CD, and the birth of hundreds of delicious cookies that I will feed you because cookies make everything better. (Anyone see Stranger Than Fiction?)

Anyway! Details! (If you haven't heard them enough already...)

11:15pm, Saturday, September, 13 2008
Knitting Factory
Cost : $10
74 Leonard St.
New York, New York 10013

http://ny.knittingfactory.com/index.php

Tell your friends, tell your family- spread the word, it's gonna be awesome! I'll be there early- doors are at 7, but a girl's gotta eat, so maybe 9ish? Maybe earlier. Text me or email me (stewarttheband@gmail) and I'll let you know where I'm at. I miss you guys!!! Talk to you SOON!!!

Love,
Stewart

CD Release Party - Venue Change (last time... hopefully...)

Hey everybody!

There's been a slight change of plans and the CD release party is now Saturday, September 13th at Knitting Factory instead of Arlene's.

Advance tickets will be available soon on Ticketweb. I will post the link once it's up.

Thanks so much everybody! Can't wait to see you!

Love,
Stewart

September

Maybe one of these days I'll sit down and revamp the last 20 shows that we've had that I stopped writing about. Sorry everybody- nothing personal. It's just that school's almost over so I had to start focusing on that a little more. Although admittedly my blog after the June 25th show at Lit Lounge was just going to say, "You had to be there." It was pretty fucking amazing, Green Andy was our special guest bassist, and Josh played drums for us, I had the BEST time that night but it was pretty indescribable. Other than to say we had a lot of people, a lot of fun, and that night something happened where this band became something bigger than it's ever been. In my opinion anyway.

But anyway, that's not why I'm writing. I'm writing because it's already halfway through August and our NEXT show is only a month away! And THIS one is going to be huge! First of all, it's our rescheduled CD release party- remember that CD release party we were going to have back in May at Luna Lounge? Well after that whole debacle we decided to take some more time, add 10 more songs to our album, and put together a show at Arlene's Grocery instead. The sound at Arlene's is the best we've had since The Continental, and if anyone can remember those days, those were some of our best and favorite shows ever! So, if you can't tell, I'm SUPER excited about this one. It's also serving as my half-birthday party. (Considering my real birthday party got cancelled and let's face it, it was a pretty big deal birthday! I think I deserve a little half-birthday celebration, don't you?) And honestly, more than anything else, it's just an excuse to have a party.

In honor of the occasion I just posted "Dark Side," off the new album. I'm pretty proud of it and I hope you like it too. John had WAY too much fun recording all the effects on the guitars.

Anyway, that's all for now. I have to exercise and get some lunch. That summer pizza and ice cream is really starting to take its toll... :) See you soon!!!

Stewart Show Tonight!

Hey Everybody!!!

We have a special show for you tonight with our friends Lost Locker Combo, 20 Belows, and Johnie 3. Details:

8:45 pm, Wednesday, June 25th
Lit Lounge
93 2nd Avenue (between 4th and 5th streets)
New York, NY 10003
Cost: $6

See you there!

Love,
Stewart

Who wants to vote for Stewart?

Hey everybody!

As of today Stewart is signed up for Lollapalooza's Last Band Standing Contest and we have 10 days to get 3,000+ votes. Please help us out by voting for us at our Lollapalooza profile:


http://www.sonicbids.com/lollapalooza08/BandProfile.aspx?candidate_id=5165

And feel free to pass this info along! :)

Thanks!

Manhattan Show Tonight!

If anyone is looking for something fun to do in NYC tonight Stewart is performing at R Bar (218 Bowery, between Prince and Spring) at 9pm. The cost is $5 and we're playing with:

7pm Jennifer Hill (myspace.com/jenhillband)
8pm Idle Vice (myspace.com/idlevice)

$2 Bud lights from 7-8pm. For more info please visit:
www.rbarnyc.com

Show tonight at Trash Bar!

Strand Band Party! Tonight at Trash Bar!

With all kinds of other great bands including the fabulous Green Andy and Our Precious Death Machine. We're gonna be there all night so come hang out and say hi.

Details:
Party starts at 8, we go on at 8:45, $6 I think, there's probably some sort-of open bar from 8-9.

Trash Bar is located at:
256 Grand St. between Driggs and Roebling.

Thanks everybody!

Luna Lounge, etc.

When I contacted the club on Thursday to make sure we were playing (because we weren't listed in The Voice or on the website,) I was told that "the club was shut on Friday with no sign of re-opening anytime soon if at all." There are some blogs/articles online that say it was temporarily closed due to a Department of Health violation and from the looks of their website they have shows scheduled from May 8th on. But then again, they had our show listed as of 2 days ago, so I don't know how reliable the website is.

I don't have any real facts to give anyone, I just know what they told me, but here are the articles I found in case this helps:
http://gothamist.com/2008/04/28/luna_lounge.php
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/04/luna_lounge_shu.html

I am so so so sorry if anybody went to the club only to find that it was closed, we tried our best to warn everyone, but there wasn't a lot of time. I also tried frantically to find another venue to reschedule to but that didn't work either. (Obviously.)

We have some more shows coming up, May 19th at Trash Bar is another Strand Band party hosted by our dear friend Romeo, and we're playing at Goodbye Blue Monday on June 13th and the Crafty Records BBQ up in the Bronx the following Saturday. Just check back every month or so and you should see updates for our upcoming shows.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!!! You are the best! And hopefully I'll get to see everybody soon.

Birthday show CANCELLED

Unfortunately, Luna Lounge closed its doors last week so my birthday show is cancelled. Don't worry, we'll figure out some other time to celebrate and give out our new CD. Stay tuned...

April 11th @ Mean Fiddler, New York, NY

It wasn't raining, it was POURING. Pouring. Johnny John and I decided to take the train, because really, who wants to park in Times Square? Sure it's possible, but it's Friday, and it's late, and it's raining and that's what's so cool about backlines and being a guitarist, you don't have all that much stuff to bring.

So we get ready, we hop on the train, we made set lists, everything's all good, we've got plenty of time until we get to 42nd Street and I realize- Shit! I have Derek's cymbals and snare in my car from the night before and I don't have my car. Damn it. John was nice enough to go back for it. "Start without me, it's fine, I'll just jump in when I can." Man I felt stupid. Fortunately (?) Kenny and Derek were also running late because they were driving (poor things!) and it all sorted itself out. John got back in plenty of time, Kenny and Derek found parking, and we all had a chance to chill for at least a few minutes before it was time to go on.

While I was waiting for the boys, I was lucky enough to catch the end of Positive Logic, an awesome awesome awesome band from Long Island. They had played with MuRR back in the day and apparently have been on hiatus for awhile now, so it was actually very lucky that I got to see them at all.

Now, I don't know how many of you know the story, but this show was a benefit in honor of April Ann Arcuri, the drummer of MuRR who died at the end of 2006 from injuries she got from a car accident. As you know, I'm particularly sensitive to stories about losing someone close to you, especially someone so young, so when the booking agent offered us the opportunity to play this show I was honored.

We went on last and managed to rock as fast as humanly possible because the show was running super late. My apologies for the feedback, apparently my band is too loud. Thank you so much to all our friends who came to say hi! (Collin and Dan of Victor Bravo, my buddy Joe who just had a birthday, Rich, Ben, Will, Leslee, you know who you are... *smile*) And to all the people who put on the benefit and to all the drunk people dancing and having a good time even though I know you were really there to see Mickey Harte, (boy do the ladies love him!) but I appreciated the screams and cheers none the less.

Set List:
-Without You
-This Happens
-Falling Stars
-Consider Me Gone
-Out of Ideas
-Leave Me Here
-Destiny
-Don't Know Why
-Stuck In My Head

April 10th @ Sierra Grille Music, Northampton, MA

My best friend happens to live in Northampton. We went to school together and I love him so so so much. So playing this show was the biggest treat for me, not only because I got to meet so many cool and awesome people, but also because I got to hang out with Kristepher. We had lunch together and I got to see his new place (very nice!) and the rest of the day I spent practicing, trying to get ready, and hanging out at The Raven working on Johnny John's new scarf. (That is such a sad story, but he's such a good sport for being so positive about it.) Chris and John from Boston met us there around closing time and Chris had me cracking up because he said, "Yes, I'm the dork wearing the Stewart shirt to the Stewart show and I don't care." He's ALWAYS the one wearing the Stewart shirt to the Stewart show, and I love him for it!!!

After hanging out at The Raven I went to the Grille and met the gang. Mark who organized the event was SO nice! Him and the owner had dinner for everyone before hand so we can all get to know each other, and even though I missed out on the grub, the other bands were just so super- Curious Buddies (who I happen to LOVE,) Finn Riggins (so talented, so hip, so worth checking out,) and Rotary Club (more Brooklyn-ites! Small world!) I helped hall in the gear considering all I had was a gear bag and a guitar. Everone was nice enough to let little ol' me open, which was awesome, because I can't imagine having to follow Finn Riggins. Seriously.

So I got up there with my mic and my guitar and my lack of stage and sang my little heart out. About halfway through I pressed a button on my portable CD player and out came drums through the speakers. Rah! It was a little rough at first (thank you guys for laughing and being sweet and supportive and playing along! *smile*) but after the first song it sorted itself out. I finished up with Try So Hard, which was fun because we haven't played that in a while. Mark was nice enough to post Falling Stars on our comments if you'd like to see. I thought it was great! I had so much fun and thank you everybody for all your support and encouragement and thank you to my new friends for being so sweet and my old friends for being so wonderful. I truly had the best night I've had in a million years and it's all because of you.

Set List:
-Six Degrees
-Leave Me Here
-Who We Are (Kristepher's favorite)
-Don't Know Why
(with drums)
-Not That Bad
-Without You
-Don't Look Back
-Falling Stars
-Guiltless
-Try So Hard

April 1st @ Goodbye Blue Monday

The second the car rolled to a stop pretty much the sky exploded and dumped a good bit of the ocean on our heads, soaking me very much to the bone. I wasn’t complaining, but then again, I love the rain. This was a problem for our amps though, as they were in the trunk and not so much in the love with the rain. It eventually stopped, and we eventually got them, but it took awhile for things to settle down.

When we got there it was packed! It reminded me of high school- back in the days when we would just hang out and listen to music and talk and drink coffee (or milk in my case,) and play games and be silly. When your friends got up and did skits and sang songs, and bands came in and rocked the place silly. Last night we got to be one of those bands.

We ended up going on last, which was just as well. The stage at Goodbye Blue Monday is awesome, because it’s the perfect size, just right for four people. We couldn’t really move, but man could we rock! We thought we forgot John’s gear bag, (even though it turns out it was just in the trunk,) which had his strap in it so he decided to rock out in a chair. Seriously, awesome. I can’t even tell you. It was amazing. My guitar was cutting in and out because I just had the switch for one of the pick-ups replaced and apparently it’s a little loose. Plus, I was coming out of a little tiny Marshall we brought, which is a bad ass amp, but has trouble competing with a drum kit. I didn’t even bother playing Stuck In My Head. No point.

I played a few impromptu openers while Derek set up the drums, no need to keep everyone waiting, and the rest of the band busted in with me at the end of Not That Bad, and then, well, then we did our thing. It was short set because it was late, but we really enjoyed playing it and it really means the world to me every time we do a show and people dance and get so psyched and happy.

Turns out Goodbye Blue Monday films their acts and already posted most of the show on YouTube! (Which is way better and faster than me doing it. *grin*) Rad! For your viewing pleasure:

Dark Side:






Falling Stars:






Without You/This Happens:






Out of Ideas:






Don’t Know Why:






Stuck In My Head:






Thank you so much to all the people who came out and all the people who stayed and all the people who came up to say hi afterwards. I love each and every one of you. Rich, you are awesome. And Green Andy- hilarious! He took some pictures which I will post (assuming I can have a copy?) once he works his magic on them. I love it when Green Andy takes pictures! :)

Now, I’ve been getting super chastised lately because we have a million shows coming up and no one seems to know about them. Here goes:

-April 10th Northampton, Massachussetts.
Kristepher, Chris Neal and I together again at last. That’s all I gotta say about that.

-April 11th Mean Fiddler, New York
This is a benefit show in Midtown that should be AWESOME. I highly recommend to anyone in the Manhattan area (Joe that means you) that you should make the trek out and say hi. It should be a great night and it’s for a good cause.

-May 3rd Luna Lounge, New York
FREE CD Release party (the CDs are free, not the party,) AND it’s my birthday party, and I’m sure I can think of a thousand more reasons why this show is going to be the best show ever!!! :) Please come to this one. If you can only see us once, this is definitely the show to be at.

That’s all. Thanks again to everyone for making last night so wonderful, special, and memorable. You guys are the best!

Until next time...

Set List:
-Who We Are
-Not That Bad
-Dark Side
-Falling Stars
-Without You
-This Happens
-Half Here
-Out Of Ideas
-Don’t Know Why
-Stuck In My Head

Show Tonight and New Song!

Show tonight at Good-Bye Blue Monday. It’s for Linda’s going away party. :( We’re going to miss her!!! For more info check out their myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/goodbyebluemondayinc

Address:
1087 BROADWAY
BROOKLYN, NY 11221

Directions:
Take the J or Z line to Kosciusko St. or M to Myrtle Ave. and walk a few blocks. Call the club at 718-453-6343 if you’re lost, they will help. :)

Party starts at 9, we go on at 11ish. Hope to see you there!!!

Love,
Stewart

ps- I added a new song in honor of the occasion. It’s called "Out of Ideas," hope you like it!

March 20th @ Arlene’s Grocery

Thursday night was full of great surprises! Not only was the place packed when we arrived, but my friend Amy from Trauma Team (who booked the first ever Stewart show) was there taking pictures for another band and agreed to take pictures for us too (awesome,) my buddy Sean from Nefarious Bovine Radio (who I haven’t seen in way too long) showed up, and so many of our friends made it out on such short notice. Thank you!

We found out we were doing this show on Sunday, hence the short notice, hence also why I was so surprised that so many people came! (I just like saying "hence.") We do miss playing in Manhattan and Arlene’s is a new favorite of mine- I had no idea that place was so rockin’! I mean... I knew, because I had heard, but now I know because it’s such a fun place to play too.

The vibe was just right, everyone was the perfect amount of drunk and happy and we just let it rip. I got to play my old guitar that I just got fixed, (the first electric guitar I’ve ever owned) which was awesome! I missed that guitar so much. About halfway through the set Iggy went nuts dancing and poured beer all over us and brought us all back to the 70s scene in the lower east side. For all those who haven’t met him- don’t be afraid of Iggy. He’s just trying to have a good time and cheers us up considerably. We love him.

We played a bunch of new songs from our newest recording and even one that is so brand new we’ve never played it before. It’s called "Don’t Know Why" and it’s my favorite. (But then again, the new ones are always my favorites...) I unfortunately didn’t see Tony and Mark there so we refrained from doing "Dark Side" which was, I admit, a mistake. Never fear! Next time we’ll make it happen, I promise. It’s such a fun song. :)

That’s all really. I posted some pictures from the show and a couple of the songs from our newest recording session with Kenny and Derek. Yay! I’m so proud of them, I think they sound great and I hope you do too.

We’ve got a bunch more shows coming up for everyone- April 1st at Goodbye Blue Monday. Which, for all of you who know her, our beloved Betty Racecar is moving to the West Coast next month and we’re playing this show as a going away party for her. So if you can please, please, please come out and say goodbye to one of our favorite people. She is such a sweetheart and will be severely missed!

We’ve also got our huge "Swing Into Spring" Prohibition Party May 3rd at the Luna Lounge. It’s a themed costume party with all kinds of great stuff including swing dancing, gambling, burlesque shows, great bands and more! There’s even a password for cheaper admission. How speakeasy is that?

Anyway, thanks again guys for coming out. We had a blast, as always, and hope you did too!

Until next time...

Set List:
-Without You
-This Happens
-Consider Me Gone
-Out of Ideas
-Leave Me Here
-Adaptation
-Destiny
-Don’t Know Why
-Stuck In My Head

February 21st @ Trash Bar, 2008

We love Trash Bar. We love Trash Bar so much that we spend 4 nights a week there. (Little tip for all you Stewart stalkers, Trash Bar = the place to be.) Now, the traffic was pretty bad for a Thursday and although John and I weren't worried, my apologies to everybody who at around, oh... say... 7:50 was getting a little concerned that half the band hadn't showed. But we were playing by, what, 8:05? I even managed to put on some make-up!

So we get there and there were so many people already! And the back room wasn't even open yet. That was just great guys, thank you so much for coming out. Seriously, it means the world to us, as I've said a million times, and I hope that we make it worth it. And special thanks to Demetra- Danny, that shirt made me laugh so hard!

Did you have fun? We had so much fun! It's been a while since we've had a show, and we've been so busy with recording that it was really nice to get out and be on stage again. We opened the night with a little Dark Side, then went into some old favorites, an impromptu version of S'Anteria, (Drew, I blame you,) and some newbies, one of which is my new personal favorite. (Out of Ideas! Horray!) And then we were done by 8:45. That's how we do.

As for the other bands- Lame Drivers, I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to see you guys, but Joe you are a cutie, and Buttnaked Butthole who I also did not have a chance to see, their name is just fabulous so they get super points for that. The Fiendz completely lived up to their reputation as old school and awesome, and my apologies because I thought I saw them at Carlapalooza last year, but was mistaking them with The Festipals. (No jokes please. I'm bad with band names.) The Challenged- I just have to say, you guys rocked so hard and I had SO much fun watching you, thank you so much for being you!!! (And Happy Early Birthday Rob!) I'm so glad we finally, finally, finally got a chance to play together. :)

Guns and Roses were playing on the screen in the main bar as we were leaving, Sweet Child of Mine, Young Axel in the ridiculous black leather pants (I think we need to all chip in and get some of those for Johnny. Seriously.) That, to me anyway, was the perfect way to end the perfect evening. I love you all, thank you all for this wonderful journey.

Until next time...

Set List:
-Dark Side
-Without You
-This Happens
-Don't Look Back
-Falling Stars
-Consider Me Gone
-Leave Me Here
-S'Anteria
-Out of Ideas
-Destiny
-Guiltless
-Stuck In My Head

Stewart show tonight @ Trash Bar!

Open bar, awesome bands, and good times guaranteed!

8 PM, February, 21 2008 at Trash Bar
256 Grand St. (between Driggs and Roebling), Brooklyn, NY
Cost : $6

With The Challenged, The Fiendz, Lame Drivers and Buttnaked Butthole.

Hope to see you there!

For more info:
http://www.myspace.com/stewarttheband
http://www.thetrashbar.com

Show next Thursday and more...

Ha ha! Hello 2008! What a great year so far!

Well everybody, as promised, we have a bunch of shows coming up- one next Thursday, Feb. 21st, at Trash Bar with The Challenged, The Fiendz, Lame Drivers, and Buttnaked Butthole. This one is going to be great because it's only $6 and we're playing at 8 during the open bar! Yay!

Then in April we're playing Goodbye Blue Monday on Tuesday, April 1st. I have no idea what to expect on this one, but I'm excited! And yet another out of town show in Northampton MA!* Huzzah!

And then sometime this summer we're planning a huge theme party with Demetra which is going to be awesome. But more details about that later...

That's all for now everybody! See you next Thursday!

*Boston-ites- I am trying to book a Boston show as well, but if I don't, you should come to Northampton. It's not that far. Promise. :)

A little Stewart update

Stewart is currently in the process of recording and writing a bunch of new songs. We're planning a few shows with our friends but nothing concrete yet. Don't worry, we haven't dropped off the face of the earth, we're just getting ready for a crazy, fun filled year. I'll let y'all know when there is more to report. :)