Wednesday, October 29, 2008

VOTE!

hello friends. just a quick note to let you know that Train has finally begun recording our fifth studio CD with producer Howard Benson (Daughtry, the All-American Rejects, My Chemical Romance, Gavin Degraw, Hoobastank) in Los Angeles. we've been in LA for about a week working on the first batch of songs, and all is going very well so far. the songs sound great and it feels really good to be back in the studio with the guys. we plan to record this CD in three phases, this being the first, to allow ourselves plenty of time for quality songwriting. the CD probably won't be finished and in stores until next spring, but will be worth the wait. a tour will follow. anyway, that's band news. oh...congratulations to Brendan O'Brien, producer of our last three CD's, for his work with AC/DC on their latest CD and for selling over 800,000 copies in their first week and debuting at 1 on the charts in 29 countries! impressive. why can't we do that?! oh yeah...they're AC/DC.

on another note: there is only one more week left for everyone to head to the polls and vote for the change that this country so badly needs. it's time for the republicans to take some time off, argue amongst themselves, and let the democrats take the helm and clean up the mess that George Bush has left for us. do not take this election for granted! just because the republican party is in shambles right now, fighting amongst themselves and not even supporting their own candidates who aren't even supporting each other, while Barack Obama continues to pull further and further ahead in the polls, doesn't mean that you don't have to vote! remember, we wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for the election that the Bush family and the republican party flat-out stole in 2000. we CAN not and WILL not let that happen again!! so, don't wait until tuesday - vote today. let's make this a landslide election and show the world that we are serious about bringing change to this country and restoring our good standing in the world. let's make history and take to the streets in celebration on tuesday night!

talk to you soon. go Bears!
jimmy