See the blog entry below?  The one titled "Bethany Coffee House"?  No?

Bradley and Patterson and I had one of the best nights I can remember that night.... I was so inspired I wrote a long, clear, wonderful blog about it and about what music and making music really means to me.  It was probably the best thing I've written so far EVER.  Especially since I've been so "blog-challenged" til that night. 

So...... where is it? 

Heck if I know. 

I hit "save" - I really did.  Then just to be SURE...... I thought I'd take a quick check to see if it  had transferred ok.... and it was GONE - not THERE - and not only that..... it had also simply vanished from the "backline"... everything I'd just poured out had gone down the drain.  

That was ONE, as they say. 

TWO came just a minute ago when I went to the guestbook entries to check through them for whatever wasn't vulgar, smutty scam from people who are trying to get THEIR information on MY website through MY guestbook without PERMISSION.... and after scrolling through over 2000 entries and discovering they were all spam, I decided hmmmmm..... maybe I don't really NEED a guestbook anymore. 
It was so much fun when Bradley and I first put up this website to hear from friends and fans.  Then it seemed like overnight our guestbook was DISCOVERED by this vile insidious germ and, well, the rest is history.  If you have a website - or even an email account - you know just what I'm talking about.
It's just not right.  I can't walk up to one of these people - not ONE of them - and tell them how rude I think it is that they're invading my space this way.  So.... I'm just going to shut down the space.  I'm not even going to wait til THREE.

I'm done ranting.  I know that if my friends and fans want to reach me they know how to.  Lorrie@Lorriesinger.com.  And they're the only ones who are going to read this, anyway.

Meanwhile, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support.  Please check out the calendar before you leave the website.  Check out the photos too.  I still try to add some whenever we play.  And my wonderful WebGod tells me that really soon I'll have some new bells and whistles and will be able to get around this site more easily and add more cool stuff regularly.

I'd love to see you at our next show. 

Be well, and God bless.

Lorrie

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It's July 1st!!!
This year's going by so fast I'm still spinning... I don't think we've played out more than a few times this year - we decided to focus on our writing. So picture us sitting there, focusing on our writing. And focusing, and focusing... now our eyes are getting heavy... the few words on the page are starting to blur.... now we're slowly sliding off our chairs and crashing to the floor in catatonic heaps....
Hey we're really trying!
It's been a busy and wonderful year so far. Bradley's produced some excellent cds at Redboot Ranch and is out playing most every night of the week with different artists and bands (check out is website at BradleyKopp.com)...

I've joined up with Soul Purpose and get to sing backup with one of my best friends and favorite singer/songwriters of all time, Ms Sara Hickman... it's a blast and it means alot too, because Sara really has something to say, and when she says it people listen, and they're inspired and entertained at the same time. Check out some photos from our recent Waterloo Record Store In-store show at http://www.geocities.com/ron8318/concerts2.htm. I'll have some photos of our shows up on my photo page soon, too.


Reunion (my second family) has been busy too, with lots of fun gigs and parties (we're still at the Oasis once a month and it's been so cool because we've had great weather and great audiences every time (I feel bad that folks have to wait over an hour to get in - but it sure means alot to us that they're there). All our upcoming shows are posted at the Reunionband.com website.


Groove Labs has been doing some fun shows too, and the band has been kickin butt... we've decided that this is Corprate Rock Therapy. It's really fun to be part of the process and see business people, who are used to more sedate daily meetings and planning sessions to cut loose IN THE AFTERNOON - COMPLETELY SOBER - and just let it all go and rock out.


I LOVE MY JOB - I hope everyone reading this can say that. It's taken years for me to be able to say it unequivocably. But sometimes it's ok to get what you ask for. I work with wonderful, fun, talented people who I respect and admire. I am learning more and more about studio engineering every day. I'm doing lots of voice work and realizing dream after dream.
So this is good. And I am very grateful.


There's a pretty well-kept-secret-awesome-waterhole near us and we've been able to appreciate the velvetty warm water of the Blanco up close and personal lately. What could be better than kicking back and listening to the cicadas, watching the big blue Texas sky overhead, soaking up the (ok it IS hot as hell but when you're out on the Blanco who cares?) sun (slathered in SP 30 of course) and feeling that ever so slight breeze....
In fact that's just where I'm headed right now.


STAY TUNED FOR MY NEW HOME PAGE in the works right now (I can't wait!!!!).

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I'm discovering there are new uses for GUESTBOOKS!!! People don't just sign to say "hi, cool website" or "just dropped in" anymore. Did you know that all sorts of spam can go directly to a GUESTBOOK these days? I just checked ours, thinking wow, one new entry would be fun!!! And I discovered over 25 new entries in the past couple of days, telling me that I could buy just about any drug I want, any makeup, sign up for any activity, play poker, and way more stuff I am too polite to mention.... wow! And here I thought it was just a friendly way to say hello!
Our technology is so impressive these days. Blink and you've missed the latest update on your software. Blink twice and you need a whole new operating system. Don't even ask me what happens if you blink three times. Jeez - if you took a nap you'd wake up in the technological dark ages!
Today I spent half an hour on the phone with the cable company trouble shooting the digital phone system because my phone sounds like a war zone when I pick it up. And I'm lucky! I've been trying to reach them for weeks, and must have spent a good hour or more on terminal hold.
Can you tell I'm a little frustrated with it all?
Let's face it, if you're over 10 years old, life just moves way too fast these days. Maybe if you're under 10 it does too, but you just don't recognize it yourself and nobody has the heart to tell you yet.
Today is a gorgeous day. I hope everyone who reads this (including the poker playing drug dealing sex selliing entrepreneureal guestbook bandits) gets to spend some time in the sun. Just 15 minutes in the sun and you've gotten your vitamin D for the day.
Did you know that?
Maybe I should put it in my guestbook.

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I've wittled it down to only a mere hundred or so favorite photos from our shows and tour of Holland!! It wasn't easy. I'm now discovering that it takes several hours to upload photos from just one show - this is going to take a while. I want to thank everyone who's asked when the pictures will be up on the website for your patience - I was dreaming when I thought I'd have it done in "a few days"!!!!!! hahahahaha

Lorrie, December 13th @ 14:25 | Comments(1) | Permanent link

Hey Ya'll,
Bradley here. We've been back from Holland since the 23rd and time has been flying by. The tour was a tremendous success and went by way too fast. Almost every show was sold out or close to it. We owe a big debt of gratitude to, our dear friend, Iain Matthews for making the whole thing happen. Everyone we met was fabulous. We made new friends everywhere we went and were treated with the utmost in gracious hospitality. In a new city every day, after sound check, we enjoyed another wonderful dinner filled with good food, good wine and conversation with more new friends. The audiences were fantastic.... respectful, attentive and appreciative. You could hear a pin drop until the applause after each song. We were rewarded with encores every night and several standing ovations. Every night, Iain came up with all of us, Me, Lorrie, Karen Abrahams and Richard Bowden, and we sang "Let It Be" as the final encore. For me, the high point of the tour was at Take Five in Venlo, when I realized that the entire sold out crowd was singing along. When we left the stage the crowd started singing another Beatles song and then spontaneously went into what I assume was a Dutch drinking song. Then they stomped their feet, clapped their hands and yelled for more. We sent Iain back out to do one more. After all, he was the reason they all came to see us in the first place. They still wanted more but we'd played everything we could come up with. It was an awesome experience that I'll never forget. Lucky for us, number one son, Adam Singer, came with us and not only was a world class travel mate but also documented the whole tour on video AND manned the merch table!!! We send our heartfelt thanks to Iain, Marly, Madelief, and Luca Mae for all their love and support, to our co-headliner, Karen Abrahams for a fabulous job every night, to Richard Bowden for playing with such inspiration and to all the promoters for taking a chance on us and making us feel so welcome. Last but not least thank you to all the people who came to our shows. You made it a truly great tour. We hope to see you all again soon.

Thanks,
Bradley Kopp

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It's Tuesday, December 6th
Bradley and I decided that we're mortified that our last entry is from LAST SUMMER - why is life so hectic???
Well today I'm sorting through hundreds of photos from Holland - there are so many GREAT ones from shows, audiences, friends new and old, and the beautiful country it's a daunting task. I hope to have new photos up before the day's over.

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Today's Earl Dolifka's birthday and Threadgills in Austin held a festival in his honor. When I said "Earl is music's friend" (see his photo in the "folks" section) I wasn't kidding - I'm not the only musician who feels better when they look out in the audience and see Earl sitting there because somehow you just know it's gonna be a better night because of it. His favorite bands played: The Freddie Steady 5, Denim, The Explosives. You could "feel the luv!" Lots of folks turned out, the music was great (so was the food) and I think Earl had a blast. Even the grackles didn't miss the show - we were outside, there was a cool breeze, the telephone wires were "standing room only" and the birds were groovin' on the sounds. I didn't find out 'til I got there that my camera batteries were dead (moral of the story: always carry spares) so I missed a hundred great photo-ops. Bill (Woodland) threatened to move the blog to the home page on the website (gulp) so I guess I need to get better at this.
PLEASE WRITE BACK, FOLKS. Moral support!!!

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