Andrew Boscardin: Composer & Guitarist

As with so many people my age, Michael Jackson was an important, complicated, tragic and mythic figure in my life. His death stirs up a whole host of memories and feelings, many of them from a time in my life that seems as far away as the image of Jackson that originally meant so much to me.

For me (and for millions of people), that image comes from May 16, 1983 - the broadcast date of the Motown 25th Anniversary Special. It was during this (lip-synced) performance of "Billie Jean" that suburban (and mostly white) America got it's first view of the adult performer, and his now ubiquitous Moonwalk. I remember watching the show on TV with my family and the palpable excitement in the room from seeing him glide across the stage. For the following week or so, I did my best to emulate the Moonwalk on our beige carpet. I believe my brother was old enough to be properly mortified, but he might have tried it once or twice too.

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Hello! In this latest newsletter, please find the following blockbuster content:

* What's with all of the spam?
* Release Party Photos and Report
* Nickel & Brass Septet @ The Chapel, May 2, 2009, 8pm. $5-15 sliding scale.
* Four-Color Heroes! News

* What's with all of the spam?

From "Strange Adventures" #65, via Dateline: Silverage.

This week was Media Blitz Week for Four-Color Heroes! in anticipation of this Saturday's release party at The Mix. I'm very grateful to get so much of the right kind of attention leading up to the show.

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, be sure to buy them in advance at Brown Paper Tickets. You'll save money and guarantee admission for yourself. It's start to look like there will be a crowd on Saturday night, so make sure you've got your tickets!

Here's a roundup of recent F-CH! coverage:

• Seattlest's MVB interviewed me about Four-Color Heroes!, comics and jazz.
• The Stranger's Christopher DeLaurenti has nice things to say about the CD and calls the release party "notable."
• Fantagraphics blog gave a shout out to the show and CD. I can't stop doing the same about their Stan Sakai and Jaime Hernandez show. Go check it out!
• Daniel Best wrote a really nice review of F-CH! on his blog (which is consistently one of my favorite sources of stories and info on comics and comic art).
• Also, reports keep coming in about radio play of songs from F-CH! on KPLU in Seattle, KBOO in Portland, KMHD in Portland and more. If you hear us on the radio, let me know! And please don't forget to request tunes from F-CH! from your local radio station.

If you hear or see any mentions of Four-Color Heroes! out there, please let me know.

Starting (hopefully) next week: "The Songs of Four-Color Heroes!" A look at the people and stories behind the titles and inspirations of the songs on the CD.

See you all - either in person or in spirit - at the party on Saturday!

Continuing on my theme of marketing "Four-Color Heroes!" to the geek community, this past weekend I stuffed my bag full of CDs and postcards and hit the Emerald City Comicon. My primary mission was simple: to give out copies of my CD and postcards to comic book writers, artists, and other notables that I admire and maybe get a picture of them with the CD or with me. My secondary mission: to take pictures of costumed attendees with "Four-Color Heroes!" I also donated copies of "F-CH!" to ECCC for their hourly giveaways throughout the weekend, but I'm not sure if they were given away or not. Did you win one? Send me a note!

More (much more) after the jump!

Happy Spring!

It's been an exciting winter for me, but I'm very ready to move on to warmer weather and new frontiers. I've got some cool projects coming up in the next few months that I look forward to sharing with you.

Art by Fletcher Hanks, Fantastic Comics #6

I'm calling this "Part One" out of pure optimism. Kind of like "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins..."

When the unifying theory of "Four-Color Heroes!" came together - that theme being comics and their creators - I had the vague thought that maybe the final product would appeal to comic book fans (current, reformed or lapsed) as well as the more standard audience for this kind of music. Not in a "huge-marketing-crossover" way but more in a "maybe-there-is-something-there" kind of way. These past couple of weeks, I've been trying to identify that something, in earnest.

More, after the jump!

Hello!

(apologies if you received this twice - there were technical difficulties the first time)

In case I haven't bombarded you enough with the news, my new CD "Four-Color Heroes!" with the Nickel & Brass Septet is out, available and shipping. If you don't yet have your copy, you can order it directly from me here:

http://www.boscology.com/d/node/28/

This post assumes that you, the reader, already have a copy of "Four-Color Heroes!" and that you are enjoying it. If you don't yet have a copy, go and get one and I'll meet you back right here after it arrives:

http://www.boscology.com/d/node/28

Okay, got one? Great.

If you have a copy of my CD, and you like it, here are three ways that you can continue to help make this release a success. If you have one and it isn't your thing, that's okay too! Just skip right to #2.

Apparently, I am caught up in some sort of comic book/music zeitgeist. Rad.