SOFA CITY SWEETHEART

I got this in the mail a few days ago.  It’s an official certificate of registration from the Library of Congress, proving that I have a legal copyright on all of the songs on my EP.

Notice the date?

That’s right ladies and gents, register for a copyright today, and you’ll get proof of it two years later.  The system works!

Thanks Marybeth!

Thanks to everyone that came out to Spaceland on Sunday!  It was really great to be back home and play a full band L.A. show after playing a ton of solo gigs on tour.  Right now I’m taking a break from live shows for a bit to decide what course of action to take next.  I’m pretty sure I’ll be devoting a lot of time to the studio, and getting some serious work done on the next album. That and you know, playing Mario.

Until next time, here’s a video I recorded a while ago that I never put on the main page.  A cover of The Beatles’ For No One, by me.  Enjoy.

Don’t forget!

Sofa City Sweetheart (full band) will be playing the International Pop Overthrow Festival TOMORROW (Sunday, August 8th!)  Here’s all the muck that’s fit to rake:

Sunday, August 8th, 2010: Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA.
International Pop Overthrow 2010!
W/Devlin Murphy, Susannah Blinkoff, Bullet and Snowfox, Ingenue, Marvelous Toy, The Relative Strangers.
7:30pm, $8, 21+

IPO is always a fun time.  Plus, it’s the deal of the century: $8 admission?  That’s $1 per band!!!  In this recession, you can’t afford NOT to go.

So our tour is finally in full swing, and it’s been a little tough to find time to update from the road, but now I’m enjoying a lovely day off in Seattle, Washington where the sun won’t set until 9pm.  Awesome.

So far we’ve played three shows, driven over 1,000 miles, and encountered many interesting people/things.  It’s been really swell so far, traveling the country and playing music.  Everyone’s been really nice to us and we’ve consumed lots and lots of delicious free food and drinks.  We played at an awesome ice cream parlor last night, and that of course meant free delicious ice cream.  Life is good.  REALLY good.

I’ll be trying to blog more as the days go on, but make sure to keep an eye on my twitter page for quick updates and pictures, I’ll also be uploading a full tour photo set on the flickr page soon, and you will definitely want to see those shots.  Here’s one of them:

More gold coming soon.  Make sure to keep an eye on Normandie’s tour blog too, and tune in to Hollow Earth Radio tomorrow night (Monday) at 10pm, we’ll be live on the air!

I got this E-mail today.  Here it is, typo for typo:

Hello,My Name  is    Mr,Scott Parker and I  want to buy some ( Sofa Chairs)Do You Carry 3seter sofa  Chairs “?What is the  price and what types of payments do You    accept?Thank You and waiting for You reply Asap..

Regards,

Scott

I’ve got to get out of the sofa business.

BIG NEWS!

Announcing the brand new sofacitysweetheart.com!  It’s finally here!  What are you waiting for?  Click it hard!  There’s lots to see!  Oh wait, you’re already here!!!

Also, I’ll be heading up the West Coast with my good friend Normandie Wilson next week for my first solo tour ever.  I ran into her at the SXSW music festival in Austin earlier this year, and we decided to put together a small world tour (of the West Coast of the United States.)  She is a great songwriter, and she’s good people too.  Please support her, buy her albums, and listen to her music!

I’m very excited about seeing more of my beautiful country and playing my music for the people.  If you happen to live and/or know people in Oakland, Portland, Seattle, or Northern California, please spread the word as this doesn’t happen too often!  Check out the tour page for full dates and info.

Also, don’t think I forgot about you Los Angeles.  There will be a full band gig at Spaceland on Sunday, August 8th for the International Pop Overthrow Festival.  Come out and play!

That’s it for now, help Sofa City Sweetheart get on the map by forwarding this email to friends, linking to the new site, punching them in the face, or any means possible!

I somehow managed to get two songs in the CD Baby (Acoustic) top ten!  Check out the “Top Songs” column on the right.  I’m not sure how long the songs will stay up there, but I swear… they were there.  I gots proof:

Thanks for the support everybody!  Big news coming SOON.

If you’ve stumbled across this site recently, CONGRATULATIONS!  You have found the new Sofa City Sweetheart website.  This is still a work in progress, but go ahead and enjoy yourself until I transfer everything over.  Please make sure to bookmark sofacitysweetheart.com!

We shot a video! Check out the pictures from the “Stop the Thinkin’” unplugged video shoot HERE. Of course, info on when you can actually watch it will be posted here too, so keep an eye out.

I’m also going to put this video up, a cover of The Beatles’ “Don’t Bother Me” (written by George Harrison).  It’s been on YouTube for a while now, but I don’t think I ever put it on the site.  It’s hard being lazy.  Enjoy, and don’t mind the gray, it wasn’t my fault!

Free show at the Hyperion Tavern in Silverlake tonight, part of Hyperion’s “All Acoustic” Thursdays.  There will be two acts I believe, starting around 9:30.  I’ll be on around 10:15, come have a time!