LETTER FROM THE HEADITOR Welcome fiends of distinction To stewsongs.com A sooty, cyber-den of iniquity Located at the end Of a mellow country lane 40 or 50 miles west of The Information Superhighway (Remember that term? Well we still like it). Now you know where you are. This site was not created by a roving band of Frankfurt School (Oscar Meyer faction) cross dressing semioticians hell bent on bringing Sushi to South Central LA and an eroticized socialism to a theater near you. But someday it might be. Because this is the first "L from the H", We shall promise All manner of time consuming indulgences which will compel you to visit us Over and over again, even when you have really important things to do like apologize to someone, feed the cat or formulate a rigourously thought-out opinion on school vouchers, the current mid-east crisis or the 2nd Deep Purple album. In reality we'll probably end up delivering on only a fraction of the afforementioned indulgences. But whether we really deliver on them or not, we see it as a when-when, er uh, rather, win-win situation. Because if we do deliver the goodness that means (ROLL CIA SUBLIMINAL MIND CONTROL TAPE) 1. you will visit often 2. and tell many friends 3. and they will visit often 4. and buy more records 5. and tell more friends 6. who will buy more records 7. while visiting more often 8. and soon we'll end up rich like Johnny Mathis' imaginary live-in-butler, Eggbert du Mond*, And if we don't deliver all the MIND CONTROL, er...uh, FUN you require, what then? Why, its SO simple! ? You will then have more time to do something truly important like compose a love letter, feed the cat's ego or start a fanzine dedicated to Crispus Attucks. So we promise you writing, pictures, music, cartoons and restaurant reviews... PSYCH!!! Thank you and welcome, THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE GOOD THING Rev. Butman Ausby Stew Heidi * whose ancestors were not slaves but rather Freeman hair stylists who accidentally invented the afro wig in 1612 while absentmindedly combing out a powdered wig with a tad too much gusto. --------------- Here are some facts: On April 2nd the new STEW release called "THE NAKED DUTCH PAINTER ...and other songs" came out on the Smile Records label. Please buy it. Its quite good. Record Release Gig @ The Knitting Factory will be May 16. But in the meantime, Stew and Heidi will be doing a little acoustic tour w/ Dan Bern on the west coast. See tour dates section.