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Recorded in Greg's basement, with additional overdubs, mixing and mastering done in Steve's basement... somebody had to officially declare the album finished and I finally did. It is out to radio and available via TuneVault.com, we'll see how it goes... MP3's of individual tracks are also available for your listening pleasure at MP3.com/laguna
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The Laguna track "Sleeping in the Van" from their forthcoming CD "Looking Forward To Trying Your Stupid Idea" will appear on a new compilation CD. Entitled "From Far And Wide", the CD will be released by Crunch Fly Records out of Ottawa, Canada. The CD also features tracks from The Sin-Tones, T-Shirt, Rhume, Boy, pongthrob w/Janice Hall, The Golden Seals, The Crackband, Alex Murdoch, Sawdogs, The Patsies, NAM:LIVE!, Vasoline Dogs, The Surf Punksters, Wayne Omaha, Dry Heeves, and Raking In The Pinecones.
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Bed tracks were recorded in Greg's basement and Steve is working on vocals and mixing in his basement for a spring release. Hopefully...

Check the lovely photos by Fiona on the Photos page

Citing lack of enthusiasm and general malaise, Andrew and George have pulled the plug on Laguna 2.0 forcing an upgrade to Laguna 3.0 earlier than anticipated. Not that it was anticipated at all. Upon hearing the news and when pressed for his feelings on the matter Bryan also decided to bail rather than face the onslaught of angry fans. Ceiling fans that is. Tonight's show at Zaphod Beeblebrox marks the end of an era remarkable for a few high-profile shows (Mike Watt, NXNE showcase) and the recording of 17 songs in 3 sessions at Little Bullhorn. Search for new band members now commences.

"Laguna - Vinyl

New to the mp.com power pop category this week. An ode to the days before CDs, with excellent bows to bands no one admits they used to listen to, if they were old enough (e.g., Black Sabbath)-- "My dreams were recorded on vinyl, 22 minutes a side." Yes, back when bands could get away with 8 songs on an album, but they were 8 good songs, not 17 pieces of schlock. The singer has a slightly nasal quality in his voice, but it didn't annoy me. The Ottawa-baesd band sounds like a combination of Replacements, Dinosour Jr. (minus J. Mascis solos) and Bare Naked Ladies. The mp3.com website has 13 files available for download, but of the ones I listened to, I liked Vinyl and Your Disease the best. (Review added 1-20-99)"
The Alt-Pop MP3 Review

Steve Donnelly returned to Little Bullhorn productions today and did some more work on the forthcoming Laguna CD, still untitled. He managed to record vocals and add guitar to about 12 songs in a gruelling 5-hour session that went into the wee hours. Upon exiting the studio, he found his car completely covered in snow. Then he went home and was very tired at work the next day.

Laguna entered the studio for the first time this week to commence work on their first CD. The band laid down bed tracks (everything but vocals) for 16 or so songs, mostly comprised of originals with covers of "Take It On The Run" (REO Speedwagon) and "Frontiers" (originally recorded by Steve's former band Jimmy George). The as-yet-untitled CD will feature a plethora of band originals and possibly a suprise of the REO Speedwagon variety. A few more studio dates will be required to complete vocals, some overdubs and final mixing. Look for the album in the new year.

A cameraman for the New RO, an Ottawa-area station, captured two Laguna songs during our set opening for Mike Watt at Zaphod Beeblebrox 2 this evening. The shots were edited together and the audio for one of the songs, "Tetanus Shot" was used in the closing credits to the 11pm newscast on the station that night.

Stay tuned, a video clip will be available right here shortly!
The New RO's Web Site (not quite ready for prime-time!)