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We're at 92% of our funding goal, we have another 13 days to make out target, and we just added a new incentive - the concert DVD "The Bobs Sing (and other love songs) Woo Hoo! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project

Her name is Valentina Tereshkova. Her code name was the "seagull." She was the first woman in space....I wrote a song about her....that will appear on the next Bobs album....once the funding through Kickstarter is complete.....we're at 85% with two weeks left to go.....http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project

Something kewl in Kickstarter ... say you pledged at the $25 level and you just noticed a new incentive at the $35 level. Rats, you say! I really want THAT. But wait, all is not lost ... you can CHANGE your pledge amount and get those new lovely parting gifts you now so desire!! Woot!!!

Hey AGAIN!! Here's ANOTHER cool new gift!! Just added:

A copy of the new CD and an original Bobs LP version of "My I'm Large", another true collectors' item. Recorded in 1987, these are last 40 copies we have! Includes songs: “ My, I'm Large”, “Helmet”, “My Husband was a Weatherman”, “Mopping, Mopping, Mopping”, “Bulky Rhythm”, “You Really Got a Hold on Me”, “Johnny's Room”, “Please Let Me Be your Third World Country”, “Valentino's”, “Banana Love”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “My Shoes”

Hey!! We just added a cool new gift on our Kickstarter project!! If you've already donated THANK YOU, and please pass on this info to your friends! Here's what's new for a mere $35 donation:

NEW!!! A copy of the new CD and an original Bobs LP version of "Songs For Tomorrow Morning", a true collectors' item. Recorded in 1988, these are last 30 copies we have! Includes songs: "You Can't Do That", "Pounded on a Rock", "Signs on the Line", "Dictator in a Polo Shirt", "Where Does the Wayward Footwear Go?", "Share a Load", "Santa Ana Woman", "Food to Rent", "Corn Dogs", "Boy Around the Corner", "But Then, a Week Ago Last Thursday", "Plastic or Paper", "Now I Am a Hippie Again", "Killer Bees", "Golly, Ollie!"

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project


The Bobs "Biographies" recording project
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A cappella originals the Bobs are recording an album of songs about famous and (not-quite-so famous) historical figures.

Richard Bob ... always creating ...

You can hear the final version of this song on our upcoming new CD "Biographies" ... but we need your help in funding the project to finish it up and all that. We're almost there!!! Tell your friends!!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project


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It occured to me that the track for our biography of Julia Child needed a little more pots and pans……normally I use Ludwig drums - but in this case two Reveres and an Allclad….

Most of Hedy Lamar's inventions - including a better Kleenex box and a new traffic signal - never really went anywhere. But her idea for that radio-controlled torpedo got a patent. And Richard wrote a song about her. Also included on our upcoming new CD!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project

If only Batman had his shark repellant. Julia Child could have helped him. Instead, he needed a light saber, which is very cool, but doesn't exist. Shark repellant does exist. The Bobs knew that.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project

(a la Dan Bob, again.)

Did you know that Julia Child's show "The French Chef" was the first tv show to be captioned for the deaf? The Bobs will also tell you how she helped make shark repellent. Batman would contribute to their Kickstarter Campaign. Will you?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project


The Bobs "Biographies" recording project
www.kickstarter.com
A cappella originals the Bobs are recording an album of songs about famous and (not-quite-so famous) historical figures.

(I did steal this one from Dan Bob's FB page ... again. Cuz he finds these cool things ... ~abd )

Another figure from the upcoming Bobs "Biographies" record. Upcoming, that is, if you visit our Kickstarter page and pick some really cool incentives so we can put this thing on wax... figuratively and digitally.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project?ref=city

After nearly 20 years of trying, one of Nikola Tesla’s laboratories has been purchased and will be turned into a museum and science education center to honor the inventor. Tesla has been largely unknown throughout history, though some of his most brilliant inventions (electric current, radio, radar, among many others) were made famous by other people. This museum seeks to set the record straight on Tesla’s contributions to science and humanity, and to inspire the next generation of scientists.

Tesla has been immortalized in cartoon form by The Oatmeal, which also helped raise considerable funds for the museum.

More info: http://bit.ly/124SwLx

The Oatmeal cartoon: http://bit.ly/1130fym


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After nearly 20 years of trying, one of Nikola Tesla’s laboratories has been purchased and will be turned into a museum and science education center to honor the inventor. Tesla has been largely unknown throughout history, though some of his most brilliant inventions (electric current, radio, radar, among many others) were made famous by other people. This museum seeks to set the record straight on Tesla’s contributions to science and humanity, and to inspire the next generation of scientists.

Tesla has been immortalized in cartoon form by The Oatmeal, which also helped raise considerable funds for the museum.

More info: http://bit.ly/124SwLx

@[220779885077:274:The Oatmeal] cartoon: http://bit.ly/1130fym

I would have commented on the fact that today is Star Wars day sooner, but it always seems to coincide with Bongwater Day. Weird. Right?

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Bongwater Day is tomorrow, as is Star Wars Day. How should you celebrate? Well, I won't presume to enable or judge, just so long as a part of your festivities includes visiting and supporting our Kickstarter Campaign.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project?ref=city

Reminder from: netfobs Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netfobs/cal Happy Bongwater Day! Saturday May 4, 2013 12:00 am - 12:00 am (GMT) Greenwich

Did you say quirks of history?!

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Bongwater Day is on a Saturday. The Bobs have a Kickstarter campaign. It's kismet.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project?ref=city

Almost Forgot, Coming up this Saturday - Happy Bongwater Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ere__wxSlJ4


Bong Water Day by The Bobs
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The Bobs sing Bong Water Day (4th of May). Manhattan Transfer meets Monty Python...Robin Williams meets Bobby McFerrin...J.S. Bach meets Jimi Hendrix: Grammy...

Star Wars day is just around the corner.

FOBs!!! Please help us by sharing our Kickstarter project link on your FB page. THANK YOU!!!

The Bobs are launching a Kickstarter campaign today to help with the funding of our new recording project "Biographies." Please check it out at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebobs/the-bobs-biographies-recording-project


The Bobs "Biographies" recording project
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A cappella originals the Bobs are recording an album of songs about famous and (not-quite-so famous) historical figures.

HAH!!


Godfrey Daniels quartet
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By the way,

Up close and personal, Dan Bob Schumacher is JUST as hilarious and amazing as he is on stage, and here is your chance to spend some one-on-one time with him! Dan Bob (aka the tallest Bob) is on staff at an intimate, week-long, singing and folk dancing week in Eastern Massachusetts this Summer. The venue is a beautiful spot called Pinewoods Camp, outside of Plymouth, MA - "Bewteen two ponds and amid the pines" - and the dates are July 27 to August 3. If you want to sing, dance (we'll teach you everything you need to know), eat delicious food, swim, drink (a range of beverages to fit any palette)...and HANG OUT WITH DAN BOB...check out the program, and register. You'd be very welcome, and you'll have a great time.
http://www.cdss.org/harmony.html

Activating one's turning signal while in the act of turning, is useless information to me.
DB

Happy Earth day. Alderaan, not so much.

If I were in Boston, I'd go hit the town, and have beers with all of you.
DanBob

p.s. Wren, I should expect a drink on the house.

So sorry to our friends in Boston.

A wacky time indeed ...


The Moisture Festival 2013
A wacky time indeed ...

IDF Soldier Sings to the Beat of her Cup
There are many sides to IDF soldiers. See one soldier's incredible music-making skills. Clearly, the IDF has got some musical talent in its midst. For more f...

How Animals Eat Their Food
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This is awesome!!

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March Fourth Marching Band
Harrisburg! Lots of chatter on the bus today about our consistently rockin' shows in your town. We're stoked to be here!

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BOOK SALE!!! All Single-Artist and Band Songbooks 25% off through June 1st.

Very seriously considering giving suspenders a try. Just want to demonstrate options one has for keeping their pants up for those youngsters. Belts, it would seem, have become an accessory of irony for many of them.

What does it say about me that I hate getting the spoon rest dirty?
DB

Michelle Bates's Photos
The Bobs

Moisture Festival 2013, Hale's Palladium, Seattle | photo by Michelle Bates

Bobs got a bunch of NoCal gigs coming up ... details to follow later tonight ...

With Godfrey Daniels, all of them! They came out as US and we sang from backstage. Only slightly hilarious ...


John Cornicello's Photos
Postcard from The Bobs

How hip are we?!

You need to floss.

Methinks MatthewBob is in trouble.

Jerry pick us to opened for The Dead in the eighties ! I guess they picked up some a Capella from us?
The Grateful Dead Rock the National Anthem at Candlestick Park: Opening Day, 1993.

http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/grateful_dead_rocks_the_national_anthem.html


The Grateful Dead Rock the National Anthem at Candlestick Park: Opening Day, 1993
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The 2013 baseball season starts next week, and it's a time when hope springs eternal -- unless you root for the Cubs, the injury-laden Yankees, or the Pirates, Indians, or various other small market teams. But let's not get sidetracked by all of that.

Is DanBob taller, or are two of the four Bobs shorter? Calcium, people!!

Biography for Julia Child recorded. Should be a good one. "Let me bite your bouillabaisse."

Next up: The Moisture Festival in Seattle with The Bobs! Vaudeville, Burlesque ... we're not in the Burlesque show tho ... this time. :)
http://www.moisturefestival.org/artists/view/312


Moisture Festival
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For all of you A Cappella geeks who were also band geeks...

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=py87hPr1ePE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dpy87hPr1ePE

Truly cool.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NfOHjeI-Bns

Did we steal their act?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0CS-T1HUQ

Julia Child biography song written. Now to record it. Gastronomy in the ear.

DanBob did a silly dance. He said to his five year old daughter, "Sorry, I'm just a freakshow." She replied, "You're not a freakshow, Daddy. You're an AWESOME FREAKSHOW!!!"

[Inline image 1] Bob Malone (now John Fogerty's keyboard wizard) and Amy "Bob" Engelhardt

For those who haven't, come follow us on twitter @bobsbestofbreed

Next week!!!


Postcard from Moisture Festival! Stay up Late!
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I made a quick trip to SF yesterday for a recording session for the new Bobs record: Wayne Wallace trombone on "Hedy Spreads it Around," Angie Bobs' lead on "Valentina Tereshkova," Angie's vocal on the "Homey Roomers," and Wayne again as "Mrs Othmar" on "Andy."
RBG

Here's a bit about the new CD on our 'regular' website: http://bobs.com/2013/03/biographies-the-bobs-new-album/


» “Biographies” – the Bobs new album The Bobs
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We’ve been in the studio in Seattle and San Francisco recently and are working hard on a new album; the working title is “Biographies,” ’cause that’s what all the songs are……in some way, shape or form each song tells the life story (or a least an event in the life of) some notables throughout histor...

Next week: more tracking happening for the new CD!! Don't know the release date yet, but that info will be coming out soon ... we're VERY excited about this recording!!!

Next up for The Bobs: The Moisture Festival in Seattle!!! It's Comedy-Variete'-Burlesque like nothing else you've seen.
We're in 6 of the shows from Thu Mar 28 through Sun Mar 31: http://www.moisturefestival.com/artists/view/312


Moisture Festival
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The Bobs at Bowdoin College 2/3/13/ sing the madrigal "Light My Fire"
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4753015698062


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The Bobs at Bowdoin College 2/3/13 sing the Madrigal "Light My Fire"

The Bobs at Bowdoin College - Angie Bob and Dan Bob duet on "Temptation" (1920's) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4745160181679


temptation duet
This video is about temptation duet

The Bobs sing Tom Waits' Temptation at Bowdoin College 2/3/13
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=4711624463307


Temptation
The Bobs sing Tom Waits at Bowdoin College 2/3/13

BBBBBrrrrrrrrrrrr .....

Hey FOBs! Check this out. Dan Bob, aka Daniella Babs, and Arnaldo Drag Chanteuse singing "Sisters" at our Triple Door After Christmas Holiday Show this year. That Daniella, still single. Hmmm ... wonder why ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLCmy9Is48o&sns=em


Sisters
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Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse with The Bobs LIVE at the Triple Door Seattle, Washington December 28, 2012

Bass lines ...

Cover Photos

... heavn'ly hap'nin' hipness ...

Happy New Year from The Bobs! Here's a great shot by our photog friend John Cornicello ...



Finally, one from this year. Happy New Year from Seattle!

John

HAPPY NEW YEAR EAST COAST!!! SEE YOU SOON!

Off to Portland in a car full of Bobs ...

We had SO much fun at the Triple Door last night with the most fabulous Arnaldo! Off to Gig Harbor and the Morso wine bar, then to Portland and the Alberta Rose Theater tomorrow. Portland FOBs! Come on out and bring a friend! Rezonate is joining us and you'll love them! (Too, that is. You'll love them TOO.)


Rezonate
Rezonate began singing together in December 2004. At the Harmony Sweepstakes National Finals in May of 2009, Rezonate won both Third Place and the coveted award for Best Original Arrangement. With thick, lush, six part harmonies and a difficulty level second to none, Rezonate can evoke the smooth...

Looking forward to seeing the fans both old and new at the after Christmas shows this week-end. Happy New Year!!!

Reminder from: netfobs Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netfobs/cal The night before the night before Christmas Sunday December 23, 2012 9:00 am -

Baking some cookies? Need a little music to keep you smiling? (With a special shout-out to Washington and Colorado.)

There's a free download on http://bobs.com/ of Rasta Reindeer (Little Saint Nick). Enjoy and Happy Holidays from The Bobs:


The Bobs
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designed by Art Chantry, printed by the VERA Project: www.theveraproject.orgPrice: $75 – includes shipping and handling 11×17 silkscreen

Portland FOBs!!! Get your tickets and come out for a great evening of music, fun, mayhem and ... whatever else might happen!! Rezonate is on the bill opening for The Bobs and we're thrilled to have them join us. The historic Alberta Rose Theater is hosting us, we have new stuff, old stuff you haven't heard for a long time, our new poster is here ... COME ON OUT!!!

Oh. This is SO Bobs material ... ~abd


The 11 most white trash Christmas trees in existence.
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1) Monster Truck Demolition TreeEver feel like you're putting way too much money, time, and energy into a dead indoor plant? With the economy still in shambles, now's the time to drastically downgrade your holiday spirit. As you can see by these horrifyingly creative examples, this year's Christmas ...

The Bobs "30 to Life" Poster http://conta.cc/Uq6qE4


The Bobs
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http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2019683514_holidaypop18.html


32 pop music concerts for the 2012 holiday season
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Dates and times are subject to change. Call ahead to confirm. Jamie Laval Celtic Fiddle Concert NOV. 18 A program of traditional music from...

Sun, Dec 30 in Portland ...

Sat, Dec 29 in Gig Harbor, WA ...

Fri, Dec 28th in Seattle ...

The Bobs After Christmas Holiday Show-Gig Harbor, WA

The Bobs After Christmas Holiday Show-Seattle

The Bobs Northwest After Christmas Holiday Show-Portland

For eighty-eight years he never looked back ...

doo ... hoo ... oo ... doom ... dmmm ...

HURRICANE SANDY - REALLY NOT PRETTY Through 11/15/12, Amy Bob will donate $10 out of every $12 sale of NOT GONNA BE PRETTY to the Red Cross. (You're basically

The Bobs go into the studio again this week-end to continue the recording for the new CD.

Should be on the website. But the dates are December 28th Seattle, December 29th Gig Harbor, December 30th Portland.

It's time again to think about those days between Christmas and New Years. What should you do? Come to a Bobs "After Christmas Christmas Show"! Of Course!

I hate that the word "phonetic" is spelled the way that it is. DB

Um... so you should all follow us on Twitter as well. Let us help you make each day just a little more surreal. bobsbestofbreed. We'll tweet for you in much the same way Boy George would tumble for you... but with less makeup... except MatthewBob. He cakes it on like Whistler's Mother. DB.

A Cappellastock 2012

The New "30 years to Life" poster is designed by one of The Bobs favorites Art Chantry , who also did the Christmas CD cover and printed by the fabulous Vera Project.