Hey folks,
 
I have returned from Spring break.  I had a great time in Minneapolis.  I saw
the Spinanes at First Ave. and am now a serious convert.  I thought that Manos
(their first record) was one of the best of that year--1993, I believe.
Rebecca Gates is an incredible guitar player and Scott is great on the drums.
Does anyone know much about them?  I would like info.
 
Well, I will have the tape tree up in a few days...so, hang on.
 
Finally, I got an interesting message from Willow Farm Graphics.  They want to
make some posters and shirts for us (for a price, natch).  I must admit that I
am intrigued with the idea.  I know the Richard Thompson list did something
like this and it worked really well.  I have included the message below.  What
do people think about such an idea?  Also, if we are for it--what would we
want to do--and most importantly--what should the design look like?
 
Take care.
 
-Art
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To: Jipson Art
From: Joanne Yearwood on Mon, Mar 18, 1996 2:33 PM
Subject: Offer
 
 
Hello,
 
After browsing the WWW in search of The Connells homepages, I stumbled
upon your address, and I would like to make you an offer.
 
We are a small graphics company, and are specialised in designing and
producing posters and T-shirts, caps and labels/stickers. We have done
this type of work, that is designing a fanclub logo for mailling lists
and producing T-shirts and caps etc. for several other mailing lists
(Queen, Genesis), and they were very happy with the results.
 
Now, the list members can meet up somewhere and recognise eachother. They
can spot eachother at concerts, an most important of all, they can show
off that they belong to your mailing list.
 
We hope we can do the same for your list. Reading the little bit of
info you had on the Web, I assume you already have a logo, if not we will
be glad to provide you with one, at no extra cost. Maybe you'd like to
update your logo? We can do that too...
 
We have the lowest prices around for T-shirts (only $18,95 *including*
setup fees, designing etc for a white tee, L or XL) and caps $14,95 (again,
including setup fees and designing). As a bonus, we have no minimum
order, so people can order directly from us, one or more t-shirts/caps at
a time.
 
And, in addition, as we have done for the Queen list, we can handle
distribution to individuals to help keep the cost down for everybody.
 
I believe we can make you a fair price for what you need,
 
Yours in music,
 
Erwin
Willow Farm Graphics
www.magmacom.com/~yearwood