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my new favorite quote...it's from my dad..."I don't know how you play like that - it looks like you're going to hurt yourself!"

2010 - the 33rd New Year of my life - it's gonna Get GOOD!!! Happy New Year's Celebrations everyone and keep celebrating all year long. Peace.

Have an excellent Christmas season everyone...get some well-deserved rest at some point...peace to you and all those you love

Thank you everyone who got up early/stayed up late to listen to the all-Beatles show yesterday...this may be something I have to do again

Until then, remember that I play every Sunday Morning at 8am EST - listen here: http://85.25.149.102:8504
and for those of you who missed some or all of it, the All-Beatles set list:

Tomorrow never knows
Helter Skelter
Dear Prudence
The fool on the hill
Back in the USSR
Nowhere man
I am the walrus
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
She said, she said
I'm so tired
Rocky Racoon
Cry baby cry
Yer blues
Hey Jude
Norwegian wood
For no one
Get back
Across the universe
Oh! darling
Octopus's garden
Julia
I want to hold you hand
Sexy Sadie
Twist and shout
You've got to hide your love away
Day tripper
Imagine
Help!
All my loving
Something
The long and winding road
She loves you
Happy Xmas (war is over)

peace,
Dann

for those of you who are looking to listen to Dann's all-Beatles show at 8am Sunday the 13th, here is the link: http://208.53.138.158:8700
:-P

Donate at Dann's virtual tip jar here:

Buy someone "PRESENTS" this holiday season! click here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/presents/id310215036

many apologies to those of you who were trying to listen in this morning...due to technical difficulties the all-Beatles live from the Lost Continent in SL show will now be on Sunday Dec THIRTEENTH (next week) all the info should be the same - check www.facebook.com/dannrussomusic for updates and listening-in info!

peace,
Dann

some shows are fun. some fun shows are made great by people singing along to Dreaming Without You and having so much fun that I end up playing No Pain on a ukelele. you ROCK Eggroll Cafe

Thank you to Davina Yannetty (http://www.myspace.com/dyannetty ) for inviting me to play and for the happy pirates of Ice Cream Social (http://www.myspace.com/icecreamsocialduo ) for leading the background vocals!

and...the set list was:

Fortunes, Forecasts & Lucky Charms
Cafe en San Juan
Capture My Heart
Dreaming Without You
Parking Lot Kings
Dear Prudence
and NO PAIN on a UKELELE after a quick 30 second crash course on where the A and D chords were.

:-)

peace,
Dann

all the songs people seem to want to hear are slower songs!

(Listen this Sunday as Dann plays The Beatles - 5am slt/8am EST live from the Lost Continent in SL and Brooklyn, NY in RL; listen here: http://85.25.149.102:8504 )

Dann sings nothing but the Beatles this Sunday morning!

so far, the set list will include:

Back in the USSR
Sexy Sadie
Dear Prudence
Helter Skelter
Across the Universe
The Fool On The Hill
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Get Back
Oh! Darling
Hey Jude
For No One
Norwegian Wood
Yer Blues
Cry Baby Cry
I Am the Walrus
I'm So Tired
She Said, She Said
Nowhere Man

send in your requests - only Three Days Left for me to learn them! - dannrussomusic(at)aol(dot)com; www.facebook.com/dannrussomusic
peace out,

Dann (Dann Russo in RL, Dann Numbers in SL)
www.dannrusso.com www.facebook.com/dannrussomusic

THANK YOU HARRIE!!!!

Q: You've attended hundreds of live performances in Second Life. Do you remember the first live gig you attended? Are there one or two performances that stand out in your mind as particularly memorable or even infamous?

Ooh, I knew you’d ask me that, lol! I don’t know if it was the first gig I went to but the first one I remember was Dann Numbers (aka Dann Russo in RL). I was floored by this guy, how someone in pixel form could have so much stage presence, his music was great and right up my alley too, By the end of the show I was well and truely hooked and 3yrs on I am still one of Dann’s biggest fans and think he is a genuine talent who one day I hope to see play live in RL! He is also one of a handful of SL musicians I tell (or bring) new musicians to go and check out if they want to know how to connect with their audiences as Dann has that one down pat!

- Venue Owner Harrie Skjellerup (Owner, Pixel Hill; co-founder, "The Originals") as quoted from http://networkedblogs.com/p19539170
Thank you Thank you!!

Beatles set list (12/6) so far =

Helter Skelter, Back in the USSR, Fool on the Hill, Nowhere Man, She Said, I am the Walrus, I'm So Tired, Yer Blues, and more to come!

get those requests in!!!

got a huge chunk of Christmas Shopping done today!

And don't forget to buy your friends "Presents" http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/presents/id310215036 this Christmas

:-)

peace and love,
Dann

Happy Thanksgiving! remember those who are far away from the ones they love and those who won't be able to stuff their faces full of food today...peace, Dann

As it becomes November and winter in New England, let me list things I am thankful for:

1. F-Nice Productions and DAve Crespo - they keep helping me get shows!

Tuesday November 17th 9pm - McGann's Downtown Boston
Tuesday December 15th 9pm - McGann's Downtown Boston

2. Drusilla Clapsaddle and the crowd at The Lost Continent - I play every Sunday morning at 8AM est - if you aren't on Second Life, you can still listen in - http://85.25.149.102:8504 The time on the schedule says 8AM, but it's usually 8:05 or 8:10 (it's Sunday Morning for crying out loud!)

3. Davina! She has hooked me up on the North Shore

Friday December 4th 8pm Eggroll Cafe

4. My family and friends and especially YOU. Thank you for coming to the shows, thank you for listening, thank you for your tips and for buying CDs and mp3s and for writing about me on your blogs and websites. Shoot me an email if you write or read something about me...gotta spread the gospel of rock and soul!

Have a peaceful and lovely Thanksgiving if I don't see you. Careful to not have too much triptophane.

peace,

Dann

Dann has been published at a new website designed for working (or wanting to work) musicians. The article is about the awesomeness of playing Second Life Shows. And the website is pretty good too.

Check it out here: http://www.headabovemusic.com/second-life-by-dann-russo-dann-numbers#comments

so I promised myself I would write.

I promised I would say what was on my mind, be marginally topical and timely, and become a working part of an on-line community.

I haven't

I mean, I have a whole bunch of ideas -

1. blog about songs: it seems that I am writing a whole lot of songs recently, even some of them at shows. I like them all and wish that I could keep track of all of them. I also am looking for ideas if anyone has them please let me know of words, phrases or even stories to write songs about.

2. blog about baseball: now that my beloved Mets have finally unplugged the ventilator on this season there is a time to reflect, relax and look ahead to what may or may not happen in the winter months and what may happen next year as they are all healthy again and can actually make a run at the Phillies and the postseason

3. blog about college football: these KIDS (and a majority of them ARE kids) are ostensibly not getting paid but are on TV more and are more famous than the minor league baseball players who are getting salaries and not even close to being on TV

4. blog about "It Might Get Loud" the amazing documentary featuring Jack White, The Edge, and Jimmy Page that if I am lucky I may get to see again this weekend...

so there is a chance that I will get time in the next week or so to catch up. Consider this the preview, the pre-cliff notes or whatever kids are using these days, the intro chapter.

peace,
Dann

check out the music and the mann: www.dannrusso.com www.facebook.com/dannrussomusic

Ah the beginning of a new school year...

means moving away for some, moving home for others, and ROCKING OUT for all y'all!

:-P

Very exciting to get tickets in the mail with my name on them! (granted, they forgot an N but oh well)

McGann's (downtown Boston) on Sept 19th is the show - 9pm is the time - $10 is the price at the door, but $7 if you get them from me.

shoot me an email and we'll figure it out.

and if you can't come to the show, check out www.facebook.com/dannrussomusic for all the listening info for the on-line concerts.


peace,

Dann

quick reminder - the Keene, NH show (The Art Stage at the Keene Music Festival) has changed the time to 11AM! come out, rock out, buy me lunch after :-P

Governor Patrick –

I was saddened this morning to hear about the passing of my Senator, someone I greatly admire and someone whose record of human and civil rights support has rarely been equaled. On my fridge I have multiple “thank you” letters signed by Senator Kennedy on civil rights legislation – causes that are dear to my heart such as the “thank you for not supporting the Federal Marriage Amendment” letter. I would be proud and honored to continue this great man’s work as a Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Why would you want to choose me? Most of my friends and family shake their head at me when I open my mouth. They all figure, I guess, that at the age of 33 I would have done away with frivolous “liberal” causes and focus on making the lives of my wife and two kids better. I say that it is because I have a wife and two kids that I need to be unselfish and support “liberal” causes – the environment, civil rights for all people, health care, education and equal employment for all. As I am writing this letter I just received an IM from a very conservative friend of mine. “You want to change the world, don’t you?” and yes, I think I do.

As a teacher for the past 12 years, I have tried to infuse a sense of justice and morality in my students. I was overjoyed to accept a job two years ago at the Arrupe Division of Boston College High School, connecting back to my Jesuit education at Regis High School in New York City and Fordham University in the Bronx (BA) and Boston College (MEd), or to put it in the words of Roger Stone, Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Austin Preparatory School (where I taught for 8 years), “all that Social Justice/Man For Others? It’s like you’re going home.”

And what better place to be a Man For Others than the U.S. Senate.

Thank you so much for your time in reading this and your consideration. I guess this is the part where I say that I write and record music (www.dannrusso.com ), speak Spanish pretty fluently and am excellent at PowerPoint and Publisher and that references are available upon request.

Peace,

Daniel T. Russo

Hey y'all!

few things going on -



1. shows coming up on Saturdays!

Saturday August 15th at 7pm at Channel Cafe in Boston (300 Summer St) which is a really cool restaurant/art gallery in the basement of an old warehouse-turned-in-condo-complex

Saturday Sept 5th at 5pm at the Art Stage at the Keene Music Festival in Keene, NH



2. songs songs songs!

I have begun writing songs for my yet-to-be-titled CD of songs based on Greek and Roman mythology and history. The idea is to show that these stories are universal and that they should not be confined to the classroom. Not only that, but I'm hoping that someone who has no idea of where the songs came from can say "hey, that's a great song!" So Far I have "Her Majesty Cry" (Orpheus and Euridice); "Fire" (Hephaestus/Vulcan); "Run Run Run" (Apollo and Daphne); "Black Sails to White" (Theseus and Ariadne). If you can think of other ideas, let me know! And if you can think of places to record or any random grants to apply for, cause hey, everything is more fun when its free, let me know about that too.



3. On-Line!

don't forget - you can always listen to Dann Live Acoustic Rock and Soul by logging on to Second Life or by clicking on the link in www.twitter.com/dannrusso check www.sonicbids.com/dannrusso for dates and times. and don't forget to let me know if you blog about/read a blog about/ randomly run into someone in the street listening to my songs...Spread the word Spread the Peace and Love!



peace, Dann

I think I lost five pounds while playing "Rockstar" at my show this morning...

:-)

not much else going on just wanted to say whats up and let everyone know I wrote another song for my classics-related album, called "Run Run Run" about Apollo and Daphne. Its pretty good - I'll post the lyrics today and hopefully even get a sound file soon.

peace,
Dann

"Ruby Red Hair" by "Dann Russo" has hit the homepage of
thesixtyone.com! You can visit the new tab at http://www.thesixtyone.com/new/

Pickering Wharf, Salem, MA, outside, noonish :-)

when talking about my propensity to break strings...

"your playing speed of, oh, a hundred and fifty thousand miles an hour might have something to do with that! I'm kind of surprised they break. I'd rather expect they'd melt!" - Silas