SEAWAY
Release New Album
Vacation via Pure Noise Records
Available For Purchase, here: www.seawayband.com
Streaming Now on Youtube & Spotify
"While still maintaining a punk-like grit ("Misery In You," "40 Over"), their third full-length
also incorporates an array of sugary-sweet sounds ("Lula On The Beach," "London"), showing musical growth
that'll have contemporaries taking note." - Alternative Press
"On their third full-length album, the Canadian band have dropped all traces
of the pop-punk tropes that litter previous releases in favor of a focus on sharp and catchy pop hooks that
better suit their talents as musicians." - Substream Magazine
"Seaway...has chosen to follow up their 2015 gem, Colour Blind, with a totally 90s alt/rock album
of pure bliss. Vacation is a mixture of Third Eye Blind, Weezer, Lit, The Ataris, and more;
in a word, the band has pulled off their nostalgic trip immaculately." - New Noise Magazine
Oakville, ON, CAN - September 15, 2017 -SEAWAY has released their highly anticipated new album Vacation today via Pure Noise Records. Fans can stream the album, which has been heralded online and in print by Alternative Press, Substream Magazine, New Noise Magazine, and more, on Youtube & Spotify.Vacation can be purchased at www.seawayband.com, as well as via iTunes.
"We're so excited for everyone to finally be able to hear Vacation," shares guitarist Andrew Eichinger."We put in a lot of work to get these songs to where they're at today and we're so proud of them. We hope everyone thinks this record is as sick as we do."
Formed in 2011, SEAWAY is Ryan Locke (vocals), Patrick Carleton (guitar, vocals), Ken Taylor (drums), Adam Shoji (bass), and Andrew Eichinger (guitar). The band has become known for their highly infectious brand of pop punk - one that strikes the perfect balance between the two styles and recalls a time when the genre centered on having fun.
SEAWAY released their debut album Hoser in 2013. The following year, the five Canucks signed to Pure Noise Records to release their follow up EP, All in My Head. Their sophomore full length Colour Blind was released in 2015 via Pure Noise Records following an entire summer on the Vans Warped Tour.
The band released their new album Vacation on September 15, 2017. The album is available now at www.seawayband.com, or via iTunes.
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Vacation Tracklist:
1. Apartment
2. Neurotic
3. London
4. Lula On The Beach
5. Something Wonderful
6. Curse Me Out
7. Day Player
8. Misery In You
9. Scatter My Ashes Along the Coast, or Don't (Featuring Caleb Shomo of Beartooth)
10. Car Seat Magazine
11. 40 Over
12. When I Hang Up
Upcoming Tour Dates w/Four Year Strong and Like Pacific:
Sept 15th - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
Sept 16th - Detroit, MI @ St Andrews Hall
Sept 18th - St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam
Sept 20th - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
Sept 21st - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Sept 22nd - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Sept 23rd - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sept 25th - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Sept 26th - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Sept 27th - Berkley, CA @ Cornerstone
Sept 28th - Fresno, CA @ Strummers
Sept 29th - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Sept 30th - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Oct 1st - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram
Oct 2nd - San Diego, CA @ Irenic
Oct 4th - Phoenix, AZ @ Nile
Oct 6th - El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
Oct 7th - Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
Oct 8th - Dallas, TX @ RBC
Oct 10th - Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco
Oct 11th - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Oct 12th - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
Oct 13th - Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
Oct 14th - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
Oct 15th - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
Oct 17th - Columbia, SC @ New Brooklyn Tavern
Oct 18th - Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger
Oct 19th - Virginia Beach, VA @ Shakas
Oct 20th - Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Upcoming Tour Dates w/ Silverstein
Nov 1st - Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
Nov 2nd - Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
Nov 3rd - Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle
Nov 4th - Ottawa, ON @ Brass Monkey
Nov 7th - Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
Nov 8th - Saskatoon, SK @ Louis
Nov 9th - Edmonton, AB @ The Needle
Nov 11th - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
Nov 15th - Spokane, WA @ The Pin
Nov 18th - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
Nov 21st - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Nov 22nd - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
Nov 23rd - Hamilton, ON @ Club Absinthe
Nov 24th - Oshawa, ON @ The Music Hall
Nov 25th - London, ON @ London Music Hall
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
The federal corruption trial of Senator Robert Menendez and his very good amigo, Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, is underway in New Jersey. It doesn’t appear to be going well for the prosecution.
On Tuesday, the government put Dr. Melgen’s girlfriends on the stand, and they weren’t happy about it. Senator Menendez is accused, inter alia, of exerting improper influence to obtain visas for the foreign-born women in exchange for gifts—bribes, prosecutors say—from Dr. Melgen. Svitlana Buchyk, a “model and actress,” had the courtroom “laughing at some of her answers,” Politico reported. When asked by a defense attorney how long she had spent with prosecutors preparing her testimony, she said she didn’t know, “it just seems very long when I’m around them.”
Asked if she understood why she was in court, Ms. Buchyk “let out a long, exasperated ‘no,’” Politico reported. “No, I don’t know why I’m here,” she said, indicating lead prosecutor Peter Koski. “He’s just forcing me to be here.”
In the courtroom, Judge William Walls did not allow Dr. Melgen’s girlfriends to be referred to as “girlfriends,” only “friendship” was acknowledged, fooling no one. In a bizarre filing before the trial opened, the government worked hard to portray the senator and the wealthy doctor as two dirty old men living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Dr. Melgen wanted to bring his young “foreign girlfriends to the United States to visit him,” the document notes. The women were “from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Ukraine.” Senator Menendez helped with the visas. Dr. Melgen arranged for Mr. Menendez and his girlfriend (oh by the way both men are married) “to stay in Punta Cana, an exclusive oceanside resort town” in the Dominican Republic.
On other occasions, the two men and their, er, friends, enjoyed vacations “at Melgen’s villa at Casa de Campo, a cloistered resort on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic with renowned golf courses, a spa, polo fields, a marina, restaurants and other amenities.” The trial brief describes an “enclave, venerated for its seclusion” and “frequently visited by luminaries in sports, entertainment and business, including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Richard Branson and Bill Gates.” Elsewhere in the brief, the government notes that with assistance for Dr. Melgen, Mr. Menendez stayed at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Paris, “one of Europe’s most elite, routinely hosting celebrities from the world over, including the likes of George Clooney and Maria Sharapova.”
It’s unclear what relation Beyonce and George Clooney have to the case, but eventually the trial will get down to narrow matters of law. As I noted last month, this is where it’s likely to run into trouble with the Supreme Court’s recent McDonnell decision, which narrowed the definition of corrupt practices by public servants. But meanwhile, getting pushed around by your own witness and filing specious briefs are signs your case is in trouble.
Lavish lifestyles and big money also form the background to the travails of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. I surveyed the complicated corruption allegations against him here. Four cases are pending, including one for accepting expensive gifts. Another case, the so-called “Submarine Affair,” took a turn for the worse earlier this month with the arrest of David Sharan, the prime minister’s former chief of staff. The case involves bribery of government officials to grease the skids for a billion-dollar submarine deal. Mr. Netanyahu is not a target of the investigation—at least not yet, at least not officially. But the net is tightening around members of his inner circle.
In a separate development, the pressure on the prime minister increased last week when the Israeli attorney general announced that he intended to bring fraud charges against Mr. Netanyahu’s wife, Sara. Mrs. Netanyahu is a lightning rod for public criticism in Israel for her allegedly high-handed ways. She is accused of improperly spending about $100,000 in restaurant and take-out food purchases, a misuse of government funds allocated to the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Mr. Netanyahu has dismissed the allegations as “absurd” and Mrs. Netanyahu will have an opportunity to defend herself in court before a final decision is made on charging her.
It’s a long way from Casa de Campo to Jerusalem, but the veteran politicians have something in common: a taste for the high life. Of course this is nothing new. “Whoever loves money never has enough, whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income,” notes Ecclesiastes. But is it a crime? In New Jersey, the government’s case is off to a shaky start and McDonnell looms. In Israel, the sheer weight of the multiple cases involving the prime minister seem certain to take a toll and embolden his many parliamentary enemies.
The betting here: Menendez survives, Bibi is gone by April.
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Micah Morrison is chief investigative reporter for Judicial Watch. Follow him on Twitter @micah_morrison. Tips: mmorrison@judicialwatch.org
Author announces release of ‘To Those Who Would Love: A Metamorphosis’
HESPERUS, Colo. – Marie Hunter Atwood, who has previously published two spiritual books, formally releases her first published fiction book, “To Those Who Would Love: A Metamorphosis” (published by Xlibris), which underscores the importance of giving love and ending one’s selfishness.
In the book, readers will witness the metamorphic growth of its heroine, June, who is capable of making life-changing decisions in spite of the pain it gives her, but not because it is what she wants. Love, she finds, is not always enough.
“I was thinking one day about all the different types of love and I felt it would be a good topic. As I began to list all I could think of, I realized it was impossible to cover so many. I chose to use four kinds of love: first love, friendship love, love of a stranger and true love,” the author explains her book’s inspiration.
Written along Christian principles, the book shows how one can move from being self-centered to the type of person who seeks to give love. “To Those Who Would Love” is interesting not only from the standpoint of love itself, but also for the love of nature; it encourages respecting one another, to treat others in the way they would like to be treated.
“If you desire to be loved, you must be a giver of love,” the author adds.
“To Those Who Would Love”
By Marie Hunter Atwood
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 110 pages | ISBN 9781543431087
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 110 pages | ISBN 9781543431070
E-Book | 110 pages | ISBN 9781543431506
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Marie Hunter Atwood was born on the day the banks in the country all closed. Regardless of how a person looks at it, it was a day of infamy. Adult men were throwing themselves out of the windows of their tall buildings rather than face life without money. In addition, in the Plains area of America where she was born, the worst dust storm ever seen was raging non-stop with valuable top-soil swirling about in the atmosphere, and in homes, blogging heads and chests and causing thousands born in subsequent decades to suffer respiratory diseases. As strange as it might seem, the aforementioned two events have incredible influence in Atwood’s life.
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