Fingerpistol News

Las week Dan’s 11 year old daughter Olivia was given a camera and an unlimited supply of caffeinated root beer, cake and ice cream, and chips and salsa. These pictures are the result of that experiment. Tell us what you think.

Had a chance a couple of Fridays ago to check out the new Oasis. Apparently the ghost of Tony Montana got the rebuild contract because they have made some absolutely breathtaking additions to the once relatively austere original. On the whole, the architectural design scheme is centered on the idea that “brick don’t burn, baby!” It seems as if several masons lodges worth of stone workers got together and created a cliffside fortress designed to withstand either a German Panzer attack or a full scale nuclear apocalypse. One thing is certain: No carelessly discarded cigarette butt from a tipsy sorority girl is going to bring this joint down – and that’s the idea I guess. As an added bonus however, you get some really spectacular sculptures adorning the entrance. Of particular note was the stone homage to Fingerpistol (and we’ve never even played the Oasis! The Fingerpistol, however, is featured in a state of discharge, which may be some sort of metaphor for the Oasis having already shot its silver bullet. Perhaps the most inspired piece was the sculpture of the native American chieftess (because she is wearing a full eagle feather headdress, duh) sporting a revealing one-piece bathing suit and erotically straddling a…WTF?…bald eagle. Curiously, she too is popping off a couple of rounds with her own lackadaisical rendition of a fingerpistol. IF YOU LOVE US SO MUCH, OASIS, WHY DON’T YOU EVER CALL? Truly this sculpture was so magnificent it made me want to either A. Steal it for use as yard art, or B. Peel off my clothes and dry hump it in broad daylight. Hopefully they will put some decks on the east side of the building just so people can view this masterpiece. Y’all let me know if that ever happens and I will go have some $10 margs with you.

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And now for the thanks:

Dave Wheaton from KBHT in Grapeland
Dawn Dale from KFAN in Fredericksburg
Kelley Peterson from KHKX in Midland
George Grover with KQTY in Borger
Moose Morgan from KSCH in Sulphur Springs
Bill Gregory at KRXT in Rockdale
Suzanne Swiney from KSNY in Snyder
Gary Barton and Bill Gregory with the Texas Music Radio Show in Waxahachie
Phillip Corder with TOSSM in Arlington
Plus Radio Free Texas

Please listen to and support all of these fine stations and their affiliates.

Thanks to the support of some really great radio stations, Goodbye Marie has been in the Top 100 of the Texas Regional Radio Report for more than 16 weeks! Please help us show support for these stations by tuning in on your radios and on the web! Click the radio station call letters to go to their websites!

KCUB -  107.9 FM and 98.5 FM – Stephenville
KFAN – 107.9 FM -  Fredericksburg
KPAN - 106.3 FM / 860 AM – Hereford
KPIR  – 1420 AM – Granbury
KRUN – 1400 AM -  Ballinger
KSNY – 101.5 FM  -  Snyder
TX Music Radio Show -  online only – Waxahachie
TOSSM Radio – online only -  Arlington
KTKO – 105.7 FM -  Beeville
KXOX-FM/AM – 96.7 FM / 1240 AM – Sweetwater
KRRG – 98.1 FM – Laredo
KRXT – 98.5 FM – Rockdale
KEYB – 108 FM – Altus
KEAN – 105.1 FM – Abilene
KBHT – 93.5 FM – Grapeland
KBST – 95.7 FM – Big Springs
KOFM – 103.1 FM – Enid
KQTY-FM – 106.7 FM – Borger

Fingerpistol’s latest CD, “Young and Beautiful” was reviewed in the summer issue of Texas Music Magazine. If you’re not familiar with TMM, here is a description from it’s website:

Texas Music reaches music fans in 48 states and 12 countries via subscriptions. It is available on newsstands in 43 states and more than 2,500 locations including Hastings Records, Books-A-Million, Borders Books & Music, Wal-Mart, Albertson’s H-E-B, Kroger and Randall’s.

OK, now here’s the review:

Hints of Austin’s new-sincerity sound still echo through Fingerpistol, which reminds one at times of ’90′s rockers the BoDeans, could slot into the Texas/Red Dirt scene on other numbers like “Still in Texas” and even stomps up a Waylon-style romp on “Get Back Up”.  Singer-songwriter Dan Hardick delivers better than solid songs with an earnest baritone on a CD that’s the epitome of likable.

Not too shabby…

Get you some!