Thursday, June 29, 2006

FoxNet News Service

FoxNet News for Thursday, June 29, 2006.
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Welcome to FoxNet, the newsletter for information about my musical activities
such as Galactic Travels, Pulse, The Municipal Band of Allentown, Pinnacle, and
much more!

Please feel free to send me comments and unsubscribe requests. If there's
somebody who you think would like to receive these notices, please give them
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Bill Fox
http://soundscapes.us/bill


QUICK LOOK - MORE SHOWS AND DETAILS BELOW

Today:
8:00 am - Afterglow on WMUH
11:00 pm - Galactic Travels on WDIY

Coming this week:
July 1 - The AM/FM Show 6:00 am
July 1 - Pulse at Club 316

Coming up:
July 3 - Municipal Band at West Park 7:30 pm
July 9 = Emerald City at Easton Heritage Day
July 11 - Municipal Band of Allentown West Park
July 16 - Emerald City at Allentown West Park
July 22 - Pulse at the Alburtis Rod and Gun Club
July 23 - Municipal Band of Allentown West Park
July 27 - Malarky at Upper Saucon Township Summer Concert Series
July 29 - Pinnacle at Brenda & Jerry's Music and Entertainment Center



EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.


TODAY:


AFTERGLOW ON WMUH: http://soundscapes.us/afterglow
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Afterglow airs from 8:00 am to 9:30 am every Thursday morning. Tune in for a
delightful mix of eclectic musical genres including a healthy dose of
Progressive Rock. Tune in at 91.7 FM or on the internet at:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh


GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY: http://wdiy.org/programs/gt
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Tonight at 11 pm on Galactic Travels, I'll continue the month-long Special Focus
on Palancar. The Featured CD at Midnight will be the "Elysium Planitita." For
details, see the Special Focus page at:
http://wdiy.org/programs/gt/playlists/2006/focus.html#jun

Galactic Travels is an electronic, ambient, and space music show that airs each
Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem, 93.9 FM in Easton
and Phillipsburg, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville and Trexlertown, 92.9 FM on Service
Electric Cable, and on the internet. WDIY now simulcasts on WXLV on 90.3 FM in
Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.



IN THE NEAR FUTURE:


THE AM/FM SHOW ON WMUH: http://soundscapes.us/amfm
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My next stint on the AM/FM Show will be Saturday, July 1 at 6:00 am. I will
continue the special on E-dition Electronic Music Magazine's sampler CDs.

Tune in to WMUH Allentown at 91.7 FM, broadcasting from the campus of Muhlenberg
College. I alternate hosting the show with Bruce. When I am at the helm, the
show features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic at the beginning, an eclectic
mix of genres in the middle, and winds up with Progressive Rock. WMUH's web
site is http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh


PULSE http://soundscapes.us/pulse
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The next Pulse gig is scheduled for Saturday, July 1, starting 8:00 pm at Club
316 in Emmaus. Then we're at the Alburtis Rod and Gun Club on Saturday, July
22, starting 9:00 pm.

Former members of ShadowPlay, Strange Brew and the Critters have combined their
talents to form this high caliber Classic Rock band which features great dance
material as well as great listening music (ear candy!) by groups such as Steely
Dan, Santana, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Blues Brothers,
Joe Cocker, Beatles, and other top shelf groups. The group includes Greg Van
Allen (guitars and vocals), Rod Gilkeson (vocals), Bob Ashmore (Keyboards), Bill
Fox (bass and vocals), and Billy Fenstermacher (drums and vocals).



COMING THIS WEEK:


MUNICIPAL BAND OF ALLENTOWN http://MunicipalBand.org
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After the short holiday break, the Municipal Band of Allentown has started
rehearsing for its summer concert series. Here's the June schedule.
Sunday, June 25, 7:00 pm at West Park

Here's July's schedule:
Monday, July 3 - Municipal Band at West Park 7:30 pm
Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 pm at West Park
Sunday, July 23, 7:00 pm at West Park


EMERALD CITY: http://emeraldcityceltic.com
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Sunday, July 9, Emerald City will play at Easton Heritage Day at Easton's
Riverside Park starting at 1:00 pm.

Sunday, July 16 at 7:30, Emerald City will play the second of two Allentown West
Park concert this years.

All details, maps, and driving directions are available at the website.

Emerald City plays Celtic music, cross pollinated by an eclectic mix of music.
Just take folk, rock, world, country, film, and classical music and put it all
into an Irish Cuisinart set to frappé. THAT'S Emerald City!

Nora Suggs - flute; Greg Geist - guitar and vocals; Moe Jerant - percussion and
vocals; LA Williams - fiddle and vocals; Bill Fox - bass and vocals


MALARKY: http://www.malarkymusic.com
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Thursday, July 27th from 6 to 8 pm, Malarky will play an outdoor concert at
Upper Saucon Township Park on Preston Lane in Upper Saucon Township, east of
Route 378.

You can hear Malarky in action at your private party. Contact Patti Foley Edgar
for booking by emailing patti@malarkymusic.com or calling 610-821-2746.


PINNACLE: http://pinnacleband.com
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Pinnacle will be playing a LOCAL GIG!! WOO HOO!!!! On Saturday, July 29, we'll
be at Brenda & Jerry's Music and Entertainment Center in Bath, PA. More details
as they become available.

Initial reactions to Meld, our new CD, is overwhelmingly great! We think you're
in for a real treat when you buy the CD! Order now because THEY'RE HERE!!!

WLVR, WDIY/WXLV, and WMUH are already playing tracks from Meld as well as many
internet radio stations!!!!!

The CD was mastered at Star City Recording by Carl Cadden James (of InsideOut
recording group Shadow Gallery) under the supervision of legendary producer Jeff
Glixman (Kansas, Yngwie Malmsteen). The cover art was done by Martin Kornick
who has done covers for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Transatlantic, and the mighty
Spock's Beard.

While you're web surfing, check out the Pinnacle web site at the NEW address:
http://pinnacleband.com You can order Meld there right now! You can also buy
the CD (and our forst one, too) at CD Baby.
http://cdbaby.com/group/pinnacleband

Our first CD of five original tunes and one extra bonus surprise is available
there and at CD Baby! Check it out at http://cdbaby.com/pinnacle . You can
also see any member of the band to buy your very own copy of our first release
called "A Man's Reach..." We had fun putting it together and still love the
results. You can read the CD's first public review at the ProgGnosis web site:
http://www.proGGnosis.com/MUSIC_DBCDInfo.asp?txtCDID=8302
Their database has an artist listing for us, too, at:
http://www.proGGnosis.com/MUSIC_DBArtist.asp?txtArtistID=3541

Check out our listings at:
MySpace - http://myspace.com/pinnaclegroup
NorthJerseyMusic - http://northjerseymusic.com/bands/832
UBL - http://ubl.com/pinnacle

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