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-July 28, 2004- If you live anywhere near Wichita Falls, TX, tune into 106.3 FM the Buzz this Thursday at 4 p.m. We'll be on with DJ Vicki Vox playing a couple of new tunes and generally making your drive-time brighter. You might be able to listen in at www.1063thebuzz.com as well. And
if you live anywhere near Oklahoma City, we had such a good time
playing there last weekend, that we're rocking again this weekend! -July 15, 2004- We go in next month to begin recording the follow-up to Listen. We'll be recording at Reeltime Audio in Denton, TX with Eric Delegaard. Eric is a great producer, and has worked with Upside, Bowling for Soup, Edgewater, and Jibe, among others. We'll let you know when you can start hearing the results! That doesn't mean we're done with Listen, however. It looks like one of the tracks off the album will be on a compilation CD released by our pals at Budweiser this fall. We'll let you know details when we get 'em. And
we're still playing shows, of course. This weekend, catch the 12
Pearls rock machine at CLUB
CLEARVIEW, Deep Ellum, Dallas TX Friday, July 16 -June 30, 2004- Our song "Raining," off of the Listen EP, has just been added in rotation on Shonan Beach FM 78.9 in Chiba, JAPAN! You can listen for yourself on their webcast at www.beachfm.co.jp . Domo arigato! On the other side of the world, tracks from both of our albums are now available for purchase on the new British, French, and German iTunes. They're just 79 pence in Britain and 0.99 euros in France and Germany. And here in America, we just got invited to showcase at the Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. The festival takes place from Sept. 22-25 all over Cincinnati, so once we find out when and where we're playing, we'll let you know! Then
we've got a BUNCH of shows this July. We start off with a little
southern Oklahoma tour, then hit Dallas and Arkansas before coming
back to the OKC. And it all kicks off this Friday, July 2 at the Railhead
Saloon -June 11, 2004- We are packin' up the old trailer this weekend and heading to: PONCA
CITY Ponca City is JUST a short 90-minute drive from OKC or 45 minutes from Stillwater (and 45 minutes from Wichita, too!), so won't you come join us? If you do, and you come by the merch booth, we'll give you a t-shirt. No foolin'. We decided to do something a little bit different this summer, and visit some places we've never played. So in between now and our next OKC show July 24, we'll be rocking Ponca City, Lawton, Duncan, and doing a small tour of Arkansas (no, seriously. Arkansas. Yes, they like rock music over there. No, seriously. Evanescence is from there. Yes, Evanescence. No, seriously.) In
other news, expect new stickers very, very soon. And some new recordings?
Could be... watch this space for announcements. -June 4, 2004- Congratulations to Andy and Elizabeth Beck, who were wed Saturday, May 29 in Norman. Kit was best man. In 12p news, we're getting ready to go back into the studio for some more recording. When, where, and with who? Check this space in the next few weeks to find out! -May 22, 2004- On Thursday, May 27, 12 Pearls will be making an appearance in the Indie Radio Live chat room from 3-5 p.m. CST. If you've ever wanted to participate in a live online chat with the band, now's your chance! Find out more at www.indieradiolive.com , and while you're there, request some 12p. Sorry
our website was down for a couple of days last week, but everything
should be fixed now. It's a pretty long story, but we got hacked,
and we're not Also, due to circumstances beyond our control, our May 21 show was cancelled. Sorry to all our Norman fans; we'll try to make it up to you sometime this summer. We are still playing May 22 at the Moon in Fort Worth, TX with our good buddy Taylor Davis. See you there! -April 21, 2004- If you live in Norman, tune in to the WIRE, OU's cable radio station, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Thursday (April 22). If you don't live in Norman you can listen live online at www.wire48.ou.edu. Brandon will be in-studio with DJ Katie to chat about the band and play some new tunes. And
if that weren't exciting enough, we'll be in Norman twice in the
next couple of weeks. This Friday (April 23), we'll be playing the
Relay for Life on the OU campus with Grupo Fantasma, the Sober Boaters,
and others. 12p goes on from 8 to 9:30 p.m., so stop by and say
hi. Then the next Friday, April 30, we'll be back at Brother's for
another fantabulous show with That's
exciting news, but is it the most exciting news? NO! Because we've
got a very special show lined up this Saturday (April 24) in Kit's
hometown of -April 13, 2004- Hide the kids and pack up the cats, 'cause Twelve Pearls has entered the 21st century! That's right, kids, we're digital now. Tracks from both our albums are now available to legally download on several services, including Itunes, Rhapsody, Napster, BuyMusic, MusicMatch, and Audio Lunchbox. If you subscribe to one of these services, just type in 12 Pearls and let the music come to you! In news from outside the Matrix, we're going to be playing the Bricktown Brewery in Oklahoma City this Saturday with our new friends Shaft from Wichita, Kan. Prior to the show, 12p will be performing acoustic for a special invitation-only party at the Brewery organized by KRXO 107.7 FM. Hope to see you there (at both if you were invited!) -April 5, 2004- Wth three months and ninety-one cds behind them, Andrew and Matt are still going strong. Their CD-A-Day project has proven itself quite interesting thus far. Andrew has been on a musical international voyage. Matt has been tying up loose ends, and listening to scary amounts of Van Halen. Keep tabs on all the music-geek action at http://cdaday.blogspot.com/. -March 30, 2004- We were excited to find out that our song "Always" is included on Vol. 13 of the WSVN Hall of Fame CD series, put out by WSVN 89.1 FM in Thornton, IL. The CD was released March 30. For more information, visit www.wsvnradio.net/local/volume13/volume13.htm We'll try to get some copies to have at shows for those of you who want one. -March 15, 2004- Two
online publications, South of Mainstream and Plug There
was also a feature on us in a recent issue of Tsa La Gi, a magazine
at Northeastern Oklahoma State. If you're in the area on St. Patrick's Day, come toast the Irish with us at O'Connell's in Norman. We'll be playing from 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. to rock the lunch crowd, and then our good pals No Justice will be rocking later that day (oh yeah, and Vanilla "to the extreme, he rocks the mic like a vandal" Ice -March 3, 2004-
Our show Friday (March 5) at Brother's in Norman will be a benefit for Curt's family. We hope you guys can make it out. If you can't, we'll have a donation jar at our show Saturday at the Bricktown Brewery as well. -February 12, 2004-
Our second annual Mardi Gras party is going down this month at two locations. On Feb. 13, we'll be tossing beads at Willie's in Stillwater, and on Feb. 21, we'll be letting the good times roll at the new Wormy Dog Saloon in Bricktown, OKC, with The Great Divide. Hope you guys can make it out! Mention you read this for extra beads and Mardi Gras masks. -January 1, 2004- Beginning today (January 1), Matt and our manager Andrew will be celebrating 2004 by listening to a different CD each day in a musical effort to see who can outlast the other (no CD can be played twice). You can follow along with what's on the playlist at www.cdaday.blogspot.com. We hope everyone had a happy holidays. Ours were nice and relaxing, but we're gearing up for an exciting 2004. Matt and Kit are rooting on the OSU Cowboys on Friday at the Cotton Bowl, and the whole band is gearing up for shows in Stillwater and Oklahoma City this month. We hope you guys can make it out. Speaking of Kit, Payne County Line has done an interview with him that's now online at www.paynecountyline.com/interviews/KitNowlinInterview.htm We
also invite you to visit www.redbudconcerts.com,
where 12p is currently Finally, all you twelve pearls fans who don't live in OKC can now hear the Budweiser/twelve pearls radio spot! Just click here and enjoy! -December 10 , 2003-
Also, it's almost Christmas break, but before twelve pearls closes shop for the holidays, we would like to invite you to our show this saturday the 13th at the Bricktown Brewery. It promises to be another fun night of rock as we team up once again with Falcon Five-O. The festivities should get rollin around 10, so come on out -November 6, 2003-
And we've just confirmed a show at the Samurai Sake House in Oklahoma City on Thursday, Nov. 20 with Space Cadet (www.spacecadetband.com) and the Feds (www.thefedsrock.com) from Dallas. Space Cadet is a nationally-touring act whose debut album, Greatest Hits, came out last month. It should be a great show, so we invite everybody to come out. (Like we wouldn't invite you... you're our favorite...) -October 30, 2003-
Speaking of Falcon Five-O, we're doing a show with them Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Bricktown Brewery in OKC. Last time, Brandon fell off the stage and Joe from FFO climbed up in the Brewery's rafters to sing a song. And it should be even MORE entertaining this time! -October 23, 2003- Congratulations to Jordan and Kerensa Doolen, who were wed in late September in Jamaica and celebrated with a reception Saturday evening in Oklahoma City. Brandon joined Jordan and friends for a five-man acoustical jam to round out the evening's festivities. -October 12, 2003- Well here it is. All you twelve pearls fans who don't live in OKC can now hear the Budweiser/twelve pearls radio spot! Just click here and enjoy! Also, 12 Pearls will be playing the Rocktober Fest at Northeastern Oklahoma State University in Tahlequah on Oct. 22 with Falcon Five-O and the Midwest Kings. The band will play from 6 to 6:45 p.m., and admission is free. And if you can't make it to that show, our own Brandon Jackson is now playing Monday nights with Steve Rice and Tuesday nights solo at the Wormy Dog Saloon in Stillwater. We heard if you yell for it long enough, he will eventually play "Free Bird." -September 26, 2003-
We’ve got a string of three shows in three days coming up in early October. On Friday, Oct. 3, you can catch us at the Moon in Fort Worth, Texas, with our old pal Taylor Davis. Taylor’s then heading up I-35 with us on Saturday to open up at Willie’s in Stillwater Saturday, Oct. 4. Then on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 9 p.m., 12 Pearls will be opening up for national recording artists Hum Machine at Boston’s, located at 18th and Boston in Tulsa. We hope you guys can make it out to one of the shows -September 25, 2003-
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-August 14, 2003- Tune in at 8pm this sunday night, august 17, as Twelve Pearls will be the special guest on Hot 93.7FM in Stillwater! We'll be doing a live interview, playing songs off the new ep, AND we'll be playing a few new songs live in studio! If you'd like to get a free copy of the new ep, just call in with a question and we'll be happy to chat with ya...and give you a cd. The number to call is: (405) 372-5774. Go ahead, give it a listen. -August 7, 2003-
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We
were extremely saddened to hear of the death of Curt Martin, lead
singer of 3 Strange Days, over the weekend. 3 Strange Days were
the Tulsa Budweiser True Music band, and they'd helped us out a
lot in the last year. Curt died tragically Saturday evening in a
traffic accident following a 3SD show; he had recently found out
that he was going to be a father. 
We
are very pleased to announce that Shut Eye Records, a label based
in Atlanta, has included our song “Mexican Boyfriend”
on their new compilation My Morning Ritual, part of the Buzzlighter
series. Copies of the CD were serviced to major college radio stations
nationwide earlier this month, so if you hear some 12 Pearls on
your local station, let us know! We’ve also got a limited number
of copies available for purchase at shows if anyone’s interested.
For more information on the compilation or Shut Eye, visit 
The
Nashville New Music Conference has selected twelve pearls to be
one of the showcasing bands at this year's event! The band will
showcase at "The End" in downtown Nashville Friday, Sept.
12, at 8:50. We look forward to seeing all you Nashville twelve
pearls fans out at the show! Check out 
Well,
we have bittersweet news here in 12pearls-land. The bitter news,
as some of you already know, is that co-founder and longtime member
Jordan Doolen has stepped down as lead singer and guitarist. Due
to job and family, he can no longer put in the time he wants to
continue rocking with us. It has been a difficult
On
the sweeter side of things, 12 Pearls have been selected as one
of Budweiser's True Music Live Bands! We will be the Oklahoma Cityrepresentatives
in Budweiser's newest promotion for local/indie bands all over the
country. We are truly excited about this opportunity and look forward
to the next year with Budweiser. This will open the door for many
great things to come for 12 pearls, and we hope you all will be
a part of it. Come check out a 12 pearls show in a city near you!
For more information on Budweiser True Music Live Bands, check out
Booking: (405) 274-4068