FULL COLOUR BACK COVER (ATG)

HI FOLKS...THIS IS THE LATEST VERSION OF THE BACK COVER OF ATG...NICE COLOURS...

BOOKLET COVER FOR ATG

HI KIDDIES...THIS IS THE WRAP AROUND BACK AND FRONT COVER FOR THE BOOKLET ACCOMPANYING THE DISC...HOPE YOU LIKE IT...
B.C.

VISUAL PICS FOR TWO "SINGLES"

HERE ARE THE TWO VISUAL PICS TO PROMOTE THE TWO FEATURED CUTS...THESE WENT OUT TO RADIO ON THURSDAY...HOPE YA LIKE 'EM...
B.C.

HELLO ALL...A QUICK NOTE TO INFORM YOU OF THE ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT THAT WENT OUT TO ALL MAJOR RADIO HERE IN CANADA YESTERDAY. YSS HAS ALREADY SEEN IT AND HE HAD SOME VERY KIND WORDS TO SAY ABOUT IT. SONY/BMG ASSEMBLED IT. IT INCLUDES TWO AUDIO TRACKS AND TWO VIDEOS...ALSO A BLOG FROM YOURS TRULY ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM (NOV. 4 BEING THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE NOW.)

HERE'S THE LINK...

http://sonybmg.ca/burtoncummings/ecard/

VERY HAPPY WITH ALL OF THIS...LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...
GL & GH...
LITM...
PEACE HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE...
B. (ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE) C.

FRONT COVER FOR ABOVE THE GROUND

HERE'S THE FRONT COVER...MAYBE IT LOOKS A BIT MORE LIKE THE REAL THING OVER THAN THE ONE IN CLUBHOUSE #1...

B.C.

BACK COVER FOR ABOVE THE GROUND

THIS PHOTO IS CROPPED FOR THE BACK COVER OF THE CD...ALL YOU CAN SEE IN THE FINAL VERSION IS HER HANDS...GOOD PHOTO, I THINK...

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CLUBHOUSE 2

HELLO TO ALL...HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO TYPE LATELY...JUST RAN OUT OF STEAM TONIGHT AT THE VIDEO SCREENS, SO I MIGHT AS WELL RAMBLE HERE FOR A FEW MOMENTS...
THIS WEEKEND, SONY BMG IS SERVICING ALL MAJOR RADIO STATIONS HERE IN CANADA WITH TWO SINGLES AT ONCE...
DREAM FOR THE AC SOFTER STATIONS, AND WE JUST CAME FROM THE U.S.A. TO THE ROCK STATIONS...NICE KICK OFF FOR ATG.
I'VE JUST SEEN THE DIGITAL COVERS FOR EACH SONG, AND ONCE AGAIN ERNIE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB...JUST SAW THE OUTSIDE BACK COVER FOR THE CD AS WELL, AND I REALLY LIKE IT.
NOTHING ABOUT THIS PACKAGE IS "CORNY" OR "PHONY"...IT'S JUST ME...A 60 YEAR OLD DOIN' AN ALBUM OF ALL HIS OWN SONGS.
LIL GOES INTO ROCKET EDITING COMPLEX IN TORONTO NEXT WEDNESDAY (SEPT. 24) FOR THE FINAL ASSEMBLY AND TWEEKING OF "THE MAKING OF ABOVE THE GROUND"...AS I SAID SOMEWHERE ELSE A FEW DAYS AGO, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE PACKAGE FOR ATG...THE ALBUM AND THE "MAKING OF" DVD...
NOW I'VE GOT TO FINISH CHECKING ALL THE LYRICS AND DO SOME BRIEF LINER NOTES FOR THE BOOKLET...ONE OF MUPPET MIKE'S PHOTOS IS THE DIGITAL COVER FOR "U.S.A."...A GREAT SHOT FROM CANADA DAY IN BRAMPTON...STAGE SHOT...
LOTS OF STUFF GOIN' ON AT ONCE...HAD A REALLY CLOSE LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE FINAL DISC LAST NIGHT, AND I MUST SAY...I THINK THE FAITHFUL WILL BE SATISFIED...IT FLOWS WELL AND IT SOUNDS ORGANIC...BY THAT I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S THE FROGS, MY GOOD FRIENDS FOR YEARS, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF HIRED GUNS...IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE A BAND, AND THAT BY ME IS KOOOOOLLL...
IF YOU GO BACK TO CLUBHOUSE ONE AND LOOK AT THE MY PHOTOS ALBUM, TOWARDS THE END YOU MIGHT FIND A PICTURE OF ME GETTIN' FIXED UP FOR A PORTRAIT SHOT, AND THE MAKEUP LADY'S HANDS PRIMPING ME UP...THAT'S THE BACK COVER SHOT FOR THE CD...
OTHER GOOD NEWS...SONY/BMG IS TAKING OVER DISTRIBUTION AND REMASTERING OF "UP CLOSE AND ALONE" AND LIL WILL BE FILMING A CUT BY CUT VLOG BY YOURS TRULY ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS...YOU SEE, THE SHOWS WERE NEVER FILMED...AT THE END OF THAT DVD, WE'LL INCLUDE THE VID OF "MARKET MY LETTERS" BECAUSE, IT REALLY IS ME "UP CLOSE AND ALONE"...ON THE NEXT ALBUM WILL COME THE FULL BLOWN CARPET FROGS VERSION OF "MARKET MY LETTERS"...ANOTHER NICE THING I LOOK FORWARD TO.
BIG SHOW WITH RANDY THIS SATURDAY IN DAWSON CREEK...I DID A RADIO INTERVIEW YESTERDAY MORNING AND THE LADY TOLD ME TO BRING A BIG COAT AND WARM CLOTHES...SEEMS IT'S FULL BLOWN WINTER UP THERE ALREADY...THEN SUNDAY I FLY TO WINNIPEG AND PLAY A PRIVATE CORPORATE THERE ON MONDAY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER ON MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY I FLY BACK TO T.O. (PEOPLE IN TORONTO JUST HATE WHEN YOU CALL IT "T.O.") AND WEDNESDAY MORNING I'LL BE THERE IN THE ROCKET COMPLEX...WE'VE GOT FIVE OR SIX DAYS BOOKED THERE...THEN THERE'S A SHOW WITH THE FROGS ON OCTOBER 4TH...THEN MAYBE A PRIVATE SHOW ON THE SIXTH...BY THEN IT'LL BE TIME FOR ME TO START THE DOG AND PONY SHOW SURROUNDING THE RELEASE OF ATG...YOU KNOW, SHMOOZE PARTIES AND TALK SHOWS...OH BROTHER...NO REST FOR NOW... BUT IT'S ALL WORTH IT.
I'M VERY EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ATG...IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I'VE HAD SOME OF THESE SONGS FOR YEARS, AND OTHERS ARE ALMOST BRAND NEW (NOT TELLIN' YA WHICH ONES ARE WHICH...LOLOLLLLLLLLLL)
COULDN'T SLEEP THE OTHER NIGHT, SO I WATCHED SIDEWAYS AGAIN...STILL ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME...GIAMATTI WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT...JUST HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS SPOKE VOLUMES...BRILLIANT AT HIS CRAFT. I'VE SEEN SIDEWAYS ABOUT SEVEN TIMES NOW, AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY, BUT WHO THE HELL HAS THE TIME...?
GOT A GREAT BLOG COMING HERE SOON, BUT IT'S NOT FOR THE "WEAK OF HEART"...FINALLY GONNA TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE TIME THREE OF US DID 27 BLOTTERS OF ACID AND WHAT TRANSPIRED OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE GOTTA GET BACK FOR TWO OR THREE MORE HOURS OF VIDEO SEARCH AND RETRIEVE...
THANKS FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO...YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH ALL OF IT HAS MEANT...THE FAITHFUL MADE ME WORK A BIT HARDER, AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT I COULD EVER PAY ANY OF YOU...
MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FOREVER...
GL & GH...
LITM...
PEACE HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE...
B.C.

HERE COMES SARAH PALIN...

MAYBE IT'S JUST MY AGE...MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE I GREW UP IN CANADA...I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE WATCHED SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION FOR THE LAST FEW NIGHTS AND I ONCE AGAIN REALIZED HOW CELEBRITY CRAZY THE U.S.A. IS...
IN TWO SECONDS, SARAH IS A STAR...A BONA FIDE "CELEB"...
JOHN MC CAIN'S TEAM DID THIS WITH GREAT DELIBERATENESS... A WEEK AGO, VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW WHO THIS WOMAN WAS...
IN THE STORES NOW, SHE'S ON THE COVER OF AT LEAST A DOZEN MAJOR MAGAZINES...
LETTERMAN SAID SHE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE IN A COMMERCIAL FOR LENSCRAFTERS...
DON'T GET ME WRONG...I HAVE NO VESTED INTEREST IN ANY OF THIS, OTHER THAN A GOOD OUTCOME FOR AMERICA. I'M NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN YET, SO I CAN'T EVEN VOTE.
IT JUST ASTOUNDS ME HOW THE ELECTORAL GAME IS PLAYED OUT IN THE STATES. IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY. CAN YOU EVEN FATHOM HOW MUCH THE REPUBLICANS SPENT THIS WEEK ? (DO YOU THINK THEY SOLD ANY ALCOHOL THIS WEEK IN ST. PAUL ?)
I WAS DRIVING TONIGHT FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, LISTENING TO WONDERFUL MUSIC BY VARIOUS ARTISTS, AND ALL THIS I HAD SEEN CAME CRASHING INTO MY HEAD. I TURNED THE MUSIC OFF FOR A WHILE AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT ALL...
IT'S A "POPULARITY CONTEST"...AND PERHAPS THE CONSENSUS IS THAT SARAH WILL "PICK UP" MANY FEMALE VOTERS THAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED HILLARY...GOOD GOD, THAT'S A BIT SHALLOW DON'T YA THINK...?
MEANWHILE, IT'S ALL OVER THE NET HOW MUCH MONEY OBAMA HAS RAISED SINCE THE "ADVENT OF SARAH"...HUGE NUMBERS...
DOES IT ALL COME DOWN TO WHO HAS THE BEST SPEECHES...WHO LOOKS THE BEST ON CAMERA...WHO HAS THE BEST WRITERS...
MC CAIN IS A HERO, THERE'S NO DEBATING THAT...WHAT HE ENDURED IN THE HANOI HILTON IS UNIMAGINABLE...I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TOLD THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANTED TO KNOW IN FIVE MINUTES...
HE WAS TORTURED FOR YEARS...UNTHINKABLE...
BUT THE WAY THEY "USE" THAT HISTORY OF HIS IS THE SAME WAY AGENTS AND AGENCIES PROMOTE BRITNEY SPEARS.
THESE SUPER CRAFTED SPEECHES ARE WRITTEN BEHIND THE SCENES AND WELL IN ADVANCE.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN MC CAIN A CHANCE IN HELL...NOW SINCE SUPER SARAH IS IN THE MIX, I THINK IT'LL GO RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE, EVEN THOUGH MC CAIN ONLY BASICALLY "PROMISES" MORE OF THE SAME THAT THE COUNTRY GOT FROM BUSH...
IF I COULD VOTE, I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR OBAMA, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE COMES ACROSS ON CAMERA. I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ANYONE RUNNING. AND I THINK LITERALLY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO CAN VOTE ARE IN EXACTLY THE SAME BOAT.
THAT'S WHAT TELEVISION HAS DONE TO THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL PROCESS.
IT'S ALL DOWN TO WHO HAS THE BEST HAIR, WHO'S THE "PRETTIEST", AND WHO STUMBLES THE LEAST OVER PRE WRITTEN WORDS WHILE DELIVERING FROM A TELEPROMPTER.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS...THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH...
"LOOK OUT CHARLIE, THERE'S A NEW BARTENDER IN TOWN..."
STILL WORKING ENDLESSLY ON THE ALBUM COVER...GOTTA FLY TOMORROW FOR VIDEO EDITING BEFORE THE LIVE GIGS...
SEEMS ALL THE WORK IS NEVER, EVER DONE...BUT I'M HAPPY WITH ATG, AND THAT WAS MY FIRST PRIORITY.

CUTS I'VE BEEN ENJOYING LATELY...

IN MY HEAD-YOUR VEGAS
DON'T TALK DOWN-THE STILLS
MY LITTLE JAPANESE CIGARETTE CASE-SPOON
DON'T YOU EVAH-SPOON
ASPHALT GROOVIN'-ROLFE KENT
DRIVE-ROLFE KENT
IN FRONT-KEITH JARRETT
A QUIET GASS-HENRY MANCINI
BLOOZIE-KANAREK
CAPER AT THE COFFEE HOUSE-WARNER BROS. STUDIO
THE BROTHERS GO TO MOTHER'S-HENRY MANCINI
THREE MARLENAS-WALLFLOWERS
YOUR SAVING GRACE-STEVE MILLER
BLACK HORSE AND THE THE CHERRY TREE-KT TUNSTALL
6 UNDERGROUND-SNEAKER PIMPS
ARE YOU JIMMY RAY-JIMMY RAY
THEME FROM HATARI-HENRY MANCINI
PLUSH-STP
I WALK ON GUILDED SPLINTERS-DR. JOHN
TEEN FLIP-ERNIE FIELDS
HOME-IGGY POP
THE MAKER-DANIEL LANOIS
EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME-THELONIOUS MONK

GOTTA PACK..GOTTA FLY...TAKIN' THE RED EYE, FLYIN' ALL NIGHT...MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME...I'LL PUT ON THE GOOD SONY'S AND DRIFT...AND WAKE UP IN ONTARIO...

GL & GH...
LITM...
PEACE HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE...
B.C.