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Day 1: “Truck Is A-Rockin'” Tour

It was an ordinary morning. Cartoons, kisses, forgotten backpack, foggy mist chills waiting for the bus, more kisses, extra tight hugs, an “I love you” sign flashed from the second-to-last bus row from behind the dirty, tinted window. Then he was gone. For three weeks, we will tour for the first time without our guardian...

These Days Will Never Come Again…

10 years ago1 year ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

Today marks the one year anniversary of Champagne Sunday’s relocation to the Pacific Northwest. Let’s recap: April 28th, 2012: CS releases their 4th album, Heaven Knows, and begins their trek up the coast to kick off their 2012 tour in Tacoma, WA 2 Weeks Later: After an overwhelming reception from friends, fans and family to the...

Cosmic Psychos think we’re okay . . .

10 years ago1 year ago

Jared Fredeen 2 comments

I grew up being a GIANT fan of the Seattle grunge rock scene. It makes the following that much more gratifying: Since our music was first available on iTunes, whenever we would search “Champagne Sunday”, a Cosmic Psychos song by that name would always come up amidst our music. Until then, I had no idea...

The Transition to Being a Phony Douchebag

10 years ago1 year ago

Jared Fredeen 3 comments

I’m fighting it. I truly am. But I feel it creeping in on me. In a business where some of the biggest assholes have the most influence, you can’t afford to blow off or be rude to anyone you meet at a show. The plain fact remains that sometimes, I just don’t recognize you. I...

What’s Normal?

10 years ago1 year ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

Been awhile since y’all have heard from Miss Bloggy Blog. I resigned for a bit and let my sweet husband take over. Mostly so he didn’t feel left out. Actually, the truth is, I begged him to blog because I just didn’t have it in me. My brother-in-law has been blogging Mon-Fri, for the past...

The Sound of Mimosas…

11 years ago1 year ago

Jessi Fredeen 5 comments

We played a show on Thursday at a bar in Georgetown (Seattle) called The Mix. We were placed last after a 3-piece jazz fusion band called “Bustin Jieber”, and a 4-piece southern rock band from Santa Cruz, called “Birdhouse”. By the time we played, the only people there were the bands, the bartender, the booker...

Down Time

11 years ago1 year ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

What to do? Jared’s immersed in school work, web design for a friend, logo design for another friend, and the general burden of consistently being awesome (which I too share…), and I have a lot of down time. I am thinking of making another music video. But, since I do not have all my scrap...

Shoes…

11 years ago1 year ago

Jessi Fredeen 1 comment

They say to truly understand someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. Well, since my husband leaves his shoes directly in my path, which, by the way, is the ONLY path in the rv and isn’t hard to do, I decided to put them on and begin my theoretical mile. The first thing...

Further adventures in Portland . . .

11 years ago1 year ago

Jared Fredeen 1 comment

We’ve discovered some more things about Portland. The place where we’ve been parking is a sweet little nook between a dive bar and a funeral home. In the wee hours, between the time when we’re done gigging and the time that we go to bed, we’ve found that the dive bar is a wonderful place...

On funeral homes, questioning ourselves and meeting Richard…

11 years ago1 year ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

What is the old adage…”If at first you don’t succeed…”? Yes, we all know the rest. Or, “When one door closes…”. These are beautifully packaged life philosophies, each of which, if neatly written on pretty, little yellow Post-It notes, one could cover the inside of their coffin with. Just to be reminded for all of...