2005

Fall 2004

In the midst of all of life’s multitudinous distractions, we’re working through songs in bits and pieces, but with focused deliberation. Some piano and some guitar. Stay tuned, when you can. Looking onward, we’re hoping to breathe out a new song or three at some shows yet to be determined, and share them with you. Thanks for checking up on us.

June 2004

Summer--we’re very happy that it’s right around the corner.

We plan to be playing shows, maybe with more consistency, in the next few months and onward. Please join us for them. We’re also finding ourselves with more time to devote to the act of making stuff up—music stuff—and will hopefully have the opportunity to work more extensively in the upcoming months. It’s been a wrathfully busy year, wrathful period, but it does appear like the clouds are breaking. We look forward to sharing these slip-shod constructions (i.e., songs) with you at various points in the summer (and various points thereafter), and hope you’ll keep us company when we do.

Thanks to the friends who stopped by at Pete’s last
month. It was a somewhat rare moment, too, considering that my brother Gene, who’s now in LA working on music ventures of his own, was there to accompany his older sister (me) on guitar, with all his finger-picking sophistications--an alarmingly talented person, as those who were present can testify.

In the meanwhile, we extend a hearty greeting to anyone and everyone.

Go! Indulge in early summer revelry and porch side
conversations, and we hope we’ll be seeing some of you at a musical point in the near future.

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April 2004

There's still that winter chill in the air, but you can sense the next season breaking through, even if it's having a bit of trouble staking its ground. Soon enough, we hope, it'll take its rightful place.

So, while Que Verde is busy praying for respite from winter's stubbornly clinging fingers with one hand, we'll slowly be putting forth modest efforts to play more shows, with the other.

We just played a show at Barnard, hosted by WBAR, the college radio station. Books and proceeds were donated to a girls' rock and roll camp, (such an appealing and happy idea, even though we had absolutely no part in coming up with it or contributing in any extraordinary way.) It was really wonderful to play, a bit shy as we were, and out of practice. But what a nice way to get our feet wet again. So we thank WBAR/Sarah D. for inviting us, for everyone who listened, and for that ONE person who bought a record--we applaud your bravery, and remember you.

Later this month, we'll be playing at Pete's Candy Store. Come out to raise a glass to what we hope will be Springtime weather on our shoulders by then. Stay warm, packing and moth-balling those wool sweaters one by one, and we hope we'll see you later in the month.

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February 2004

A frostbitten Happy New Year to you. To be quietly exhaled amid the daily mayhem of our complicated, fragile yet profoundly resilient post-modern existence, The Most Important Thing is set for release on February 24, and will be available for ordering here. They've been sitting cozy in cardboard boxes for the past few weeks, incubating for readiness and warmth. We'll package and send them with tender care starting on the above date, (extra padding so not a single song will suffer the seasonal frostbite).
Cheers.

On another note, (no pun intended), we've FINALLY updated the mp3 page. A miracle to be celebrated! The menu now includes several tracks from the new record, and two compilation tracks--the Patty Duke cover that Christine did for TQR&R some months ago, and an original track that surfaced on a Teenbeat Sampler a few years back.

Kind thanks for your armchair visit. Do come again.

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October 2003

As it looks now, we're anticipating The Most Important Thing to be in your hands and in between your ears in November. Currently, the record is in its final stages and off to exotic, far off places like Tenafly, N.J., where it's being mastered, and then Indiana, where it'll be printed and pressed, and in Portland, OR, where Ranee is working on cover art, photos, and other such details to make sure that the record is suitably dressed. (It IS Autumn, AND brisk outside, you know). Records will be available to order on this site soon, so please stay tuned.

Otherwise, we're working on new songs, Christine's starting to mess around on the drums, and Fall has descended on NYC with a defiant chill in the air, so who knows what's to be expected in the coming months?

That double 7-inch is done! 8 bands, 8 covers of Patty Duke songs brought to you courtesy of Top Quality Rock & Roll Records. We'll put the mp3 of the cover we did (Give A Little More) on our--as it stands now--relatively ancient mp3 page. We promise to update those soon on behalf of the three or four folks who actually visit us at this site. Is that you? Then cheers, and we thank you.

You can order the prettily packaged 7-inches from Top Quality starting Oct 31, or from Christine directly. We'll soon have up on the site a place where you can buy our modest array of musical offerings online. For now, mail order is the order of the day. Please email info@que-verde.com for mail order details.

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Summer 2003

There's a double 7-inch to be released sometime in the not too distant future as part of Top Quality Rock N Roll's Patty Duke series. Christine does a cover of the Patty song Give A Little More. Check out the irrepressible songs, zines and label here.

The 7-inch also includes tracks from The Falldowns, Saturday Looks Good to Me, The Come Ons, Windy & Carl, and other top quality folk.

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Fall 2002

Welcome.

My lovely cousin Ranee designed this site, which we hope to update monthly. Here, we'll list any upcoming shows or bits of news. When it's quiet, we'll post something that we think is worth a look, a read, or a listen. So make sure to check up on us from time to time.

Thanks.

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