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2009 huh?! We look forward to saving Carassia and taking over earth this year, we hope you'll join us. Look for Carassia Act 2 at the end of this month!
-mark

PRAISE the GZ MONSTER!

Here's your chance! Become a part of the Stokeswood Street team, headed up by Kacey Patterson. You can help with promotion in the real world and the cyber world and everytime a new person hears our "Pure Notes" the GZ Monsters gain strength and harmony is brought to Carassia.....

Email Kacey at kacey@stokeswood.net for more information

-Welcome to Carassia

it happens sometimes...

we are the band of the week at www.atlrockscene.com Atlanta's Rock Scene is a site that connects rock music fans to their local music scene. ARS promotes the best bands and the best shows in Atlanta.
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We return home to Stokeswood Avenue to play the East Atlanta Icehouse on Monday December 15th. show starts at 9 and there are three other bands. Should be a rockin good time mates.

kram

Welcome to Carassia

Hmmm, its always fun to have a show in which someone other than your bandmates break a vital instrument. Kudos to Ecco-tat for playing the show without a bass guitar. I love playing Topical Jesus.

Kram

Welcome to Carassia

We found a fish in the parking lot, named him Abar Crombie so he would fit in. He left with a bachlorette party, such a pimp. We played some songs and tempted fate on an overpass. over all a good night.

-Welcome to Carassia

Greetings everyone, hope you all had a stellar holiday. This week we'll be posting lyrics for the songs on Carassia Act 1. First up is The Extraordinary Mrs. Crickett, this is the first tune Adam and I collaborated on thus birthing Stokeswood; it would be two years after writing this song that the Stokeswood you now know was formed.

-Mark

Welcome to Carassia

THE EXTRAORDINARY MRS. CRICKETT:
I hear you calling from miles away,
You seen half the country at three shows a day,
Take a no one from nowhere
And put her in a poster on my wall
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry its curtain call


Pre-chorus:
And the pretty girl cries, if the lights aren't bright
Enough for the people in the front row to see her
And she's shaking inside, that she'll forget her lines
But they'll be at the stage door waiting to meet her
Why?

Chorus:
She's got a little bit of Marilyn
And a voice like Aretha in her prime
She's got a little bit of Ellie Mae
And a little bit of nobody's business but mine

She's my three-ring Clementine

Why in a glass house is it so tempting
To keep throwing rocks 'til the boxes are empty?
And what do we now when all of our walls are gone?
Step right up lovely the show must go on

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Bridge:
Come one come all
Oh what a thrill, the big top in lights and your name on the bill
Behind the wheel of a broke down carousel
Life in the Circus is Hell

Chorus

Wow! We should have done free shows a long time ago. Milli-Vegas really showed out for this show. Best crowd we've had in a long while. Thank you all so much.
And thanks to DJ Sun, who was our special guest twice this week and again kept the dance party moving and ran a stellar light show.
-Welcome to Carassia

Set 1:
Devilish Friend
Criterion to the Blue Note
Everybody Wants to Rule the World*
Vice > Dayo
Bird Girl
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover**
Old 4th Ward
Don't Give Up***
Unbound

Set 2:
Topical Jesus
Lost****
Puede Peder en Equilibrio
Pink Teeth
Hey Jude*****
Road to Nowhere******
The Extraordinary Mrs. Crickett
An Ode' to Accepting Criticism

*Tears for Fears, **Paul Simon, ***The Whitest Boy Alive, ****Coldplay, *****The Beatles, ******Talking Heads

Set 1:
Devilish Friend
Scent of Eliza
Vice>Dayo
Fake Plastic Trees*
Bird Girl
Unbound
Lie In Our Graves**
Everybody Wants to Rule World***
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover****

Set 2:
Puede Peder en Equilibrio
Lost*****
Old 4th Ward
Topical Jesus

*Radiohead, **DMB, ***Tears for Fears, ****Paul Simon, *****Coldplay

Ecco-Tat here, I’m sure many of you have been wondering what’s up with all this new and crazy stuff all over our website. You may be thinking; “Have these guys lost there mind,,, or have they discovered a portal to another world? And if they have, are they, perhaps, using their new-found powers, and understanding of quantum mechanics to manipulate time and space, creating new universes filled with Peep-Jousters, GZ Monsters, and Conti; an evil mega-chicken who terrorizes Carassians at his whim?????? Surly it can’t be!”
Well, your right, we aren’t exactly manipulating the space time continuum, but all the other stuff you were thinking about the Monsters and Chickens and Peep-Jousters (whatever those are), well all that stuff was right on the money.

I guess I’ll just give it to you the same way it came to me…

In the beginning Carassia was just a dark orb floating in space. Empty of life, barren and cold, Carassia spun around its universe for ages, possibly surmounting the age of Earth herself! Lonely and hopeless of ever sustaining life, she spun and spun through the ages and would continue to spin for the ages to come…
Until….
On one cold lonely day there came floating through the universe, small specs of vibrating light resonating through all the emptiness. Carassia had never seen anything like it in all her years. She tried as hard as she could to intersect the small globes of hope that came hurtled with love, warmth, and the feel of life… Alas it was not enough, the globes were too fast and Carassia was too old, she arrived just as the last globe had gone. She stared at the globes as they made there way through the universe, wondering what they were, feeling as though she had missed her one and only chance.
While Carassia sat watching all hope bleed away into the eternal abyss a small globe, trailing far behind all the other globes, was still racing through the darkness, a dimmer, less grand globe, but nevertheless it had traveled a great distance with a powerful message and it would not rest until it found its home. It was so insignificant that Carassia herself was unaware of its presence as she drifted into the great darkness, cold and barren as always. Little did she know, that the single trailing globe had landed on her unaware. It was a single “Pure Note”, created from a band named Stokeswood, it was a note of purity, warmth, love, and life and it had found its home on Carassia.
As the ages passed Carassia flourished, and grew stronger and more beautiful with each passing tide, until finally life appeared on her surface.
Carassians take only three shapes. The first and most rare of them all, the GZ Monster, was also the first to emerge on the planet. The GZ Monster is a relatively small creature in comparison to a human, about half the size. However, they live almost a thousand years and are born only of Pure Notes. There are also chickens on Carassia, small chickens and big chickens, the large chickens are less common than the small ones but not as rare as GZ Monsters.
As the ages passed Carassia grew strong and beautiful but, the amount of Pure Notes diminished in great numbers. It was at this time that GZ Monsters could no longer maintain harmony in Carassia. Without the peaceful harmonies of the GZ Monsters Carassia fell into disarray. Conti, the largest and most evil chicken of them all, formed an army of small chickens, which we call Peep-Jousters, with the sole purpose of banning the last of the GZ Monsters from Carassia.
Now it is up to us! We must help the GZ Monster; we need your help too! We need as many people as possible to play and spread our music so that more Pure Notes will reach Carassia, if we do this, GZ Monsters will once again be able to bring harmony to the land of Carassia and bring down the powers of Conti, the Evil chicken. So whenever possible, come to our website, play our music, sing our music, tell your friends, if you see the GZ Monster or Conti, or Peep-Jousters come to the website and log your sightings, together we can help bring harmony back to Carassia,,,
And remember, its all for GZ!

Set List:
Vice
Criterion to the Blue Note
Old 4th Ward*
Unbound
Puede Peder en Equilibrio
Topical Jesus
Lucy's Lullaby
Don't Give Up**
An Ode' to Accepting Criticism

* Special Guest Jason Monseur of Jungol

** The Whitest Boy Alive cover

I'd never been to the 5 spot before tonight and its a wonderfu place. Lauren from Meisa (GSU) took great care of us and the artistic atmosphere was devine. Without our carassian drummers it was a different feel, but with the same message and we had a wonderful time.

-Welcome to Carassia

By Katheryn Elie
A&E Editor
katelie2005@yahoo.com
Issue date: 11/5/08
www.thewestgeorgian.com
Section: Arts and Entertainment

Stokeswood is an Atlanta based band composed of five very independent and talented musicians with a common mission of bringing "a new sound not constricted to arrangements and lengths mandated by modern music."

Adam Patterson, whose otherworldly voice and passionate touch on the acoustic guitar, provides a sensation of uncompromised proportions to the psyche. Mark Godwin's endowed skill and fluid style on the electric guitar gives an elegant and angelic awareness to the inclusive spirit. Reed Irvine is a diverse piano and bass player whose noticeable ear and talent on the synthesizer fills this creative resonance. Jon Joiner's inventive and knowledgeable dexterity provides the core hub and backbone of the group, and Craig Gendreau's innovative ability on percussion and bass completes this distinctive ensemble. Fans of Stokeswood have claimed that listening to their live music at a show is the equivalent to an out of body experience.

They have played all over the northeast rocking from Miami to Boston and have been called "a well crafted style of music that is a warm welcome from the norm of today's over saturated music scene" by Talent Buyer of the CW Midtown Complex, and "well crafted songs, excellent musicianship [with] good looks and energy" by David Craver President of Open Mic Entertainment.

Adam and Mark of Stokeswood also run an Open Mic every Wednesday night at the local hot-spot, Bajas, in Newnan. They have given inspiration to several local musicians who all agree that their music has "touched [them] in incredible ways providing [them] with a driving passion to presume their own musical style". Stokeswood has played many benefits and charity events, and "will play anywhere". If there is a party, a formal, an event, a benefit this is the band to book! With booking Stokeswood there comes a guarantee for an awesome and energetic experience of a lifetime!

They already have an amazing cd "Carassia Act 1" that was released earlier this year that is a nice and eased introduction into their sound. Stokeswood is currently working on "Carassia Act 2" which can be described as "musically conscious, genius, signaturish, and so far in your face that it is subtle again by overlapping how much sound is coming at you". "There is a mystical place called Carassia that we want to show everyone," stated Mark. Even after a terrible house fire the band suffered, they rose from the ashes because they "know people want to hear".

To hear Stokeswood's music or to see a list of upcoming shows check out their website at http://www.stokeswood.net or their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/stokeswood .

Who saw Coldplay last night? You'll know what I mean. Just a reminder Adam, Reed and I will be at The 5 Spot on Friday in Little Five Points. We'll be playing with three other bands one of which is our old pals Jungol. They've been inspiring us for years and will surely inspire you. see ya there
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Welcome to Carassia

To continue the new outlook here in Carassia we are putting our YouTube channel together, so head over and suscribe to the Stokeswood channel. If you have some videos of Stokeswood please post them or email them to me at mark@stokeswood.net as we have very few. Here is a video of Adam, Reed and I on campus at UGA.
-mark

Well its been a while, over a year in fact since you've seen a set list or got a news update. that time is over, updates are back on everything, whats going on, whats been played etc.


As you can see the site has a new look and some new friends, The chickens hail from the land of Carassia and they are warriors in constant battle with our friend the GZ MUNSTIR, whom has been banished from the mystical, musical land of Carassia. stay tuned for the full history and legend of our new friends coming soon...


STUDIO UPDATE: Jon laid down his drum pad synth last night which marks the end of tracking before vocals are recorded. Once again we are enjoying the whole process and love working with Justin Mullinix. Act 2 is on schedule and due for release early next month.
ACT 2 TRACK LISTING:
(order to be decided)
1. An Ode' to Accepting Criticism
2. Lucy's Lullaby
3. Topical Jesus
4. Pink Teeth

Check back everyday for more updates and set list

Interested in being on the Stokeswood Street Team? contacts news@stokeswood.net

Soundtrack for a Robbery
Pink Teeth
Devilish Friend
Ordinary World*
Criterion
Unbound
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover**
Bird Girl

Scent of Eliza
Everybody Wants to Rule the World***

*Duran Duran, **Paul Simon, ** Tears for Fears

Bird Girl
Ordinary World*
Criterion
Everybody Wants to Rule the World**
Devilish Friend
Elf March
Unbound
Born to Run***^

*Duran Duran, **Tears for Fears, ***Bruce Springstein and the E-Street Band ~ ^Special Guest Josh Yoder (Bass) and Zack Varner (Saxaphone) of Liquid Jungle

1/2 Empty 1/2
Unbound
Elf March
Everybody Wants to Rule the World*
Devilish Friend
Criterion
The Extraordinary Mrs. Crickett
Ordinary World**

Fake Plastic Trees***
Scent of Eliza
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover****
Soundtrack for a Robbery
Pink Teeth
Bird Girl

Let Someone Else Be Happy For A Change

*Tears for Fears, **Duran Duran, ***Radiohead, ****Paul Simon