It is now the "dead of winter" as they say and it has been a hard one here.  Unusual amounts of snow and low temperatures have made this easily the worst winter I have experienced in Berlin.  But the sun is shining today and it is "relatively" mild so you take what you get and hold on until it's over.  4 or 5 more weeks should do it...I hope!

One good thing that has come of this is that there has been little to distract from getting the word out about the debut album and it finally seems to be working.  2010 started off well with some podplay on Zaldor's World but things really went into overdrive last week with podplay on Dark Compass and Electrical Language (that one included a station identifier that was really a lot of fun to make - listen closely at the start of episode 198) two great podcasts out of the U.K.  Then, just last night Found And Lost was played on SMASH Radio here in Germany, a great broadcast for underground and independent music.  There is also some indication that there will be more podplay very soon on some other shows but we'll let those eggs hatch before counting them...

Another thing that had been put off for a very long time was a facelift for the Fine Print Pariah Facebook page.  With the help of a great app from Reverb Nation the page now looks like something and has music, video, photos etc...If you are on Facebook stop by and check it out and heck, why not sign on as a fan if you like the music?!  Won't cost you a thing and you get exclusive content in return...great deal, huh?

Some songs were also added to the "internet radio" streaming service Jango and if all goes well the same will be happening with Pandora very soon.  There were some issues there but now that the CD is available "on demand" from Amazon.com all of the criteria for inclusion should be filled.   Which brings me to the next point.  Until now the CD has only been available through the shop here and from Amazon.de but an "on demand" version is now available for the great price of only $9.98.  Definitely a great deal even if the "on demand" version doesn't have all of the cover art and liner notes.  If you are interested in that kind of stuff, order here.

So, as you can see, FPP came pretty hard out of the starting gates in 2010 and we will see how things go with keeping up the momentum, but the really big development here had absolutely nothing to do with FPP, at least not directly.  I have been hinting at this for quite a while now and it is now time to make it official:  Paul E. Phonics is alive!!!  Yes, that's right, I have unleashed my alter ego and some music is finally online - check it out at www.paul-e-phonics.com.  This is just a small sample of what has been going on here in the studio over the past couple of months and work continues on a debut album which will definitely be ready and released in 2010, probably earlier rather than later but we'll see how things go.  The project is still in its infancy and there is a lot to be done so that is where most of the energy will be going for the next few months.  Which brings me back to FPP and the news that this will be the last blog post here for quite a while (unless something absolutely earth-shattering happens).  I will still be blogging but it will be here and not here.

And so, on that note, I bid you farewell for the time being.  I will probably check back in later in the year but for now it is time to accept my new identity...