Hi everyone! I'm new to the board. My name is Michelle, I'm 19 years old, and I live in upstate New York. I have 28 Orange Street and it's AWESOME of course, but I was wondering if and when there is going to be a new album out? I read something about February 16th on here, but I haven't seen any advertising or mention of it on the site, and I notice the site hasn't been updated in quite a while. Does anyone have any info on the new album, or does anyone know where I can find downloads or clips of the newly recorded material? Also, I frequent James' band's website frequently (www.ghostoftherobot.com), and one of the things I love about the site is that the band members are activley involved. They post on the forum and join the chat room occasionally, log on frequently, and are members of the forum its self just as any fan is. We are even able to send private messages to any of the members including James. I guess what i'm asking is how involved are Common Rotation with this site and with the fans? Does anyone ever pop up on the forum? Do you guys ever get to contact anyone from the band? I know...so many questions hehe. Well if anyone has any info in regards to my inquiries I'd be much obliged!!

ANDREW: "If you leave me here alone, I'll do something EVIL!!! Like...burn things! Or-or...glue things together!!!"

~Shelly~

Michelle - welcome to the board!

There should be a new album out this month. Tentatively titled "The Big Fear" (the last we heard). We're predicting at the upcoming Whisky gig in LA next Sunday (feb. 16th). There are some MP3s for download on the main page of this site. One of the regular posters, Kinny, also has a few she may be willing to share. So you can post here and ask her nicely for those

The CR guys aren't as involved in the site as the boys fro GoTR. A couple of them have posted maybe once or twice, but the band's manager Matt posts updates, gigs, etc. regularly. A few of us have been lucky enough to get emails with the band members, but no email addies are posted on the sits for them.

Hope that was helpful to you in some way.

Hey there Michelle -

Welcome to the board. Thank you for supporting Common Rotation! My login is Common Girl, since I co-run the official CR street team with manager Matt Busch and Rebecca.

As soon as CD release + ordering information is firmed up, it will be posted at the site, yakked up at the gigs, and email notifications will be sent to the street team - which you can join by emailing streetteam@commonrotation.com if you would like. The more fans, the merrier.

As Stef posted, MP3s are available at the website itself - http://www.commonrotation.com

Have fun, and thanks again for joining us.

Common Girl