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Chris Badynee's Bogdon Box Bass has made the news again, this time right here at home in The Freep. The local musician/inventor has been peddling his wares in every available media outlet, including Bass Player Magazine, Good Morning America, on the Dwight Yokum tour with Jake Willemain, at the N.A.M.M. show out west and soon at the N.A.M.M show down in Nashville. According to The Freep he's already unloaded 500 of the cardboard contraptions at $99 bucks a pop via mail-order and more are selling all the time. Not a bad segue from his life as a sideman for The Purple Gang, The Cadillac Kidz, Pas/Cal, Skeleton Crew, Laffing Gas and many others. 
Back when my wife worked for an industrial tool supplier in Redford she noticed that one of her co-workers often sang along to the radio. Not just musical mumbling mind you, but belting out the song better than the vocals coming out of the speakers. She only knew him as Howard, one of the few people she could tolerate at that job. As it turned out, that co-worker was Howard Whitaker - the lead singer for the alternative rock band Euphoric Haze. She brought home his CD, Euphoric Haze's "Volume One", and we were both pretty impressed. It was like a mix of Seattle grunge and power pop, just like their link description here on MB said. The sound was tight and the songs were good. 
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Michiganbands.com would like to welcome Stephanie Raymond to our band links section (original artists/country). Stephanie is from Saint Clair, Mi (first knuckle of your Michigan thumb) and started writing music and playing guitar as a freshman in high school. Now, as a freshman in college, she's working on the release of her first solo record with producer Chip Stead and her father, Rod Raymond, a Christian/country artist in his own right. Stephanie hopes to make music her career and, with what sounds like a natural gift, we hope the world makes that possible for her. 
Michiganbands.com would like to welcome singer, songwriter & guitarist Bob Hausler to our band links section (original artists/singer-songwriters). Bob has worked with many notables in the biz and has opened shows for many more (see his website for an impressive list). As a session guitarist he's appeared on hundreds of recordings and his songs have been pitched to or recorded by national acts such as Alabama, Jon Anderson, Randy Travis and others. And when Bob's not adding projects to his already impressive career, he's spends a lot of time helping others develop their songwriting skills as founder and current president of the Mid-Michigan Songwriters Guild, a group dedicated to advancing the craft in the Mid-Michigan area. Finally, Bob is making time to work on his own solo project, some of which you can hear at his MySpace page. 
Members of Crashing Cairo have played with some big names including Kid Rock and The Verve Pipe, but now the band takes center stage to celebrate the release of their new Monday Changed Everything album on Friday, February 8 at The Magic Bag in Ferndale. Crashing Cairo friends Ether Aura, who have just released their Semblence EP, bring their new, stripped-down Americana sound to the party while Island recording artist The Satin Peaches and Us vs. Her round out the bill.
Michiganbands.com would like to welcome Gun Shot Amy, as self-described punk/indie/screamo band from Owosso, Mi. This young trio is comprised of Sean Woodsworth on guitar/vocals and screams, Jordan Sovis on percussion, piano and screams and Jordan Erwin on bass - who apparently doesn't scream. Always on the prowl for that next gig, the band has included an easy to use e-mail form on their myspage page for anyone in need of a supporting act on their bill. In the meantime, Gun Shot Amy will be participating in the Owosso Battle of The Bands to take place on January 18th. We wish them luck and welcome them to MB. Oh yeah, you can also find Gun Shot Amy in our Original Artists/ power pop & punk category in the "Band Links" section. 
Jonah "Nadir" Omowale has been named the Micihgan correspondent for MTV's "Choose Or Lose" campaign for the 2008 Presidential election cycle. In collaboration with The AP Online Video Network, the emmy-winning political program has chosen a citizen journalist from each state to file weekly political stories throughout the year. As part of MTV's "Street Team '08" he will contribute weekly, multi-media reports (short form videos, blogs, animation, photos, podcasts) that will be distributed via a soon-to-launch WAP site (wireless application protocol), MTV Mobile, Think.MTV.com and to the more than 1,800 sites in the Associated Press Online Video Network. 
Chris Badynee's Bogdon Box Bass has been making its rounds and this time has landed on the virtual doorstep of Bass Player TV, the net extension of Bass Player Magazine which recently featured the Bogdon in its "New Gear" section. Managing editor Greg Olwell takes the Bogdon Box out for a slow shufffle just to see if this cardboard upright really has the goods. There are three videos available on the site including "Construction" in which he walks you through the steps necessary to create the cardboard bass; "Materials" which points out the various features of the bass, including its "weed-wacker line" strings and double-sided taped inducer pick-up, and "Demo", where you get to see the bass in action. 
Detroit rock band Crud will be spotlighted on one of television's most popular crime dramas -- "CSI," this Thursday, November 15 on CBS. The episode will feature Crud's song "Assume the Position" during a flashback scene where two CSI colleagues are engaged in hot physical relations.