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the kris special

new LP "Alone Feels Like a Hotel Room" out NOW!!!

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Member Since: 3/27/2005
Band Website: thekrisspecial.com
Band Members: The Kris Special:
Anne Pointer - vocals, guitar
Nick Schutz - drums
Jeremy Bixler - bass

Influences: the Band, Beck, Boxing, Earlimart, the Kills, Love, Nada Surf, Nirvana, Pedro the Lion, the Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, the Raveonettes, the Rolling Stones, the Smashing Pumpkins, Elliott Smith, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, the Violent Femmes, Weezer, Wilco, Neil Young, old punk, old country, etc.
Sounds Like: the desert.
Record Label: No Exit Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Beserkeley

Day 4/6Sunday, May 25, 2008Blake's on TelegraphBerkeley, CAHoly shit.  Oh my God, we love playing Berkeley.  They know our songs... they sing along.  they dance.  It's amazing.&nbs...
Posted by the kris special on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:02:00 PST

free mustache rides

Day 2/6Friday, May 23, 2008live on KFSR 90.7 and KuppajoeFresno, CAThat's more like it.  We left Modesto and drove to Fresno.  I went straight to Rasputin Records and browsed for about an ho...
Posted by the kris special on Sun, 25 May 2008 05:36:00 PST

Spearmint Rhino

Day 1/6Thursday, May 22, 2008The Copper RhinoModesto, CAWow, what a bunch of bullshit!  So we drive up to Modesto, taking two cars.  Anne and Jeremy encounter a dead battery problem, which d...
Posted by the kris special on Sun, 25 May 2008 05:09:00 PST

THANKS...and stuff. no. 4 reals.

romance and relationships. uh huh. 4 reals. ok. i'm posting this to thank everybody for the kind words and continued support of the band who's profile you are on right now. yes. that's right. Black Oa...
Posted by the kris special on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:39:00 PST

...and a small bag of dicks

Night 1 of 4Wednesday, March 26, 2008Muse MusicProvo, UTThe first day of what is now going to be called the Yellow Snow tour started off with me arriving late at Jeremy’s and waking them up in a...
Posted by the kris special on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:05:00 PST

I saw your new boyfriend making fun of a retarded kid

Night 2 (of 2)Saturday, March 8, 2008Moody BrewsSanta Maria, CAFucking Santa Maria is a great town.  At least for music.  I actually have no idea about the rest of the city.  It could b...
Posted by the kris special on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:50:00 PST

the album’s available on iTunes!!!!!

Our new record "Alone Feels Like a Hotel Room" is now available on iTunes.  Go download it and stuff...NickThe Kris Special
Posted by the kris special on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:30:00 PST

"Alone Feels Like a Hotel Room" available on CD Baby

It costs $8.97 at http://cdbaby.com/cd/krisspecial.We also just got put up on last.fm -  http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kris+SpecialWe should be on iTunes, etc. soon...Love,NickThe Kris Special...
Posted by the kris special on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:53:00 PST

our album is out NOW!!!!!

After nearly 5 years of HARD work our album is finally out.  We celebrated last night with a great show at the Echo.  Our friends the Harpeth Trace, Get Set Go, and Daniel Brummel all played...
Posted by the kris special on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:51:00 PST

grattitude for kind words and kind people

hey. it's anne. i know that i never blog. i kinda wanna start. i don't want to be rude and disconnected. anyways, though...that's not what this blog is about! this blog is about all of the super nice ...
Posted by the kris special on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:52:00 PST