The current issue of online audiophile magazine TONEAudio features a positive, substantial review of Stuart Davis’ new album Something Simple ( “consistently excellent” ), and reviewer Marc Phillips promises there is more to come:

“Stuart Davis is one of the most intelligent and spiritual men in the independent music scene. His lyrics are literate and clever… His clear, confident singing voice is unusually expressive and digs deep into your brain. …[Davis is] contemplating the universe with wide-eyed wonder — and a devilish grin.”

“I’ll be writing a feature about him in the next issue. Until then, you should get ahead of the curve and buy Something Simple before Stuart Davis is totally fucking famous.”

Download the pdf file of TONEAudio issue #15 and turn to page 25
(extremely large file; right-click to save for best results)

Coming Later: Download the pdf of TONEAudio issue #16

…but he likes the bonus audiobook disc. From PopMatters.com

“[Stuart Davis'] newest record (or at least the version I received) contains a bonus sampler of his 2006 audio book Love Has No Opposite… Stuart has no shame or, apparently, fixed religion, which makes for some really interesting streams of thought in his aural prose. Sadly, with the possible exception of “Sugar Bullets” and its keen innuendo, his music doesn’t often hit the same level that his mind is at. Something Simple is indeed something simple, and though there are the odd tracks or turns of phrase that force you to question the state of things, it all comes off like a Christian pop or adult contemporary album (check “Sky God”).” Continue reading “Zen and the Art of Sodomizing a Robot in Front of Your Ex-Girlfriend” at PopMatters.com

A little bird gave me a press release that said:

Writer / Director Eric Schaeffer ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769703/ ) has offered Stuart Davis starring role in a full length feature film to be shot in Boulder, Colorado this August, 2008. Davis’ character is a happy family man with a spiritual practice, who’s nonetheless hungry for a break in his music career. Eric Schaeffer will play a successful actor seeking love and deeper spiritual life. The inverted arc of these two narratives intersect with a Boulder back drop. The film will feature an all-Stuart Davis sound track (including live performances) and will be completed by the fall and submitted to Sundance and all other festivals, etc. No working title as of yet.

Schaeffer also announced last week he’s using Davis’ song Already Free as the theme music in his new 14-part Showtime Series “I Can’t Believe I’m Still Single”, which will air Sundays and Tuesdays this June, July, and August on two Showtime channels. The series will also be available in Showtime’s On-Demand section.

Some interview snippets in this trio of local reports about Stu’s new album and tour, from Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen , and Shepherd Express Milwaukee.

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Check out stuartdavis.com today to see its wacky new look. The new album is out today, so be sure to check it out . It’s available to buy from the store.

On a sidenote today, I also have to pimp a friend’s book that came out today, The Patisseries of Paris.

Will points out that AllMusic has a short writeup here and also there’s this from the Duluth Budgeteer (free reg. req.).

Sorry for the continuous pun-ishment re: the album title . Anyway, on to the point of the post, which is that, as Dee said in comments, you can check out samples for the whole album on Amazon by going here.

Just ask USA Today’s Listen Up…

If you haven’t heard it yet, the first single (featured in the movie Drillbit Taylor), Already Free, has made its way onto YouTube and is viewable as the first clip in StuTube. I say viewable as it is running underneath a slideshow of cool stuff about Stu.

In celebration of the new album and the new year, I am rolling out a new theme and continuing to update the old audio, lyric, and other pages to more thoroughly integrate the various parts of the site. Look out for more of that as time goes by. Hope you like the new visuals. Thanks, K, for your invaluable input on that as it progressed.

Very happy to report that the Album Release shows for Something Simple have been scheduled. here they are:

Mar 21 - Minneapolis, MN
Mar 22 - Duluth, MN
Mar 24 - Milwaukee, WI
Mar 25 - Madison, WI
Mar 26 - Rockford, IL
Mar 27 - Chicago, IL
Mar 28 - Des Moines, IA
Mar 29 - Iowa City, IA
Mar 30 - Omaha, NE

Remember that we do have some lyrics on the album page, no song samples for you yet, alas.

The single and album have gone out to radio, and as Stuart notes, it got some play on KBCO. I’ve been doing some further cleanup behind the scenes to align the way things are done around the site. Changing over some outdated files and the way the new clips are accessed should be easier on you all. For those wondering, we are working on getting dpsangha back online. Will update when there is news.

Stuart has a great update summarizing all of the amazing things that went down in 2007 and whats yet to come in 2008. This is going to be an astounding year for all things Stuart. Stay tuned!

Stuart needs some people to help him play pretend and make with the funny.  Now seeking actor types.  All of this and more in the new Stuart Davis Newsletter.

Updated the vids section, now called Stu Tube (oh, god, please don’t sue us, our lords and masters, who dwell in the Googleplex!). Check it out, more to come.

Just a quick note to say the discussion forum is back in action, linkage to the left or clicky-clicky here. Also added a little music player atop the right hand column. Right now it has a bunch of short clips and a few selected unreleased/live tunes. Dig it .

Just wanted to give y’all a heads up… I took a pass through the unreleased section (which, yes, still needs a hearty re-org) and linked up some tunes that I had lyrics for that weren’t linked. I’ve also assembled the candidates for inclusion on the new album into a separate page. As always, keep up with all of Stuart’s goings-on via his always touching (sometimes in a pervy way) blog over at stuartdavis.com.

Did a bit of cleanup on the bootlegs page. Honestly I lost track of that sceene a long while back, so any suggestions for inclusion or any info that you have that should be in there, please drop me a line. Thanks!

Redid the album art with better scans, added sound clips for What (finally!  Jeez…).  Fixed some issues with the Bell album page, work is in progress to update/add sound clips for any songs currently missing them.

Announcing Dharmapalooza, 2007. Join Stuart Davis for this spectacular annual event, the 2nd weekend of AUGUST in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Special guest Zen priest Vidyuddeva! Only $100 for three days of rock ‘n roll, community building, and spiritual practice. This event begins at dinner (6pm) Friday August 10th, and wraps up Sunday night August 12th. Plan on a life-changing experience. If you want to meet friends in the Mystery, hear great music, and dive deeper into Dharma, this weekend is a MUST. Stuart will debut songs from his new album as well. Make your reservations now by contacting Stuart. P.S. be advised you will be charged if you make a reservation (whether or not you come). Availability is limted.

Having attended the very first Dharmapalooza, I have to just say it was quite the experience and I would absolutely suggest that anyone who can attend do so. Totally worth it .