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Seattle Weekly / Collaboration

2009-02-25T14:11:00.000-08:00

I recently worked on a song with Seattle's own Man Plus singer/producer extraordinaire Jared Mills on a song called "A Grand" that was just posted on The Seattle Weekly's blog. You can hear the song there and download it if you right click and save it. He had written the song originally; lyrics, synth bass line and drums and recorded all of those as well as the vocals and I filled in the blanks with lots of guitars (acoustic and electric) and some synth intros....

LINK
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http://blogs. seattleweekly. com/reverb/2009/02/free_coco_coca_mp3_featuring_j. php

p.s. I cut all my hair off today and will soon be announcing my new band that I've started that is totally different from Coco Coca in almost every way. Hint: 50's, 60's and 70's.

KEXP podcast

2009-01-09T21:05:00.000-08:00

The fine folks at KEXP put Uniform as the first track on the first in a series of KEXP / Vera Project podcasts.

LISTEN HERE

2008-12-05T17:47:00.001-08:00

THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS!

2008-11-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

Three Imaginary Girls decided to use Gusto in their Election Day podcast!!!!

CHECK IT OUT HERE or you can download it on iTunes!

Don't forget to come out to the early show this weekend at High Dive at 6!!

On the musical front::::

I've been experimenting and writing and recording and thinking and bullshitting and I think I might be on to something. Stay Tuned.

MAUH HAHAHAHAHA

2008-11-01T16:51:00.001-07:00

fall show flyers

2008-10-12T19:19:00.001-07:00

fall show flyers
Originally uploaded by CocoCoca

ALSO THIS SATURDAY AT MARS BAR!!

I can't believe we live in the same country

2008-10-10T23:33:00.001-07:00

Really super old white women have never been more SCARY.... Is this what our country has become??? A bunch of shriveled up, retarded, crusty old white people??? god fucking Save us all!!!!

FREE SUNGLASSES!

2008-09-16T22:50:00.000-07:00

Kind of funny...

CHAMPAIGN!!!

2008-09-15T21:47:00.001-07:00

I'm in Champaign, IL visiting my family until Thursday. EVERYONE needs to come out to The Canopy Club Wednesday night for the kick off to Pygmalion FeSt. It's going to be amazing!!! Listen to WPGU 107.1 if you're in the area on Wednesday around 3:30-4ish. I'll be on talking about the tour, the CD, Pygmalion stuff as well as spinning some of the new record!!!!

Thursday's Line-up:::

SEE YOU THERE

MILWAUKEE

2008-09-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

THE BORG WARD....

...in Milwaukee is a totally cool place with totally cool people. Last night went great. The night before in Minneapolis at the Hexagon bar with Mute Era went AMAZING as well. Everyone has been so nice and friendly. Taking a few days off at my parents house in Champaign, IL. It's really really nice to be home for a few days before Mute Era meets up with me here for the Pygmalion Festival and then it's back on the road for a couple weeks. Seattle, I'll be back soon! Trying to line up some more shows for when I get back. There's a couple in October including a Christina Agguaurlalaaa. cover night at Mars Bar.

CHAMPAIGN!!!!!!... SEE YOU AT THE CANOPY WEDNESDAY!!

PICK UP YOUR FREE COCO COCA SOAP!

Fargo?

2008-09-11T17:14:00.000-07:00

WORD!

I'm in Fargo, ND. My room is kind of smelly and the tile in the bathroom is broken.. I've been driving for like, pissshhh.. My whole life. The past two days of no shows and all driving have been super boring. The Badlander in Missoula went AMAZING however. Tons of great people and a really really cool town. I can't thank them enough for the hospitality and well wishes.

CHECK OUT the Missoula bands::

Black Velvet Elvis

Streetlight People

Tater Pig

.....Totallly aAweesome.

See you in Minneapolis?? Maybe? I hope so.

MISSOULA

2008-09-06T11:48:00.001-07:00

NEW REMIXES

2008-08-29T10:10:00.000-07:00

SOME KIND SOULS were... kind... enough to make some remixes of my music. They are posted at

Remix.CocoCoca.com

.. CHECK THEM OUT.. SO many thanks to Jared and Manat for their excellent artistry.

2008-08-25T10:19:00.001-07:00

John McCain is a Racist Son of a Bitch

2008-08-10T14:20:00.000-07:00

done and DONE

2008-07-06T21:23:00.000-07:00

THE RECORD IS FINISHED... That's a picture of jeff hard at work on it at the Vera.

Fresh out of the Vera Project finally mixed and mastered. Now it's off to the presses. My website is finally up too but it's still in the works. I am planning on getting the new record up on the site though and have the site ready for visitors in the coming weeks (2 at the most). Then soon after the RECORD will be available?!??!?!!!!!!!!!?

COME TO THE HOUSE SHOW THIS SATURDAY!!!!

www.CocoCoca.com ............Keep checking back!

PORTLAND Pictures

2008-06-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

Taken May 10th at The Towne Lounge in Portland CLICK HERE

New LP Track Listing

2008-06-08T16:04:00.000-07:00

HEY.. So the CD has taken form (I'm listening to it right now) and will be getting mixed and mastered in a couple weeks, if all goes to plan. I thought I would put up the track listing if anyone was curious (????). This is subject to change possibly. Hopefully I'll be able to get some sort of a CD release show together and I'll give out a bunch of copies. Otherwise, the Coco Coca website should be up a couple weeks before the CD comes out and you can listen to the whole thing for free and buy a hard copy in the store.

"Black, Black, Black"

1. Partners (1:50)

2. Unifrom (3:11)

3. Gusto (2:51)

4. There's a Snitch in My House (4:58)

5. Prime Mates (2:37)

6. Blood Is Thick (3:36)

7. Sa Cougar (5:01)

8. Space Country (5:16)

9. Continents and Oceans (5:17)

10. Conceiving Children (4:31)

Total Run Time (about) 40 mins

2008-05-30T21:48:00.000-07:00

MONDAY AT CHOP SUEY

2008-05-23T15:50:00.001-07:00

SUNDAY 5/25, AT THE CHA CHA.. FREE!!!!!!

I Wish

2008-05-23T15:43:00.001-07:00

I wish I would have known about this before I moved. I might have stayed a few more months. I guess I'll just have to play my Honcho Overload and Moon Seven Times 7inches (yes there are a few still in existence) alone in my room and try and pretend I was in attendance. If you are in Champaign you better go to this.

LOVE

PS. No Hum or Poster Children?? What the fuck?

PORTLAND, SATURDAY

2008-05-08T15:44:00.000-07:00

Word,

.. Finishing Vocals on the album

.... Mixing and Mastering in a few weeks

........ PORTLAND THIS SATURDAY WITH/ MAN PLUS and LASERS ALL THE TIME |||| TOWNE LOUNGE / BE THERE

MUCH LOVE YA'll

2008-05-04T15:42:00.001-07:00

2008-04-24T11:40:00.001-07:00

GOING TO BE AWESOME!!!?!??!?!???? So be there

Funhouse was Great

2008-04-16T19:14:00.001-07:00

It was hard to follow those amazing burlesque dancers.. but the show had to go on. Glad I did too, the people in the picture fell in love during my set.... Make's me feel all warm and shit. If you came to the Funhouse last night AND you're reading this... Thanks so much.

UP NEXT!?!?!

*THIS Saturday at The Spaceship w/ THE Spaceship Excellent + MORE

and then

*The Comet 5/4 with: DARK MEAT, Bird Language and

Stong KillinGS

LOVE

p.s. The album has moved into the "awkward vocal recording phase where I'm never happy with anything and want to give up music forever"..... But after that it's on to Mixing and Mastering (awesome)

TUESDAY!!!!

2008-04-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

Reschedule

2008-04-04T14:11:00.000-07:00

There was a Mix-up. Sunday's show at The Cha Cha has been bumped to a date still pending. Next show will be with burlesque dancers at The Funhouse April, 15th.

MUCH love

Vera Pictures

2008-04-02T14:21:00.000-07:00

PICTURES FROM THE VERA SHOW LAST SUNDAY !!!!HERE!!!!

2008-03-21T16:28:00.001-07:00

I know this is old... But it's so great

Stranger Interview?

2008-03-09T13:26:00.000-07:00

Stranger's Band of the Week Q & A.....Read it HERE

2008-02-29T14:39:00.000-08:00

(Click the Picture to enlarge and read it)

Coming Soon!!

2008-02-28T20:03:00.000-08:00

IT"S been a long past 6 months or so; Learning the finer points of audio production, writing new songs, getting new gear for the live show, learning how to use that as well, becoming a web-designer and video producer and reviewing every bit of work I've done a thousand times because it's never ever good enough... I'm getting to a point where I can finally put a time table (or at least a blind promise) of when THE ALBUM will be done and ready for mass consumption. MID-JUNE... Look for the release of my first full length "BlAck BlaCk BLack" and the launch of Coco Coca DOT COM. The website will host every bit of recorded music I have to offer in it's entirety. None of this "song sample" shit or worrying if people will not buy the album if they can just hear it online... fuck it... I'm just going to post every song from every release to hear for free. I feel that if people want to buy the CD they will and if they don't then they just won't. The site will also have a store and I'll mail out everything sold from it (keeping with my inability to work well with others), really dumb games, videos, music for download, the usual for a band site. BUT..ALSO, something I'm really excited about, the site will host a few songs off the new record in their original, unmastered, multitrack format as WAV Files. People then (if anyone actually wants to) can download a zip file with all the WAV Files for a particular song, import them to an audio editor and create remixes. Keep posted for more info as it comes in... I'm really hoping for a show or 2 or 5 or 8 sometime soon...SO if you live in Seattle, can you help a brotha out?

lOvE

Stranger's Band of The Week

2008-02-28T19:43:00.000-08:00

Not sure how this happened... but ... Coco Coca is The Stranger's Band of the week. Click HERE to see it. I got a call the other day from The Stranger about their annual band directory and I chatted for a bit with the voice on the other end, must have made some friends in high places because now I'm sport'n band of the week. Maybe now I can finally get a show in this town.

MUCH LOVE to The Stranger

TacocaT

2008-02-12T19:02:00.001-08:00

This band kicks ass! Their name is TacocaT. Check out their song "Peeps".

Love.

P.S. Free Coco Coca sample CD's now available at Atlas Clothing and Everyday Music on Broadway.

2008-02-01T11:54:00.001-08:00

Took Me Long Enough

2008-01-24T17:55:00.000-08:00

I've been in Seattle for 2 weeks and I have to admit, it's pretty cool. I've been busting my ass applying for jobs, putting free CD's in record stores and in the hands of radio stations and bartenders (hopefully to end up in the hands of promoters but I'm not sure if that ever happens). I even went to my first show in town last weekend, The Teenagers... Wasn't too impressed but the opening act, The Pharmacy, was worth a shit. Bottom line, looking for a job kinda sucks but looking for housing around here sucks even more. I need to get a room in a house so I can finish the album and play some shows. If you're reading this and you live in Seattle you need to friend me on myspace and let me know where I can play for you. If your from Champaign and reading this, I love you very much and surprised you still remember who I am.

Updates as they come in..

MUCH LOVE

**free Coco Coca sample CD's at the Sonic Boom on 15th and the Easy Street in Queen Anne**

Check out (if you don't know yet): The Pharmacy, Joey Casio, Panther

I Gots Nowhere to Live!

2007-12-17T21:22:00.000-08:00

I don't know what is going on with CraigsList but I've been e-mailing like crazy and with less than 3 weeks left before I leave, I still have nowhere to live in Seattle. Minor details however. More importantly I've booked 2 shows on the way out to Seattle.

1/3/07 - Omaha, NE (possibly a house show, not sure yet but there will be a show)

1/6/07 - Missoula, MT at The Palace

There are only 2 more shows left to play in Champaign; The Canopy this Thursday and the New Years Eve show at the Monkey. This Thursday is going to be awesome with a splash of Kick Ass, so I hope to see you there.

"Continents and Oceans" Lyrics

2007-12-05T15:21:00.001-08:00

Here is the lyrics to the new song I posted "Continents and Oceans"

Pack your guns boy you're going home

back to the midwest where you were born

no mothers crying tonight, she's got her baby back be her side

surprise, your tours over

you made it back safe, alive and sober

thats more then can be said for the son of a bitch that sent you

he's got the devil's eyes and a smile to match his deeds

he's as mean as they can be

sick with envy greed and vanity

he's got only one solution to every problem that he has

from Africa to Baghdad

rape, exploit and burn what's left

So as history repeats it self we put our problems back up on that shelf

the one that's grown to full

the one we we should never have built

but we've made our beds now, bloody as they be

it's the only place to sleep

the best we can buy with all our money

So come here soon, you have to notice this

it's not obvious to you

it's just how we live

Guns, Bombs, Disease;

Oh God help me please;

I'm not just on TV;

You helped create me

I'm miles away

Carried to you by airwaves

Across continents and oceans

Satellites send me to your kitchen

And the audio's delayed

But you can still make out my face

And you hear me cry

But you never listen

You just change the station

To one that demands less of your concentration

You take your time

You take my time

They don't want soul

They don't want my gold

They don't want my oil

They don't want you to know

P.s. Your taxes paid for the bullet in that guys head

I'm Moving

2007-12-04T16:30:00.000-08:00

It's official... I'm moving to Seattle, WA this January. I'm going mostly to pursue music but also I just graduated from college so I'll be looking for a job too. My last show in town will be the New Years Eve show at the Cowboy Monkey in Champaign. It's definitely going to be a big change seeing as how I've lived in Champaign for about 24 years now (my whole life) but I think it will be a welcome change and open up a lot more opportunities. Until then I plan on getting a new song I just recorded to WPGU in the next few days so keep an ear out (if they even play it). I'll also be posting it to my Myspace sometime soon as well. The song is called "Continents and Oceans" and is mostly about the state of the world (not to be too vague). I hope everyone likes it... I'm so desperate for positive feedback at this point in the writing process. The new album is coming on long but SLOWLY. I think the pressure of writing and putting together a full length album was a lot for me at this stage. The songs I've already written don't seem to be that great anymore and even newer one's I've recorded don't seem to stick out as being very good anymore either.... With that aire of uncertainty I leave you...for now

Much Love

The First

2007-11-28T17:46:00.000-08:00

Word,

I have a blog now. I'm really bad at things like blogs because I feel I've nothing much interesting to say or going on...SO... I've decided not to limit it to music and the band alone, rather, have it be about MORE; politics, movies, books, art, life....and stuff... Exciting stuff with the band coming up soon, shows and other awesome things. Will get back to you soon.

Cheers,

DANNY