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PETALUMA INDIE BAND LAUNCHES NEW RECORD
FALL Entertainment! Upbeat Times in Lithuania!
JOKES & Humor #7 While returning from a trip to
visit his grandmother, a friend of mine was stopped by a state trooper in for exceeding the speed limit. Grateful to have received a warning instead of a ticket, my friend gave him a small bag of his grandmother’s delicious chocolate chip cook- ies and proceeded on his way.
Later, he was stopped by another trooper. “What have I done?” he asked.
PETALUMA, CA. ~ The ‘Devil’s On The Radio’ —and soon on your I-pod, smart phone, record player and every other de- vice with Petaluma-based Saffell’s new CD release hitting the airwaves on Oct. 7. Saffell Sproul, the multi-faceted vocalist and pianist and band namesake, who wrote all the music and lyrics on the 12-track recording, leads the indie soulful rock band. His piano is a Korg SV-1, with a sound that models classic rock key- boards such as the Rhodes and the B3 organ. Although the trio has released two EPS, this is their debut full-
length album. Produced by David Rubinstein, featured songs on the disc include the title track, ‘American Piano,’ ‘We the Blind,’ and ‘Back Home.’ ‘Devil’s On The Radio’ was tracked at Pra- rie Sun Studios in Cotati and
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Times is on the move again. Pictured below is Roxanne Thornton and Dave Johnson at Trakai Island Castle in Lithuania. This castle is on an island in Lake Galve and is sometimes referred to as “Little Marienburg”.
Well, Upbeat
The construction of the stone castle was begun in the 14th century by Kestutis and in 1409 major work was completed by his son Vytau-
tas the Great. Trakai was the main centres of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the 19th century, reconstruction plans During
castle were prepared.
“Nothing,” the trooper said, smiling. “I heard you were passing out great chocolate chip cookies.”
Weird Facts & Fun Trivia -9
When fl ying south for winter, the Bar-Headed Goose fl ies as high as 28,000 feet to go over the Himalayas, which is the height of almost 80 Ameri- can football fi elds stacked up along their tallest length!
intensity. After World War II, a major reconstruction project was begun in 1946 with active work started in 1951-52.
World War I, Germans made several attempts to restore the castle.
was fi nished in 1961 in the 15th-century style.
Between 1935 and 1941 parts of the walls and the southeastern forecastle tow- er was rebuilt. Work stopped when World War II gained in
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In addition to touring Lith- uania, Roxanne and Dave traveled to Latvia, Estonia and Moscow and St. Peters- burg and many other loca- tions in Russia.
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