Fenwicks East Coast tour!!!

From Steve Schub:

Shalom & Aloha Fen-Heads and 'Wick-Heads, Comrades and Compadres!
The news you've been waiting for, we've been waiting for, and assorted State Troopers have been waiting for! For the first time in over two years, your very own freaky, furry, freedom-luvin' Fenwicks will be hitting the road and returning to hamlets, and shtetyls up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Thanks to a tour-support grant from the Human Rights Foundation, and the love and support of the single best ska band alive and skanking- Boston's own "Big D and The Kids Table", The Fenwicks will be one of the four acts on Big D's "Steady Riot" Fall tour.

Confirmed dates are as follows:

-Sunday October 28
NEW YORK CITY, NY
THE KNITTING FACTORY

-Tuesday October 30
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
PEPPERMINT BEACH CLUB

-Wednesday October 31 Our Halloween/Ska-lloween Show!
CHARLOTTE, NC
THE CASBAH @ TREMONT MUSIC HALL

-Thursday November 1
JACKSONVILLE, FL
FUEL COFFEE HOUSE

-Friday November 2
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
STUDIO A

Tickets for the "Steady Riot" Tour are on sale now (or will be soon) and can purchased from Big D's Show Page:
http://www.bigdandthekidstable.com/pages/tours.php

Venue info also can be found on our own Tour Page:
http://www.thefenwicks.com/tour.shtml

-And now my friends, please humor me, as I engage in some well warranted plugging.... Justice and good taste requires that you check out our aforementioned musical brethren, our Boston-baked benefactors, "Big D and The Kids Table" and their utterly monstrous and entirely mind-roasting new CD- "Strictly Rude". They are indeed! Truly one of the only bands left, keeping the best of blue beat, rock-steady Studio One/Two Tone/Third Wave sound relevant and revolutionary...
They will make you smile and they will make you sweat. Dig 'em here:
http://www.bigdandthekidstable.com

-And now speaking of Justice. There is one think tank doing truly heroic work in defense of Individual Rights throughout the Americas, and that my friends is the New York based Human Rights Foundation. Read about the vital work they are engaged in, protecting Liberty and Human Rights and in the Americas here:
http://www.humanrightsfoundation.org/

-Finally, for those who've never experienced a Fenwick show, (or just might need a re-fresher course)... Experience us now:
Here at: http://www.youtube.com/thefenwicks
Or here at:
http://www.thefenwicks.com

Wuvanwowwiepops to y'all... and see ya in the pit very, Very, VERY soon....
xoxo,
Ska'd for Life,
Schubieshake & Duh 'Wix

Back to Iraq 2007

As I get ready to go back to Iraq in September (second tour) I find myself thinking a lot about how things have changed, and not changed in the last two years. I will be interested to see if things there seem more safe, more optimistic.

It is my honor this time to be leading a group of eight of my shipmates. I find myself thinking a lot about what that means… to lead. The idea of inspiring, motivating never meant as much to me as it does at this moment. I think a lot of our service members go about their daily business in a professional manner every day and they get the job done as well as they can without perhaps ever thinking about what the bigger picture is. Mainly because, it isn’t their job to do that. They have to be the technical experts at the job… let the brass worry about the war.

One thing I know is that I am personally inspired by the courage of the average American who volunteers for service knowing they could be put in a dangerous situation. I believe they are heroes for signing up… a heroism that may or may not ever be tested directly on the battlefield but still, a degree of heroism is there.

As my preparations continue and I head into Iraq, I will be posting here as often as I can to keep everyone interested up to date. Thanks for all the support so far and never let your politicians forget that there are men and women on the front line every day. I feel like repeating that because when I came back from Iraq the first time it was like no one seemed to understand that. I know it is hard to keep it in perspective when you are not there, but PLEASE, never let your politicians forget that there are men and women on the front line every day.

Thanks, and best premises!