Fastball - Drifting Online

25/03/2008
New Logo and Album Information!
Check out Fastball's official website, where the new logo has been uploaded. It's simple, but to the point and is featured on their new t-shirts which you can buy from the merch page on the official website. Tony said in an e-mail that I was the first to order them :).
They are returning to the studio in April to finish up the album for a possible Spring release date. Now we have the new logo I'll be working on the new website, so keep watch!
-Jack De La Mare
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10/03/2008
New Songs
Fastball have a range of new studio recordings on their MySpace which you should check out now at www.myspace.com/fastballtheband!
Expect a lot more updates with the new site design coming with the new album.
Thanks,
Jack De La Mare
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07/02/2008
New Song: She's Got The Rain
Recently Fastball have been playing news songs at their gigs. The one that seems to be stirring up the most discussion is the song "She's Got The Rain". The song is new for the new album and it was captured by ShellyinTexas at their latest gig at this video. It is a must see!
Thanks,
Jack De La Mare

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30/01/2008
New FBTB Website
The official Fastball website went under redesign the other day and now looks excellent. Most of the pages are not up but the main page and the overall design is excellent. There is a music player where you can catch up on the latest songs and new pictures of the band in a nice flash gallery embedded on the site. The colour theme has completely changed and now looks great! Red, black and silver mix so well. Check it out now!
Also, like I said earlier, this site will be going under reconstruction when the band have released some media for their new album.

I posted this on the Fastball official forum, I had a MySpace message from Harmoni quoting that she no longer playing with Fastball and that she is now the bass player for Bob Schneider. Bruce Hughes (Bob Schneider's old bass player) will now be playing with Fastball. Another guy on stage with Fastball should make it even more interesting.

Sorry for the lack of updates, I am quite busy with my film although coming into the next few months I may be putting up a new Fastball website which will be the theme of the new album (providing we get some media of the new album).
Check out Black Rain Online for more Fastball news and media!
Thanks,
Jack De La Mare

17/12/2007
New Album Info and Black Rain Online V5!
The album is known to be coming out soon and Tony recently posted a possible name for it: Don't Tase Me Bro. The saying came from the video of a student who asked John Kerry some questions and then got arrested and tased. It is possible for the album to be called this as most Fastball albums do have names based on sayings, like "Make Your Mamma Proud" and "Keep Your Wig On". But I guess we'll have to wait until the release.
Black Rain Online, an amazing fan site is now back! The site's great, including all of Fastball's work including many of their old "Magneto USA" records. It's very exciting to see the new site online with new graphics and pages, it does look great. Check it out at www.blackrainonline.com.
Not really anything else, we might be going under re-design soon to make the place better, keep watch.
Thanks,
-Jack De La Mare

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06/12/2007
Merry Christmas!
I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas! I updated the banner with a brand new picture of Fastball found on their MySpace. If you have been checking out the official Fastball site then you will know that their was a chance to vote for Fastball for VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. The program is airing from Monday to Friday starting on the 17th and ending on the 21st. The program will also be repeated on the Saturday after.
Fastball have been playing many shows at the moment and most have been recorded by Texasyesfan. You can find some of the songs on his YouTube. I would recommend checking them out, some of their new songs are on there! They will be playing at Fayetteville Square on New Years Eve, check that out, it's free entry.
Thanks,
-Jack De La Mare

30/11/2007
Fastball's Last Show?!
Going through my bulletins on MySpace I had one from Tony Scalzo, which was named: Fastball's Last Show... and included: ...At the Continental Club. Austin Texas, Tonight 10 pm. Come on out. Now I was scared, Fastball's last show!! But recently received this: Fastball, is alive and well, I don't know what got everyone all confused. I'll be much more carefull next time!
So basically Tony meant that it was their last show at the Continental club. That's a lot off my mind :).
Other news, Erik (owner of Black Rain Online) has made a comeback and updated his Fastball fansite www.blackrainonline.com. It's an excellent site, providing hours of info and media on the band. He plans to update the site fully with more content but for now check it out!
Look out for Fastball!
-Jack De La Mare

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15/11/2007
Fastball to Play for Barack Obama
Fastball are set to play in their home town of Austin this Saturday to support the the candidate for the Presidential elections - Barack Obama. The details of the show are from www.fastballtheband.com:

Barack Obama at The Backyard
13101 Highway 71 W
Austin, Texas
Date: Saturday, November 17th
Time: Doors open at 3:00p.m.

Tix can be purchased online HERE!

So will we see the whole gang with Tony, Miles, Joey and Harmoni? I hope so! Make sure you get your tickets!
-Jack De La Mare

11/11/2007
Updated site, Out Of My Head demo!
Hello. I have updated the site a little, mostly the media pages and a new contact page. If you have been tuning into the very cool podcast then you might notice in episode 4 they play a un-released demo of Out Of My Head. It is great to hear.
If anybody is interested then there is a job going to get video from the Fastball gigs and they will be available on this site, so if you can get to the gigs, please contact me.
More updates and news soon, thanks for coming!
-Jack De La Mare

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03/11/2007
Moderately Priced Winos - Fastball Podcast
You may or may not have been listening to the new Fastball podcast, I know I do and it is very good, and they give out some songs before the album :). The following is the latest news from Fastballs official website:
It's Hip, It's Funny, It's Instructional, It's your favorite Grape-Based Rock-N-Roll Podcast Show the Moderately Priced Winos, and Episode 4 is on the way real soon!
So get your cocktails ready and prepare to tune in, this week's show features special guest Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols!
And as always you can find the Moderately Priced Winos podcast in iTunes and various other media aggregators (Podcast Ready, Blubrry, Podcast Alley ), and also right here at http://www.fastballtheband.com/fastblog/!
Also, Fastball have been doing very well on their latest gigs, The Saxon Pub and Continental Club, they went down very well according to the aweome reviews from ShellyinTexas and Texasyesfan on the Fastball forum>
Thanks for visiting!

24/10/2007
New Album?
Hello all,
Yes it seems that there will probably be a new album! If you have been following the news from fastballtheband.com then you will see that they are often in the studio recording new stuff. I have recently been in contact will Miles and he did confirm that there will probably be a new album, which is great. They may be recording and releasing the new album themselves as the record industry is not very high but I can tell you that I will be buying more than one of those CDs. Well done Fastball!
-Jack De La Mare

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02/10/2007
Keep Your Wig On
Hello,
I just received my Keep Your Wig On CD from Amazon. It was around $6 and perfect condition. Obviously I have the CD already but only a copied version, this is the real thing. I think I am going to keep it in the plastic covering though... Unfortunately I could not buy the other CDs as they wouldn't ship to where I live which sucks.
I am really suprised this album didn't sell to be honest. It is Fastball's best.
Anyway, should be updating more media soon and only 4 days until Fastball's next gig!
-Jack De La Mare

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29/09/2007
Welcome to the Website!
Hello, welcome to Drifting Online, the best Fastball fan site ever! We hope to cover every aspect of Fastball and provide a service to all fans.
Feel free to browse around the site and please check out our Wiki.
-Jack De La Mare