hello all!!!!

…Adam Pray, who directed The Ritz’s “Langston Bukowski” video, also produced a documentary in the congo this past year….the program will be showing tonight on the national geographic channel!!…..it’s part of their Explorer series and is called Congo Bush PIlots…..you can check your local listings but here in chicago it will be airing at 9pm and then again at midnight……..and im sure that they’ll rerun it a bunch next week if you miss it tonight….thats what nat geo does……..if the program is successful they will be turning it into a series!!!…..congrats to adam!!

….also this friday september 19th we will be shooting a video for the song “Heartless” here in Chicago and will be needing some extras for a bar scene…..we will be shooting the scene at the lakeview mens club at 2732 n pine grove sometime in the late afternoon/early evening…..if you’d like to be a part of the shoot…let me know and i’ll keep you posted on the specifics……all the drinks will be on me!!!….

….and heres all the details for our chicago release party….

friday september 26th @ u.s. beer co. 1801 n clybourn
Lab-Oratory Records presents…..
The Ritz “The Night of Day” release party
featuring performances by…
The Ritz
Vyle
Tekno Union Army (Earmint and Magicpantz of Herc)
Black Collar
and DJ Onceamonth
hosted by MoodSwangz
doors @ 8pm show @ 9pm 21+ $7

….hope to see some of you there!!!….

see ya next reel
apoc
elmhurst il

hey everybody….really quick just wanted to let everyone know about a few developments….

first off….The Ritz hit #20 on the cmj hip hop charts this week!!!….and still climbing…

secondly…. undergroundhiphop.com has featured us in their hot cd section this week on the front page of their site…..

and finally….thought people might be interested in checking out The Rtiz ecard….its got some fancy flash animation….links to videos n what not….and streaming audio of the entire album……check it out here…. http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/theritz/ecard/

…headed out of telluride tomorrow and back to chicago where we’ll be shooting a video for the song “Heartless”….look for that by the end of month….

see ya on the other side..
apoc
telluride co

hello again kiddies!!!…..it’s your old uncle apoc again…here to bestow upon you news from afar…or near….depending on your location i suppose……

since we last spoke lots has happened, lots is happening and lots more is about to happen…..

rel and I’s new album as The Ritz…The Night of Day….hit independent and corporate cd retailers worldwide on the 19th of august…..and…although there was a little confusion about this…..will be hitting digital retailers(such as itunes, hiphopsite, napster, etc….) this coming tuesday september 9th!!!……

the album debuted on the college music hip hop charts at #33 last week and climbed to #27 this week…..it’s the #1 hip hop album on KDHX in st. louis mo and the #2 hip hop album on KXZY in stillwater ok(wherever that is)……keep calling your local college radio stations and requesting The Ritz…..let’s break the top 20 this week!!!……

reviews for “The Night of Day” are starting to pour in and they are all resoundingly positive so far……how could they not be!?!?!…..one of the best is from the highly regarded College Music Journal….you can check it out here….

http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=74547715

…the reviewer calls it “an album to play over and over again”….that’s about as good as it gets………..or so i thought until i read this review in the official student newspaper of the University of Houston….The Daily Cougar…

http://media.www.thedailycougar.com/media/storage/paper1206/news/2008/08/26/LifeArts/Debut.From.New.Rap.Duo.Amazes-3404485.shtml

..where the reviewer calls it “a cinematic musical masterpiece” and then goes on to say that the album “singlehandedly creates a new genre for the Postmodern Era”….i don’t even know what that means but methinks someone has spent a little too much time in journalism school……nonetheless…..a glowing review!!….theres more of them too….you can check out some of these others from various music blogs n whatnot…..

http://www.stereosubversion.com/ssv-blogs/08-21-2008/the-ritz/

http://therunoffgroove.blogspot.com/2008/08/run-off-groove-213.html

http://survivingthegoldenage.blogspot.com/2008/08/ritz-night-of-day.html

http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2008/08/14/puttin_on_the_ritz/

http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/

http://www.raves.com/cdreviews/show/501/THERITZ-THENIGHTOFDAY

http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2008/08/12/track-review-the-ritz-its-the-from-the-night-of-day

….and the list could go on…..but those make for a pretty good example of the type of press we’ve been getting…..

also xlr8r.com has made our song “Heartless” a featured mp3…..which means that you can download it for free…..check it out here…

http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2008/08/heartless

…while you’re there…go ahead and give it a good rating why don’t ya…..this time you don’t have to sign up for anything….just click on the stars………which reminds me………thank you to all of you who gave us a good rating on the urb next 1000……for those of you who haven’t gotten a chance to yet……heres the link again…..

http://www.urb.com/promotions/next1000/profile.php?BandId=1111

…this is an ongoing promotion…so get your friends to jump on the bandwagon too…..

and….of course…..we have some shows coming up…..i’ll give you all the details later but just as a preliminary warning……this month we will be having our official chicago release party at the u.s beer company…featuring performances by The Ritz, Modill and more…..and then in october we will be playing at the abbey pub in chicago with Kool Kieth, Tim Dog, Verbal Kent and others on the 16th……before we head to new york city for a show at shunda k of Yo! Majesty’s new night at the os art house on the 25th……and from there we head to europe where we’ll be doing some touring in late october, november and early december……..busy busy busy…..

and finally…..thank you to everyone who got back to me after the last post….it was great to hear from all of you…..please continue to keep me posted on your lives as well……

thanks for your patience and continued support….

see ya on the other side…
apoc
telluride co