http://sqrlz.com the squirrels re-constructed Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:52:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy New Year everyone!And 'appy anny sqrlz fans! It 's been a year since the re-u, one of apparent hibernation on our part (it's been a year since we updated this page!). As the holidays arrived we saw an explosion of re-u's on Facebook, and some pointing back to this ... http://sqrlz.com/news/ But fall has arrived, and the Sq2's are, well, getting their nuts in a row. Back in May, Peter injured a finger while loading a truck, which put the brakes on playing while convalescing. He was able to work on tour with Barbara Streisand the next month, which did provide some ... http://sqrlz.com/news-0711015/ It has finally come, and gone. The sqrlz (former members of the Squirrels) played live for the first time in twenty years, 25 years after they first performed. If this website were a tree, that would be the flower. There was, firstly, the overwhelming presence of so many old friends ... http://sqrlz.com/news-080101/ January and February 1983 were busy months for the Squirrels. Hot on the heels of the New Year's gigs, we were playing McPatrick's again, playing a couple of Tuesday night shows, one that did quite well, perhaps because I had plastered Cape Fear Tech with posters and got a ... http://sqrlz.com/russ-time4/ 20 years after disbanding, former members of the Squirrels re-unite for a commemorative live show In early 1980’s Wilmington, one could count the number of original bands, as well the number of performance outlets, on one hand. The Squirrels appeared in 1982, rising to the forefront of the town’s nascent indie ... http://sqrlz.com/news-20071006/ With our principal partners on a roll of non/Sq2 activity for the last six weeks, content creation has "petered" out. But rest assured there is more to come. We've welcomed a few old freinds to the club - the ever-interesting Walter Five, and one of our biggest supporters, Jim Snow. More ... http://sqrlz.com/news-070420/ I would like to first thank everyone for visiting our website, registering and contributing, whoever you are. YOU ROCK. Consider this a combined thank-you from Peter, Matt and myself - the participating members of this Sq2 reconstruction. Secondly - I would like to thank Peter for taking my suggestion of a ... http://sqrlz.com/danny-2/ Exactly how this part came about, I really don't remember, but at some point, I became the keyboard player for the Squirrels. During the time of the demo recording, Lisa was the band's keyboard player, but she wasn't on hand during the recording and had missed at least one ... http://sqrlz.com/russ-time3/ And beware the Ides of March. We've been in a bit of transition here recently. Peter D is now in Europe, working for Loreena McKennitt (whereabouts), and his time to devote to updating the site has plummetted. So it goes. But he did manage to complete (almost) his curation of archived Squirrels ... http://sqrlz.com/news-070224/ Peter D's 1988 post mortem And so...they all went back to their respective corners. Peter borrowed equipment - 4 track, keyboard, drum machine, bass guitar, etc. - from various associates, and spit out the following from his apartment on rather bleak N. 7th St. These went pretty much unheard. Been Here Before ... http://sqrlz.com/peter-1988/