Gobble Gobble

     Holy WOW!  What a crazy few weeks it's been!  First off though, it's Thanksgiving.  So happy Turkey Day :)  Holidays are some of my favorite days to hunker down and get creative.  They are also a day where things in the outside world seem to slow down, which is the main reason why I am able to write this post right now.  I am happy to report that since we won the Spin Magazine/Popchips competition (that's right, WE WON!!!!) we have been madly busy with all sorts of wonderful new opportunities.  MADLY BUSY being the key words there.  So please use that as your reason to excuse me for not having posted anything earlier.  And since it has been a while, and so very much has happened, I will give a brief rundown of some of the events...
     During the final few hours of the Spin competition, Scobra and I had a photo shoot with the lovely and talented Fiona Pepe.  One of the resulting shots is this:

 
        So then, the day after our winning was announced, we played a Victory Show!!!! - Photocredit Tim Basaraba.

     And in other news (there has been so much going on!) aside from the fact that we are now officially playing SXSW on the SPIN stage - releasing our full length album and then touring it down there and back, and all under a new name.... We have a photo shoot and interview this Sunday for a brand new publication that will be hitting the stands in early December.  I don't want to ruin any surprises, so we'll keep the mag name under wraps for now, but O MY GOSH we are going to be featured with some very heavy and amazing people!! So stay tuned.
      And in honor of a day of sharing and creativity, here's a link to a free download of an underground track of ours  http://ramonatheband.org/track/killing-time-remix-ft-wynne-glizzy-leila-steinberg

xoxo
-Dion Vox

Groovy Sunday

     Alright, that title probably makes me sound like a blues-hippy, but I don't care.  I can't help but start this out by stating that I am at home right now, sitting in my kitchen.  Drinking coffee, smoking a cigarette, surrounded by silence, wearing a bathrobe, writing.  What happy peace I have right now :)       Granted, I am still working, and the Spin mag / Popchips competition still isn't over yet.  In fact, a hole delicious storm of activity is coming up for us.  Blah blah blah - a whole list of lists of tasks and production work - plus some foxy photo shoots!
     But today, I want to just post some fun stuff that I have discovered recently.  Just because. 

And now for just some cool things that I found today:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.211536058908209.54156.100001554503581&type=3

xoxo - Dion Vox

PS - Don't forget, we are playing our (hopefully... probably...) VICTORY SHOW this Wednesday at the High Dive in Fremont.  Checkit~  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=265108813517149

We are in the lead!

Hey again :D

So I am proud as punch to announce that Ramona The Band is in the lead for the Spin Magazine/Popchips competition.  But we are only in day 8 out of 14 right now, so please remember that you can vote for us every 24 hours.
And another tidbit of tasty news is that we are on Spin's website!  Here are some screenshots to commemorate ;)

 And here's a link to the page on their site: 
http://www.spin.com/articles/spin-popchips-reveal-5-finalists-band-search

And just for giggles, here's a really nice blog that was written about our entry ~

http://www.soundonthesound.com/2011/11/01/send-a-seattle-band-to-austin-vote-on-popchips-pop-up-live-videos/

Thank you a million times over for all of your love, wishes, good luck, and support!! You guys are the reason we are in the lead!!!

xoxoxox
-Dion

The FINAL Round

Wow-ee!
We made it to the final round of Popchips/Spin magazine competition for a slot on the Spin stage at SXSW!!! Which also means, we finally get to unveil the video we made of our Vaudeville Carnivale show :)  Which also means, you can VOTE for it when you view it, and help us win!


Here's the video and VOTING link ;)

http://apps.facebook.com/popchipsfinalfive/contests/162446/voteable_entries/34776128





We also threw a big Dia De Los Muertos party last night, and here are a few fun photos

 Photos are courtesy of Kook Teflon and Debora Spencer.

Pleas help us out with the competition!!! Pretty pretty please, with a cherry on top~

xo
 - Dion Vox