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	<title>American Mars</title>
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	<description>atmospheric americana-influenced pop</description>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Not a single post for all of 2009. What does that mean? It means it&#8217;s 2010 and it&#8217;s time to wake up.
Thanks to everyone who made it out the 2009 Holiday Spectacular. It was fun to play. 
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		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2010/01/03/happy-new-year-2/</link>
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		<title>Bill Hicks on Letterman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Hicks was one of my favorite comedians. He was funny in a dangerous way. Edgy, political, irreverent, never safe. He appeared on David Letterman lots during the 80s and 90s but his last appearance was cut for content reasons, an event made more dramatic by Hicks&#8217; death the following spring. This past Friday, Letterman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2009/02/03/bill-hicks-on-letterman/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks so much to everyone who made 2008 a great year for our band. If you bought a record, came to a show, booked us at your venue, wrote a reivew, had us play on your show, or just sent good thoughts, please accept our appreciation and gratitude. We&#8217;re gonna take a little break but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2009/01/15/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Spectacular Debrief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the Spectacular last night. Detroit got pounded with close to a foot of snow. Driving was bad and it was cold. I hope those who came out had a good time. COTS is a great cause and hopefully we made a little money for them in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/12/20/spectacular-debrief/</link>
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		<title>Little Baby Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Fall we recorded a Christmas song called &#8220;Little Baby Jesus&#8221; for the Holiday Hootenany CD benefitting the Capuchin Soup Kitchen here in Detroit. We&#8217;d like to make the song available for free download again this year. Just click the link below. It&#8217;s also available on our myspace page and Facebook profile.
Speaking of Facebook, we know have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/12/09/little-baby-jesus/</link>
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		<title>Sounds and Spirits Spectacular</title>
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I just received the press release from the folks over at Thom McCann and Towne Club regarding this year&#8217;s Sounds and Spirits Spectacular. I didn&#8217;t know we were playing!! Check out the release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2008
The 7th Annual Detroit Sounds and Spirits Old-Fashioned Holiday Spectacular
Friday, December 19
The Magic Stick
4140 Woodward-Detroit
$15, 18 and over
8pm
Metro-area Thom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/12/04/sounds-and-sights-spectacular/</link>
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		<title>70 Who Rock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s edition of Detroit&#8217;s Metro Times, our own David Feeny is named one of 70 locals who rock Detroit. Here&#8217;s what it says:
DAVE FEENY
PRODUCER, MUSICIAN, STUDIO &#38; LABEL HEAD
As the Detroit area&#8217;s go-to pedal-steel guitar player and a member of local alt-country heroes Blanche, Feeny is part of the area&#8217;s musical elite. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/11/21/70-who-rock/</link>
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		<title>Pink Cadillac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love it when old songs take on new meanings. I spent part of my morning spinning around Detroit&#8217;s radio dial listening to what folks had to say about the bailout debate. Everyone seems to have an opinion about how we got here but no one has a good idea about how to get somewhere [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/11/20/pink-cadillac/</link>
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		<title>Saturday, November 15&#8211;Trinity House Theater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s to new beginnings!
We had a great time last night hanging out with Joe Nick Patoski, author of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, the first authorized biography of the legendary singer/songwriter, and all around character. We played some tunes before and after Joe Nick talked about Willie and the book and then we had the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/11/11/saturday-november-15-trinity-house-theater/</link>
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		<title>October/November Shows</title>
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Fall has come to Detroit. We’re sorry to see Summer go but happy to get out the sweaters. Come see us before it snows. Here’s some opportunities:
Friday, October 3 (tonight!)
The Pike Room-Pontiac, MI
opening for Langhorne Slim
8pm
Saturday, October 11
Lager House-Detroit, MI
The Niapele Project Benefit Show for Liberian Children
featuring American Mars, Dan John Miller, Jawbone, and The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americanmars.com/2008/10/03/octobernovember-shows/</link>
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