I get lost, messed up, and bored.

Hey Everyone!

(Here's what my desk looks like today, exciting huh!?... no)

I've got a lot of good news, and one little bit of bad....

so, I'm going to go ahead and get the bad news out of the way so that I can hopefully give you enough good to make it better after ;)

The bad news...

I've had to push back the release date of my new album, Dressed Up Like Dreams,  3 weeks later than originally planned. So now the OFFICIAL release date is April 29th, 2008.

I really did NOT want to do this, I've never pushed a release date back, ever.

But I decided this was absolutely necessary in order to present you all with the album exactly how I want it.

I do apologize though, because I really hate when album dates get changed, but please understand that I would have had to rush rush RUSH to get this album out at that time...

and to be honest, I've had a lot of last minute ideas for it, and I just don't want to rush it.

So hopefully you'll understand,...

you will still be able to pre-order the album beginning March 1st, exclusively at my online store (store.backseatgoodbye.com), and I've got a ton of extra "goodies" planned to come along with the pre-orders to thank you for your patience since I've had to change the date :)

OKAY

Now time for some good news!

I've finally got things underway for some really exciting things involving my upcoming Spring/Summer tour...

let's just say there may be a contest involving BG and a pretty huge website that will let you choose where I'll be touring....

just be on the lookout for that soon ;)

More good news?.... sure, there's actually a lot of it...

but it's going to have to wait, because it deals with the new album...

I can tell you that I'll be announcing the tracklisting sometime later this week,

and that I'm going to have a special thing (that I'm pretty sure no one's ever done this way exactly, but I could be wrong about that) to where YOU can be included in my new album's liner notes,

also, I've FINALLY got the plans ready for the BG Street Team and will be sharing them soon,

andddd, I've got the first offical Backseat Goodbye music video finally planned and I'm going to begin pre-production for that soon,

and like I said, there's more, but it'll have to wait.

Alright, so onto a bit more business, then we'll get to my past week.

You know that poetry book I've been mentioning that I'm working on?...

Yeah, well, I've decided on a release date and title...

Ahem, cinematic drum-roll, please....

The book will be titled Monsters Under Your Head and will see an official release to the world on May 20th, 2008!

Oh, and the cover?

Yeah,...

here it is :)

(Please note, this is a crappy little Jpeg of the cover, so it's kind of fuzzy)

I'm still putting the final touches on it, and can't really give many details yet on where it will be available or anything, but I'm working on all that stuff (I'm still quite new to this book publishing business) and will hopefully have some news soon on where you'll be able to get a copy. (I do know that I'll be setting up a new online store where you'll be able to purchase it, so YES, it will be available online.... but as for bookstores, I'm still working on all that stuff)

I'll also be launching a new site for my writing soon that will have all the info you could possibly want for the book, so lookout for that.

Alright,

on to personal matters.

This past week has been great.

Yesterday, I went to see the Nashville Predators play the Edmonton Oilers in Nashvegas with my dad. I didn't realize until the Preds scored the first goal and I immediately, without thinking, jumped out and shouted with my arms in the air (pretty much like it was an instinct)...

that I missed and also still loved the game of hockey so much.

(Because see, not many people know this, but I played hockey for about 10 years of my life at a pretty high level)

And well, after last night I now know that it's something I haven't lost one bit of love for.

So, all in all, my love for hockey has been re-awakened, and I got to hang out with my father, something which was longggg overdue. Good times.

Other than that, 

I've also made some great purchases this week,

I bought:

- a Polaroid one600 Instant Camera (you know, the cool kind that print the pictures out of the front as soon as you take it?)

- the Indiana Jones Complete Dvd Collection Box Set (because I've needed a nerd purchase, it's been a while)

- Roman Holiday Dvd (I've always wanted to see the "classic" movies that I've missed because they came out years ahead of my time, so why not start with one starring Audrey Hepburn?)

- The Mountain Goats - "Heretic Pride" cd (Wow, I love this band so much, if you like them, buy this album right now)

(Some photos taken by my lovely little Polaroid)

I've also gotten more work done on the new album (again, I'll point out that here I'm talking about the new album that will be coming out later this Summer, NOT the one coming in April) and wow, I'm just in love with what direction the album's going.... it's a lot more acoustic based, I'm excited about that :)

Alright, 

well that's all for this week.

Have an awesome day, night, or whatever.

- Chad

P.S. - One more photo, because photos are fun.

(My iCal To-Dos for this month, busy busy bee)