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		<title><![CDATA[ Re: Dispatches from Strettaland, Vol. 65376, ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hello Strettites!

	It&amp;#39;s been way too long since I sent out a dispatch!&amp;nbsp; The judge finally lifted the gag order, and I can now discuss Stretta in public again.&amp;nbsp; There have been many changes in Strettaland.&amp;nbsp; First, long-time Stretta vocalist, Debra, has moved on to greener pastures.&amp;nbsp; Literally!&amp;nbsp; She joined an agricultural cult living somewhere in the Smoky mountains.&amp;nbsp; We wish Debra (now known as Starshine Moonbunny) all the best in her new life!&amp;nbsp; Our new vocalist is a great singer named Happiness.&amp;nbsp; She is doing well acclimating to the Stretta way of life, but it is difficult for a novice to adjust to an all-fried-food diet.&amp;nbsp; She&amp;#39;s making great progress!

	Bassist Kenny has been away for a few gigs &amp;quot;vacationing&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; His initial &amp;quot;Vacation&amp;quot; was scheduled for 11 months and 29 days, but there&amp;#39;s hope it may be shortened.&amp;nbsp; Some Nashville Strettites may have seen Kenny with other D.O.C. &amp;quot;vacationers&amp;qu... ]]></description>
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		<author>contact@strettaband.com (jeff rogers)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Dispatches fom Strettaland, vol. 4526, "Around and About in Alabama" ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.strettaband.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/21688</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Greetings Strettitos!
I thought I would share with you some highlights from Stretta&apos;s recent tour of the great state of Alabama.
Our journey began in Huntsville.  We had come down to play a wedding reception in a barn.  That&apos;s right, a barn.  It&apos;s not the first time we&apos;ve played in a barn, either.  There were horses, goats, cows, approximately 250 barn cats, and a jackass.  No, I don&apos;t mean Ray!  It was an actual donkey, and of the non-human members of our crowd that night, I think the donkey liked us the best.  It was hot that night.  At one point, a lady decided that due to the heat, she would just wear her bra.  And why not?  It&apos;s a wedding reception in a barn, after all.  Go crazy!  Later in the evening, the bride and bridesmaids joined us on stage and engaged in bodily gyrations normally observed on the Discovery Channel or Cinemax&apos;s late-night programming.  I foresee a back support brace and possibly a chiropractor in the groom&apos;s future.
The next day, we traveled to Tuscaloosa... ]]></description>
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		<author>contact@strettaband.com (jeff rogers)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Dispatches from Strettaland, Stardate 224509 ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.strettaband.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/21013</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Greetings Strettites!
The Stretta Band was back in full force this past weekend!  It was good to have the gang back.  Ray Balz had recently completed his court-ordered community service for what the circuit judge deemed the &amp;quot;most blatant abuse of the Take-a-Penny-Leave-a-Penny Honor System that I&apos;ve ever come across in all my years on the bench&amp;quot;.  So it was good to have the team back together.
We descended on the Indigo Planetoid club in beautiful Lebnun, Tennessee.  As you know, the weather is getting warmer and romance is in the air!  Igor Stravinsky himself couldn&apos;t have imagined a greater scene of pagan fertility rituals than was witnessed last Friday.  Ah, the rites of spring!  There she was: tight &amp;quot;Daisy Dukes&amp;quot; covering only what was legally required, cowboy hat, cowboy boots, tight-white-somewhat see-thru tank-top, barbed-wire tattoo around the upper thigh area.  And her partner/opponent: black &amp;quot;Dale Earnhardt &apos;Intimidator&apos;&amp;quot; t-shirt stretched tigh... ]]></description>
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		<author>contact@strettaband.com (stretta)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 16:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Dispatches from Strettaland, vol. 1 zillian, ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.strettaband.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/20722</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hey Strettites and all Fried-food and Fructose Fans! I haven&apos;t abandoned you. Though it has been many moons since I&apos;ve written, you&apos;ve been constantly in my thoughts. So don&apos;t cry for me, Argentina.&amp;nbsp; The Stretta Band rolls on through thick and thin.&amp;nbsp; As always, the obstacles are many, the danger is real.&amp;nbsp; Of many episodes, consider these two:
&amp;quot;Out of gas, out of luck&amp;quot;
The band was booked to play in the Burg of Lawrence recently. Some members of the group met up at a gas station to carpool.&amp;nbsp; While there, they purchased- Slim Jims, Doritos, pork rinds, Mountain Dew Supernova, Cadbury Creme eggs, air fresheners, more Doritos, hot dog, a &amp;quot;burrito&amp;quot;, Teddy Grahams, Coca-cola Zero, a Maglite, a cassette of Foghat&apos;s Greatest Hits, another bag of Doritos, teriyaki-flavored beef jerky, a box of Whoppers, and a Diet Pepsi. Then, they left. Shortly after, they ran out of gas on the interstate because no gasoline was purchased. At least there were provision... ]]></description>
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		<author>contact@strettaband.com (jeff rogers)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Dispatches from Strettaland, (Slight Return) ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.strettaband.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/11550</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Greetings Strettites,

It&apos;s been a long time since I&apos;ve written.  The
Strettaband has been traveling the world over.  The
Rock and Roll (and French fry) odyssey has continued.
And like the wandering Odysseus, we faced many perils,
overcame insurmountable obstacles, witnessed many
strange and unsettling events, and ate fried foods
like there was no tomorrow.  Here are a few tales:

&amp;quot;Well, All Right!&amp;quot;

We were playing in Bowling Green, KY when Jon was
abducted by Frat boys and forced (at gunpoint) to
drink shot after shot of alcohol.  At least that&apos;s the
story Jon tells, and he&apos;s sticking to it.  That night,
Jon proceeded to explore his interest in avant garde
music by playing the chord progression to a ballad
completely backwards, singing a rousing rendition of
&amp;quot;Love Shack&amp;quot;, and repeatedly yelling &amp;quot;Well, all
right!&amp;quot; into the microphone.

&amp;quot;Man Down&amp;quot;

We were playing in Indianapolis, IN.  Kenny, our bass
picker and bass fish... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:45:35 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Dispatches from Strettaland,   Episode IV,    "A NEW HOPE" ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.strettaband.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/10079</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hey Strettites,

This past weekend saw the band roll up to Cincinnati,
OH for the first of two glorious weekends at the
Argosy Casino.  We were without the services of Ray
Balz for this show (Ok, go ahead, make all the
&amp;quot;Stretta&apos;s got no Balz&amp;quot; jokes that you want).  Raymond
was in Atlantic City, NJ, attending the 54th Annual
Deep Fryers Convention.  We had a special guest star,
Spoons, from the infamous Trailer Park Troubadours on
drums for this 
show.

Upon arrival, it was learned that Debra, our singer,
didn&apos;t have the proper identification and was denied
access.  This was quite a predicament as Jon, our
other singer, was also absent (he sustained multiple
head wounds at our last performance and was out on
medical leave).  The situation was turning grim for
our heroes so phone calls were placed, favors cashed
in, alliances were created, and back room deals went
down.  With literally minutes to go, Debra was granted
clearance and the show was on!

And ... ]]></description>
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		<author>contact@strettaband.com (stretta)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:04:46 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Dispatches from Strettaland, vol. 176 ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.strettaband.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/9591</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hey Strettites! It was yet another weekend of debauchery, hedonism, and fried foods for the Stretta gang.&amp;nbsp; Friday night found our heroes playing the Bunganut Pig in Murfreesboro, TN.&amp;nbsp; The highlight of the evening was probably the drunken, young lady who fell over the monitor and lay spread-eagle on the stage floor.&amp;nbsp; It was especially appreciated by longtime Strettite Lowell and newcomer Jason.&amp;nbsp; The evening was capped off by a rousing, impromptu version of&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Love Shack&amp;quot; that was requested by a bacchanalian bachelorette party that had entered the building.&amp;nbsp; On Saturday, the team took to the road and trekked to the teaming megapolis of Owensboro, KY to play the infamous Executive Inn.&amp;nbsp; Ahh, the Executive Inn, the state of the art in 1958 hotel architecture.&amp;nbsp; It was a good room, kinda groovy.&amp;nbsp; Things started roughly as we were plagued by equipment failure and the amazing, vanishing soundman.&amp;nbsp; Fortunately, to our aid came our newes... ]]></description>
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		<author>jon@icglink.com (test123)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:58:38 EST</pubDate>
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