World Premiere Announcement

Good Morning, Soul Mates.
I'm just back in from my friend Micah's birthday party at the Continental on Wilshire. Nice joint. Chatted with our friend Dwayne, who is going to Torino/Turin for the Winter Olympics. Even though he is working the event, I would not mind trading places for a couple of weeks. I'm still hopeful that I'll get to go to the Games in Beijing in 2008. Of course, to rub it in, I saw several Apollo Anton Ono billboards on the drive home.

We got confirmation today that Everything My Heart Desires will have its World Premiere on the upcoming installment of Next Big Hit on Monday, Jan. 16 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). The podcast is posted at 9 pm PST/Midnight, Eastern. We hope you'll all "tune in" to the show to hear our new song. We are thrilled to continue our association with Next Big Hit and give a shout out to DJ Copperhead for supporting our music.

On Tuesday at 1 pm EST, the song will be available for downloading via the newly unveiled Rush Hour Soul.com. The new version of the website will go live simultaneously with the airing of the podcast. Yes, synergy. I'm really excited about hearing what you think about our new single and getting your reactions to it and the revamped RHS.com. So be sure to chime in. Chime. Chime.

Time for bed.
Love, Power, Peace

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