hello, All... I just wanted to let you know that as of now I'm featured
on NME's online media player and even have a little separate page as a
new artist.  maybe y'all could check it out and weigh in on the little
survey thingy they have.  right now I'm a 9 out of a 10, so I'm wearing
my happy pants and feeling quite pep-o-riffic because of it.

also, "The Cornflakes Song" will be on the Dec/Jan Paste Magazine
compilation that accompanies all of their issues.  that's some pretty
cool stuff to me 'cuz I'm a subscriber to the mag myself.  lots of good
musical, book, and cinematic finds through those folks.

I hope all is well in your camps and that I see many of you at the Dec.
15th show/party/hangover inducer... ~ Dick

Download a podcast from Preying Lizard Music's Chill Phill Show here. This show features Side By Side from Dick's new CD, Weightless.

Congratulations to Dick on the release of his fourth full-length album, Weightless. Order the CD online here, and be sure to join Dick and the band for the Chicago CD release show at Schuba's on Saturday, September 22nd.

Dick's new full-length CD, Weightless, is now available for pre-order from the Awarestore. The CD will be released on Tuesday, September 18th. All pre-ordered CDs will be autographed by Dick. Place your order now!

Check out a video of Dick and the band performing If It Bends, live from Martyr's on June 1st, here...

A new Featured Download has been posted, a video of Dick and the band performing Grand Marquee at Martyr's in Chicago (filmed and edited by Tim Gray -- Thanks Tim!). Download it here...

Congratulations to Dick for being named to Illinois Entertainer's 2006  "Best of Around Here" list.

"Cut from a similar cloth as Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, and Pete Yorn, tunesmith Dick Prall interjects introspective lyrics over vocals that range from comforting to confrontational."  - Andy Argyrakis, Illinois Entertainer

Read the full article here...

for a dear friend...

other than the expected newsletters announcing shows that request your presence, i believe i've been fairly unobtrusive in asking for anything beyond audience participation... just as a good little performer should. well, folks, i'm leaning on you for a bit more now and it's for a reason beyond my personal gain.

a friend and long supporter of mine, Aaron Edmunson, was recently hospitalized for dire health reasons, resulting in him being induced into a coma and receiving many dialysis treatments.  he is far from out of the woods and in intensive care at this moment.  to intensify matters, Aaron is NOT insured and his medical bills, as you can easily imagine, have already become astronomical, placing an enormous burden on him and his wife Libra, which they simply cannot afford.

i ask that you please - PLEASE - attend any and all benefit shows that are taking place in your area, and/or, click here to make a kind donation towards helping Aaron and Libra ease some of their financial stress.

i sincerely appreciate any support you can give my friend. 

all the best to you in 2007... ~ dick

Here's an excerpt from a review of Dick's Park West show from last Friday (from Illinois Entertainer)...

"Chicago’s own Dick Prall opened the show with much more charisma than the headliner and provided the total package for a troubadour. The one-time Starch Martins leader turned to most of his latest solo album, fizzlebuzzie, including the pensive pair “Barely Moving” and “Learning To Merge.” Prall’s voice evoked Cat Stevens during “Grand Marquee,” a song about his disappointment with the current state of radio where influences like Costello and The Replacements have been replaced by disposability. All of these tracks could be solutions to that problem if program directors get their act together, and hopefully with the momentum of this prominent warm up slot, the ball will continue to swing in this accomplished songwriter’s favor."  - Andy Argyrakis, Illinois Entertainer

Read the full article here...

Download a podcast of the remix of Dick's "Sunshine Came" (the original version appearing on his Dressing up the Failure album) on the Volkswagen site here (5th song from the top).

Dick signs with Authentic Records

i'm moving back home!  well... sort of.  my next album will have a home at Authentic Records. a label -- um... scratch that -- a damn fine label based out of my home state of Iowa.  great bands like the Nadas, Towncrier, and the Josh Davis Band are nestled there and i'm extremely excited to be added to their roster.  plus, i'll be among friends since the talented lads in the Nadas happen to be old pals o' mine from back in the Dick Prall Band days... now i have a valid excuse to tag along with them on the road and annoy them for hours! 

so, folks, please go visit www.authenticrecordsonline.com and see just what is givin' me the happy pants...

see you at a show...

~ dick

Hey folks!

While we're planning the rest of my 2007 tour, I was hoping to get YOUR help.  I'd like to begin my House Concert Series, starting at... your house!  If you are in Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio or Wisconsin, please contact my manager at jill@paperworkmedia.com and let her know when you would like me to play a private show -- not dance -- in the confines of your lovely abode.  (Prison does not qualify as an "abode.")

Best to you...

DP

“I think it moved...“

i know it’s been a spell, but i now have much to report on, so i feel like sharing...

first off, i have new management. Jill Katona, owner/operator of Paperwork Media, has come aboard to start “connecting the dots,” as i like to say. ‘tis a bit hard to carry on the day-to-day duties whilst attempting to write, perform, and record, so Jill will be the one to help put some momentum behind my little venture. please welcome Jill... she’s good peeps.

next, there’s some cool promotional stuff i’ve been picked up for:

* Volkswagen has chosen a couple of my songs - Copperhead Town and, ironically, Grand Marquee - for their auto show tour that is hitting 32 different U.S cities and in Canada this month. they’ll play the tunes at the show, on a dedicated site related to vw.com, and “other places” on the tour...

* i just completed an interview with the Chicago Tribune’s Redeye that focuses on the news that MySpace.com is now going to start selling downloadable music. look for that article (and a possible mug shot of mine) to come out this week (10/2 – 10/6)...

* the song Copperhead Town will be a featured download in the Nov. 1st JAM Productions’ weekly JAM Mail...

* and last, the song Sunshine Came from my Starch Martins days will be on the soundtrack for an independent film called “Serial Loser” coming out soon...

and did someone say “recording”? yes. i did. i’ll begin recording the next album in just a couple of weeks. it’s slated to come out in the spring o’ 2007.

as far as touring goes - something i’ve been missing dearly - the plan is to have me back on the road much, much more starting in early 2007. by starting with the southeast, hopping up to the east coast, and trekking back on through the midwest, i intend to get out as much as i can over the course of the next year... this makes for a very happy me.

finally, i have a question for you folks: who out there would like to be a part of the STREET TEAM we’re putting together for all this touring? i need kind souls to spread the word about shows and promotions by putting up posters, handing out flyers, requesting songs at local radio stations, selling merch at shows, and doing whatever it takes to help build the momentum. you would be provided all the goods you need, plus free tickets to shows and access to private shows. sound enticing? if so, contact Jill at jill@paperworkmedia.com

that is all - and plenty - for now. i do hope all is well in everyone else’s camp and drop me a line at www.myspace.com/dickprall

~ Dick

(oh, and by the by, to prove that i am a man of modernity, you can download a ringtone of Grand Marquee by texting 16266 to MYXER (69937)…have fun annoying folks on the train!)