Announcing
the Vancouver Premiere of
The WIDOWER
at the
Vancouver Underground Film Festival
Saturday November 25 at 9:00pm
The Blinding Light - 56 Powell St.

"THE WIDOWER" a black romantic comedy."He Loved Her More Than Life Itself."

COAL as "The Band Lost in Time"

Starring Shawn Milsted, K.Ramona Orr,
Tim Trylinski, Irene Miscisco & Darren Andrichuk. With appearances by Jello Biafra, Joe"Shithead" Keithley,
Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Ani Kyd and Coal. Directed by Marcus Rogers,
Produced by Kevin McBride, Written by Ed Kedzierski.

Against all odds ,an aging widower attempts to
celebrate his upcoming
anniversary with his recently deceased wife.

"Natural Born Killers meets On Golden Pond"!

Soundtrack includes Huevos Rancheros,The Smugglers,The Evaporators, Neko Case w/Rose Melberg, DOA, NoMeansNo, Bughouse 5, Coal, Mach III's,The Astronuts, Lindsey Davis, The Problematics,The Loudmouths, Sarcastic Mannequins, ELC, & The Goblins.

Catch COAL on MuchWest this coming Sunday October 29 7pm PT/10pm PT!!
With footage from Coal's 10th Anniversary show at the Silvertone Tavern, a meaningful (?) interview with Nicole & Jon and the television debut of new video "The Dark."

Coal's Radiosonic session was aired May 20 at 8pm (PST) on CBC Radio...the same day that Coal's drummer Ian Tiles was exchanging vows with his new wife. Congratulations to the happy couple!

"Invisible Man" will be broadcast on the program, Premiere Artists Show on ArtistLaunch.com on Wednesday 5/3/00. The show starts at 9 PM Eastern (0100) GMT).

The songs "Invisible Man" and "Thin Blue Line" have been included on MusicBuilder.com's first Millennia WEB CD compilation. All the CD's are distributed to radio stations across the US. Call in and request COAL at your local station!

COAL has been listed on Canadian Music Library on RadioNippon / CHMB 1320 AM site and people can listen to the show anytime they want there. Go: http:// www.radionippon.com Special Feature>Canadian Artists>Coal. The whole one hour show will be placed for a week at following address as well. Schedule>Fri   (click to listen to the whole show)  (click to listen to only the interview part. This sound file has bookmarks for your songs.) Originally broadcast Friday April 7 6pm-7pm.

Down to the wire, COAL was asked to open for the great (and very amicable) indie act LUNA, Thursday March 30 at the Starfish Room in Vancouver. By all accounts it was a super show, and we had a blast playing before such a large and appreciative crowd.

Coal will also be recording in the month of February. On February 21 at CBC radio studio 2 for broadcast on a future Radiosonic session and at Lemonloaf Studio mid-month.

Coal in the studio:

March 14 sees the release of the Northern Lights CD compilation featuring Coal, Veda Hille, Jack Tripper, Rich Hope and a host of superb local talent. For more info contact Mark Crozer-tinderbox@home.com or checkout www.mp3.com/tinderbox or Buy it online!

Two songs, "Just Whistle" and "Thin Blue Line" from the second Coal CD "One Track Mind" will be included in an upcoming episode of the new television dramatic series "Higher Ground" airing in March in the US.

Flophouse Jr. have completed work on their 2nd Cd. Now out!

Auburn's new album has been completed as well featuring a host of guest roots artists including members of Bocephus King, The Boomchix, Bughouse 5, Coal, Flophouse Jr., and Radiogram. Produced and recorded by Jon Wood.