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Goldy lockS video posted on Battlehelm.com

Goodnight promo 1

Nashville, TN – Nashville-based entertainment firm, The Lowry Agency, has officially announced the release of the “Goodnight” music video for the rock band “Goldy lockS.”

The “Goodnight” song and video is very near and dear to my heart as it started as a song written to my mother about her fight with the terminal illness “Chrone’s” disease. This video was funded with a campaign to help anyone who wanted to say “Goodnight” to someone they love in a very unique and eternal way by paying tribute to them at the end of the video.” – says Goldy Locks

Read more here…

http://battlehelm.com/?p=7906

How Do You Travel? Explore Club Fantasci and Your Deepest Imagination

Club Fantasci

Enjoy a wonderful creativity guest post from Ciara Ballintyne on Club Fantasci, and travel into the deepest realm of your imagination.

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Join Clube Fantasci and explore the deepest corners of your imagination.

How do you travel? By car, bus, boat, train or plane? Or… by paper and ink, or ereader, teemed with your imagination?

Where do you travel? Venice, Rome, London, New York? Or to the dark emptiness of space, where a vast planet curves out of sight in the vista below you? To a fantastical world where dragons fly, and sunlight pours like syrup?

I have been to hundreds of worlds I could never reach by car or plane, carried by the wings of fancy, aided by the dreams of someone else, written down and shared. I have walked the earth of planets far away, in our galaxy or another, and strode across the landscape of imagination to face the hordes of evil. Without speculative fiction, my life would be immeasurably poorer.

If this sounds like you, you should check out Club Fantasci, a new video book club for speculative fiction. The hosts meet monthly via Google+ Hangout to discuss the book, and you can tune in to watch. You get your say on the discussion boards for the group at Goodreads! There’s a current debate about what ‘traditional fantasy’ means exactly (in a situation where high/epic fantasy is a different category) so come along and have your say. My current view is it might be sword and sorcery, or possibly heroic fantasy. Do you know?

The first G+ Hangout is on 31 August at 7:00pm CST, and the Book of the Month for August is ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstern. Feel free to drop by our Facebook Page or Goodreads group and make suggestions for future books. I’ll be revealing September’s Book of the Month at the August G+ Hangout.

Read more here…

http://www.amberrisme.com/2012/08/26/how-do-you-travel-explore-club-fantasci-and-your-deepest-imagination/#

Dragon Lovers Unite! Club Fantasci Understands – Guest Post by Ciara Ballintyne

Club Fantasci

Do you love dragons – or other mythical or fantastical creatures? Ever experienced that moment where, halfway through hotly debating whether the dragons in Harry Potter are in fact dragons or wyverns, you realise everyone is staring at you? Or while discussing the differences between hippogriffs and gryphons, everyone starts edging away?

I have. In fact, it was the Harry Potter debate that did me in. I still staunchly maintain those are not dragons. They’re wyverns – of the pterosaur variety. I see you nodding in agreement… We understand each other.

But ten years later, my friends still remember that incident. Don’t start on the dragons again, they say. Or the other objection I encounter is ‘You do know dragons aren’t real, right?’ So what? Why does that matter? The mythology, and even more recently, the fantasy classifications, do exist.

If you know what I’m talking about, you should check out Club Fantasci, a new video book club for speculative fiction. We’ll be discussing the literary merits of each selected book, but also the extent to which a book deviates from or meets genre expectations – anything and everything that impacts on a book’s effectiveness. The hosts meet monthly via Google+ Hangout to discuss the book, and you can tune in to watch. You get your say on the discussion boards for the group at Goodreads!

The first G+ Hangout is on 31 August at 7:00pm CST, and the Book of the Month for August is ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstern. Feel free to drop by our Facebook Page or Goodreads group and make suggestions for future books. I’ll be revealing September’s Book of the Month at the August G+ Hangout.

Read more here…

Friday Spotlight: Ciara Ballantyne Puts Exotic in Erotic

We have one of my favourite people joining us today to discuss Club Fantasci, a brand spanking new book club she is co-hosting. Please welcome Ciara Ballintyne.

Want some Exotic With Your Erotic?

Do you like spaceships with your erotica? Beautiful, non-human sirens to tempt your hero?

I confess I am a relative newcomer to the genre of erotica. My early forays left me feeling a bit flat. Some of them (not D.C.’s of course!) seemed to revolve entirely around the sex. Now I understand that’s what erotica means (I’m not that silly), but where was the story? Surely this was supposed to be a story with sex, not just…um…. pointless, repetitive sex?

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(Guest Blog) The Evolution of Reading by Ciara Ballintyne

We’re all familiar with the rise of the ebook. It took a little while to take off, longer than it took the music industry to accept the idea of ‘digital files’ being downloaded to a device, but they are now well and truly here.

And it’s not just the way we read books that is changing with technology.

Once upon a time, a book club would meet at a location, with paperbacks in hand, to discuss the literary merits of the book of the month. There might be coffee and cake. Or maybe wine, depending on the time of the meeting.

Now we have video book clubs, where the ‘hosts’ meet via video link-up of some kind – Skype, or Google+ Hangout. I’m sure there are others with which I’m unfamiliar. Members can interact via a discussion board. Now, people who have never met face to face, may never meet face to face, and could never have participated in the same book club, are meeting to talk about books. Because of technology, the internet, websites and forums like Goodreads, and innovations like online video link-ups.

Read more here…

http://hmjacobs.com/guest-blog-the-evolution-of-reading-by-ciara-ballintyne/

Goldy lockS Band Partners with Sort This Out Cellars Winery to Promote Music and Wine.

Nashville-based entertainment firm, The Lowry Agency, has officially announced the partnership of the rock band Goldy lockS and winery “Sort This Out Cellars” to promote both the new single “Goodnight” and the Elvira beverage line.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Goldy lockS

Goldy lockS
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 23, 2012 –
Nashville-based entertainment firm, The Lowry Agency, has officially announced the partnership of the Nashville rock band Goldy lockS (www.goldylocks.net)and the California Boutique Winery “Sort This Out Cellars” (www.sortthisoutcellars.com) to promote both the new Goldy lockS single “Goodnight” and “Sort This Out Cellars 2008 Elvira Macabrenet” wine or “Elvira’s Olde Tyme Soda Classics” six pack set.
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Guest Rant: “Let’s Rock this Book Club!” by Ciara Ballantyne

Club Fantasci

Do you listen to music while you write? Or while you read? Love speculative fiction – and music?

Have I got the book club for you!

Club Fantasci is a new video book club. Just like a normal book club – except your hosts ‘meet’ via Google+ Hangout to discuss the book. You get your say on the discussion boards for the group at Goodreads!

So where does the music come in?

Club Fantasci is the brainchild of David Lowry of the Lowry Agency, representing musicians and voice-over artists. With a heavy background in music, David conceived the idea of each co-host picking a song that fits, in some way, with the Book of the Month. You can offer your suggestions, and discuss suitable songs, at the Goodreads discussion page or on the Club Fantasci Facebook page.

Read more here….

http://derekflynn.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/guest-rant-lets-rock-this-book-club-by-ciara-ballantyne/

Goldy lockS “Goodnight” Review

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Goodnight (Single/Video)

Goldy lockS

Label: Goldy lockS

Released: August 16, 2012

Reviewed: August 19, 2012

Goldy lockS is the flamboyant frontwoman of the band that bears her name. She is a former pro-wrestling personality as well as a musician in her own right and has been called “America’s Everywoman”. This everywoman and her band has just released a compelling new single entitled, Goodnight.

Read more here: http://www.boomerocity.com/goodnightsinglevideoreview.html

Goldy lockS Band Announces the Release of the Music Video “Goodnight.”

Goodnight promo 1

Nashville-based entertainment firm, The Lowry Agency, has officially announced the release of the music video “Goodnight” by the rock band Goldy lockS.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Goodnight promo 1

 

Nashville, TN – Nashville-based entertainment firm, The Lowry Agency, has officially announced the release of the “Goodnight” music video for the rock band “Goldy lockS.”

The “Goodnight” song and video is very near and dear to my heart as it started as a song written to my mother about her fight with the terminal illness “Chrone’s” disease. This video was funded with a campaign to help anyone who wanted to say “Goodnight” to someone they love in a very unique and eternal way by paying tribute to them at the end of the video.” – says Goldy Locks

Born and raised in Minneapolis, MN and a transplant to Music City Nashville, TN, Goldy LockS has played all over the world and with musicians and professionals such as Ted Nugent, Pink, James Maynard Keenan, Pat Benatar, Bret Michaels, Stevie Nicks, Saliva, Sevendust, Puddle of Mudd, Nickleback, Three Doors Down, One Republic, Tommy Lee, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Dallas Austin.

David Lowry, President of The Lowry Agency remarked, “What makes this video so unique is all the tributes at the end of the video for the ones lost by loved ones. It’s such a touching story both with the meaning behind the song and all the stories we received from the people who supported this video.”

To see the video please go to: http://youtu.be/B3m9wUhZ0-Q

The Lowry Agency is a full service artist management/development and promotions agency. Primarily they work with musicians, actors, speakers, voice over artists, entertainment companies, music coordination/supervision for film and TV as well as MMA promotions. The Lowry Agency helps clients to meet and exceed their business goals.

More information about Goldy LockS can be found on the following web sites and social media networks:

www.goldylocks.net
www.facbook.com/goldylocksband
www.twitter.com/goldylocksrocks

More information about The Lowry Agency can be found at www.thelowryagency.com.

Media Inquiries:
The Lowry Agency
www.thelowryagency.com
2726 Old Elm Hill Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
615-618-6906
Contact: David Lowry
Email: david@thelowryagency.com

 

Illusions of Intimacy: Author Martha A. Moore gives Club Fantasci a Nod!

Club Fantasci

Speculative Fiction Video Book Club – All Comers Welcome

Today, I’m delighted to help spread the word about a wonderful new video book club called Club Fantasci. My good friend, fantasy author Ciara Ballintyne, is here to explain more about this new and exciting group. I’m looking forward to it!
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