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Including and Inspired By Brave Combo
Just released on October 13th....Bowling For Soup's new CD Sorry for Partyin'  which includes a polka version of BFS's song "Belgium" featuring Brave Combo.  Also, Bob Dylan's Christmas In The Heart has a cover of "Must Be Santa" that was inspired by BC's arrangement of the song on their CD It's Christmas, Man! 

Bob Dylan's Must Be Santa Video
A video for Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa" from Christmas in the Heart is now up for viewing. Be sure to check it out, it's a cover of Brave Combo's arrangement, right down to the listing of the presidents' names along with Santa's reindeer. 
http://www.bobdylan.com/#/media/videos/must-be-santa

Bob Dylan mentions how he learned about the Brave Combo version of "Must Be Santa" in an exclusive interview with the North American Street Newspaper Association.

Jim Bessman posted an interview with Brave Combo's Carl Finch about the Dylan cover version at Examiner.com

Mission Impossible Video
The mystery continues.  For valuable clues, watch Brave Combo's new controversial video, "Mission Impossible (Cumbia)."  Hint: water/desert/jellyfish/praying mantis.
Enjoy your journey! It's even better if you hit the HQ button!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y97rkBhFjLM

Just Plain Folks Awards Runner Up!
Two songs from Brave Combo's release, Polka's Revenge, "The Innocent Gadfly" and "Trippy Town (Denton Life)" came in 4th & 5th place in the Polka Song category at the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards.

Paste Magazine
Brave Combo's hometown of Denton, Texas has been declared the "Best Music Scene" for 2008. In the article Brave Combo is dubbed "The Grand Pooh-bah" of the bands coming out of "little d." www.pastemagazine.com

Wall Street Journal - Christmas In July
Brave Combo's song "Christmas In July" from It's Christmas, Man! is featured in a Wall Street Journal article about retailers attempting to boost sales by hauling out the holly five months in advance.  www.wsj.com

The Anagram Times Interview
Brave Combo's Jeffrey Barnes was recently interviewed by The Anagram Times blog about one of his favorite pastimes.http://anagramtimes.blogs.wordsmith.org

Track by Track with Paul Slavens
Carl Finch discussed Brave Combo's latest CD, The Exotic Rocking Life on Paul Slaven's June 4th KERA podcast, Track By Track. The podcast is available for listening or download at
http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/track-by-track-with-paul-slavens/

Houston Press Review of The Discovery Green Show
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/

Bohemia Rising
Bohemia Rising is a collection of short films directed by Christopher Largen documenting the events surrounding the redevelopment of Denton's famed Fry Street as well as some of the area's eclectic people and history. The DVDincludes the music video for Brave Combo's "The Denton Polka" performed live at Dan's Sliverleaf in Denton, TX. http://www.bohemiarising.com

2009 BEST OF DENTON
Brave Combo - Best Denton Band
Link to Article

Nominated for an "Annie"
Brave Combo's soundtrack for the Car Talk animated program As The Wrench Turns was nominated for an "Annie" from the International Animated Film Society. You can now watch the reel that was submitted for nomination consideration on Brave Combo's YouTube page.

Breakthru Radio
The web site Breakthru Radio has a regular feature called "Spotlight On The City" and thismonth they are focusing onBrave Combo's hometown of Denton, Texas and have included BC's music amongst the mix of artists from the city.

All Things Considered
Brave Combo's version of "Hail to the Chief" from Holidays! was in the January 21st broadcast of the NPR program, All Things Considered. Listen Here

Brave Combo on Radio M
Hear an archive recording of Brave Combo's 2007 Holiday performance at FitzGerald's that was recently broadcast on WBEZ 91.5FM in Chicago. www.wbez.org

Carl & Guy Klucevsek
Carl Finch joined accordionist Guy Klucevsek at his recent performance at the Modern ArtMuseum of Fort Worth. They played Carl's composition, "Prairie Dogs" which was released Guy's CD, Polka Dots & Laser Beams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjOgh-xUw4U

Door Art
Local artist Warren Lunt recently gave the door of Brave Combo's office a wonderful new look! Check out this link to an article about it in the North Texas Daily.

The Shiniest Jewel
The Shiniest Jewel, a new book by longtime Brave Combo friend and fan, Marian Henley is in stores now. It's an illustrated memoir of her decision to adopt a child that includes Brave Combo in a few of the panels!

Haunted Building?
The recording studio that has moved into the building that also houses Brave Combo's office has been experiencing a ghostly visitor.
http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/1009795.html

A Fair To Remember Wins Texas Emmy
The Texas State Fair documentary A Fair to Remember has been honored with a Lonestar Emmy from the Texas chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The film's score was composed and performed by Carl Finch and Brave Combo.

American Splendor
Long time fan Harvey Pekar makes mention ofBrave Combo (twice!) in the #4 issue of American Splendor Season Two that is now available from DC's Vertigo line of comics and graphic novels.

As The Wrench Turns
The Denton Record Chronicle featured an article about Brave Combo's contribution to As The Wrench Turns, PBS's first-ever prime time animated program. The band's Chicago push-polka version of "The William Tell Overture" was used as the theme for the series based on the long-running NPR program Car Talk. In addition to the theme, Carl Finch created a Brave Combo score for the entire run.
Brave Combo ATWT Press Release pdf

Young @ Heart Documentary
Be sure to check out documentary about the Young @ Heart Chorus that's being released on DVD on September 16th. This group made up of senior citizens (the youngest is 72) covers modern-day pop, rock and rap songs whose lyrics take on whole new meanings when sung by these lively octogenarians. While it didn't make it into the movie, Y@H does do a version of Brave Combo's "Do Something Different" in a medley with OutKast's "Hey Yeah". Check it out below!

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Another Thing To Fall
Turns out that Laura Lippman the author a popular mystery series is a long-time Brave Combo fan. On page 16 of her recent novel, Another Thing To Fall, the main character Tess Monaghan is listening to a radio show on her walkman because it is going to be playing some Brave Combo songs. According to recent interviews, Ms. Lippman says that she used to see BC at WestFest and the band played a friend's wedding.