I hope everyone had a great summer - Candy Band is gearing up for some Fall gigs outside of the Metro Detroit Area (Ann Arbor, Clarkston, Howell and Wyandotte). We're working on a new CD too!!! I had a great summer and one of the highlights was riding a bike with my hubby on the Hart-Montague Rail Trail. Beautiful scenery on a beautiful day! xoxo A.Joy

Tonights the summer reading finale party at the West Bloomfield Library on Walnut Lake Road!!! We play at 6:30 and hope to see you there!! After this we have a few weeks off to get our kids in gear and back to school!! Wow - summer flew by!! Gotta go - time is a flying!! xoxo A.Joy (for more info - go to http://www.wblib.org/summer/programs.php?group=Finale

Mr. Seley and I jammed at our Woodward Cruise Party - we really had the kids rocking (and we had alot of fun too!!) Check out his site at www.mrseley.com xoxo A.Joy

Thanks to all who came to our Detroit Zoo concert last night. The weather was great and the kids were wild (more wild than the animals!!). Hope to see you all at the West Bloomfield Library next Tuesday!!! xoxo A.Joy

My kids and I have been listening to a CD I've had laying around for awhile. "Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits". It was released in the mid 90's. The funny thing about this CD... it's a recording of songs from cartoons in the mid 60's - 70's... the cartoons I used to watch. The kids love "H.R. Puffenstuff", "Hong Kong Phooey" and "Josie and the Pussycats". These songs were remade by bands like Sublime, Sponge and Liz Phair. The kids and I have looked up some of the old shows on YouTube, and I keep saying "Man, these shows were WEIRD". What's with the Banana Splits? Sigmund and the Seamonsters? The Bugaloos? Remember??????

Uck - the mosquitos are so bad in Michigan right now - I must have 30 bites on me. Cortisone is my best friend!! I even have one on the front and center of my neck (quite lovely!!). We went camping last weekend to Metamora and they were extremely thick there!! What to do? They must love the taste of sweet Almond Joy!! See ya at the zoo next week (August 13th) for our 6:30pm concert. DON'T FORGET TO VOTE TODAY - YES ON THE ZOO ISSUE!!! xoxo A.Joy