Next Show: tba       That was cool...   The Turbulence and Tranquility Spring Tour 2010 is over.  Thanks to everyone that found time to come out and watch us play.  We'll see you again in the Fall...   NYNY is NOT in New York New York...   < Here's what we looked like backstage Saturday night at the Token Lounge in Westland.  Eventually, they allowed us on the actual stage to play music.  We're told that despite slight technical difficulties, we sounded fine.  Thanks to all those that joined us for the evening.  Also, special thanks to The Stage Junkies and headliners Tiles for allowing us to share the stage with them.  This week we're playing New York New York in Chesterfield for the first time.  Here's the map we'll be using to find the place.   More shows to announce...   Boney's was a blast.  < Here's a nice photo of a giant pitcher of beer...with us in the background.  Special thanks to John Sapienza and Relm for their most-excellent sets, and also to Boney's for the hospitality.  We have confirmed a few more shows for the coming couple months, including our return to the stage of the historic Emerald Theater in Mt. Clemens for the first time since 2004.  That should be an interesting show.  More information including maps to all our upcoming shows can be found here.   Friday night in Eastpointe...   We'll be at Boney's Nite Club on Gratiot Avenue between 8 and 9 Mile this Friday, March 12th.  Our great friends RELM will be joining us so it should be a good time.  Come out early and stay late.   Thanks for stopping by...   We had a good time at The Ritz on Saturday Night.  All the bands sounded swell and we had a nice crowd.  Thanks to the staff of The Ritz for making us feel welcome.  We'll have a couple more shows to announce shortly.   Two more shows...   On Saturday, April 17th we return to the legendary Token Lounge in Westland.  We're playing with Tiles, Gravetown, and the Stage Junkies.  We'll be opening the show at 8:45pm, so get their early.  On Saturday, May 8th we'll be at the recently re-opened New York New York in Chesterfield Twp.  We played a benefit show there a couple years ago and we're glad to be returning.  10:00pm start time.  Maps to all our upcoming shows can be found here.   Boney's Nite Club  3/12/10   Another gig.  This is a new place for us.  Friday, March 12th.  Boney's Nite Club is at 21530 Gratiot Avenue in Eastpointe, between 8 and 9 Mile Road.  It's the old Struttin' Club (and more recently TNT2's).  We hit the stage at 10:30PM.   The Ritz  2/20/10   Just added a new show to the schedule: Saturday, February 20th at The Ritz in Warren (the old New York New York).  Joining us will be Who's This We, Moses, The Callbacks, Faded Main, and Soul Scholar.  Come on out and say "hi" if you're in the area.  We'll have copies of the new CD / LP as well as the new t-shirts...   Looking for the new CD / LP?   We've started distributing both the CD Turbulence and Tranquility and the LP Now is the Nothing to area retail outlets. Pick up your copy at the following fine stores: Dearborn Music: 22000 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48124 (313) 561-1000 Stormy Records: 13210 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48126 (313) 581-9322 Record Graveyard: 2926 Caniff, Hamtramck, Michigan, 48212 (313) 870-9647 Car City Records: 21918 Harper Ave St Clair Shores, MI 48080-2218 (586) 775-4770 Discs & Tapes Unlimited: 204 West Grand River, Suite 140, Howell, MI 48843 (517) 545-9154 More coming soon...   CDs / LPs available on line...   Both Turbulence and Tranquility and Now Is The Nothing are available for immediate delivery.  Head over to the Merchandise page and get yours today...   What a Night!   Thanks to everyone that helped make the party a good one.  We had a blast.  Hope you did too.   The CDs and LPs are in!   See you Saturday, November 14th...   CD/LP Release Party   Join us on Saturday, November 14th to help celebrate the release of our third CD, Turbulence and Tranquility and our first LP, Now Is The Nothing.  The show will be at the Mt. Clemens Elks Lodge and We Are The Action, along with our old friends Relm will also join us.  Doors open at 7:00PM and the music starts at 8:00PM.  The Illusion marketing department has whipped up some swell new t-shirts so you're not going to want to miss out on those.  Here's a map to the Elks Lodge.   New songs to learn and love...   From the new CD/LP: Now Is The Nothing Bible Black   Turbulence and Tranquility coming in November   We're very pleased to let everyone know that our third CD is on target for an November release.  Turbulence and Tranquility will feature 13 new songs. Here is the track listing: Now Is The Nothing Bible Black I Am What Might Have Been Of Time And The River You Lied All Too Clearly The Despised Tapping Immaculate Deception Die A Little More Tonight A Winter's Tale Nevermore His Shell We are also very happy to announce that we will be releasing Now Is The Nothing, an 8 song 12" LP pressed on 180gram virgin vinyl that features selected tracks from Turbulence and Tranquility.  There will only be 250 copies of the LP pressed, so you're going to have to move fast if you want one. We'll post ordering information as we get closer to the release date.   Something IS going on...   The new CD is coming along nicely.  The drums are done, the bass is done and most of the guitar parts are done.  What's left?  Acoustic guitars, a couple noodly solos, keyboards and vocals.  We'll post a few teasers in a couple weeks.  Till then we leave you with a couple cool things that have been lurking on our website for a while: > Hello Hooray (recorded during the 'Sleight of Hand' sessions) > Legerdemain (instrumental recorded during the 'Sleight of Hand' sessions) > World's Edge & Rusted (live video from the Emerald Theater, 1/16/03)   Illusion on the web   Visit our MySpace listing: http://www.myspace.com/illusionrock Buy "Sleight of Hand" on CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/illusionrock Buy "Mysteries & Secrets Revealed!" on CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/illusionrock2 Illusion on iTunes: Both Illusion CD's are on Apple iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/ copyright ILLUSION, 2010.  All right reserved.