November 19, 2008 

update from Tegan

Hello Tegan and Sara Friends out there in Cyber world, 

I hope you are all doing well! I am doing fantastic. This week I am packing up my belongings, leaving Los Angeles and heading to a far away hidden location (New Orleans.) Sara and I will be attempt to write songs together for the first time in our entire 14 year career. We think this is going to be amazing but it might be horrific. You never know! 

Don't worry we are going to document the important and moving moments as always, so you too can feel like you were there with us. 

This past month I have been in Los Angeles working hard on what will hopefully be the first Tegan and Sara book in a series of books we intend on self publishing next year! Each book in the series will not only be amazing,artistic, and packed full of Tegan and Sara essays, photos and love but it will also be reasonably priced! Ha. We hope you'll keep it in mind in the New Year!

I also just saw the new special edition online only t-shirt Emy is hard at work on! So keep your eyes on the store for new merchandise in the coming weeks!

While I've been here in Los Angeles I've been lucky enough to be able to participate in every anti-Prop 8 Rally since election night. It's been moving and memorable to have the opportunity to be involved. To stand with all the Californians who've participated has been an honor. I hope for all our sakes that the California Courts overturn this unfair Proposition and your rights are returned to you. Equality is coming. Stay strong. Stay Calm. Stay organized and be peaceful.Remember that even though the election is over and Prop 8 passed that the winds of change ARE blowing and your rights will be restored. 

Don't fall victim to pressure to act out or destroy private property. Stay on the path set out by the organizers and protected by the police. I saw so many of you marching out there and I want you to know I appreciate that so many of our fans are civil rights activists! Wherever you fall on the spectrum of sexuality you deserve the same rights and to be equal!

To those of you wondering what to do in order to get involved this next month to help please go to www.jointheimpact.com for updates and information. 

For those of you who are still interested in going to a book store near you here are my 3 choices for this winter:

The Brief Wondrous History of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

I Love You, Beth Cooper - Larry Doyle

I Live Here - Mia Kirshner, J.B.Mackinnon, Paul Shoebridge, Michael Simons

My three choices for must have music this season is:

Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line (oh my god so good)

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night (SOOOOO good)

Melissa Ferrick - Goodbye Youth (really good so it kinds of hurts but it feels good)

And if you haven't listened to the Savage Love Podcast you should. It is incredible. Sara got me into it and I really really love it. I haven't even been listening to music hardly at all because I stay up late at night listening to his pod cast instead. If you go to iTunes you can subscribe to his podcast for free. It gives you all the old episodes too.

SO GO!

Miss you all. Working hard on our new record and can't wait for you all to hear it!

Take care of each other, 

Your friend Tegan