December 16, 2001

Dear WildOnes:

Thanks for your continued support and interest this year of all things Wild Colonials. All the best for 2002, and see you next year.

This end of year WildNotes is courtesy of Wild Colonials' guitarist Shark...

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Season's Greetings - Happy Hollandaise - Happy Christmas - Happy Kwanzaa - Happy Ramadan - Happy Hanukkah - and... Happy New Year!

Well, what a year! What a year for ALL of us? "2001-A Space Odyssey", that futuristic SiFi event is now... in the past?!?! The future is now.

I was talking with some friends the other day about the last year and unquestionably Sept 11th is the worst day of the year if not, of our entire adult lives. But what I was surprised at was that we all came to the conclusion that the best part of the year is what happened after 9-11. I hope many of you understand what I mean.

Our concepts have changed regarding Heroism, Courage, Rage, Safety, Weeping, Race Relations, War & Peace, our fellow Passengers, feelings of Unity and "what matters".

One of the things I've always loved about New York was that it was an island that every race had come to call their own. We saw it in the faces of the Office Workers, in the Fireman, in The Cops and in the People running in the street.

A few weeks after 9-11 a friend asked if I thought it was all right to laugh? I said "It is, it's just that the joke better be damn good!" I still feel like that now. You just want someone who "gets it" to tell you a story, make you dance or laugh out loud. It does not mean that every Song has to be a
Protest Song, nor does every Film have to be Propaganda. You just want things to matter. What was once Silly, is now Stupid and Useless, what was once Cynical, is now Cruel and Ugly.

P.S. You can still be flippant and clever though. ;-)

The point is... things have changed and they are going to keep changing! This is an exciting and challenging time to be alive. Afghanistan woman are looking forward to a New Year of change, how about you?

Happy New Year indeed.

THANK YOU

The Wild Colonials get forwarded all your e-mail's, letters and questions and we can't tell you how much we appreciate your support, in times when we are sometimes wondering "where the hell we fit into to all this Pop Culture stuff we see around us".

Your e-mails also help especially when we are in-between albums and not touring.

We will still need your love and support but, we will not let you down.

The new Wild Colonials album "Get A Life!" will be coming out next year.

Yours,

Shark
Wild Colonials

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"Won't you help me sing, these songs of freedom?"
Redemption Song
-Bob Marley

"It's just a moment, This time will pass."
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
-U2

"Don't you know it's gonna be...All right!"
Revolution
-The Beatles

To be continued...

Until next time.

Wild Colonials all... Angela, Shark, Paul, Scott, Jason c/o WildNotes@aol.com