Dear faithful web page and e-mail zine readers:

It is time to get you all updated on what is new in the life of me, your good friend “Dangerous” Doug Harper. It has been awhile since I really gave you all a really good and detailed update. Now it is time to do that, by getting right down to business.

My main project right now is Bru Java at the Maranatha Christian Fellowship. It is going very well and growing every week. Come out and visit Bru Java on Thursday nights from 7 until 11 PM, we always have lots of fun. Bru Java features music, food, and great people. You already know about the Local Ear, but stop by at our new web page at www.localear.tk. Between taking care of marketing for several businesses, these and other websites that I update, playing music, Church activities, and other work obligations, I stay very active and rarely sleep (seriously), but it is all worth it. I love getting to have that moment of satisfaction each time I get to produce great products, great music, and make great friendships through Jesus Christ, and it is an honor to be involved in Gods work at Bru Java, and the MCF church.

I told you that I would be posting some reviews, so here goes! The Drew family birthday party at the 3M clubhouse went well, I sit in with the Dog House Band on the Drums (yep Drums!), and I had a great time playing some rock n’ blues. I ate some really good cake too during one of our breaks, and wanted to have some more, but I thought I should watch my figure (Ha Ha). The last few shows at the Bru Java have been excellent! Christopher Ames was absolutely awesome, he will be back on July 22, so do not miss out on that show, and don’t miss out on Starrfadu either. They played a great set, and were just really great guys (and there wives came to the show, and were great ladies too) God really has blessed them all, and they were a great blessing to Bru Java. Starrfadu will be back at the church on June 17, from 8 until 9 PM, this will be a good show to see also, even though it will only be Austin and Dave. I would recommend that you stop by the Bru Java web page for more details at www.brujava.tk.

This is all that I have to say right now but I’ll keep you posted!

Your friend
“Dangerous” Doug

Big Update

Well I stopped by the Sound and the Furry Show, and it was very upbeat! Lots of folk enjoyed the rockin’ tunes played by the band. Joel Jefferies hosted the show and Yellow Snow opened up. It was nice to see Nevada get rocked.

Other News:

Berlin Drop gets ready to rock out for FREE! Yep I said FREE, 300 South Spring Street in Nevada MO at 8:30 PM, Aaron Reed will open up at around 7:30 and the doors open at 7 PM, do not miss out Tonight Thursday May 20, 2004, I’ll see you there.

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An Email to Local Ear...

if prayer should be allowed in school, then should not all religions be
allowed in school as well? Is it truly the "Christian" way to force
people
to follow based on laws of the government? Isn't "Christianity" a
choice
that people make, not a set of laws they are forced to follow?

in the light of columbine, is it not true that every person is a
product of
some system? and if so, why would people choose to follow a system that
envokes segregation (homosexuals, and other religions), conservative
government (which means it is not a choice, thus just as invalid as
sinning), and has produced countless murders over the centuries in the
name
of everything from holy land to God "blessing" OUR troops/murders and
OUR
country, as if God would even choose any country to "side with" at all.

If God blesses "our" troops and "our" country, then God should be
blessing
iraq, afghanistan, panama, japan, vietnam, and all the other third
world
countries we have demolished, secondly God is the only one who can
judge
someone, end of discussion. It is not the role of a "christian" to shun
others, it is their responsiblity to accept them with kind generous
open
hearts and minds, allowing them to freely live their lives. Because if
the
"Christian lifestyle" is actually better, then people will recognize
that
and join, there is no "your gonna burn in hell" and blah this blah that
bullshit, it is about accepting and supporting all humans, no matter
what.
to live as the bible truly tells us, because we can only live our lives
as
we choose, and it is no human's role to pass judgement on any
lifestyle,
religion, or morals.

I think by you not supporting Pepsi and its products, you are being
very
selfish as someone under God, maybe in Nevada MO or Salina KS it seems
easy,
but try spending sometime in a big city or foreign country, you will
notice
that not everyone follows your religion, and that is not only OK, it is
awesome. The fact that there is so much diversity is what makes
everything
great, life, sex, pain, exstacy, it is all so great because of the
diversity, and any attempt to force people into a your's or any other
religion/lifestyle is completey and utteryly wrong and un"christian"

i use " " alot because i dont believe, based on what i have read, that
Jesus
wanted a religion named after him, or people to have cross neclasses or
tatooes or have pictures and crucifixes up in their houses and
chruches, he
was far far too humble. I think Jesus was a messenger sent from God to
tell/show us what kind of life to strive for, nothing more. There is no
evidence of Jesus envoking war, pain, death, segregation, envy, hate,
bigotry, boycott, elitism, pride, or any of the countless products of
current religion.

write back, i wanna hear your thoughts

jason

An update from Sweet Willie D

Hi, Blues Fans,

This was a good gig week. We had the usual full house at Mo & Waldo's on Friday, and had several folks jam with us. There was Jeff on a Strat, Kevin on trumpet, Harmonica John, our very good pal, Adrienne Lee on mouth harp, and Debbie on tambourine. No vocalists came forward, so the only break I got was when Fat Daddie sang "Hey, Joe"!!! Fat Daddie, old boy, you'd better keep your day job. Speaking of Fat Daddie's day job, Barb and I just got a new (to us) car through his salesmanship.

Bruce needs to work with Fat Daddie, too, as he broke down we hear, and couldn't be with us on keyboards on Friday or Saturday. We missed you, buddy. And, you missed all the pretty young thangs!! What no one missed were those not ready for primetime jokes of yours!!!!

Saturday we played the blues at Simon's on the Waterfront in Hermann. This is the second gig for us there. I'm telling you, this is a club you want to try to make sometime. The sound system is great. And Ste ve Simon always jams with us. He's a pro guitar man, and has some good licks to prove it. Adrienne and her husband traveled down, and she did a set with us. Of course Steve jammed, and his protege also played with us.

We mixed it up quite a bit that night - Shawn even got a break this gig! Robert brought his bass and I sat in on drums while Simon played lead guitar. It was quite a performance. If you have ever seen Robert play bass, you know it's masterful, as is his lead guitar work. That's how he started playing, and the drums is what I started playing. Lots of Hermann visitors, including a lot of Harley dudes and old ladies, were there. It was a party!!!

Here's the schedule for the rest of May as we're booked right now. Things change, you know, and so has our schedule.



May 15 Bones 210 Commercial Jefferson City
16 Das Stein Haus 1436 Southridge Jefferson City
21 Key West Hwy AA & OO Holt’s Summit
22 Native Stone Winery Hwy 179 Jefferson City
23 MoJo’s 1013 Park Ave Columbia
28 Barb’s East End 1201 E 3rd Sedalia
29 Kluck’s Hallway 508 Spring Boonville

One Love 4 All of You
Sweet Willie D

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Bru Java Attendance

The attendance for Bru Java on May 13, 2004 was 32 people. It was a great time and the show went very well. David Moses Byerly Played first, and then Christopher Ames took the stage and left the crowd in awe! Don't miss out next week.

For more info: www.brujava.tk

Local Ear Gets Back in Action!

Hey we are now back in action and ever so ready to get down to business. So keep your eyes posted here for all the newest breaks in the music news around Nevada Missouri. Live music in Nevada has never been better than it is right now. I can totally see how it is all finally taking shape, and our music scene is growing like rapid fire. Don’t for get to drop us a line about what all you music folk are doing.