The Sleeping Planes: News

Don't miss the Planes' CD Release at the Mill in IC. Sunday Sept. 23rd, 7pm, non-smoking. Click here for more details. See you there!

Unfortunately we made a boo boo and left the liner notes out of our new CD release, "I Could." Below is what we would have put in it if our heads weren't in our a@*es.

Musicians on "I Could"
JJ Alberhasky
Martin Carpenter
Brian Cooper
Cory Hutchinson-Reuss
Eric Straumanis
Jim Viner

Big Brother Jim
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- Martin
Electric Guitar- JJ
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian
Keyboards- JJ

I Could
by Martin and JJ

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocal- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian

Whiskey Sky
by JJ

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocal- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian

It Don't Mean Much
by JJ

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocal- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian
Dobro- JJ

Other Men
by JJ

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Percussion- Brian

Isabel
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- JJ
Acoustic Guitar- Martin
Keys- Martin
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Jim
Weird Sounds- Justin

Star's Worth
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian

Natural End
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocal- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Melodica- JJ
Drums- Brian

Termites
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- JJ
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Martin
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Jim

Red Head Girl
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocal- Cory
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian
Melodica- JJ
Hand claps- JJ

20 or 30
by Martin

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- Cory and JJ
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Electric Guitar- Eric
Bass Guitar- Martin
Drums- Brian

Joey
by Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde

Lead Vocal- JJ
Backing Vocals- Cory and Martin
Acoustic Guitar- JJ
Melodica- JJ
Bells- JJ
Percussion- Martin and JJ

Recorded at Minstrel Studios in Iowa City, Iowa. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Justin Kennedy. Produced by Sleeping Planes and Justin Kennedy.

Artwork - Jordan Gadapee

Thanks to Justin and Liz Kennedy, John Svec, Jim Viner, Jordan Gadapee, Trevor Hopkins, Ben Kieffer and our spouses, families, and friends who have loved us so well.

Just wanted to let you know that I was back on my bike today. I had to buy a brand new shiny bike (I totaled the old one), which was fun. It is blue-purple, which isn't my color, but otherwise it is very masculine. The arm is feeling good. It cracks and pops and I still can't get it to change diapers, but we should be a go for the CD release party. -Marty

Well, suffice it to say that this old adage is partly true. Marty, whilst commuting home from work on is oh-so-eco-friendly bicycle, somehow fell and broke his arm. His bass-playing arm. His lyric writing arm. So please send him your good wishes, and let's hope for a speedy recovery.

Seriously, it's freaking humid! Iowa should just build a gigantic dehumidifier. Could some of you engineers get on that? Makes me think longingly of fall...does anyone know when the first day of fall is?... September 23rd?

Hmm...that's also the Plane's CD RELEASE SHOW AT THE MILL. Oh yes. Have you marked your calendars yet? It will be at 7pm, non-smoking on a Sunday. Our Fabulous Outfit is going to haul their gear up from Missouri to open the show with their folk-grass mindset and obviously interesting attire.

Check out the documentary on youtube
This documentary covers the basics, the how, the why, the stash. Enjoy!

quote- JJ on Mitch's ability to rip out a Beatles' riff at any moment.

Thanks to the fans and new folks that joined us at the Java House for a taping of WSUI's Java Blend with Ben Kieffer.
This show will air at noon July 27 and then Sunday the 29th at 5pm.
Visit our Myspace to see a bit of video from a recent practice and slip us a message!

Want to see some recent pics? Check out our new photo gallery toodles! SP

Help the Planes pack the Java House for a live performance of cuts from their upcoming release "I Could." This Show will be rebroadcast on am 910 and fm 90.9 the weekend of July 27-28.
Join us for this free performance!

We just finished recording a full length album...finally. The engineer is finishing up the last of the mixing TONIGHT!

Thank you for checking our site. More details to follow on how to get your hands on a sizzling copy of the upcoming Sleeping Planes release. --Martin

The Sleeping Planes are coming back at you shortly. We will be at the Mill Nov 3rd. There will be a Des Moines band joining us called Why Make Clocks? We are excited to be playing with them.

JJ was gone for the summer, but now he is back, so we are trying to get into the swing of things. We really are working on an album. We are on the Axle Rose/Guns and Roses release plan, but it really will exist in the near future, I promise.

Thanks for checking our site. We love you.

Martin

I've added some new MP3's to the site. "I Could" and "Other Men" will both be on the Planes' upcoming album, but not in the current downloadable form. Marty, JJ and Brian Cooper (our drummer) have been hammering out rhythm tracks for the upcoming debut and having a good time doing it. It's a total DIY project, but we're pleased with the early results.

Also of note, we will be doing "The Talk of Iowa" with Ben Kieffer at the downtown Java House in Iowa City on March 24th. We are hoping not to blow it in front of the estimated 30,000 listeners that tune in to this show every week. In general, it is harder to picture a radio audience naked to assuage nerves, but I'll be delighted to try. As always, thanks for visiting the site. --Marty

For you faithful returners out there, I feel compelled to add some new content to the site for you. Here it is. This stuff I'm writing is the new content.

Things are well. Martin just had a son. He was a nine pounder and had a dimple in his chin.

Cory got married recently. We endorse her husband 100%.

What can I say about JJ? Let's just say, it's all coming together.

The Sleeping Planes are a group of friends who came together with the intention of making music that we like and that satisfies our need to be people who "make stuff." JJ Alberhasky has been writing songs for years and has released a couple of solo albums. Martin Carpenter recently released a solo album called "Sheepish" on Paisley Pop records. (see "links" section of this site). Cory Hutchinson-Reuss brings an incredible voice and amazing sense of artistic sensibility. We look forward to getting to know those of you who connect with our music. We are currently working on a studio album of songs written by both JJ and Martin with a release date yet to be announced. There are samples in the "music" section of the site. Thank you for visiting.

-Martin Carpenter