Stores that carry Jeff Elbel + Ping CDs:
Barnes and Noble
351 Town Square
Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 653-2122
Remember When Records & CDs
309 W Ogden Ave
Westmont, IL 60559
(630) 963-1957
Music Masters Worldwide
5230 Main St.
Downers Grove, IL
(630) 515-1975
Tower Records
local music section
383 W. Army Trail Road
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
(630) 582-2555
Fingerprints
4612-B East 2nd Street
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 433-4996
Also available online at:
Marathon Records
Not Lame Recordings
Now's your chance: Check out webstuff that we like! Favorite web resources, shops, curios:
Pogo Studio: Champaign, IL studio run by Jeff's recording guru, Mark Rubel.
Andy's Angels Records: Theo Obrastoff runs this label to benefit research to cure cystic fibrosis.
The Big Takeover: Web presence of the world's greatest printed music magazine.
Tape Op: An amazing resource for DIY recordists. Third class mail subscriptions are free!
Mutts: Jeff's favorite comic strip, created by Patrick McDonnell. Influenced by Geo. Herriman's Krazy Kat.
The Talking Stick: Coffee bar and acoustic venue in Santa Monica. Great atmosphere for fans of literate pop.
Fingerprints: Superb independent record shop in Long Beach, CA. Hosts eclectic (and FREE) live concerts in-store.
Paste Music sells Ping CDs and tons of other rootsy pop faves.
Hofner Heaven: Rev Hillstrom mixed and mastered our new CD. He's a Hofner dealer, too. Buy me a Beatle bass!
Digital Spatula: Ping collaborator Steve Taylor's video production workshop
IQ Test: Rate your brain the Danish way! Best excuse for a low score wins a Ping prize.
Church Sign: Hours of fun! Create JPEGs of your own ludicrous church sign messages.
Guitar Chord Name Finder: Very helpful in naming odd chord shapes, for those of us lax in our music theory.
Ah, L'Amour: Perhaps the finest film of all time. By Don Hertzfeldt.
Phonespell: Learn what your phone number spells.
Cat Fight: Scroll to the bottom of Green Choby's Links page for the Cat Fight video.
Kitty Fan: "Turn off the fan!!"
Monsters: For the love of all that's decent and furry, heed Chan Poling's words. But buy our albums first.
Harsh:
Don't watch if you can't accept Hollywood's ability to fake,
or Ford Motor Co.'s capacity for bad taste.
Yeti Sports #1
Yeti Sports #2
Some musical compadres and/or heroes:
Andrew Wesley: Soul rock, straight from the heart.
Bill Mallonee: Real-deal road dog, American poet, inspirational ex-frontman of Vigilantes of Love
The Seventy-Sevens: Mike Roe, Mark Harmon, and Bruce Spencer bring forth the rock.
Peter Gabriel: Lots of nice behind-the-scenes content.
Phil Madeira: Jeff's favorite Nashville cat. Excellent songwriter, brilliant player (B3, dobro, etc.)
Miranda Stone: Canadian bohemian/gypsy street-poet/songstress. Soulful & sharp; ace bandleader.
Green Choby: Chicago's fabulous Mike Choby!
The Hopescope: Modern pop guitar heroics for a new generation of moptops.