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  • We’re #6, We’re #6!

    Our song Take This Town took 6th place (Honorable Mention) in the 2009 Indie International Songwriting Contest, in the Rock category.  You can check it out on the winners page for their spring/summer 2009 songwriting contest. Better yet, just download the song for free or send it to a friend. Several years back, The Spelunkers cut this track for our little…

  • 100 Year Picnic Awarded 2nd Place In The Indie International Songwriting Contest

    We just found out we took 2nd place in the pop category with “Looks Are For Free.” You can check it out on their homepage or on the winners page for their fall/winter 2008 songwriting contest.   This is a song that Greg Pare and I wrote together as an experiment through email. Greg played a…

  • The Illinois Entertainer Gives Us A Fun Review

    It is always nice to know that people continue to discover the music. Here's a sweet little review from the Chicago-based print and online pub, the Illinois Entertainer:   "Bloomington duo 100 Year Picnic delivers a stunning collection of songs on Tales Of A Modern Splash. Friends/neighbors Jeff Greeneberg and Edwin Pierce revel in family and the everyday…

  • 100 Year Podcasts

    It's thanksgiving weekend here in the states, and we'd like to say thank you to all of the hard-working podcasters out there still playing independent music.  100 Year Picnic has now been featured on over 90 podcasts around the globe.  Here are some from the past two years: 2008 Mevio Radio, Florida, played Hot Balloon…

  • And Another Splash…

    Once again, we are happy to share another excellent review of Tales Of A Modern Splash, this one from writer Eric Anderson in Northern Colorado.  Think Rocky Mountains and Fat Tire beer.  Here are a few highlights: "The reflective songs leisurely unspool over a variety of catchy rock music, each a completely realized story…" "Tales…

  • Catch The Wave, Make A Splash!

    Hi kids, more fun to report.  First off, our song "Greener Than The Trees" was recently featured on four awesome music blogs: Largehearted Boy, a top 15 music blog and a personal favorite of mine for several years now. A Limerick Ox, an excellent music blog from Canada. The Hype Machine, a very popular music…

  • First Splash!

    Kyle Schiebel over at pantagraph.com has written our first Tales Of A Modern Splash review, and an awesomely good one at that.  He didn’t just dip his toes into the water, he dove in head first! For those of you in the hometown, Kyle is also the featured music writer for TCStyle, an excellent print…

  • Now Isn’t This Just A Whole Lotta Fun?

    CDs now available in stores: 100 Year Picnic Record Club CDBaby.com (CD or MP3 Downloads) Waiting Room Records (Normal, IL) Monster Pawn (Bloomington and Normal, IL)  

  • 100 Year Picnic To Join In The Fun On WBNQ

    For those of you in the hometown of Bloomington, Illinois, tune into The Susan Saunders Show on WBNQ 101.5 on Thursday morning, March 6.  Ed and I will be doing a live interview between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.  This week Susan is doing a salute to independent artists in the area.  I know our…

  • Start 2008 With A Splash!

    We now have the final master and cover artwork for the new record, TALES OF A MODERN SPLASH!  The record will be released on our own independent record label, Wheelie Pop Records.  We are planning a pre-release early February, with the official release a month or so later.  We are very excited about this piece…