Sunday 22nd June 2003
17.30 - Click here for an interesting post by Doug Kennedy about some of his favorite things brought about by Kasim's suggestions.

Saturday 21st June 2003
08.15 - The survey that is supposed to help Mercury decide what tracks will be included on Meat Loaf's next single release ends tomorrow. Click here to complete it (several Kasim fans are suggesting that Meat Loaf records We The People which is the song that Kasim co-wrote for the Couldn't Have Said It Betteralbum).
07.15 - The Gigs section of the site has been updated as Cyndi Lauper is opening at two more shows. Also Kasim as an opener as been removed from the European concerts as that is now not confirmed.
06.45 - Click here and here for some more fans' views of the Pushing Red Buttons CD.

Friday 20th June 2003
15.15 - According to a post that Meat Loaf made on MLUKFC.com he will be in Australia from 1st to 10th October and to Auckland, New Zealand "for a day of promo" on 11th October. (It is not known whether Kasim will be there too.) After that they will appear on Leno before filming a Top Of The Pops special in UK on 20th or 21st October. The tour of Australia, New Zeland and Japan will be in February / March (with the first concert there being televised worldwide). His single Couldn't Have Said It Better "drops" on 15th August and the album the third week in September in US and Canada.
10.00 - Meat Loaf himself made a post on a messageboard that briefly mentions Kasim! Click here to read it but, in case it disappears, it says:
"Thank you all so much!! Sorry aboyt the first 4 shows, saw the Doctor today, She said I can go rehearse but "Don't Jump or run around just sing. So back to NYC on Monday. Been working on the show in my head and talking to Kasim and Billy the LD. It's going to be Fun and Cool. Everything sorted for the release in North America. Single goes to Radio in Aug. Album drops 3rd week in Sept. Dr. cleared me to do the show on July 5th. So then were up and running. See you soon .
Meat
Los Angeles, USA"
07.15 - Click here for a brief fan review of the Pushing Red Buttons CD (hopefully more will be added soon).
07.00 - The E-Bay auction for a Japanese version of Lights On came to a close a couple of days ago with no bids being placed.

Thursday 19th June 2003
15.45 - Click here for a discussion about Afraid Himself To Be and comparing Kasim's and Jason Falkner's versions.
04.45 - I don't believe in it myself but I know that lots of fans do so Kasim's horoscope has been added to the front page of the site.

Wednesday 18th June 2003
19.00 - The Meat Loaf concert that was to have been played in San Diego on 27th June has apparently also been cancelled.
14.00 - Click here for a new review of the Pushing Red Buttons CD that briefly mentions Kasim. To date the CD has been compared to or the reviewer thinks it was influenced by Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Supertramp, Styx and Genesis!
06.15 - According to a post on the messageboard attached to KasimInfo.com the release of Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better (on which Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings background vocals) has been delayed in US to early 2004. The album is expected to be released in Australia in October 2003, plus a re-release is expected that month in New Zealand.

Tuesday 17th June 2003
09.30 - Apparently Mercury Records have now announced that Testify will now not be the new single from Meat Loaf in UK! They have decided to relaunch Couldn't Have Said It Better as the single. "It has been sent out to radio stations and an advertising campaign is about to begin."
06.15 - Click here for a news article from last month that mentions Kasim Sulton twice. I like the fact that it marks the gigs that Kasim will be opening and Cyndi Lauper will just be opening anything else as it reads as though Kasim is the bigger star!

Saturday 14th June 2003
10.30 - A Japanese version of Lights On is currently available on E-Bay. The opening bid is $9 (plus postage from Japan) and no bids have been placed to date. The auction ends on Monday.
05.45 - There are several changes on the Meat Loaf tour schedule today. The concert for Reno that was to have been played on 1st August has been changed to 31st July (all tickets are still valid), the first 3 concerts of the tour have been cancelled due to surgery and a new gig in Atlanta, GA has been added for 15th July. The Gigs section of the site has been updated with the details.

Friday 13th June 2003
12.00 - The Kasim Sulton page of the Road-To-Utopia website has been updated.
06.00 - It could be some disappointing news on the Tour Dates page on KasimSulton.com as it says "Kasim will be opening select shows on the tour. More info available soon." It looks like there might be tickets up for sale soon from disappointed fans.

Thursday 12th June 2003
12.15 - Kasim Sulton receives a mention on a review of the Pushing Red Buttons CD on the Sea Of Tranquility website (described as "The web destination for heavy metal, progressive metal and progressive rock)". Click here to read it. The two tracks on which Kasim sings lead on are both praised.
09.00 - Another new Meat Loaf concert - 27th September in Clarkston, MI. The Gigs section of the site has been updated with the details.
02.30 - There's been a couple of posts that mention Kasim Sulton on the TR Connection messageboard over the last few days. Click here for a lovely old story about Kasim that's always worth repeating and here for details about a new Utopia bootleg that's available on TRBazaar.com with some great comments about Kasim's performance.

Kasim Sulton in Alpine, CA - 4 years ago tonight
(Photo by Ron Hromoko)

Tuesday 10th June 2003
15.30 - The Discography section of the site has been updated with The Wonderground by Boy Meets Girl (Kasim Sulton plays bass on Make It Up and Second Chance), Meat Loaf's Couldn't Have Said It Better and the self-named album by Pushing Red Buttons.
11.45 - The third concert for Belfast, Northern Ireland has been added to the Gigs section of the site.
08.00 - More concerts at both Wembley Arena, London and Manchester Arena, Manchester have been added for the Meat Loaf tour for December. The Gigs section of the site has been updated with the details.
03.15 - Just some advance notice that KasimInfo.com may be down at times this coming Sunday (15th) between the hours of 2.00am and 8.00am due to maintenance by the host company. If any news of major importance occurs during that period, it will be posted on KasimInfo.co.uk.

Sunday 8th June 2003
14.30 - The older Blog items from this page have been moved to another page - the link is at the bottom of this page. Another small change that has happened on this page is that this Blog page is now geared towards the size of your monitor to make it easier for people without wide screens.
13.45 - Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better has dropped 24 places to #86 in the German charts.
11.00 - Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better (on which Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings background vocals) has dropped 5 places to #25 in the UK Album Charts which were announced today. In the UK Rock Singles chart the single has dropped 5 places to #21.

Saturday 7th June 2003
18.30 - Kasim Sulton receives a brief mention on the new(?) Douglas R Kennedy website.
18.00 - The E-Bay auction for a copy of Lights On came to a close today with a winning bid of only $1.99!

Friday 6th June 2003
18.00 - Mercury Records (Meat Loaf's record company in UK) are apparently asking for input about the other tracks on the forthcoming single Tesify. Some fans of Kasim have completed the form and suggested that Meat Loaf records the song that Kasim co-wrote for Meat, We The People. Click here for the form, here for the posts about suggesting We The People, and here for concerns that this may all be a PR exercise by Mercury Records.

Thursday 5th June 2003
14.00 - Although it doesn't mention Kasim on the front page, the Kweevak.com CD Awards section of the site has been updated with a message from the band who came 7th. Considering all they did (and they came 6 places behind Quid Pro Quo), it makes you appreciate how dedicated Kasim's fans are!
13.45 - Click here to read a Kasim mention on the Mike Keneally newsgroup. The main Kasim part says:
"As always, Kasim Sulton was playing bass. In the middle of this song, Meat asked Kasim to tell the audience how well he thought they sang. He said "REALLY GOOD" in a very amusing manner, and neither he or Meat could continue for at least a minute. Kasim actually had to get up and walk away to try and control himself. One of those "uncontrollable laughing at a funeral" kind of situations."
02.15 - There are some photos of the Meat Loaf tour rehearsals on KasimSulton.com or click here for the direct link. Many thanks to Jennifer Salyer for spotting the photos.

Wednesday 4th June 2003
11.15 - What do you like or loathe about both KasimInfo.com and KasimSulton.com? How do you think the sites could be improved? Please click here to post your opinions and suggestions.
08.00 - According to a post that Meat Loaf made on MLUKFC.com his album Couldn't Have Said It Better (on which Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings background vocals) will be released in Australia in October. He also said that he will be doing promotion there that month (no word yet about whether or not Kasim Sulton will be included in the trip).
02.00 - Another copy of Lights On is available on E-Bay. Click here for the direct link. The opening bid is only $1.99 and the auction ends on Saturday.

Tuesday 3rd June 2003
03.00 - Click here to read Kasim Sulton's mention in the Pushing Red Buttons bio on their site. In case it disappears it says:
"But the icing on the cake was a special guest appearance on the CD by former Utopia bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton.
Steve, being a longtime fan, had the unique opportunity to discuss the project with Kasim and Kasim ended up singing lead on two songs "Surprise" and "Danny's Private Life" plus adding bass to "Danny's Private Life"."
02.45 - Click here for an interesting discussion about the background vocals on Lights On.

Photo of Kasim at the charity concert this weekend

Monday 2nd June 2003
18.00 - The News section of the site has been updated.
17.45 - Some photos of Kasim Sulton at the charity concert this past weekend have been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.
03.00 - Kasim Sulton has posted a message on the messageboard attached to KasimInfo.com. Click here to read it. In case I backup the board incorrectly at some point(!) it says:
"From Kasim
Hi Everyone,
I'm glad Sue has chosen to keep this message board up.
I know I've been a bit lax in my web postings but I hope you all understand there are only so many hours in a day and I obviously run out of them before I manage to get everything I'd like to accomplished.
I just got back from Las Vegas and have a couple of days off
before we start rehearsing again,
although I doubt seriously I will actually take any 'time off'.
I still have a ton of stuff to do band wise to make sure this tour is the best one Meat Loaf has ever done.
Congrats to all the PRB winners on 'the other' message board.
Bookgirl has graciously offered to help me get the copies out to the winners.
Love, K"

Sunday 1st June 2003
12.00 - Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better (on which Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings background vocals) has dropped 6 places to #20 in the UK Album Charts which were announced today. In the UK Rock Singles chart it has dropped 4 places to #15.
11.00 - Click here for a list of some people's favorite photos of Kasim.
04.45 - Kasim Sulton receives a mention in an interview with Glen Burtnik at Harmody.com. Click here to read the interview but the Kasim part says:
"Marko: I guess are co-writing a song or co-wrote a song for Kasim Sulton’s new album?
Glen Burtnik: Yeah. He’s a good friend. He was actually introduced to me by this music impresario guy that was trying to get a band started with me, Kasim, and Max Weinberg. That didn’t go anywhere, but Kasim and I hit it off and we started writing songs together and we’ve been very close friends. We have similar careers – we’re about the same age and we both have numerous projects and we’re both far from household names, but we’re both professional. Married with kids- stuff like that; we have some stuff in common. He’s a very talented guy and we occasionally sit down together and write songs, and I’m lucky enough that he included one of them on his new album…"

Friday 30th May 2003
17.45 - The new singles to be released off Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better will be Because Of You in Germany and Holland and Testify in UK. Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings background vocals on both these tracks.
06.00 - Are you a Kasim Fan or a Kasim Fanatic? Click here to find out.
05.30 - Jennifer Salyer has updated her website with some photos of Kasim. Click here to view them. (The new ones are the photos that are displayed when the page opens.)
05.00 - Kasim Sulton has made a post on the messageboard attached to KasimSulton.com. Click here to read it.

Photo of Kasim from KasimSulton.com
(I might get my knuckles rapped for using this photo but I thought it too good not to repeat)

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