Tuesday 15th July 2003
12.45 - The Sphere Sound Records website now has the title "Quid Pro Bono" and some lovely photos of Kasim Sulton in the slideshow.
10.15 - The end of an era? Bearsville Studio is up for sale - to be sold as a family residence only.
07.15 - Click here for a controversial question about Do It!.
07.00 - Apparently the re-release of the single of Couldn't Have Said It Better that was to have happened in UK yesterday has been shelved as it received "minimal" airplay when it was sent out to the radio stations.
06.30 - Click here for some discussion about the online chat with Kasim last Sunday.
06.15 - The second edition of The Kasim Sulton Magazine was issued today to all members of the KasimSulton Mailing List - this edition is a Kasim's 10 Years in The Neverland Express Special.

Monday 14th July 2003
07.15 - A chat synopsis has been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.
06.00 - Although it doesn't mention Kasim Sulton by name, there's a review of the St Louis concert that is complimentary about him and his hard work in rehearsing the band. Click here to read it but the Kasim related part is:
"Meat Loaf delivered a crack band with two outstanding guitarists and plenty of strong voices"
However the review is far less complimentary about Meat Loaf's performance.

Sunday 13th July 2003
04.30 - A new page has been added to the site - The Kasim Sulton Opening Set World (Or Maybe Just US) Tour page. (I'm still waiting to hear if the tour had it's premiere last night.)
03.30 - The Mirror Of The Soul website has added some photos of Kasim Sulton at the Seymour, WI concert. Click here, here, here and here for the direct links.

Saturday 12th July 2003
10.30 - A photo and several video clips of different lengths have been added to the Plymouth gig page (click here for the direct link). Many thanks to Deb Matheson for providing and uploading all of these items.
04.30 - Sadly, once again, Kasim Sulton didn't play his opening set at the concert last night. (It's obviously a very impressive set and Meat Loaf is worried that Kasim's set will overshadow his!) It appears that the premiere of the Kasim Sulton Opening Set World (Or Maybe Just US) Tour is still to take place! Maybe tonight.....

Friday 11th July 2003
18.00 - There's a photo of part of Kasim Sulton at the Lansing concert on Wednesday here.
14.15 - Kasim Sulton has arranged to hold an online chat in the Yahoo KasimSulton2 chatroom at 6.30pm this coming Sunday (13th). If you can't make the chat, the main points will be added to this site later.
07.30 - Sadly Kasim Sulton didn't play his opening set at the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing, MI on Wednesday. Many thanks to Janet Spahr for this info. It appears that the premiere of the Kasim Sulton Opening Set World (Or Maybe Just US) Tour is still to take place! Maybe tonight.....
07.00 - Click here for a little known fact about a movie role that Kasim didn't take! (It's in the 13th post.)
06.30 - Kasim Sulton receives a mention on the front page of Doug Kennedy's website Douglas R Kennedy.com. As it may disappear at some point in the future, it says:
"I spoke on the phone to my friend Kasim yesterday who was just kicking off his world tour with Meat Loaf. Kasim will be opening many of the shows for what is touted as Meat Loaf's final world tour. Check out Mr Loaf when he comes to your town. It's a fantastic live show!"
06.15 - Why did KasimInfo.com get over 1,000 hits again yesterday when I only updated the front page of the site?!
06.00 - Some Meat Loaf fans are suggesting that people print off flyers to advertise the release of his album in US. An example is posted below. Right click here for a US size version of the poster and right click here for a UK size version of the poster. Many thanks to Caryl Burton for providing these.

Wednesday 9th July 2003
17.30 - There is another cancellation on the Meat Loaf tour schedule - 4th November in Erfurt, Germany. The official statement is due to "technical reasons" but the only new concert since the original 8 were booked is only 2 days before this gig. The Gigs section of the site has been updated. Many thanks to the kind person who sent me this info.
14.30 - Paul Crook's official website MetalLoaf.com has been updated with some photos of the two concerts last weekend. Click here for thumbnails of the pictures, here for Kasim's leg behind Paul's guitar and here for a shot of Kasim and Paul Crook in front of the 100,000 strong crowd.
12.45 - Click here for an agency photo of Kasim at Party In The Park on Sunday. Many thanks to Jennifer Salyer for finding this photo.
08.00 - There's quite a long post on MLUKFC.com that mentions Kasim. Click here to read the whole post but the main Kasim mention is:
"I suppose my first wish is actually for Kasim. He didn't start off the show at Kelseyville [on the tour last year]. Sadly, they replaced him with a local group. But he did at Saratoga and I was shocked, from where I was sitting, at how rude much of the audience was. People talked throughout his set--sometimes, rather loudly. They didn't pay a bit of attention to him. It reached a point where I was tempted to yell, "Hey, shut up, will you!! Some of us are trying to listen!!!" But of course, that would have been even more disruptive, plus it's not really something I would ever do. But the instinct and desire were certainly there. I felt bad for him and afterwards, had the strongest wish to apologize...
But, to Kasim, for the concerts which he will be opening, I wish him quieter, more attentive and appreciative audiences and of course, good reactions to the songs he'll be sharing with us!!! Looking forward to seeing him at a couple of the concerts I'll be attending."
06.30 - [Post removed]

Tuesday 8th July 2003
19.45 - The set list and a review of the concert that Kasim Sulton played in Plymouth, England on Saturday has been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.
14.00 - Currently on E-Bay a Kasim Sulton guitar pic is being offered for $5.99 and a copy of Quid Pro Quo for just $0.01!
11.15 - 411mania.com have posted a review of the Pushing Red Buttons CD on which Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings lead vocals on two tracks. Click here for the direct link. The album is compared in places to Utopia and Manhatten Transfer(!) but the main Kasim mention is:
"Sideman extraordinaire and former Utopia member Kasim Sulton appears on two of the album’s tracks: The Adult Contemporary friendly “Danny’s Private World” and the bluesy, almost swingish, “Surprise”. Kasim’s voice fits both songs like a well-worn glove and I wouldn’t be surprised if either of these two tracks appeared on Kasim's next solo release. Hats off to Mr. Herrig in the production and arrangement, they are two of the catchier tracks on the CD."
09.00 - Some photos of the set that Kasim Sulton played on Sunday with Meat Loaf has been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.

Kasim with Randy Flowers at Party In The Park (photo by Deb Matheson)

Monday 7th July 2003
15.00 - Click here to read (and feel free to add) about what types of things people would like to read about in Kasim Sulton's Tour Diary.
14.45 - The set list, a review and a video clip of the set that Kasim Sulton played yesterday with Meat Loaf has been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.
11.15 - Kasim Sulton has written a new message on the front page of KasimSulton.com.
07.30 - Another new gig has been added to the German leg of the Meat Loaf tour. It's on 2nd November at Trier Arena, Trier. Many thanks to Eva Siebert for the info. The Gigs section of the site has been updated with the details.

Friday 4th July 2003
13.45 - Click here for some great photos of Kasim Sulton from 1977.
09.30 - The auction on E-Bay for a Kasim Sulton guitar pic for a staggering $9.99 came to a close with (not surprisingly) no bids being placed - the seller is selling pics from Incubus for $6.99, Limp Bizkit for $5.99 and Pat Methany for only $3.99! The same Kasim pic is now available for $5.99. Click here for the direct link.
06.30 - The Party In The Park gig on Sunday will be streamed live on the Internet. They are reported to be singing Couldn't Have Said It Better, Anything For Love and Bat Out Of Hell. The Gigs section of the site has been updated with the link.

Thursday 3rd July 2003
17.45 - The section about Kasim's solo career on the front page of the site has been updated.
13.30 - It is now confirmed that Kasim Sulton will be on the Patrick Kielty Almost Live TV show on BBC Television at 10.35pm tomorrow. Kasim will be playing the magic piano. The Gigs section of the site has been updated.

Wednesday 2nd July 2003
14.15 - There's currently a Kasim Sulton guitar pic available on E-Bay for a staggering $9.99 (plus postage is another $2)! Click here for the direct link.
06.30 - A copy of Kasim Sulton's driving licence is now available to view online (including a photo) on the National Drivers License Registry website - search under Staten Island, NY. Many thanks to the BeyondAwizard mailing list for the link.
06.15 - Click here to read about the first time that some fans saw Kasim playing.

Tuesday 1st July 2003
13.45 - Although it's unlikely to affect Kasim Sulton directly, some fans of Meat Loaf are attempting to get more promotion for Meat Loaf in US. Whether or not a campaign of this scale will have a positive or negative effect is open to debate but click here to access a forum with all the links.
13.30 - Click here to read some posts about which concerts on the forthcoming Meat Loaf tour some fans will be attending in order to see Kasim.

Kasim Sulton with Janny

Monday 30th June 2003
11.15 - The first ever Kasim Sulton Magazine is issued tomorrow! If you would like to receive a copy, you have to join the Kasim Sulton mailing list at Yahoo - click here for the direct link. The magazine will contain reviews, photos, interviews, essays and other articles and will be issued every other week.
10.45 - Meat Loaf is rumored to be making appearances on the following TV and radio shows in UK on Friday:
GMTV - ITV Television (sometime between 7.00am and 8.35am)
Chris Tarrant Breakfast Show - Capital Radio (sometime between 7.00am and 10.00am) Internet stream
Patrick Kielty Almost Live - BBC Television (10.35pm)
None of these have been confirmed and it is not known if Kasim will be on any of the shows. Party In The Park will be screened on Channel 5 in UK on Sunday.
08.45 - Kasim Sulton's listing on the Singer / Songwriter Directory has had 80 votes but his current score is only 2.74.
07.30 - Click here for a brief mention of Kasim (this link may be of more interest to musicians and Meat Loaf fans reading this). Many thanks to the kind person who sent me the link.
07.15 - Unfortunately KasimInfo.com was down a couple of times yesterday as the server it is on crashed. Consequently the host company have moved it to a new server so hopefully this will be more reliable.

Friday 27th June 2003
18.15 - Apparently the info received earlier was incorrect and the Meat Loaf concert in Atlantic City is going ahead on 6th September. It's not yet known when tickets will be going on sale. Many thanks to Vicki Pearson for this info.
13.45 - Apparently the 6th September Meat Loaf concert in Atlantic City, NJ has been changed to another date. More details will be posted later. Many thanks to Gina Martin for this info.

Thursday 26th June 2003
18.15 - Apparently Cyndi Lauper seems to be muscling in on some of Kasim's gigs(!) as now she's opening at the Meat Loaf concert in Cleveland, Ohio too. Many thanks to Terry Bucks for this info. The Gigs section of the site has been updated.
15.15 - Did U2 ever open for Kasim Sulton? Apparently so (or at least for Utopia) according to a comment in the Raleigh News and Observer on Monday and some subsequent posts on the BeyondAwizard mailing list today.
13.30 - Far later than expected (I was waiting for some photos and now my scanner is broken anyway!) a review of the Meat Loaf concert that Kasim Sulton played in Amsterdam, Holland back in April has been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.
08.30 - A new (old) Utopia video will be available next month. Click here for the direct link to purchase it. The description is:
"Recorded live in 1980, this live set from Todd Rundgren and Utopia is largely culled from the albums "Adventures in Utopia," "Oops! Wrong Planet," "Hermit of Mink Hollow," "Back to the Bars," "Something/Anything," "A Wizard, A True Star," and "RA." In total 29 songs are featured, displaying the band's awesome power."

Tuesday 24th June 2003
11.30 - Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better (on which Kasim Sulton plays bass and sings background vocals) has dropped out of the UK Album Charts which were announced on Sunday (the official charts only list the Top 40 albums). In the UK Rock Singles chart the single has also dropped out of the charts.
07.45 - Venue and ticketing info for the Meat Loaf concert in Reno, NV has been added to the Gigs section of the site.
05.15 - Ticket links for the Cleveland and Columbus Meat Loaf concerts have been added to the Gigs section of the site.

Monday 23rd June 2003
19.00 - Kasim Sulton's listing at MP3.com has finally been updated to include a mention of Quid Pro Quo (although the bio is over 2 years old). His listed song I Wanna Be What I Am has had 154 plays and 16 stations are currently listed as playing it. The Seiche Station say about the song "We were really inspired from this guy's progie rock! " and WeavilRadio2 say "Todd Rundgren's right hand man, member of Utopia, and international bassist to the stars. Still cannot believe that I'm one of the only stations to host this pop/rock god. About to set on a fall 2002 Meat Loaf tour after coming off a highly successful couple of solo tours. His new cd, Quid Pro Quo, has just been released on Sphere Records (sept 4, 2002). KasimSulton.com and SphereSound.com ".
18.45 - Click here (halfway down) for some posts about Kasim's vocals on Windows.
03.00 - Just some advance notice that starting next Tuesday (1st) exclusively for members of the Yahoo KasimSulton mailing list a printable Kasim Sulton Newsletter will be produced. It will be issued every other week and will contain news, photos, reviews and lots more.

Photo of Kasim at Westbury Music Fair (3 years ago tonight) by Walter Doherty

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