New SF T-Shirt. Cool new “SF Stamp” logo designed by Ron Béchamps. Gildan “Softstyle” shirts – classic army green Thinner material, finer quality shirt, pre-shrunk for your wearing pleasure.   Size S $10.00 USDM $10.00 USDL $10.00 USDXL $10.00 USDXXL $10.00 USD  

Story on me in local NJ paper.  Here’s the link – Mick “In a quiet, secluded residential neighborhood, Mick Chorba is making a lot of noise. By day, he teaches English at the Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School in Mansfield. By night, he doubles as a successful record label owner and prospering musician. FDR Label is his business. Indie rock bands such as the Dipsomaniacs and the Successful Failures are his identity. In his spare time away from the classroom, the 41-year-old singer-songwriter has found his niche creating and performing catchy tunes that were written and produced at his home studio in Chesterfield. “I definitely like being involved in the music more than the business side of it,” said Chorba, describing how he balances the label and his band’s performances….” and on it goes.

The Successful Failures have released a new five song ep called The Real Defenders of the Acropolis. The Real Defenders of the Acropolis is the acoustic / blue grass alter ego of The Successful Failures. The 5-song EP features acoustic versions of three Successful Failures’ songs, one version of a Dipsomaniacs’ song , and a previously unreleased track (“Awful Lonesome”). The band features Mick on guitar, vocals, and bass. Ron Bechamps picks up the mandolin and sings harmony, Greg Potter (Blank Pages) plays lead guitar, and Tim Martz plays the harmonica. The album was recorded by Paul Crane (Bastards of Melody) on August 8th 2010 in a small room in NJ. The band is celebrating the relase of the CD with a special show in Pitman, NJ at the Bus Stop Music Cafe (148 S Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071) on Friday May 13th. The Real Defenders of the Acropolis (Ep) by The Successful Failures

Here’s this week’s free digital download: From our most recent album, Three Nights, track 5, “Houston, We Have a Drinking Problem”. Yours for free, take it. Houston, We Have a Drinking Problem by The Successful Failures

New album is here!!!  “…proving that 2007’s cheekily-titled Ripe for the Burning was no fluke, Three Nights is another sweet treat for lovers of recent Sloan, Pleased to Meet Me Replacements, Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush, Mike Ness, and Cheap Trick…”  (Jack Rabid in The Big Takeover March 2010)  Download the album on iTunes or Amazon.com.  Prefer the physical CD?  Visit our Merch page (link above) to order the CD directly from us via Paypal (and receive a complimentary very cool SF sticker!).  Or use your credit card to order Three Nights from CD Baby.  Lastly, join us this Saturday, 4/17,  in Philadelphia for a special show at the Khyber.