JohnWyattEdgar.com will be undergoing a complete makeover in the coming weeks. The new version of the site will launch at the same time as the simultaneous album releases of the redux of Kingdom of Fools and the much-anticipated How to Be Cool II. A release date will be announced shortly.

The third DelMoney’s Big Drink album has been put off indefinitely — there are, however, 18 songs tracked and written and we will be recording these if and when we return to the studio.

Don’t forget — the DubPoints Tournament of Champions begins Monday, February 15.

The 2010 DubPoints Tournament of Champions will kick off on Monday, February 15.

Facebook invites with rules and additional information are in the process of being sent out. The tournament is now open to everyone, with an upper limit of 128 participants. The first 29 seeds will be determined by past performances in DubPoints’ Top Tens over the last six events. The rest of the seeding will then go by seniority (who has participated the most), by points scored, and then randomly assigned to those who have not been in the competition before.

The competition will last approximately six to seven weeks and will take place Monday-Friday of those weeks beginning February 15.

There will be a $100 cash prize to the winner, in addition to some sort of trophy.

Stay posted as complete rules and regulations will be posted here on the site in the next 48 hours.

DubPoints, a monthly competition here on the site that ran for six months between July and December of 2009, will be amped up another notch when JohnWyattEdgar.com hosts the first-ever DubPoints Tournament of Champions, beginning February 1.

The tournament will be a 64-person single-elimination bracket, featuring 5-day series (Monday through Friday) for six weeks. Seeding of the bracket will be based on previous performances in the competition, and there will be a $100 prize to the winner. The field will be invite-only. If additional spaces in the bracket aren’t claimed, I will probably hold a lottery to fill them in.

The same rules for DubPoints that have always been in effect will still apply here — the only difference is that instead of competing against everyone else during the competition, you will be competing against one opponent every week until you are eliminated or you win the tournament. I am hoping to really form some rivalries here between the avid followers of Edgar Nation!

More details will be forthcoming this week.

As many of you are well aware, we made a decision last week to place co-founding member and lead vocalist of DelMoney’s Big Drink, Lance Delbrugge, on an indefinite hiatus from the project. We have spent the last few days organizing a strategy for the band that would allow Lance to return in his former role; we have, however, also kept our options open moving forward.

The recording process for the third album has now been suspended, and myself and Dave will be taking a hiatus from the project as well until at least April 2010. During this time, I will be focusing on JWE solo material. Sometime on or after April 1 we will resume recording the album, which is currently in the preliminary phases. We intend on holding off on any and all of Lance’s vocal parts until the very end, leaving an adequate timetable for his return, should he and ourselves agree to do so.

We do have a “short list” of eight or so replacement candidates should the need arise. Among those being considered include Brad Uhrig and MC Cliff B, the front-runners at this point.

Again, we are hopeful that Lance will return as lead vocalist of the band later this year. Our hope is that this hiatus will allow us to re-enter the studio in the spring time at full strength. Updates will continue to be posted as more news is available.

It is with regret to the fans of DelMoney’s Big Drink and the rest of Edgar Nation that we have decided to place Lance Delbrugge, co-founding member and lead vocalist of DelMoney’s Big Drink, on an indefinite hiatus from the project.

Regardless of the eventual outcome, DelMoney’s Big Drink will continue to release its albums under the DBD moniker. The third upcoming album, tentatively titled You and Me and the Del Makes Three, is currently in the initial songwriting and tracking process. Work will continue on the album at the scheduled pace (it is slated for a September/October release), with myself and Dave (aka “Latino Penguino”) recording our vocals when it comes time to do so. If an agreement between the group and Lance is not met at that point, we will continue recording the third album with a new lead vocalist.

While I remain confident and hopeful that the third album will see no lineup changes, we have compiled a short list of potential replacements should the need arise. The door will remain open for Lance’s return, hopefully sooner rather than later.

I will not be answering any questions at this time regarding this statement, and I will continue to update the fans and readers through posts on this site. The release of the JWE solo Kingdom of Fools remaster and How to Be Cool II will not be affected.