Hi everyone! Hope your Thanksgiving was fattening!

As always, we're trying to book shows for the future, and we've got one on for January 29th way down in Danbury, CT. We intend to get something else that same weekend, perhaps in the Hudson River Valley or western Massachusetts. Hopefully the next time we play out, we'll have some new demos to sell!

til next time....

updates!

Hi all!
Just thought I'd send you all an update! We've got a show coming up this SUNDAY, November 15th at 1pm, Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain, MA. Address is 3496 Washington St., easily reached from the Forest Hills stop on the orange line.

In other news...we've had some great shows recently. We went to Pawtucket, RI to KC's Tap. It was our first out-of-state show, and it was really fun! We made some new friends and enjoyed watching The Pity Whores release another fine addition to their discography. They've got a great space down there, and we hope to go back someday!

We also had another good show in Pittsfield, MA at Rebel Sound Records. Andy runs the place, and he's a total sweetheart who really takes good care of his bands! We played with the fabulous 8 Inch Betsey, The Soundtrack, and Dance Cancer. The crowd was AWESOME and we had tons of fun. It was a long drive, but so very worth it. We'd love to get back there this spring, maybe in combo with a stop at UMass and maybe something in Worcester.

So check us out this Sunday at Midway! There might be some new and unusual merch for sale. Just keep in mind that Festivus is just around the corner!

LATERZ!!

new shows coming soon!

Greetings, fellow troublemakers! I just wanted to let you all know that we will be playing two shows in November! Hopefully there will be more, but so far:

Nov. 7th at Rebel Sound Records in Pittsfield, MA - all you western MA/upstate NY fans ought to be excited about this. With 8 Inch Betty of Chicago, IL and others TBA

Nov. 15th at good old Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA - with The Radicals and more TBA

We hope to see you there! We're especially excited about the Pittsfield show, so we can meet some brand-new fans!

Haroldine

Haroldine is a monkey (and not a pony or a llama or a rat). She is a tufted dangly monkey, long-legged variant to be exact, descended from the famous Mr. Dangly Monkey pictured and described here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=40974.0 This is her great-great-I-don't-know-how-many-grandpappy, typing his memoirs and tickling the ivories.

One day I wrote a song about her because I needed subject matter, and an overly-cute (and slightly Orwellian) ditty was pretty easy to write. She ended up coming to band practice with me, and then to shows, and then she became very popular. Haroldine is now our mascot. She's socially in demand, and has many fans and stalkers. Boys have been known to scream with joy and pass out if they discover she might be coming to visit. She also has an expansive wardrobe and a visible fanbase on the Book of Faces: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Haroldine/50246801758

Many people want to know why I don't mass-market them and sell more Haroldines at shows. The fact is, I can't. She's not my design, and I would probably knit my hands to complete destruction anyway. And besides, it's only right that you DIY and make your very own monkey! On the extreme outside chance we ever became internationally famous, I would fight tooth and nail to prevent lots of dangly monkey clones from being pumped out of China.

My guitarist Nikki also made one, named Harrison. He likes to go for rides on record players.



Her genome is here: http://electricbiscuitonline.blogspot.com/2005/06/clone-mr-dangly.html
A sampling of her many cousins is here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mrdangly/

Go forth, and procreate!

photography

I just wanted to mention that our official band photos were taken by Zana Callahan. Her Flickr is http://www.flickr.com/photos/zanacallahan/ and you can see her work. She chill, she's skilled, and she did some excellent work with the fading daylight! BIG thanks to her for making us look awesome :-)

First Post!

Hi everyone! In an effort to better keep you, our adoring fans, in the loop, Allie here is assembling blogs and fixing up the ReverbNation!

What's new with us, you ask? We'll, we're inching closer to a completed album. Slow and steady, but we'll get there. We're super excited with what we've done so far, and we know you're gonna love it :-)

Haroldine has been very anxious for more opportunities to hang onto a mike stand in front of an audience. Obligingly, we've got a few shows in the works and we'll let you know as soon as they're a go. Expect a few surprises on the stage and the merch table as well!

Take care! Enjoy the nice weather while it lasts!