Happy Holidays

We hope to cap off another year with you at The Note on Tuesday, Dec. 26th (our last full set for a while) and/or at Empty Bottle on Thursday, Dec. 28th (to play a couple Big Star covers for the Alex Chilton Birthday Bash). In case you miss both of these not-to-be-missed events (; perhaps you can catch us in March-July '007 somewheres.

Speaking of '07, what will happen for/to us? In our private world of friends and fellow musicians, we consider our first album "The Monster Within" a very decent one. Yet, zooming out of our own scene, we're still trying to figure out if the record is stillborn or still born. Such is the lot of many a fledgling indie band. We deeply thank you folks who own the record or sang or will sing its praises, or played it to others or invited us to perform its tunes to others, or saw us or captured us live. You all gave the album, and our band, life. "Monster" could have been more fussed over in the studio (esp. on vocals), but we think it was a worthwhile exercise. If a re-release or an unexpected champion-on-roids gives it stronger wings, great - either way we'll keep on supporting our ole freeloading basement "Monster," but we're still of the mind to release fresh material in '07, as soon as we can pump some more gas into this jalopy. Some songs seemingly worth a shot are 1) Parade Rest, 2) This Gift, 3) Bitchin', 4) Heavy Into You, 5) Common Bond, 6) Have It Out With Me, 7) Masters of the Universe, 8) Forever Be True, 9) Gimme Some Love, 10) Her Signs Are, 11) Amazingly Crazy, 12) Simon, You're Wasting Your Time, as well as some neglected oldies-but-goodies like Treehouse (Phenomenal Cat), Vicious Circle (Mant), Sane December (Mant), etc. We'd love your opinion on that score, but it's more likely this list means nothing to you -- we'll have to post some rough mixes on MySpace soon. Let there be action.

Have a great Christmastime and 2007, dear reader. Hope to see you soon!

Nice Peter vs. 50 Cent

Nice Peter's YouTube video for "50 Cent is a *****" is now approaching 100,000 plays fueled by recent AllHipHop.com coverage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1eQKjya0VQ. As you may know, the lovely lady behind the kit lent us her drumming talents last year while on break from Nice Peter. We wish Pete and Kristen every success -- they worked their tails off for it!

A.N. Pritzker gig postponed

A school-wide assembly (remember those?) forced A.N. Pritzker Elementary School to postpone our Dec. 15th kindergarten gig to early next year. We'll let you know when we find out the new date.