'the thought criminals' is an official album now, albeit with a handmade aesthetic , it's being processed at cdbaby, itunes will follow in another 2 months or so. the track listing is as follows:
1- everything is byte size
2- hyperion
3- ruler of the flea world
4- failure (the chillmost de-mix)
5- music don't stop (nebulae's music DOES stop remix)
6-right on said jeebus (the sunray estate mix)
7-double down quick (nebulae's sunset mix)
8-get my drift
9-sailing on right by (unplugged)

we'd like to encourage you to purchase the digital copy, either at the cdbaby mp3 store, or on itunes when available. if you must have the plastic, please click here (link due up shortly).

and, we've got some new music for you:
everything is byte size (the sunray estate mix)
right on said jeebus (the sunray estate mix)
daydreams for dollars (unplugged)
get my drift (the loser mix)

do i amaze you?

if we do amaze you, we'd appreciate a donation at our fundable drive. so far, we've got $90 worth of pledges and 22 days left to go to reach $1605. we'll use the cash to create a small batch of cds/dvds for promo, and get all our of recent tracks up on i-tunes.

here's a bunch of new material, including a 44 minute live set from saturday's internet skypecast. thanks to our friends/fellow musicians jason, jez and kemiso for joining us 'onstage'.

we're recording this weekend, i've got a few jams ready for the voxstress/abbodroid, tune back in early next week for some prelimi-mixes.

the vj software arkaos is really quite amazing, here's a sample of what you can do with it:

we love our good friends (well, ever since we resolved that pesky blood feud thing) hidari (listen), but, we'll be the first to admit that they are easily distractable. moments after they penned their latest epic rock anthem, we posed this question: does chuck norris need both hands to count to infinity? predictably, they all whipped out their slide rules, as they argued amongst themselves christina and i slipped quietly away with the lyrics to our newest cover: 'monkey in a bucket' (lyrics below the fold)

terry hopper and i will be playing under the stars (and the occasional comet, perhaps even a neutron star) tomorrow (friday) night at the bridgeport, ct discovery museum's planetarium. a live-looped leap-day synth-fest galore will be yours from 7pm - 9pm, stop by and check it out. (it's free!) (map)

Ain't no monkey in a bucket
No monkey in a bucket
No monkey in a bucket
No monkey in a bucket

It's an ape in a bucket
An ape in a bucket
An ape in a bucket
An ape in a bucket

And the puffin says "Fweem!"
The puffin says "Fweem!"
The puffin says "Glorp!"
The puffin says "Fweem!"

Stick a boom in your handkerchief
Boom in your handkerchief
A tomb in your trouser stich
Boom in your handkerchief

i reworked the tunage for 'return your regret'.

kinda gomez-y, with some dmb perhaps, and christina dead center, of course.

the title 'ryr' often reminds me of a bloom county strip where milo inquires about his missing sense of innocence at the lost and found counter.

among his many other predictions, nostradamus foresaw both the lair of the memefolk, and their eventual disappearance, wiped from the planet's surface, 2 / 12 / 2008.

justin, johnny, we hardly knew ye....

the above has been floating round the s.o.t. for a bit now, but, it just hit me: who made this sign? why? for who? to prevent what?

conclusion? fauxtoshoppery, of course.

for some reason, i'm now compelled to tell you to check out laurie king's take on sherlock holmes, i think it is called 'the beekeeper's apprentice'. smart steampunk chicks rule.

(now returning to your regularly scheduled bloggery)

christina and i will be jamming on groundhog's day, so keep the ears peeled for some new songs soon.

the latest batch of instrumentals includes 'emote hunger' and 'children's song'.

free advice: if you have a 401k, withdraw the max, as ap

i used up one of my wishes for you guys. you can thank me later.

i asked christina to make us an acoustic version of 'persimmon'.

happy friday, everyone! please remain calm as you move towards the exits.

here's a bit of mood music for you - the 'plunge protection mix' of 'flame to the fuses'.

here's video of a couple of tracks from our show on saturday at the upstairs bar in hudson, ny, 'failure' (chillmost style, thanks nate & henning) and 'right on said jeebus'.

happy new year to you, gentle reader, may this post find you well.

we'll start this one with a special latin-flavored hba-nebulae joint, if you went by the moniker of 'bondo, diego bondo', you'd roll with this track blasting on the stereo of your aston martin.

some quick notes and tracks -

the chillmost de-mix of 'failure' is here.
(picture a female fronted velvet underground playing a smoky club in hamburg, germany. that nate (chillmost) is _such_ a tease.) henning thomsen on drums.

the kemiso mix of 'fade in fade out' is here.
(i love this mix, like crazy, but it may take a couple of listens for it to percolate on thru the old bean)

the hba had our westchester radio premiere tonight on wxpk-fm 107.1fm the peak. i think they played chilltower, unfortunately i missed it. the show 'next', hosted by chris bro, will be rebroadcast at 8pm on sunday.

terry hopper and i (sans christina, unfortunately) will be playing live on wpkn thursday afternoon, 3pm-ish. we may have a guest or two, we'll be doing our live-looping thing, please tune in 89.5fm if you're up in fairfield, ct.

christina and i will be making new music for you this weekend, tune back early next week for some preliminary mixes.