• For all you little white headphone-rockin' folks out there, we have some podcast stuff for you:

Firstly, check out Hardtravelin's series, called Podtravelin', the first of which featured our song "Solar" from The Year in (Missing) Seven Inches. These are like mix tapes from Q himself, with some new stuff, some old stuff, and all quality.

Then, you can download our recent performance in WYEP's gleaming new studio for their Third Thursdays "local music happy hour" concert series. This is nearly an hour, and we think it's one of our best sets ever. No, really.

• "Hardtravelin' 2006: The Year in (Missing) Seven Inches" is done! This CD comes in 7" packaging, complete with art from each band, and boy what a mix. The sweet and catchy punk of Flotilla Way, the heavy hardcore crash of Fuckedupmess, and our three songs we recorded with Mike of Lab Partners. Try one on for size on the Songs page, and if it fits, visit Hardtravelin's site to pick up a copy.

• Thanks to Vinnie of WXDX, who invited us to play in the station's studio for his Edge of the X show on Sunday nights (in which he bravely attempts to breathe some life into corporate radio). So that's what's inside that copper cube on the Parkway West... Listen to "Lando" and "Solar" from that session on the Songs page.

• A snowball's chance in hell, you say? We were excited, to say the least, to find out we've gone from "rejected" to "standby" to playing a showcase at NXNE in Toronto! We play Saturday, June 10 at the Fox and Fiddle. Hope those Canucks are ready for the space rock...

• Going back to Dayton - to record! Friday, June 2nd, we're playing on opening day of the Three Rivers Arts Festival, then loading the van and heading to Lab Partners' lair. They have graciously offered to record a few songs, and in good time, as Q of Hard Travelin' Records wants to put out a 7" for us. Well, a virtual 7" at least - part of a CD compilation tentatively titled "Hardtravelin' 2006: The Year In (Missing) 7"s", to be released in late summer.

• A nice surprise - the City Paper recently listed the top 10 local songs as rated by listeners of Pittsburgh Net Radio, and our song Airbomb was #2! Thanks to the voters. And thanks to PNR for making my workdays more musical.

• We have a few copies of the Cock-Now zine for sale, only $5. Featuring (in addition to Aydin) Panda Riot (they're playing with us here March 25th), Apollo Heights (man are they good), Ifwhen, and other good music and lots of poetry. Click to read Cock-Now online. But really, since this is a handmade punk zine, having paper in hand is better, so send us an email to order.

• We're hosting a couple really good bands from the NYC area Thursday Feb. 16, So L'il and Ifwhen. Ben from So L'il has interviewed us for the Cock-Now zine put out by the same label So L'il is on, Goodbye Better. It should be an interesting interview ­ aliens fondling us, indeed... check out the Shows page for details.

• Our recording is now available at a bunch of local places as well as from CDBaby and on iTunes. (Hint - it costs less at your friendly local merchant!) Check the Songs page for details. -- You can also hear it on some local stations.

• We got some great press in local papers:

• CD RELEASE SHOW IS SET!

This is going to be a fabulous show, with local favorites of ours, Black Crash, and kick-ass Brooklynites, Autumn Thieves, at Modern Formations (one of our favorite venues to play). Saturday November 18th. Special treats being planned right now!

• October 2005 - (drumroll please...) The CD is DONE!

Is it still "late summer"? According to the weather it is, and "Space Affects the Spectator" is now no longer a dream, it is a reality!

We're playing a couple 'Burgh shows in October, then a couple somewhere else (Detroit?) before we host a CD Release Show. Details to come.

Look for our baby to appear in local music stores.

In the meantime, check out a couple songs.

We are ecstatic!

• It's what all the kids are doing lately, so we now have a Myspace account. Pretty cool, really - you can hear songs, read Mark's witty blog posts, and join up as a Friend.

• The BikeFest! party was fantastic. A great time was had by all (even with some drunken bike accidents). BikeFest! was a great weeklong series of events that we were proud to be a part of. The Critical Mass ride swelled to well over 200 participants before ending at the party. Check out the photos on Bike Pittsburgh's website.

• Well the CD is progressing along. Look for a release date in late summer. And check out two more songs, closer to being finished than the last ones (click here).

• We were honored and grateful to be a part of the latest compilation from Pittsburgh's Hard Travelin' Records, The Long Run of Small Steps. This is indeed the first song we've put out in material form and it's nice to have it included with such an impressive group of local offerings. Available from Hard Travelin' and good local record shops like Paul's and Brave New World.

2004

City Paper Music Preview of 1/8/2004

• November 29 - Check it out. Two songs finished (at least enough to show off) - click here.
• August 21 - Um, yeah... mastering never takes only a month.
• July 11, 2004 - We're planning to be back in action soon. Recording on our first album is done, and mastering will be done in about a month.
• May 27, 2004 - City Paper news brief about Ghost Bike and the benefit show.
• May 20, 2004 - Spurred by Shannon's accident and others, some concerned cyclists have started Ghost Bike Pittsburgh, a public art project to raise awareness of car/bike collisions. We played a benefit show (an all-eBow set for us) for the project at Mr. Roboto May 21.
• March 27, 2004 - Due to a recent accident, our guitar player, Shannon, is out of commision for a while. Stainless steel pins in the wrist will do that to you... although he says he'll be able to hold an E-Bow pretty soon. So look out for an upcoming benefit show for the White Bicycle Project. Please, when you're driving, look out for those of us on bicycles.