Hey all!
Been getting ready for this next show in June and thought we'd share
some of what's going on with you all. And there's been a whole hell of a
lot, so I I'm making my first ever LiveJournal cut! Everybody stand back
and sign the waiver before clicking, who knows what'll happen if I do
this wrong :-P

Blight and I have been making music together for long enough now that
people coming and going is nothing surprising, but when I stepped back
to look at how we're doing this next show I realized this is our
"supergroup" lineup! I had often thought of doing something like this
but never really set out to take it seriously. Next thing we know it's
all in place.

The last rising star to come to this rehearsal Thursday night to
hang out was none other than Christian of the Evolutionaries! We've
performed on the same bill before a few times, including Mr C's birthday
party last year with Things Outside The Skin and others, but this will
be our first time playing together under the Hate in the Box banner.

Most of you already know Lillie of Glass Doll has been playing bass
at the last few outings, and we've collaborated on a few songs for the
new CD too. We'll be unveiling one of those for you guys who come out
06/06/06 =D If things go my way, we'll have a live recording to let you
guys pass around on the net, so let's all cross our fingers ;)

We're so excited about this show! Not every day is 06/06/06, and we
weren't really sure how to make it super awesome until metal maven Lyris
of HUNG invited us to perform with them and a selection of equally
awesome metal acts, including Warblade and Full Blown Chaos.

It's pretty obvious we're not a metal or hardcore act, but who
really listens to only one kind of music? Or even one genre of rock? So
we're sooooo looking forward to it.

For those of you who were at the Terrible Toy Fair event at CBGBs
gallery HUNG is the band created by the electric violinist that
performed with us that night. I'll try to dig up some pictures of that
because that night was awesome. I really can't wait to bring these shows
to you guys out of town again.

Speaking of out of town, making the journey from Rhode Island to New
York will be AbSynthe, who we'll be welcoming in August with a
performance in Queens. If you know New York City well, Queens isn't
really known for much other than The Ramones and being uncool. Which is
exactly why we're playing there =D People in Queens need rock too damn
it! So all of you in that borough who hate seeing everything happening
in Manhattan finally get the show you deserve :)

Speaking of shows ( I did warn that this was long didn't I? )
Althea, Queen of Alchemy, invited us to play her birthday party at an as
yet secret undisclosed location. All I'm allowed to say is that we'll be
rocking with Dust and some other favorites of hers so it's going to be a
blast.

But all that's in the future, 06/06/06 is what's giving me the evil
glint in my eye right now. With Christian, Lillie and our new drummer
Holly Horror I can only imagine how much we'll have =D Oh we didn't tell
you about the new drummer yet? Oops. Well you I've just been informed
that I've shared far too much news for anyone to want to read it all so
I'll just have to save info about that for later.

Looking forward to seeing you all at Crash Mansion on 06/06/06. It's
just so fun to say. Er... type. I guess. So how could I resist saying
it again. Here's links to all this mountain of stuff I mentioned above.
Oh yeah, and sign up for the mailing list if you're not already on it.
Sometimes I forget to post new stuff on here and we don't get the chance
to hear your feedback on stuff.

Now mentioning feedback reminds me, you guys all said you'd rather
be a vampire than a zombie, but which would you rather have an army of?
Legion of zombie minions? Or cadre of vampires? You guys aren't
followers, so that's probably the question I should have asked first. Oh
well, better late than never =D

I'm being physically hinted that this is really really too long now so
off I go.

Noise and Beauty,
Optimus Crime

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<a href="http://www.666show.com">http://www.666show.com</a>
<a href="http://www.hungrocks.com">http://www.hungrocks.com</a>
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href="http://www.evolutionaries.com">http://www.evolutionaries.com</a>
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href="http://www.myspace.com/absynthe">http://www.myspace.com/absynthe</\
a>
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href="http://www.fullblownchaos.com">http://www.fullblownchaos.com</a>
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Anyway, what's really important: Zombie horde or vampire minions?