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We’re totally stoked to be a part of the Burning Building showcase at the Sunset on Friday. It’s going to be rocktastic. It’ll be our first show since November, so you can be sure that we’ve got a lot of pent up awesome to let free. All of the bands will be playing new songs. Don’t miss out!

Friday, January 9th
Sunset Tavern in Ballard (5433 Ballard Ave, Seattle)
DOORS @ 8PM / $7 / 21+
(Only $1.17 per band! What a deal!)

Daniel G Harmann & the Trouble Starts
The Lonely Forest
Speaker Speaker
To The Waves
The Oregon Donor
City Light

Danny and Jasen have started a new side project called Exohxo. MP3s are up at www.myspace.com/exohxomusic.

It’s quite a bit different from what Speaker Speaker fans are used to, but we’re pretty stoked about the way it’s all coming together. Our first show will by January 29th at the Comet Tavern with Half Acre Day, Oh, Captain, My Captain, and Yes, oh Yes. Hope to see you there!

Go to the CW11 website. On their video player, they have a video for Famous for :15. Watch it. Watch it now. It’s us.

Seriously. This song has been stuck in my head since Summer 2001.

Read all about it right here!!

(Clockwise from top left - Danny on stage, friends Megan and robbie, Jasen making a face, Colin backstage, and booking agent Christy)

As many of you know, and as some of you may have seen, we played Bumbershoot last weekend! Bumbershoot is an odd thing for us; we’re used to small all ages clubs or dirty bars where the “treatment” we’re used to is a bottle or water or two, and maybe a sandwich every now and then. At Bumbershoot, people come out and take your equipment and haul it for you. You get badges that get you in secret places. You get energy drinks. You get fresh towels. We’re just not used to these sorts of things.

As a result of feeling a bit out of our element, Jasen and our booking agent, Christy, made a little back stage faux pas. After our set, we watched our friends, the Hands play. While watching from backstage, Jasen and Christy found a cooler of beer. Of course, they took a couple out for themselves. Someone on staff noticed and said - “Hey, you guys should pour those in cups. Also, those are Thee Emergency’s beers.” Oops. I’m sure Thee Emergency didn’t mind.

The EMP stage where we played is pretty crazy - aside from being in a rock museum, and seeing the Monorail cut through the building, the stage is in front of a huge wall that plays an enormous light show. Seriously. A light show. Wanna know the funny part? - This was not our first light show. That story is for another day, however.

I won’t bore you with the details of the show itself, but suffice it to say that we had fun, and the crowd had fun. Oh - did I mention that we filled EMP to capacity, they had to stop letting people in, and the fire marshal had to come in and herd the crowd for safety reasons? I didn’t? Well - we filled EMP to capacity, they had to stop letting people in, and the fire marshal had to come in and herd the crowd for safety reasons!

Jasen’s parents, our favorite mascots, were there of course, as were my mother and sister. I even have proof they were there!

Afterward, we signed signed autographs at the nearby FYE tent. Jasen demanded that people sign his hand as we signed autographs.

Anyway - thanks to everyone who came. We had an awesome time. We hope to see you all soon.

Yes! It’s coming this weekend! Yes! We are playing! We’ll be playing Sunday at 6:30 PM on the EMP stage!

For all of the awesome details, go here here!

A couple of weeks ago, Colin called me, distraught, with bad news - our van had been stolen. It’s been with us for a long time, and over many many miles.

It was Colin’s van, and he was really upset it being taken. However, last Wednesday night, Colin got a call from the police saying that the van had been found!

We picked it up Thursday morning in a tow lot in Everett (almost $300 to get it out!). The ignition cylinder had been torn out, the window had been bent out (thankfully not broken), and everything that wasn’t bolted down was taken. Colin’s iPod, his prescription sunglasses, my iPod radio transmitter, and all of the papers and registration for the van were gone. However, after a jump to the battery, the van started and ran like a champ. It’s in the shop now to fix the minor damage and make sure there was no other damage, but we’re just glad to have it back.

The only odd bit of evidence the thieves left behind was a handful of coffee beans on the floor. A friend of mine whose family is “connected”, if you know what I mean, said they probably used the van to smuggle drugs hidden in bags of coffee, and then dumped it at an apartment complex in Lynnwood, where it was found.

So it’s official - the van had a more exciting two weeks than any of us did.

Thanks to everyone who expressed support when we lost the van.

I’m leaving Speaker speaker to join the Marimba Ponies.