Joy Electric has a new song up called My Grandfather the Cubist.  My grandfather was spherical.  He didn't get along with cubists or those darn rhombists.  Rhombists think they're so cool.  Okay, that was totally dum. 

Showbread has got a new song up.  In related news, I don't like eating bread without meat, like hamburgers or hotdogs.  I typically tear off the excess bread.  People tell me I'm shallow.  But then I tell them they are judgmental.  Then they tell me I'm judgmental. Then we all ask for forgiveness and feed the excess bread to homeless children. 

Slick Shoes is back with their original lineup.  I toured with these guys back in '97.  I think Jackson left right after that, so 11 years later.  Man, 11 years is a long time.  Ryan (the singer's mom) was the one who drove them on that tour (along with the bassist, Jeremiah).  That was the tour my girlfriend broke up with me over a payphone at a Denny's in Texas.  Jeremiah was the only one who was up at the time, so I talked to him about it.  Man, that seems like a lifetime ago.  But anyways, it's nice to see these guys together again, even if it just over youtube.

I thought this was worth posting.

"Along with Bono and Strait, other featured artists include country stars Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Kenny Rogers, Billy Dean, and Marty Stuart; pop and rock artists Michael McDonald, LeAnn Rimes, John Elefante (Kansas), and John Ford Coley; R&B/Gospel artists Jeffrey Osborne, Andrae Crouch, and Vestal Goodman; and Contemporary Christian artists tobyMac, Kevin Max and Michael Tait (dc Talk), Mark Kibble (Take 6), and Lisa Bevill among others. In a special appearance, CNN’s Larry King narrates the song’s third verse. "

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Tooth and Nail has these sub-labels like Solid State.  They created one for non-Christian stuff like Presidents of the USA.  The sub-label is called Fugitive.  In other news, I just ate secular pizza from Papa Johns.

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot just released his 3rd of four planned EPs.  This one is Spring, which follows his Fall and Winter EPs.  I'll give you one guess to what the last EP is going to be called.  Correct, it'll be called, "I Got Phat Skilz Ungh Yeah!".

Here's what Jon had to this new collection of songs...

"I'm really amped to get these tunes out there. For a few reasons, spring was the hardest season to finish. I wanted to tie it in with fall and winter and yet make it distinct You can tell me whether we made it or not!"

The lead singer of Boston died a bit ago and for the tribute concert for him the Boston guys got Michael Sweet of Stryper to sing for the concert.  Apparently they really liked it cause now he's going on tour as their singer. 

Here's a VH1 concert with a couple Boston guys with Stryper.  The first few "take a look ahead" parts are a bit rough, but whatever, you get the idea.  The first real concert I went to was a Stryper concert in 9th grade.  I got a Tim Gains pick, which I still have.  I also have a Stryper Bible.  Which of course makes me the best Christian around.

This is kinda cool.  Underoath is recording right now and you can watch their studio control booth cam or their drum webcam.  Right now I can see Aaron on the drumset.  I don't think you can hear anything.  But if you like watching people play musical instruments without hearing the music, you're totally set.

Lujo Records has inked a deal with Cool Hand Luke. No concrete date has been set for the release of their next album.

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MXPX is shrouded in darkness and secrecy.  And they wear black to make it harder to detect them.  Staring this month they will sneak around the country to mess with your stuff.

 
Yup, he's in the studio.  I'll give you one guess at to what kind of computer Denison Witmer uses. Not, to be outdone, I just put a Linux logo sticker on my guitar.

Here's what the label had to say...

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Reader, Adam Winters, sent this bit of news to me.  Indie/Rock/Alt band Cool Hand Luke has posted in their blog on why they haven't been playing shows lately.  They're going through some tough times including their bassist getting 3rd degree burns (the worst kind) and needed skin grafts. 

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Here's a press release from POD, for some reason written in all-caps cause I guess it's really important.  In even bigger POD news, Sonny finally cut his hair.  Then Marcos bit his shoulder (photo above).  Stay tuned to Decapolis for more breaking news about hair.

BAND REUNITES WITH GUITARIST MARCOS CURIEL AND INKS NEW DEAL WITH INO/COLUMBIA

NEW MUSIC FROM MULTI-PLATINUM GROUP  FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM: PAIGE HAMILTON OF HELMET, MIKE MUIR OF SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AND THE MARLEY SISTERS!

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I'm being told by the government that House of Heroes has new music on their myspace page.  I've always liked this band.  The only thing is I can't relate to their band name.  My house doesn't have heroes, it has a stinky weiner dog. But House of Stinky Weiner Dog probably wouldn't make a good band name.  It'd make an awesome band name.