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DEC / MORE RECORDING SESSIONS FOR "OPEN SESAME-HIRAKE GOMA"

12/9    RECORDED ANCIENT CHINESE WOOD BLOCKS TO "ROCKING
PANDA" the rocking panda fights all monsters

OCT - NOV / RECORDING SESSIONS FOR "OPEN SESAME-HIRAKE GOMA"

10/1    WENT TO KAZUKO'S SCIENTIST LAB TO USE COMPUTER TO MAKE
UPDATE TO WEBSITE

9/9    "GOING TO THE MOON" VOCALS AND MIXING DONE AT KAZUKO'S
APARTMENT WITH SUSHI, TAKAMACHI AND MISO SOUP

8/27   RECORDED NEW SONGS "I DON'T KNOW" AND "COME ON"

8/9    WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED, WEDNESDAY 8/9/06 3:00pm

7/30    "MONSTER SONG" IS RECORDED, A SHORT BUT CATCHY TUNE

7/23    PHOTO SHOOT TODAY AT THE STUDIO FOR ALBUM COVER, IN THE
ONGOING EFFORT TO GET THINGS THE WAY WE WANT, WE ARE DOING IT
OURSELVES, SET UP A VIDEO CAMERA ON TRIPOD, WITH THE FOLD OUT
MONITOR SCREEN POINTED AT US LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR, THEN
DURING FILMING WE COULD ADJUST OUR POSE TO HOW WE WANT THE
PHOTO TO LOOK. THEN TAKE THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND FREEZE
CAPTURE THE FRAME WHERE WE HIT OUR MARKS. THE PHOTO IS OF
KAZUKO AND GREG PEERING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL, AND YES WE ARE
GAZING AT THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF PSYCHOPLOSION.

7/21   THE WEB SITE IS ALMOST DONE, OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE READING
THIS, THEN IT IS DONE AND YOU ARE ON IT.

7/12   SO FAR WE HAVE STUMBLED INTO NEW IDEAS FOR 4-5 NEW
SONGS, THEY CAME OUT OF OUR INSTRUMENTS AS WE WERE PLAYING
OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE SOME REAL COOL BACKING TRACKS FOR A
NEW VERSION OF "GOING TO THE MOON". IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE
TRAVELLING IN SPACE. BUT IF YOU WANT THE REALLY COOL AWESOME
BASS PLAYING BY TED TOWNSEND, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE
FIRST ALBUM VERSION. HE WAS SO AMAZING ON THAT SONG.

7/09    WE HAVE A TITLE FOR OUR NEXT ALBUM "OPEN SESAME - HIRAKE
GOMA". ONE DAY AT THE STUDIO I WAS GOING TO ASK KAZUKO IF SHE
NEW ABOUT HOW IN MOVIES AND CARTOONS THE ARABIAN GENIE FOLDS
HIS ARMS AND SAYS "OPEN SAYS A ME", BUT IT GETS SAID LIKE OPEN
SESAME. BEFORE I COULD, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT GOING TO A CHINESE
RESTAURANT AND ORDERING SESAME NOODLE BUT IT WAS COLD AND
TASTED LIKE PEANUT BUTTER. I ALMOST FORGOT MY QUESTION
BECAUSE I LOVE THE COLD PEANUT NOODLE SOOOOO MUCH.

6/25     WE HAVE STARTED RECORDINGS FOR OUR NEXT CD. WE ARE
DOING ALL THE RECORDING OURSELVES THIS TIME, AND WORKING
SONG BY SONG. WE HOPE TO RECORD SOME NEW VERSIONS OF THE
OLD SONGS IN ADDITION TO BRAND NEW NUMBERS. WE ARE VERY
EXCITED, AND HAVING MUCH FUN.

5/6     THE DVD FROM DC9 IS FINISHED. IT IS ALOT OF FUN AND HAS SOME
REAL COOL REHEARSAL FOOTAGE. (IT IS IN MERCHANDISE)

4/11   HAD A GREAT SHOW AT DC9 (thank you School for the invite), AND
THANK YOU TO THE OTHER BANDS AND AUDIENCE FOR HAVING SUCH A
GREAT EVENING. WE REALLY ENJOYED THE CLUB AND LOOK FORWARD
TO RETURNING, GREAT SOUND AND ATMOSPHERE.

2006 - 4/1    NO IT IS NOT APRIL FOOLS, WE ARE BACK, WE ARE SO HAPPY
TO BE ALIVE AND PLAYING MUSIC IN 2006. WE HAVEN'T PLAYED IN SO
LONG. ALMOST EXACTLY 2 YEARS, WHEN WE HAD SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
SHOW AT THE COMMON GROUNDS WITH BYOKIE AND THE FAKE
ACCENTS. THAT WAS SUCH A COOL PLACE TO PLAY AND HAD REALLY
COOL SOUNDS WITH ALL THE WOOD FLOOR AND WALLS. WELL, OUR OLD
FRIEND FROM THE TEARDROPS (WE MET AT OUR VERY FIRST SHOW IN
2002) MATTHEW TEARDROP, HAS INVITED US TO SUPPORT HIS LATEST
BAND "SCHOOL" AT DC9 ON APRIL 10, WE ARE REHEARSING THE SONGS,
BUT WILL TRY TO STAY SLOPPY, SO WE CAN GET THAT GOOD SLOPPY
PSYCHOEXPLOSION GOING ON.