Must be “Side-Project Announcement Day” or something…

Every Tuesday, Todd (the man known as “Arms” (hey, that’s synecdoche, baby!)) and Leah (who is an artist what draws pictures) meet up and write and record a song in one hour! Every song is about something that can fly. This project is dubbed The Sea & The Gulls, and I have selected a few tracks for you:

::: The Sea & The Gulls - Seagulls :::
::: The Sea & The Gulls - Bat Season :::

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, or 1/3 of the way around at least, Chris Magnusson, the golden boy of Hemstad, is working on his side project, Das Kometen, which is a sort of gay A-D-D disco / 80’s aerobics workout soundtrack for tweakers.

::: Das Kometen - Mhm…Yeah :::
::: Das Kometen - Mototrack :::

The video is essential viewing.

And I’ve been told that (probably maybe) very soon, there’ll be a Hemstad 12″ of all-new (or all-old) material coming out (probably) on a French record label (we think).

Everyone keeps writing me to tell me what a great summer-afternoon record the Hemstad CD is. I know, I know, right? It’s like a shot of Vitamin H up in ye. Cesar Millan is boycotting the Hemstad CD because it induces the opposite of “Calm, Submissive State.” A lady in Secaucus put the disc on, and her Corgi went spastic and tore her shins off. Sad.