This is Rusty, aka "Big Russ" who lived out of a dumpster at a big box retail store for a month when he was a tiny kitten. One fateful day I came out with cat food for the rest of my herd to find a guy from animal control trying to coax him out from under my car. I cracked open a can of food and he came right out...but I didn't turn him over to animal control, as you can see. - FROM MR.THOM: Sleeping in a dumpter (aka GIANT BOX) next to BOX KINGDOM sounds pretty fun. Going to

So the road is done, almost. As the finish of another SP album, the 8th if one is being technical, draws to a peaceful, pleasing, and enthused conclusion. All lead vocals having been sung, and basic or essential tracking complete. What's left? The occasional guitar overdub, a few tasty strings, and a last debate about how many backing vocals are necessary, and to that who else besides myself might sing. As you might imagine, we're quite used to having no others voices in the

One to go, BEING BEIGE having been sung, with Shredder’s guitar part to go for basics; and that in the morning before I tackle ONE AND ALL, and the de facto end-of-the-road. Yesterday, post my mea cupa de licto, we were able to come to terms (grips?) with DORIAN. Which pulled me from the digital edge. So with all that said and confessed, I thought I might share a bit on this album’s singing process. Last album (OCEANIA) I sang without headphones, citing my usual complaint tha

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‘Fry’ is the word we use around these parts when one has worked too hard, too long, as in “I’m starting to fry, people.” And when one starts to ‘fry,’ other things start to fall apart: like sanity, health, and relationships. Certainly, I’ve been down this road before, and made albums that you could argue took far more out of my marrow than this ‘project’ (to use the LA code word for ‘what you’re making to sell). But yes, I’m fried. Same 9 songs, over and over, until you star

From fan Geo comes this interesting piece of SP history, a once smashed guitar from 'The Everlasting Gaze' video. From BC: "8 guitars were purchased I believe, and 2 or 4 basses for the purpose of our auto-destruct sequence. A tech came over and asked, 'do you want us to pre-saw these?' Of course I refused, which battered my hands splintering my allotment against concrete but made amusing those attempts by my bandmates; who lacked the necessary brawn to get the job done right

Oh, how the mighty have fallen, only to rise again. In a splendiferous glory we ride, not quite like royals, but dignitaries nonetheless. Our backstage pass to the great gig in the sky, assured. So yeah, anyway, cut RUN TO ME yesterday, and DORIAN today. That, boys and girls means just 2 are left: ONE AND ALL and BEING BEIGE; homilies as such for the gloried of heart! Still, there are mountains to climb, and over ants we’ll step like Jane’s to avoid any more heavy karma then

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Cassie is a three year old kitty; she was turned into the Dupage County Animal Shelter at the beginning of last September when her human caregiver suddenly became homeless. At the start of December Purrs Rescue of Naperville pulled her from the shelter because no one was adopting her, perhaps because she is an adult kitty and has longer hair. Her adopter was shopping when she spotted Cassie in a crate at a local pet store with a $65 adoption special sign for adult cats. Cassi

Oh, where to begin? How does one describe the nearly indescribable day? Will words suffice, or should I call on telepathy? Let us begin… It was supposed to be a simple afternoon: arrive, warm-up, and sing the poorly named and as yet-re-monikered RUN TO ME. But from the first my voice wouldn’t quite warm up. Not that I couldn’t hit the notes, mind you, just that it sounded like I was coming off 4 SP shows in a row. Still, I soldiered on, and sang the opening A verse and bridge