Richmond's PBS Station, WCVE, has a TV show called The Music Seen that features live music. They filmed a show of ours at the Canal Club early last year, and it aired last October. I finally received a DVD copy of it a few weeks ago, and picked out what I thought was the best performance of the night to post online. "Trap Me In Doors" is a song about a relationship falling apart. It likens the feeling to being caught under the rubble of an old, leaky building which is quickly crumbling down. Fun stuff! It also features a drums-and-chanting breakdown.

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There is a new video for the Ballpoint Pens song, "Never Let You Go," made by our friend Lana Schwartz, from the album Calcutta.

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It's been almost two years since we released Loose Change and, despite the band being scattered across the east coast (New York, Massachusetts, Richmond, DC), we've managed to write some new songs during that time. So this week we got together with engineer Al Weatherhead and producer (and drummer) Miguel Urbiztondo to begin tracking for a new album at Richmond's Sound of Music studios.

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During our time at CMJ, we sat down with the nice folks over at UncensoredInterview.com for a few hours. They didn't care to ask us about our influences or our songwriting process or any of those other boring 'band interview' questions. Instead, they had us joking around about Doritos commercials, high school, and Rod Stewart. So, if you ever wanted to "hang out" with us, this will give you a pretty good idea of how lame we are, and deter you from that desire. I joke!

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There are products here for you.

And if you buy something from us, we'll send you one of these stickers, which look a little like psychedelic NYC subway signs, and, in all of their cyan-on-magenta glory, are more than a little hard to look at. Blind 'em.

Live at Toad's Place in Richmond, Va, December 1 2007.
Doors: 7 pm. Show: 8 pm.

Toad's Place Richmond is located at 140 Virginia Street in Shockoe Slip (in the Lady Byrd Hat Building) near the banks of the James River along the Canal Walk and Turning Basin.

You folks in Richmond, it's your last chance to see us live with the new band in the year 2007, for whatever that's worth. The sound is great at this club, and we'll be followed by our good friend David Lowery, of course with his partner-in-crime Johnny Hickman and the rest of Cracker. This is going to be fun.