Well, we have lots of news to catch up on, since our run of live shows ended in June. Hopefully I can remember it all.

Firstly, our streaming player is back on the Music Page, and now features the remastered version of our EP songs. We are quite glad to have our free streaming player back, so anyone who wants can enjoy (we hope) our music here on the site.

Secondly, The remastered version of our WIRE ME EP is now on iTunes in the US, Canada, and Europe. And Rhapsody. And eMusic. So if you use any of those music services, you can now get our stuff at any of them. If there is any online music service that you wish we were represented on in the future, please drop us an email and let us know.

Thirdly, on to our recent concerts. Thanks to all those who came out to see us. And to the venues who hosted us. And for those who helped us out with running video cameras and whatnot to record the performances. We got some nice video footage from our PA show, but we'll get to that later. Our acoustic show at the Buzz was particularly successful, and we all had a terrific time. It was great to have all of the band in one place again, and we all had much fun.

Fourthly, the videos I mentioned earlier.

We have set up a Youtube page at www.youtube.com/belowthesmile where you can check out everything we post, but some of the videos are also available here on the site. Thus far we have posted several songs from our Port Angeles show, and more will follow as we get them edited. Something from the other shows might make it up eventually also. I am particularly pleased with the audio quality in these videos.

Fifthly, we have been writing and recording some new stuff lately. Its always nice to get back to the creative part of the process. corey has been playing quite a bit with his gear; tweaking, enhancing and modifying it to get it do what he wants. The adjustments he has made recently to his tube amp are superb, and it is mind-blowingly good sounding. And that's some excellent grammar. New demos will likely be on the myspace page soon, once we have them in some sort of shape worth releasing.

Sixthly, we are in the early stages or planning our trip to Montana this fall, and we plan to do a show or two there. We'll let you know the details as soon as we can, so you can mark your calendars.

Seventhly, that's all the news I can recall, but I really wanted a chance to use the word 'seventhly.' You don't get that opportunity every day.