Hello, hello, hello…forgive us for being a little quiet on the communication as of late — we’ve been working on a lot things behind the scenes.  One of those things is the SXSW Music Festival.  We’re leaving in a couple of weeks to play the Austin Music Hall on Thursday March 18th with Stone Temple Pilots.  Exact times have yet to be announced but keep checking the tour section and our twitter account for all the latest details.  SXSW will be part of a little Southwest jaunt through Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

We’ve also been included in Alternative Press’s latest issue of “100 Bands You Need To Know In 2010″.  Pick up a copy.  They made us do fancy stuff like take an exclusive photo and do an interview.

We just got word from the OC Music Awards that we’ve been nominated for an OC Music Award in the “Best Indie” category.  Ironically, we’ve been “pitted against” a lot our friends:  The New Limb, The Steelwells, The Union Line and Young The Giant.  It’s kinda like playing a heavily wagered round of golf with close friends — really fun, kinda uncomfortable, and undoubtedly ends with a reminiscing round of stiff drinks.

We also have a showcase coming up in a few weeks for the “Best Live Band” category.  Here’s all the details on that show:

Tues. 2/16, 7:30pm – Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest (FREE, 21+)
8:00 Duress (Huntington Beach)
8:45 The New Limb (Costa Mesa)
9:30 Dusty Rhodes and the River Band (Fullerton)
10:15 Stereofix (Costa Mesa)
11:00 The Color Turning (Santa Ana)

Crowd support is definitely considered by the judges so it would be nice to see as many of your pretty faces as possible.

Remixes are fun.

Well, let me rephrase that.  Good remixes are fun.

Ramsey Dau, a.k.a. False Future, recently remixed “Where The Sky Ends” off our LP Good Hands Bad Blood.

After hearing this edit, we’ve been mulling over releasing an actual remix record.  We’ll see what happens.  I might try my hand at one of the other songs.

Check out the flyer.  It’s our friends’ Helen Earth Band’s CD release party.  And yes, they are beautiful too.

Not many people had a chance to see this (since I only posted it to our Twitter account), so I thought I would bring it back from the dead. Scientists around the globe having been calling me regarding this frisbee experiment. It’s life saving stuff. It took place in Oregon at the Rowena Crest / Columbia River Gorge during August 2009 West Coast Tour.

As the House of Blues’ website states:

KROQ presents The Shys with The Steelwells, Yellow Red Sparks, Aushua, and The Color Turning

Thursday 10/29/2009
Doors: 07:00 PM
Show: 08:00 PM
Price: $12.50 – GA – Advance
Ages: all

Let me translate the latter for you.  If you buy a ticket through the House of Blues Anaheim/Ticketmaster, you spend $12.50 + $6.10 in extra charges.  If you buy a ticket at the door the day of the show, you’ll be spending $15.50.  BUT!  (In my best Billy Mays *R.I.P.* voice)  If you buy a presale ticket through us, it will only cost you $10.30.  Simple math.  You can pick up your ticket at will call the day of the show.

In between the craziness that has been “Balloon Boy“, H1N1 and the MLB playoffs, TCT has been lying in the weeds the last couple of weeks.  I’ve had the flu which is/was probably H1N1 but who really cares, right?  I went to see a doctor to determine if I had the swine flu and even she said it doesn’t matter.

“Listen, we wouldn’t do anything different to treat it anyway.  We don’t really treat the flu.  You’re getting better.  Go home and get some rest.”

Thanks doc.  Glad in wasted 3 1/2 hours in your waiting room.  I feel better now.

The swine prevented me from going to the NCLS Game 1 opener at Dodger Stadium.  I was pretty bummed…playoff tickets are hard to come by.  Damn you Robbie and Prickman.  The Dodgers are winning Game 4 right now.  If they can manage to win this series, I’m definitely going to at least one World Series game.

I’ll leave you all with a current band favorite.  I can’t tell you how many times I force fed this one in the van over the last couple of tours.  I love The Streets.  You should too.