this is the country western bar of the dead

Hey, who says Kristin is the only Caulfield Sister who can be in a dozen bands simultaneously? According to these grammatically challenged folks, Cindy has gone off and formed a side project with members of Home and Mercury Rev. The new band is called Look It, apparently:

While waiting for Caulfield Sister bassist Mary Guidera to adjust to new Motherhood and preparing for Cindy Wheeler from The Caulfield Sisters seems to to have accidentally formed what some indie rock nerd types can only call a super group; other types might just call it a rock band. They call it LOOK IT. The band "LOOK IT" Features Cindy Wheeler on guitar/accordion/vocals - Andrew Deustch (singer/guitarist of the band HOME) on keyboards/vocals - Suzanne Thorpe (Mercury Rev) on amplified flute and Dave Janick (Company) on Drums. Their first performance will be Saturday 07/30th 8pm at Thrash in Williamsburg.

Sounds mighty cool.

I haven't heard any comments on how this performance went down. Then again, the Caulfields message board has gone amazingly silent (except for one "Cindy's hot" comment) since all the Pee Shy discussion underwent the knife during the Great Purge about a month ago. Yeah, I know I promised to stop bitching about this publicly, and I sort of understand the reasons why. But in retrospect, it seems kind of counterproductive when you're a band looking to get noticed (and their label) to quash the fans from talking about you or your earlier incarnations -- especially when that involves tossing entire pages of comments into the memory hole, as opposed to freezing the discussion or moving it to a more appropriate venue. Especially when all the posts were praising you. Fans' good will is a valuable commodity and should not be squandered rashly.

Again, I understand why it happened. I just think it was misguided.

Anyway, enough about that. I truly hope all is well with the band, the label and the new Caulfield Child.

"The freedom to think as you will and speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery of political truth...the answer is more speech, not enforced silence."
-- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

Update: D'oh! Leave it to me to not check the official site before posting. The text quoted above (about Look It, not the Brandeis quote) is a garbled version of something Cindy posted on the news section. It's also accompanied by a photo of a young girl (Cindy?) hoolahooping and pointing. Hence the name, I suppose.

Cindy also adds, amid all-caps excitement: "LOOK FOR THE CAULFIELD SISTERS TO BE BACK IN ACTON IN SEPTEMBER!!!!"

Truly, truly great news. Rock on, y'all.

my tongue has turned black from tasting what's not mine

The Caulfields camp has made a new convert. It seems the proprietor of the Music Cherry blog was looking for something with a Mazzy Star/My Bloody Valentine vibe, and boy, did s/he find it:

The Caulfield Sisters definitely carry on the tradition of Mazzy Star and other similar bands. The music is drifting and washed-out (and I mean that as a compliment), and the vocal work is wonderfully relaxed and lilting. Oddly enough, Cindy Wheeler reminds me of Shirley Manson, even though the music is nothing like Garbage. She shares the same throaty lower register sound, and I can also sense a bit of the same rock attitude, even if directed to different ends. The music is like a drug-induced dream, but it does not lack intensity.

On the other hand, can Shirley Manson play an accordion? I don't think so. And based on the lyrics of "Smoking Gun" alone, I'm not sure Cindy likes it when it rains.

gonna send a paper airplane to you

I just couldn't let this evening pass without welcoming Tropical Storm Cindy to the mainland.

Now, Dennis, will you please go the fuck away!!!

some whispered news in darkness

So I'm watching U2 playing on Live8 right now and wondering why, oh why, the Caulfield Sisters aren't up on that stage.

But now I know: Mary is preggers! Yes indeed, a Caulfield Daughter or Son will be arriving in about two weeks. (If it's a daughter, will they name her Phoebe? Or Esme? Franny?)

Since even music must yield to parturition, the Sisters are on a break. But Cindy in all her Wheelerian splendor will be doing a solo show July 30 at Trash in Williamsburg.