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
-- 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.
2 comments:
oh cool look, that Justice has a REAL NAME, under his quote...how very interesting. To bad most people who blog and go to chat rooms don't seem to be able to use their real names, and this fact really creeps me, ole cindy wheeler out, yes it does.
Don't assume to know why the Pee Shy Thread was deleted because you don't.
Cindy --
I'm truly sorry if I offended you or creeped you out; it was not my intention at all. And you're correct about the extent of my ignorance. I requested, and was given, an explanation about the deletion from the Message Board Powers That Be, but I always figured there was more going on that's none of my business.
However, whatever the reason was, I do know what effect it had on the board -- namely, weeks of contributions from a number of sincere fans simply vanished. I'm not talking about my ramblings, because I didn't even start that thread. But these were folks who had the joy of discovering yours and Mary's earlier work, and who were out there buying some great music that not enough people heard when it was new. And yes, there was at least one comment that the Caulfield Sisters' songs were better.
Then suddenly, it was all gone. And for the next month, nobody had anything to say. I just thought it was all very sad, and a month later I felt the urge to express my angst in this dusty little corner of the web.
Again, sorry if I offended one of my favorite artists. I truly wish y'all the best.
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