Cold and Flu season, 2005

• After nearly 12 years, 11 kids and six albums, we'll be at SXSW in Austin, on Saturday, March 19. We play at 10 pm at Friends (208 E. Sixth St.) Scotty, who moved to Vermont last summer, is making the trip, as is our pedal steel hombre, Barry Hensley, as is Catalpa Boy Josh Housh from SF on musical saw and various noisemakers, so this one should be a certifiable hoot. (press info)

• Local weekly The Other Paper gives some year-end props.
  
• Don't quite know what this says, but this review from UK mag Losing Today reads just fine.
  
• Blog-o-rama: Ace mp3 bloggers Largehearted Boy, songs:illinois and acousticwoodlands all give up the goods.
  
• Track of ours "Kew Garden Hills" appears on a new sampler from our Euro label, Houston Party, along with fine music makers like Rogue Wave, Anomoanon, Shins, Iron & Wine
  
• Just did interviews for No Depression and Go! in Spain
  
• Copies of "East of Eager" go out to college and otherwise good radio stations across the land, contact Vitriol Radio if you'd like a copy for your station.
  
• Back from two great shows in San Francisco, at 12 Galaxies and the amazin' Hotel Utah. A preview from S.F. Weekly. From the Hotel Utah show, Half Life.
  
• Houston Party Records in Barcelona, home to Iron & Wine, the Shins, Fruitbats, and Broken Social Scene released East of Eager in Europe, Japan, and Australia in October 2004. This version of the record (on HP subsidiary, Rhonda Records) will have an extra track "Green Wood."
  
• Magnet, Vertical Slum, TimeOut New York, Harp, Miles of Music and hometown daily The Columbus Dispatch review East of Eager
  
• Mother England: Americana U.K. gives East of Eager the lead review and four stars.
  
• Konkurrent in the Netherlands says: "...East of Eager is a timeless combination of soul, pop, country, bluegrass and Americana. Where there is a possibility for complete chaos, Moviola has its obscure country soul well under control."
  
• East of Eager is out now on the newly reconfabulated Anyway Records, You can order a copy through the Anyway Records store, or from Midheaven or Miles of Music.

track list:

01 The Ghost of Daniel Boone
02 Hitched
03 Half Life
04 Kew Garden Hills
05 Wise Men Say
06 About You
07 Morning Paper
08 Ashes Pop
09 24K
10 Luis Aparicio
11 East of Eager

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Jake and his brother Josh recording under the name Catalpa Boys, have finished their first record of cross-country, stripped-down brotherly love. Listen to a track: "No Word"
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