Clap Amp is on hiatus while Matt finds Jesus and Ryan learns stuff. Meanwhile, Pat has tipped a Hammond organ upside down and started a one man band full of smoke and mirrors: Static Magic.

www.myspace.com/staticmagic

Sadly, our show at Foodhole is canceled. Nothing to worry about, we didn't sleep with Mr. Foodhole's wife or anything. One of us had to attend a funeral that day.

On a happier note, we are mixing our single tonight with the venerable Dan _____ (We don't know his last name, oops). Three tracks, plus some funky noises thrown in between.  It'll melt your mind and steal your virginity.

Team Tinnitus, a rad musiC bLog, posted A review and some great Pics of the show we played lAst week with Hustler White, Mikeala's Fiend, We Quit and Eva Inca Ore. Party!

I'm the guy kneeling on the floor in a rat's nest of patch cords.

http://www.urbanhonking.com/teamtinnitus/archives/2005/07/mikaelas_fiend.html#comments

A PDX Pop Fest insider gave me the scoop yesterday that Clap Amp officially has 3 votes for the festival. "Way to go," you might say. Not really, when you think about how many thousands bands like the Decemberists probably have.But this mysterious, Deep Throat-type, insider also assured me there are bands with less votes!

Right in the middle, and our parents thought we'd never make it to mediocre status!

We slipped into the studio quietly on Saturday, arranged the 1s & 0s just how we like them and came out with three songs ready to roll. Song titles: I've Never Heard Punk Rock Before, Could You Play me some?//Haywire Highwire//Atom Smasher Vs. Helix Counter.

*The songs on our site are not the ones we recorded. They are old demos. We'll have the new ones up as soon as we get them.

-Mgmt.