as the academic year is drawing to a close and i have more time to devote to frivolities like my rock band. The pHoTon baNd's inner circle of self-serving ne'er do wells have been such chipper lads, tolerant of my ever changing 'tudes, and their hard work deserves acknowledgement.  

So this is the first in a series of pHoTon baNd blogs for '09. I've posted some new youtubes to the page. But hey! Guess what? Why even bother clicking on the icon that leads to our profile, putting some water on for tea, falling asleep, setting the house on fire and forgetting to file your insurance claim while the page takes its usual eternity to load (despite your high speed connection), and then scrolling down, and searching on the right side of the screen for them, when you can actually view them right here in this bulletin? The incomparable Scot Colan made this one, of our happy sounding, but utterly bitter to the core pop song (from 2008's "Back Down to Earth"), "Where Did the Love Go?" Good show, Scot. You're a genius of such Magna Cartic proportions, I don't know what to accrue with you. Oh, hi...are you still here? then click on it and listen to it while you watch. That's what you're supposed to do with these things. There's also this live performance from JohnnyBrendas of an as-yet-unreleased song called "PosiVibe" that will surely serve as an instruction manual of sorts for those of you who, like me, have been laboring under the false assumption that continuing to bring the love (and trust) in times of crisis will actually make things better.