There have been some major changes as of late here in the and of Metropolis. We’ll be introducing some new band members very soon with some shows to follow. We’ve also said ‘so long’ to Mike and Julian. 

Even more exciting is the news we just received that we’ll be featured on the very prominent CD website www.cdbaby.com. "Future_Future” has been chosen as the Editor’s Pick for the week of February 16, 2009. We’ll post the link on Monday but in the meantime here’s an excerpt of the email we received from the site:  

Bayan -

We love your "KID METROPOLIS: Future Future" CD so much that we're
going to feature it on the CD Baby front page for a day, and in our
Editor's Picks section from now on.

We're *really* picky about what we feature. We receive about 300 new
albums a DAY, (over 300,000 total), and yours is one of the best we've
ever heard.

Here's the pertinent info:

THE DATE YOUR CD WILL BE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF CDBABY.COM
(This is the big day - make a note of it somewhere.)
Monday, February 16th 2009

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Hence, we move onward and upward. Women and children, let’s go!

Bayan and Otello – Kid M

Our rambunctious percussionist, Renaissance Latin translator-extraordinaire, M. Randall Rumeo is on the injured-reserved mending an old/new war wound but he’ll be back soon. However feel free to send him your well-wishes here.

In case anyone is interested in the Toronto-area, our CD’s are now available at Soundscapes located on 572 College St. and She Said Boom on 393 Roncesvalles Ave. ($9.99)

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To keep the juices a flowin’ we’ll be posting another song from the Future_Future collection. Lifeblood. A somewhat religious anomaly about the 12^th century politikal stronghold by one Peter Abelard and his quest to be with his true love, his on-again-off-again love affair/relationship with the lovely Heloise. Their love for one another remained one and true through numerous perils and tribulations – a lesson for us all: past, present and Future. Here’s an expert taken from one their love letters which we later used as the romantic discourse known as Lifeblood. We credit Bayan’s profound antique love letter collection for the providing the insight and liberation into creating this.

Lifeblood (aka time and space were paralyzed)

How I long to feel something pure, and something greater than the mundane days of this life

Faith is something that we cannot choose, rather it chooses us, encompasses and silences life

How we long to numb all their pain, and tear away from the apathetic days of our lives

Ironically, we refuse and shun any cure, wear a veil and slowly we except all the lies

How can we close our eyes and pretend that we don't live in a crumbling degenerate state?

When all around us are a signs of a falling world, and God is used as a scapegoat to cover our pain

Do you justify every night?

Does it bring you comfort, bring you solace?

Do you pray through their blood?

Do you think it will save you now?

Through their bloodshed -- screaming out your name

But you don't hear them do you?

Baby you still have their lifeblood, coursing through your veins

You'll never hear them, will you love?

quiet angels,

(give me a) K-I-D-M!, Kid M, Kid M, Kid M!

some new tunes on the player today, check it out and give us a holla. Just a friendly reminder, Kid Metropolis will be playing BLANK-FEST this Saturday December 6 at the El Mocambo, KM is on stage around 9pm!

A final exert from the How-To-Guide on Eliminating Evil Sprits - Section 23B, the concluding section titled ‘The thrill of modern postism!’:

Even atoms have tiny magnetic fields. In the Kid Metropolis model of an atom, electrons orbit the nucleus. The constant change in their motion gives rise to a magnetic field. Permanent magnets have measurable magnetic fields because the atoms and molecules in them are arranged in a way that their individual magnetic fields align, combining to form large aggregate fields. In this model, the lack of a single pole makes intuitive sense; cutting a bar magnet in half does nothing to the arrangement of the molecules within. The end result is two magnetic bars whose atoms have the same orientation as before, and therefore generate a magnetic field with the same orientation as the original larger magnet, formally known as The Kid Metropolis.

Once again big a 'shout out' to everyone and anyone for the great show on Friday to celebrate the release of our new CD Future_Future.

Check out a review of the here (http://lonelyvagabond. com/wpmu/2008/11/30/kid-metropolis-el-mocambo/) from Lonely Vagabond, renowned blogger for Exclaim! Magazine

We’ll post another song from the album shortly, in the meantime, enjoy yourselves.

p.s Kid Metropolis will be playing BLANK-FEST this Saturday December 6 at the El Mocambo. It’s a benefit show which raises blankets and public awareness of the plight of the homeless here and around the world. It is annual show, held in December, where the price of admission is one blanket (any condition) - the blankets collected here are distribute among the homeless, starting on Christmas Eve. The show was started in NY but has since spread to several different locales around the world including the American Midwest and the UK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank-Fest

check back soon

candy canes and lollipops,

K.I.D.M

Bayan, Julian, Michael, Otello

This Friday NOVEMBER 28th @ the El Mocambo, downstairs. doors at 9.

woah! music presents:

KID METROPOLIS
celebrating the release of 'Future_Future'

The Paint Movement (9:30pm)
The Darcys (10:30pm)
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plus as usual woah! music will be spinning local music from the rest of the towns best (i.e. framework, dinosaur bones, the coast, BSS, etc)

and a special treat--> DJ NOVA bringing you the sweet sounds of his vinyl as found in trash cans across the GTA.

Furthermore:

KID METROPOLIS LIVE on www.indielove.ca Tomorrow!! ThursdAy November 27

Interview and Live Performance in studio, go to www.indielove.ca between 7-9pm to stream live.

safe,

The Kids’ Metropolis

We’re keeping the motor running – a blog dedicated to the show will be posted later in the week with all the details, band(s), etc. about the show. In the meantime here’s a quixotic translation of a song from “A Blueprint for Modern Life” titled I Am a Microbe. The song eventually became an instrumental number but the original idea for the libretto deal with the scope of human being-s as “microorganisms in a macro environment”, inclusive to the repercussions of dealing with complexity in an emotional state.  And that's just it - my mind has always been my Achilles' heel!

I Am a Microbe - Je Suis un Microbe

L'homme est la somme de toutes ses actions

Capable évoluer mais incapable d'exister

Désolé et cassé hearted

Quelle parole vous alors? Vous avez non langue?

Je dis, 'Il n'est aucun homme du tout, Il est un microbe”

all-embracing,

Kid√Metröpolis

One more week until the show.case. we look forward to meeting you. Vultures and all. Take notice to the Little Red Devil in the player for your audio fix. vavoom

The concluding section of the How-to-Guide on eliminating evil spirits, written entirely in 14th century Renaissance Latin and translated by our very own Michael “Miguel” Rumeo. Section 18C – subtitled “The Cry of Humanists” reads as follows:

I am mighty. I have a glow you cannot see. I have a heart as big as the cosmos. As warm as bathwater. We are supermen - champions of L.O.V.E, and we don't have time to be charming. We're watching the big picture, friend. We know the score. We are a public service, not captains of industry. Keep your vulgar moneys. We are the righteousness in your karma sandwich

Do you dig?

this whole world’s going nowhere fast,

KID
MET

ROP

People call us renegades ‘cause we like living crazy

KID METROPOLIS LIVE-TO-AIR on www.indielove.ca ThursdAy November 27, 2008.

Interview and live Performance in studio which you can stream Live! on www.indielove.ca between 7-9pm eastern time. beware. part of the deal is the radio station will be giving away tickets and copies of the new CD everyday next week, so listen in.. once we get the details we’ll pass them along

a little something, some - words from the Future_Future, beauty is a harsh mistress. this track will be available on the MySpace by the end of this week. a song about everyday life on 30^th Street and the Keystone Corridor, a.k.a the mean streets of Philadelphia circa 1983. enjoy

Little Red Devil (Il Empecé)

Play, play again it’s all a game

She’s my little red devil and I’m caught in her snare again

She’s my little red devil and she’s twisting my words again

Plain Jane says I am tame

She’s my little white devil and she’s turning her angel tricks

She’s my little white devil and she’s blowing her angel dust

Chorus:

Tell me woman are you out of your mind? (my little red devil and I’m caught in her snare again)

Tell me woman you must be out of your mind, yet can’t leave you behind

Dark and strange, says I am vain

She’s my little black devil and she’s killing my buzz again

She’s my little black devil and she’s turning her voodoo tricks

Where are we? Where are we going?

Speak and be heard,