Jol & Nico: Reunion a hoax? From the NYC Cubby Office :: Feb. 26, 2006 "'Some people are simply unwilling to put aside the image of the perfect gay couple; they're the Gay Romantics Front. Others are simply unwilling to put aside the specific image of Jol and Nico, which they consider to be two beings perfect for each other; they're the Brigade of Supernaturalists." said Cubbyologist Warren Packoff, whose lecture series "Gay Superheroes'..."
		Vice President Cheney shoots man From the NYC Cubby Office :: Feb. 15, 2006 "...Cubby scholars were quick to pick up the connection between quail and Quayle, the vice president under the first George Bush..."
		Photo analysis triggers Bonemaker hysteria From the NYC Cubby Office :: Oct. 18, 2005 "...a new question has captured Cubby scholars' interest: Who is that man standing behind the three cubby creatures in the home-page photograph? And could it be reputedly alive Ronald Bonemaker?"
		New Cubby CD allegedly sweatshop-produced From the SF Cubby Office :: June 1, 2005 "The Cubby Creatures deny reports that their latest full-length CD, After the Deprogramming released on Rodent Records, was produced at an Oakland sweatshop."
		Deprogramming release show a grand success From the SF Cubby Office :: May 9, 2005 "Considered a grand success by the Creatures themselves, the multimedia event was accompanied by the release of their new Missalette, #17."
		Cubbies finish album, plan show From the SF Cubby Office :: February 7, 2005 After two-plus years of recording, mixing, re-recording, and mastering, The Cubby Creatures have finally finished their new full-length CD After the Deprogramming."
		Bonemaker still dead? From the SF Cubby Office :: November 15, 2004 "Though Bonemaker, while out campaigning for the 2000 election, was mistakenly shot and killed by a madman who had been stalking Huck Forest, the Cubby candidate's body was never found."
		Star of India calls it quits From the NYC Cubby Office :: September 24, 2004 "Star of India, stating that her heart just wasn't in it anymore, quit her column on September 21st..."
		Cubbies question validity of ascension giraffe article From the SF Cubby Office :: June 30, 2004 "Weaver says that he has become increasingly suspicious of Cubby-related matters that seem the least bit strange to him..."
		Ascension giraffe reports safe arrival home From the NYC Cubby Office :: June 18, 2004 "Word came from Tina's High Command that the Ascension Giraffe had arrived home safely on the night of July 17, 2004..."
		Historic Internet interview erased From the World Cubby Center :: April 5, 2004 "Gosh, we must have covered every topic under the sun."
		Charlie Danger publicly apologizes for 1997 "cock flash" From the NYC Cubby Office :: February 5, 2004 "'The thing is, I just couldn't keep it in my pants back then,' Mr. Danger said in his videotaped statement."
		Cubby.net: Facelift discovered From the NYC Cubby Office :: February 1, 2004 "With a facelift by Brian Weaver, the new incarnation of cubby.net is, according to not-yet-released promotional materials 'designed to provide a comprehensive cubby archive, an exhibition space for emerging people, and a daily dose of up-to-the-minute cubby inspiration'."
		Cubby Creatures released after being held captive by Yuddles From the SF Cubby Office :: December 16, 2003 "Cubby Creatures Brian Weaver, Bill Fisher, Jason Gonzales, and Emily Davis were released in the middle of November after having been held captive for two and a half weeks by the notoriously anti-Cubby organization the Council of Yuddle."
		Cubbies announce first-ever, "neverending" Missalette From the SF Cubby Office :: April 25, 2003 "The 'Political Missalette,' will always be accepting submissions and will therefore be never-ending, ongoing and 'eternal, like the cubby itself, or, you know, at least as long as we're able to afford the yearly cost of the Web site and keep it up there in cyber space'."
		Creature name drop shock! From the NYC Cubby Office :: April 23, 2003 "A band relies on its name for recognition. Without a recognizable band identity, without the cubby brand that the Cubby Cr--I mean--the Clear Thinking Creatures have developed, their record sales could drop dramatically. Then again, the Cubby Creatures have rarely sold a record anyway."
		Clarinetist to leave band From the SF Cubby Office :: April 4, 2003 "...[I]'m now the pre-eminent indie-rock clarinetist in San Francisco," says admitted Cubby Creature Karl Soehnlein, "my work here is done."
		Cubby Creatures to play San Francisco "Yuri's Night" event From the Oakland Cubby Office :: March 28, 2003 "The event marks the 42nd anniversary of the night Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to see the planet Earth from space. The event will also honor the lost crew of the space shuttle Columbia."
		Cubbies to Release Politics-Themed Missalette From the SF Cubby Annex Office :: March 28, 2003 "Sources central to the editorial staff predict that the publication date will be some time in late April and promise that it will feature the finest in controversy, exposé, polemic and diatribe, along with a smattering of universally offensive art and poetry."
		Bean Tails Author Discovered Senseless From the NYC Cubby Office :: December 16, 2002 "Cubby Control resident and Bean Tails author BK reported...yesterday that he had been found howling and disoriented on the front steps of Cubby Control in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 15th."
		Cubbies to record new album From the SF Cubby Office :: November 6, 2002 "A source close to the Cubby Creatures has reported that they will begin recording a new full-length album with Elton Ridge of Rodent Records this December."
		Cubbies to release new missalette and 7" single From the SF Cubby Office :: November 4, 2002 "The single will feature three new cubby recordings, two of which were recorded by the Cubbies themselves, and the other, a Nick Drake cover, was recorded by Greg Turner and Nick Dmitriu of Rodent Records."
		Cubbies announce new missalette, the Girly Mag From the SF Cubby Office :: August 12, 2002 "The Girly Mag missalette is being spearheaded by female Cubby Creature violinist Emily Davis, who, according to the e-mail she sent out announcing the 13th missalette and asking for submissions, promises it will be 'chock full of articles and blurbs for the blossoming young woman in each and every one of us.'."
		CLIPSHOW finds a venue From the SF Cubby Office :: August 9, 2002 "TRAX bar on Haight Street has agreed to let the Cubbies host a viewing party Saturday night, August 17 at 9PM so they can collectively watch the latest episode of the most recent incarnation of CubbyVision, CLIPSHOW."
		7" single coming soon From the NYC Cubby Office :: July 2, 2002 "The 7", to be pressed at 45 rpm, has been heralded by bass player Brian Weaver as a 'a true California psychedelic masterpiece'."
		CubbyVision switches to new format From the SF Cubby Office :: June 24, 2002 "If you haven't noticed, CubbyVision, the Cubby Creatures' cable access show, has received a face-lift, so to speak."
		Bean Tails sweeps the nation From the SF Cubby Annex Office :: June 6, 2002 "BK says he was inspired to start Bean Tails by his 'inherent love for all animals and animal byproducts'."
		BUST magazine reviews Cubbys' "Kathy Barra" CD From the SF Cubby Office :: April 2, 2002 "In a move unprecedented by a national magazine in the United States, BUST magazine showered praises upon the recently released Cubby Creatures EP 'Who Remembers Kathy Barra?'"
		12th missalette released, party modestly attended From the SF Cubby Office :: March 18, 2002 "...One day [my girlfriend] bought a bunch of fortune cookies, which, besides looking at the fortunes, I like to eat.  After eating about ten of them, I found myself with all these fortunes."
		"Who Remembers Kathy Barra?" EP unveiled From the SF Cubby Office :: November 8, 2001 "The recording - which follows last year's self-produced, full-length release The Blessed Invention - is the first Cubby collaboration with a label, San Francisco's Rodent Records."
		Missalette #11 released From the SF Cubby Office :: August 15, 2001 "When asked what gave him the idea for the theme of the new missalette, Soehnlein responded, 'From metaphysical inspiration'."
		New Embryo CD completed, show scheduled From the SF Cubby Office :: July 30, 2001 "'I really don't think it could be more perfect. The space is great, and September 22 is the autumnal equinox. It seems serendipitous, because the Embryo is inherently associated with metaphysical qualities,' Weaver remarked.
		Cubby Creatures get new lineup From the SF Cubby Office :: July 30, 2001 "'Jol leaving the Cubby Creatures is tragic and unfortunate, but also ultimately a good thing,' says bass player Brian Weaver. Asked whether he still likes Jol, Brian says yes."
		Rodent Records to release "Kathy Barra" single From the SF Cubby Office :: March 10, 2001 "When Brian heard that there was such a thing as Rodent Records, it just clicked in his head, you know? He just thought, 'How perfect would it be to put Kathy Barra on Rodent Records?' and so he went on a mission, and--shazam!"
		Cubbies sign on for FAF benefit From the SF Cubby Office :: March 5, 2001 "The Cubby Creatures' long history with FAF dates back to the late '90s when Karl the clarinetist, then working by day as associate editor for the nonprofit's 'Release Print' magazine, tapped into FAF's wealth of exotic fonts for use in early issues of the "Cubby Missalette."
		Embryo complication: Space for "birth rite" sought From the SF Cubby Office :: February 28, 2001 "Finding a space to throw a rock show in the city is as tricky as finding affordable housing. At least that's how it must seem to Brian Weaver right now."
		Cubbies bashed in local paper From the SF Cubby Office :: February 19, 2001 "SF Chronicle money goon Al Saracevic took a jab at the Cubby Creatures in his February 18th column."
		Bonemaker tribute pages raise awareness From the SF Cubby Office :: January 11, 2001 "One reader of the pages that honor the dead Cubby candidate for the 2000 presidential election remarked 'Wow, if I had known he was that cool, I would've voted for him even though he was dead'."
		Huck Forest announces "Bed-In for Justice" From the SF Cubby Office :: November 16, 2000 "Anyone in the vicinity of 24th Street and Florida...is being encouraged to visit Huck in his specially prepared guest bedroom at Cubby Control."
		Ronald Bonemaker accidentally assassinated From the SF Cubby Office :: November 6, 2000 "Television viewers in San Francisco were able to witness the killing as it occurred because Bonemaker was being recorded for live 'cable-cast' on the Cubby Creatures' public access show CubbyVision, which airs at five o'clock the first Friday of every month."
		Cubby fundraiser ends in trauma for White Lady, possible theft From the SF Cubby Office :: November 6, 2000 "After delivering a short, obscenity-strewn monologue centered around her dissatisfaction with the fact that the band was playing while she was wanting sleep, the woman disappeared back into the passage, only to deliver an obscene curse from offstage."
		The Cubby Creatures RockOutSF From the SF Cubby Office :: September 25, 2000 "The day couldn't have been more perfect and the cause more relavent."
		CubbyVision propels host Huck Forest into local stardom From the SF Cubby Office :: September 10, 2000 "Forest says he owes the success to the need in San Francisco for 'something real, something from the heart, something cubby'."
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