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SAN FRANCISCO - In an unprecedented move, Brian Weaver, one of the original cubby founders, has announced
that the online version of their next missalette, currently titled 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," as Weaver, cubby creature bassist and cubby
cofounder, told reporters. Weaver is coediting the current print version of the missalette along with Cubby Creature guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Bill Fisher. Fisher has reportedly deemed the online "never-ending" Political Missalette idea as "hella rad." Weaver says the reason he believes the online Political Missalette should always be accepting submissions is that "politics, especially in the United States, is something we should be on top of because there's such a big potential that all of a sudden we'll find ourselves in a modern version of Nazi Germany." He continued, saying, "I mean, look at this most current war-- it was a complete crock of shit. No weapons of mass destruction were found, which is the whole reason we supposedly went in there in the first place. The Iraqis had their museums, libraries and government institutions, except for the Ministry of Oil, which U.S. soldiers were told to protect, looted, burned and bombed. And the U.S. is trying to figure out which 'terrorist' regime is next on the list. In the meantime, 70% of Americans supports these actions, and those who say anything against Bush or the war machine, like the Dixie chicks, are lambasted and declared 'unpatriotic.' It's time to think about what's happening and speak out about it, or, you know, anything else that you might want to write about." The print version of the Political Missalette is due to be released May 9 at a party the cubbies are throwing for Cubby Clarinetist Karl Soehnlein who is leaving the band. May 9 will be his last show. Weaver expects the online "never-ending" Political Missalette to be launched "sometime in June." |