SAN FRANCISCO--After months of silence, Cubby Control this Monday issued a brand new "missive to the Cubbydom masses" denying the Cubby's nonexistence and offering several new examples of Cubbycentric occurrences which could most assuredly not have occurred if the Cubby were actually nonexistent; thus, this missive appears to offer evidence of the Cubby's ongoing being. We present it to you here in its unexpurgated form: Greetings Cubbydom! We hope you are enjoying your state-sponsored three-day weekend as much as we are. We hope your lovers and loved ones are out of harm's way this Memorial Day. Despite rumors that the Cubby Creatures no longer exist* we have found some definite evidence that regardless, the Cubby, that abstract higher power that we love, is very much alive and well and at work in our lives. We'd like to submit, for your perusive enjoyment, the following sunny (albeit somewhat shaky) facts: (+) 2007 has been declared by the recently established Cubby Department of Observations "Cubby 10" in recognition of the fact that the Cubby Creatures and the concept of the Cubby were founded and found, respectively, in 1997, ten whole years ago. ** (+) Though advised, cajoled, even threatened to "keep it down," "lay low" and "be quiet," in the interest of his own security considering the recent spate of Yuddle yard traps and shade flares he's experienced*** there is at least one self-identified Cubby Creature who vows that he is determined to release at least two currently unfinished Cubby Creatures records at some point in the next 10 years. (+) Cubby Creature Bill Fisher and his wife Lorna Kirwan have produced a baby girl whose very existence fills our collective heart with hope for the future. We know it's a little Whitney Houstonish in sentiment, but we can't help ourselves from waxing optimistic when we look upon that earth-landed little angel's precious face. http://www.cubby.net/discharge/index.html -- (See Update 141) (+) While The Cubby Creatures are decidedly not playing out at the moment, individual Cubby Creature specimens are playing respectively in other projects, all of which can be discovered, loved and friended by you this very day if you so wish. Cubby drummer Jason Gonzales is currently touring the globe with one of our favorite bands, Thee More Shallows. http://www.theemoreshallows.com/ , http://www.myspace.com/theemoreshallows Jason's also being seen around town with the endearingly cryptic genius Ral Partha Vogelbacher. http://www.megalon.com/meg12.html , http://www.myspace.com/ralpartha The ever-busy Brian Weaver gets it on with Thee Druggles, whose revolutionary antics promise to live up to the precedent set by the Cubby Creatures themselves! http://www.druggles.com/ , http://www.myspace.com/theedruggles Cubby Bill is still practicing proprietor of pet project Patina Praxis. http://www.patinapraxis.com/ And all of these projects, along with a hand-picked selection of Bay Area under-the-radar curiosities, are featured on Brian Weaver's most recent Embryo collection. http://www.cubby.net/creatures/embryo/ , http://www.myspace.com/theembryocompilations And so there you have it, our evidence for the continued health, existence and prosperity of the Cubby. We wish the same to you and yours and we hope you’ll be our friend on Myspace too! http://www.myspace.com/thecubbycreatures Lots of love from your big fans, The Most Wholly Order of the Cubby * to be addressed in the brand-spanking new installment of the Cubby Missalette that's scheduled to come out this summer in a superlimited-print edition--available for pre-order now at Cubby.net. **Historically speaking, few bands or band-derived concepts have lasted this long. Even fewer have gotten less famous or rich for their fruits than the Cubby Creatures; nevertheless, there are still those persons who have deigned to recognize the significance of the date and who have deemed it worthy of some special celebration, even during this sad moment in the American Zeitgeist (which we live to serve and protect) when celebrations of any kind seem to take on an ironic hue in deference to the omnipresent reality of the Neverending War.] *** The Council of Yuddle are the mythological nemesis of the Cubby Creatures. More on them in the next Missalette too! (BW, 05.28.07) [ close ]