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Yeah, it's earth day again. The bees are buzzing about our flowering crab-apple tree.
In keeping with our current tradition of taking a long, long time to finish any given project, here's a new update. As forseen and duly noted by our resident mystic Obie, who also happens to be the un-official Mayor of Affton, trying to build and train a keyboard player from scratch is not a quick or easy task. Indeed. However, Sylvia will be featured playing organ on a new song we wrote about Neptune. We're still writing a lot of songs and slowly getting some of them to tape. There are two albums worth of material, all at various stages of recording.Quite a few are almost finished and we'll have a couple posted on MySpace soon.
Alright, a few more songs have been recorded. Progress is slow but steady and what I've heard so far is really nice. Heather, Theodore and Slyvia, along with their vegetable garden, are all doing well.
The full band is set to start playing live again in the next couple of months and we'll, of course, let you know all the whens and wheres. Until then, get yourself outside and walk through the trees.-----------------------------------Dwayne
We would like to introduce Sylvia Arun Moll to the world! She made her debut on February 17th and has kept her parents busy singing sci-fi lullabys. Believe it or not more progress has been made on the next EP and hopefully we'll have something posted when its finished in the near future.
I need to introduce myself. My name is Dwayne and I'll be taking care of the web duties for awhile while Heather and Theodore tend to Sylvia and the EP. You can direct your web site inquiries to DwayneD@bagheeramusic.com
Bagheera
be taking a hiatus from performing full-band live shows until
the spring of 2006. The reason for this is the recent news that
Heather and Theodore will be expecting their first child in
February. The last full-band show will be this Friday at the
CREEPY CRAWL in downtown Saint Louis. Bagheera will be playing
with the most excellent UNDERCLAIRE
from Little Rock, Arkansas. Don't you dare miss Underclaire's
set or you'll be denied the too-cool-for-school-indie-rock-bragging-rights
of "well I saw them the first time they played St. Louis,
hmmph" In the meanwhile the band will be cloistered in
the basement, arranging and recording material for the next
record which promises more epic arrangements and more forest
fire, rattlesnake and space travel references than the last
one. --dwayne d.
We've
been back for a couple of days now and the jet lag is sure easier
to beat when you travel west. We had a fantastic time in the
UK playing shows, hearing new bands, and making new friends.
We played the Wasted Festival in Morcambe which was a solid
three days of punk rock music. We got caught in traffic on the
way to the festival and wound up missing our set time by an
hour and a half. Thanks to some creative juggling from the stage
manager, we squeezed in a short set after Dick from the Subhumans
did his spoken word/ comedy thing. The whole thing was pretty
surreal.
With just our acoustic guitars, we belted out some rock tunes
about space, death, drugs and dwarves, on a big stage, in a
sun-lit room, to a bunch of punk rockers sitting at tables.
I'm sure there is a parallel universe out there where this kind
of setting is the norm for punk shows. What an amazing place
that must be.
We played a couple shows in Brighton at the legendary Free Butt.
Laugh as you may at the name, but the Free Butt is a solid venue
and pub. Hundreds of touring bands from around the world have
played there at one time or another and we consider it an honor
to be one of them. Our friend Buz set up the show and we would
up staying with him and his girlfriend Em for quite a few nights.
A big big thanks goes out to them for the show as well as their
hospitality.
We spent a couple of days in the town of Battle (where the battle
of Hastings took place in 1066) with our friends Nat and Bill
and their parents Gully and Ben. Nat and Bill are "the
Flying Marrows" an acoustic rock duo as well as a gardening
team.. Their family is really amazing. After a day of hiking
through woods and the battle-field we ate a big meal and played
a lot of music. From there we spent four days in London, looking
at Egyptian statues and the tombs of famous Britains. Our next
show was a music and beer festival at a regional airport in
Shoreham-by-Sea. --t.m.
This
past thursday and friday we had a couple of really great shows
here in the St. Louis area. Thanks to everyone who came out.
Ted and Heather are gearing up for the big England trip. We've
been using our skills of procrastination in packing and preparing
for this trip, so let's hope we remember to bring everything.
Hail
to all the fools that celebrate the new year today (the historical
origin of April Fools).
Bagheera
will be playing in the UK as an acoustic two piece in late May.
No Foolin'! We will be playing the acoustic stage at the Wasted
Festival in Morcambe on May 21st and follow it with a week long
tour of the UK with POG.
We
will start recording the initial stages of our new album this
summer.
Bagheera
got a nice write up in the Cin Weekly.
view
it here
The
new year is here and, without getting too heavy or profound,
we hope that better times are ahead for the whole planet.
We will be playing this Thursday in town at the Creepy Crawl
with Hated Nixon. This is a very last minute affair so if you
find yourself free from obligation and in serious need of a
rock show please come down. This Saturday we're at Off Broadway
with Red Eyed Driver and the Helium Tapes.
We've
got T-shirts now available and you can get them at the shows
or here on the site.
Happy
Holidays everyone! Heather and I have been finishing up a new
batch of songs that we will most likely debut at our show on the
30th. Things are coming along nicely. Last night we saw the Blue
Meanies in Chicago and once again their performance blew me away.
The Blue Meanies have been a major influence on the way I approach
and appreciate music. Hanging out with old friends and hearing
some of our favorite songs was such an amazing way to start the
holidays.
Past
Shows
In the past couple of weeks we've played
a string of really good shows. In Edwardsville, at the legendary
Stagger Inn, we rocked as a three piece with one of our favorite
local bands, Bibowats. We played an odd yet really good show
with the full band in Alton at Camp Climax. The venue is the
basement and practice space for Camp Climax for Girls. We weren't
sure what to think when we got there but it turned out to be
a really fun show. Chris Krueger, aka Southerly, played an awesome
acoustic set. We wound up playing two sets at Frederick's, the
first with the full band and the second with just Heather and
myself on guitars. We debuted a bunch of new songs. Frederck's
seems to be a good place for that.
We will be performing in St. Louis at Mangia Italiano on South
Grand on Thursday December 30th. We will again be playing a
set with the full band and another with just guitars.
We also finally updated the page with new photos
and flyers.
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Happy Halloween
We have some new pictures up on the photos page from our not so
recent show at the rocket bar.
The
Exponetial Growth
Keen
observers at our shows recently have noted the usual two-piece
has squared into four. Hopefully this is the last of the progression
since sixteen is far too much to manage. So far we've played
three shows with this line-up and it's cool to finally hear
the songs the way they sound on the album. We will still play
some shows as a two-piece and probably some as a three-piece.
We
have some upcoming shows in October including an opening slot
for the Brian Jonestown Massacre show at the Creepy Crawl on
Oct 22.
Bagheera in the RFT
In this
week's Riverfront Times (St. Louis alternative weekly paper)
there is a Bagheera interview. Lovely.See HERE
We've
recently been practicing with our friends Patrick Turek (drums)
and John "Obie" O'Brien (bass) to fill out our live
sound. They have each played in some of our favorite bands over
the years including Stillwater, the Bottlerockets, and Jenny
Kavanaugh and her band of Outlaws, so it's truely an honor to
finally get to play music with them. We play our first show
with this lineup tonight at Sally T's in St. Peters, MO.
I've been
on tour with MU330 for the past three weeks in Europe which was
truely amazing. We played the U.K., France, Switzerland and Russia!
To read about it surf over to mu330.com.
In the meantime, Heather has been writing some new songs that
I'm anxious to start working on. We've got a bunch of shows coming
up around Saint Louis and the Midwest. Recently our good friend
Obie has been sitting in with us on bass to fill in the lower
end of the spectrum.
Tornado
Warning!
For the past week St. Louis has been pounded by daily parades
of storms. Last night was no exception; The sky darkened with
a hue similar to the background on this page before going almost
black and the tornado sirens started to moan in the distance.
There was nothing we could do but go to the basement and play
music until the all clear was given. Speaking of last minute
warnings, we found out we were playing the Creepy Crawl last
Wednesday mere hours before the show. We had a really good set
but it felt a little weird since we had never heard of any of
the other bands. I guess that's what happens when you spend
your life in a basement, playing music and hiding from tornados.
Last
Saturday we played a really rocking show in Peoria, IL with
the Youth Class,. Brief Candles (Milwaukee), and Francis England
( Peoria ). Peoria has a really good scene and we were impressed
and genuinely surprised by all of the bands. I think we are
playing Peoria again in mid July with the Youth Class..
TOUR
TOUR TOUR
We're finally getting some miles on our touring machine, Shadowfax.
Last weekend we headed up to Omaha for a show at the very cool
49'r Lounge. Any place that has the Pixies playing before and
after we played has to be cool. Rimzilmoon was nice enough to
let us crash at his place. THANKS!
On saturday we played Lemmon's in beautiful south St. Louis
with two cool St. Louis bands we hadn't heard of, Red Eyed Driver
and Miles of Wire. Check them out.
On Tuesday the 18th we are going to be at Frederick's Music
Lounge in South St. Louis with A Cult for Riley (Omaha, NE).
We
are trying to set up a tour for July between the 9th and the
21st around the midwest. We're up for playing anywhere really,
even house parties. If you book shows or are in a band please
email us. We are also trying to get something set up for September.
Two
days ago we celebrated our two year wedding anniversary! Wow!
(we'll accept gifts in the form of Danelecto pedals or gift
certificates for camping gear) It's so amazing to write and
play rock music with the coolest elf girl in the world.
Last week we drove down to Rolla, MO and played the KMNR Glitterball,
ate sushi, and demanded an explanation from the engineering
students as to why we still don't have anti-gravity. Thanks
to Matt and Stacey from KMNR (the best college radio stickers
ever) for having us play.
We still seem to be getting some good press for "twevles".
Here's a review
from the online magazine LOST
AT SEA.net
the illusion