Eight Track Mind Band News

July 17, 2006
Things are quickly changing around these parts. First and foremost, there is a good chance the the Eight Track Mind site will be changing titles. With the current situation as it is with ETM, we just feel it would be more appropriate to make this site more a collection of works instead of simply focusing on ETM. Steve and Chris are rolling along with Girl Loves Distortion and Todd and Steve are still planning to record in the future. If you would like to come check out Girl Loves Distortion, and you are in the DC area on July 22, please come check them out at Existian. Don't worry though, the site wont change much, and you will still be able to visit us using the current url.

On another note, over the past few weeks we have been contacted by numerous old friends who seem to be finding this site via search engines. Its been great hearing from all of you. Please keep in touch you Sunnyside Dwellers.

June 6, 2006
"Well damn ETM, it's about time you fools updated your website." This was overhead on the DC Metro just the other day—or was it? Anyhow, back to bitness. Todd and Steve have been hard at work (slowly, but hard nonetheless) on the new Eight Track Mind CD tentatively titled Industry Standard. For you millions upon millions of fans that just cant wait until its release, we can let you in on a little secret: we have no clue when we will release it. Though we can tell you this, some songs that look like they are going to make the cut are "Point of View," "What You Can Get," "Dirty Girl (featuring our co-producer Rob Salerno on vocals along with Steve and a mysterious lady friend)," Chris Goett's, "Sleepwalking," and some random noise tracks cause we have to do something with all those unused recordings we've done.

In other somewhat sad news, it is looking as if ETM will be taking a hiatus on live shows. Steve and Todd are more concerned with putting out a new CD than they are with playing gigs at this juncture. But don't worry friends, we are proud to announce that Steve is embarking on yet another one of his "side-projects." This one includes Chris Goett on vocals, guitar, and bass and close affiliate Jenn Foxx-Thomas on drums and vocals along with Steve doing his usual array of tricks. The group is called Girl Loves Distortion (www.myspace.com/girllovesdistortion. Hey, isn't that also a name of an ETM song that might be on the new CD?) Well yes son, it is.

February 13, 2006
You might have noticed a slight change of layout and coloring on the Eight Track Mind website since the last time you visited. Well, that is because our Editor, Jaded Bitterman, has been hard at work recoding and semi-redesigning the site. After all these years of content addition we figured it was time for a clean up. We kept all the old content in place, just added some easier navigation (<—see left), a great new Flash-based MP3 Player (see right —>), new photos and articles, and last but not least, downloadable mp3's of our most recent show at the Velvet Lounge.

January 30, 2006
We are still hard at work in the studio with Vanishing Point Productions and plan to lay down some of our new tunes in a few weeks for the upcomming CD. As well, a recent internet blog picked up our very own Jaded Bitterman's top ten list about why Neil Young is better than Bob Dylan and all hell broke loose once the Dylan fans got hold of it. Blog owner Thrasher was contacted by the ETM editors and came out to the show at the Velvet Lounge a few weeks back and did a great write up about his take on things here. His brother in arms Mansion on the Hill was also kind enough to put ETM's "Passion" in rotation on his radio show. Oh the wonderful joys on the annonymous world that is the interweb!

October 25, 2005
We are glad to announce we will be entering the studio with Vanishing Point Productions in mid-November to begin recording our next full length album. We will also be filming a documentary-esque DVD with The Worthy Brothers on the making of the album and hope that both will be released simultaneously sometime in the spring of 2006. Check back later for more updates.

October 5, 2005
Henry Rollins (celebrity rocker and writer) is performing a spoken word concert for the eSharp Music Center at the Black Cat Club in Washington DC (1811 14th Street, NW - 202-667-7960) on Sunday, October 16th! Doors open at 8:30pm. Almost every dime from ticket sales go to eSharp! We can guarantee that it will be a very entertaining evening! Tickets are $25. If you are looking for a way to spice up your weekend, please come join us!

CPDC's eSharp Music Center at Edgewood Terrace is a professional-grade community music center offering FREE instruction and studio opportunities to community youth ages 13-24. With our partner, Berklee College of Music out of Boston, the nation's premier institution for the study of contemporary music, we provide instruction in cutting-edge music technology, composition, music theory and recording. Youth can use our MIDI lab or our live instrumentation room (supported by private and group instruction) to create their own musical compositions. Youth then access our professional recording studio to record their vocals and learn the intricacies of sound engineering. Youth also attend lyric writing, civic responsibility, media literacy, and business seminars. All music projects created in our studio adhere to our positive content criteria—we only produce music that seeks to better our world. eSharp welcomes volunteers from all walks of life.

For more information please contact Jenn Fox at jfox@cpdc.org.

September 20, 2005
When I logged onto WashingtonPost.com today I read the headline: Simon Wiesenthal Dies at 96. I was saddened to read this and felt the need to address it on our site simply because of what he stood for. In case you don't know his history, Simon Wiesenthal was best known as a Holocaust survivor who lost 87 relatives in the war and went on to become a famous Nazi hunter. His determination for "justice not vengence" attributed to the capture of such scumbags as Adolph Eichmann and other Nazi war criminals. Not only was he a great soldier in the fight against anti-Semitism, but he also fought for the rights of all minorities and oppressed people. The world could use more great men like this.—Steve Rubin

PS—And for the asshole that stole my bike Saturday here in DC, you can be assured that I will hunt you down like Wiesenthal, except I believe in revenge, not justice, when it comes to theft.

September 6, 2005
About a year ago a good friend of mine, Josh Bolton (of Juice fame for all you Mountaineers/Baltimorians), asked me to score some music for a surfing movie he was producing called Drawing Lines. He and his partner, Justin Weber, were filming a duo of surfers on their journey to surf every east coast state starting in Florida and ending in Maine (and during hurricane season to boot).

I booked us some time with Vanishing Point Productions, starting collaborating with Josh on the themes and styles he was looking for, called up Todd to play some drums, and a year later we are very proud to announce that Josh and Justin ended up using basically everything we recorded in the film. You can check out our Drawing Lines page here to download all of the music and read a little something about the film. Since this technically wasn't an Eight Track Mind project (but members were involved) we decided to credit the score as The Lords of DC.—Steve Rubin

Listen to the score here
Official Drawing Lines Website

August 30, 2005
We have just confirmed a show for Saturday, September 10th at the Velvet Lounge in Washington, DC. and a show on Monday, October 10th at DC9 in Washington, DC.

July 27, 2005
We have just confirmed a show for Friday August 5th at the Velvet Lounge in Washington, DC. We will be playing with a band called The Joonies. Please come out early to catch the show.

We have also posted a great write up from Chris Goett on Lungfish in our Words section.

July 25, 2005
The Second Existian Music Festival was a complete success. ETM rocked the stage for a full 40-minute set and the crowd feedback was very positive. We are looking forward to our next gig and would like to thank everyone for coming out in support of the show. Check out some photo's from the show.

July 15, 2005
The Second Existian Music Festival is officially on. You can check out the website here

June 24, 2005
The Eight Track Mind live band lineup is now offically set:

Steve Rubin: Lead Guitar & Vocals
Chris Goett: Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
Frank Caputo: Bass & Vocals
Todd L. Frank: Drums

We are gearing up for Existian Fest in DC on July 23. Our slot is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. so get there early! Existian website will be up shortly.

May 19, 2005
We hope the world is ready, because we know we're not, but Eight Track Mind will be playing their offical first gig ever and it will be taking place in none other than our nations capitol, Washington, D.C. The information is as follows:

Existian Fest
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Meridian Hill Park (aka Malcolm X Park)
16th and Euclid, NW
Washington, D.C.
Noon-Night
Existian Website

May 10, 2005
Steve has been hard at work with his new production company Vanishing Point Productions and is currently working on the score for an east coast surfing documentary called "Drawing Lines". Be sure to check out the preview trailer on the Drawing Lines Website.

There are also some great new writings posted in the "Words" section including a great new one by Eight Track Mind drummer Todd L. Frank entitled Duality: Another Side of Beck, Bright Eyes, Bruce Springsteen, and Ryan Adams. Be sure to check that out along with Todd's 2004 Time Capsule: The Year in Music.

December 23, 2004
The first two installments of "Why I Play Music" have been posted in the Words section. We're proud to announce contributions by the Black Hands' lead songwriter, the infamous Pappi Feducci.

December 9, 2004
It's been a while but WE'RE BACK. Stay tuned for the official announcement of the very first Eight Track Mind rock concert. DC/Baltimore folks have much to look forward too.

Also check out some great new updates in our WORDS section: Eight Track Mind Fan Feedback, Top 10 Influential Bands, and two new reviews from our U.K. Correspondant Mike Short: Marah & Amsterdam (Live), and Alejandro Escovedo. Coming Soon: the Why I Play Music Anthology written by various musicians of all ages, races, sexual orientation, and styles.

R.I.P. ODB & "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott

November 16, 2004
Eight Track Mind's debut, self-produced CD, The Art of Making Noise, is officially released to the mass public. You can check the music out here.

Remember, Chapter 6, Verse 9 in the Book of Duderonomy says, "Thou Shall Rippeth Thou Knob Off."

May 10, 2004
Eight Track Mind are currently putting the final touches on their debut CD release The Art of Making Noise. The entire CD plus bonus tracks will be available for listening on the site shortly and hard copies of the CD will be for sale as well.

May 5, 2004
Steve has been sitting in on bass and vocals with The Black Hand, an alt-folk-rock band from Washington, DC. Check out their site for show info and mp3's.