So, apparently Damiera broke up.  And only two months after I first discovered their music.  I’m hugely bummed by this news.  I can’t imagine having a label release our album and fund an international tour only to call it quits, but I guess stuff like that happens all the time.  Personally, if I were able to ditch my day job to play full-time with my band, it would take nothing less than an act of God to convince me to go back.  Meanwhile, I’m sure Nickleback will be together forever, cranking out album after album until the sun explodes.  There’s no justice in the world of music I suppose.

In other news, in case you’ve been feeling like I need to start another project in order for you to really satisfy your need for an Ultrajoebot fix, you can go check out my other band (which doesn’t really exist), Curse of the Deep Sea Panda.  It’s an outlet for Keith and me to unleash our happy pop songs on the world, three minutes at a time.  And don’t worry, no pandas were drowned in the recording of these songs.  Some booking company actually contacted us to offer us some shows, so in the event that Jeff gets married and moves to Canada, or Jeremy goes to dentist school, maybe we’ll throw some gigs together.  But most likely these songs will live in online form only.