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THE MUDCAT RAW SEWAGE PIPELINE:

02NOV08

Dear Mudcat Inc Freaks & M*therf*ckers!:It sure has been lots of fun here at Mudcat Incognito Incorporated. We are continuing to jam at quality venues such as The Wedge (brand new, check ‘em out) andCicero’s. Otherwise, working on videos. Nothing fancy, just unedited footage from our shows. There seems to be a temporary snag in the analogue to digital convertage area. Tim, Tom, Tim & Shannon have been going strong for a few months now and are starting to develop a A*gulp* rapport with each other and the songs are getting stronger every time. Slowly, over time we are draggin’ our slimy dorsal fins out of the raw sewage (sorry Dorsal Fin Dan, no offense!) as we EVOLVE. . . . .modification of the pectoral and dorsal fins into appendages if only barely so (ever notice people and fish have two sets of limbs as do lizards and reptiles and birds {but of course there is no relationship between the gruops!}), at least adequate for moving onto the ground long enough to escape predation, even if returns to the water are occasionally necessary.
seriously, st. louis is a helluva a good place to jam. Thanks to everyone coming out if you read this crap, crappie, carp. Worms are good for you! Protein. A yup!

19SEP08

Hello Mudcat nation! So much has been going on with Mudcat Incognito. Firstly, you may notice that the band name itself has changed! This is due to a pernicious little squeaker named Dudley Dudeck who has his own band in Atlanta Georgia called Mudcat. He said we were taking food from his families mouth by using the name Mudcat. Well, I hate to let everyone in on this but our band has played for free at almost every venue so far. I am not clear how we are jeopardizing his means to an end all the way up here in St. Louis but he does own the trademark and did threaten litigation so, out of necessity, we became Mudcat Incognito.
Also we have added Timmy Turtleslave on drums and Spinal Tom on bass. These 2 knuckleheads form the rhythm section of Mudcat's dreams and we are creaming ourselves to have them on board. Spinal Tom's fingerwork and mental acuity are nothing short of outstanding. Timmy Turtleslave is an outstanding drummer, has killer instinct, immaculate chops and is generally very sweaty. We try not to touch him.
Otherwise, Mudcat Incognito has been playing many shows including the now defunct Red Sea, the Way Out Club and are currently booking shows and getting ready to enter the studio again. Hope to see you in the sewer soon!

6AUG08

Playing a show in your area..maybe !! Things seem to be progressing very quickly with the new addition of our new bass player Spinal Tom. We have been doing alot of work in the "Blue Moose Studio" to get these groovin' songs added to our my space. Come check us out !!

27MAY08

Is this band a revolving door or what? I swear, FishEye and Mudflap are really nice fellows. *ahem* Many thanx to Danimal for proudly manifesting his bass-ness bad-ass-ness. Unfortunately, he decided Mudcat just wasn't his gig. Fish and Mud (the only 2 idiots left in this band) have been tearing up the open mic circuit, looking for that magical tandem to supply that much sought after killing floor rhythm section. Fish and Mud are continuing to write and Mudcat's myspace page continues at steady pace (closing in on 10000 plays as this is being written.) Mudcat is available for parties, fairs, venues or anywhere else willing to utter the magic words, "Why not!" As always, thanks for checking back and don't forget, worms are a great source of protein.

03APR08

Mad props to our distant cousin on the phylogenetic tree, Damon the Dingo. Although not technically related to Mudcat, he has been lending his drumming skills to the project especially in the studio but he says he enjoys being abused so mayhap he’ll even be around if this rotten band can ever get on the stage. Anyway, the groovy new tunes you’re hearing right now are still a work in progress but we hope they’re getting better all the time as we practice. We currently looking to book some shows but that leads to the question: do you get gigs, then get the drummer or does the drummer join then you get the gigs. THAT is the age old question.
Sniffstick Sr., Dorsal Fin Dan and Sniffy FishStick (our guy with the fish-eye) are still hard at work so never fear, we’ll suck St. Louis back into the sewage yet.

10FEB2008

FishEye, Mudflap and Dorsal Fin Dan are currently hard at work preparing for spring time gigs. They think if they practice really hard no one will notice that they don’t have any talent. I’m so sick of their attitudes. You can’t believe the songs they are rewriting: Walk Awhile, Cockroach Blues, Echoes of Rodinia, Bob Dylan in the Moonlight and Heavy Metal Overload Complete. The search for drummage and keyboarding continues as always. Hit our page if you wanna jam. We’ve been jamming with a lot of different people so if we missed you, please hit us up again.So, how do Mudcat write their songs anyway? That is an important question. As with anything in life, there is always more than one answer. Usually they accidentally play something that sounds real commercial. But since they are too high and drunk to remember it they just do an approximation of said music. This approximation is usually kind of strange and can’t be classified as music in the strictest sense of the term. They also try to write some songs but that usually comes out sounding even worse. I can’t wait for these guys to retire. Fuck.

22DEC2007

Mudcat, in their attempt to evolve out of the primordial soup that is the music industry, has, as always, been flipper deep in some serous ass shiz! Recording, mixing and posting is becoming a routine matter and since Mudcat wants everyone to latch onto our jam band vibe, we’re just gonna keep on posting new songs as fast as we can record ‘em. If you miss one of yer faves, just click on WE WANT MUDCAT link which’ll take yo ass to garageband where all our songs are archived. Along those lines, we got a good number of ‘catchy’ tunas they seem to have piled up like sediment on the flo’ of the mighty mississipp’so we’re currently working on the production of a free CD. You request it (via e-mail) and we’ll mail it to yo asses, FREE! Share the stench we always say! Finally, in tragic, developing news, we still don’t have a sax, keys, harp or trumpet jamming with on a steady basis. If you know someone or are someone, contact us and come, come to jam at Blue Moose! Peas ya’ll . . . . and merry f’n x-mas.
30OCT2007Blue Moose Machine Studios has been put back together as evidenced by the fact that we have just released our new smash single “Cockroach Blues.” As usual, this is an improv venture that sinks like bait in a whirlpool. Mudflap frets like Trower, Fishin’ Lure-Luke (Mudcat’s favorite drummer) renders his kit positively seismic, Danimal is all giddy over his new subsonic Fender and Our Guy witht the FishEye, well as usual creatively improvs this sordid little tale of bestiality between a 2 legged disease ridden homonoid female and an honest cockroach; just trying to make sense out of a crazy, mixed up world. Happy Halloween you sick fucks!More to Come!

11OCT07

No more Swifty. Mudcat be too sad to announce the departure of Swifty Salmonella. Due to some of the entrees being a little undercooked, there was some infection involved, thusly he decided to swim back upstream. Needless to say, MUDCAT NEEDS A DRUMMER. We would also really like some keyboards and a saxophone. We would like to have a couple of hot chix in the bands too cuz the rest of us are just too ugly.
Also, Blue Moose Machine Studios is on temporary hiatus so there won’t be any new recordings for a couple of weeks. Fisheye, Danimal and Mudflap are still together and writing, however, so beware, the next time you become ever so slightly aware of a permeating stench blowing your way. Could it be tainted tuna? Is it even fresh? Is it . . . is it . . . is it . . . . nooooooooooo not MUDCAT--

09SEP07

The Funk and the Fungus is posted. Twas a Friday night basement jam. This is pure improv. . . you know, jam-band shit that nobody wants to listen to. since deleted
This extra special jam of the week is for die hard Mudcat fans only and will require a liberal dose of tartar sauce!
Thanks to Danimal, our new bassist who just joined the band on Friday night for bass-ness contributions. As always if you play the fiddle, saxophone, trumpet or keyboards/synthesizer and want to sit in, by God contact us.
More to come.

25AUG07

ed. note: ignore this posting, Salmonella has left and obviously taken his songs with him. Contact MUDCAT about their drummer vacancy!
Well guppies . . . ole Swifty Salmonella has been at it again. Not only can he drum his dorsal fin off but he's been comin' up with all these killer tuna opuses that has agitated old Mudcat into feedin' frenzy mode. A title like "Chicken Farmin' Man" oughta let ya know what yer up against. Mudcat is still in the studios and lots more tracks are comin'. Keep comin' back ya'll, this shiz is 'bout to get weird.
16AUG07
New TUNA coming soon. We are currently working very hard in the studio recording Deep Into The Water. Charley the Starkist Tuna was good enough to make it on the can but never good enough to be eaten. Why won't Starkist accept tunas that wear berets and horn rimmed glasses? And Jessica , I guess you sure like to eat a lot of tuna, eh? I heard that there can be risk involved with eating too much tuna, Jess. The high mercurial content is a concern for potential DNA and chromosomal damage. I’m not too sure about that though. Mudcat likes the fact that oily fishes are high in Omega 3’s. That’s good for your heart AND brain.

28JUL07

The Mudcats are totally working on "Deep Into The Water." It will be Tim on vocals and Mudflap on guitar, of course and well . . . that's about it for the personnel considering nobody wants to play this crap. They're all just Republicans. We will probably post this song even if it doesn't sound very good. We'll keep working on it and when we have a better version we'll post that . . . thataway we can all monitor the progress, like you care. Comments are good. Good comments are good and bad comments are good too. Say what ya want, it ain't like we be famous or nuthin.
was formed in January 2007 when Fish Eye foolishy responded to Mudflap's ad for a vocalist. Our guy with the Fish-Eye's (vocalis insanus) previous band was an exercise in metal-core named Douche Powder Factory. He worked very hard at helping start, and putting that band together so once it was completed . . . they fired him. Dorsal fin Dan (the inimitatable Danimal)low-endnus hung-mongous stuck around with DPF factor for a few more years then he got fired too. Mudflap was the front man for the jazz-punk quartet Goddam Sam. Goddam Sam usually got booed off of the stage everytime and used to do really ignorant shit like play wine bottle xylophones and honk bicycle horns on stage. Seemingly incongruous; these varied influences left little recourse; desecrate the blues!
And yes, Mudcat is a stupid kind of name for a band but since everyone in the band smells like a section of the aformentioned river that channels through St. Louis it seems apt if not exactly flattering.
Who are these Mudcats really? Do they always live on the bottom of the Mississippi River? What do they want from me? Why are they writing these ridiculous fucking songs? If I listen to them will they just go away?
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