What Used To Be New In 2000?

December 29, 2000

• Added the new Buyer's Guide page.

December 28, 2000

• Added the new Song Index page.
• Did some smaller cleanups, like adding the the third cover for Wow Flutter Hiss '86.
• Added the "big news" section above.
• A few typo corrections around the page.

December 18, 2000

• Added another new article to The Written Word. This one's from an issue of a Scottish fanzine called The Next Big Thing from 1993.

December 15, 2000

• Another tribute update. The last tape has arrived! We're still probably looking at a January release at this point.
• Added a new article to The Written Word. This one's from an issue of Music Scene from 1990. It's a good one.

December 6, 2000

• Another tribute update. The last tape should be arriving at Deep Eddy Records this week, so the final work can begin in earnest after that. With time for mastering and pressing, we're probably looking at a January release at this point.

December 2, 2000

• Thanks to a note from Denise Angeloni, I've updated the Heatseekers member page. Sean and Chris Dignan from another Toronto band, Suckerpunch, were the other members of Heatseekers. Thanks Denise!
• Updated the video page with the proper track listing to Carry On Disarming.

November 22, 2000

• Added a video page. There's some notes about which songs had videos made, plus a Real Video clip of "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore". Many thanks to Trista Lycosky of KITHfan.org for this one!
• Thanks to Derek von Essen, we now have a bunch of new contributions to the Shadowy Men Pictures collection. Derek was Mr. Merchandise for the Men for a while, so we've got pictures you'd have never seen anywhere else. Many thanks to Derek for these!
• Updated the Schlagers! game page. For a long time, I didn't realize the "lunar bingo chips" and "space bolt" mentioned in the rules were actually included. Now that I've found a copy, I added a scan of 'em and updated the text.
• Updated the tribute album info. There's a new release date announced. See the News page for the full scoop.
• Added links for new Sadies and King Cobb Steelie home pages.

October 4, 2000

• Don't know why I just noticed, but the last time I cleaned up the page, I accidentally got rid of the link to the "Thanks!" page. The page was still there, but there was no way to get there! Whoops! It's back now.

September 25, 2000

• Added some links to articles from KITHFan.org's Shadowy Men page, which is quite a nice page! The links to the articles are on The Written Word page, which I'm sure you guessed. Trista (the webmaster at KITHfan.org also let me swipe a copy of a cool ad for Love Without Words (which is now on the Etc. page) and a cool video capture from The Kids In The Hall credits (which is now on the Pictures page). Thanks Trista!
• Added a link to the Links page for KITHfan.org, so I took a sec and organized the links page a bit better. No other new links, just a little cleaning up.

September 22, 2000

• Added some alternate covers for Love Without Words and Wow Flutter Hiss to the Singles & EPs page and two more flyers to the Etc. page.

September 21, 2000

• Added links to three other articles to The Written Word page.

September 19, 2000

• Oh my ... two weeks with nothin'? Sheesh. Well, I've just added a new entry to The Written Word page. This one's a live review from East Coast Rocker. Weirdly enough, it's the first review I've seen that tries to describe the band's music without using the word "surf".

September 5, 2000

• Small updates to the tribute album info. There's slightly new cover art and two new bands listed, The Unknown and The Deoras.

August 29, 2000

• Picked up a cool promo picture on eBay. Check it out on the Pictures page.

August 23, 2000

• Updated the potential release date of the tribute album to October. The Sadies won't have time to record their track until September, and we definitely want The Sadies on there!
• Picked up another Canadian promo compilation CD on eBay. Details are on the Compilations page.

August 9, 2000

• Added a new entry to The Written Word page. This one's from The Trouser Press Guide To '90s Rock. Pretty good overview of the band's work.

August 3, 2000

• Just changed some look-and-feel. Ted passed some info to me about HTML style sheets, so I've updated how the links work on the pages. Got rid of the underlines. Pretty cool! Thanks Ted!

August 1, 2000

• Got a new poster for the Etc. page! Thanks Ted and Brian!

July 31, 2000

• Updated the Tributes and Covers page a bit.

July 28, 2000

• Just a little reorganization of the Pictures and Etc. pages. I moved the promo picture over to the picture page because, well, it is a PICTURE after all. I catch on fast.

July 26, 2000

• Picked up a new Canadian promo compilation CD on eBay. Details are on the Compilations page.
• Finally got around to some cosmetic touch-ups (creating GIF logos for Crash Kills Five and Barely Pink), standardizing the titles and headers on each page, that sort of thing.

July 21, 2000

• Finally added transcripts for the Savvy Show Stoppers reviews Don sent on. They're on The Written Word page.

July 20, 2000

• Pulled out details on the various Shadowy Men medleys into a separate Medleys page. When I got some details from Don Pyle about "Autumn Leaves" (see the July 4 update), I also got a full breakdown of the unreleased "16 Encores". Details are on the new page.

July 18, 2000

• Got a copy of Rolling Stone magazine's "New Faces '91" issue. There was a little blurb on the S-Men in there with a nice picture. It's on The Written Word page.
• I also reformatted the main page a bit to make it a little shorter. For instance, the help on buying Shadowy Men stuff is in the FAQ page now. I mean, it really is the answer to an FAQ, that's where it should go. Oh, and I updated the FAQ a bit.

July 14, 2000

• Hey! The Shadowy Web won an award!. It's from Links²Go. The Shadowy Web was 16th out of 34 web sites they surveyed on Surf Music.

July 10, 2000

• Updated the screen saver on the Downloads page. The screen saver I had up there before was locking up on me, so I built it another way. It came out way too large (appx 6M), so I just made a much smaller screen saver made up of just the live concert posters. This one seems to work better, plus it's only 1.7M, so downloading it isn't so ridiculous.

July 7, 2000

• Just a little FAQ touchup. Nothin' much.

July 6, 2000

• A new page, Downloads, has arrived. What's there? A cheap screen saver, a crude WinAMP skin, and a WAV file you can use as a Windows startup sound.

July 4, 2000

• A small update this time. Just found out that the little 5-note thingy after "Cheese In The Fridge" on Sport Fishin' is actually a cover of "Autumn Leaves". The cover used to be longer with that chord progression finishing the song. All that remained is the finish! Thanks Don!

June 19, 2000

• Back from vacation, and lots to update. While I was out, a package came from Don Pyle containing lots of Shadowy goodies. Check the Etc page for most of 'em. The only one not there is a scan of the cover for Explosion Of Taste when it wasn't packaged with the Jiffy Pop. Thanks so much Don!
• Also put in cover Squid Vicious' At War With The Whale with cover art and a firmer release date: July 3! The cover's very cool. Check it out!

June 2, 2000

• Updated the potential release date of the tribute album. It's looking more like August now. Mind you, I've heard some of the tracks ... it'll be worth the wait!

May 30, 2000

• Little changes: slight reorganization of the main page plus an updated FAQ.

May 29, 2000

• Another big update ... I've now got cover art for the Atomic 7 single, so the graphics are up-to-date. Take a peek over at the Atomic 7 Singles page. Thanks again Ted!!

May 23, 2000

• Wow ... the first update in ages! Ted James sent on scans of more concert flyers. Check 'em out on the Etc page. Thanks Ted!

May 3, 2000

• Updated the Shadowy News page to more accurately reflect current goings-on.
• Added the banner about Squid Vicious' webcast concert.

April 27, 2000

• Small cosmetic tweaking. Nothin' big.

April 26, 2000

• Added details on the Greek Buck albums and singles pages.

April 24, 2000

• Found the track list for King Cobb Steelie's self-titled CD (which Don Pyle produced).

April 20, 2000

• Found a copy of Spin on eBay with an old Shadowy Men interview. A transcription (along with a big scan of the whole thing) is now on The Written Word page.

April 19, 2000

• Updated the info on the tribute album. The Sadies are on board to cover either "Algoma Reflections" or "Honey, You're Wasting Ammo"! Thanks for the update Ted!
• Updated the Shadowy News page.
• Got a copy of Time Machine, so I added songwriting on the Compilations page. Two of the Friends of the page appear on the CD (Rich Hagensen with The Surfdusters and Zak Izbinsky of The Treblemakers), and both songs are terrific (as is the CD in general)!

April 14, 2000

• Cleaned up the eBay searches on the main page. Thanks for the idea Don!
• Split this file into two separate files to cut down the size a touch.

April 13, 2000

• Cleaned up the Shadowy News page.

April 12, 2000

• Updated the link to Deep Eddy Records' page about the tribute album.
• Added details on a new album with a Shadowy Men cover, The Cocktail Preachers' Spy-Fi album. Details are on the Tributes & Covers page.
• Added a counter to the main web page.

April 11, 2000

• Whew. Finally took a day off, and boy I feel refreshed. Two updates from Ted today, more details on the Heatseekers single, and more info on Ted's band Squid Vicious' new album, which includes a cover of "Egypt Texas". See the Tributes & Covers page for the new track listing.

April 9, 2000

• Oh my ... fifth day in a row with an update. I should probably at least rent a life to see what it's like :-). Anyway, I finally upgraded the cover scan of Double Happiness.

April 8, 2000

• Added an update about Don Pyle's score for the upcoming film The Law Of Enclosures. See the Shadowy News page for details.

April 7, 2000

• Got more details on the Heatseekers and Atomic 7 singles from a new friend of the page, Rich Hagensen of The Surfdusters. Thanks Rich!
• I also split out the info on Crash Kills Five into a separate section, instead of having a "pre-Shadowy Men" section.

April 6, 2000

• Nothing big. Just a quick touchup to the FAQ page.

April 5, 2000

• Three updates, all made possible because of info from Ted James from Squid Vicious. Thanks Ted!
  • Added a section on the Heatseekers and their lone split single!
  • Updated the info on the tribute album. See the Tributes & Covers page for the new track listing.
  • Added info on the upcoming Squid Vicious album, At War With The Whale, which will be including a cover of the S-Men's "Egypt Texas". Click here for Squid Vicious' home page.
• Oh, and one small update. Someone on eBay was auctioning a copy of Sport Fishin' and had a nice scan of the vinyl sleeve, so I grabbed it and added it to the Sport Fishin' entry on the Albums page.

March 30, 2000

• Got a new home for the page. The new address is http://shadowy.brainiac.com. The old address has a redirector page up, so no links will be broken.
• Added a number of sections for Don Pyle's new band, Greek Buck.
• Added a Shadowy News page to hold stuff I find about the current goings-on of the Shadowy Men. It'll be updated as I find things out, but I'm betting it won't be real frequent.
• Updated the Goodbye page to formally acknowledge Phono-Comb's demise. Obviously, with no releases in FOUR years, it was pretty clear, but I'd been waiting until I had a more official confirmation.
• Added info on Don Pyle's work with King Cobb Steelie to the Guest Appearances page.
• Added notes on the "spine gags" on the vinyl versions of the Shadowy Men Albums.
• Added info on Shellac's The Futurist album on the Etc page.

March 27, 2000

• Updated info on the new Neko Case & Her Boyfriends album. See the Guest Appearances for the scoop. Thanks Sal!

March 26, 2000

• Now THIS is the way to come back from vacation. My very own copy of Double Happiness was waiting in the mail for me. I'll update the cover scan to get a little better shot.
• If that isn't enough, a package from Dave at What Wave came with a copy of a publicity photo, some concert flyers, a set list, and another What Wave compilation tape. Updates are at the Compilations and the Etc pages. Thanks Dave!

March 16, 2000

• Added more details on Caution! Hot Tips! to the Compilations page. Yes, I won it.

March 13, 2000

• Added info on the new Neko Case & Her Boyfriends album. Brian plays guitar in the band.

March 12, 2000

• Added info on a promo sampler for Bruce McCulloch's Shame-Based Man.

March 1, 2000

• Just found information on a compilation album I'd never heard of (Caution! Hot Tips!) on eBay. Added details to the Compilations page. Oh, and yes, I bid on it. A request: If you outbid me for this one, that's cool, but please pass on some details on the CD (and maybe a cover scan?).

February 28, 2000

• More good stuff from What Wave: FOURTEEN pictures of the band in action. So, yeah you guessed it, a new Pictures page. Thanks Dave!

February 24, 2000

• Added info on Live In London, a sampler from a What Wave fanzine. Thanks Sal!
• In a bizarre bit of timing, later the same day I got an email from the former publisher of What Wave. What I had listed as "flyers" on the Etc page were actually articles from What Wave. So, I transcribed 'em and moved 'em over to the The Written Word page. I moved the scans with 'em. Thanks Dave!

February 20, 2000

• Added info on a promo sampler CD for the Brain Candy soundtrack.

February 15, 2000

• Added info on The Sadies' Pure Diamond Gold on the Guest Appearances page, since Don Pyle recorded half of it. Phono-Comb's Dallas Good is also a member of The Sadies.
• Added info on The Mulchmen's Covered With Mulch to the new Tributes & Covers page. Thanks Ted!
• Added the first new tab in over two years! A new guitar tab (with some notes about bass) of "Having An Average Weekend" is now on the Guitar & Bass Tabs page. Thanks Ted!

February 14, 2000

• Added the new Tributes & Covers page, and started it off with the planned Shadowy Men tribute album, Better Than The Average Weekend.

January 25, 2000

• Added songwriting credits for Neko Case's The Virginian album. Thanks Sal!

January 24, 2000

• Added and entry for Fifth Column's 36C to the Guest Appearances page, since Don Pyle plays on it.
• Added some more songwriter credits.

January 20, 2000

• Did a little general cleanup in the song listings. I've included non-Shadowy Men songs in the listings (with the band name shown). Also found a better scan of the cover of Time Machine.

January 18, 2000

• Added a new article to The Written Word. This one's from an old issue of Alternative Press I had from '93.

January 11, 2000

• Added a new section, The Written Word to hold interviews and the like. Why did I add this? Becase a new friend of the page, Larry White, sent on an interview he did with Don Pyle back in December '93. Great interview: definitely check it out. Thanks Larry!
• Finally added an entry for Neko Case & The Boyfriends' The Virginian to the Guest Appearances page. Brian plays guitar in the band.

January 9, 2000

• Added a little better scan of Clam Chowder & Ice vs. Big Macs & Bombers on the Compilations page. Instead of a grainy scan made on my old hand-held scanner, there's now a very nice scan of a picture that's a bit too dark on the bottom. Oh well, at least you can see the details a little better now.

January 5, 2000

• Don Vigeant sent on a scan of an alternate sleeve for Love Without Words. A scan of that cover (along with a rear scan) is on the Singles page. Thanks Don!

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