Completely off topic, but thought this was a good way to reach you.

They been pretty active on their FB page lately with new official band photos & posts of loading up gear & practice. Supposed to have some sort of announcements soon. I am hoping for maybe several midwest shows, if not a new album.

I was surprised to hear Telekinesis on a recent spot for McD's

Ian Tregillis's The Rising, the second book in his Alchemy Wars trilogy. So far a great follow up to The Mechanical, which did some really interesting world-building for an alternate history where in 1926 the Dutch rule the world due to their sentient mechanical men, known as Clakkers.