Depth & Diving is underway. We play this Saturday, November 10, with Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds at Riverwest Commons.

It's good to be back.

Many interesting things to report:

Brent Budsberg and The WhiteBoxPainters have just had their first international Art installation in Calgary. Here is where you can keep up on what they've been doing.

John and David are working with Jason Nanna to put together a Sling record in the coming months. Here is the Sling Myspace.

More to come eventually.

-J

Friends and neighbors,

It is with great joy that I inform you of a couple of recent developments for the Mahogany Throttle.

First, we have a show scheduled for Saturday, June 24th at the Cactus Club with the mighty Don Caballero! We've wanted to play with the cab since we began, and we are thrilled to finally have the opportunity.

At the show, we will be joined onstage by Dave Gelting and Jason Loveall of The Danglers, and Jason Nanna of Sling. It's going to be a lot of fun, and the show promises to be sold out, so get there early!

Also, we have a myspace page, located at http://www.myspace.com/mahoganythrottlemusic

If you've got a myspace, add us to your friends list!

Sling

After fists came clubs
after clubs came rocks
after rocks came slings
after slings came missiles

Sling is:

Jason Nanna: laptop, shortwave radio
David J. White: guitar, digitech processors

Sling plays live January 26th 7-9pm Milwaukee Art Museum

Opening for:

Elusive Signs; Bruce Nauman Works with Light
Further info here.

Artist(s) Background:

David J. White founded Sensory Preservation Society in 1997.
To date SPS has been proactive in a variety of A/V installations in the Midwest and abroad. Mr. White has played guitar for numerous releases on Soutrane Records since 1999.
He is especially proud of Mahogany Throttle.
Works can be found at: www.mahoganythrottle.com and www.soutrane.com

Jason Nanna is a founding member of DoneBestDone.
DoneBestDone is music is photography is video is drawing is sonic sculpture is design is animation is digital is analog is acoustic is electronic. It is half-human half-machine. It is time-lapse, it is instantaneous. It is quantity and speed. Jason plays a laptop like a laptop should be played-fast!

Jason can make your Atari 2600 something it was not when you got it.
Works can be found at: www.donebestdone.com

KRM Commuter Rail Fest

Saturday October 22nd, 2005
12pm-3pm
Urban Ecology Center (www.urbanecologycenter.org)
1500 E. Park Place
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Cost: FREE

Come with friends, family, and neighbors to the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) Commuter Rail Fest at the Urban Ecology Center on October 22nd, 2005. Learn how the proposed KRM commuter rail can help bring jobs and economic opportunity for all walks of life, a cleaner environment, and high quality, affordable regional accessibility. Join Rosemary Potter of Transit NOW in a celebration of recent KRM project developments, and a look into an urban future that includes KRM commuter rail. Hear perspectives from a neighborhood small business owner and a local social justice advocate. Learn about the next steps of KRM commuter rail project, and how you can stay in the loop.

Hear Milwaukee's premier poet of Ecological Vision, Jeff Poniewaz, legendary storyteller Harvey Taylor, and 2003 Milwaukee Poet Laureate Antler. Enjoy the photography display and fun activities for kids and adults of all ages. Tell us about your favorite train experience - in a work of art or in a video recording - seniors this is right up your alley! Add your comments to the "Urban Wisdom Wall".
Enjoy the beautiful Urban Ecology Center gardens (bring a picnic lunch if you like) and observation tower, and take part in an animal feeding. Take a tour and learn the amazing stories of the UEC's green construction.
Beverages and snacks will be provided.

Use alternative transit! Take MCTS bus line 15, or ride your bike on the Oak Leaf Bike Trail right to the door of the UEC. www.countyparks.com/trails/oaklftrail.html

KRM commuter rail is a potential 33-mile line that will run on upgraded existing rail right-of-way, and connect with the Chicago Metra commuter rail service that currently ends in Kenosha. The service will connect Milwaukee and Chicago with planned stops in Milwaukee, Cudahy-St. Francis, South Milwaukee Oak Creek, Caledonia, Racine, Somers, and Kenosha - and 24 stops in Illinois.

This event is sponsored by Transit NOW, a regional 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that facilitates positive transportation solutions that link people with jobs, and energize sustainable economic development.

To learn more about KRM commuter rail and get more details about this event visit: www.transitnow.org

We're excited to announce that Having Trouble Walking will be played on BBC Radio 3's "Mixing It" on April 29th, at 10:15pm UK time! The track in context will be available at their site for a week afterwards.

If you're new to the site, visit the music page to download a wide selection of Throttle music.

Coming soon - online merch, a forum, and more!

On Friday April 1st we are proud to announce our return to the stage at Onopa Brewing Company. OBC is located at the epicenter of the reluctantly hip Riverwest neighborhood. It will be our first show of the spring so spirits will be high.

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink...

Clementine and the Rusty P's will be sure to make this an evening to remember.

Grab some friends, make a date and kick off the new season in grand fashion.

As well, our good friends in The Danglers make their spring debut at Onopa on Friday April 29th appearing with Ike Reilly Assassination and The Vestals.

Support Live Music! Long Live Live Music!

David J. White