John Andrews--guitar, voice;
Dave Berger--drums, voice, hambone, impressions;
Jason Binnick--bass, voice;
Paul Wallfisch--voice, organ, wurlitzer, toy piano, theremin, stratus, omnichord, accordion + other noisemakers;
Christian Bongers: Bassist Emeritus; Matt Flynn: Drummer Emeritus.
Kidnapped prodigies have been or continue to be: Anne deWolff--violin & viola; Dana Schechter--bass, voice; Mark Stepro--drums, voice; Abby Travis--bass, voice; J Mae Barizo--violin; Heather Paauwe--violin. Past co-conspirators include: Olivier "Le Baron" de la Celle--guitar, harmonium; Kid Congo Powers--guitar, Udo Masshoff--drums; Ivan Knight--drums; Meredith Yayanos--violin; Oren Kaplan--guitar; Daniel Ash--guitar; Frankie Infante--guitar; Karen Waltuch--viola; Keith Crupi--drums, castanets, glockenspiel; Pete Min--guitar, fairy dust
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Beauty. The State of Things, by Wim Wenders; City Lights, by Charlie Chaplin; Opening Night, by John Cassavetes; Planet of the Apes; The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durell; Harper's Magazine; The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins; J.S. Bach; Franz Schubert; The Kinks; Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed; The first David Johansen solo album, Drums & Wires by XTC; Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Jazz Butcher, Never Mind the Bollocks, Amores Perros and Head On, (the German/Turkish movie by Fatih Akin). And what we have for breakfast.
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