SOMETIMES WHEN LT PULLS OUT THE TUBA IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S WORKING ON THE ENGINE OF A 1982 MERCEDES-BENZ 380 SEL



















THAT'S BOSSY. If he's feeling talkative he'll tell you it's actually a sousaphone.

So the Bros start making their way back to New York today. Seems like the only thing that could pull them out the Chi is the promise of some studio sessions and the lure of holiday hitting in these NYC streets. What have they been up to back there anyways—going over scales and studying with Pops? Early morning lakefront meditation? Late nights spent blazing that diesel?

We're going to record some new material for early 07 vinyl release and we know everybody's got their favorites, so while we're getting our shortlist together email us your requests and then we'll write them on a board the way Femi Kuti does in that DVD. And we'll take it from there.

The Bros are probably right when they say that after Europe, hitting in the streets won't be the same. The good news is that we've got new CD looks that the US hasn't seen yet—check the cover artwork for the "Flipside" album:


















And there's a cover for 2005's "Jupiter" as well. Not sure whose hippie-looking wine-stained Tims those are, but you gotta understand that's how it went down overseas. When in Rome, etc etc.

Or, when in Frankfurt. Here's HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE getting holiday fashion tips from the The Cagle Family The Cagle Family in Germany November 2006...Check out Pops Cagle's Santa hat!