new bindletoons

katboy posted a coupla newuns (to myspace, at least) on the bindle myspace thingy: "the view" (a demo by the original mk 1 gomez-ratliff-geist-hembree-diaz lineup) and "robot" (live from the soundboard at the steel penny pub in san angelo, 5.11.2001, featuring the mk 3 ratliff-geist-hembree-diaz-pate version). at times, the latter seems to show a distinct yes-genesis prog influence i hadn't previously detected in any bindle music i'd heard; katboy allows that he'd just finished recording debut cd through and through with the underground railroad and might have subconsciously brought some of that into the bindle mix. but that wouldn't 'splain sir steffin's steve howe-esque gtr tone on some of the sections. the vocal harmonies are rough in spots but still impressive. and all of that aside, it's just a great toon. if you're interested, better go listen fast -- he's changing the songs out every coupla days, and his archive is pert darn extensive.