Animal’s Animal has taken some fantastic photos from the Circulatory System show in Philadelphia, which you can view here.

In addition, Brian Heater has posted HD video on the Daily Cross Hatch YouTube Channel of the 9/9/09 show in New York, with footage of CS, as well as Will joining Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t for The Olivia Tremor Control’s “I Have Been Floated.”

Circulatory System have announced a string of dates to support the release of Signal Morning, and they’re touring with Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t (that’s Pete from CS and Olivia Tremor Control) and Nesey Gallons (also in CS and The Music Tapes).  The CD is released September 8th, the vinyl in October: pre-order your vinyl here, and do it quick if you want the deluxe version with the bonus LP.

08.15.09 Asheville, NC @ Transfigurations 2009
09.07.09 Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.08.09 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.09.09 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.10.09 Worcester, MA @ The Grind at Clark University w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.11.09 Purchase, NY @ The Student Center at SUNY Purchase w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.12.09 Monticello, NY @ All Tomorrow’s Parties NY
09.14.09 Boston , MA @ YMCA Theatre w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.15.09 Geneseo, NY @ Union Plaza at SUNY Geneseo w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.16.09 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.17.09 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.18.09 Chicago, IL @ Chopin Theatre w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.19.09 Lexington, KY @ Al’s Bar w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons
09.20.09 Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light w/Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons

Wow, I’ve been stingy with the updates lately.  You’d think being down with the swine flu (or something similar) would mean lots of time to update your website, but instead, for me at least, it seems to mean indulging in reading 80’s New Mutants comics and having Russ Meyer movie marathons (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls soundtrack…ordered).  BUT there is lots of great Elephant 6 news in the pipeline, some of which I’m not allowed to blab about yet, so keep checking back.  In the meantime, You Ain’t No Picasso has posted a zipped bootleg of last year’s Lexington stop on the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour.  Good memories.

And in case you’re wondering what happened to that Major Organ and the Adding Machine Expanded CD+DVD, I’m happy to inform you that Orange Twin has confirmed it’s OFFICIAL and is still on track for a fall release. Just a few more months.

Casper & the Cookies

Kelly Ruberto–she of elephant6.com and Orange Twin Records–has published a photo diary of the Holiday Surprise tour in Flagpole, the Athens weekly.  (Maybe you met her: she was the friendly one at the merch table.)  You can see all the pictures here.  Will gets attacked by a bear!  Will gets attacked by a bear!  And more.

As promised, NPR has posted the (almost, but not quite) complete performance from last Tuesday’s Holiday Surprise stop at Chicago’s Bottom Lounge.  Omitted, at the request of the artists, are the Neutral Milk Hotel track “Engine” and some of the Music Tapes songs, which is unfortunate, but you can stream the concert now as well as listen to an interview with Julian Koster right here.  Later it will be available as part of the All Songs Considered podcast.  (Also check out You Ain’t No Picasso’s coverage of the Lexington show, the last stop in the tour.)

Speaking of podcasts, here’s some more for you to listen to: the Athcast has been updated with two more episodes, including songs by Elf Power, Ham1, Madeline, and more.  And Just Off the Radar spotlighted Elephant 6 in their October 25th show, with a shout-out to Optical Atlas.  You can listen here when it’s been updated with the latest installment.

Finally, Casper & the Cookies have posted their third brand new song from their upcoming album Modern Silence, this being the first C&TC song to feature lead vocals by Jim Hix (who also wrote the song).  You Ain’t No Picasso has the track, “Song Across the Sea.”  Next week Cable & Tweed will have the final song in the blog-exclusive series.  (Previous tracks were hosted by Optical Atlas as well as Three Imaginary Girls.)

Some of you might be interested in a larger (not quite hi-res, but bigger) version of the Holiday Surprise promo photo, so here it is.  Thanks to Suzanne from 63 Crayons for sending this along a few weeks back.  Wallpaper it!