First off, don’t be alarmed. We are still the same old group of five handsome young men making quasi-fools of ourselves for your entertainment. The only difference this year can be summed up in one word: practice. We have already rehearsed more for this summer than any summer previous and boy do we have exciting new audio delicacies for you. New tunes, new lyrics, new horn parts, new drummers and new equipment (ie. my self-altered dizzy horn).

Here is a list (I like lists, it makes it look like I write more than I do):

1. Franco will still be crooning beautiful melodies but now the band will tastefully accompany him, not hurry up and get on to playing “Mr. Carter.”

2. I will still have my screaming horn parts but this year they will be in tune! (More or less.)

3.The band will refrain from wearing swim trunks and dress shirts on stage. Don’t worry ladies, Nate will still wear his sexy cargo shorts on occasion.

4. We will cut the average time we spend talking to each other about what the next song is by half. This will mean you might get to hear the Alternative Song more often.

The Most Important Thing Of All:

We will have two killer albums for sale all summer long. “False Alarm,” a studio album of great new LST material and a new live album, “Harvest of 2007,″ which has all your old favorites being played in the most recent taxi style. By style I mean fewer wrong notes. Also keep your eyes peeled for an all MP3 album containing nearly every song that Locust street taxi has ever had recorded, it may be available at shows this summer, it may not. If you don’t see it ask.

So come see us this summer, buy a T-shirt, sign up for our mailing list, take a free post card, buy both albums, and enjoy the show. We can’t wait to make music this year and we hope you have as much fun at our shows as we do.

- Mario