BIRTH OF GENIUS The Rosie and the Trucks Story
		In midsummer of 1999, a group of awkward, antisocial, and very very angry youths joined together to form Rosie and the Trucks.  Their names were Phil, Erik, Gordon, Doug, Mike, and possibly Tom.  Together, this group experimented with the limits of their medium (music) to form such incisive social commentaries as "Indiglo" and "Yolanda," not to mention the many remixes and reprises of "Yolanda."  To round out their style, they also dabbled in a broader pop medium, with the jazz-hook-infused "Supervoyage" and the romantic ballad, "We're Doin' Britney Spears in the Basement."  Despite the initial rush of creative energy, Rosie and the Trucks seemed to falter shortly after the first few songs were recorded.  Some members blamed the loss of a CD on which were recorded half of the band's output, and to this day, the location of this, the only record of some of the band's earliest music, remains a mystery. In various incarnations, the R&T name passed through different combinations of the initial members, until one boring, boring day in late 2000, Mike, Gordon, and Pat King, new to the band, but a short-term friend, sat down to flesh out a skeletal idea based on doodlings in a calculus class.  The swiftly written songs came out in a geyser of inspiration and creativity, and in a matter of weeks, they sat down for their first and only recording session.  Listening to the album that resulted, "The Evil Parade," the intense, almost muscular sound resulting from the one-time run of the song cycle is overwhelming, although R&T have admitted that a few songs (the "Evil Parade Technicians" remix and "Cartwheel Machine") were rerecorded later.  The band immediately embarked on a world tour, including a surprise stop in Wheaton's Memorial Park, where over 20 unsuspecting Nebraskans were shocked to be introduced to the lean, mean tunes of R&T, as well as The Beatles.  That fall, drummer Gordon Nickel, who had been hiking the Apalachian trail during the EP release, left to pursue graphic design in California, and later departed to finish hiking the trail.  Mike and Pat headed off to school, but now, in the summer of 2002, have banded together, once again under the overused R&T name, to try their hand at another album.  Where will Rosie take his Trucks next?  The sky's the limit, but with such instruments as the Cartwheel Machine at their disposal, R&T may just shatter that limit.  Time will tell.