recent astra sightings...etc

tragically, not much to report, though i've heard that astra's bassist, saucey, will be on hand to watch jon fernandes and co. kick it "old skool," as the negroes say, tonight at the 40 watt.
last friday, i ran into josiah (the drummer), while walking my pug downtown. he was dressed in a slightly crisp pair of faded levis and a this heat t-shirt, no doubt on the way home from a long day slaving over the fire at L____________ R__________. i would include a picture but i was without my Nikon. as usual, he fit the billing as the quintessentially handsome posterboy of the band.
friday night, my blessings continued with a sighting of frontman/hindu text enthusiast Wes, out for a night with his lady at the M_________ C__________. i engaged him in some brief banter about the state of the upcoming Astra ep/lp? (you tell me)...apparently they've spent a good bit of time in their 5pts compound of late, twiddling knobs, lighting candles, listening to unreleased demos from yankee hotel foxtrot, and reading the bhagavad gita (see for yourself http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/).
sadly, on this night, no saucey sightings, and no sightings of those other two guys in the band, who actually may not even be in the band anymore, ancillary spokes on the wheel they were at best
as far as when astra is playing in the next few weeks, no solid intelligence. take my advice, though, and throw the proverbial bag of rocks at the downtown cityscape on a given night and your likely to hit an astra show.
more to come soon.