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	who are we? Cartoon physics began life as a music project of Peter Ayscough and Sam Magriplis of Brisbane Australia some time during 2007. Pete and Sam have been collaborating musically since the mid 90's when they played together in another Brisbane band; edie's playpen. In edie's, Sam played guitar and Pete played the drums (and wrote the original material). Edie's flourished briefly, playing a handful of small shows and attracting some slight interest. They also made some studio recordings. After the inevitable split, Sam joined the moderately successful (could have been BIG) mocking room, while Pete regressed to his home studio to continue writing. Babies followed and music took a back seat for some years. Sam moved to Melbourne while Pete remained locked in his studio producing krautrock epics. In late 2006, Sam returned from Melbourne, and started talking to Pete about forming a new musical partnership. Keen to develop in new areas, this time around Pete took up the vocals and joined Sam on guitar. Initially unable to convince anyone else to join, the pair started programming bass and drum parts into a computer (Mac). In September 2008, cartoon physics released their debut cd - "The Blind Fingers EP", containing 4 studio-produced originals. A month later they performed their first live show. They spent the next 8 months working on an album-length follow-up to the EP. This new album was christened per ardua ad astra and released on June 7, 2009. Following the recording of per ardua ad astra, Pete and Sam enlisted the help of ex Edies Playpen bass player; Ted Patterson to begin working on material for their next project; a mainly acoustic EP. In late October they travelled to Ted's house in rural Kenilworth to record the bulk of the material over a long weekend. In January Mark Whitmore joined cartoon physics as a permanent member and, with the assistance of Mark on bass and his daughter; Sarah on Cello, final overdubs were completed. The EP is currently in post-production with a tentative release planned for some time during March 2010. photo album The following galleries include some of Pete & Sam's various musical incarnations from the past, and some more recent shots of the cartoon physics collective. Click any photo to enlarge. 1. Pre CP and Early CP 2. Recent Shots	f a q q: Why "cartoon physics"? a: It's better than everything else we came up with. Learn about the field of cartoon physics. q: Where do you guys play? a: Only the occasional party so far - don't look us up in your gig-guide coz we're not there. q: Who is Mac? a: Mac is our very talented multi-instrumentalist 4th member. He is a computer. q: Why don't you have a real drummer? a: No one likes us enough. q: What is the blue room? a: Our studio - it's blue. q: What gear do you use? a: Sam: Les Paul copy thru Vox pedals into a Vox AD100VT amp, and a tremendously beautiful Fender acoustic. Pete: Squier Strat thru a Zoom effects pedal into a Peavey Special 130 amp, and a Takamine acoustic. Mark: Peavey bass guitar. q: Are you, in fact, the "cartoon physics" from Illinois that does Styx and Cyndi Lauper covers? a: They're actually defunct now, but no that wasn't us. q: What's with the song title"juan circled"? a: Long story. q: What does Per Ardua Ad Astra mean? a: We're going to let you google that - it seemed to us an appropriate title for an album that had been such a labour of love. q: For a band that just plays parties you've got a pretty good website. a: Yes. q: Is rock dead? a: Not yet. It's just very old and doesn't get out much anymore.