174th Lecture Sunday, April 7th, 2013 - Hangar 13, New Orleans, LA With: The Bloomin' Onions pictures by Amy Enyart, 5 camera HD video shoot by Gilbert Jagot, Chris Enyart, Burgin Sund and Randy Perez Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / Why Do We Do It / Evil Is Fun / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Blinded By Science / Lab Coat / Middle Earth Needs Me / Science Fight / Funky Fresh / Tonight's the Night Set 2: I Have the Power / M.I.L.K. / Free Bird / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Mallet of Metal / Dance or Die / Placebo! / Bucket of Blood / March of the Skaletons / Everyone Dies / Science Party Our first full test of the new lighting rig was the perfect occasion for a deluxe video shoot. A magnificent show, and the debut of our new guitarist, Dr. Thinkenstein!

173rd Lecture Friday, March 29th, 2013 - The Green Room, Covington, LA pictures by Michelle Gomez Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / Why Do We Do It / Evil Is Fun / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Blinded By Science / Lab Coat / Middle Earth Needs Me / Journey of the Sorcerer/Firefly / Science Fight / Funky Fresh / Tonight's the Night Set 2: I Have the Power / M.I.L.K. / Magic Dance/Underground / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Free Bird / Mallet of Metal / Dance or Die / Placebo! / Bucket of Blood / March of the Skaletons / Everyone Dies / They Said I Was Mad / Doctor Who / Science Party / Bow 2 Me Another fun night at the Green Room became the perfect opportunity for us to try out our beautiful new lighting system. Great night, albeit small crowd.

172nd Lecture Sunday, February 24th, 2013 - Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, New Orleans, LA With: The Suzaku 7 pictures by Michelle Gomez and others Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / Why Do We Do It / I Scream / Green Slime / Death to the Angel of Death / Blinded By Science / Lab Coat / Magic Dance-Underground / Middle Earth Needs Me Set 2: I Have the Power / Journey of the Sorcerer/Firefly / Science Fight / LoBoToMy / Funky Fresh / Android Woman / Placebo! / M.I.L.K. / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Galaxy Song / Free Bird / Mallet of Metal / Holy Diver Set 3: Fox Fanfare / Empire March / Dance or Die / Bucket of Blood / Evil Is Fun / March of the Skaletons / Doctor Who / Everyone Dies (But Me) / They Said I Was Mad / Science Party / Bow 2 Me / Bummer Pie Performing the Rock'n'Roll marathon for the fourth year in a row, C.O.G. took turns with The Suzaku 7 in stunning onlookers with sonic science! Grady sat in for Drumbot, and "The Consorption of Genius" played a favorite Komrades Oppression Group song, until they blew out the generator!

special appearance Thursday, December 27th, 2012 - Chickie Wah Wah - Cite Des Arts Theater, New Orleans, LA With: Beth Patterson pictures by Dan Meyer, fixed video Set 'A' - Circus of Nightmares / Top Hat / Bucket of Blood / The Angel of Death / Devil's Blues / Doctor Who cha cha Set 'B' - 28 Skidoo / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Taco Supremo / Bill Bailey / Phree Burd (with Beth Patterson) Joining Beth Patterson for her CD release, the Confabulation of Gentry wowed the crowd at Chickie Wah Wah until Dr. Milo T. Pinkerton reappeared, intent on bringing the festivities to a violent end!

171st Lecture Saturday, December 1st, 2012 - 'Set Phasers to Stunning' costume ball for the Krewe of Chewbacchus, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA With: MC Chewbacon, That Metry Guy pictures by Amy Enyart, Dan Meyer, Michelle Gomez, Video by Chris Enyart, Gilbert Jagot, and Burgin Sund I Have the Power / Lab Coat / Why Do We Do It / Science Fight / Bucket of Blood / Placebo! / Dance Magic Dance-Underground / Mallet of Metal / Funky Fresh / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Fox Fanfare / Empire March / Blinded By Science / Dance or Die / March of the Skaletons / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Galaxy Song / Tonight's the Night / Middle Earth Needs Me / Journey of the Firefly / Science Party / Bow 2 Me Dr. Pinkerton's bid to end all magic worldwide was thwarted by the concentrated effort of the Krewe of Puewc and the master of 'Middle Magic', Prof. Gigglebottom. Fantastic night at our old haunt, with two new songs debuted!

170th Lecture Saturday, November 24th, 2012 - Feed & Seed, Lafayette, LA With: Cones of Uncertainty pictures by Michelle Gomez I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Mallet of Metal / March of the Skeletons / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Death to the Angel of Death / Bow 2 Me / Science Party / Doctor Who Opening for the musical descendents of the band we performed our FIRST show with (at their CD release show no less!), the C.O.G. enjoyed the comfortable surrounding of the Feed & Seed... just the right temperature in a non-climate controlled venue! Lucky...

special appearance Saturday, November 10th, 2012 - Lafayette Steampunk Festival - Cite Des Arts Theater, Lafayette, LA With: Selfawarewolf, Strange Loops pictures by Dan Meyer, Sofia Silvestrini, Video by Jeannine Flores, Dan Meyer Circus of Nightmares / Top Hat / Bucket of Blood / Everyone Dies (But Me) / The Angel of Death / Devil's Blues / Doctor Who cha cha / Taco Supremo / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / 28 Skidoo / Bill Bailey Very little resistance to a full hypno-takeover of the inaugural Lafayette Steampunk Festival (abetted, no doubt, by Prof. Pinkerton's smooth crowd bribery) the Confabulation furthered their influence and entertained the entire Lafayette Steampunk community.

169th Lecture Saturday, October 27th, 2012 - Shamrock, New Orleans, LA Video by Chris Enyart, Gilbert Jagot, Lewis D'Aubin, Photographs by Amy Enyart, Gilbert Jagot, Barbie Cure Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Evil Is Fun / Death to the Angel of Death / Black Plague / Green Slime / I Scream / Placebo! / LoBoToMy / Free Bird / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Big Bomb / Tonight's the Night Set 2: I Have the Power / Born in the South / Lab Coat / Magic Dance-Underground / Bucket of Blood / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Science Fight / Dance or Die / Funky Fresh / Blinded By Science / Mallet of Metal Set 3: They Said I Was Mad / Doctor Who / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Imperial March / Everyone Dies (But Me) / March of the Skaletons / Why Do We Do It / Science Party / Bow 2 Me A big Halloween Party at Shamrock was a great excuse for us to debut Remy & Drumbot's new love ballad, rock a lot of old favorites, and hold a costume contest! Technical problems with the club did not squelch a very high energy night of fun. Special appearance by Dr. Cornelius Smerlington!

168th Lecture Saturday, October 6th 2012 - Contraflow II, Metairie, LA pictures by Michelle Gomez, Amy Enyart, Joseph Nelson I Have the Power / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat / Bucket of Blood / Why Do We Do It / March of the Skeletons / Mallet of Metal / Funky Fresh / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue / They Said I Was Mad / Bow 2 Me / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Imperial March / Doctor Who / Science Party After having TAKEN OVER control of Contraflow, the C.O.G. proceeded to rock a packed room in the same hotel where they had originally debuted 17 years before! A very excited crowd demanded two encores, which were enthusiastically unleashed. Great night!

special appearance Saturday, September 29th, 2012 - Cutting Edge Music Conference, New Orleans, LA pictures by Jeannine Flores, Amy Enyart, Gilbert Jagot, Video by Jeannine Flores, Chris Enyart, Gilbert Jagot Circus of Nightmares / Top Hat / Bucket of Blood / Everyone Dies (But Me) / The Angel of Death / Devil's Blues / Doctor Who cha cha / Taco Supremo / 28 Skidoo / Bill Bailey Capturing the ballroom at Gallier Hall, the Confabulation of Gentry nevertheless failed to prevent Dr. Pinkerton from attempting to stop their performance after the debut of their new song '28 Skidoo'. In the end, though, the Confabulation of Gentry emerged victorious!

167th Lecture Friday, September 28th 2012 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA Part of Timecode: NOLA Film Fest pictures by Jeannine Flores, Michelle Gomez Set 1: I Have the Power / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat / Bucket of Blood / Why Do We Do It / March of the Skeletons / Mallet of Metal Set 2: 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Imperial March / Funky Fresh / Everyone Dies (But Me) / They Said I Was Mad / Science Party / Bow 2 Me / Doctor Who Debuting the new video for 'Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue', the Consortium of Genius judged the film fest, were flummoxed by misbehaving motorized projection screens, and even endured a surprise affront by Prof. Milo R. Pinkerton's new/old silent film!

166th Lecture Friday, September 21st 2012 - The Squeaky Lizard, Ocean Springs, MS With: Suzaku 7 pictures by Tony Durham, Jeannine Flores, Michelle Gomez Science Party / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Placebo! / Lab Coat / Why Do We Do It / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Death to the Angel of Death / Funky Fresh / Mallet of Metal / Bow 2 Me / Doctor Who (partial) Returning to rock the Gulf Coast with the Suzaku 7, everything was going great until Dr. Konstantin drank all the vodka in the Inebriation Ray gun! The set was cut a few seconds short by a breaker giving out, but on the whole, a good night for evil science, and another fun showing from our scientific allies in Inebriation Labs.

165th Lecture Monday, July 23rd 2012 - The Howlin' Wolf (Den), New Orleans, LA With: Suzaku 7, opening for The Slants pictures by Jeannine Flores, Michelle Gomez I Think Therefore I Rock / Why Do We Do It / Born in the South / March of the Skaletons / Mallet of Metal / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Science Party / Bow 2 Me Our expectations were low for a pared down show on a Monday night in a tiny hole... but all three bands rocked hard and the crowd was loud and loved every second of it! A real return to our punk roots.

164th Lecture Saturday, July 14th, 2012 - The Green Room, Covington, LA With: Jay Webert pictures by Jeannine Flores, Amy Enyart, Tyler Guthrey, Dudley Batchelor Set 1: I Have the Power / Why Do We Do It / Science Fight / Blinded By Science / Placebo! / Everyone Dies (But Me) / March of the Skaletons / Labyrinth medley / Funky Fresh / Green Slime / Bow 2 Me Set 2: I Think Therefore I Rock / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Lo Bo To My / Born in the South / Mallet of Metal / They Said I Was Mad / Science Party / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Doctor Who / Banzai March The prestigious Green Room was the site of our sendoff of Dr. Ivan Stroganoff, who ended up being assimilated into the Barnum & Bailey Institute following two great sets of rock and roll. Cookies, cupcakes and crowd participation capped off a wonderful night - a fitting sendoff for our beloved keyboardist.

163rd Lecture Saturday, July 7th, 2012 - Siberia, New Orleans, LA With: Alias:Orion, Commie Hilfiger, K.O.G. pictures by Gilbert Jagot, Amy Enyart, D.C. Harbold Doctor Who / Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / They Said I Was Mad / March of the Skeletons / Bucket of Blood / Mallet of Metal / Punk Coat / Dance or Die Pinkerton's capture by the Komrades Oppression Group led to the outing of Dr. Ivan Stroganoff and Max D. Struction's secret agenda, at the mysterious hand of one Dr. Chronotis, who was out for revenge. Pinkerton's case of Stockholm Syndrome didn't really help his cause, either...but the whole crowd rocked all night to 4 great bands!

special appearance Friday, June 29th, 2012 C.O.G. vs. Krewe Du Who at Lazer Tag (they won't admit it, but WE WON!)

special appearance Sunday, May 27th, 2012 - World Steam Expo, Dearborn, MI With: Jon Magnificent, Abney Park pictures by Jeannine Flores Circus of Nightmares / Taco Supremo / Top Hat / The Angel of Death / Bucket of Blood / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / March of the Skaletons / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Doctor Who cha cha / Placebo! The premature breakdown of our Clockwork Percussionator didn't stop our Steampunk ancestors from continuing to swing, even to the point of hypnotizing one of the staff to play the drums for a couple tunes! A sterling success, despite Prof. Pinkerton's premature arrest by the Temporal Police.

162nd Lecture - "Music For Supervillains" Friday, May 25th, 2012 - World Steam Expo, Dearborn, MI With: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, Steam Powered Giraffe pictures by Jeannine Flores I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / They Said I Was Mad / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Lab Coat / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Bow 2 Me C.O.G.'s takeover of World Steam Expo was marred by a dizzying array of technical troubles, and yet, we soldiered on to block the menace of our steam-powered counterparts!

161st Lecture Thursday, May 24th, 2012 - Lemon Grove Cafe, Youngstown, OH With: Return of the Horse, Semi-Supervillains pictures by Jeannine Flores I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / They Said I Was Mad / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Lab Coat / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Bow 2 Me A comfortable cafe offered great food and a relaxed evening to rock our second appearance in Ohio. A broken tuning peg almost left us bassless. Great time hanging out with the other bands!

160th Lecture Thurs, May 23th, 2012 - Skully's, Columbus, OH With: The Schizo Show pictures by Jeannine Flores I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / They Said I Was Mad / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Lab Coat / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Doctor Who / Bow 2 Me Beautiful venue and great company were the highlights of an otherwise low-key night.

159th Lecture Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 - The Muse, Nashville, TN With: The Exotic Ones, Dirty Dee and the Sweaty Meat pictures by Jeannine Flores I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / They Said I Was Mad / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Lab Coat / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Bow 2 Me Our first appearance in Nashville was emceed by the great Dr. Gangrene of Chiller Cinema. The imminent closing of the venue almost meant no running water, but didn't deter the C.O.G.!

special appearance Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 - Kerry Irish Pub, New Orleans, LA With: Beth Patterson pictures by Jeannine Flores Circus of Nightmares / Taco Supremo / Top Hat / The Angel of Death / Bucket of Blood / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / March of the Skeletons / Doctor Who cha cha A discreet 'exhibition' show to try out the jazz version of the band onstage was met with much applause from the Steampunk community of New Orleans. In the end, Prof Pinkerton was dragged away by Inspector O'Reilly of the Temporal Police!

158th Lecture Friday, April 13th, 2012 - French Quarter Fest, New Orleans, LA With: Marc Stone, Sasha Masakowski, Lynn Drury, many others pictures by Michelle Gomez, Jeannine Flores, many others I Think Therefore I Rock /Born in the South / Lab Coat / The Creep / March of the Skaletons / Taco Supremo / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / Evil Is Fun / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Science Party / Doctor Who / Bow 2 Me Our premiere appearance at French Quarter Fest was a rousing success! Our dance grooves got people up on their feet, Dr. Rachnid finally got another show in with the C.O.G. on trumpet and guitar, we had a new substitute keyboardist in the person of Impresario Veniamin Konstantin, and Dr. Morgus electrocuted Dr. Pinkerton via cel phone. In the end we made a lot of new friends and sold a record number of CD's, on a beautiful, breezy, comfortable afternoon.

157th Lecture Saturday, March 20th, 2012 - Triage, Jefferson, LA With: The Help pictures by Damon Breland, Amy Enyart, video by Todd Ziegler, Chris Enyart, Arvid Cristina, Farrar Hudkins, and Burgin Sund Set 1: I Have the Power / Why Do We Do It / Science Fight / Blinded By Science / Placebo! / Everyone Dies / March of the Skaletons / Magic Dance-Underground / Funky Fresh / Green Slime / Bow 2 Me Set 2: I Think Therefore I Rock / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Lo Bo To My / Black Plague / They Said I Was Mad / Mallet of Metal / Science Party The grand opening of the new Triage music club was made even better by our great opening act The Help! Dr. Stroganoff sang 'The Hand', and we premiered the new video background for 'They Said I Was Mad'.

155th Lecture Saturday, March 10th, 2012 - Marscon, Bloomington, MN With: The Great Lukeski, Devo Spice, and many others pictures by Emi Briet and others I Think Therefore I Rock / Why Do We Do It / M.I.L.K. / Journey of the Sorcerer/Firefly / Labcoat / Funky Fresh / Magic Dance-Underground / Science Fight / Bucket of Blood / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Doctor Who / I Have the Power / Science Party / Bow 2 Me / Mallet of Metal The folks at Marscon were strangely almost universally receptive Dr. Pinkerton's evil plan of BLOWING UP THE WORLD! We made lots of new friends and allies, and converted a multitude of minds to our way of thinking. This resoundingly successful lecture was later followed by a most intriguing investigation into GOOD and EVIL, up on the 13th floor! This show was years in the making and partially sponsored by Dementia Radio.

154th Lecture Thursday, March 8th, 2012 - Frank's Power Plant, Milwaukee, WI With: King Louie's One Man Band pictures by Kelly Cape and others I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Bucket of Blood / Mallet of Metal / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Death to the Angel of Death / Lab Coat / Bow 2 Me / Science Party / Doctor Who Second stop on our tour up to Marscon was a great little place in the heart of old Milwaukee... this club was advertising a 'Doctor Who' night later in the month, so we really had to oblige them with our rendition of the theme song (which drew an appreciative round of shots from their English bartender!) Fun audience included some old friends from Chicago. It started to snow just before our performance, proving the WeatherTron was acting up again...

153rd Lecture Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 - Murphy's, Memphis, TN With: King Louie's One Man Band pictures by Dudley Bachelor and others I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Bucket of Blood / Mallet of Metal / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Death to the Angel of Death / Why Do We Do It / Bow 2 Me / Science Party First stop on our tour up to Marscon was in a comfy and excellent little club right near Elvis's favorite BBQ joint! Interesting factoid about Murphy's - their tables were the old 'turn of the century newspaper clippings' themed tables from Wendy's restaurants, from two decades ago...

152nd Lecture Sunday, March 4th, 2012 - Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, New Orleans, LA With: The Local Skank pictures by Susan Rieckie and others Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Why Do We Do It / Journey of the Sorcerer/Firefly / M.I.L.K. / Lab Coat / Magic Dance-Underground / Empire March / Science Fight / Bucket of Blood / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ Set 2: Funky Fresh / Doctor Who / Free Bird / Science Party / Bow 2 Me / Mallet of Metal / Bummer Pie / Evil Is Fun / I Scream / Born in the South / Blinded By Science / Death to the Angel of Death / Black Plague Set 3: It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skaletons / Placebo! / I Have the Power / Lo bo to my / Dance or Die / I Think Therefore I Rock / Why Do We Do It / Journey of the Sorcerer/Firefly / M.I.L.K. / Lab Coat / Magic Dance-Underground / Empire March Set 4: Everyone Dies (But Me) / Bucket of Blood / Bikeman (You Can Do It) / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ Performing the Rock'n'Roll marathon for the third year in a row, C.O.G. took turns with The Local Skank in stunning onlookers with sonic science! Grady sat in for Drumbot, Experiment F13 looked extremely well done, and "The Consorption of Genius" played a favorite Local Skank song (with the able assistance of Skanks Hannah and Ashley), on a beautiful warm day in the park.

151st Lecture Saturday, February 18th, 2012 2012 Chewbacchanal, New Orleans With: Clockwork Elvis Photographs by Michelle Gomez, Chris Trentecosta. Fixed Video from back of room. Songs: Fox Fanfare / I Have the Power / Lab Coat / Empire March / Magic Dance-Underground / Dance or Die / Science Fight / March of the Skaletons / Bucket of Blood / Buffy / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Banzai March / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Journey of the Sorcerer/Firefly / Science Party / Doctor Who / Bow 2 Me The 2nd annual Chewbacchinal brought hundreds of waterlogged costumed paraders and revelers to the Howlin' Wolf, and we obliged them with a generous helping of originals and science fiction covers in this loose but energetic set. Lots of old and new friends made appearances, and in the end we blew up (and destroyed) the world!

Special Appearance Saturday, January 29th, 2012 Wizard World Comic Con, New Orleans Songs: (parade 1) Android Woman / Blinded By Science / Bow 2 Me / Bucket of Blood / Death to the Angel of Death / Evil Is Fun (parade 2) I Scream / LoBoToMy / Mallet of Metal / I Think Therefore I Rock / Doctor Who / LoBoToMy / Science Party Parading for the second year with the Krewe of Chewbacchus, C.O.G. amazed, amused, and defeaned thousands of people attending another great Comic Con! Drumbot's stand-in for the event was a specially equipped Grady Goodall, and we used all our electrified instruments with the help of a bunch of battery backup units.

150th Lecture Saturday, January 20th, 2012 - The Squeaky Lizard, Ocean Springs, MS With: Foolish Nonsense and Secret Society in Smaller Lies Photographs by ? I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Mallet of Metal / March of the Skeletons / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Death to the Angel of Death / Punk Coat / Bow 2 Me / Science Party / Doctor Who A super-enthusiastic audience made for a really fun night in Ocean Springs, as we tried out several new audience participation experiments, culminating the the destruction of a blown-up Earth! Nurse Ivana Daov's first show.

149th Lecture Friday, December 9th, 2011 - The Big Top, New Orleans, LA With: The Green Demons video by Burgin Sund, Photographs by Amy Enyart and Katie Dee I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Imperial March / Science Fight / Lab Coat / Bucket of Blood / Banzai March / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Evil Is Fun / Mallet of Metal / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Doctor Who / Bow 2 Me A last minute appearance on a benefit for the Big Top saw lots of friendly faces as we rampaged through a set of favorites. Special appearance by Formelda Hyde Pinkerton!

148th Lecture Thursday, October 27th, 2011 - The House of Shock, Jefferson, LA audio by Chris Enyart, Photographs by Amy Enyart Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Black Plague / Born in the South / Big Bomb / Holy Diver / Mallet of Metal / Last Caress / Bummer Pie Set 2: M.I.L.K. / Lab Coat (punk style) / I Scream / Bow 2 Me / Now You're A Man / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Buffy / LoBoToMy Our annual appearance at the House of Shock fell on a Thursday this year, and despite the predictably small attendance we put our best effort forth and were rewarded by an enthusiastic response, which we met with the heaviest METAL we could muster, as well as some new surprises!

147th Lecture Friday, October 21st, 2011 - 12 Bar, New Orleans, LA Video by Chris Enyart, Photographs by Amy Enyart I Think Therefore I Rock / Dance or Die / Why Do We Do It / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Science Fight / Placebo! / Blinded By Science / Death to the Angel of Death / Evil Is Fun / Funky Fresh / Bucket of Blood / Buffy / Bow 2 Me / Science Party Fun night at the first evening of Fear Fest in New Orleans... and unlike the previous weekend, only HALF the PA system went out!

146th Lecture Friday, October 14th, 2011 - Cypress Hall, New Orleans, LA With: The Local Skank Video by Chris Enyart, Jeannine Flores, Photographs by Amy Enyart Bow 2 Me (first note only!) Worst gig ever! Two hours of setup followed by us playing ONE note - followed by a power surge that took out the PA and BURNED up Dr. Z's amplifier! Lectures just don't get any rougher than that...

145th Lecture Friday, September 16th, 2011 - 12 Bar, New Orleans, LA Video by Chris Enyart, Jeannine Flores, Photographs by Amy Enyart Set 1: Bow 2 Me / Android Woman / Born in the South / Science Fight / Bucket of Blood / Blinded By Science / March of the Skaletons / LoBoToMy / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Black Plague / They Said I Was Mad / Mallet of Metal / Doctor Who Set 2: I Think Therefore I Rock / Evil Is Fun / Why Do We Do It / Lab Coat / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Funky Fresh / Death to the Angel of Death A fun night, despite being hemmed in by an opening act that was annoyingly slow to relinquish the stage, and a DJ that was scheduled for midnight (shortening our second set). Nevertheless, a good crowd who enjoyed dancing along with evil science! The evening was made even more notable by Dr. A Rachnid making his first 2011 public appearance.

144th Lecture - "Mad ScienceXtravaganza" Friday, August 19th, 2011 - The Hangar, New Orleans, LA With: Sick Like Sinatra Video by Burgin Sund, Chris Enyart, Jeannine Flores, Photographs by Amy Enyart Bow 2 Me / Lab Coat / Funky Fresh / Why Do We Do It / Evil Is Fun / Placebo! / Mallet of Metal / M.I.L.K. / Death to the Angel of Death / Everyone Dies (But Me) / Rabbid / Science Fight / Science Party This show was the test run of our 'Mad ScienceXtravaganza' show - the biggest theatrical show we'd ever attempted. In conjunction with the Haus of Vigilante burlesque troupe, this extravaganza was the prototype for subsequent shows on larger stages (as well as the debut of our new 'Moleculizer' invention!)

143rd Lecture Friday, July 29th, 2011 - Shamrock, New Orleans, LA Video by Burgin Sund, Chris Enyart, Jeannine Flores, Photographs by Amy Enyart Set 1: I Have the Power / Android Woman / Everyone Dies (Formelda vocal) / Science Fight / Born in the South / Bucket of Blood / Blinded By Science / March of the Skaletons / LoBoToMy / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Black Plague / Doctor Who / Mallet of Metal Set 2: I Think Therefore I Rock / Evil Is Fun / Just a Drumbot / Why Do We Do It / Lab Coat (Remy vocal) / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Funky Fresh / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / I Scream / Science Party / Bow 2 Me Set 3: Dance or Die / Everyone Dies (Remy vocal) / Saturday Night (Judith vocal) / March of the Skeletons / Big Bomb / They Said I Was Mad / Buckaroo Banzai / Filbert vs. Flattstein / Farganargle / The Empire March In commemoration of the C.O.G.'s 15th Anniversary, a huge party was held at Shamrock, with 3 hours of music, a lovely COG-cake (provided by Rebecca Smith), prizes and surprises, including appearances by several scientists we hadn't seen in a while. The science party went WAY into the night and a splendid time was had by all!

142nd Lecture Saturday, July 16th, 2011 - Nerdapalooza, Orlando, FL Video by Jeannine Flores, Photographs by Randy Pence Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / Science Party / Lab Coat / Bucket of Blood / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue / Mallet of Metal / Doctor Who / Science Fight In their first appearance there, C.O.G. conquered the mighty Nerdapalooza festival early on Saturday afternoon, despite numerous technical hitches stemming from the quick setup time required. The accolades throughout the rest of the weekend made us very happy to have made the trip!

141st Lecture Saturday, June 25th, 2011 - Lazer Tag, Metairie, LA Photographs by Chris Enyart Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / Science Party / Lab Coat / Born in the South / Bucket of Blood / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue / Death to the Angel of Death / Mallet of Metal C.O.G. rocked the balcony at Lazer Tag before our 2nd round of fun in the arena! Experiment F13's first show.

140th Lecture - "Drumbot Luv" Saturday, May 28th, 2011 - Hi Ho Lounge, New Orleans, LA With: Letters To Voltron two camera HD video (Chris Enyart/tripod) - Photographs by Amy Enyart, Barryfest, Cory Callender I Think Therefore I Rock / Evil Is Fun / Science Fight / Just a Drumbot (partial) / Why Do We Do It / Lab Coat / Born in the South / Bucket of Blood / Placebo! / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue / Funky Fresh / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / I Scream / Science Party / Bow 2 Me encores: Dance or Die / Doctor Who theme / Mallet of Metal This show saw the formation of the Black Ops and the recruitment of Lab Tech Remy Dee, as drumbot was sabotaged, exploded, and fell in love with our amazing new Lab Tech. This was also the first New Orleans appearance by Professor Chronotis, and even featured a preview glimpse of Experiment F13. Great show all around!

139th Lecture Saturday, April 30th, 2011 - Super Happy Fun Land, Houston TX With: Enemies Are Everywhere, The Hack & Slashers, Cirrus Minor two camera HD video (Jason Lacker/tripod) - Photographs by Jeannine Flores Flyer by Jason Lacker I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Funky Fresh / Evil Is Fun / Blinded By Science / Just A Drumbot / Science Party / Mallet of Metal Our first show in Houston was attended by a small but really devoted audience (some of whom had been waiting for literally YEARS to see us) in a really cool place. Super Happy Fun Land had a great big stage, a really sharp sound man, nice seating for the audience, and a big projection screen in back. A brief breaker problem didn't detract from a really amazing show! Special kudos also to our opening act, the Hack & Slashers, for delivering the Mallet at the right moment, and Cirrus Minor for playing us absolutely stunningly beautiful music to load out to.

138th Lecture Friday, April 29th, 2011 - BayouCon, Lake Charles, LA fixed one camera HD video - Photographs by Jeannine Flores Flyer by Jessie Craig Set 1:I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Evil Is Fun / Born In the South / Blinded By Science / Just A Drumbot / Science Party / Mallet of Metal Set 2: Fox Fanfare / Empire March / Bucket Of Blood / Buffy / Placebo! / March of the Skaletons / Banzai March / Doctor Who / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Dance or Die C.O.G. served up heaping servings of ROCK to the small audience at BayouCon 2011. First set was the 'Drumbot Explodes' script; second set was the Chewbacchus setlist. BayouCon was great fun despite the low attendance, and we had even more fun the next day interviewing some of the costumed con guests.

137th Lecture Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 - Childrens Museum of Acadiana, Lafayette, LA fixed one camera HD video - Photographs by Michelle Gomez Set 1:I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / Just A Drumbot / Bucket Of Blood / M.I.L.K. / Farganargle / Mallet of Metal / Empire March / Placebo! / I Scream / Science Party Set 2: Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Black Plague / Death to the Angel of Death / Born in the South / March of the Skeletons / Free Bird C.O.G.'s first appearance in Lafayette was conducted before an impressionable young audience who absorbed our lessons in rapt attention... until we ran wild in the museum! Professor Chronotis's first show.

136th Lecture Saturday, March 12th, 2011 - CoastCon, Biloxi, MS fixed one camera HD video Songs: Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Death to the Angel of Death / Mallet of Metal / Bucket of Blood / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Born in the South / Android Woman / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Science Party After Pinkerton took over the charity slave auction, the C.O.G. took the stage and rocked a small but appreciative audience with some of their heaviest hits. Filbert Snodgrass on guitar and Dr. D Struction on bass made this unusual lineup a night to dismember!

135th Lecture - "Music For Supervillains" Sunday, March 6th, 2011 - Krewe of Chewbacchus Ball, New Orleans, LA With: Lil' Doogie pictures by Jeannine Flores, Patrick Onex Stewart, Michelle Gomez, and others Set 1: Fox Fanfare / Empire March / Dance or Die / Doctor Who / Science Fight / Bucket Of Blood / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / March of the Skaletons / Placebo! / I Scream / Banzai March / Death to the Angel of Death / Blinded By Science / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Bow 2 Me / Empire March Set 2: I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague (full) / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / Lo bo to my / Funky Fresh / Evil is Fun / Lab Coat / Bow 2 Me / Science Party The inaugural year for the Krewe of Chewbacchus proved to be an early highlight of 2011, as the C.O.G. rocked a packed house into the wee hours with plenty of originals and favorite science fiction themes!

134th Lecture Sunday, February 13th, 2011 - Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, New Orleans, LA With: The Local Skank pictures by Melissa Crory, Sharkey, and others Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Dance or Die / Blinded By Science / Bucket Of Blood / Death to the Angel of Death / Doctor Who / Free Bird / I Scream / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Lab Coat / Evil is Fun Set 2: Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Born in the South / Placebo! / Why Do We Do It / Big Bomb / Science Fight / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Lo bo to my / Funky Fresh Set 3: Bow 2 Me / Science Party / I Think Therefore I Rock / Dance or Die / Blinded By Science / Bucket Of Blood / Death to the Angel of Death / Doctor Who / Free Bird / I Scream / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Lab Coat / Evil is Fun Set 4: Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Born in the South / Placebo! / Why Do We Do It / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Lo bo to my / Funky Fresh / Bow 2 Me Performing the Rock'n'Roll marathon for the second year in a row, C.O.G. took turns with The Local Skank in stunning onlookers with sonic science and the premiere of Dr. Z's new song! Pinkerton also demonstrated the power of the mighty Mallet of Metal against a hapless banana, and took over the drumkit for a Local Skank song, on a beautiful warm day in the park.

Special Appearance Saturday, January 29th, 2011 Wizard World Comic Con, New Orleans Songs: Android Woman / Blinded By Science / Bow 2 Me / Bucket of Blood / Death to the Angel of Death / Evil Is Fun / I Scream / LoBoToMy / Mallet of Metal / Science Party Parading for the first year with the Krewe of Chewbacchus, C.O.G. amazed, amused, and defeaned thousands of people attending the premiere New Orleans Comic Con! Our reliance on acoustic instruments and a simple jambox for rhythm made it a fun, albeit somewhat QUIET outing...

133rd Lecture Saturday, January 8, 2011 - Mezo's Juke Joint, Ocean Springs MS Pictures by Melissa Crory Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / Mallet of Metal / Blinded By Science / Science Fight / Placebo! / Funky Fresh / Evil Is Fun / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Bow 2 Me / Science Party Our first lecture in Ocean Springs turned out decidedly good, considering the conditions! It's always a good sign when a crew of labcoat wearers appears in the audience, and we have to thank the fine folks of Inebriated Labs for making us feel right at home. Good food at Mezo's too! We'll be back for sure...

132nd Lecture - "Music For Supervillains" Sunday, November 21, 2010 - Fringe Fest, New Orleans, LA Pictures by Amy Enyart, 2 camera HD video by Jeannine Flores, Chris Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / LoBoToMy / The Creep / Funky Fresh / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat (schizo version) / Bow 2 Me / Science Party Attempting to rally the audience into a hypnotized fighting force, Pinkerton is interrupted by his grandfather's attempts to stage a VERY late career comeback! The third of our Fringe Fest shows was a lighter audience but included some old friends whom we hadn't seen in a long time...

131st Lecture - "Music For Supervillains" Friday, November 19, 2010 - Fringe Fest, New Orleans, LA Pictures by Amy Enyart, 2 camera HD video by Jeannine Flores, Chris Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / LoBoToMy / The Creep / Funky Fresh / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat (schizo version) / Bow 2 Me / Science Party Attempting to rally the audience into a hypnotized fighting force, Pinkerton is interrupted by his grandfather's attempts to stage a VERY late career comeback! The second of our Fringe Fest shows meant a nice full audience including familiar faces and new fans alike!

130th Lecture - "Music For Supervillains" Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - Fringe Fest, New Orleans, LA Pictures by Jeannine Flores, Amy Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Mallet of Metal / Born in the South / LoBoToMy / The Creep / Funky Fresh / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat (schizo version) / Bow 2 Me / Science Party Attempting to rally the audience into a hypnotized fighting force, Pinkerton is interrupted by his grandfather's attempts to stage a VERY late career comeback! Light crowd on a weekday night but an excellent dress rehearsal.

Special Appearance Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 WWL-TV, Channel 4 Morning News Songs: MILK (partial) / Free Bird / Evil Is Fun (partial) / Science Fight / Science Party (partial) To the shock and amazement of the Channel 4 morning news team, the Consortium of Genius returned again to take over the newsroom, bearing with them the brain of WWL's local anchor, Eric Paulsen!

129th Lecture - 'Music For Supervillains' record release party Saturday, November 6, 2010 - Blue Nile Club, New Orleans, LA With: Egg Yolk Jubilee Pictures by Jeannine Flores, Video by Michelle Gomez Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Born in the South / Science Fight / Death to the Angel of Death / Mallet of Metal / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Blinded By Science / Funky Fresh / All I Wanna Do Is You / Free Bird / Bucket of Blood / M.I.L.K. / Science Party / March of the Skeletons / I Scream The record release show for the C.O.G.'s latest album was another great night played to a packed house of friendly faces on Frenchmen St. The full lineup (sans horns) was featured, and the night was full of fun and surprises, including an unexpected appearance by Lab Girl Trixie!

128th Lecture Saturday, October 30, 2010 - Voodoo Music Festival 2010, New Orleans, LA Pictures by Amy Enyart, Video by Burgin Sund and Chris Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Born in the South / Science Fight / Death to the Angel of Death / Mallet of Metal / Evil Is Fun / Lab Coat / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Blinded By Science / Funky Fresh / Free Bird / Bucket of Blood / M.I.L.K. / Science Party An early morning gig in broad daylight worked out even better than planned as the C.O.G. rocked a worthy crowd on the Bingo tent Saturday morning at Voodoo Fest with a full 10 piece ensemble! Great comedy action by Dr. Melman and Filbert Snodgrass made this morning especially memorable.

'Music For Supervillains' CD released October 2010

127th Lecture - October 24, 2010 - The House of Shock, Jefferson, LA Pictures by Billy Riecke Set 1: Bow 2 Me / Holy Diver / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / I Scream / LoBoToMy Set 2: Born in the South / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Bucket of Blood / Funky Fresh / Mallet of Metal / Now You're A Man Our second night at the House of Shock this season turned out fine despite threatening weather. Played a couple old favorites that hadn't been aired out in a while!

Special Appearance - October 23, 2010 - Hi Ho Lounge, New Orleans, LA Pictures by ? Songs: 2112 Overture / Limelight / New World Man / Tom Sawyer / Take Off (excerpt), YYZ coda Participating in the 13th Annual Super-Secret Masked Band Ball, C.O.G. appeared as the 'Collection of Geddys' - Pinkerton playing 70's Geddy, Z playing 80's Geddy, and Rachnid playing 90's Geddy (and drumbot playing 'Neil Peartbot') - and tore through a handful of timeless classics in high style and low humor.

126th Lecture October 17, 2010 - The House of Shock, Jefferson, LA Pictures by Billy Riecke Songs: Bow 2 Me / Holy Diver / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / I Scream / Born in the South / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Bucket of Blood / Funky Fresh / Mallet of Metal / Bow 2 Me Inaugural night for Dr. Max D Struction on upright bass and reintroducing Dr. Ivan Stroganoff on keyboards and vocoder, the C.O.G. rocked the hell out of visitors from the 13th Gate haunted house, doubling the set for the occasion! Several House of Shock crewmembers reported this was the tightest set they'd ever heard us play...

125th Lecture September 17, 2010 - Vinyl Music Hall, Pensacola, FL With: Girls On Film Pictures by Jeannine Flores, Amy Cooper - Flyer by Vinyl Music Hall Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Dance or Die / Born In the South / Placebo! / Why Do We Do It / Blinded By Science / Evil Is Fun / Free Bird / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Bucket Of Blood / I Scream / Bow 2 Me / Science Party The best time yet in Pensacola, and the inaugural performance of Dr. Leonard A. McLummox, for Gallery Night in Pensacola at a brand new club!

124th Lecture - "The Pinker-Youth" July 10, 2010 - Ancient City Con, Jacksonville, FL With: Sci-Fried, Fields of Glass Pictures by Jeannine Flores - Flyer by Christopher Gabaldon Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Born in the South / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / The Creep / Placebo! / I Scream / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Death to the Angel of Death / Bow 2 Me / Science Party / Doctor Who / Mallet of Metal Recruiting soldiers for the Pinker-Youth, C.O.G. subjected the unwitting audience to an intelligence test that left three lucky people with fabulous prizes! Fun afternoon at our first show in Jacksonville.

123rd Lecture - "COG in the Family" June 11th, 2010 - The Green Room, Covington LA With: Alexis Marceaux Band Pictures by Amy Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Lab Coat / Science Fight / Funky Fresh / All I Wanna Do Is You / March of the Skaletons / Blinded By Science / Dance or Die / Why Do We Do It / The Creep / Weird Science / Evil Is Fun / Science Party / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / I Scream C.O.G.'s first appearance in Covington was great fun, with a small but dedicated audience, including people we hadn't seen in many years!

122nd Lecture - "COG in the Family" May 21st, 2010 - The Republic, New Orleans LA Pictures by Jeannine Flores, Amy Enyart - Flyer by Lewis D'Aubin Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Would I Lie To You / Science Fight / Funky Fresh / All I Wanna Do Is You / March of the Skaletons / Blinded By Science / Dance or Die / Why Do We Do It / The Creep / Weird Science / Evil Is Fun / Science Party C.O.G. invaded the posh Republic club for their 'Weird Science' throwback night, dishing out an all-dance set, including two new cover songs and a song from the forthcoming CD. Pinkerton's sister Dr. Formelda Hyde made a big splash with her grand debut!

121st Lecture - "The Pinker-Youth" April 3rd, 2010 - Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville AL With: The Extraordinary Contraptions, Daikaiju Pictures by Nolan Cash - Flyer by Captain Tomas Quin of the Air Ship Revenger Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Black Plague / Born in the South / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / The Creep / Placebo! / I Scream / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Death to the Angel of Death / Dance or Die / Ace of Spades / Bow 2 Me / Science Party Recruiting soldiers for the Pinker-Youth, C.O.G. subjected the unwitting audience to an intelligence test that left three lucky people with fabulous prizes! Wonderful night in front of a great audience.

120th Lecture - "The Pinker-Youth" April 2nd, 2010 - The Ready Room, Pensacola, FL With: Long Division Pictures by Amy Cooper - Flyer by Mike Ensley Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Black Plague / Born in the South / Lab Coat / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / The Creep / Placebo! / I Scream / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Death to the Angel of Death / Dance or Die / Ace of Spades / Bow 2 Me / Science Party / Doctor Who / Mallet of Metal Recruiting soldiers for the Pinker-Youth, C.O.G. subjected the unwitting audience to an intelligence test that left three lucky people with fabulous prizes!

119th Lecture - "COG-Zilla" March 14th, 2010 - The Blue Nile, New Orleans, LA With: Peelander Z, The Local Skank HD video by Odin Lindblom / Pictures by Amy Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Black Plague / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / Die Barney Die / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skaletons / LoBoToMy / Free Bird / The Ace of Spades / Bow 2 Me / Science Party / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / I Scream / Mallet of Metal Appearing in a featured showcase for Foburg Festival's debut, Dr. Pinkerton attempted to use his new 'Enlarge-O-Tron' to expand cockroaches to immense size and set them loose in the city. Unfortunately for him, the weapon ran out of battery power, but not before a roach was enlarged to 10' in size - fortunately that particular roach was more interested in dancing than destruction! (To accompany the evening's Japanese flavor, all C.O.G. dialogue was dubbed - badly - from English to Japanese and back to English!)

Special Appearance Wednesday, March 13th, 2010 WTUL 91.5 FM, New Orleans HD video by Lewis D'Aubin / Pictures by Nicole Bergeron Songs: Blinded By Science / Die Barney Die / Placebo! / Mallet of Metal / Bow 2 Me Imprisoning D.J. Lisa in a cage, C.O.G. proceeded to take over WTUL FM and broadcast their Saturday night demands - and a warning about the next night's lecture!

118th Lecture February 28th, 2010 - Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, New Orleans, LA With: The Local Skank HD video by Jeannine Flores Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Android Woman / Blinded By Science / Born in the South / Bucket o' Blood / Funky Fresh / M.I.L.K. / Die Barney Die / Free Bird / The Creep / Black Plague / Bow 2 me Set 2: Science Party / Science Fight / Mallet of Metal / No More Mister Nice Guy / I Don't Know / Lab Coat / Green Slime / Morally Wrong / March of the Skaletons / Placebo! / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / I Scream Set 3: Too Many Atoms / The Wizard / Lo bo to my / Why Do We Do It / Zombie Apocalypse BBQ / Tom Sawyer / Bow 2 Me In another first, the C.O.G. performed at New Orleans' 1st annual Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. Lots of fun was had despite drumbot's slight visiblility problem during broad daylight!

117th Lecture January 23rd, 2010 - Twist of Lime, Metairie, LA With: Black Snow HD video by Lewis D'Aubin / Pictures by Amy Enyart Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Mallet of Metal / Black Plague / Bucket of Blood / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Labcoat / Placebo! / The Creep / Born in the South / Blinded By Science / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy/ I Scream / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue / Science Party In a last minute off the cuff appearance, the C.O.G. rocked Metairie, filling in for the absent Love Zombie. Before the lecture, Pinkerton joined Black Snow onstage to commemorate the Saints forthcoming victory with 'Viking Funeral'

116th Lecture - "Filbertitis" December 12th, 2009 - Creative Instinct Warehouse, Pensacola FL With: C. Martin Croker HD video by Lewis D'Aubin / Pictures by Amy Cooper Songs: Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Death to the Angel of Death / Mallet of Metal / M.I.L.K. / Bucket of Blood / March of the Skeletons / Funky Fresh / Born in the South / Android Woman / LoBoToMy / Placebo! / Science Party / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue Eager to use Dr. Z's newly weaponized H1N1 virus, dubbed 'Filbertitis', and simultaneously give Filbert Snodgrass a meaningful means of employment, Dr. Pinkerton assigns Filbert the hefty responsibility of deploying the virus canister, with predictably awful results... C.O.G.'s fourth show in Pensacola was lots of fun and would have been perfection itself if foul weather hadn't cut down the crowd. Our opening act, C. Martin Croker of 'Adult Swim', showed some really cool old films and stuck around for our set (his favorite song: Death to the Angel of Death!)

115th Lecture Friday, December 11th, 2009 - Maison Musique, New Orleans LA With: The Local Skank, RF7 & the Hightones, Clockwork Elvis Pictures by ??? Death to the Angel of Death / Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue / Born in the South / Science Party Deprived of Drumbot for the evening, the C.O.G. enlisted the aid of Dr. Delarge, and proceded to dispense a very humanized mini-set of favorites! When we arrived at Maison Musique and found out0 that they were sticking us, and for that matter ALL the bands in a tiny upstairs room with only a tiny vocal PA and no monitors, we made the most of a potential logistical nightmare. A few phone calls and we had secured the aid of our friend and fan D.C. Harbold, who was performing with one of his MANY bands later that night on the same bill. D.C. filled in on drums, marking the first time we've EVER performed a gig without our normal computer backup... and the crowd loved it!

114th Lecture Sunday, October 25th, 2009 - The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Pictures by Gary Gianeloni Born in the South / Death to the Angel of Death / The Creep / March of the Skeletons / Bucket of Blood / Funky Fresh / Mallet of Metal / I Scream / BOW 2 Me / LoBoToMy / I Don't Know / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Die Barney Die Rocking the House of Shock for the 3rd Sunday of their 2009 season, C.O.G. doubled up the setlists and performed an extended show of almost all originals to a small but appreciative crowd.

113th Lecture Sunday, October 18th, 2009 - The House of Shock, New Orleans LA With: Sissy Nobby Pictures by Amy Enyart BOW 2 Me / The Wizard / I Don't Know / M.I.L.K. / Too Many Atoms / Die Barney Die / Black Plague C.O.G. rocked the House of Shock for the 2nd Sunday of their 2009 season... and a lucky 13th gate cast member was the lucky winner of one genuine Lo Bo To My!

112th Lecture Friday, October 16th, 2009 - The House of Blues Parish room, New Orleans LA With: Anaujiram Pictures by Amy Enyart / video by Chris Enyart I Think Therefore I Rock / BOW 2 Me / LoBoToMy / Android Woman / M.I.L.K. / I Scream / Placebo! / The Creep / Funky Fresh / Science Party / Science Fight / Bow 2 Me (Filbert style!) / No More Mister Nice Guy C.O.G. returned to the House of Blues Parish room for its 'Laboratory of Horrors Halloween Special', in a contest to determine who would unleash the CREATURE - Dr. Z or Rachnid. Everything went smoothly until the Army chased a dangerous and very pissed off extraterrestrial onstage, leading to Pinkerton's demise. Filbert Snodgrass then proceeded to assume command, which infuriated Dr. Pinkerton sufficiently to rouse him from the grave! Anaujiram filled in at last minute for 'Mad Dog', who were supposed to be delivering their final show. A costume contest and COG-cake put this show over the top! This show we also switched (back) over to using a solid state hard drive for the main computer... and it worked quite well. Mix by Chopsley!

111th Lecture Saturday, August 28th, 2009 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans LA With: Glasgow and Felix video by Arvid Cristina, Burgin Sundh, and Odin Lindblom / pictures by Amy Enyart I Think Therefore I Rock / Blinded By Science / Placebo! / The Creep / Lab Coat / Born In the South / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Free Bird / Saturday Night / Science Party / Science Fight / Bow 2 Me Wonderful night with a great co-headliner... Pinkerton's attempt to send Glasgow back to Glasgow ended with a display of boxing - with Pinkerton being boxed up and shipped off instead! Lab Girl Trixie's last show.

110th Lecture - NV Gear String Release Party Saturday, July 25th, 2009 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans LA Opening for: Crowbar and Ynwgie Flattstein video by Arvid Cristina, Burgin Sundh, and Odin Lindblom / pictures by Amy Enyart Bow 2 Me / Mallet of Metal / Death to the Angel of Death / Black Plague / Saturday Night / I Scream / March of the Skeletons / The Wizard An all-metal show with heavy metal legends Crowbar saw C.O.G. performing with Filbert Snodgrass on bass for the first time in nine years! Winning over a potentially hostile crowd, C.O.G. played as intensely as possible, warned the crowd about Dr. Pinkerton's new NV Gear Strings, and then turned the night over to Yngwie Flattstein, who had just been released from the Sharon Osborne clinic...

109th Lecture Saturday, July 18th, 2009 - Babelcon 2009, Baton Rouge LA With: The Slow Poisoner video by Arvid Cristina / pictures by Amy Enyart Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / Bucket of Blood / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / Do the Creep / Born in the South / Saturday Night / Blinded By Science / Green Slime / Just A Drumbot / Science Party Set 2: Doctor Who theme / It's Morally Wrong / Stonehenge / Why Do We Do It / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Mallet of Metal / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / I Scream / The Wizard / Too Many Atoms C.O.G. rocked Babelcon for the second year in a row, to a much better crowd. Both sets were fantastic... highlights were 'Born in the South', 'Doctor Who', 'Stonehenge' and 'Mallet of Metal'. "Drumbot Explodes" was the plot of the 1st set; second set was straight music. Lots of great compliments and autographs afterwards! We ran on a tight schedule and finished up early, before midnight. This show saw the retirement of our old Amiga 3000 based video system (in service since the very beginning) and the premiere of our new DeeSampler based backscreen full motion video, courtesy of a rackmounted headless P4 laptop.

108th Lecture - "Bad Luck" Saturday, June 13th, 2009 - The Hi Ho Lounge, New Orleans LA With: Hairy Lamb video by Chris Enyart I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Born in the South / Blinded By Science / Placebo / Mallet of Metal / Do the Creep / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Saturday Night / Why Do We Do It / LoBoToMy / Funky Fresh / Too Many Atoms / Science Party A repeat of our 'Bad Luck' show... lighting problems did not dampen a fun night.

107th Lecture - "It" Saturday, May 9th, 2009 - Balcony Music Club, New Orleans LA With: King Louie One Man Band Pictures and HD video by Jeannine Flores I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Green Slime / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / The Creep / Placebo! / Lab Coat / Born in the South / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh / Mallet of Metal / Free Bird / Saturday Night / Too Many Atoms / The Wizard / Science Party Excellent sound and a giant cockroach highlighted a fun show before a small but enthusiastic crowd.

106th Lecture - "Drumbot Explodes" Saturday, April 18th, 2009 - The Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville AL Pictures by Yuri Brown I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / Bucket o' Blood / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / The Creep / Born in the South / Saturday Night / Blinded By Science / Green Slime / Just A Drumbot / Science Party / Too Many Atoms / Mallet of Metal / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / I Scream Nice show in a theater setting before a small but vociferous crowd... great encore made up for equipment problems in the middle of the set.

105th Lecture - "Drumbot Explodes" Friday, April 17th, 2009 - The Handlebar Lounge, Pensacola FL With: The Whoremoans and User Assumes Risks Pictures by Amy Cooper I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / Bucket o' Blood / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / The Creep / Born in the South / Saturday Night / Blinded By Science / Green Slime / Just A Drumbot / Science Party / Too Many Atoms / Mallet of Metal / M.I.L.K. Great punk rock club outing in Pensacola with a wild crowd!

104th Lecture - "Bad Luck" Friday, March 13th, 2009 - The House of Blues Parish room, New Orleans LA With: Mad Dog Pictures by Amy Enyart / video by Chris Enyart I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Born in the South / Blinded By Science / Placebo / Mallet of Metal / Do the Creep / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Saturday Night / Why Do We Do It / LoBoToMy / Funky Fresh / Too Many Atoms / Science Party A series of abductions during the show by a hockey masked machete wielding maniac leaves everyone suspecting Lab Girl... Great night & great crowd upstairs at the House of Blues!

103rd Lecture - "Drumbot Explodes" Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 - The Hi Ho Lounge, New Orleans LA Pictures by Amy Enyart I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Lab Coat / Bucket o' Blood / Free Bird / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / The Creep / Born in the South / Saturday Night / Blinded By Science / Green Slime / Just A Drumbot / Science Party / Too Many Atoms / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / I Scream Drumbot had the entire group on edge when he revealed that he'd been rigged to explode if he stopped playing for one minute! Fun show in front of a cozy crowd at the Hi Ho, and first night with our new moving lights.

102nd Lecture Sunday, October 19th, 2008 - The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Pictures by Amy Enyart Set 1: Bow 2 Me / Science Party / The Wizard / I Don't Know / Lab Coat / Stonehenge / Too Many Atoms / Die Barney Die Set 2: Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / The Creep / Saturday Night / Bucket of Blood / Holy Diver / LoBoToMy / Black Plague / I Scream / Too Many Atoms Our second night at the 2008 House of Shock was also hampered by malfunctioning sound equipment and operators, but again, nothing could stop the C.O.G. - even an ill-considered appearance by Yngwie Flattstein.

101st Lecture Sunday, October 12th, 2008 - The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Pictures by Amy Enyart Set 1: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / The Wizard / I Don't Know / Lab Coat / Stonehenge Set 2: Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / The Creep / Saturday Night / Bucket of Blood / Holy Diver / LoBoToMy / Black Plague / I Scream / Too Many Atoms / Die Barney Die / Science Party Our first night at the 2008 House of Shock was hampered by the lack of sound equipment, but nothing can stop the C.O.G.! After a stop by the Secret Lab for more monitors, we were up and rocking. The small crowd was nonetheless appreciative.

100th Lecture - "A COG-work Elvis" Friday, September 19th, 2008 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans LA With: Clockwork Elvis Pictures by Jeannine Flores, Amy Enayrt, HD video by Arvid Cristina and Burgin Sundh Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Bow 2 Me / It's Morally Wrong / Lab Coat / Science Fight / Blinded By Science / Why Do We Do It / Free Bird / Born in the South / Do the Creep / M.I.L.K. / I Scream / Funky Fresh / LoBoToMy / Too Many Atoms / Green Slime / Stonehenge / Science Party / Just a Drumbot C.O.G. celebrated their 100th Lecture by bringing the Time Door out of storage, in a scheme to wreck rock and roll history by substituting Elvis Presley for a future criminal... but Watson and Holmes the 5th were on the case! Great night with a great opening act and burlesque show in between bands. Lab Girl Trixie's New Orleans debut!

99th Lecture Saturday, July 19th, 2008 - Babelcon 2008, Baton Rouge LA Pictures by Amy Enyart, Kris Overstreet, Set 1: Dance or Die 2K2 / Green Slime / The Creep / Why Do We Do It / So Confuse / All I Wanna Do Is You / It's Morally Wrong / Lab Coat / Bucket Of Blood / March of the Skaletons / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Funky Fresh / Placebo! / Blinded By Science / Doctor Who / Just A Drumbot Set 2: I Think Therefore I Rock / Science Fight / M.I.L.K. / Born In the South / Black Plague / LoBoToMy / Die Barney Die / Too Many Atoms / Bow 2 Me C.O.G. rocked a small but passionate audience at BabelCon, making lots of new fans. This marked our first show with Lab Girl Trixie, and the longest show C.O.G. had ever staged to date! There was much BOWing and scraping at the end. The Orion Slave Girls appearing just in time for 'Funky Fresh' and the appearance of pirates just in time for 'Bucket of Blood' were unexpected lagniappe!

98th Lecture Saturday, March 15th, 2008 - The MVC, Westwego LA Pictures by Jeannine Flores, Songs: Bow 2 Me / Science Fight / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skaletons / Bucket o' Blood / Placebo / LoBoToMy / Black Plague / I Scream An all-ages show at a strange outdoor venue. We shared the bill with a handful of bizarre electronic acts incl. 'Peppermint Pony' and 'Brown Sox.'

97th Lecture - "The World's Deadliest Song" Friday, March 7th, 2008 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans LA With: Rock City Morgue Pictures by Dominic Dagradi, 3 camera HD video by Ralph Madison, Arvid Cristina and Burgin Sundh Songs: I Think Therefore I Rock / Science Fight / M.I.L.K. / Born in the South / Black Plague / Placebo / Lab Coat / LoBoToMy / Funky Fresh / Bow 2 Me / I Scream / Science Party C.O.G. celebrated the release of their latest TV outing in grand style, starting with a duet with Rock City Morgue of the song 'Morgus the Magnificent' and then rocking hard to compensate for a number of technical glitches which slowed down but couldn't stop the science!

C.O.G. TV premiere - 'Rock City Morgus' - Cox 10 March 7, 2008, 8PM

Special Appearance Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 WWL-TV, Channel 4 Morning News Songs: Science Fight (partial) / March of the Skaletons (partial) / Reach Out and Touch the Hand (partial) / Lab Coat To the shock and dismay of the Channel 4 morning news team, the Consortium of Genius returned to take over the newsroom, broadcast their demands on live television, and attempt to reinstall the brain of WWL's local anchor, Eric Paulsen!

96th Lecture - Friday, October 28th, 2007 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Pictures by Brandon Brunious, Songs: (set 1) Bow 2 Me / Death to the Angel of Death / Holy Diver / Black Plague / Born in the South / The Creep / I Scream (set 2) Bucket of Blood / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Funky Fresh / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / Die Barney Die For our last great night at House of Shock 2007, we took the opportunity to razz 'Fall Out Boy' and Ashlee Simpson, who were making their way through the haunted house as part of a radio contest, announcing that they had become impaled in the House of Shock, had contracted the Black Plague, etc. A fitting end to a great season.

95th Lecture - Friday, October 26th, 2007 Fear Fest, New Orleans LA Pictures by Jeannine Flores & Gary, HD Video by Jeannine Flores and Joe Vance Songs: I Have the Power, It's Morally Wrong, Lab Coat, All I Wanna Do Is You, Born In the South, M.I.L.K., I Scream, Die Barney Die, Reach Out and Touch the Hand, Placebo!, Science Fight, LoBoToMy, Bow 2 Me, Science Party C.O.G. opens Fear Fest '07 with a bang and stages another 'Scientific American Idol' competition to find a fresh BRAIN for Dr. Pinkerton! Great performances all around. Competitors: Dr. Ivan Stroganoff, Dr. Wilhelm Shatler, Lactarre the Intolerant (education level unknown), Dr. Jezebel Erlenmeyer, and Dr. R. Mondo Payne-kerton. The winner - Dr. Wilhelm Shatler!

94th Lecture - Sunday, October 21st, 2007 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Pictures by Jeannine Flores Songs: Bow 2 Me / War Pigs / Death to the Angel of Death / Holy Diver / Black Plague / Stonehenge / March of the Skaletons / Born in the South / M.I.L.K. With a grim looking sky overhead, the C.O.G. perform a slightly cut-down show, but rock out at full intensity, joined at the end in a surprise appearance by Dr. A Pentatonic! 93rd Lecture - Sunday, October 14th, 2007 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Songs: Bow 2 Me / Born in the South / The Creep / I Scream / I Don't Know / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / Now You're a Man / Die Barney Die C.O.G. returns to the House of Shock for their amazing 2007 season!

92nd Lecture - September 27th, 2007 - Club Phoenix, Slidell LA Pictures by Jeannine Flores Songs: I Have the Power / Born in the South / The Creep / Funky Fresh / Just a Drumbot / Bucket o' Blood / Placebo! / I Don't Know / Android Woman / Holy Diver / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Bow 2 the C.O.G. The name of the place should have tipped us off... despite the enthusiasm of Carlos, the owner of Club Phoenix, the patrons were there for the D.J., NOT for the live band (gee, we should have brought the Brain Being with us!) The D.J. even aborted our show early. No worries, though; what this lecture lacked in logic it made up for in profitability! Thank heaven for small miracles...

91st Lecture - May 11th, 2007 - The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans LA With: Mad Mike Pictures by Jeannine Flores Songs: I Have the Power / It's Morally Wrong (feat. Dr. Ivan Stroganoff) / Lab Coat / All I Wanna Do (feat. Dr. Wilhelm Shatler) / Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream (feat. Dr. Otis Mathdeekus) / M.I.L.K. / Android Woman (feat. Dr. Jezebel Erlenmeyer) / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Lovekill (feat. Dr. Ivan Beatniknikopfh) / Science Fight / LoBoToMy / Bow 2 Me / Funky Fresh / Science Party Under the guise of a 'Scientific American Idol' contest, Dr. Pinkerton scopes out a replacement... or is he actually shopping for a fresh body to inhabit? Great performances by our special guest contestants! Competitors: Dr. Ivan Stroganoff, Dr. Wilhelm Shatler, Dr. Otis Mathdeekus, Dr. Jezebel Erlenmeyer, and Dr. Richard Beatniknikopf. The winner - Dr. Jezebel Erlenmeyer!

C.O.G. TV premiere - 'How Not to Destroy the World' - Cox 10 May 11, 2007, 8PM

90th Lecture - November 21st, 2006 - House of Blues Parish, New Orleans LA With: The Garden District, P.H. Freddy Fred, and Mad Mike Songs: Bow 2 Me / Death to the Angel of Death / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Science Fight / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / Die Barney Die The C.O.G. celebrate the release of the Tenacious D movie by participating in a 'contest' designed to promote the film. As usual, the C.O.G. confuse the hell out of a mostly mundane audience! Big ups to the other comedy bands that played that night, and condolences to We're Only In It For the Honey, who got cheated out of performing...

87th - 89th Lectures - Sunday nights, October 22nd, 29th and 31st, 2006 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Pictures by Brandon Brunious Songs: SET 'A' - Bow 2 Me / I Don't Know / I Scream / Because It's Midnight / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / Now You're a Man / Die Barney Die SET 'B' - Bow 2 Me / War Pigs / Death to the Angel of Death / Holy Diver / Black Plague / Stonehenge / March of the Skeletons / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Bucket o' Blood C.O.G. returns to rock the House of Shock again, with new covers courtesy of Dr. A Rachnid. A blast, despite the routine equipment casualties! Halloween night was esp. memorable... Phil Anselmo was seen rocking to 'Die Barney Die' and Dr. A Pentatonic made a surprise appearance!

86th Lecture - "C.O.G. 10th Anniversary Conflagration" (repeat) September 2nd, 2006 - Dragon*Con 2006, Atlanta, GA With: The Great Luke Ski Pictures by Jeannine Songs: Bow 2 Me / LoBoToMy / So Confuse / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skaletons / Stonehenge / It's Morally Wrong / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Science Fight / Die Barney Die / Placebo / Brain Wrap Wow, our second Dragon*Con performance! Always a blast - albeit a tiring one, we had lots of technical glitches and started late due to the usual con time slippage, but on the whole it was quite worthwhile. We rocked a bunch of newbies and made a lot of friends.

85th Lecture - "C.O.G. 10th Anniversary Conflagration" (repeat) July 3rd, 2006 - The Big Top, New Orleans, LA With: Love Zombie Pictures by Jeannine Songs: Bow 2 Me / LoBoToMy / So Confuse / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skaletons / Stonehenge / It's Morally Wrong / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Science Fight / Die Barney Die / Placebo / Funky Fresh / Science Party A much lower pressure night than the previous Saturday, we repeated the 10th Anniversary show for a VERY appreciative all-ages crowd. This exhilarating show really felt good (if a bit hot!), and we saw many old fans and made new friends as well!

C.O.G. TV premiere - 'A Strange Case of Horn Zombies' - Cox 10 July 2, 2006 8PM

84th Lecture - "C.O.G. 10th Anniversary Conflagration" July 1st, 2006 - The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA With: Love Zombie 3 camera HD video Songs: I Have the Power / Bow 2 Me / LoBoToMy / So Confuse / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skaletons / Stonehenge / It's Morally Wrong / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Science Fight / Die Barney Die Dr. Pinkerton dispatches former members of the C.O.G. with Deth Lazer cannons to the four corners of the Earth, in order to split the world in twain! The experiment is a success, but the unspeakable horror at the center of the world proves too dangerous for even the C.O.G.! We must have been insane to attempt to stage both our 10th Anniversary Show and shoot critical parts of our 2nd TV episode all in the same night! We pulled it off, mind you - but a mountain of setbacks and dollops of bad luck pushed the night way into the wee hours. However, we persisted, and the 90% of the crowd that hung with us to the end proved quite appreciative!

Special Appearance Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 Timecode NOLA Song: Placebo! To the shock and dismay of local filmmakers, the Consortium of Genius proceeds to take over Timecode NOLA, demanding the cessation of local film and music making... until Filbert accidentally blows up the lab. Again. This appearance was taped to pre-promote our upcoming TV series...

C.O.G. TV Pilot principal shoot August 21, 2005

83rd Lecture - "FrankenCOG" August 13, 2005 - Chalmette Cinema, Chalmette, LA With: Road Agents 1 camera fixed video, pictures by Jeannine Flores Songs: I Have the Power / Bow 2 Me / LoBoToMy / Brain Rewrapped / Android Woman / M.I.L.K. / I Scream / Placebo! / Science Party / Science Fight Dr. Pinkerton is shocked to find out that both Dr. Z and Dr. A Rachnid have each been developing their own version of THE CREATURE, Pinkerton's latest scheme for Taking Over The World. Having only one brain to use for activating the creature leads to some infighting over which version will be activated... Wonderful show in front of an enthusiastic crowd of Rocky Horror devotees. Even better, it was a reunion of sorts with the crew that used to run Movie Pitchers, another all-ages-friendly movie theatre where we played in the early days.

82nd Lecture - "Do We Have the Power" May 7th, 2005 - The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans LA With: Egg Yolk Jubilee 4 camera video Songs: I Have the Power / Why Do We Do It / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skaletons / Bucket Of Blood / LoBoToMy / M.I.L.K. / Brain Rewrapped / Funky Fresh / Science Party / Death to the Angel of Death / Bow 2 Me Pinkerton attempts to hypnotize the entire world with his new invention, the Hypnotron. Lacking sufficient Power to do so, he gives Dr. A. Rachnid and Dr. Z a chance to hypnotize the world THEIR way. Dr. A Rachnid uses Kandarian Black Magic to summon the Horn Zombies, which eventually have to be dispelled due to their constant hunger for BRAINS and BLOOD. Dr. Z attempts to utilize mideast mysticism on the crowd, but it only seems to affect the women! In the end Dr. Pinkerton manages to procure sufficient Power - too much in fact; for shortly after hypnotizing the entire world to Bow to the C.O.G., his head explodes. 'Morally Wrong', 'March of the Skaletons', and 'Bucket of Blood' performed with the horns of Egg Yolk Jubilee. Sound-man Willis' last show at the 'Wolf. And possibly ours too.

81st Lecture - "Is There A Doctor in the House" March 1st, 2005 - TwiRopa, New Orleans LA With: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum video by Buddy and Marie Songs: Placebo! / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / Android Woman / March of the Skaletons / It's Morally Wrong / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / Why Do We Do It / Bow 2 Me / I Scream / Funky Fresh / 2112 Overture / Science Party The C.O.G, suddenly lacking a guitarist, interviews several six-stringed scientists, each killed off by his predecessor! In the end, Dr. Harry A. Rachnid wins the (dubious?) honor of becoming the C.O.G.'s new guitarist.

80th Lecture - "The Empire Strikes C.O.G." January 22nd, 2005 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans LA With: The Fantastic Ooze three-camera video shot by New Orleans After Midnight crew Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / LoBoToMy / Placebo! / Destroy Old Things / Android Woman / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Funky Fresh / Science Party At the command of the Evil Emperor, Darth Inscrutable disposes of Dr. A and infiltrates the C.O.G. to steal The Time Door, leading to a fierce guitar-sabre battle!

79th Lecture - "The Empire Strikes C.O.G." January 15th, 2005 - Gutter Lounge, Pensacola, FL With: 60 Cycles of Sound video (fixed camera) Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / LoBoToMy / Placebo! / Destroy Old Things / Android Woman / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Funky Fresh / Science Party / Because It's Midnight Bidden to appear by the demon Baron Mondo Von Doren (and his faithless sidekick El Sappo), C.O.G. appeared in Pensacola and rocked the house - until the Evil Empire stepped in to try to infiltrate the C.O.G.!

78th Lecture - "The Trial of Dr. Pinkerton" November 19th, 2004 - House of Blues Parish, New Orleans LA Opening for: Captured! By Robots Songs: M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Why Do We Do It / Black Plague / Death to the Angel of Death / Just A Drumbot / Bow 2 Me Rocking the small stage upstairs from the House of Blues, the C.O.G. re-enacted the 'Trial of Dr. Pinkerton' for an enthusiastic, if a bit confused, (mostly) fresh audience! Dr. A's last show.

77th Lecture - "Terrorvision" November 13th, 2004 - The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans LA With: Ugorji photos by John King Video by Paul Tassen Songs: I Have the Power / March of the Skaletons / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Placebo / Twilight Zone / Bucket of Blood / Funky Fresh / Science Party / Because It's Midnight / (encore) Bow 2 Me The Release Party for the C.O.G.'s new CD, 'In C.O.G. We Trust'. Lots of new faces, unfortunately, a difficult show to attend because of lack of parking. Great performance by the C.O.G., captured on video for future release...

Special Appearance Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 WWL-TV, Channel 4 Morning News Songs: Placebo! / M.I.L.K. (partial) / LoboToMy To the shock and dismay of the Channel 4 morning news team, the Consortium of Genius proceeded to take over the newsroom, broadcast their demands on live television, and LoBoToMize their local anchor, Eric Paulsen!

'In C.O.G. We Trust' CD released November 2004

76th Lecture - "C.O.G.BUSTERS" October 31st, 2004 - Southport Hall, Jefferson LA With: Converts and Devil Dust photos by Ron Keller Songs: I Have the Power / Bow 2 Me / Destroy Old Things / Brain Wrap / LoboToMy / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / / Placebo! / Black Plague / Death to the Angel of Death / Funky Fresh / Because It's Midnight Our second night at Southport saw a rerun of our great Halloween show from the previous year. Opening for us were two great blasts from the past - Filbert's band 'Devil Dust', and a newly revitalized version of Dr. A's band, 'Converts'

75th Lecture October 24th, 2004 - The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Songs: SET 1: The Wizard / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Billion Dollar Babies / Ace of Spades / Bow 2 Me SET 2: 2112 / Destroy Old Things / Now You're A Man / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / Twilight Zone / Born In the South / Because It's Midnight / Funky Fresh / Brain Wrap / Placebo! Our last night at the House of Shock in its old location. Big thanks to all the evil folks at the House of Shock who made us feel at home over the last three years. 74th Lecture October 3rd, 2004 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Songs: SET 1: The Wizard / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Billion Dollar Babies / Ace of Spades SET 2: 2112 / Bow 2 Me / Belial Went Down to N'Awlins / Destroy Old Things / Yer Dawg Iz Ded / Now You're A Man / M.I.L.K. / Twilight Zone / Because It's Midnight

73rd Lecture - "Terrorvision" September 10th, 2004 - Southport Hall, Jefferson LA With: Doctor A-Go-Go photos by Steve Payne Video by John King and Dustin Presley Songs: I Have the Power / March of the Skaletons / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Placebo / Twilight Zone / Green Slime / Funky Fresh / Science Party / Because It's Midnight / (encore) Bow 2 Me Using the C.O.G.'s new invention, Terrorvision, on an unsuspecting audience, Dr. Pinkerton rapidly becomes addicted to Brain Alcohol - until Dr.'s A & Z turn the tables on him, revealing his own most rabbid nightmare!

70th, 71st, 72nd Lectures - "The Trial of Dr. Pinkerton" June 2nd, 4th - Southern Rep. Theatre, New Orleans LA Songs: M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / Reach Out and Touch the Hand / Why Do We Do It / Black Plague / Funky Fresh / All I Wanna Do Is You / Death to the Angel of Death / Just A Drumbot / Bow 2 Me / (encores) Science Party / Because It's Midnight / Android Woman / Ace of Spades A conspiracy to remove Dr. Pinkerton from power results in a game-show like trial gone horribly wrong! Lots of cameos from older characters made this, in the words of several fans, the "best C.O.G. show ever."

65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, and 69th Lectures October 3rd, 4th, 19th, 26th, and November 1st 2003 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Opening act: Atone Pain Tribe Songs: SET 'A': Bow 2 Me / LoBoToMy / Earache My Eye / I Scream / The Devil Went Down To Georgia / M.I.L.K. / Symphony of Destruction SET 'B': The Wizard / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Krazed Archer / Black Plague / Ace of Spades / Blood Pudding Lots of fun was had once again rocking the House of Shock all during the Halloween season. While not onstage, Dr. A could be found inside the House of Shock!

64th Lecture - "C.O.G.BUSTERS" Friday night, October 31st 2003 - Rosie's Jazz Hall, New Orleans LA With: Beth Patterson and Damien Youth photos by Ritchie Champagne Songs: I Have the Power / Bow 2 Me / Destroy Old Things / Brain Wrap / LoboToMy / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / Placebo! / Black Plague / Death to the Angel of Death / Funky Fresh / New World Girl / Ziggy Stardust / Billion Dollar Babies Attempting to complete their Robot Army Prototype once again, the Consortium runs afoul of several ghosts from their past who attempt to unplug the lecture. The C.O.G. fight back by becoming Busters of Ghosts, and vacuum up the offending entities - until accidentally crossed proton streams cause the robot prototype to transform into Poppin Fresh, who squishes poor Dr. Pinkerton! This lecture was special in several ways - including our first onstage collaboration with Beth Patterson and Damien Youth on the encore, the first onstage appearance of Filthy the Skeleton, and a cameo appearance (following a three year absense) by none other than Filbert Snodgrass!

63rd Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. the Giant Robot" Friday night, September 19th 2003 - C.O.G. DVD Release Party The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans LA With: Hoss, Hadji, and Imagine the Band video by Jeannine and ? photos by Jim Fairchild, Dreux Englart, & John Allen Songs: I Have the Power / Bow 2 Me / Destroy Old Things / Brain Wrap / LoboToMy / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / Placebo! / Born in the South / Why Do We Do It / Funky Fresh / Black Plague / Ace of Spades Overcoming a blistering bastion of bad luck, the C.O.G. rocks its largest crowd ever with its newest invention - the C.O.G. Robot Army Prototype. Medical problems, transportation problems, electrical problems, and computer problems can't stop the C.O.G.!!!

'The History of Future Civilization' DVD released August 2003

62nd Lecture Friday night, July 25th 2003 - Allen Jaeger & Vance Kelly's poster art showing TwiRopa, New Orleans LA video by Nash and John Allen photos by Buddy & Marie Songs: SET 'A' - Bow 2 Me / I Scream / Android Woman / Blinded By Science SET 'B' - 2112 Overture / M.I.L.K. / Funky Fresh SET 'C' - I Have the Power / Why Do We Do It / LoBoToMy / Now You're A Man SET 'D' - The Wizard / Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Black Plague / Ace of Spades Lecturing without a script, the C.O.G. trashes the art world, and debuts its newest music video, 'Destroy Old Things'!

61st Lecture "COG-A-WABA" Tuesday night, April 15th, 2003 The Hard Rock Cafe, New Orleans, LA With: Silko, Lowerline, Blush Songs: Bow 2 Me / Destroy Old Things / Why Do We Do It / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Funky Fresh Winning their own competition against all other bands, the C.O.G. proceed to prove why... until the unexpected return of the Angel of Death!

60th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Sherlock Holmes" Saturday night, January 4th, 2003 - The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA Opening acts: Glorybee, Electrical Spectacle photos by Jim Fairchild Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / Android Woman / Dance or Die 2K2 / Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Blinded By Science / Funky Fresh / Science Party Rocking their largest crowd yet in their own hometown, C.O.G. puts on a dazzling show and introduces a new musical physician - Dr. 'R' Mondo Paine!

59th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Sherlock Holmes" Saturday night, November 30th, 2002 - The Garage, Mobile, AL Opening for: The Vomit Spots Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / Android Woman / Destroy Old Things / Dance or Die 2K2 / Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Blinded By Science / Ace of Spades (encore) Despite slight technical problems with the PA (we blew it up!) the C.O.G. rocks the house, stunning another new audience.

58th Lecture Friday night, November 29th, 2002 End of the Line, Pensacola, FL Opening for: The Vomit Spots Songs: Bow 2 Me / Ace of Spades / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / Android Woman / Destroy Old Things / Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Death to the Angel of Death / Blinded By Science C.O.G. rocks a shoebox-sized coffee house, clearing the room of all hippy punks!

55th - 57th Lectures October 30, November 1, 2 2002 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Opening act: Peter Pandemonium

54th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Sherlock Holmes" Saturday night, October 26th, 2002 - Cypress Hall, New Orleans LA Opening act: Eerie Lane, Opening for: Antarctica vs. the World Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / Android Woman / Destroy Old Things / Dance or Die 2K2 / Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Blinded By Science Despite numerous technical problems with the PA & video, the C.O.G. rocks the house, facing off this time against no less than Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and Spiderman!

50th - 53rd Lectures - Friday & Saturday nights, October 11, 12, 18, 19 2002 The House of Shock, New Orleans LA Opening act: Peter Pandemonium Songs: SET 'A' - Bow 2 Me / Holy Diver / Death to the Angel of Death / Head Like a Hole / Yer Dawg Iz Ded / The Devil Went Down to Georgia SET 'B' - The Wizard / Black Plague / Ace of Spades / Android Woman / Billion Dollar Babies / LoBoToMy / Destroy Old Things / M.I.L.K. SET 'C' - 2112 Overture / Now You're a Man / I Scream / Why Do We Do It / Dance or Die 2K2 / Brain Wrap / Blinded By Science The heaviness is turned up past 11 as the C.O.G. rocks the House of Shock for the second year, this time without a script!

'C.O.G. vs. The Phantom' video released August 2002

49th Lecture - "Summer Session" Friday night, June 7th, 2002 - Shim Sham Club, New Orleans LA Opening acts: The Gadjits, Squad 5-0 video by Allen Jaeger / photography by Nurse P. Nutt Songs: Bow 2 Me / It's Morally Wrong / Android Woman / M.I.L.K. / Just a Drumbot / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Dance or Die 2K2 / Brain Wrap / Destroy Old Things / Blinded By Science / Yer Dawg Iz Ded Crashing into the Shim Sham club, the C.O.G. proceeded to rock the room, despite machinery's best attempts to stop them!

48th Lecture - "FINAL Exams" Saturday night, May 4th, 2002 - Cypress Hall, Fat City LA Opening acts: 3 Finger Demon,Antarctica vs. the World photography by Nurse P. Nutt Songs: Bow 2 Me / It's Morally Wrong / Android Woman / M.I.L.K. / Just a Drumbot / Why Do We Do It / Death to the Angel of Death / Dance or Die 2K2 / Brain Wrap / Destroy Old Things / Blinded By Science / Yer Dawg Iz Ded In a rare all-ages appearance, the C.O.G. reappeared after months of seclusion, only to assail a shocked audience with 4 new songs!

47th Lecture - "2001: Drumbot's Odyssey 2" Thursday night, November 22nd, 2001 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening act: Newfound Addiction 2 camera video Songs: Bow 2 Me / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Billion Dollar Babies / Android Woman / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / M.I.L.K. / Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Daisy / Science Party / Why Do We Do It / Yer Dawg Iz Ded The night of our Home Video release saw Drumbot show up late, then show little appreciation for his new emotion-chip implant, as he started speaking in an eerie voice and tried to kill us all! Fortunately, the Sonic Mind Probe was working perfectly, and following a quick Drumbot LoBoToMy, we were able to debut a new song!

'C.O.G. Home Video' released November 2001

Special Appearance - Private party - Jude & Debbie's wedding reception! Saturday, October 13th, 2001 - Harahan Lions Club Hall Suprise appearance by the Krazed Archer! photos by several people... Songs: Bow 2 Me / Android Woman / Stop Mr. Peanut / Billion Dollar Babies / Green Slime / March of the Skeletons / Funky Fresh (abridged) / Bite Me / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / LoBoToMy / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Science Party / Stonehenge / White Wedding / The Devil Went Down To Georgia Performing for two of our most dedicated fans, C.O.G. gave wedding guests an afternoon to remember, live without a script!

34-45th Lectures - "C.O.G. vs. The House of Shock" October 5, 6, 12, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31st, 2001 - The House of Shock with: Rev. B. Dangerous, Peter Pandemonium Special appearances by Damien Storm! photos by Jeannine Flores Video by John Allen, Jeannine Flores, and Doug Arena Songs: (Set 1) Bow 2 Me / Stonehenge / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / It's Morally Wrong (Set 2) Death to the Angel of Death / I Scream / Billion Dollar Babies / Black Plague / Android Woman (Set 3) M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / Green Slime / The Devil Went Down To Georgia Searching for the Book of the Dead, Dr. Pinkerton sends Dr's A and Z into the House of Shock, only to be frogified to death, by the evil demon Belial!

33rd Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Damien Storm II" Saturday night, July 21st, 2001 - The Ark Theatre with: Antarctica vs. The World, Sixsouth, Nowhere Fast, and Para La Guerra Special appearance by Damien Storm Video by Jeannine Flores and Brian Duke Songs: Bow 2 Me / Android Woman / Stop Mr. Peanut / Billion Dollar Babies / Green Slime / March of the Skeletons / Funky Fresh (abridged) / Bite Me / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / LoBoToMy / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Yer Dawg Iz Ded Haunted by the phantom of Damien Storm, Dr. A once again sets out on a mission to destroy evil and almost ends up killing Dr. Pinkerton... until a dose of frozen evil ice cream restores him to his properly senseless senses, and we rock out with Damien Storm! Never again will the C.O.G. make the mistake of performing in an un-airconditioned theatre... this show was immortalized in the C.O.G. Home Video.

32nd Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Damien Storm" Friday night, April 20th, 2001 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening act: Antarctica vs. The World Opening for: Damien Storm 3 camera video by Jeannine Flores, Brian Duke, and Jim Fairchild photos by Scott Caliva Songs: Bow 2 Me / Android Woman / Billion Dollar Babies / Green Slime / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / M.I.L.K. / Black Plague / LoBoToMy / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death Haunted by the phantom of Damien Storm, Dr. A sets out on a mission to destroy evil and almost ends up killing Dr. Pinkerton... until a dose of frozen evil ice cream restores him to his properly senseless senses!

Special Appearance Sunday, April 1st, 2001 Chante Beusche - Worcester, MA Live radio interview

31st Lecture - "2001: Drumbot's Odyssey" Saturday night, March 17th, 2001 - CoastCon XXIV - Biloxi Gulf Coast Coliseum Opening act: Antarctica vs. The World 3 camera video photos by John Maracich Songs: Bow 2 Me / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Billion Dollar Babies / Android Woman / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / M.I.L.K. / Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Daisy / Science Party Making his singing debut, Drumbot gains the power of consciousness, intelligence, and speech - then tries to stop the Consortium of Genius from taking over the world! Fortunately for the C.O.G., Dr. Pinkerton is an expert at performing LoBoToMies!

30th Lecture - "Classroom of Evil" Friday night, February 16th, 2001 - Cypress Hall Opening for Antarctica vs. The World fixed camera video photos by Amy Enyart Songs: Death to the Angel of Death / March of the Skeletons / Black Plague / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / I Scream / Brain Wrap / Bow 2 Me Impersonating school teachers, the C.O.G. managed to mangle the minds of innocent (but enthusiastic) school children, then proceeded to the the aforementioned students in a deadly experiment to once again revive the madmen of Antarctica vs. The World! Dr. Z's first show.

29th Lecture - "Cowboys of Genius vs. the BBQ Sauce of Death" Friday night, December 29th, 2000 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening for Mojo Nixon behind the scenes snapshot by Jeannine Songs: Green Slime / Death to the Angel of Death / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Black Plague / Free Bird / M.I.L.K. / Now You're a Man / Android Woman / I Scream When Filbert stole a can of deadly barbecue sauce from a crashed flying saucer, the C.O.G., disguised as the Cowboys of Genius, evaded the wrathful aliens... until Filbert let his guard down and was abducted!

28th Lecture - "Pinkerton For President part II" Saturday night, November 18th, 2000 - Exoticon 3 Opening acts: Shanni Sane?, Antarctica vs. The World, and Geniuses of Destruction photos by Chad Gould Songs: Bow 2 Me / I Scream / So Confuse / It's Morally Wrong / Black Plague / Android Woman / Brain Wrap / Bite Me / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / All I Wanna Do Is You Last minute preparations payed off well as we rocked Exoticon and were subsequently slaughtered by the mad maniacs of Antarctica vs. the World! This show made us new friends and fans, and provided a second chance to those who missed our previous weekend's triumph...

27th Lecture - "Pinkerton For President" Saturday night, November 11th, 2000 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening acts: Villa Diodati and Antarctica vs. The World photos by ? video by Jim Fairchild Songs: Bow 2 Me / I Scream / So Confuse / It's Morally Wrong / Black Plague / Android Woman / Brain Wrap / Bite Me / Death to the Angel of Death / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / All I Wanna Do Is You / Science Party / LoBoToMy / Now You're a Man Pinkerton's campaign for president, announced four days after the election, necessitated a trip back in time to the year 1999 (a trick the Democrats and Republicans have not yet figured out how to do - thank C.O.G.) Biggest crowd yet, thanks to heavy promotion and good word of mouth. A great night despite many small technical hitches.

'Free Brains & Dead Bodies' CD released November 2000 26th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. the Gutterpunks" Monday night, August 21st, 2000 - The House of Blues (Parish Room) Opening for the Bullies video (fixed) Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / It's Morally Wrong Efforts by the Consortium of Genius to rid itself of the gutterpunks landed them in hot water with both Death and the Evil One... which in turn landed Pinkerton and Pentatonic in HELL!

'C.O.G.: Dangerous Geniuses At Large!' video released June 2000 25th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Fil-Bot" Friday night, May 12th, 2000 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening for Supagroup photos by Steve Leblanc video by Jude Oliver Songs: Bow 2 Me / It's Morally Wrong / Science Party / Android Woman / March of the Skeletons / LoBoToMy / Bite Me / I Scream / Death to the Angel of Death / Now You're a Man / Green Slime An almost flawless performance by Filbert left Pinkerton & Pentatonic scratching their heads... until it was revealed that Filbert had substituted an android in his place and stayed at the lab to play Dungeons and Dragons and watch Star Trek! We took care of that little problem with the transporter...

24th Lecture - "The Miseducation of Filbert Snodgrass 2" Thursday night, January 6th, 2000 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening acts: Retox and Overtone video by Jeannine Flores & Steve Leblanc Songs: Bow 2 Me / Android Woman / All I Wanna Do Is You / Free Bird / So Confuse / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / Green Slime / Black Plague / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Bite Me / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Filbert's Solo (Filbert vs. Yngwie Flattstein) / Science Party A large, appreciative crowd (over 100 people on a Thursday night) left a strong impression on both the newbies and the club staff! Even Sean Yseult, bassist for White Zombie, was impressed but proved resistant to Filbert's attempts to ask her out.

23rd Lecture - "The Miseducation of Filbert Snodgrass" Saturday night, November 13th, 1999 - The Howlin' Wolf Opening acts: Bill Dykes and friends (Music & Comedy Night) video by Chris Enyart Songs: Bow 2 Me / Android Woman / All I Wanna Do Is You / Free Bird / So Confuse / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / Green Slime / Black Plague / I Scream / M.I.L.K. / Bite Me / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Filbert's Solo (Filbert vs. Yngwie Flattstein) / Science Party Best show yet... our musical science comedy steamrolled the standup comedy! Unbelievably good performaces and a night to remember.

Special Appearance Sunday night, October 31st, 1999 Gallier Hall Dark Cotillion Goth Party Song: Bite Me Brief appearance following Igor Kitty was intended to annoy goth people and promote our show on the 13th. Strangely, several goths didn't get it at first and enjoyed the music... until they caught the lyrics! 22nd Lecture - "First Annual Filbert Snodgrass Celebrity Marathon Telethon" Sunday night, September 5th, 1999 - The Howlin' Wolf MDA Benefit video by Greg and Jude Oliver Songs: Brain Wrap / LoBoToMy / Bow 2 Me / Death to the Angel of Death / Android Woman / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Lovekill / Science Party / Bite Me Short, tight set, extended unexpectedly by two songs... and we got on the news!

21st Lecture - "First Annual Filbert Snodgrass Celebrity Marathon Telethon" Saturday night, July 10th, 1999 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening for Bozo Porno Circus photos by Bonnie and Steve Leblanc Songs: Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Science Party / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / It's Morally Wrong / Free Bird / Brain Wrap / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Death to the Angel of Death / LoBoToMy / Green Slime Poor quality mix by the club staff failed to ruin a fun time for all as we took on Zarglar one more time...

'C.O.G. Infomercial II' video released June 1999 20th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. the Wrath of Zarglar" Saturday night, May 29th, 1999 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening act: The Disco Bombs photos by Amy Enyart, video by Jeannine Flores and Lewis D'Aubin Songs: Bow 2 Me / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Science Party / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / Bite Me / It's Morally Wrong / Free Bird / Brain Wrap / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Death to the Angel of Death / LoBoToMy / Green Slime Our plans to take over the world were very nearly thwarted by Zarglar, an alien irritant from the Galactic League of Ultimate Evil, who intended to take over the C.O.G.! Lucky for us the Juice-O-Tron was handy... Mixed by Mike Martin.

19th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. Igor Kitty" Friday night, May 14th, 1999 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening for Falling Janus no photos, video by Jeannine Flores. Songs: Bow 2 Me / M.I.L.K. / March of the Skeletons / LoBoToMy / Brain Wrap / Science Party / Bite Me / It's Morally Wrong / Death to the Angel of Death / Black Plague A one night conquest of the evil world of Goth. Also, Igor Kitty's best attempt yet to destroy the C.O.G.! Mixed by Mike Martin.

18th Lecture - "In Search of... Dr. Wissenschaft" Friday night, March 12th, 1999 - Movie Pitchers Opening act: Angel Dust no photos, video by Chris Enyart Songs: Dance or Die / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / M.I.L.K. / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Science Party / Green Slime / LoBoToMy / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Die Barney Die / Rabbid Mobster Dr. A Pentatonic shoots his way onto the scene, dispensing with Dr. Wissenschaft, and then, trying to kill Dr. Pinkerton and take over the C.O.G.! Incredible, flawless show... premiere of Dr. A. Pentatonic

17th Lecture Friday night, October 2nd, 1998 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening for Igor Kitty photos, video Songs: Science Party / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Brain Wrap / All I Wanna Do Is You Potentially strong show mangled by the sudden unexpected absence of Dr. Wissenschaft. Also featured an early unexpected appearance by Dr. A. Pentatonic! Dr. Wissenschaft's last show.

16th Lecture - "The World's Largest Guitar" Thursday night, September 3rd, 1998 - DragonCon ' 98 photos by Jeannine Floresfixed video Songs: Science Party / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Brain Wrap / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Green Slime / M.I.L.K. / LoBoToMy / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Die Barney Die Dr. Pinkerton attempts to create the loudest sound in the universe by crashing an alien spaceship into the World's Largest Guitar, constructed in orbit around Saturn. Excellent show delivered to an understandably dazed and confused Atlanta audience.

15th Lecture Thursday night, August 20th, 1998 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening for Willem McCormick Band no photos, good video Songs: Science Party / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Brain Wrap / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Green Slime / M.I.L.K. / It's Morally Wrong / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death New songs, new video projector, new script. Though cut short by one song, this was probably the best lecture delivered to date by the C.O.G.

14th Lecture - "C.O.G. vs. New Orleans Worst Film Festival" Saturday night, May 23th, 1998 - New Orleans Worst Film Festival photos, no video Songs: Science Party / All I Wanna Do Is You / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Brain Wrap / Green Slime / Death to the Angel of Death / LoBoToMy / Die Barney Die Special appearances by the Consortium of Genius made this year's Worst Film Festival a day to remember. A custom script provided many hilarious moments as Dr. Pinkerton and the Consortium continued to distrupt the festival with horrible experiments and music. This show was our test bed for future appearances on larger stages.

13th Lecture Friday night, March 20th, 1998 - Movie Pitchers Opening act: Igor Kitty no photos, no video (thank Gawd!) Songs: Science Party / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You (full version) / So Confuse / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / Green Slime / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death Numerous technical problems caused show, which began extrememly late, to lurch to a halt several times. In the end, though, many in the crowd said it was their favorite show, probably due to many special new bits including the return of Dr. Smerlington, who engaged in a tense Kung Fu battle with Filbert Snodgrass for bass supremacy!

12th Lecture - "Spice-World Must Be Destroyed!" Saturday night, February 7th, 1998 - Checkpoint Charlie's Opening act: Lunch photos, no video Songs: Science Party / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You (full version) / So Confuse / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / Green Slime / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Rabbid A very good night, begun by destroying Spice World! Great crowd response, especially for songs about death and destruction! Ended night by destroying Jason's keyboard stand!

11th Lecture Friday night, December 5th, 1997 - Checkpoint Charlie's Opening acts: Converts, Igor Kitty photos?, no video Songs: Science Party / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You (full version) / So Confuse / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / Green Slime / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Rabbid Problems early on when the video computer was plugged into a plug miswired for 240V! Despite lack of video, a strong night, with great performances all around, and good crowd response, particularly to the new material. Set it and forget it mix, contributing to feedback problems. We lost money due to computer damage and parking tickets, but in the end, nobody seemed to mind.

10th Lecture Friday night, October 17th, 1997 - The Audubon Tavern Opening act: Igor Kitty photos by Amy, no video Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / Lovekill / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons Krazy night. Power problems early on, followed by problems with the club personnel later - the club's fey, German D.J. attempted to drown out our music, then halted the show - Filbert responded by kicking in the bastard's door! Nevertheless, we made more profit than at any previous show.

9th Lecture Tuesday night, September 9th, 1997 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening act: Fiend photos by ? Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / Lovekill / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Rabbid Even better performance than last time. It rained outside while we reigned inside. Even smaller crowd than last time. Mixed by Spike. First attempt to split the audio output feeds to main mixer into rhythm/synth-samples. As a consequence, samples were mixed in too low.

8th Lecture Wednesday night, August 20th, 1997 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening act: Six Demon Bag photos? handheld, high quality one-camera video by Alfred Richard Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Black Plague / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Rabbid Very strong performances by all involved, well received by small but appreciative crowd. Show mixed by Spike. CD finally available.

7th Lecture Friday night, July 18th, 1997 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening for Hovercraft (Eddie Vedder's wife's band!) photos? no video Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death Strong performance opening for a national act. Filbert Snodgrass's first show. Mixed by Spike. Stickers finally available.

6th Lecture Tuesday night, June 3rd, 1997 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening act: Fiend photos by ? Songs: LoveKill / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death / Rabbid Lots of technical problems marred a potentially good night. Mixed by Spike. Dr. Smerlington's last show.

5th Lecture Tuesday night, May 13th, 1997 - Jimmy's Music Club Opening act: Kwazi Moto photos by Amy, two (fixed) camera video footage. Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / All I Wanna Do Is You / So Confuse / Krazed Archer / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death First show on a club stage, played to a large, mesmerized crowd. Mixed by Mike Martin.

'C.O.G. Infomercial' video released April 1997 4th Lecture Saturday night, December 21st, 1996 - Daiquiri Island Opening for Shudderpulp photos by Jude, no video Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death Video camera was plugged into a bad outlet so no video. Show was well received despite the questionable venue! Mixed by Mike Martin.

3rd Lecture Friday night, November 8th, 1996 - Crystal Plantation Opening acts: Lunch, Kwazi Moto no photos, one camera handheld video Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death Let into the venue real late, setup during Lunch and Kwazi Moto. Power failure during "Dance or Die." Small crowd but well received performance. Videotape came out really well. Show mixed by Mike Martin.

2nd Lecture Saturday night, November 2nd, 1996 - Checkpoint Charlie's Opening act: Kwazi Moto photos?, no video Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / Hey You / Brain Wrap / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons / Death to the Angel of Death Forgot to press record to videotape show. Can't believe we fit all that onto that little stage! Drumbot's first performance. Red stage light almost caught on fire. Dancing around pool table to "Brain Wrap." Strong, positive audience reaction to C.O.G. Show mixed by Mike Martin.

1st Lecture - "Enter - the C.O.G.!" Saturday night, June 29th, 1996 - New Orleans Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival 1996 Opening for Garaj Mahal photos? (There were photos snapped by somebody), video? (I remember somebody was taping parts of it) Songs: Ode on a Mass Spectrometer / LoveKill / Dance or Die / Hey You / Krazed Archer / Free Bird / LoBoToMy / March of the Skeletons No tape to videotape show; photos available? "Where's Lewis?!!?" Numerous technical glitches. "Damn you, Bill Gates!" Entire show served off Amiga 3000, running Cakewalk 3 on 25Mhz 386sx bridgeboard. Drumbot AWOL, just barely not ready in time.

'Songs of Violence & Stupidity' cassette
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