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11-11-2009 • Thursday! (11/12) Jim from Rejouissance will be playing a solo set with the live and illustrious Stolen Parts at Tommy's Tavern in Brooklyn. Should be a fun show! Come to it. • There's a good chance that some bands here will have music videos in the nearish future. Stay tuned for that.
10-22-2009 • Rise from your grave! • In the news... Sandworms are playing this Friday in Brooklyn at Lulu's. They'll be accompanying Señor Nato Coles for a few songs. Check the shows page for details. • The Nojons are playing a Halloween-themed show at The Delancy on the 29th. It's in NYC. Bring your Zombie-stomping boots. • Finally, Sandworms are playing with Nude Beach and The Copyrights at Tommy's Tavern in Brookyln on Nov. 6th. The shows page knows all about it.
7-30-2009 • Sandworms are playing at Lost & Found next Friday (8/7) as part of Used Kids' album release show. Will definitely be a good time. • Additionally, The Nojons will be playing at the Night Owls record release show in Syracuse. Check the shows page for details. • Time To Operate bands will only play record release shows from here on out.
7-3-2009 • Surf's up, everybody. Happy July 4th Eve! • Sandworms now have a band page here and a brand new 5-song demo available to order. Check their band page for a couple sample songs and some more crap. • Rejouissance and Red Tag Rummage Sale head out for tour next week. Don't miss them in your town!
6-29-2009 • Pack your basket for the summer 'cause we're going on a musical picnic. • First, New Yorkers take note, Sandworms are playing their second show ever in Brooklyn this Wednesday, (7/1) They're going to try to have their new 5-song demo ready for this so check the shows page for more. • Next, Rejouissance and Red Tag Rummage Sale are embarking on their Summer Tour about a week later. A bunch of updates to their tour schedule have been posted on the shows page. • Lastly, The Nojons are scheduled to play a show in Syracuse on the 22nd of August. That info is also on the shows page.
6-9-2009 • Sand Worms have their first show on Friday, June 19th. Check the shows page for more. No band page for them yet, so take our word for it! The band is Jon from The Nojons, Michelle from The Steinways and Jim from Rejouissance, playing some rock and roll type reverb punk... or something. Don't think, just go! • Rejouissance and Red Tag Rummage Sale have announced their tour plans! Embarking on the 9th of July, they'll be taking a couple weeks to cover the nation. Check the shows page for the latest dates and info! •The Urchins of the Night CDs are not happening as expected. There are plans to press the album on vinyl but the details have yet to be hammered out so I'll hold off on commenting till we know more about it. Rest assured, the record will be repressed one way or another. In the meantime, check out the Urchins myspace page for some samples.
5-21-2009 •The Urchins of the Night CD is now available to pre-order. The 2nd pressing should be ready soon. Check their band page for more info. • Rejouissance and Red Tag Rummage Sale will be touring the US beginning July 9th. Select west coast shows will be with Attica! Attica! Dates will be up on our shows page as they become available. • A new band called "Sandworms", featuring members of Jonny Ninja, PPWG and The Overlooked will be playing their first show on June 19th in Brooklyn. Details to follow. • And finally, Lady Hornets' debut full-length "Wet Suits" is due out for release by the end of the summer. Electro Clashz not dead!
4-18-2009 • Rejouissance's new album "Moss on Monuments" is now available to order through our site! Also check their band page for two preview tracks. If you're in the Syracuse area tomorrow, go to their show at the Westcott with a bunch of other cool bands. • Red Tag Rummage Sale's "Body Maps" full-length is now shipping. If you pre-ordered the album, it should be there shortly. • And finally, Urchins of the Night should have copies of their debut album "Reentry" in time for their Syracuse show next weekend. That record should also be up here on our site soon.
4-16-2009 • Unfortunately, Rejouissance has had to cancel a few dates from the tour they'd planned. They'll be playing in Syracuse this weekend though so check out the shows page. • A week from Sunday, Urchins of the Night will be playing up in Syracuse too. Check the shows page for details.
3-29-2009 • Rejouissance is playing a bunch of shows in April. Check the shows page for details. • Also, The Nojons now have a cassette for sale. It combines the first two full-lengths with the Night of the Nojons EP and some other stuff. Check it out on their band page, here.
3-20-2009 • We've finally got some shows coming up. Nojons next Wednesday and Urchins of the Night in April. Chck the shows page for deatils. • Other than that, 3 full-lengths *just* around the corner. Rejouissance, Nojons and Urchins.
2-13-2009 • We are very happy to announce Red Tag Rummage Sale has joined the Time to Operate label. Check out new video on their band page, as well as two songs from their new full length "Body Maps" recorded and produced by Devin Ocampo of Medications.The record will be released and available from our site in a few weeks and we are currently taking pre orders.
2-10-2009 • Quick band update. Urchins of the Night now have a band page on our site. (Click "bands" above to check the list.) Not much on the page yet but there's a link to the Urchins' myspace page where there are some demo tracks from their upcoming release. Check it out. • Additionally, Rejouissance is playing two shows this weekend. Saturday in Brooklyn with Mortals and Sunday in Baltimore at Charm City. Check the shows page for more. • (2/11/09) Also, as of today, we're not going to be offering the Nojons S/T 7" or the We The People 7" for free download anymore. Since we worked with other record labels on both of these releases, we discovered that it was kind of a dick move to have them here for free. Everything else that was there is still there but if you'd like either of those 7-inches, get the wax, bro!
1-30-2009 • Hey, happy new year. Recording sessions are coming to an end. Shows are being schemed. Good stuff all around. • Tomorrow! (Sat. 1/31) Don't miss the Rejouissance show in Purchase, NY. They're playing with a ton of cool bands. Among them, the mighty Pissed Jeans and my new favorite band, Cheeky. I would go to this if you're going to be in the state of New York. (Or Connecticut.) Should be killer. See the shows page for details. • Other than that, it's cold here.
12-10-2008 • Whew... So here, today, is the biggest site update since it was created back in early aught six. There may still be a few lingering bugs, but I should go to sleep, so... deal with it. Highlights of this update include:
• In actual news... Urchins of the Night are finally "going into the studio" this weekend to record their debut... recording. Whether it's a CD or a tape or a whatever, we're not sure yet. But it should be sweet. • Rejouissance is up next with their new full length. I heard some demos today and it's pretty awesome. Lots of flutes. Seriously... Jim's also got some mind-blowing stickers in the works, involving a water-skiing wizard. Also dead serious about that. • Aaaaand then The Nojons are *almost* ready to record that "late summer" full-length they've been yapping about. Any day now... it'll come flyin' at ya. • There have been a bunch of shows lately but they seem to spring up suddenly so keep a good lookout.
11-21-2008 • Shine up your mosh boots, gather your home-made merch and set all stoke levels to maximum. Bad Cops and Night Owls perform Saturday at Recess Coffee Shop in Syracuse. If you're in the continental 48... it's recommended that you attend. • Urchins of the Night have set a date to record their first... recording. Details will be here soon. • Lots of site updates are on the horizon. Band pages for Lady Hornets, In Lieu and Urchins of the Night, lots of new free album downloads and new releases to come in the next couple months.
11-12-2008 • Shows shows shows shows shows. Starting tomorrow with the Time To Operate hatrick. Rejouissance, The Nojons and the triumphant return of Urchins of the Night. Come on out and see how long we can play! • Additionally, Rejouissance is leaving New York City this weekend with pals Mistletoe and heading north for some college campus shows. • Speaking of triumphant returns... BAD COPS are playing their first show in... literally years in Syracuse next weekend. Night Owls will be joining them with, as I hear it, a mysterious new bass player. Show up to find out. That's a major "don't miss it" kind of a thing. For all this AND MORE, check the shows page. • Last but not least... if you haven't already seen it... check out this new video over at ladyhornets.com
10-13-2008 • This Friday! Rejouissance will be playing at Lost & Found in Brooklyn. This will also be the first Urchins of The Night show. (And it's free so...) Check the shows page for details.
8-28-2008 • Quick update... The Like Rats/Urchins of the Night/Nojons show on August 29th has been postponed due to some unforseen bar renovation at Lost & Found. The rain date, as they say, has not yet been determined. Peel your eyes for an announcement about that.
8-3-2008 • Lots of things going on at Time To Operate headquarters. Know Nothing has a new full-length album, recorded at More Sound in Syracuse. It is very fucking good. CDs should be available through mailorder soon. There is a downloadable track from it on their band page. • We are pleased to announce the addition of Night Owls, Like Rats, Hill Bombers and Weightlessness to our site. All four have tracks available to download from their band's page. Physical tapes and CDs will be available soon through mailorder and download. • The Shape EP by We The People is available in the download section. Additionally, Andy, Gym, Jon and Swisher of We The People have a new band called Urchins of the Night. They're working on a full-length that will be out sometime in the fall or winter. Their first show will be August 29th at Lost & Found in Greenpoint. Details soon. • Nojons and Rejouissance are also working on full-length albums. Stay tuned for news about that. • Time To Operate is committed to pushing art and music to the very edges of time and space. So if all that other stuff wasn't enough for you... we are pleased to announce the addition of Lady Hornets to our community. A full web site will be launched as soon as they get their suits ready. Stay tuned for a full-length release entitled "Cooly Styley".
7-4-2008 • Happy... Fourth... Shitty... Cat... Cat with a beard... • This Sunday, show up at The Charleston for 4 killer bands. See the shows page for more. • New tracks are up on the podcast from 3 of those 4 bands. Click the podcast link above to check it out.
6-16-2008 •Time To Operate will now be offering free full-album downloads of some releases. High quality mp3s and artwork. Check it out here! • Additionally, the shows page has been updated with some more show-related information. Get stoked!
6-11-2008 • The Summer of Injury is upon us. This means lots of activity from the Time To Operate group. • First and foremost, check the shows page for rapidly approaching dates. Rejouissance and The Nojons are playing shows in New York and Rhode Island this weekend. We The People has stuff planned for later this month. • In addition to that, there will be a bunch of cool new releases. Now that our site works again, we'll be able to tell you about them when they're ready. Stay tuned to this "channel."
4-18-2008 • TANIGHT! Rejouissance is playing a show in Brooklyn to cap off their week long tour. Normally, they'd be exhausted... but TANIGHT! Come out. See the shows page for location! • We The People, Rejouissance and our friends Mistletoe will be playing The Binghamton Posi(tive) (Hard)Core Fest(ival) this Saturday. It's a free show so, if you're in the area, come check it out. Shows page for details.
4-18-2008 • Join and follow Rejouissance on their Magical April Tour through the Eastern Heartlands. Going on right now! Check the shows page for all the details. • Additionally, there's lots of new shit to dig... including: • Time To Operate Radio: A podcast devoted to bringing you fresh tracks from all the Time To Operate artists. Check it out here. We'll be updating weekly so subscribe for an automatic look at what we're all up to. • We The People are planning a tour with their friend Pat the Punk's band "Like Rats." Late June to early July. Stay stoked for more info to come. • The Nojons are working on a brand new full-length record to come out this summer sometime. Hopefully a split release with Feral Kid Records and our own Time To Operate Records label.
3-27-2008 • Rappaport sezz: "Ey! I'm Michael Rappaport... what's the deal with that We The People show tomorrow in bean town?" • Time To Operate answerzz: "Ey, Rappaport. Check the shows page. Pretty Sweet." 
3-8-2008 • Holy fucking shirt. Band t-shirts are now available on the order page. • If you haven't seen Rejouissance's videos from the "Pink Couch Sessions" last year, check out their band page for a link. • Rejouissance returned from the East Coast Blast Tour and have many stories to tell. They have even more shows coming up in April. • We The People are going to be playing a show in Boston at the end of this month. Check out the shows page. • More excitement to follow. This should be a good spring.
2-10-2008 • Evolution breeds new species. • Rejouissance is once again planning world-takeover. See the shows page for details. • The Nojons are planning a re-release of the first two albums on one mega-CD. Stay tuned. • We The People has a 4-song 7-inch in the works. Also, stay "tuned" to the internet for more. 12-10-2007 • We are not dead. We are in the process of redoing this site. If you are wondering anything, feel free to email us via the contact page. 10-26-2007 • Important Nojons note! To all the people who bought the "Night of the Nojons" CD last weekend... we apologize for any bad discs we might have given you. We realized when we got home from tour that some of the discs were not burned properly. If you'd like a replacement disc, e-mail me here! Very... very sorry. • Sorry about the long hiatus. The internet wouldn't let me manipulate it... uhh... it seems it still won't. • Thanks to everyone who had anything at all to do with the amazing We The People/Nojons mini-tour. Including all the kids from New Brunswick, Philly and DC. Totally awesome. • The Nojons have a brand new 4-song CD out but since the internet sucks... I can't show you... uhh... wait... • The Nojons will be playing two shows this weekend. Buffalo and Syracuse. Check the shows page for more info.
9-18-2007 • Fall cleaning. YEAH! • Tons of shows coming up. Nojons Thursday. Rejouissance Friday and Saturday. Know Nothing next week. We The People and the Nojons are going to play some sweet shows in October. Keep your box locked on the shows page.
9-1-2007 • September? What? We're back from "Summer Vacation" with a mission to enrich the world. We're going to change the spelling of Autumn to Awetome. This Awetome's gonna be Ausumn!! • Some ausumn shows coming up. Check the shows page for more. • We The People and The Nojons are planning a miniature tour for late-October. Stay tuned for details.
7-12-2007 • "Holy shit" says Britney, "I just got my grubby paws on the new TTO Compilation CD and it shreds!" 19 tracks from 11 bands. Woah. Check it out here. • Rejouissance is off and running through the US. The last report from the field is that Jim got stung by a jellyfish. Exotic! Check the "shows" page to catch them in YOUR city. • While the limited pressing of the Nojons S/T 7" is sold out, the deluxe regular pressing is in and ready to be shipped. Order one up on the order page! • What's more... the Ladies & Everyone CD EP is now available to order through our site. Sink your teeth into that one!
7-1-2007 • "Long Live Anarchy!" says Giusseppe Swisherini. • Rejouissance and The Nojons are playing a show together tomorrow in Brooklyn with a rad band called Up For Nothing. Come out for good times! Check the shows page for more. • Rejouissance is revving its engines to go on tour very soon. Check the shows page for the most recent info. • We The People will be playing a show with Criminal Damage on the 17th of July up in Albany. Spread the fucking word. Experience the true shape of Oi! to jam. • There will be more sweet news in the next couple days so don't touch that internet dial.
6-15-2007 • We're not messing around. Know Nothing is playing the "Art on the Porches" thing in Syracuse tomorrow. • On Sunday, We The People are playing at The Westcott Community Center in Syracuse. How We Are's last Syracuse show. (And also Mistletoe kicks serious ass.) • The Rejouissance tour has been firmed up a little bit more. Check the shows page for all this info and more!
6-5-2007 • Joke's on us! The Rejouissance/Nojons show that was scheduled for June 12th has been cancelled. There's a slight possibility it'll be rescheduled for the 14th... but we'll keep you posted. • Either way, fanx to all our mates who came out to the show in Boston!
5-31-2007 • Monolith, We The People and Mechannibal bring you the spirit of '03 this weekend in Boston. Dig. Big Dig. Big Boston Dig. UBPTPP. • The Nojons and Rejouissance have a show planned for Brooklyn in a couple weeks. As always, see the shows page for details. • Rejouissance prepares for continental domination in July. Check the shows page for a run-down of US tour dates.
5-21-2007 • Why should you get stökd? Because there are some sweet shows coming up in June. That's why. Check the "shows" page for more!
5-13-2007 • The Nojons had a 100% amazing time up in Rochester for the Smash Your Face With a Skateboard Fest. Good folks, good bands, good times. The limited edition of the S/T 7" is now available to order on the order page. There's only a literal handful of them left so act fast! The regular pressing of the record should be available soon.
5-4-2007 • Later, Lady Liberty... the Bangers are "heading south" for some "brotherly love." • Unfortunately, Monolith will not be able to play this weekend's shows in Philadelphia and Syracuse. But We the People is going to play in their spot for the Philly show. Confused? Check the shows page for the latest updates. • And yeah... The Nojons are still playing Saturday. Totally radical.
4-26-2007 • Tonight (Thursday)! Put down the cat and see Rejouissance at Galapagos in Brooklyn. Doors at 7. See the shows page for more.
4-11-2007 • Brooklyn ain't for brunchin', dumbass! It's for going to see Rejouissance and Know Nothing at Monkey Town, this Thursday. Check the shows page for more info. • We The People has been added to Hex's "10 Years of Booking Shows" fest in Syracuse on the 6th of May. Check the shows page for that. • A new video of The Nojons has been added to their band page. (From the St. Patrick's Day show at the Delancey. Thanks to the one and the only Nishat Akhtar for providing the video.)
4-1-2007 • A new day is on the horizon... a day where America's children will wear... Shirts... as Pants. • There's a new link on the We The People page to order the "Time To Operate" 7-inch from Stop Whining, Start Winning Records. • The Nojons 7-inch is off to the presses. Release is scheduled for mid-May.
3-20-2007 • Chip and Hippie Gym pray for a prosperous year. • The new Rejouissance and Know Nothing EPs are now available to order from the "order" page! • Thanks to everyone who made this past weekend's shows a blazing success.
3-15-2007 • The first update in a little while, I guess. Busy busy busy. • The Nojons are playing *this* Saturday at The Delancey in New York City. Check out the shows page for more. • We The People also have a show this weekend in Syracuse, if you can believe it. Shit! Check that as well. • Rejouissance and Know Nothing have some new show dates in April too. Dig onto it.
2-24-2007 • The illustrious Know Nothing now has their own page on this, the Time To Operate web site. Click the "Bands" link to discover! • As the Rejouissance/Know Nothing tour swept through Brooklyn on its nor'easter path, they left in their wake a grand collection of new recordings. The brand new Rejouissance EP is available for preview on their band's page, the brand new Know Nothing EP also has a couple mp3s to download on their new page. And if all that weren't enough... Ladies & Everyone have a track from their most recent EP up on their page. You should be able to order these records through the order page... fairly soon. • Rejouissance has a video up on their page from last night's show at the Banger Space. My camera stopped recording about 20 seconds before the end of the song... so there's an unfortunate fade-out in there, but... it's better than no video.
2-17-2007 • Rejouissance and Know Nothing play the first show of their tour tomorrow in Milford, CT. Check the shows page for the full and final listing of all dates. The new Rejouissance record will be available at all the shows and will appear on this web site soon. • Ladies & Everyone have a show coming up on March 10th. Welcome to show season. • The Nojons have started recording for a 7" that's supposed to come out on Punks Before Profits Records in mid-May. We'll keep you posted. Also, The Nojons will be playing the "Welcome Back to Greenpoint, Rejouissance and Know Nothing" show on Feb 23rd. (Check your shows page.)
1-27-2007 • Rejouissance gears up for February tour with Know Nothing. This could be big. REAL big. Look for them in your town or municipality. All tour dates have been posted in the shows section of our site. • As if that weren't enough, the new Rejouissance record will be out February 15th for $6.
1-21-2007 • The We The People 7" is available for pre-order now from Stop Whining Start Winning Records. Sick. Price: $4.00/record
(incl. shipping) As soon as they're ready to send out, we'll let ya know.
1-8-2007 • The Monolith demo is now available for order. • There's also a video from the new years show up on their band page. Check it!
1-5-2007 • A new year means many new ideas and projects. Get into it. • Monolith returned from their first tore and played a blasting set on New Year's eve at the Bangers space. (Video coming soon.) There's an MP3 from their brand new demo up on the Monolith page. Dig.
12-7-2006 • The new Rejouissance CD will most likely be available in late January, followed by a tour in February. On this tour, Rachel and Anthony of Ladies & Everyone fame will be accompanying Jim... as well as playing with their new band "Know Nothing." Should be sweet... *will* be sweet. • The Monolith tour dates have been firmed up a little bit more. For details, see the "shows" page.
11-30-2006 • We'd like to officially welcome Monolith to the Time To Operate community. They've got a brand new page in the "bands" section that is sure to become chock full o' sweet shit as the days go by.
11-26-2006 • So The Nojons show that was scheduled for last Friday didn't happen. Sorry if you'd planned on going. • But fortunately, the show on December 2nd is still on. It is to be at Siberia. (Note: The show costs $10 apparently, but if you print out this flyer and bring it to the show, you can get in for $8.)
11-21-2006 • Jim and Jon from Bad Cops are currently working on a new band called Monolith with Damian from Sever the Hands on drums. It is very heavy... and it shreds (I can say this truthfully because I've heard some recordings.) Monolith are playing a bunch of shows next month so check out the shows page for dates and locations. They'll have their own page on this site soon as well as a demo CD out in late December. Keep your eyes peeled.
11-20-2006 • The Nojons played at The Westcott. It was very fun. Chuck is older now. They've got a couple more shows coming up. Check em out. • Bayonet U.K. have given us the rights to release a new CD of theirs. Rubbish Collection is now available for order. Everything we had before plus 10 previously unavailable rarities... all on one compact disc! Click here for more.
10-16-2006 • Also, check out our insane new PayPal system. Who can believe it? Not me.
10-13-2006
10-5-2006 • Bad Cops (pictured above) have a show this weekend in Syracuse. All should attend. See the shows page for more. • The new We The People CD is available to order and there's an MP3 from it on their band page. The vinyl format of the first four tracks should be out soon. • The 2003 Bad Cops CD is now back in stock too. Check that out. • Be on the look out for a brand new Rejouissance recording in the next month or so. (I've heard some demos, it shreds.) • Check the links page for the brand new Stop Whining, Start Winning Records web site. Wyld and Krazy kid. • A lot more shit to come. Big winter. Big plans. Get re-stoked.
8-25-2006 8-24-2006 8-6-2006 • Tentative tour dates for We The People are as follows. Very rough... very tough... but just to give you an idea: Fri. 8/25 - Albany,
NY (Late Nite) As mentioned above, this is all the info we have at the moment, but keep your eyes peeled for new developments. Tore tore tore! • The We The People 7" won't be ready for their tour, but a tour-only mega-CD will be ready thanks to the help of Oliver and Stop Whining, Start Winning Records. So come out and pick one up. Our friend Nish did this sick drawing for the cover:
After the tour is over, we'll have this CD available to order. 7-26-2006
7-17-2006 • We The People is planning a short East Coast Tore for the end of August. We'll let you know when we have dates so you have time to put in your two weeks.
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6-23-2006 • In addition, it looks like the mythical "Saturday Show" will not be happening. Bummer! 
6-19-2006 • Also: Specifics about the Saturday/Sunday shows are still on their way. Check back later for some fine detail. 
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