12/19/05 - We're doing a special sale over at CD Baby. Kite Operations: Dandelion Day is going for $8, and it'll stay that way until Jan. 2. Happy holidays! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kiteoperations
11/4/05 - Live From the Fallout Shelter a show on WUML 91.5 FM Lowell, MA will be hosting Kite Operations this weekend. Kite Operations will record a live set and interview with them on Sunday, but it will be broadcast on Monday November 7 between 8-11pm EST when the show airs.
If you're in the vincinity, tune your radio dials! Otherwise, listen to the live webcast at http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php
10/4/05 - Kite Operations is playing the Vicious party at Rothko next week, Tuesday October 11. It's an early show starting at 8pm. Come rock out early, party some with us, go to bed at a reasonable hour and get some damn sleep!
8/21/05 - Kite Operations is touring the West coast this week! Click the flier below for details:
(flier by B Methe. Thank you, B!)
8/7/05 - Go to Rare (W 14th St., NYC) this Friday 8/12 to catch Kite Operations playing with Kalpana, Jack Tung, United States, and others! This beautiful flier was done by Aaron of Kalpana- see some of his other work at http://www.cercadelatierra.com.
7/19/05 - Kite Operations: Dandelion Day is #4 most added on the CMJ charts this week!!! Stations/music directors, thank you for adding our release! Thank you, Vitriol Radio for your help!
7/5/05 - An update to K.O.A. Zine- movie reviews by Jack Tung (15, Calamari Wrestler, and Crying Fist)!
6/1/05 - Go see Kite Operations at Rothko on Thursday June 9th! West coast tour info will be coming soon. Check out their new front page feature/interview on Swizzle-Stick!
3/27/05 - The entire K.O.A. catalog is available for listening on Last.FM, an interesting new "personalised online radio station". Check them out! http://www.last.fm/label/K.O.A./
3/24/05 - Kite Operations: Dandelion Day is available for online ordering at Insound.
3/21/05 - K.O.A. is proud to announce that Carrot Top Distribution and toneVENDOR are now distributing Kite Operations: Dandelion Day!
3/8/05 - Kite Operations: Dandelion Day is now available at Other Music (15 E. 4th Street, NYC).
3/6/05 - An awesome new interview with Simon Thrasher of Holy Haunted Head has been posted on K.O.A. Zine. Read Holy Haunted Head: BEST F-ING INTERVIEW EVER!
2/24/05 - Kite Operations will be playing two very big shows in NYC next week. On Thursday 3/3, they'll be joining Asobi Seksu, Elkland, and Daddy at Rothko for a tsunami disaster relief concert presented by SESAC and Giant Robot. Then on Saturday, they will be playing at Pianos with Saxon Shore, Anathallo and others! See the show details below.
Also, a new K.O.A. Zine feature has been posted- an interview with Matt Doty of Saxon Shore!
1/31/05 - Kite Operations' debut full-length Dandelion Day is available for ordering now from CD Baby.com! Check out the details for the release party in NYC below. It is going to be an amazing show! Don't miss it!
1/13/05 - We're trying something new. K.O.A. is launching a "zine" section to its website. It may or may not be updated with any regularity. Check out the first feature: an interview with Jack Tung: Guerrilla Recording, Hardcore Skateboarding, & Faye Wong!
1/8/05 - CDs have shipped from the plant! Kite Operations' official CD release party is scheduled for Fri. Feb. 11 at 169 Bar. Big big thanks to Louise at Fringe Benefits for helping us organize this event! Stay tuned for more details!
11/23/04: Don't miss Kite Operations' free show next week (11/30) at Luna Lounge! Link this flier up, please! Dandelion Day is now mastered and will be out in a few more weeks! Preview some more cuts at http://www.myspace.com/kiteoperations.
9/28/04: Kite Operations is playing at Sin-é tomorrow night (Wed. 9/29) at 10pm! This is definitely one you want to catch! And they are gonna go buck wild on Friday 10/1 at Flushing Town Hall as part of Asian America Raise Your Voice (AARYV)- free if you come and register to vote!
8/16/04: Kite Operations is playing at Rothko, 116 Suffolk St., NYC, on Sat. Aug. 28! See http://www.crashinin.com for more details. Their debut long-player currently in the works is reported to be about 70% done. And it has a title now! Dandelion Day.
4/16/04: Pictures from the protest this afternoon. What an incredible event! We're proud to have participated in it.
4/9/04: Henry Lim, lego artist extraordinaire, has posted up an interview he did with members of Kite Operations on his site http://www.henrylim.org. Visit his page and check out his work- it's amazing!
4/2/04: Asian Media Watchdog is organizing a big protest in front of the Details building (7 W 34th St, btw 5th and 6th Ave) on Friday April 16 from 11:30am to 1:30pm.
The NYPD is cooperating with them to block traffic if necessary. Please email contact@asianmediawatchdog.com and let them know if you plan on coming and how many people you plan on bringing with you.
3/30/04: To everyone checking out the scan- thanks for sharing our concern and spreading the word. However, we have already exceeded our bandwidth limit once and are in imminent danger of doing so again. If possible, please host the scan on your own server when sharing with others- the idea being to relieve some of our bandwidth burden. It was never our intention to become the central hub for propagating this information, but it certainly has been exciting witnessing our community rise to action first-hand. And by community we mean not only Asian/Pacific/Americans, but also everyone who is disgusted with the blatant racism and discrimination, against gays and lesbians as well, permeating today's media/society. Thanks for your help! Please sign these online petitions if you haven't already done so: http://www.petitiononline.com/details4 & http://www.petitiononline.com/DMCN1.
More sites to see: Angry Asian Man, ModelMinority.com, Yellowworld.org
Kite Operations is back home now. Check out Joe's tour diary and some live pictures. The band's next show is scheduled for Saturday May 22 at Pianos in New York City. They'll be performing as part of the first Asian Rock Fest, organized by Eric Hsu of Johnny Hi-Fi. Also, Kite Ops. t-shirts will be made available for ordering through this page in the near future.
2/22/04: Kite Operations is hard at work on a new album, to be released perhaps sometime within this year. The band will be debuting some of the new material when they hit the road late March with Jenny Choi's AIR Tour. Check their site for more info as it arrives.