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October 31st is Halloween and while we’re sure you already have plans for all kinds of costumed debauchery, sugar consumption, TPing of one-percenters, and the like, we feel you should be aware of all your options. Because Halloween is also the release date of Human Beings, the debut EP by PYYRAMIDS, led by none other than Timothy (“Tim”) Nordwind of OK Go and Drea Smith, formerly of He Say She Say. It also happens to be the first release on OK Go’s Paracadute label not by OK Go themselves, which we think is rather awesome in and of itself.

The music is strange and moody and even kind of spooky, perfect for Halloween. So go ahead and listen to the whole Human Beings EP. It’s available as delicious high-quality mp3s or 10-inch vinyl (!!). Tim and Drea are prepping for some more live shows in the Los Angeles area. Join the mailing list for updates, plus a sweet free mp3. They’d love to have you. And, hey, even if you do plan on deploying some good old-fashioned TP, you’re gonna need a soundtrack for that, right?

BANDmade Books and OK Go are teaming up to make a book. What’s it about? We can’t tell you yet. What’s in it? Your clothing!

Combining a 12th century technique called “rag paper” and more modern methods, the good folks at BANDmade will shred the living bejeesus out of your old clothing and process it into pulp using a hollander beater. They will then form individual pages one at a time with a mould and deckle. (A what and a what?)

Now all they need is your old clothing. Below are BANDmade’s quick ‘n’ easy instructions on how to go convey your old clothing to them so they can turn it into something like the above. Except filled with all kinds of OK Go goodness.

1.) Round up your old white cotton, hemp, or linen shirts, pants, bedsheets, tablecloths, and the like. We are looking for white but we understand that old white isn’t always super-white. That’s okay. Don’t worry if your shirt has a colored image on it. As long as the rest of the shirt is white we can accept it.

(1a. Notice how we didn’t ask for your socks or underwear. That was intentional.)

2.) Look at all the tags and make sure they are 100% cotton, hemp, linen, or a blend of these fibers. We cannot accept any fibers other than cotton, hemp, or linen, so if there’s no tag, please don’t send it to us. 5% lycra is not acceptable. It’s all or nothing with rag paper.

3.) Box up what you have and mail it to:

BANDmade Books
1090 Eddy Street, #104
San Francisco, CA 94109

4.) Check BANDmade’s site as well as OK Go’s Twitter and Facebook accounts to watch as your clothing is transformed.

5.) Patience, grasshopper. Handmade books take time!

Need something to listen to this weekend, next week, or even right now? Check out this bandmember-curated playlist on Spotify. Or if you haven’t registered for Spotify yet, here it is in silent but awesome text form:

“Vibes and Stuff” – Tribe Called Quest
“Feather” – Little Dragon
“Wildfire” – SBTRKT
“Swagga” – Excision & Datsik
“True Love” – Hooray For Earth
“Trouble” – Lindsay Buckingham
“When U Were Mine” – Cindi Lauper
“Take It Or Leave It” – Computer Magic
“Shanghai Girls” – Io Echo
“Mais Non, Mais Non – Henri Salvador
“A Thousand Hours” – The Cure
“Groovin’” – Willie Mitchell
“Fugue In D Minor” – Egg
“Imperials” – Ratatat
“Our House” – Crosby, Stills, and Nash
“Dance Floor pt. 1″ – Zapp
“Born Under A Bad Sign” – Richard Hawley
“High On Your Love” – Kings Go Forth
“Sunspots” – Julian Cope
“Blood Money” – 10 Ft. Ganja Plant
“Don’t Give Up On Me” – Solomon Burke
“Only You” – Yaz
“You Broke My Heart” – Lavender Diamond