1. Uncle Dirtytoes once opened for, and backed up, the late, great songmeister Tiny Tim, at the Lawrence Jazzhaus.

2. Roger's mother was a songwriter in Hollywood in the 1950's and had her music arranged by Lawrence Welk's arranger. She wrote songs called Remember the Sun and The Gossamer Web.

3. ​The group members with the most schooling are Mark and Megan. Mark holds a Ph.D. in Film & Media Studies from KU and Megan holds  Masters Degree in "Teaching English as a Second Language."

4. Once, at a party, Megan stuffed 27 grapes in her mouth, although she claims the record in 33.

5. During his time with the Lonesome Houndogs, Mike, along with his bandmates, would sometimes dress in matching silver lame' suits. Mike's suit deteriorated from sweat and rotted away, a testament to his hard work as a drummer.

6. More anagrams for Uncle Dirtytoes: Red Tin Toy Clues and No Crusty Delite.

7. In 1996 Mark won a Mid-America Emmy Award for a local TV news promo.

8. Half of the members of Uncle Dirtytoes can juggle. Sort of.

9. Maria once co-wrote/produced/starred in a video sword and sorcery flick, Song of the Sword, in which she portrayed a scantily clad, sword-wielding warrior chick. This was long before Xena, Warrior Princess, was as much as a gleam in a producer's eye (but long after Edgar Rice Burroughs).

10. More anagrams: Stoned City Lure, Lucid Teen Story, and Untried Soy Celt.

11. At a gig, Megan and Maria's drink try may contain any or all of the following shared items: water, Guinness, cappuccino, Drambuie, Coke with lime, fruit juice, single malt scotch, and a double latte'! (Where's the Pepto Bismol?)

12. Roger's stereogram collaboration with the late William Burroughs appeared in Burroughs' "Ports of Entry" art exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last year.

13. More anagrams: Coiled Rusty Net and Rusty-toed Neil.

14. Mike's former band, the Houndogs, once attempted during a show, to sacrifice a giant zucchini on a spittoon filled with dry ice. However, the spittoon was made of some faux metal, the dry ice changed its molecular structure, and it emitted a strange whining sound and collapsed under the weight of the zucchini. They are also the only band we know of that once performed in full body condoms. Folks, it doesn't get any weirder than this, we hope!

15. For an easy, healthy snack, Maria recommends a sandwich of peanut butter with Pataks(R) Hot Pepper Pickle. Try it on crunchy whole grain bread (it's good with crushed red chiles and sprouts, too!).

16. For those who suffer from cat-hair allergies, Megan recommends a cure of slowly ingested cat hair. She says it took over a year, but it worked.

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