website: www.casperfandango.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/casperthecookies
mp3: Sid From Central Park

hhbtm discography:
hhbtm088 "HHBTM Vol. 4" CD [2007]
hhbtm073 "The Optimist's Club" CD [2006]
hhbtm058 "Oh!" CD [2004]
hhbtm050 "HHBTM Vol. 3" CD [2004]

non-hhbtm discography:
"split w/ Keith John Adams" 7" [2007]
"3 1/2 Stars" tour CD-R [2007]
"The Optimist's Club" LP [2007]
"How's Your Hand?" CD [2000]
"Consumer" CS [1996]

Hailing from Athens, Georgia, Casper & the Cookies have been hard at work creating their own peculiar brand of power pop since the late ‘90s. They tirelessly test new waters in their songwriting and sonic pallet. Jason NeSmith (aka Casper Fandango, ex- Of Montreal) shares writing and recording duties with Kay Stanton. Drummer Davy Gibbs and a rotating cast of unsavory characters round out the lineup.

Casper & the Cookies released their first full-length album in 2003, Oh! on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records. Oh! was also picked up by Waikiki Record in Tokyo. Their latest album, The Optimist’s Club is due out in May 2006. During the interim, the Cookies recorded a tour-only EP, The Band That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, and tracks for the Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. 3 compilation and the 9th Annual Athfest CD.

Having toured the Midwest, East Coast (2004-2005), and Japan (2005), and Casper & the Cookies will do an extensive nationwide tour for the release of The Optimist’s Club in Fall 2006. A Cookies show is a constantly evolving happening. Good solid playing is matched with a high energy, sometimes slightly dangerous stage show where anything can happen. Casper & the Cookies have shared the stage with Pylon, The Rosebuds, Of Montreal, Elekibass, The Essex Green, Marshmallow Coast, Dressy Bessy, and Elf Power.

RIYL: XTC, The Pixies, Marcel DuChamp