Psst. Guess what?! You saw Hanson in 1998? Well then, you saw Admiral Twin! (Well, unless you were terribly late, in which case, you missed yourself a hum dinger of a show.) And let us just say, that their album is way marvy. (It's called Unlucky. Get it. Get it NOW!) Ever had a hankering for lovely melodies, thoroughly danceable rhythms, slightly obscure metaphors, silly hair and maybe a little beat poetry? Well then, do we have a treat for you. Frankly, they rock. They are however, suspiciously devoid of angst. Cynical? Yes. Angst ridden? No. If you're looking for anger and mayhem, get thee elsewhere. But if it's frenzied power pop you're craving, you've come to the right place. And they're from Tulsa to boot.

Meet Brad. Brad plays the guitar, the accordion, the saxophone and other assorted cool instruments. He also has a baby named Tuesday , which makes him just about the niftyest guy on earth. Really now. How flawless is that? Tuesday Becker. Most of us can only hope for a dad who is that cool. His look is rather biblical.

Mark has the most stupendous hair that god ever put on this earth. He let us touch it, which was generous of him. He plays the bass, which makes him cool by default, and has a wife, which is slightly disappointing. But she's probably cool and cute like him, so it's all OK. Mark wears cool shirts, and has a fun name to say with a big Boston accent. Mahk Caah.

Meet John. John is wonderful. Besides the fact that he plays guitar very well, he sometimes answers his email and likes Boston a lot… or so he tells us. And he actually has told us, believe it or not. He also spreads the love everywhere he goes. Seriously. John=Love. He also makes guitar solo faces and dances around on stage like a rock star. We love John. John loves us... we think.

Oh boy. If it isn't Mr. Gollihare. We like him, yes we do. He's a nice boy. A while back, he wrote a little book. You've probably heard of it, so we won't go into all the gory details. He's a drummer, a very good drummer yesiree. We like to play a game with Jarrod's songs called, "What does this lyric mean?" He's also a writer. Well, he gave it up to be a rock star, but yeah, he's a writer. He's a genius. We're all jealous.

• April Russell: John's younger sister. April is the Resident Wonder Woman at Urban Tulsa, a local weekly type publication. She writes. She takes pictures. She also hosts a radio show which showcases local talent, which we listened to in Tulsa. They played "Such a Saint" for us when we called in a request. We were happy. In addition to these wonderful things, she's a smart cookie, and she's beautiful too. Basically, she's our new hero. She is an important part of the AT equation.
• Wives/Girlfriends: They all have one or the other. Not both, which means too bad for you and me.
• Jarrod wrote The Book. (Translation: Oh, since he probably knows Hanson, lets all scream louder for him than the rest of the band.) I mean, we're not implying that screaming for any particular member of Admiral Twin is a bad thing. Certainly not. But give them equal treatment for gosh sakes!
• Brad plays the accordion. ::giggle:: Dude, that so beyond cool.
• Ok, so yeah, they're pretty cute.
• They were nice to us. Very very nice. Well, we didn't get to meet Brad, but I would rather Brad spend his time with his family than with me any day. They signed random things for us, took pictures, etc. If the niceness of Tulsa can be gauged by the niceness of Admiral Twin, we are ready to move, tornadoes and all.
• Mark's hair should be declared a national treasure.
• John has a lovely speaking voice. You want to keep him around just so that he can talk to you about random things.