Poolsville

There’d be no Poolsville without Pseudo, and there’d be no Pseudo without Mushrooms, and there’d be no Mushrooms without Our Lady of Good Counsel Symphonic Band, where, together, every day for three years, Joey Fortuna (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Mike Rinzel (vocals, lead guitar) spent the first two hours of their school day. In Wheaton, Maryland. In the 1980s. Where they formed the band Mushrooms with Andy Widman, Eric Oberthaler and Mark Goldstein.

And without Mushrooms, there would never have been, years later, a reason for Mike to tell Joey about his weird boss, Josh Harris and his startup company Pseudo, and introduce them to each other and invite Joey to come to New York. And if that hadn’t worked out, Mike and Joey would never have worked together to help build Pseudo.

While hosting their internet radio show at Pseudo, Joey and Mike met Adam Chasan (drums).

And Poolsville wouldn’t have been Poolsville without Adam and his Attorney Street rehearsal studio and also without Pseudo's Shannon and her connections to the pioneers of the Lower East Side. Which is how Poolsville played the opening night of Arlene Grocery and gave Arlene its first tip bucket.
And there was always Mark Rinzel (bass, vocals), because without Mark there’d be no Mike and there’d be no Mark without Mike.

All of which is to say nothing of the actual music.