'permanent' pieces have become disposable through the authority of the listener. The cd cover features a christ-like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar floating to a rookie dunk shot and a faceless picture of Elisa and Pete by a dumpster, making passionate love. In addition to the Markers, longtime collaborator Ben Chasny played, plus Joshua Burkett guested and John Shaw also plays on the record. Production is co-credited to Elisa Ambrogio and Ben Chasny. In 2008, Magik Markers played for the first time in Scotland, Austria, Ireland, Latvia and Wales. Jefferson Hack invited the Magik Markers to perform live from Studio A at Abbey Road in London, as part of Nick Kent's ShowStudio project. Magik Markers traveled to Nitra, Estonia to appear in (award winning director of Sugisball) Veiko Õunpuu's upcoming film. Peter Nolan was honored to again play drums in Jandek's band alongside Matt Heyner in London, and Elisa Ambrogio joined Six Organs of Admittance on a US and two European tours. Peter Nolan's Spectre Folk played their first UK tour, with Julie Tomlinson and John Truscinski, and Rupert Murdock. While not touring Elisa Ambrogio recorded an LP and performed with San Francisco Dirty Stealer (featuring members of Comets on Fire) and contributed short pieces of writing to various projects. In the winter of 2008 the Magik Markers recorded a new record titled Balf Quarry with Grammy winning producer and wizard Scott Colburn of Seattle. Balf Quarry was released in May 2009 on Drag City. Magik Markers have been chosen as one of the "Best New Bands" of Connecticut by Boston Phoenix Annual 50 Best Bands in America. Discography 2002 Beep Beep (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) Mystery City (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) 2003 Book as Symbol of 8 Precious Things - Hand of the Creator (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) 2004 In the East (CD-R, Imvated) Blues for Randy Sutherland (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) Live '03 (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) Live in Ashville (CD-R, Slippy Town) Live Summer 2004 (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) 2005 Tale of the Whale (CD-R) I Trust My Guitar, Etc. (LP, Ecstatic Peace) Feel the Crayon (CD-R, Apostasy/Arbitrary Signs / LP, Not Not Fun) NxCxHxCx Vol. 1 (LP, no label) 2006 Inverted Belgium (LP, Hospital Productions) For Sada Jane (CD, Textile Records) Don and Phil (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) If it's Not a Ford it Sux (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) Road Pussy (CD-R, Arbitrary Signs) A Panegyric to the Things I Do Not Understand (CD, Gulcher Records) Voldoror