1998 saw a third cd, ancient face; in 1999 bob georges was replaced by mark hague. the introduction of mark (who had played with the freddy jones band) marked a creative period for the band, and he helped pen the next generation of mr. blotto tunes. paul, mark & mike started meeting every monday to work on new original ideas. in these sessions, any idea would be chased down and put to tape. these songs became cabbages and kings, the 4th cd which (93.1) wxrt called the band's best release yet.