1999 also saw the release of "I love to talk...if there's anything to talk about..." on Emperor Jones. Finally the ST 37 virus can spread to all corners of the globe through the massive veins of the Touch and Go/ADA/Southern Studios distribution/global conspiracy network. Along with Alastair Galbraith and Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid, ST 37 accompanied Pip Proud on his  Emperor Jones CD, "Oncer", released 2/00. No less than six different compilations appeared featuring ST 37 contributions. 

Summer 2000: ST 37 journeyed to the East Coast to make their NYC debut at Tonic. Shows were played with Bardo Pond in Philadelphia and at Strange Daze 2000 with Daevid Allen’s University of Errors and many more. A live broadcast was recorded at WFMU studios. A good time is had by all.

KFJC released the extended 3-guitar version of "Nicht Jetzt" on their excellent 2xCD compilation "Live from the Devil’s Triangle Vol. 2." The band finishes work on "The Insect Hospital" CD and double LP in the spring of 2001, and begins a series of limited edition CDR releases with the improvisational "Frantic Search for Zero". After a stellar Roky Erickson benefit show the band entered Sweatbox Studios to record their ninth LP. Midway through the recordings Carlton Crutcher left the band. Although a founding member, Carlton's musical role in the band was changing and he needed to devote more time to his project with his wife Sharon, Book of Shadows.

The months leading up to 4/27/02 saw the band working on a new silent film score for Fritz Lang's "Destiny", which premiered on that date at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Recording was completed on the new LP, which is christened "Down On Us." A brief flirtation with hiring a new keyboardist/synthesist ensued, but alas, it was  not to be. The band soldiered on as a quartet, spewing forth compilation appearances like rain on WFMU's "Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player,"  the Lisa Suckdog tribute "Beasts of the Night Gather Together," Ptolemaic Terrascope's "POT 32,"  and Ant Lunch Misick's "What?!? Are You On Drugs?!?". A new double CDR improvisation compilation, "Nunavut", was issued. ST played the Roky Erickson Welcome Home bash in September '02 and the event was videotaped by the Austin Music Network, with clips from "Rollercoaster" and "Birds'd Crash" garnering much airplay. Collaborative efforts like Spirit's Burning's "Reflections In A Radio Shower" and Pip Proud's "A Yellow Flower" are also released. The band got to meet and hang out with Pip on his first visit to the States, and dedicated a heartfelt version of his "Sweet Thought" to him from the stage at Terrastock 5 in Boston in October 2002. Another major feature article in the Austin Chronicle materialized to coincide with the release of "Down On Us", and much Tito's Handmade Vodka is drunk at the release party.