April 2011
46 posts
Gray's Birthday Wishlist
The Montavillian echo/delay pedal.
A new set of Elixir nanoweb light gage acoustic strings.
Screen-printing kit.
Zinngerman’s Gift Card.
All your lovin’, all your kissin’.
philosophie- asked: So I'm listening to Names. I'm having serious withdrawal here, doods. I miss you guys!
Watching Sons of Anarchy while knitting. #complicatedman
This rain just got apocalyptic for a few minutes. I’m loving this.
YEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
DEAL WITH IT.
discopotential:
Believe it or not, I love the rain. A heavy rain is very soothing, especially if you can take refuge inside.
A Moral Quandary
OK folks, opinion time.
I’ll spare everyone the specifics, but I’m currently pondering a morally ambiguous situation that happened to my band recently, which I find myself growing increasingly irritable thinking about.
My band, Match By Match recently played a show at a local bar/venue where there was some press coverage by a certain student run periodical. The coverage wasn’t for us, but...
I don’t know why it suddenly occurred to me, but I just was overcome by the realization that world is full of pretty girls and just how great that is.
I honestly don’t think about it much anymore. I’ve had a bit of a sea change in my lech gaze since I’ve been in a happy relationship for so long. My girl is, of course, one of the prettiest, so win for me.
Carry on,...
“My gift is not self worship. My gift is the worship of others.”
– Gaga
“It hurts how much authenticity and genuine blood there is in my spirit.”
– Lady Gaga. Amazing.
“I must admit I am a big fan of Indie music. In fact, The White Stripes and The...”
– From a local review of The Kills’ new record. Its a pan, no big surprise from someone who capitalizes “Indie” and associates The White Stripes and The Format with the foremost examples if the genre. How delightfully magnanimous of the local reviewer to concede that an artist making...
“I don’t know what your generations obsession is with documenting your...”
matchbymatch:
We figured since the kickstarter...
“Dalek: “YOU ARE SUP-ER-IOR IN ONLY ONE RES-PECT.”
Cyberman:...”
Well that was fun.
Thanks Little Weasel House for having us. Ypsi really has something going on with you.
Another long day of tracking at Backseat, but still full of surprises and little delights. We’ve added cello to several tracks and all this morning I was channeling my inner Panda Bear (the man, not the ursine) by manipulating a crashing wave of feedback loops via one of the most delightful delay pedals I’ve ever had the pleasure to use. Must take pictures for my Christmas list.
I...
Match by Match: WE MADE IT! →
matchbymatch:
After three long months, the kickstarter is finally done! 91 backers, almost $3000, and we’re about half way through recording. This is honestly far more than we could have ever asked for or imagined and we are so honored everyone felt like we were worth giving to.
Like I said, the album is still…
You know, this “Fear Itself” show isn’t too bad. Good call Netflix.
My Record Store Day Buys
I went bananas and spent more than I usually do on anything on records today. It wasn’t my fault. There were lots of people there, it was chaos. What was I supposed to do???
Here’s what I picked up:
I like First Aid Kid, as I’ve previously discussed. The single is nice, though I can’t say that I care for the Fever Ray cover (not a huge Fever Ray man to begin with). I...
Heading downtown, braving the sea of douchebags that populate this town to go to Underground Sounds to celebrate (re: spend money) Record Store Day.
Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
I totally missed the live Jordan Jesse Go taking place in A2. I want to cry. I’ve attempted to drown my sorrow in ice cream, but the disappointment lingers.
On the plus side, this Ben and Jerry’s is playing “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” When God closes a door…
That awkward moment when someone uses the phrase,...
someclevername:
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Here Goes Nothing...
You ever have funny memories that get inexplicably tied to certain phrases? It can be a particular figure of speech that gets twisted by something a long, long time ago and then sticks on your head like that, forever glued to some odd little arcania.
The phrase “Here Goes Nothing,” is like that for me.
My first memory of encountering it is in an episode of Duck Tales. The Beagle...
Out last. Out play. Out rock.
No one will outlast me. I will be playing at your fucking funerals. I will be booed off a stage one of these days and I won’t rest until they’re hauling me out of the venue unconscious.
Had a lovely time last night and really appreciated everyone who was there and who said nice things.
Slowly, things turn. It can be hard to see and even harder to...
I'm looking for music...
…that’ll compliment this odd mood I’m in.
I feel… Weary is the closest description I’d say. Not sad, not anxious. Just a mix of tired and a mite irritable. Sort of overwhelmed.
My mood has made me intolerant to the overly austere. I will not abide anything too serious, overly sentimental or taking itself too seriously. No bearded, flannel wearing fuckers with...
flapjack-theking asked: Do you watch The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack? It's pretty good!
flapjack-theking asked: Do you like to go on adventures?
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Match by Match sponsors Jordan Jesse Go! →
“Maybe we should have Match by Match on the show!
…not gonna happen.”
-Jesse Thorn
Eyewear information is actually kind of interesting. Go figure.
Ok, I’ll be the first to admit it: The Internet largely serves as a tool of self-indulgence. I’m utterly at risk for this, which is why I haven’t been my usual verbose self. The more I think about it, the more it seems like the Internet just seems like a tool by which we air our grievances and try and attain legitimacy. It feels like a tool of validation.
I suppose this is the...
