August 2011
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“Another time, Jack took a call. A voice on the other end said, ‘There are three...”
– Mark Evanier, Kirby: King of Comics (via dawgriguez)
fffffffffffuck. Jack Kirby, this tough little Jewish dude, was ready to beat the shit out of some Nazis who didn’t like his run on Cap. Thank God he didn’t live to see the invention of Anon. The King would have Omega-sanctioned the...
Tour-Speil
Back from the rolling menagerie. Tour was good, though I think was more effective in providing lessons for future tours than actual musical progress. Haven’t quite recommitted myself to booking since I’ve gotten home, but am reasonably confident I have a better grasp on it than I did before we left.
This is, of course, day two of properly getting settled. A curious mix of manic,...
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My new hip hop alter ego: MC Hashtag
I ain’t come here to brag,
Droppin’ low n’ high art, like Susan Sontag.
Gonna clean up all the haters like a maytag,
I get the girlies wavin’ like American flags,
Girls from Armenia, Croatia, Brasilia; got millions to shag
I’m a globe trotter, you got jet lag
But don’t worry baby, you’ll be my overnight bag
(hey, you ever read Potential by Ariel...
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Trolling Philly with a hungry look in our eyes. Best watch out.
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Chris Haley is... THE ENTHUSIAST!: 5 Things about... →
suitwithsneakers:
1. You can say there’s some kind of purity in making a horror movie that’s all morose, morbid, and dark, some truly fucked up Hostel-type shit, but I’d much rather see a movie that understands that the point of being scared is to have fun, not to be unsettled. Fright…
Sigh. I want so badly to agree with the points the author makes here. I really do. But honestly?...
Really enjoying being on the road. Allows me to focus and simplify. Limited social interaction, relaxing and preparing for shows, my life streamlined.
OK, I’m not usually one for this type of behavior, but honestly, the band I’m listening to sounds like a Sunday afternoon at Guitar Center. That is to say, utterly unbearable.
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The West Memphis 3 are free →
foldback:
I went to two Pearl Jam shows to benefit the West Memphis 3 in Boston in 2004. At that point, they were just getting the funding for further DNA testing that, as it would turn out, revealed no link between them and the murders.
It was nice to wake up to the news that they would all be freed. Full exoneration aside, today is a good day.
This is an amazing triumph, though still...
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Heh. So apparently we aren’t considered one of the cool kids back in A2, but by certain people at the Gulu who felt self-conscious playing with us for whatever reason we’re “shitty wannabe hipsters.”
Honestly, it just confirms the fact that being a “hipster” is a total social construct. “Sincerity” and “hipness” are relative to the...
Personally, I really LOVE it when musicians make honest music and aren’t like a cover band for someone else.
Some times these things just need to be said, y’know.
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Resigned and resolved to never being one of the cool kids.
Today is one of those days. One of those days that I can’t seem to find my footing. Can’t seem to wrap my brain around what I need to do, what needs to be done.
I think the thing I realized about the album being done is that I have no idea what the fuck I’m supposed to do now. I’m not recording, I have a day or two before tour starts, I have NO FUCKING CLUE what I’m...
Hitting the road for a proper tour on Sunday. Nervous and excited, fidgety all over. I want this to be my life but can’t help worrying about little, ugly things like bills and rent and money money money.
I honestly couldn’t care less if I never had another crappy day job, but I need income for the band. I’m hoping we can make the jump to being a self-sustaining unit soon,...
Being drunk feels like catching yourself in the reflection of a reflection. Two mirrors reflecting each other. The movements are familar, the body is yours and you ultimately control it, but there is something alien about it, something off, confusing. Perhaps it is the fidelity we aren’t used to, seeing ourselves as we actually are (a reflection inverts, a reflection of a reflection is true...
Feeling oddly better. More diplomatic towards the things that disappoint me. Very scared about this feeling being an eye of the storm situation but I’m trying to remain optimistic.
MxM is playing the Ark in September y’know. Should be a grand old time. Also, we have a NEW ALBUM AND T-SHIRTS FER SALE. Go on get it:
matchbymatch.bandcamp.com
Wake up with heart racing. The cold pit in my stomach is back. It feels like if you’d throw it up, you’d turn completely inside out.
I’m embarrassed. I’m ashamed at my own weakness. I’m a coward and that’s what twinges me at 4 in the morning.
I’ve become someone I don’t want to be out of fear. Fear of losing the good things in my life. Fear of...
