Taking a Break...Label in the Works
Sorry dudes and dudettes... You're going to have to wait until I get my soon-to-be label in order and then I'll be posting TONS and TONS of new stuff, ALL FREE!
Wish me luck!
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The Owners demos and my new Devo autograph
I can scream REALLY loud. (I also love Devo.)
So this post is a little late and a little rushed because I leave for the Dry-Shitties tomorrow. Still, I finally finished these goddamn demos and everybody should download them, distribute them, do whatever. They're just demos, right?
But before I get to the songs, I have to show off/brag about my newly obtained Mark Mothersbaugh autograph. My wife's aunt came over from Philadelphia to visit my in-laws for a few weeks and brought me a present -- no, not the autograph, but a Men Without Hats "Safety Dance" 45.
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Wooden Shjips @ The Stork, Oakland, 7/17/07
Another post consisting of material I've been sitting on for too long.
I began working at a new job a few weeks ago that pays significantly more than the paltry wages I made working in television, so, to treat myself for this new found success, I bought myself some new headphones. I went full out, buying a pair of Ultrasones, which mimic stereo monitors -- instead of the little speakers being pointed directly at your ears, they are almost facing your head, just like a pair of monitors.
Recently I've been reading "Eye Mind," the story of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, which reignited my interest in psych music.
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Red Nurse, The Stork, Oakland, 7/17/07
The All Star Band no one gave a crap about.
After their original drummer Joe left, I audtioned for the band Battleship. I hadn't played drums for a band since the Popular Shapes, which I left in 2003; this was three years later. By that point I had been dying to play in a band and Battleship were one of the only bands in the Bay Area I actually liked.
It had been months since I spent any time behind a kit. Though I still brimmed over with natural talent (ha!), when it came to playing the parts Joe wrote for their songs, I stumbled and apologized more than I played proficiently.
Suffice to say, I didn't get the job -- it went to a much faster, talented drummer named Drew. Instead, Battleship's singer/battery (that guy is "go, go go!" all the time) Aleks offered to start a side project with me.
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Unnatural Helpers & Tyvjk @ NoisePop, Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, 2/26/09
Unnatural Helpers + Tyvek = Awesome. Noise Pop = a total ripoff.
Noise Pop is a bunch of bullshit. The company behind this stupid festival, Noise Pop Industries, makes a big event of having a few good shows, which should be happening all the time anyway. No, wait, what am I saying? It already does. A lot of these bands play the San Francisco Bay Area already, and pretty frequently -- the show I went to featured two S.F. bands on the bill, one of which, the Oh Sees, was the headliner.
The show was my first Noise Pop show. I had two spots on the guest list because I wrote a preview for what-shall-be-an unnamed publication. I was forwarded an email from the publicist, or more specifically from a co-worker of the publicist (important later on) saying I had a +1 on the list for the show.
Around the same time, Dean, drummer for the Unnatural Helpers, gave me permission to record his band at the show. I've acquired more recording equipment over the years and this was a great opportunity to try it out so I planned on bringing my equivalent of a mobile studio to the show. (Thank god I had a +1, though I don't think Rob, my guest, appreciated having to carry two 10-pound microphone stands around Market St.)
This led to me making my first mistake -- actually looking forward to going to Noise Pop.
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