Posted October 19, 2010
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Other options for the LA freeway band:
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blare music while neglecting to signal intent to turn left in busy intersection
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boot tires of cars in Fred Meyer parking lot
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go infuriatingly slow on highway entrance ramp
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squeeze van into space clearly labeled "compact only"
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perform live from back of flatbed while cruising 40MPH in the HOV lane (hey, it's not a passing lane)
Posted October 14, 2010
A short course on surviving the web:
- Everything’s amplified. Except subtlety.
- Say things you believe are true.
- No one understands; no one cares.
- Never explain yourself.
- Apologize less; think more.
- Avatars aren’t people; people aren’t avatars; “friends” aren’t friends.
- Everyone thinks you’re talking to them. Seriously.
- Distinguish attacks against people from attacks against one person.
- Assume everyone is alone, drunk, and a little heavier than they’d like.
- Never argue in public. F***ing never.
- When in doubt, take it offline.
- Filter, filter.
- Embrace “hypocrisy.” It drives critics crazy.
- Remember who your (real) friends are.
- Remember who you are.
- Remember you can always stop. Anything. Any time.
- Never make lists of rules.
— Merlin, who occasionally knocks it out of the park without really trying.
Posted October 8, 2010
2.0 is soooo 2008...
I sketched this on a dull day back in 2008:
Wow, how already totally dated is all that? Separate devices for video, photos, blogging and Twitter? That'd all be taken care of with a single iPhone now. And what, no Facebook?!
That untouched guitar, though? That's eternal.
Posted October 6, 2010
“Indie rock: it’s not only yelping and glockenspiels. *Mostly*, but not *only*.”— @anthom
Posted October 5, 2010
New EPs now at Amazon
It took a little while, but the new EPs Look Back On This And Laugh and The Last Thing You Need are available at Amazon. (Also, note to future me: choose shorter release titles, it's getting to be a pain to type them all out, jeez.)
Posted October 4, 2010
"You know who gets writer’s block? Non-writers. They think it’s cool and romantic to struggle to make Art. They make sure everyone knows how torturous the process is, so when they finally squeeze something out, it won’t be judged on its merits but rather the emotional anguish involved in its creation.
"Writers write. Hacks whine about how hard it is."
— johnaugust.com » Habits, heavy lifting, and the possibility of suck
But it's haaaarrrrd...
Posted October 1, 2010
"Metal rules. Don't like it? DIE."
Posted September 30, 2010
Ross Valory played a T-40
A birthday gift for you
Today is my birthday! So for the rest of today, you can download the new recording of "Note To Self" for free (any format, no email, no retweet, no nothin') from Bandcamp.
(Something about this song makes it very appropriate for today, hm.)
If you missed it, here's the first draft of this tune and here's the first demo, both recorded earlier this year. As you can hear, I ended up keeping a lot of the original vocal and some of the guitar for the final version. I had to edit the timing a bit to make it fit the drum track as my strumming wasn't quite on the mark when I recorded the demo.
Anyway enjoy! Happy birthday to you! I mean, me!
Posted September 22, 2010