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I love Joey Comeau too much. I should just eat him.
"When summer starts, there are suddenly an awful lot of very pretty people dressed in summer clothes, which are sexy in a different way from winter clothes. And I find myself swinging wildly back and forth between thinking, "Calm down, Joey. These are real people, who should be treated with respect. I wonder what she thinks of that book she's ( Read more... ) -
New Dark Clan track up on MySpace, plus shows this weekend!
Hey y'all, so the next Dark Clan record is going to be a double album (an album of rock music and an album of dance music), and to get a taste for what one of those albums is going to sound like, you can head out to the official Dark Clan MySpace page to dig on the pre-master version of the title track Fade if you are so inclined ( Read more... ) -
I been seein' some rock and roll shows
So I've seen a bunch of shows recently. Now, rather out of character, I'm going to talk about them in more than one-sentence "great show!" blurbs.
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So my other bands...
Some of you may recall that I'm always active in at least like a half-dozen bands/projects/musical outlets/etc. at any given time. A smaller number of you may even know -- or, well, care -- about these bands. An even smaller number of you yet may recall that one of those bands, Siv, my metal band, has been working on a new album for a fair while ( Read more... ) -
I knew all this anyway, but worth a link (on introverts)
"This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression. It does not call for medication. [...] Our motto: "I'm okay, you're okay-in small doses."I can't believe the number of people who tell me emphatically that I am not an introvert. Trust me. I am. I know. And it's okay; I'm not proud of it or whatever, it's just a thing, man. I also know that ( Read more... ) -
Advice
They will tell you only your playing matters -- that if you're good enough at your instrument(s) people will buy your records and come to hear you play. So you must spend all your time learning your instrument(s) to the utmost ( Read more... ) -
A goody from Clay Shirky
I ganked this from Gruber:
"Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable. That’s been a fine accident to have, but when that accident stops, as it is stopping before our eyes, we’re going to ( Read more... ) -
I'll be on the radio tonight
Hey all, tune in to WORT via 89.9 in Madison or http://www.wort-fm.org/ on the internets tonight to hear Perspectives, the new Dark Clan album, being featured as the New Disc at Nine! I'm feeling pretty rough health-wise right now so I'll just be calling in, but it'll still be a fun-packed ( Read more... )
