Perhaps you’ve read the writing on the wall: infrequent entries, uninspired text… oh yeah, and that part where I wrote “I'll probably kill this Livejournal and turn it into a zine.” Today, my humble Livejournal turns two years old, and I will write in it no more! Worry not, scenester_bangs fans. I’ll make it up to you with a timeless analog blog ( Read more... )

Wednesday: Participated in the second Oakland Tetris Tournament at the Stork Club. Lost to Blaustein ( Read more... )

New tour diary is "at the printers," new Pagan Pages is closer to completion than ever before! Whatever that means. Also, I'm playing some shows ( Read more... )

The Mothballs are leaving for our northwest venture in a few hours, so I'll continue to not update my Livejournal. When I return, it'll be a race to see whether Pagan Pages #2 or the new tour diary comes out first.

Some random dude was looking for info on the mysterious Riffenbacker on-line... and I was the only resource he found! He gave me a few bucks for information and a few pictures. That's awesome in so many ways ( Read more... )

Here’s a couple tunes to commemorate my Stork Club residency this month.

Side A: The Jack London Squares - Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
It may be stupid to cover this song, but it was fun. Plus, unlike most covers, we only played it a few times so we didn’t end up ruining the song for ourselves. JLS, RIP.

Side B: The Mothballs - WomanRemember when Aaron used ( Read more... )

This weekend should be pretty exciting. Not only am I going on a mini-tour with the Makes Nice, I’m also turning 23. This, of course, means I’ll have to spend my birthday away from my family and most of my friends, but it’s alright: all I really want for my birthday is zine submissions from a few people who know who they are. And, also, to maybe ( Read more... )

As reported earlier, the Jack London Squares are breaking up. Ryan’s going back to school, and feels that music is a distraction. Elbert and I might form another band, but if so, it will be significantly different. Or, at least, have a different name. We moved out of our moldy metal box practice space and had our final rehearsal in the loft of ( Read more... )

This month, I'm having an "Accidental Residency" at Oakland's jewel, the Stork Club, located at 2440 Telegraph Ave. All shows are 21+, 10pmish, $5 (I should hope ( Read more... )

Last Saturday night (it was a busy day), the Makes Nice played at El Rio with a bunch of hip bands (the Pets, Top Ten, the Time Flys). We put on our poppiest set yet, despite the fact we were all pretty angry ( Read more... )