Not Blowing It In 08

Nicole Atkins.
St. Vincent.
Cat Power.

Three beautiful women with beautiful voices who make beautiful music.
Had the pleasure of seeing all three within a few weeks of each other.
Each one was great in their own right.

Ms. Atkins, I look forward to saying I saw you at the entry. And saying I took you out on a date after. Of course, the later part of that statement will be a lie.

Ms. Clark, I thoroughly enjoyed all of the different arrangements of your songs. It was a pleasant surprise. You also covered a song from Let It Be. I think it's a sign.

Ms. Marshall, I love that you have conquered your fear of the stage. You really own it up there. Still quite eccentric, but now, in the good way.


Bon Iver.
I also had the pleasure of seeing this guy at an in store at The Electric Fetus.
SO good live. If you like the record, you must see him live. His songs really take new life. Don't blow it and miss him at the Turf Club in April.

For awhile I wasn't really going to a lot of shows. I'm really glad that this is changing. I've just gotta find a partner in crime.

I've been trying really hard to keep good on my resolution to not blow it in 08. I think I've been doing alright so far as evidenced above. Also been reading, buying vinyl, not blowing money left and right.
The CD is coming along nicely. Working hard on that.
Moving in like a week. 2535 Johnson st.
Haven't taken enough photos, but I'm working on a digi to fix that.
Anyone else ready for some nice weather?

who does that?

fuck.
i got drunk and brought up politics.
at a bar.
i was that guy.
i am ashamed of myself.

on another note, i am officially moving to 2535 johnson by march. hype. an epic summer is in tow.
bikesbeersbroadsbbqs

also, the triple double at 3rock is fucking dangerous. consider this a warning.
you WILL have a damn good time.
you WILL probably get some free shit.
you WILL get a free drink when you buy one of equal value.
you WILL dance.
and all of this WILL happen on a fucking tuesday night.
shit. like i said, dangerous.

peace

The Man

watch it all



that dude thinks on a different level. i love it.

now a performance.


check out the sun also sets from that set too.

if you dont know about ryan adams, well, you really should. the guys got like 50 some records out, but my favorite is love is hell. it came out in two volumes, but it was meant to be released as one. there are a few songs, just on that record, that are my favorite songs of all time. and it takes a lot to get on that list. now, if anyone can hunt me down a copy of the vinyl editions...
he gets so much flack from the press. most of the time his reputation preceeds him. the dudes got golden vocal chords and he can fucking jam. i'll be honest and say that there isnt one record in which every single song is amazing, but the good tunes make up for the mediocre ones, and the great songs make you forget about everything else and put you in a state of awe. put aside any notion you have of him and listen to one of his records, any one, well... except 29... and get lost in his songs.

going to a t-wolves game tonight. and a winnable one at that, according to mike. i havent been to one in years, so it should be fun. we won the tickets. we may or may not have cheated.

dont have much else today. recording soon. hyped.

Heaven?

Beautiful girl, beautiful music, and a large amount of fireworks... Is this what heaven is like?

what?

it is 82 degrees in my box. with no circulation. is that necessary? i forgot my phone at home. here are some entertaining things.

Nada Surf is putting out a new album called Lucky. i am excited for it. their last one- the weight is a gift- was stellar, and the new one shows promise. listen up for the track "weightless". forget about their popular days, cause this shit rocks without novelty.

This is definitely my favorite track from in rainbows. check out the whole "scotch mist" movie if you get a chance. its about an hour, but well worth the time.


fuck outer space, this shit is HERE, on our planet. there is so much life underwater that we have no idea about. crazy. get on it scientists. the giant squid is fascinating. (never mind the weird dead shit in the middle, and i haven't seen this with audio, so forgive me if it sucks)


everyone better be sure to make it out to decoupler this weekend. i can honestly say that I'm hyped.

got to see edie sedgwick in action this weekend. drooled a little, but not as much as ashley, who fell asleep. what a shame.

ummm... i think that may be all I've got. peace.

just a taste

i took a bunch of photos with three different cameras out in steamboat springs where i recently spent about a week snowboarding with my dad. I'm gonna wait until i get all of em back to wax on the whole trip, but i shot this one with my phone going up one of the chairlifts near the village. we got 60 inches of snow in 4 days. it was great.

rewind

so two weekends ago deserves a rundown

Thursday we played at the triple rock. it was pretty cool. got to play with some friends and see some friends as well. we played alright. it was a fun night overall. thanks to everyone who came out.

we also got the word that our friend Tommy is starting a record label. safe town records. we are going to put out an ep on it in the spring. working on it right now. look out for the shoreline cd release weekend.

Friday, after grumpy's, ended like this

sort of.

Saturday started like this.

apparently, its against the law to shoot roman candles out of a moving car. who knew? cops don't like it when one of the explosions takes place on their car either.

ended the night in northeast with a dance party at the front. good times.

Sunday night i went back to the triple rock to see a really great show. every band was local, and pretty great. listened to the wonderful noise of lady slipper, the power pop of one for the team, the great weirdness that was a mouthful of bees (their drummer was a chick and she fucking ripped! it was kinda hot?) the musicianship of the p lacquers, and my favorite, the always beautiful now now every children. check all those bands out. it was the first time i had been to a local show and actually stayed for the whole thing in quite awhile. i was glad i did. it's good to see the local scene thriving.

then on Monday i left for Colorado. more on that later.

the Australian open is on. could this be roddick's year?