four magpies

march 20th 1945

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randomy....

-10 great female fronted punk bands you should know according to flavorwire. screaming females were up first and i totally agree with that selection. i saw them last week at their record release show and it was killer. man can that girl shred! my old band played with them years back and they've only gotten better in time. anyhoo i liked how the article gave a video of each band so you can get a feel for their sound. smart thinking yo! (hey wait! no violet hour on the list??!??! hahahaha)
-speaking of VH, if you follow that link our official website is now functional. it still doesnt have all that much on it, but julie is working on it and getting it up to par. we also did an interview with geoffrey ross that should hopefully be up soon. when it is i'll blast it out on here.
-job hunting sucks
-listening to a little minotaur shock as i prepare this entry. yep.
-imitation crab meat is like crack. its not really any good but you just keep wanting more. true story.
-i stayed up all night a few days ago for the first time since i stopped working and man it totally threw me off. my overnight days are done with!

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here's VH performing our song "sentiment is for saint bernard's"

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escucha

shearwater whipping boy

dreamend magnesium light

[these songs are two of my all time fav songs and also two of my favs with banjo. banjo can be hit or miss for me but these songs really nail it for me, "whipping boy" especially. take a listen and see what i mean]

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shady

1968


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randomy...

-just dl'd some pottymouth  "4 grrls 4ever" the recording is demo quality but still there's a certain charm to it. and its super cute that they put it out on cassette! def digging this and would like to see them play or play a show with them. they just played in nyc the other day but i was at a different show. oh well. next time they're around. you can dl the demo here.
-download the 20 best madonna covers over at stereogum.
-its girl scout cookie time again. and it never fails that they always stick the littlest and cutest one out front to ask you if you want to buy any cookies. i'm powerless against them! poweeeeerrrrrrlessssss!!!!
-listening to a little warpaint and best coast loving it a lot. i think its time to make some mix cds for people.
-a new special limited edition hoos sticker is about to go to the printer. hell yes!


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tones on tail-[post bauhaus pre love and rockets. this is prob their most well known song, but i was only recently introduced to TOT by my friend eric. i've always liked bauhaus but i never really explored their other projects post bauhaus, even peter murphy. i'm sorry i didn't look into this shit sooner cuz they were really good.]

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raging

sketchbook 2007


fyi thats an interrobang which is a real punctuation mark. i also have one tattooed on my arm in case you were wondering haha

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randomy...

-i've been going through a lot of old photographs and my old sketchbooks lately. there was a time before i felt so disconnected and its all there in those books and photos. i'm working on reclaiming that in my life.
-hate the new gmail. just saying.
-holy 15 degrees!
-i broke out the turntable this morning and spun one of my all time favorite LPs, the "instrument" soundtrack by fugazi. with the morning sunlight streaming in the window, it made for a pretty awesome listen.

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i mentioned the lunachicks a post or two ago and it got my mind thinking about the time i saw them in 1999. it was the only time i saw them but it was a kick ass show and i got to meet them and hang out for a little bit which was totally fucking rad. anyway i took pics and though they aren't the greatest pics i've ever taken (if memory serves correctly i didn't use an SLR) i decided to dig up the negatives and get them reprinted. there were a few i liked and here they are. now hopefully they'll reunite and i can see them play again. here's hoping. on a side note, the lunachicks were the first heavily tattooed women i saw when i was younger and they mde me start to think about getting tattooed myself. now i'm heavily tattooed and get looks from youngins. haha

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death from above 1979-too much love [i fucking love this song. i'm so glad dfa1979 is back together and doing new shit. word is that there will be new material sometime in the middle of this year. i def want to go see them and have my fucking ass rocked right off. i'm a total sucker for 2 piece bands and also bands with lead singer/drummers i tried that shit some years back in  a project i was doing but number 1 its hard and number 2 i can't fucking sing! haha. i also played in a 2piece band for years just bass and drums and i fucking loved that dynamic. anyway i love this shit and can't wait for more]

turn it out[this is a really good fan video with some badass old school tin toys]

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hearts down

i gave it all to you.

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randomy...

-finally listened to the latest joe lally (bassist of fugazi) solo record "why should i get used to it" and its seriously good. his best solo recording to date. it was recorded in italy in 2010 and released earlier this year and i was a little behind the times getting to listen to it. "nothing to lose" is prob my fav track of the bunch, its a short bouncy number which is a nice break from some of the more serious songs he's laid down. when he comes over to the states i would love to see him live; hopefully that can happen sometime this year.
-i need a 2012 calendar. i should get on that shit.
-on new years eve i was reminded of what a great record the first weezer album is. its too bad their later output wasn't at the same level,  for me they fell off after "pinkerton" but whateves. to this day i still credit them with being the first rock band i really got heavily into and the reason why i'm in a band today (though the resaon why i play drums is "live through this" era hole). i bought that cd in october of 1994 and played it non stop for months. thats some good shit.
-i'm loving the fact that i can hook my laptop up to my new tv. hot shit.
-i dont think i fully undertand the timelone layout on facebook...i'm still debating if i should change my profile to that or not. such hard choices in life! haha
-i officially want to break up with overnight. there i said it.


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rahim-enduring love [what ever happened to this band? i started listening to them in 2006 and saw them play that summer-they were really good-but then i never really heard much of them again. it seems like they just stopped playing which sucks because they really had some good shit going. this is one of my favorite songs by them and kind of fitting with the title of this post. the record this song comes from "ideal lives" is a really good disc too. def worth looking up]

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brace

ashley wood

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randomy...

-i got a new tv for xmas. santy claus was good to ol hoosy.
-people say i'm hard to shop for when it comes to gift giving so i end up with a lot of giftcards, namely i tunes ones. while i'm always appreciative to be thought of i am not a fan of itunes cards cuz i don't like the whole thing on when you DL from itunes you don't really own the track, you have to authorize computers and shit. if i pay for it it should be mine to do what i will with it. this is why i've always been a fan of emusic cuz its buy to own. i've used them for years and their selection is really starting to grow. the only drawback is that its a monthly subscription service so you can just DL albums randomly like you can with itunes and you can sample the songs before hand. though actually i think you might be able to now...i gotta look into that shit
-blogger is being mad stupid and keeps freezing as i'm trying to type entries.
-portlandia is on netflix. hell yeah! "the dream of the 90s is alive in portland"
-been rocking the lunachicks alot lately. i fucking loved that shit as a teenager. i gotta dig up the negatives of the time i saw them in 1999.
-ok so i saved the absolute best for last.... violet hour is playing our first show on feb 2nd! we will be at trash bar in brooklyn and are ready to rock your asses! come out and have a drink w us, rock out, grab a unicorn pin and show the love for VH.
-i hate when people are mean for no reason. totally blows.
-i cried for the first time in months the other day. it was kind of liberating in a way. (kind of related to the meany pants-ness)

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  tunabunny       when we go out [this band=superfuzzy and supercute. something new i just happened across and i really dig it. reminds me of all things girlie and 90s. haha. def want to hear more by them and/or go see them play]

song for my solar sister [i like this song the best]

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sleepyhead

hoos in london. yes that london. thanks to marc and andrea for taking me across the ocean!

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randomy...

-so i mentioned last post that el ten eleven made me wanna go out and buy 50 effects pedals for my guitar. haha. well i didn't buy 50 but i did buy a loop station which i've been wanting for a while. shit yeah. and also totally rad is they have a list on their website of all the equipment they use which is really expansive and awesome to read through.
-i've learned a bunch of random and interesting factoids in my computer class such as the first email was sent in 1971 and that youtube is the second largest search engine on the web. hmmm interesting indeed.
-john lindaman of true love always has 2 new e.p.s out and is doing some live performances as well. if i wasn't working, i'd head over to nyc to check this out.
-"low level owl" volume one and two is an amazing pair of albums by the appleseed cast which i have been rocking the last few days. def brings back a lot of old memories of days gone by.
-i really miss playing hockey. if i ever work during the day again i'm going to get back on that shit.
-just snagged tickets to see thurston moore at maxwells in february. def excited to see him play and in such a small venue.
-so kim jong-il kicked the bucket. i know this has major implications for the world but all i can think of is the 30rock episode where margaret cho plays him and how awesome it is. hahaha. there are like no youtube clips of that shit either except for her doing the weather as him but that shit is on netflix and is friggen hysterical. watch that shit.



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beat happening-sleepyhead [i like to think of myself in this song cuz i'm a sleepyhead during the day when everyone else is working. haha. i count BH among my musical influences, not because i'm a huge fan of them or anything cuz i'm really not but because of their raw energy. they couldn't really play that well and were very basic in their song structure/instrumentation but they never let that slow them down at all. you've gotta respect drive like that. so what if they aren't technical wizards, its about the raw power and tenacity. i feel the same way about bands like bratmobile whose early material is golden and emilys sassy lime whose "some deaths take forever" 7" still makes me weak in the knees more than a decade and a half later.]

emilys sassy lime-not in the biblical sense

bratmobile-kiss and ride

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bop

kicking it old school with my government name. GOSSIP at the first unitarian church in philadelphia, march 2006.

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randomy....

-on nights that i'm off i try to stick to my normal sleep pattern (doesn't always work) but its perfect time for doing homework and blogging. but even better, for exploring the depths of my vast music collection. i'm pushing 24,000 songs on my ipod and so some shit naturally gets lost in the shuffle (pardon the pun) and forgotten about. such as christian death cuz i completely forgot i had any of their stuff on my ipod. ain't that some shit.
-i've been re-reading my old blog from 05 and 06 (thats where i nabbed the gossip pic) and it was a whole other era in my world. its interesting to go back now and read it. the girl i was with then. the bands i was in then. the shows i went to. the things i did. working during the day. it all seems light years away now. sigh.
-so if you haven't watched the "hitler finds out" videos on youtube you so need to cuz that shit is HILARIOUS!!! but i was also curious to see the movie that the clip was taken from, downfall. as luck would have it, it is available to stream on netflix so the other night i watched it. its entirely in german and there is some really fine acting throughout. it details the final 12 days of the third reich and is very well done. def recommend it for you history nerds and foreign film viewers. i just couldn't take the one scene seriously. haha.
-early christmas presents of  fuzzy robot pj pants rule. just saying.
-sometimes a little late night ac dc doesn't hurt.
-the violet hour stickers are here!!!! you know you want one...or a hundred. hahaha. hit me up for details on how to score some.

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el ten eleven-hot cakes [so... i love this band. i love instrumental music in general and especially when its upbeat and dynamic like this. what amazed me to find out was that they were only a 2 piece band because they have such a layered sound. i figured it was just shit they did in the studio and i didn't think much of it again until i saw some live videos of them and was blown away by exactly how they craft their sound. its fucking awesome and it makes me love them even more. and the fact that their drummer is a lefty like me? well thats just the cherry on top. i'm a nerd for lefty drummers cuz there are so few of us. yeah phil collins! i was thinking about going to see them over the summer and i ended up not going which i really regret. i NEED to see this band live. it makes me want to go out and buy 50 pedals and start trying my hand at this kind of shit. so inspiring]

every direction is north

jumping frenchmen of maine

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