DNFMOMD: For some people the bear is easy to see
others don’t see it at all: I love the twin peaks music towards the end…
The Motion Sick: Pick the Band Contest
So we’re finalists in this Pick the Band contest. Â It seems like a pretty great thing. Â Pick the Band seems like a great idea. Â They bill it as the first fan-run record label. Â I guess then it makes sense that … Read More
The Motion Sick: DO NOT VOTE IN THIS ELECTION!!!
To All of My Dearest Friends, PLEASE DON’T VOTE! I hope you will very carefully consider what I have to say and will choose not to go to the polls this Tuesday. You are just one small person. You won’t … Read More
The Motion Sick: Dance Dance Revolution 3: “30 Lives” Gameplay Video (with video turned up)
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The Motion Sick: Interview with Ryan’s Smashing Life
Back in August, we had the pleasure to be interviewed by the fantastic Ryan Spaulding for his equally fantastic music blog Ryan’s Smashing Life. His blog is probably one of the best in Boston for highlighting both Boston and National … Read More
The Motion Sick: Featured Artist: Bryan McPherson
This guy is awesome. Â I hope we get a chance to play with him again soon. Here he is performing “Black Man” opening for Chuck Berry. My favorite part is when security yells at the girl taping the performance…Â Â Listen … Read More
The Motion Sick: Reverbnation
It looks like Reverbnation might be a quick solution to getting all of our content posted in many places easily. Â I am not 100% sold on it yet, but it seems pretty good. Â I really wish I could group songs … Read More
The Motion Sick: We’re finalists in the running to open for Vampire Weekend and Black Kids at The Orpheum
We’re one of 15 finalists in the Pick the Band / WFNX contest to open for The Miracle on Tremont St. show with Vampire Weekend and Black Kids. The show will take place on December 7th at The Orpheum. Â More … Read More
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: Peeing Doll
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The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” – Dance Dance Revolution Video Edit
Here’s the video/audio edit included in Dance Dance Revolution X (Playstation 2) and Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 (XBox 360). Â The video quality is relatively poor, but it’s just posted for the sake of seeing how they trimmed the song … Read More
The Motion Sick: Join Our E-Mail List – It’s Quite Literally The Only Way For Us To Stay In Touch!!!!
You may be friends with us on myspace, facebook, or any of 100 other sites, but we just can’t directly contact any of you via any of those systems. They really are not implemented for bands contacting fans. For bands, … Read More
The Motion Sick: PBS TV Show Roadtrip Nation Featuring The Motion Sick – Video Clip
Our song, “Walk on Water” is the 2nd song featured in this video clip from the show Roadtrip Nation. Â I also got my copy of Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3. Â Now I just need to find someone with an … Read More
Boston Band Crush Archived Article: Show Crush: Sidewalk Driver as Ziggy Stardust
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Keep your Halloween rocking straight through All Saints Day! TT The Bears11/01/08 There is no other band I can think of that could do a better job with Ziggy Stardust than … Read More
The Motion Sick: DDR Universe 3 – “30 Lives” Game Play Video – (with background turned down)
Unfortunately, this person must have set the background setting all the way down, so you can barely see the video, but anyway, here is the first glimpse of someone playing DDR Universe 3 and dancing to “30 Lives.” -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The … Read More
The Motion Sick: Golden Bloom
You may remember a few months back at our 100th show, we were lucky enough to share the stage with Shawn Fogel. Â Well, Shawn and his pals have made it official and declared that their band shall forever forth be … Read More
Boston Band Crush Archived Article: Almost Local Band Crush: Golden Bloom
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Check out this new New York area band’s awesome pop song and accompanying video! Â They’ll be in Boston soon I’m sure and when they are coming, I’ll give you a bit … Read More
The Motion Sick: My rant on Watchmen
Just so I can say I told you so… I just watched the new trailer for Watchmen – Watchmen is, in my opinion, the best comic book ever written. Â It is an amazing story with interesting depth and complexity layered … Read More
The Motion Sick: Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3: The Motion Sick and Devo
Here is a scrollthrough of the menu on the new XBox 360 game Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3. Â I’ve not see a copy myself. Â At time 1:51, you’ll notice The Motion Sick…right next to Devo. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog … Read More
Boston Band Crush Archived Article: Show Crush: The Secret Sea, Crushes!, Boston Typewriter Orchestra, Orgy Of Noise
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). You know I have to post when a band called *Crushes* is playing, right?! TT THE BEARS10/30/08 12:00 am The Secret Sea – has members of performance art group UV Protection, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Charity Update
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The Motion Sick: For Once, The Motion Sick Does A Good Deed…(charity show)
The Motion Sick will be opening this awesome charity show on November 6th at Church. The Cult of Point Break Society, an all-star charity band, will be performing Television’s “Marquee Moon” and assorted related tunes. Matt and Travis from The … Read More
The Motion Sick: Mix Tapes
The days of mix tapes are essentially over.  Sadly, the care, thought, and work that went into making them will never be understood by the CD/MP3 generation.  Anyway, Claudia Gonson from The Magnetic Fields shares one of her mixtape experiences: -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- … Read More
Boston Band Crush Archived Article: Video Crush: The Luxury – Malcontent
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Catch them live:10-22-2008 21:00 at TT The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA10 Brookline St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139Cost: $8With Mother Mother (Last Gang Records, from Vancouver) and The Gulf
The Motion Sick: Top Videos on our Youtube Account
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DNFMOMD: Cauliflower Nooch Surprise
I’ve been experimenting with nutritional yeast “cheese” sauces a bit recently. This cauliflower & pasta dish was the latest. Â For the sauce:1 cup nutritional yeastsplash of soymilk1/4 cup water1 tbsp earth balance1 tsp onion powder1 tsp garlic powderpinch of … Read More
DNFMOMD: Makin’ the bagels
There is a great tutorial for bagel making on another great vegan blog that I read, I Eat Food. Â I made bagels once before, and it was a complete failure, but when I saw the “I eat food” tutorial go … Read More
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: Spiderman
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The Motion Sick: My work is finished here…
Thanks to Derek Sivers and Jenny Holzer, I don’t have to think of new things to write songs about for a long while. Â For those of you struggling with songwriter’s block, there’s a neat list here: Here’s a tracklist for … Read More
The Motion Sick: Norbert Crump and the Space-Time Continuum
Back in March, on our way home from touring, I saw a parking space reserved for Metcalf Crump (see https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2008/03/httpwww-mikeandsophia-com200803motion-sick-tour-2008-indianapolis-35-html/. At that time, I said:However, in the parking garage, we saw a space reserved for Metcalf Crump. If ever a … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick is one of “Seven Bands Who Make Ryan’s Life So Smashing”
Thanks to Ryan’s Smashing Life, the superrad Boston music blog, for featuring us as one of the “Seven Bands Who Make Ryan’s Life So Smashing” Ryan’s blog is chock full of good stuff, so it’s definitely worth adding to your … Read More
The Motion Sick: Boston Herald Music Industry Article: Nice work if you can get it
A great read by reporter Jed Gottlieb. Â The affairs of local Hardly Art (a label that I am quite fond of) act, Pretty & Nice are outlined a bit. Â They talk about the realities of the current music industry and … Read More
The Motion Sick: My Name is Sarah (again)
I had previously posted about the “My Name is Sarah” Project, in which swing-state voters named Sarah who support Obama. Here’s a follow-up. “My Name is Sarah” project With the Democrats ahead in the polls, and all our friends and … Read More
The Motion Sick: Price Anchors
Derek Sivers, founder of CDBaby and real indie music industry guru of sorts, wrote a neat little thing on how we anchor things to the monetary value that we first experience. Â http://sivers.org/uncomparable how did Starbucks successfully start charging $4 … Read More
The Motion Sick: A preview of tonight’s debate?
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The Motion Sick: Artist Spotlight: Juan Angel Chavez and T.A.J.
On Wednesday October 1st I had the opportunity to see Juan Angel Chavez’s installation in the Paine Gallery at the Massachusetts College of Art titled “The Speaker Project”. The piece consists of several large structures which are designed to modify … Read More
The Motion Sick: More Literal Video…Head Over Heels
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Boston Band Crush Archived Article: LOL Crush: The Luxury
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Hot off the heels of opening for Coldplay and a West Coast tour, The Luxury are bringing their rock and roll back to Cambridge: 10/22/08TT The Bears:The Blizzard of ’78(Providence/Boston)The LuxuryMother … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick’s music in Roadtrip Nation
We’ve just earned the above banner as we’ll have some music used in the 2008 season of the PBS show Roadtrip Nation. Â http://www.roadtripnation.com/ -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: Don’t Overestimate Free Part 2
Don’t Overestimate Free Part 2 – A follow-up to that previous post.  Not as exciting this time, but  a bit more… http://cameronmizell.blogspot.com/2008/10/dont-overestimate-free-part-2.html -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
Boston Band Crush Archived Article: Live Video Crush: Dead Confederate at TT’s 10/6
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Here’s a bit of video of Dead Confederate’s live performance at TT’s a week ago: Last Friday, they rocked the socks off Conan O’Brien…can’t find any video available yet.
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: Wonder Woman and a Gorilla
I’ve already declared my love for monkeys on this blog. Â Dudes in monkey suits, loved not quite as much, but still pretty good. Â Here, not even Wonder Woman can talk sense into this wacky “gorilla.” Â Man I forgot how cheesy … Read More
The Motion Sick: My new workout regiment
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The Motion Sick: Dead Confederate at TT’s
Some video of Dead Confederate at TT’s the other night. Â They are on Conan O’Brien in a few minutes… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: A Quick Guide to Indie Music Licensing Web Sites
We use a variety of avenues in dealing with licensing songs. Â We’re working on setting up an interface on our own web site. Â Until then, we work with Taxi, Broadjam, Youlicense, Pump Audio, Sonicbids (though Sonicbids has very little publishing … Read More
The Motion Sick: Don’t Overestimate Free…
As I think about new models in music and money (and whether there is even any reason to try to make music and get it out to people when the musiconomical climate is so bleak), I sometimes come across essays … Read More
The Motion Sick: Scan of Matt in The Noise
Here he is (click for a bigger version)… http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/talk-noise2008-10.html They also make an interest mention in the news section that our first album Her Brilliant Fifteen has led us to be selected as band of the month in Spin Magazine.  All … Read More
The Motion Sick: Kind of Offensive, but Kind of Hilarious – The Onion: Voting Massacre
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The Motion Sick: Dead Confederate on Conan O’Brien!!!
I love Dead Confederate, who we shared the stage with last night at TT’s. Â Some video of that show on the way, but here’s a little video bit from Rolling Stone promoting them. Â They’ll be on Conan O’Brien this Friday … Read More
The Motion Sick: Literal Music Video
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Boston Band Crush Archived Article: Show Crush: Jaggery and Concord Ballet Orchestra
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). PA’s Lounge is a nifty little rock club in the heart of Somerville. The shows there range from bands just starting out to regulars that just love playing there, and some … Read More