A very late Metal Mondays. This week is a tribute to the fine TV show Metalocalypse featuring the band Dethklok. I’ve only seen the first season. It’s a pretty great parody of death metal and it captures a lot of … Read More
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So The Motion Sick are doing a series of themed shows for their August residency at Church. I will be debuting my new project, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, on the second night (Arthur Ashe Wednesday), August 13th. … Read More
As you know by our tremendous physiques, if there’s one thing we’re into here in The Motion Sick land, it’s body-building. Also, we’re into ’80s dances. That’s the second thing. So, today, I present to you nature’s combination of these … Read More
The self-proclaimed Best Page in the Universe is pretty damn funny. It’s a guy’s rants on a variety of important topics including fashion. He is also the fellow behind I am better than your kids. What really hooked me was … Read More
Another one of my favorite blogs (maybe I will just post an OPML file of all of the blogs I read someday…) is a collection of found photos. It’s called riot rite right clit clip click and it’s one young … Read More
I had posted some live clips of Rock Plaza Central a bit back. They’ve now just released a music video for their great song, “I am an Excellent Steel Horse.” Robotic horses are our friends.
It sounds like a great title for a children’s book, but that’s not why we’re here. Our buddy H (we played with him in Danbury a little while back) is a finalist in two categories in the Hartford Advocate’s Grand … Read More
We are one of the 10 finalists in the Spin Hot Pursuit contest for a record deal with Original Signal/Epic Records. We’re one of the top Spin picks here and you can read the comments from the judges on all … Read More
“The Russian government is in the process of drafting a law to make emo and goth music illegal, says the Moscow Times.” I am not a fan of the music, but really? The Times says the bill defines emos as … Read More
I only recently had pot pie for the first time, at an friends house. And, I immediately had to make one myself. I guess you miss some Americanisms when your Mother was not born here. The thought of combining meat … Read More
These are from forever ago, both recipes are from Vegan Italiano Stuffed Zucchini and Risotto with Peas. All I remember is that I was going to substitute some matzo meal for bread crumbs but that I accidentally (the containers are … Read More
I broke down and bought a mini cupcake pan, even though I think it’s against my morals. I was jealous at the last party that I was at, that everyone was eating store-bought mini cupcakes instead of my homemade concoctions, … Read More
By birthday request this time.
Animoto is a site where you can upload photos and music and it makes a dynamic slideslow of sorts. It’s kind of an interesting idea. I am not blown away by the results, but I didn’t really expect to be. … Read More
I guess this is an internet meme that has been going around for awhile, most recently the boys over at The Motion Sick Blog have compiled their own lists, which is where I first saw it. The 80s were really … Read More
In 1991, I was an avid Headbanger’s Ball viewer. I even met host Riki Rachtman at Lollapalooza 2. This video (though not all that “metal”) caught my eye. It was by a band called Bullet LaVolta. They toured with a … Read More
Okay, Last week, I decided to do Metal Mondays. I think I just decided to add a new feature. It’s called WTF Sundays. It will contain some of the finest things that Are Merely Willed Into Existence By The Internet … Read More
I just signed up for this Say Now service. I guess you can leave us messages and we can reply or something. Any messages you leave become public and other people can respond. I don’t totally get it, but I … Read More
Thanks to everyone who voted for us and passed along our plea to all of their friends and enemies. As we had said, the competition was fierce and we were defeated by our good pals, The Luxury. Some of you … Read More
I can’t quite totally follow what she is saying, but I kind of enjoyed Courtney Love’s stream-of-consciousness blog on myspace for July 24th: Myspace Blog May 31, 2016 You may have heard reports recently about a security incident involving Myspace. … Read More
“What’s the story behind the site? Touring isn’t cheap or easy. We know, we’ve done it for years. We thought of this as a way for bands and music lovers to offer up their floor and couches. We’ve stayed in … Read More
I just made up that I might be doing a weekly thing called “Metal Monday.” This simply means that I’ll post something metally on every Monday that I remember to. Here’s the first one. It’s some later-era Judas Priest. Ridiculous … Read More
Here are a few photos from the Digital Bear Studio party. As usual, no flash was used… The New Collisions: The Patrick Dunn Band:
We’ve been searching for a while for a band to have a feud with. Music feuds are awesome and hilarious. Oasis vs. Blur. Neil Young vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd. It’s all good stuff. Anyway, yesterday at The Digital Bear Studio Party, … Read More
Check out Melophobe’s review of our show at TT’s here. It seems that they had a fun time. They also posted some awesome stylized pics. I’ll repost a couple here (hope they don’t mind), but head on over to them … Read More
After almost a week, I too have my list of my favorite albums from each year that I have been alive. I kept to the spirit of this exercise by only choosing albums that I know and not repeating an … Read More
I am just beginning the healing process after a series of 3 shows in 3 days. As always, a variety of nonsensical videos are available here. On Saturday, we played in Washington, DC at The Grog and Tankard. It was … Read More
We had a really fun time opening the show at TT’s and I got a bunch of video of the headliners, so here is all the video I could get before my camera died of Someone Still Loves You Boris … Read More
Here are some awesome, awesome photos by Kelly Davidson. Lots more great ones here. One of the photos of Matt will be appearing in the next issue of The Noise! Sophia also took some awesome video of us rocking the … Read More
(Post by Travis Richter) Hey Yall, So I saw Mike’s last post about picking his fave records from each year he’s been alive, and I thought it was a great idea. Unfortunately, I got through 3 years and realized there … Read More
This is something I picked up over on Three Imaginary Girls. It’s a list of your favorite albums that came out each year of your life. No repeats on artists. I cheated a little with a couple of greatest hits … Read More
Friends! We have been selected as a finalist in the WFNX contest to find an opening act for Coldplay in Boston! Our video for “30 Lives” is now featured on Coldplay’s special web site for this purpose: http://www.coldplayontour.com/wfnx/ Please go … Read More
There was some argument regarding these cupcakes in my household, as Mike wanted vanilla, and my need for peanut butter and chocolate was just beginning to rear its head. The compromise was that I made vanilla cupcakes and took out … Read More
I visited the Quechee Gorge, otherwise known as “Vermont’s Grand Canyon” back in May. This photo was taken from the bridge alongside the road, BB tells me that this is quite the popular spot for suicides. I enjoyed photographing the … Read More
I had never made stuffed shells before, but it occurred to me that I would enjoy them more than lasagna (which has always been too messy, and too cheesy (when I ate cheese) for my liking). Anyway, stuffed shells are … Read More
I saw the midnight viewing of the movie Wanted last night and I found it to be pretty awesome. I won’t spoil too much, but it includes all of director Timur Bekmambetov’s favorite themes: father/son relationships, superhuman abilities, fate, and … Read More
I get a massive quantity of spam with subjects like: “this girl is looking for you,” “someone loves you,” “bad girls,” “let’s chat,” etc. For the past six months or so, these messages, of which I’ve received thousands, have almost … Read More
This isn’t exactly new, but it’s pretty awesome for both its innate greatness and its 80s-style fade video montaging mixed with Blair-Witch-spooked shaky cameras. I love it. I also love the observers mixed in with the band. Oh yeah, awesome … Read More
The new Girl Talk album is available for whatever price you choose (including $0.00) at: . I really enjoyed the last record and, although I’ve not been active lately, I was involved in doing a lot of music along the … Read More
Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright is one of my favorite films ever. I am in the process of seeing every Hitchcock film (75% through them) and I think it may even be my favorite of his films so far…but that is … Read More
more graph humor and song chart memes
While Mike reads the newspaper to find random industry-placed adverts, upon my morning flip of the paper found this interesting article about the new head of EMI… A music producer, like Rick Rubin? No, a financier named Guy Hands. Known … Read More
You may remember a while back, I had posted that thing about the burrito being mistaken for a baby in the trash. Well, I found the source of that tidbit of joy. http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jbistlin/headlines1.htm These got me into a painful giggle … Read More
Mike from The Motion Sick created a video out of archive footage for their song “Jean-Paul.” For a twelve-hour project it came out pretty cool. I wrote this song at age 18, I originally called it “Jean-Paul Approximately” (a little … Read More
So, I am trying to learn more about video editing. I hope to make a short film for the 48 Hour Film Project next year. As an exercise in editing, I spent all day making a music video for Jean-Paul … Read More