I am going to be migrating some of the materials from another blog on over to here… It’s time yet again for the least compelling news item of the (however often I post one): NYC baby born with 12 fingers, … Read More
Hello friends, The Motion Sick are wrapping up recording of our new album, tentatively titled, “The truth will catch you, just wait…” and we might be in your neighborhood. Come join us. We might even show up in your town … Read More
Friday Sep 7 2007 PA’s Lounge 345 Somerville Ave.Somerville, MA 02143 11:15 The Motion Sick 10:15 The Living Sea – 9:15 Polyethylene – https://web.archive.org/web/20140902204249/https://myspace.com/polyethyleneband Age Restrictions: 18+ Doors Open: 8:30PM Ticket Price: $8for21+/$11for18-20
Tonight at the Baseball Tavern Perennials – 8:45pmWonderful Spells – 9:30pmThe Sterns – 10:15pmProvocateur – 11pmThe Motion Sick – 11:45pmAppomattox – 12:30am
Hello Friends, So many exciting things on the horizon in The Motion Sick land. We wrapped up 5 days of shooting for our music video for the song, “30 Lives” from our upcoming release. Photos are available at: http://themotionsick.com/30lives The … Read More
Hello Loyal Listeners, Exciting times in The Motion Sick land! We’re making a music video for the song “30 Lives” off of our forthcoming yet-to-be-titled album. It’s got muscle cars, polar bears, dance sequences, and much, much more… We know … Read More
Sources:http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq2plagueandfire and http://starbulletin.com/2000/01/24/features/story1.html Stolen from the first source:Honolulu greeted the 20th century under an ominous cloud as public health officials mobilized against an outbreak of bubonic plague in Chinatown.The first cases were confirmed on Dec. 12, 1899, and officials moved … Read More
Hello Fellow Americans, Eleven score and eleven years ago, our forefathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that the rock ‘n’ roll must be brought to the people. In other … Read More
I don’t know anything about Dan Le Sac or his competition, Scroobius Pip, but I do know that this is awesome.
Sugarloot is a new site where you post pictures and videos to enter contests like “best prom photo” and “hottest couple.” It’s kind of like a rehash of the old amihotornot stuff, but they give away some small prizes to … Read More
Hello Buccaneers, You can now receive text-message updates regarding The Motion Sick’s tour dates in your area. We will send a minimum of messages and the messages will not cost anything beyond your normal text-message rate. To join the list, … Read More
We’re just beginning to experiment with a new service to let BOSTON-AREA fans know about upcoming shows. We will determine whether or not to continue using this service based on response over the next few months. The service is provided … Read More
These are my theories regarding the longer arc of Lost (rather than the next few episodes). I guess it contains spoilers in a sense, except that I am making the whole thing up, so I really have no idea if … Read More
Dear Friends, Romans, and Countrymen, The Motion Sick have just been recruited by federal agents to play a show this Thursday night in Boston’s Faneuil Hall region. Our satellite surveillance feed indicates that the following information might be of use … Read More
Hello Audio voyeurs, The Motion Sick is here with a very special treat. Do pass go. Do collect $200. You have won second place in a beauty contest! As a prize, here is a link to a super-secret, agency-banned, kid-tested, … Read More
One of the great things about the World Wide Web is that these things circulate as truth. It’s hard for me to know if these opinion letters are written as jokes, fabricated by the papers in question, or even possibly … Read More
MTV debuted August 1, 1981 airing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” followed by “You Better Run” by Pat Benatar. The first video to be banned by MTV was “Girls on Film” by Duran Duran in 1981. Notably missing … Read More
Someone posted a video of us performing “30 Lives” on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6ppRUcaZw
Hello Friends, We’ve just come up for air for a second to let you know what we’re up to before we reimmerse ourselves into the production of our new, yet-to-be titled record. A couple of shows coming up: 04/21/07 See … Read More
Today is the Boston marathon. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Košice_Peace_Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event of 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km). The name, “marathon”, comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, who was sent … Read More
Hello Polar Explorers, The Motion Sick live at The Flophouse Sessions is available for your auditory enjoyment. The session includes a performance of an unreleased song from our upcoming record, due out later this year… http://www.bandinbostonpodcast.com/2007/03/22/the-flophouse-sessions-42-the-motion-sick/ Tomorrow, 3/24, we bring … Read More
Hear No Evil: A FREE event to raise awareness about hearing protection Monday, February 26th8 PM to Midnight in afterHOURS at Northeastern’s Curry Student CenterFREE!Open to Northeastern students and staff and their guests (+1 per ID) Live bands: -Scholar – … Read More
Friends, Mexican dumpy frogs, and Enemies, First, we want to thank everyone who voted for us in the SPIN.com Band of the Year competition. We were honored and amazed by how many of you came together and worked to get … Read More
–EDIT: YOU CAN VOTE MULTIPLE TIMES – WE SUGGEST AT LEAST 297– Friends, SPIN Magazine’s website, SPIN.com is holding the Band of the Year competition! As you know, we were the band of the month for January (which led us … Read More
We just found out we made it into the band of the year tournament…voting begins soon. We’re also now just setting our plans for our Summer tour…more details as we know them. We hope to see you all soon!
We’re playing with Vic Thrill. He was featured on the NPR show This American Life here: http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/04/268.html(skip about 7 1/2 minutes in) It is actually quite a fascinating set of stories of the struggle to find one’s identity, so I … Read More
Hello Friends, For those of you in Boston, we’ve got an exciting show this week. We’re playing with none other than Vic Thrill and the Saturn Missile. Not only is Vic Thrill an awesome and amazing performer, but sometime soon, … Read More
Jordan Tishler of Digital Bear Entertainment has kindly provided us with two surround-sound mixes of “Satellite.” They are available at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/surround.html This weekend, we are doing our 1st, possibly annual, January Brooklyn tour. We’ve got two awesome shows. The first … Read More
Hello Sicklings, The Motion Sick’s _Her Brilliant Fifteen_ has been named in the best albums of 2006 by The Boston Metro – http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/talk-metro-01-04-07.html This weekend, we are doing our 1st, possibly annual, January Brooklyn tour. We’ve got two awesome shows. … Read More
We made The Metro’s Best Boston albums of 2006 list: Best Albums of 2006
Hello friends, We’ve got some exciting things in store for The Motion Sick in 2007, so keep your e-mail reader open over the next few weeks! You may still have time to vote in the annual Noise (Boston’s rock periodical) … Read More
“Satellite” Selected For The Bimini International Festival Of Animation Films – [more info] [video] The Motion Sick has received nominations in several categories in the annual Noise (Boston’s rock periodical) poll. Once again, we’re asking for your help to get … Read More
Hello fellow Bipeds, The Motion Sick is the last band standing!!! ( ) Your votes and the judges scores are in and we were selected as the grand prize winner. As a result, we’ve been awarded a recording contract with … Read More
Hello friends, We just wanted to let you know that we’ll be playing at precisely 6 PM tomorrow at The Bodog Battle of the Bands at The Roxy. They have kept very strictly to the schedule in every show so … Read More
Hello friends, Some news, a few shows, and a secret treat at the bottom! — Today is the last day that you can order tickets (so that they can be mailed on time) to the Bodog Battle of the Bands … Read More
The whole thing is being filmed for a TV series on FUSE! BUY TICKETS HERE City Finalist Bands: The Motion Sick Graveyard BBQ Living Syndication The Press Cherry S/T Fear Nuttin’ Band Full Tilt Tons Of Chill Pope Joe Duke … Read More
Hello Friends, — Once again, the Bodog Battle of the Bands City Finals: it will be tough competition, but we do believe we have a shot at winning. If we do win the City Finals, we’re sent off to Los … Read More
Tickets to the City Finals for Bodog Battle of the Bands
Hello Friends, Exciting things going on in The Motion Sick land: —Bodog, which is apparently a company that makes its money via gambling enterprises, also has a record label and has decided to find “America’s best indie band.” So, they … Read More
Hello Friends, We need your help once again! The Motion Sick has been selected by WFNX as one of 20 semi-finalists in their “Last Band Standing” competition to find Boston’s best up-and-coming band. The next phase requires fan voting. You … Read More
We made it to the semi-finals in the WFNX last band standing contest! Now we need to get enough votes to make it to the finals. Please register and vote (up to once per day) for us! Thanks.
Hello Motioners, Things are astir here in camp The Motion Sick. First, we’d like to offer you a secret glimpse at our upcoming music video for “Satellite.” There may still be some buttons to push and some levers to pull … Read More
The fabulous Gem made us another video. Here’s a low-quality file: http://www.themotionsick.com/temp/themotionsick-satellite.mov It might see some small tweaks, but that’s the basic idea… The previous video she did for us is at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KCML-81716k
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/NEMOBlog/?p=11&http://www.themotionsick.com A dispatch from Mark Sandman SquarePosted by Jed Gottleib at 3:48 pm Across the river in Cambridge, NEMO’s first night seems to be going the same as it was Allston. None of the Middle East’s venues are full and … Read More
Just a quick reminder and a little more information about some festival showcases coming up in NYC and Boston. 09/22/06M.E.A.N.Y. Fest: R&R (@ Rare)416 W. 14th St (9th Ave & Washington St.)New York, NYw/ EJ, Speed of Life, 39 GoodbyesShowcase … Read More
Hello friends, A few exciting things. The Motion Sick’s Michael Epstein is featured in the latest issue of The Northeastern University Alumni Magazine. It’s a great spread including a bunch of exclusive photos. You can read it here:http://www.numag.neu.edu/fall06/feature4.shtml A couple … Read More
Hello Mostly Harmless Friends, Several important bits of information (skip to the bottom if you are nowhere near NY or Boston): 08/25/06 WFNX – New England Product Night @ Bill’s Bar Lansdowne StreetBoston, MA w/ Munk, Corin Ashley Doors @ … Read More
Interview + 2 song performance: See the 8/8 show: Fearless Radio