Watchmen Review
I prefer not to give away any plot elements in the comic or film, so I am approaching this from a distant point of view. When I first read Watchmen around 1986, I was in sixth grade. I was immediately … Read More
The Motion Sick: We’re in the Running For Best Rock Band in Boston in The Boston Phoenix…
Please head on over and vote for us. The process is as follows:You go here: …select The Motion Sick and hit submit. Then, you must hit “skip to finish” and enter a name and e-mail address. We have some seriously … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Update 3/3 – SPIN loves The Motion Sick – Monstrous Show This Friday and we hit SXSW (and visit some new places)
We’ve got so much exciting stuff going on that it’s hard to even imagine making it fit into one tiny e-mail: Summary: 1. SPIN and Commercial Radio Love The Motion Sick 2. Boston Music Seen Video Magazine Features The Motion … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick included in SPIN’s “Undiscovered Bands Worth a Listen”
http://www.spin.com/articles/spin-picks-more-undiscovered-bands-worth-listen SPIN has included us in its latest round of “Undiscovered Bands Worth a Listen” They also selected our song “Winged Bicycle” to include in the SPIN/Sonicbids Emerging Artists’ Showcase Radio show, which was featured on WFNX this past Friday. … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick’s Commercial Radio Takeover – chronologically: WFNX, WBCN, and WAAF
This Friday at midnight, The Motion Sick will be one of the bands played on the Spin Magazine / Sonicbids Emerging Artists Radio Show on WFNX. That’s 101.7 FM in Boston, 92.1 FM in New Hampshire and online at http://www.wfnx.com. … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” Ringtones
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The Motion Sick: Boston Music Seen Episode 3 – Interview / “30 Lives” acoustic
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The Motion Sick: March tour dates (including SXSW) trickling in…
We hope to have more solidified over the next few days, but so far, we’ve got what’s below. If you’re down in Austin during SXSW, we should be playing a few shows in the area including the official SXSW party … Read More
The Motion Sick: Rockville, CA
Rockville, CA is a new web-based show with an interesting twist. The show is set in a fictional rock club in Los Angeles (Club Rockville) and there are non-fictional bands performing and serving as backdrop to the story in each … Read More
The Motion Sick: We’re in the Not Lame Recordings Powerpop Catalog and Upcoming Japanese Distribution
The Motion Sick’s album The truth will catch you, just wait… is now for sale in the awesome Not Lame Recordings catalog of pop music! Check them out. Both of our albums are also soon to be distributed in Japan … Read More
The Motion Sick: Ticketmaster / Live Nation
Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Â I really hope they merge. Â I really hope ticket prices go through the roof. Â I really hope someday people realize that it’s absurd to spend $100 to see a mediocre national band when there are great … Read More
The Motion Sick: Nominate us in the Boston Phoenix’s Best Poll
If you feel so inclined, please nominate The Motion Sick for best rock band in The Boston Phoenix’s annual survey. How do you do it? 1. Go to 2. Click on Arts + Entertainment3. Under “Rock Band” – type in … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” on Fuse’s Make A Star
A clip of The Motion Sick’s video for “30 Lives” aired yesterday on the Fuse TV Show Make a Star. After the clip, the hosts chat for a while with the song playing in the background. You can watch the … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” in Cardio For Indie Rockers
Cardio For Indie Rockers, a new workout DVD in the Fitness for Indie Rockers line will be released on February 10th. There’s a writeup in The Onion A.V. Club’s The Hater Column, which is full of all of the snarky … Read More
The Motion Sick: Influenza Show Tomorrow @ Great Scott! Our Cover Songs REVEALED!!!
Boston PhoenixBoston Globezed equals zeeBoston Band Crush“Problem:1. Good bands don’t play covers 2. You like hearing covers…even if you don’t like to admit it. Solution:Influenza, hosted by Aloud, Powderfinger Promotions, and Northeast Performer Magazine!! Bands play one hour showcase sets … Read More
The Motion Sick: Songsmith is Terrifying!
Microsoft recently released Songsmith, a “product” that allows you to sing to a beat and then it creates backing music based on your vocals. I think you can pick the style as well. Anyway, it’s scary. There are tons of … Read More
The Motion Sick: We’re in Today’s Edition of The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/01/23/playing_covers_and_proud_of_it/ An article about our Influenza show next week. “Cover band. For many musicians and audiences, those two words, without a doubt, are among the most odious pairings of adjective and noun in the English language. They conjure cringe-worthy images … Read More
The Motion Sick: References in Song? Built to Spill!
I don’t really care to get into the semantics of post-modernism, so although it may be used in this case by some writers, I’ll stay safe and say that it’s not the precisest terminology. Let’s instead stick to an idea … Read More
The Motion Sick: Benefit Show in Vermont – A Rare All-Ages Show for The Motion Sick
For those of you in Vermont, we have a rare all-ages show (we’re trying to do more, but it’s tough in the Boston area). 01/31/09THE UP AND COMING:A benefit to provide additional educational opportunities to students in Vermont high schoolsNorwich … Read More
The Motion Sick: The truth will catch you, just wait… guitar chords
We’ve been getting a lot of requests for the chords to songs from The truth will catch you, just wait…I’ve done a quick post of the basic chords played on the acoustic guitar. That should give anyone who is interested … Read More
The Motion Sick: Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009)
I am very sad that my favorite actor Patrick McGoohan passed away yesterday at the age of 80. I am slightly disturbed by the fact that last night, we completed our viewing of the 86-episode, 18 DVD box set of … Read More
The Motion Sick: RPM Challenge vs. The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library
I have decided that I am going to do the RPM Challenge. That is, I am going to write and record 10 songs in the month of February. This is somewhat insane as February has 28 days in it and … Read More
RIP Peter Kastner
I am late in receiving the news, but I learned last night that Peter Kastner – actor, musician, comedian, upstanding fellow – passed away in September at the age of 64. I met Peter at Club Passim somewhere around 2002 … Read More
The Motion Sick: Boston Band Crush Round-Up
I have been posting more and more stuff about local music over at Boston Band Crush and neglecting this blog a bit, so here’s a quick round-up: – I met Greg Hawkes of The Cars. He was very nice. – … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
I just finished watching the DVD Director’s Series, Vol. 3 – The Work of Director Michel Gondry and it had some pretty awesome stuff on it. I’m a really big fan of “camera tricks” especially those associated with confusing the … Read More
The Motion Sick: We are b0+ h@ck3rz
Check out the first comment on the page below. I knew we were pretty awesome, but I didn’t realize that other bands would want to upload live shots of us to their press kits… https://web.archive.org/web/20131219165859/https://myspace.com/desperateunion -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – … Read More
The Motion Sick: Neilsen Soundscan 2008 Sales…Surprising!
Neutral Milk Hotel was in the top 10 vinyl sellers this past year. Weird. I rudely stole their images below, so please do follow the link above to read their full analysis. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: An Interview with Dance Dance Revolution Step Artist Joseph Eder (the fellow who created the steps for “30 Lives”)
As you’ve all heard by now (see our previous posts if you haven’t), our song “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” is included in several versions of the video game Dance Dance Revolution (made by Konami): DDR X (Playstation 2), DDR Universe … Read More
The Motion Sick: Best of 2008: Pipeline! Radio Show
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The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick wishes you a happy new year, performs some covers
First, we want to let you know about an awesome show we’ve got coming up. The show theme is “Influenza,” but we promise that there is no illness involved. Instead, we’ll be performing an hour-long set comprised of half original … Read More
The Motion Sick: Third-Hand Smoke!!!
Okay, it has nothing to do with The Motion Sick, but smoking just gets worse and worse for everyone it seems… I used to tell people that I had quit second hand smoking if they lit up around me, now … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” in HD on Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
I finally got a chance to play DDR Universe 3 on the XBox 360 this past weekend. I have had a copy of the game since its release, but no XBox 360. Anyway, the game is quite impressive in terms … Read More
The Motion Sick: Biggest Earning Tours of 2008
I came across this list of the top earning tours of 2008. I noticed something interesting. All of these artists either have been around for ever and ever or (usually and) they have target audiences comprised of older folks (the … Read More
The Motion Sick: Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood on WBCN 104.1 Best of 2008
We received the very high honors of: “favorite mention of aine studio ops dept in liner notes / fave song list, fave disc list” on the very awesome local music show Boston Emissions. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: Pop Culture Will Eat Itself Best of 2008 Awards
A big thanks to PCWEI! We’re not quite in the top 10, but we’re in the honorable mentions, which is quite an impressive list. Awesome! Honorable Mention – AC/DC, Ben Folds, Born Ruffians, Dr. Dog, Plants and Animals, The Motion … Read More
The Motion Sick: “Losing Altitude” on the TV Show Roadtrip Nation
“Losing Altitude (instrumental)” is featured on the 8th 2008 episode of the TV show Roadtrip Nation. Skip to 20 minutes if you just want to see the part with the song… See the video here. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – … Read More
The Motion Sick: Official Dance Dance Revolution X Japanese Arcade Confirmation
It’s just a glimpse, but if you watch at 1:31, you can see that “30 Lives” is included on the brand new DDR X Japenese Arcade machines. Very exciting! -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Part 2) – Tuvan Throat Singing
I’ve gone and listened to a bunch of the LWTUA covers (primarily on Youtube) and realized Squarepusher was not the cover I liked. So, I actually can’t remember what band did the one I did like. Either way, this version, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Love Will Tear Us Apart
The blog “Don’t Judge Song by the Cover (sic)” has included our version of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” in its collection of said song. Normally, we’d file lawsuits and have our lawyers call theirs and yell at them in … Read More
The Motion Sick: Merry Christmas!!!
I’ll be celebrating Christmas in my usual non-Christian tradition, eating Indian food and watching movies. In the old days of high school, I was involved in the tradition of having a Christmas Bah Humbug party, where we all got together … Read More
The Motion Sick: Joe Consolmagno, POW and Theater Enthusiast
This is a pretty crazy article about this guy who was shot down during WWII and his experience putting on theater productions in a POW camp. “Four miles above the earth, Joe dived out head first. The jolt of his … Read More
The Motion Sick: Myspace? Is anyone out there? Are bands spammers?
It seems like every day on Myspace, we just get 50 requests from bands saying, “come listen to us” or “you’re friends with so and so, so we thought you’d like us” or “check out our new single.” My response … Read More
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: The Final Chapter…The Final Countdown
Silly Sundays, which evolved from WTF Sundays has ended up as being Silly Everyday…so, I am now abandoning Silly Sundays and just posting silly things as often as I’d like. It is fitting that the last Silly Sunday is yet … Read More
The Motion Sick: Mike’s Self-Indulgent One/Two-Sentence Movie Reviews
In case you want to read movie reviews by Mike (me) and Sophia that are about 1-2 sentences long and often grumpy, now you officially can: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/ We’re still catching up on writing about movies we’ve already seen, but the … Read More
The Motion Sick: ajax rayovac “love is a twisted melancholy disease”
Here is the awesome new music video from ajax rayovac for “love is a twisted melancholy disease” If you keep your eyes open, you will notice The Motion Sick’s very own Matthew Girard playing the trumpet. Mr. Rayovac may also … Read More
The Motion Sick: Listen To Our Two Albums – Free Streaming! Thanks to Reverbnation.
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The Motion Sick: Top 13 of 2008
I am sort of picky about liking music. So, although this is a list of my favorite (lucky) 13 albums of 2008, as you get further down the list, the albums include fewer songs that I actually like. The Airborne … Read More
The Motion Sick: Band Camp: Buy Our Songs in Many Digital Formats
Of course, you can still always buy a CD and forego worrying about specific digital formats, but Bandcamp is now selling our music in a wide range of formats including some lossless ones… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – http://themotionsickreviews.blogspot.com/
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” in an arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution in Japan???
There is great rumor and speculation that some arcade versions of DDR, due out early next year, may include our song “30 Lives.” If you look closely, this image printed in a Japanese magazine shows “30 Lives” on the song … Read More