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. http://sivers.org/uncomparable how did Starbucks successfully start charging $4 … Read More
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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
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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
We’ve just earned the above banner as we’ll have some music used in the 2008 season of the PBS show Roadtrip Nation. http://www.roadtripnation.com/ -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
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/
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.
I’ve already declared my love for monkeys on this blog. Dudes in monkey suits, loved not quite as much, but still pretty good. Here, not even Wonder Woman can talk sense into this wacky “gorilla.” Man I forgot how cheesy … Read More
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We use a variety of avenues in dealing with licensing songs. We’re working on setting up an interface on our own web site. Until then, we work with Taxi, Broadjam, Youlicense, Pump Audio, Sonicbids (though Sonicbids has very little publishing … Read More
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
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
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I love Dead Confederate, who we shared the stage with last night at TT’s. Some video of that show on the way, but here’s a little video bit from Rolling Stone promoting them. They’ll be on Conan O’Brien this Friday … Read More
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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
Catch of the day Chicago’s Catfish Haven tops a particularly strong bill of up-and-coming indie rock bands at T.T. the Bear’s tonight. Haven is touring in support of its new album of homegrown soul and funk, “Devastator.” Dead Confederate (of … Read More
In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, the famous David Fricke says: I caught only the last quarter-hour of Dead Confederate’s set opening forR.E.M. at SXSW this year. But even that short shot of the Athens,Georgia, quintet’s buckskin-metal racket was … Read More
Woman Wearing Cow Suit Charged With Disorderly Conduct MIDDLETOWN — A Middletown woman is accused of being disorderly in public — while wearing a cow suit. A police report filed about the incident said Michelle Allen allegedly chased children in … Read More
Friends,In case you don’t want to read the whole e-mail, here’s a summary: Monday. Best show in the universe. My favorite Boston Band Mean Creek and my favorite national band Dead Confederate! Come early! Don’t miss it! Here’s more: We … Read More
Just to give you all some more insight into what the music business is like… ——– Hello, I am writing to inquire about my 2008 Q1 Royalties. Presumably, this reflects the period of 1/1/08 to 3/31/08. During that time, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). I saw The Legendary Shack Shakers exactly once, and since then all I’ve wanted to do is see them again. They tour a lot, and yet everytime they are in town, … Read More
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Things have gotten hairy out here in The Motion Sick land. We need your help. It is you all who must make the most important decision of our lifetimes. Some say Travis’ ‘stache is out of control and becoming a … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Dead Confederate (Athens, GA) is my most favorite thing in years, and they are playing TT The Bears 10/06/08 with: 11:00 Dead Confederate10:00 Catfish Haven (Chicago)–are Soul9:15 Mean Creek (Boston) — … Read More
Another wave of quotes regarding the sketchiness of the new Myspace Music. I sense an exodus coming unless they can make things a little more fair… I really hope they work it out and that everyone gets paid equally for … Read More
I’m pretty sure I’d just scream like a tiny little girl and run for my life, but this radio announcer here knows that his voice keeps the people of his nation strong and lively and he must not stop, even … Read More
Thanks to everyone for coming out tonight in spite of all of the political excitment. We’ve got a last minute (well, 1 1/2 weeks away) show addition. You’ve all seen me gush about Dead Confederate. Well, we’re opening for them! … Read More
I realize that I’m posting a lot of political and economic stuff lately. I guess it’s just what’s going around. Anyway, I keep reading more and more about the economic “crisis” and the bailout and I really am wondering if … Read More
and love it forever: From The Daily Mail.
This should be sufficient to settle things for any of you undecideds. 09/26/08TT the Bear’s PlaceCambridge, MA9:15 PM – The Motion Sick10:15 PM – The Rones11:00 PM – Taxpayer12:00 PM – Dear Leader $12 -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – … Read More
This is an interesting article over on The Tripwire. It all really just sounds scarier and scarier for indie artists. I am not ready to yank all our stuff from myspace just yet, but I have the impression that this … Read More
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Myspace Music launched today. I am not linking to it nor do I really want to promote it. I write only to complain that we still have no access to monetizing our music through it. So, while plays of major … Read More
I am a regular reader of the Help A Reporter Out mailing list – http://helpareporter.com/ It’s a two-to-three times a day list of calls from journalists seeking people to interview for articles on an endless variety of topics. Even though … Read More
I’ve recently become a big fan of This American Life on NPR. I particularly enjoyed the segments of episode 363 – Enforcers. You can listen at: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Archive.aspx Here is their description: Prologue. Joe Kocur was a hockey enforcer for the … Read More
My essay for the Why Obama? series on Largehearted Boy has been posted at: http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/09/why_obama_by_mi.html Go on over there to read it. Here I comment on the process of writing such an essay… Kid Rock made an interesting statement recently:“I … Read More
A while back, we played a show for Rock N Roll Dating. It was a speed dating rock concert. I guess people had 5 minute speed dates, then we rocked for about 10 minutes, then they moved on to their … Read More
Hey kids, We’re going to make a page showing all the videos we can gather of people playing “30 Lives” on DDR X. So, if you want to show off your skills (good or bad), just record yourself playing the … Read More
Tanit Sakakini, who has done a lot of our photographic work including our recent album photography (see our press page for a bunch of photos) is involved in a new awesome project called “My Name is Sarah.” Here is some … Read More
I am taking an astronomy course this semester, and our first assignment was to wake up at dawn and observe the shadows cast on the moon by the sun, by the proxy of a ball. My ball was this organic … Read More
Taxpayer is the cover story in this month’s Northeast Performer and we’re playing with them this Friday! Check out: http://www.performermag.com/nep.cover.0809.php They’ve got an oldish, but awesome music video that involves lots of TVs, something that most certainly gets me every … Read More
First WTF Sundays is out, Silly Sundays is in. It rolls off the tongue better and includes no IMspeak. Manowar may not be the only Barbarian metal band, but they are at least arguably the funniest. Incidentally, in case … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/09/amazing-boston-show-thursday-9-25-08.html An awesome show this Thursday at The Middle East Upstairs featuring one of our favorites and our recent LOL targets, Static of the Gods: Thu 9/25Ryan’s Smashing Life presentsJacksonknife (fr. … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Taxpayer is another of Boston’s best rad Boston-sounding alt-rock outfits. Portions of the lads have been playing together for some 13 years in various forms according to the cover story in … Read More
The information menu says: The credits scroll pretty fast, so it was hard to get a clear photo, but here they are: “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)”Performed by The Motion Sickwritten by Michael EpsteinProduced by Anthony J. Resta with Rich Curtis … Read More
This cupcake is definitely my favorite thing about Sarah Palin, it is from The Haphazard Gourmet Girls Blog.
I had just been lamenting that as a vegan I haven’t found a good way to make hot chocolate. The quest for a decent cup of cocoa last winter was long and bleak. I tried powders, double boiling, microwaving chocolate, … Read More