Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Listen Up: A lot of super-rad news. First, upcoming shows in brief:05/08/08 – Cambridge, MA – TT’s – w/Semi Precious Weapons and Sidewalk Driver05/09/08 – New York, NY – Baggot Inn06/07/08 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East … Read More
There is a new vegan cheese, put out by the Chicago Soy Dairy (who make the delicious Temptation Ice Cream) called Teese All of the vegan blogs I read have been abuzz about this cheese, mostly saying how great it … Read More
First off, for the record, I don’t mind having the windows open in thecar, I mind getting my face bruised, blasted, and whipped by the wind,there is a crazy amount of force that goes straight to the backseat, I amsure … Read More
I joined The Motion Sick on the road for their jaunt to Delaware for the Dewey Beach Pop Fest last weekend, everyone else’s vision of the trip is being documented here. Our epic ride to Delaware (Google maps lies! They … Read More
You want a blog about the Dewey Beach Pop-Fest? Patrick and I got into my car. Patrick and I drove for 10 hours. Patrick, Mike, Travis, and I rocked for exactly 40 minutes. Mike, Travis, Sophia, and Leesa left to … Read More
Okay, the title is a lie. The pictures you are about to see chronicle the journey to and from Dewey Beach, DE for the Dewey Beach Popfest. If you’d like to see photos and video of us performing, head over … Read More
My first live review for Three Imaginary Girls is up. I went to see The Konks and Kelley Stoltz. There are more videos of The Konks than the ones the article links to here
Hey kiddies. Its been awhile since I checked in, so I figured I’d take a little time and recap the trip to Dewey Beach for their Popfest. Be on the lookout for some guest bloggery, as we had some friends … Read More
I remember reading about this about 10 years ago, but for some reason, it has again arisen in the bloggy world as if it’s a new thing. No idea why, but I had not previous actually heard the songs, so … Read More
I happened upon a new phrase today, but the origins of the phrase were quite old and established. Mall Punk The original connotation I discovered the phrase was in a Salon.com article about some new punk bands (scroll down to … Read More
Update: This stuff is getting yanked left and right…some of the links might work, some might not… I’ve now heard three songs from the forthcoming album of Tom Waits covers (and I think maybe 1 original) performed by Scarlett Johansson … Read More
I’m a vegan, so I don’t drink milk. Today, CNN had an article headline that struck me : Headline: “Fad-free advice: Hormones or no, keep drinking milk” http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/04/15/cl.milk/index.html I thought, oh this might be interesting. Just about all of the … Read More
I am sad to report than one of my favorite “blogs,” Monkey Fluids, is closing its doors. The premise of Monkey Fluids is the recaptioning of drawn images from very old children’s books. Many of the posts are not quite … Read More
I got this via e-mail from several people. I have no idea what the original source is and I couldn’t find it within 3 minutes of looking, but here it is:
The first game is called, “You Have to Burn the Rope.” It’s a reaction to the overwhelmingly complex controls and game requirements that have developed in recent years. While gameplay is not as simplistic as your standard Atari 2600 game, … Read More
I’m such an old man, my favorite games are backgammon and dominoes. When my family gets together I can count on a late night hand: We play with three superstitions: 1. Everyone has to put a hand in and swish … Read More
No trip home is complete without a trip to the honey man, who has a roadside stand. Glorious Honey: This box that says “Put Money Here” and the pile of change on the counter serve as a cashier. We brought … Read More
Of course, I made cupcakes while I was home. Dad’s favorite is chocolate, so chocolate it was, glistening in liquid chocolate glaze.
Had a visit to my parents house in the country. This is the view from the front door: Straight out of “Country Homes,” the kitchen: They set up a futon for me in the living room, where I could sleep … Read More
A few videos from the final Okay Thursday show on April 3, 2008. Also, video of Harris and The Woodrow Wilsons… To prevent slow load time, all of the videos can all be seen at http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/okaythursday4-3-08.html Here’s one teaser…
This blog wrote about our winning entry in the DDR contest: http://b-yaro.seesaa.net/article/92331078.html?http://www.themotionsick.com That, in and of itself is not terribly exciting, but since I don’t read Japanese, I had to use Babelfish to translate it, which led to the wonderful … Read More
The dance remix of “30 Lives” will be featured in the 2008 version of Dance Dance Revolution! The game is made by Konami and the song “30 Lives” is based on the famous video game code “The Konami Code.” We’re … Read More
I use Pandora (as mentioned here). Just now, it decided that Wesley Willis’ “I’m Running My Inkpen” should be played as a song similar to Joy Division. The similarities:electric rock instrumentation, punk influences, repetitive melodic phrasing, extensive vamping, and major … Read More
As always, review eventually coming to: http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/user/thesleepwalker Here is a video recording of much of the show (recorded by a friend until the disk space was gone…) Setlist:It’s A Shame About Ray in its entirety:—1. Rockin Stroll2. Confetti3. It’s A … Read More
Tonight will be the final bow of the band Okay Thursday. Three of us in The Motion Sick have also been playing in Okay Thursday since 05/25/07 when we hopped in to back vocalist Sarah Korval after the original band … Read More
For most of you who may have happened to catch us while we were on the road; you probably noticed that most of us (i.e., not me) were clad with some well defined handle-bar style mustaches. To celebrate the start … Read More
As I was conducting some research here on the interwebs, I happened upon an entire FAQ on left-handedness. Being left handed myself, I naturally was quite interested.. so for all of you proud lefthanders out there you owe it to … Read More
The best one can hope for when creating something is that your creation will inspire another person to create something. The kids over at The Wheel’s Still In Spin wrote a review embedded in a piece of short fiction. It’s … Read More
Check out this hilarious April Fool’s Day lineup for Coachella: Roger Waters headlining…ha ha ha. What? That’s the real lineup? It reminds me of the good old days when Metallica headlined Lollapalooza… Who goes to these things? I know, like … Read More
Check this out… the ironic version from our post here.
My Coffee Run down for the Tour 2008: Ken’s House – Good body and certainly welcome with my body in such bad shape.WEEM – Jeff made us some coffee while we played, and it was really good coffee; honestly much … Read More
Saw Tilly and the Wall on Saturday. Was a fun time. Review forthcoming at: http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/user/thesleepwalker Here’s a setlist. The unreleased songs are best guesses based on lyrics and prior setlists (MP3s are from the Team Love website unless otherwise noted): … Read More
Assuming this is real, this is quite possibly the best video that I’ve ever seen on Youtube. It has the thing I love most in a short video clip: some douchebag gets what he deserves…
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/ ***3/24 Update: The Boston Globe ran a feature on this blog today…2 days after I posted it…coincidence? – http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gallery/10_things_white_people_like/*** This is a pretty great blog satiring the lifestyles of “white people,” by which they basically mean young, professional “cosmopolitan” … Read More
As our subscribers have increased and our technological needs have changed over time and geographical scope, we are going to be moving our e-mail list to Fanbridge. This system will allow us to more accurately target our audiences by location … Read More
Steve, with an appropriate excitement level displayed for some basil garlic bread: Oh yeah, and the entree, Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Red Wine Marinara Sauce (made from scratch): Burritos! I bought whole wheat tortillas, used Vegan Gourmet Monterey Jack cheese, … Read More
In our journeys across the US, we found ourselves often desperate for anything remotely edible. One of the safe-havens falling into the “remotely” category was Taco Bell. I made the mistake today of looking at Taco Bell ingredient lists and … Read More
http://strangeglue.com/news/sxsw-2008-live-the-motion-sick/1499 A brief review and some pictures from one of our gigs at SXSW including some awesome photos
CMJ TOP 200Week 1: #13 Most AddedWeek 2: #198Week 3: #146Week 4: #140Week 5: #86Week 6: #71Week 7: #95Week 8: #192 CMJ Independent Select Tracks Top 100 – “30 Lives” – peak #67 *charted at 62 different stations over the … Read More
Holy shit what a fun time I had on tour! I’m sad it’s over. All the positives outweigh the negatives, which makes it easy to justify the lifestyle and the decision to tour in the future. I will post my … Read More
The tour is over. We had an awesome time, met great people, dealt with a few frustrations pretty gracefully, and just generally experienced things that I will remember for the rest of my life. You can’t beat that. First, I … Read More
Driving back from Texas was the longest I’ve ever spent in a car in two days in my entire life. My legs cramp up just from thinking about it. Watch the videos for any funny stuff; especially Pat getting pulled … Read More
Here’s a list of the artists and albums we listened to in the car: Artists: Aaron Katz – Simplest Warrior Air – Talkie Walkie Air Supply – Forever Love Aloud – Leave Your Light On The Arcade Fire – Neon … Read More
The journey home was brutal…we went a little crazy during our 37 hour drive, but we made the best of it. We stopped in Memphis and visited Beale Street, possibly the worst place on Earth. However, in the parking garage, … Read More
See videos of Hope, Arkansas, The Austin 4, Memphis, TN, Patrick’s Confession, Darkwing Duck Car, Czech Stop Bakery, and The Long Journey Home at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0315.html
So… the last day of the tour. We had two shows and an interview planned; I knew this would be a long day. After we awoke from our relatively decent slumber from the previous evening had to get a move … Read More
Austin during SXSW was an overwhelming experience. When we first arrived, I was sure that I would have a bad time. It was crowded, I wasn’t hipstery enough, there was cacophonous resonation with every step. We’d already been on the … Read More
SXSW Day 3 Videos including: Billy Bragg, She and Him (M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel), Le Loup, Interview with Beangrowers, Beangrowers live @ Wests, Super Pal Universe, Beso’s Cantina, and The End of our visit to SXSW at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0314.html