The Motion Sick: Back on the road…
So, I got really slammed with the flu. I am still pretty weak, but I feel a lot better. I got home after the CD release show and more or less felt like a truck had hit me. I’ve barely … Read More
The Motion Sick: Friday Quick Hit
So today we were supposed to start our tour. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to leave because Mike is really ill. Totally sucks, the guy can’t even speak. He was feeling under the weather most of the week and pushed through … Read More
The Motion Sick: Cancellations 2/29 and 3/1
We regret that our upcoming shows on 2/29 in New York and 3/1 in Philly have been cancelled due to illness. We expect to be recovered and back on the road for our 3/3 date in Wilmington. Our sincerest apologies … Read More
The Motion Sick: Pre Tour Blog – Matt
Welcome to my little segment of The Motion Sick’s tour blog-spot. To recap some pre-tour activities, we had our official CD-Release show on Wednesday, the 27th. This was the first time we had played this new venue in town, called … Read More
The Motion Sick: Tour 2008 – 02-27 – Church – CD Release Show – Boston, MA
Mike: Our CD release show was a blast, except that I was pretty severely ill. We made it through the whole thing and then I got home and just about collapsed. Church is a really nice newer club that is … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Metro
http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/talk-metro-02-27-08.html
The Motion Sick: Topping the radio charts, MTV Latin America, and The Motion Sick on Tour: NY, Philly, DE, DC, Indy, TN, MO,OK, Houston, Dallas, Austin for SXSW!
UPDATE: TOUR DATES 3/8 (Springfield, MO) and 3/9 (Tulsa, OK) JUST ADDED! Hello Friends, We’re super excited about our Boston CD release show, which kicks off our upcoming tour that leads us down to SXSW (and hopefully back)! Keep an … Read More
The Motion Sick: Equilibrium and A Boy and His Dog
I am definitely a science fiction nerd. Recently watched two films: – Equilibrium – Not a bad movie, but disturbingly derivative. THX-1138 vs. The Matrix, but better than the latter…not so much the former. Christian Bale is decent, the cinematography … Read More
The Motion Sick: The new Black Crowes album – 2.5 out of 5 in Maxim – Why is this significant?
The main reason that it is significant is that, allegedly, advance copies were not made available for review. It seems that the review came out in the March issue of Maxim. The Crowes were puzzled as they had not provided … Read More
DNFMOMD: Wedding Cupcakes!
I made 118 wedding cupcakes in nine hours on Sunday. Four cake flavors, four icings, and assorted toppings and garnishes. Display Platter Mocha Cake with Espresso Frosting and Dark Chocolate Dustings Vanilla with Chocolate Frosting and Blackberry Vanilla on … Read More
DNFMOMD: Baby Straight Edge
I screened this for a friends impending baby. If I have my way it will come out of the womb with a nose ring and a pink mohawk.
The Motion Sick: Battle Hymns and The Magnetic Fields reviews
I finally got around to writing that review of The Magnetic Fields show… Also, I got to review this awesome band called Battle Hymns. As I say in the review, one of the reasons I love this record is for … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick’s biggest tour yet…
We’re all really excited about our upcoming tour. You can find more info at our web site 2/27 – Boston, MA – Church – CD RELEASE SHOW – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110189059162/29 -New York, NY – Baggot Inn – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7929958843 3/1 – Philadelphia, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Radio Station Spotlight: WVCW
Although some commercial stations are currently playing our music regularly, we largely depend on college and non-commercial radio for airplay. I was a DJ for about 9 years at WHRW and WRBB doing both pop and sound collage shows and … Read More
The Motion Sick: My Name is Bruce (Campbell)
This looks like it could be some fun self-parodying. I think Bruce Campbell is pretty funny, though I have not been so blown away by his recent films (Bubba Ho-Tep, The Man With the Screaming Brain). The Evil Dead series … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Magnetic Fields @ Somerville Theater
I saw The Magnetic Fields last night at the Somerville Theater. I enjoyed the show a lot. The set mostly didn’t include the material I prefer, but the band is always so goofy and fun that it makes up for … Read More
The Motion Sick: Out with the old, in with the new
Due to a lack of hard drive space; I was forced to reinitialize my iPod so I could backup some much needed files. In doing so, I had to erase ALL of my music.Now I only have a 20GB iPod … Read More
The Motion Sick: I Had A Dream: My Country
Skip down a bit past the “My Country” song lyrics if you want to read about a funny dream I had the other night and skip some political talk. For those of you who are unaware, The Motion Sick has … Read More
The Motion Sick: Aeroplane turns 10!
Ten years ago this month (Feb. 10 to be exact), Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was released. I am sure most of you have already worn through 4 copies of it, but for those of you … Read More
The Motion Sick: Note Books on Largehearted Boy
I am quite excited to let you all know that today, I had the opportunity to write the Note Books column on Largehearted Boy! I’ve been a regular reader and fan of LHB for several years, so it’s quite an … Read More
The Motion Sick: Abbey Road
I spent a good portion of my evening yesterday listening to Abbey Road by The Beatles. I remember listening to this record on vinyl as a child along with Meet The Beatles, this is all in thanks to my Mother. … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Greatest Rock Band Dilemma: To encourage/ignore piracy or to quash it
At the present, we find ourselves in a difficult situation. The Motion Sick is a band that really loves making music. We really do. That is why we’re here. We are not expecting fame and fortune, but in order to … Read More
The Motion Sick: Political Junkie
For those of you who know me; I’m an extreme political junkie.. I can’t seem to get enough of this stuff. To riff on Mike’s theme of Politics.. my man Barack is leading the delegate count for the Democratic Party … Read More
The Motion Sick: Presidential Campaign Songs
The most exciting thing about the upcoming election…what campaign songs will they choose?!?!?!?! Here are some past ones to get the gears turning… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_song 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Happy Days Are Here Again” 1960: John F. Kennedy: “High Hopes” 1964: … Read More
DNFMOMD: Superbowl Cupcakes
I made these delightful vanilla cupcakes for a superbowl party we were invited to. The icing was slightly chocolatey which gave it a nice purple hue. They remind me of gnomes.
The Motion Sick: Great Scott Batman!
Travis, my friend Rich Adkins (from The Cult of Point Break Society), and I went to see Mean Creek at Great Scott on Saturday evening. Mike has said many nice things about them so I was quite interested to hear … Read More
The Motion Sick: That Spoon Review
So, I found out that there was a bonus disc for early purchasers of the record in addition to a bonus iTunes track. For the record; I really wish that record companies/bands would allow people to purchase the bonus material … Read More
The Motion Sick: Cat Power @ The Orpheum
I saw Cat Power Thursday night and wrote a review for Three Imaginary Girls that is now available and posted in conjunction with awesome photos by Ion Sokhos. Here’s the setlist and a few live videos (I didn’t record them, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Primer
I just watched the movie Primer tonight. It was a pretty great dizzying foray into time paradoxes and layers of actions that don’t quite ever make sense to the audience. We’re only shown pieces of a puzzle. I imagine some … Read More
The Motion Sick: Unknown White Male
Holy crap, I watched a documentary yesterday called “Unknown White Male”. It’s the story of a 35 year old guy who mysteriously wakes up on a NYC subway with no memory of who he is or how he got there. … Read More
The Motion Sick: You Suck at Photoshop
I am sure most everyone has seen these by this point. The truth is that I do suck at photoshop and I appreciate actually being able to learn from this tutorial series at the same time as Donnie Hoyle tells … Read More
The Motion Sick: 86 and 30 are my favorite numbers
The Motion Sick’s second album, The truth will catch you, just wait… is number 86 on the CMJ Top 200 this week! “30 Lives” is the featured video today by Blender!
The Motion Sick: Too Much To Do
I bought the “new” Spoon album this weekend… (Yes, I know it was released in July). I’ve been listening to “The Underdog” since I received it on Salon.com’s now defunct Song-of-the-Day podcast and thought enough of that particular song to … Read More
The Motion Sick: Elisa Jordana
I already wrote about Ms. Jordana over at: http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/blogentry/2008jan/firstguiltypleasureof2008elisajordana Still, I am reminded again that I must point you to her before every messy-haired hipster in town is drooling over her hyper-post-ironic irony with a touch of neoclassicistic retroactivation. Basically, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Taste Tester
I am the official taste tester for this new blog: http://itbeginswithashriek.blogspot.com/
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Update 2/4/08
Hello Friends! Much is going on. Our CD release show and subsequent tour are coming up! First, 4 exciting tidbits: 1. The truth will catch you, just wait… has been screaming up the CMJ radio charts! We were in the … Read More
The Motion Sick: Super-Monday
Good Morning All, Well it’s Monday, the day after the coveted Super-Bowl. I am a Green Bay Packers fan, so I could care less who actually won the game last night. I must admit that I did enjoy the actual … Read More
The Motion Sick: Have a Nice Life – Deathconsciousness
I came across this band when I saw their album cover was a crop of the painting The Death of Marat. Our song, “Jean-Paul” was written by Sophia Cacciola in response to that painting. My expectations were low for Have … Read More
The Motion Sick: Unnecessary Censorship
Censorship, particularly the bleeping of “bad” words and the blurring of “unsafe” images has always been fascinating to me. There’s something particularly compelling about the idea that it’s okay for a TV show to contain “f(beep) you,” but not the … Read More
The Motion Sick: No music no screams
I WILL NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLOT OR ACTION BUT IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN CLOVERFIELD AND DO NOT WANT TO READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT HOWEVER TRIVIAL DON’T READ THIS BLOG. I don’t see many horror movies, I actually don’t … Read More
The Motion Sick: My fave CD of 2007
Greetings, I didn’t buy or listen to very much in the way of new music in 2007. I did however get attached to the Modest Mouse record, “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank”. I think it was my … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Blow-Hard Manager of U2
So, Paul McGuiness apparently has a problem with technology companies… It is not enough that the band he manages just happens to have made more money than probably every Indie band ever assembled; but he’s trying to milk every last … Read More
The Motion Sick: My song of the year for 2007
Greetings to The Motion Sick Blog! I meant to post this before the end of 2007, but since this blog didn’t exist at that point; I’m using that as my excuse! I’ve been recently reviewing all of the new music … Read More
The Motion Sick: Last.Fm
I have been using last.fm in conjunction with Pandora (and my regular winamp listening). Make friends with me on there!
The Motion Sick: M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel – She and Him
It almost seems like a joke. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward are making an album together under the name “She and Him.” They did a performance on KCRW, which was posted on this blog:http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2008/01/m-wardzooey-deschanel-collaboration-is.html It’s actually pretty good. I am … Read More
DNFMOMD: Rustic Bread
I let the bread machine do the dirty work of kneading the dough, but I came along and shaped it into this: Secret Ingredients: Roasted Garlic, Dried Basil, Caraway Seeds, and Flax Seeds.
DNFMOMD: Victory Garden
What can make you happier than the budding love of a garlic clove that had sprouted and some cilantro seeds bought last year, co-habitating in the kitchen window?
DNFMOMD: Cupcake Madness!
These are the vegan cupcakes I’ve made recently:Mocha with Espresso Icing. Yellow Cake with a rich Chocolate Glaze. A traditional Marble (Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl) with “buttercream” frosting, and a dash of cinnamon. Look for many more cupcake updates in the … Read More
The Motion Sick: Jeffrey Lewis – 12 Crass Songs
I have recently started writing a bit for Three Imaginary Girls – http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/user/thesleepwalker It’s a pretty great site. You should read it. I won’t cross-pollenate much beyond this post, but just in case you need to read every word I … Read More