This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Keep your Halloween rocking straight through All Saints Day! TT The Bears11/01/08 There is no other band I can think of that could do a better job with Ziggy Stardust than … Read More

Unfortunately, this person must have set the background setting all the way down, so you can barely see the video, but anyway, here is the first glimpse of someone playing DDR Universe 3 and dancing to “30 Lives.” -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The … Read More

You may remember a few months back at our 100th show, we were lucky enough to share the stage with Shawn Fogel.  Well, Shawn and his pals have made it official and declared that their band shall forever forth be … Read More

This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Check out this new New York area band’s awesome pop song and accompanying video!  They’ll be in Boston soon I’m sure and when they are coming, I’ll give you a bit … Read More

Here is a scrollthrough of the menu on the new XBox 360 game Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3.  I’ve not see a copy myself.  At time 1:51, you’ll notice The Motion Sick…right next to Devo. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog … Read More

Just so I can say I told you so… I just watched the new trailer for Watchmen – Watchmen is, in my opinion, the best comic book ever written.  It is an amazing story with interesting depth and complexity layered … Read More

This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). You know I have to post when a band called *Crushes* is playing, right?! TT THE BEARS10/30/08 12:00 am The Secret Sea – has members of performance art group UV Protection, … Read More

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The Motion Sick will be opening this awesome charity show on November 6th at Church. The Cult of Point Break Society, an all-star charity band, will be performing Television’s “Marquee Moon” and assorted related tunes. Matt and Travis from The … Read More

The days of mix tapes are essentially over.  Sadly, the care, thought, and work that went into making them will never be understood by the CD/MP3 generation.  Anyway, Claudia Gonson from The Magnetic Fields shares one of her mixtape experiences: http://www.cassettefrommyex.com/?p=20 … Read More

This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Catch them live:10-22-2008 21:00 at TT The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA10 Brookline St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139Cost: $8With Mother Mother (Last Gang Records, from Vancouver) and The Gulf

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I’ve been experimenting with nutritional yeast “cheese” sauces a bit recently. This cauliflower & pasta dish was the latest.   For the sauce:1 cup nutritional yeastsplash of soymilk1/4 cup water1 tbsp earth balance1 tsp onion powder1 tsp garlic powderpinch of … Read More

There is a great tutorial for bagel making on another great vegan blog that I read, I Eat Food.  I made bagels once before, and it was a complete failure, but when I saw the “I eat food” tutorial go … Read More

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Thanks to Derek Sivers and Jenny Holzer, I don’t have to think of new things to write songs about for a long while.  For those of you struggling with songwriter’s block, there’s a neat list here: Here’s a tracklist for … Read More

Back in March, on our way home from touring, I saw a parking space reserved for Metcalf Crump (see https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2008/03/httpwww-mikeandsophia-com200803motion-sick-tour-2008-indianapolis-35-html/. At that time, I said:However, in the parking garage, we saw a space reserved for Metcalf Crump. If ever a … Read More

Thanks to Ryan’s Smashing Life, the superrad Boston music blog, for featuring us as one of the “Seven Bands Who Make Ryan’s Life So Smashing” Ryan’s blog is chock full of good stuff, so it’s definitely worth adding to your … Read More

A great read by reporter Jed Gottlieb.  The affairs of local Hardly Art (a label that I am quite fond of) act, Pretty & Nice are outlined a bit.  They talk about the realities of the current music industry and … Read More

I had previously posted about the “My Name is Sarah” Project, in which swing-state voters named Sarah who support Obama. Here’s a follow-up. “My Name is Sarah” project With the Democrats ahead in the polls, and all our friends and … Read More

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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Some video of Dead Confederate at TT’s the other night.  They are on Conan O’Brien in a few minutes… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/

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

Some photos of our 9/26/08 show at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/livephotos-08-09-26.html -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/

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