I am just beginning the healing process after a series of 3 shows in 3 days. As always, a variety of nonsensical videos are available here. On Saturday, we played in Washington, DC at The Grog and Tankard. It was … Read More

We had a really fun time opening the show at TT’s and I got a bunch of video of the headliners, so here is all the video I could get before my camera died of Someone Still Loves You Boris … Read More

Here are some awesome, awesome photos by Kelly Davidson. Lots more great ones here. One of the photos of Matt will be appearing in the next issue of The Noise! Sophia also took some awesome video of us rocking the … Read More

(Post by Travis Richter) Hey Yall, So I saw Mike’s last post about picking his fave records from each year he’s been alive, and I thought it was a great idea. Unfortunately, I got through 3 years and realized there … Read More

This is something I picked up over on Three Imaginary Girls. It’s a list of your favorite albums that came out each year of your life. No repeats on artists. I cheated a little with a couple of greatest hits … Read More

Friends! We have been selected as a finalist in the WFNX contest to find an opening act for Coldplay in Boston! Our video for “30 Lives” is now featured on Coldplay’s special web site for this purpose: http://www.coldplayontour.com/wfnx/ Please go … Read More

There was some argument regarding these cupcakes in my household, as Mike wanted vanilla, and my need for peanut butter and chocolate was just beginning to rear its head. The compromise was that I made vanilla cupcakes and took out … Read More

I visited the Quechee Gorge, otherwise known as “Vermont’s Grand Canyon” back in May. This photo was taken from the bridge alongside the road, BB tells me that this is quite the popular spot for suicides. I enjoyed photographing the … Read More

I had never made stuffed shells before, but it occurred to me that I would enjoy them more than lasagna (which has always been too messy, and too cheesy (when I ate cheese) for my liking). Anyway, stuffed shells are … Read More

I saw the midnight viewing of the movie Wanted last night and I found it to be pretty awesome. I won’t spoil too much, but it includes all of director Timur Bekmambetov’s favorite themes: father/son relationships, superhuman abilities, fate, and … Read More

I get a massive quantity of spam with subjects like: “this girl is looking for you,” “someone loves you,” “bad girls,” “let’s chat,” etc. For the past six months or so, these messages, of which I’ve received thousands, have almost … Read More

This isn’t exactly new, but it’s pretty awesome for both its innate greatness and its 80s-style fade video montaging mixed with Blair-Witch-spooked shaky cameras. I love it. I also love the observers mixed in with the band. Oh yeah, awesome … Read More

The new Girl Talk album is available for whatever price you choose (including $0.00) at: . I really enjoyed the last record and, although I’ve not been active lately, I was involved in doing a lot of music along the … Read More

Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright is one of my favorite films ever.  I am in the process of seeing every Hitchcock film (75% through them) and I think it may even be my favorite of his films so far…but that is … Read More

more graph humor and song chart memes

While Mike reads the newspaper to find random industry-placed adverts, upon my morning flip of the paper found this interesting article about the new head of EMI… A music producer, like Rick Rubin? No, a financier named Guy Hands. Known … Read More

You may remember a while back, I had posted that thing about the burrito being mistaken for a baby in the trash. Well, I found the source of that tidbit of joy. http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jbistlin/headlines1.htm These got me into a painful giggle … Read More

Mike from The Motion Sick created a video out of archive footage for their song “Jean-Paul.” For a twelve-hour project it came out pretty cool. I wrote this song at age 18, I originally called it “Jean-Paul Approximately” (a little … Read More

So, I am trying to learn more about video editing. I hope to make a short film for the 48 Hour Film Project next year. As an exercise in editing, I spent all day making a music video for Jean-Paul … Read More

Tonight, I tackled Naan. I bought the mad expensive Chipati flour weeks ago at the Indian Grocery, and finally now have come around to using it. I followed a random recipe from somewhere in webspace and replaced the yogurt with … Read More

Saw legendary Twee-poppers Tullycraft on Thursday at PA’s Lounge. They got the kids dancing… Video of the show: Setlist: Someone else’s photos from the show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsearles/2575631452/

Here’s an updated list of what I’ve reviewed over at Three Imaginary Girls Record Reviews Moby – Last Night Devastations – Yes, U Dead Confederate – Dead Confederate EP Battle Hymns – Hidden Reservations Keith John Adams – Unclever Newspapers … Read More

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/universal-to-ap.html An interesting case has finished its first round in the court system.  Universal Music sued eBay seller Troy Augusto for selling promo copies of CDs.  “The judge ruled [that these sales] are legal because the promo CDs are essentially … Read More

It is not often that I find music, especially entire albums, that I really like. I am super picky about what music is for. But when I do find something I love, I’m pretty die-hard about it. Though there have … Read More

Amazon just decided to recommend this book, Vegan Seafood to me and it totally grossed me out. Veggie approximations of fish. I’m entirely the wrong person for this, as I’ve always hated anything seafood related, including seaweed, as it often … Read More

Elisa Jordana, who I’ve already raved about a few times, is working on a music video for her song “Nymphomaniac.” If you scoot on over to her page and watch the videos she has posted, a keen eye will observe … Read More

Nothing happens! It’s amazing! It’s awesome! It’s a hoax! How stupid. I guess I am helping perpetuate it by posting this, but pleh. In response to: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2100340/Mobile-phone-popcorn-‘hoax’-hits-YouTube.html UPDATE 6/14 – OFFICIALLY REVEALED TO BE A STUPID VIRAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN – … Read More

Our close pals in Electric Laser People, who will be joining us for The Flash Wednesday as part of our August residency to rock out about Superheroes were robbed this weekend of some important gear. We’re always greatly saddened when … Read More

A giant, giant thanks goes out to all of you who helped make our 100th show at The Middle East Upstairs a blast! We had an awesome capacity turnout, excellent crowd participation (possibly the best 30 lives dancing yet!), and … Read More

Most people who have spent at least five minutes in my presence have heard my diatribe on pun-named businesses. I actually have often talked of my plans to run for legislative office so that I might propose a bill to … Read More

As some of you may recall, The Motion Sick was one step away from being invited to appear on The Bodog Battle of the Bands million dollar contract thing on Fuse. We lost to the energetic fellows of Fear Nuttin’ … Read More

They are literally my favorite band right now. They are great on record. They are great live. They are great. Check them out at: http://www.deadconfederate.com/ Live review and interview coming soon to http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/user/thesleepwalker Go seem them if you can. Tour … Read More

Contest over at: http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/06/pela-and-static-of-gods-at-middle-east.html

I was “lucky” enough to hear an advance copy of the new Weezer album PNH (That’s one beyond OMG), this album is terrible!!!!!! It is, almost impossibly, the worst thing they have ever done. Whenever I managed to stop cringing … Read More

Saw them last night. I already thought their EP was the best thing I had heard in a while. Now, they are officially my current favorite band. Will post more on them soon, but for now, just go listen to … Read More

Three of us in the band went to see Sea Wolf on Friday at The Paradise. I really enjoyed the band a lot. The Jealous Girlfriends also played:

Hello Friends, If can you only see The Motion Sick once this year (how sad that would be), now is the time: Come to our wondrous 100th show!!!! We have a ridiculously amazing, amazing lineup! You don’t want to miss … Read More

Boston dance night The Pill gets its own mini-documentary. You might remember that The Pill hosted The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” video release party. I actually used to attend the Pill regularly back in 1999 or so when it was … Read More

Revver.com has come up with an interest Youtube alternative. Their model inserts ads into videos in different ways so that content contributors can make money from their work. I am not sure if we’re talking about pennies or dollars at … Read More

My beloved Volvo (dubbed “Golden Thunder”) finally died last week, she just turned 20. This car saw me through three versions of blitzkriegbliss, gigs, several boyfriends, breakups, four moves, trips to: Montreal, Niagara Falls, Binghampton, Albany, Penn Yan, Long Island, … Read More

Though I threatened not to make cupcakes for my guests, of course I did anyway. I added fresh organic strawberries to my go-to vanilla cupcake recipe, they sank to the bottom of the cupcakes but everyone seemed to enjoy the … Read More

This recipe was posted on Vegan.com’s Top Ten Vegan Recipes of 2008 list (a little presumptuous, no? considering 2008 is only half over, but whatever.) I made the Moroccan Phyllo Rolls, which as M said, were “the most exciting thing … Read More

I am beta testing the site Ping.FM. In theory, it’s a tool that will allow simultaneous status updates or blog posts to many sites. I’ve been complaining about not being able to do this for months. Here it is I … Read More

I had heard this lead single from the latest self-titled Weezer record and didn’t think much of it. I decided to check out the music video anyway…it’s awesome. It definitely flies a ROFLcopter over a LOLercoaster track. All your Weezer … Read More

Screen Shots for DanceDanceRevolution Universe 3 have been released!  The game looks awesome! The shots are also featured on various sites revealing details about the release:http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/dance-dance-revolution-universe-3/news/three-new-ddrs-announced-for-10th-anniversary/a-2008051516018473069/g-2008051595832835066, http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/gallery/2020/Dance-Dance-Revolution-Universe-3/p1/, http://www.gamershell.com/xbox360/dance_dance_revolution_universe_3/screenshots.html, etc.

Perhaps this will become a regular feature on The TMS blog. Sightings is a display of a collection of things seen around town. Does each “thing” have meaning in isolation? Does the collection of “things” cleverly tie together and add … Read More