Here are a few short video clips of the ‘Stache Wednesday show. Unfortunately, my camera battery was just about dead, so I couldn’t get a full song of Mieka Pauley. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
A huge thanks to everyone for making our final Ash Wednesdays residency night amazingly awesome. The whole series was a smashing success thanks to all of you for attending and participating in the themes, the hard work of all of … Read More
It’s ‘Stache Wednesday, which means that The Motion Sick will be rocking out at Church (rock club) in Boston and we’ll be sporting fuzzy-faces (did we mention FREE!!!).The theme song for the night (and perhaps the silliest of our themes … Read More
08/27/08 Ash Wednesdays Residency @ Church‘Stache Wednesday – Facial Hair! 69 Kilmarnock StreetBoston, MA 02215 9 – Brendan Boogie Band10 – The Motion Sick11 – Mieka Pauley FREE!21+ Theme song coming soon… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
Mieka Pauley is probably not quite as good as Brendan Boogie at growing a mustache for this week’s ‘Stache Wednesday Show, but what she lacks in facial hair, she makes up in awesome music. Her urgent, soulful vocals and clever, … Read More
“From the ashes of Boston’s local rock heroes Scamper rises one emotionally needy man’s attempt to win your undying approval. Please clap for him. It’s the only way he’ll go away.” Brendan Boogie (and band) are already seasoned professional mustache … Read More
I don’t have a baby, but I just got this e-mail: Hey We have hijacked your baby but you must pay once to us $50 000. The details we will send later… We has attached photo of your fume xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx … Read More
Just a quick metal Monday. This blog posts a never-ending barrage of awesome metal/hard rock covers. It’s pretty fun stuff and it makes me once again pose the question…does anyone know of a good rapidshare download manager that works with … Read More
After many hours of programming, I may have finally made a breakthrough to get our main blog to repost on myspace via ping.fm. This is basically a test of that and a celebration of success (hopefully)!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Motion Sick … Read More
I don’t like Star Wars anymore. I never thought I’d say it. As a kid, I worshipped Lucas’ universe and used my imagination to fill in the gaps in the story and compile worlds beyond those shown in the films. … Read More
…and by the votes are in, I mean this is my favorite music video ever. I hadn’t seen it in a few years and came across it again. Yup, still my favorite. Also quite possibly my favorite album ever… xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx … Read More
Our pictures are here: http://themotionsick.com/ash/flash.html Also on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=500296772 Another set of Michael Phelps and the Defenders of Freedom Photoshttp://picasaweb.google.com/boombatz100/ELPGoesToChurch All Barack Approved! ======================================================== The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
I had mentioned earlier this week that the Phoenix was reaching into the future. The online version went up early, but the print version just came out today. They are promoting next week’s ‘Stache Wednesday with some suggested downloads! We’ve … Read More
Link “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling, “First We Take Manhattan” Although they’re not part of the Stashe Wednesday line-up themselves, DNFMOMD are a Motion Sick offshoot worth keeping an eye on — especially if you have a predilection … Read More
Last night, a great shadow fell upon Boston, as evil supervillain squad THE DARK KNIGHTS OF DEMENTIA launched an attack on unsuspecting concert-goers. Luckily, just in the nick of time the good citizens of Boston were rescued from the clutches … Read More
I’ve never read any Harry Potter books nor seen any of the film versions, but it’s pretty obvious that one or two other people have. Admittedly, I thought it was kind of funny, albeit mean, when those kids ran around … Read More
They are reaching into the future a little bit, but The Phoenix ran a really kind writeup about our upcoming Stache Wednesday Show including some little features about the acts playing: “If the stylings of the Sick are as yet … Read More
Tomorrow is The Flash Wednesday, which means that The Motion Sick will be rocking out at Church (rock club) in Boston using our super powers (did we mention FREE!!!). The theme song for the night, “Aquaman’s Lament” is available now … Read More
In addition to being named after Zardoz, one of the ’70s finest sci-fi displays, Where the Land Meets the Sea is a recent indie, proto-emo, synthy joy that includes members of rumble-winners Campaign for Real Time and The Cold Beat. … Read More
As a primer for our next residency song, check out these clips from the Craig Ferguson show: Fast Forward Four Minutes Fast Forward Four Minutes… But Watch the Hilarious Bono/The Edge Skit Too And with a funny Michael Caine in … Read More
You may all be wondering why I’m posting about metal on Mondays (late, as today is Tuesday) on a blog centered on our far less metal band, The Motion Sick. Well, partly I am hoping to instill a sense of … Read More
This guitar amp has 23 tubes and an R-rated name!!!!! I don’t understand why there are no audio demos in the video, but I want one of these. Only $5000 and from what I can gather, it overheats and explodes … Read More
Electric Laser People (performing tomorrow as superhero league Michael Phelps & The Defenders of Freedom) are a rip-rockin’, hip-hoppin’, electro-funk dance party…without too much of the funk (I don’t like funk). They bring the party, use the party up, … Read More
Adam Ritchie from The Lights Out (who I promise to retroactively write an Ash Wednesday feature for, as they were part of Splash Wednesday – the week before I decided to write features on the bands), pointed me to a … Read More
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Four days before my 24th birthday, I’ve lost my last baby tooth. I’ve been holding on to a sliver of bone between two of my back teeth, for, well, just about my whole life. My dentist said if it didn’t … Read More
I guess there is this crazy new show called Yo Gabba Gabba that teaches kids how to shake their thangs to outre music. I’ve only watched these two clips, but I am almost ready to declare that it just may … Read More
Photos taken by Kelly Davidson (who you can find on flickr and at her blog)
The ever-awesome Kelly Davidson (see below) took some rad pictures of the Arthur Ashe Wednesday festivities. Check them out at:
Thanks to all of you who made Arthur Ashe Wednesday a blast and a huge success. Sporty photos are now available: http://www.themotionsick.com/ash/arthurashe.html Here’s a bit of video of everyone who performed: Joe Kowan Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, video from our first live show at Arthur Ashe Wednesday, 8-13-08(see previous posts for more info) “First We Take Manhattan” (Leonard Cohen cover) “Ghost” “Bella” Thanks to Marianne & Patrick for videotaping.
Pretty funny. Obviously a bit of a blowhard approach…and really the whole thing could be almost the same with the word Democrat substituted, but…
Today is Arthur Ashe Wednesday, which means that The Motion Sick will be rocking out at Church (rock club) in Boston (did we mention FREE!!!) and serving non-stop aces at you! The theme song for the night, “Tennis Pro” is … Read More
I’ve always thought monkeys were really awesome. I’ve got a bunch of monkey stuffed animals, I bought a giant inflatable monkey for last week’s Splash Wednesday show…everyone asked me what the monkey had to do with the beach. I told … Read More
From now on, whenever you see The Motion Sick anywhere, I will be replaced by a GQ model. I got the idea from the awesome decision by the Chinese olympic organizers to replace a real child singer with a cute … Read More
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When I visited today, I was almost killed by this…
Mike posted this over at The Motion Sick Blog I think it sums up where the band is at really well, and I thought it deserved to be posted over here:We in The Motion Sick land have all been involved … Read More
Here at the Museum School, if you are looking for the hippest, coolest stuff on the web, it is to be found in the Media Stockroom. My friend Phil Fryer, the guy that runs it, showed me this awesome video … Read More
Much like Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, Leesa is using the Ash Wednesdays show to test run her new rock project, Naked on Rollerskates. The skaters are currently in the studio putting finishing touches on a debut EP. … Read More
I am not really a fan of most snack chips. In fact, the only snack-chip kind of thing I really ever eat is pretzels and I haven’t even been eating those much. I have basically always completely hated potato chips. … Read More
I wish I had thought to do this last week for our first residency show. Perhaps I’ll go back and add features for those bands when I have a chance. This week, however, you’ll get a little peek at each … Read More
For all you Brazilian thrashers out there, here’s a bit of Sepultura doing “Dead Embryonic Cells.” The lyrics are kind of hilarious in a silly metal sort of way (see last week’s post on Metalocalypse). I was talking to a … Read More
We in The Motion Sick land have all been involved in a variety of musical projects throughout our rock and roll lives. Currently, I am involved in one band beyond The Motion Sick. That is Do Not Forsake Me Oh … Read More
Another installment of photos of things I randomly came across. We’ll start with a couple of things related to Splash Wednesday… …and ending on a somber note…
Not so much a WTF as a really funny kid video. This innovative young one finds a way to get access to the prizes in the claw game…
Yesterday, I decided to become a real person and get a ridiculously overradiating, overpowered phone. I actually really just wanted something to type documents while on the subway, but I found it a great challenge to find a device that … Read More
Thanks to everyone who joined us for a rainy day at the beach tonight at Church. Click on Patrick for some photos… …and The Lights Out doing “I Get Around”