This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). When I first heard this tongue-in-cheek look at, well, I’m not really sure what it is supposed to be looking at…but anyway, when I first heard it, I thought it was … Read More
This is pretty funny…my sister Lisa sent it to me. Also, let me remind you again that you should absolutely not vote! -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – http://themotionsickreviews.blogspot.com/
Tiffany?Tiffany started her career singing “I Think We’re Alone Now” (and her other fine hits) at malls. The Motion Sick has chosen to follow in Tiffany’s footsteps with a one-day rock concert at Patriot Place…tomorrow, Nov. 1 at 12:30 PM … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Who better to ring in Halloween with than HUMANWINE?
My mom forwarded this to me. Be sure to click wherever the hand appears (and in some cases, more than once). This is updated daily until November 4th. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
others don’t see it at all: I love the twin peaks music towards the end…
So we’re finalists in this Pick the Band contest. It seems like a pretty great thing. Pick the Band seems like a great idea. They bill it as the first fan-run record label. I guess then it makes sense that … Read More
To All of My Dearest Friends, PLEASE DON’T VOTE! I hope you will very carefully consider what I have to say and will choose not to go to the polls this Tuesday. You are just one small person. You won’t … Read More
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Back in August, we had the pleasure to be interviewed by the fantastic Ryan Spaulding for his equally fantastic music blog Ryan’s Smashing Life. His blog is probably one of the best in Boston for highlighting both Boston and National … Read More
This guy is awesome. I hope we get a chance to play with him again soon. Here he is performing “Black Man” opening for Chuck Berry. My favorite part is when security yells at the girl taping the performance… Listen … Read More
It looks like Reverbnation might be a quick solution to getting all of our content posted in many places easily. I am not 100% sold on it yet, but it seems pretty good. I really wish I could group songs … Read More
We’re one of 15 finalists in the Pick the Band / WFNX contest to open for The Miracle on Tremont St. show with Vampire Weekend and Black Kids. The show will take place on December 7th at The Orpheum. More … Read More
Um, the Brits are way ahead of us here across the pond… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
Here’s the video/audio edit included in Dance Dance Revolution X (Playstation 2) and Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 (XBox 360). The video quality is relatively poor, but it’s just posted for the sake of seeing how they trimmed the song … Read More
You may be friends with us on myspace, facebook, or any of 100 other sites, but we just can’t directly contact any of you via any of those systems. They really are not implemented for bands contacting fans. For bands, … Read More
Our song, “Walk on Water” is the 2nd song featured in this video clip from the show Roadtrip Nation. I also got my copy of Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3. Now I just need to find someone with an … Read More
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
Here’s a poster for The Cult of Point Break’s show; feel free to distribute! -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
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: -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- … 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
In my second super-hero silly Sunday…Spiderman! -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
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