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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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’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!
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
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
I am the official taste tester for this new blog: http://itbeginswithashriek.blogspot.com/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I have been using last.fm in conjunction with Pandora (and my regular winamp listening). Make friends with me on there!
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
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.
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?
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
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
A researcher claims that, based on WWW searches for the word “depression” that the third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year. The only upside is that he calls it “Blue Monday,” which reminds me of … Read More
I’ve just started listening to Pandora radio ( http://www.pandora.com/?http://www.themotionsick.com ). It has actually done a pretty good job of finding new things I am enjoying. Oddly, I never used it because I preferred the way Last.Fm ( http://www.last.fm/user/TheMotionSick/?http://www.themotionsick.com ) worked. Now, … Read More
Members of the band, The Motion Sick will be discussing music, writing reviews, and telling you all of the things you want to know. Stay tuned!
That is not some euphemism of unknown origin, but rather a statement of the rumor that Jimmy Stewart allegedly smuggled a Yeti hand from India to London in his wife’s underwear in 1959. The Pangboche Hand, an artifact stolen from … Read More
Some interesting notes about James Bond themes Full table and much info stolen from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_music Apart from the first film, Dr. No, which introduced the James Bond Theme (and was also the only film to use two songs during … Read More
Stolen from: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/the_uncanny_val.html See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley “…as a robot is made more humanlike in its appearance and motion, the emotional response from a human being to the robot will become increasingly positive and empathic, until a point is reached beyond which … Read More
Hello Friends, 2007 has been a really exciting year for The Motion Sick and we want to take this time to thank you all and acknowledge that without our fans, friends, and musical associates, we would just be four guys … Read More
Video downloads and more at:http://themotionsick.com/30lives/
Hello Friends! 01.01.2008 – That is the date that your lives will change forever. That is the date that all things will happen. That is the date that The Motion Sick’s second album, The truth will catch you, just wait… … Read More
Enjoy:http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/livephotos-07-10-31.html
Hello friends, A few small, but lovely items: We’ve got some tales of the road for you from a recent little stint:http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/blogsall.html We’re putting the finishing touches on our 2nd album, The truth will catch you, just wait… to be … Read More
Due to an aligning of planets, I was allowed to accompany the boys fortheir whirl-wind-weekend tour. Day 1:Mike and I started off Friday morning by getting up at 7:00 to pack andget ready. Several Soy Lattes and a trip to … Read More
As I begin writing this, it’s 5:30am on Monday and I just got home in time to shower and start my workday. That’s right, even insane rock n rollers have to work on bank holidays… Needless to say I’m exhausted … Read More
Pig Painting for TEN the Movie Angelina & skull Marilyn unfinished self-portrait Joy Division inspired Joan Crawford http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5g669hM5p1rw3fqbo1_1280.jpg Sophia Loren Michael J. Epstein/The Motion Sick http://themotionsick.com/photos/truthpress/TheMotionSick_resize.jpg