The Motion Sick: Last.Fm
I have been using last.fm in conjunction with Pandora (and my regular winamp listening). Make friends with me on there!
The Motion Sick: M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel – She and Him
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
The Motion Sick: Jeffrey Lewis – 12 Crass Songs
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
The Motion Sick: Most Depressing Day of the Year: Jan. 21
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
The Motion Sick: Pandora
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
The Motion Sick: Welcome to The Motion Sick Music Blog
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!
Jimmy Stewart put the hand of a Yeti in his wife’s underwear
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
The Motion Sick: James Bond Theme Songs
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
The Motion Sick: Uncanny
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
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick thanks you for a great 2007!
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
The Motion Sick: 30 Lives Music Video
Video downloads and more at:http://themotionsick.com/30lives/
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick – The truth will catch you, just wait…
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
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick as Poison – Photos and Video (with bad audio)
Enjoy:http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/livephotos-07-10-31.html
The Motion Sick: Trivialities Migration: The News: Least Compelling and Twist Ending
I am going to be migrating some of the materials from another blog on over to here… It’s time yet again for the least compelling news item of the (however often I post one): NYC baby born with 12 fingers, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Polar Bears, Muscle Cars, and You
Hello Loyal Listeners, Exciting times in The Motion Sick land! We’re making a music video for the song “30 Lives” off of our forthcoming yet-to-be-titled album. It’s got muscle cars, polar bears, dance sequences, and much, much more… We know … Read More
The Motion Sick: Bubonic Plague
Sources:http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq2plagueandfire and http://starbulletin.com/2000/01/24/features/story1.html Stolen from the first source:Honolulu greeted the 20th century under an ominous cloud as public health officials mobilized against an outbreak of bubonic plague in Chinatown.The first cases were confirmed on Dec. 12, 1899, and officials moved … Read More
The Motion Sick: Song of the Moment
I don’t know anything about Dan Le Sac or his competition, Scroobius Pip, but I do know that this is awesome.
The Motion Sick: Sugarloot
Sugarloot is a new site where you post pictures and videos to enter contests like “best prom photo” and “hottest couple.” It’s kind of like a rehash of the old amihotornot stuff, but they give away some small prizes to … Read More
The Motion Sick: My Lost Theory
These are my theories regarding the longer arc of Lost (rather than the next few episodes). I guess it contains spoilers in a sense, except that I am making the whole thing up, so I really have no idea if … Read More
The Motion Sick: 30 Lives
Hello Audio voyeurs, The Motion Sick is here with a very special treat. Do pass go. Do collect $200. You have won second place in a beauty contest! As a prize, here is a link to a super-secret, agency-banned, kid-tested, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Opinion
One of the great things about the World Wide Web is that these things circulate as truth. It’s hard for me to know if these opinion letters are written as jokes, fabricated by the papers in question, or even possibly … Read More
The Motion Sick: I Want My MTV
MTV debuted August 1, 1981 airing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” followed by “You Better Run” by Pat Benatar. The first video to be banned by MTV was “Girls on Film” by Duran Duran in 1981. Notably missing … Read More
The Motion Sick: See The Motion Sick dance!
Someone posted a video of us performing “30 Lives” on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6ppRUcaZw
The Motion Sick: Marathon
Today is the Boston marathon. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Košice_Peace_Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event of 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km). The name, “marathon”, comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, who was sent … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Update: Flophouses and more…
Hello Polar Explorers, The Motion Sick live at The Flophouse Sessions is available for your auditory enjoyment. The session includes a performance of an unreleased song from our upcoming record, due out later this year… http://www.bandinbostonpodcast.com/2007/03/22/the-flophouse-sessions-42-the-motion-sick/ Tomorrow, 3/24, we bring … Read More
The Motion Sick: Hear No Evil: A FREE event to raise awareness about hearing protection
Hear No Evil: A FREE event to raise awareness about hearing protection Monday, February 26th8 PM to Midnight in afterHOURS at Northeastern’s Curry Student CenterFREE!Open to Northeastern students and staff and their guests (+1 per ID) Live bands: -Scholar – … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Update: This Sunday at The Milky Way and more…
Friends, Mexican dumpy frogs, and Enemies, First, we want to thank everyone who voted for us in the SPIN.com Band of the Year competition. We were honored and amazed by how many of you came together and worked to get … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick is counting on you to become the BAND OF THE YEAR!!
–EDIT: YOU CAN VOTE MULTIPLE TIMES – WE SUGGEST AT LEAST 297– Friends, SPIN Magazine’s website, SPIN.com is holding the Band of the Year competition! As you know, we were the band of the month for January (which led us … Read More
The Motion Sick: SPIN.com band of the year competition and Summer Tour
We just found out we made it into the band of the year tournament…voting begins soon. We’re also now just setting our plans for our Summer tour…more details as we know them. We hope to see you all soon!
The Motion Sick: The Metro knows how awesome this is going to be…
We’re playing with Vic Thrill. He was featured on the NPR show This American Life here: http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/04/268.html(skip about 7 1/2 minutes in) It is actually quite a fascinating set of stories of the struggle to find one’s identity, so I … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick and Borat: One Degree of Separation!
Hello Friends, For those of you in Boston, we’ve got an exciting show this week. We’re playing with none other than Vic Thrill and the Saturn Missile. Not only is Vic Thrill an awesome and amazing performer, but sometime soon, … Read More
The Motion Sick: Surround Sound Mix of Satellite (and show reminders)
Jordan Tishler of Digital Bear Entertainment has kindly provided us with two surround-sound mixes of “Satellite.” They are available at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/surround.html This weekend, we are doing our 1st, possibly annual, January Brooklyn tour. We’ve got two awesome shows. The first … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Brooklyn Tour 2007
Hello Sicklings, The Motion Sick’s _Her Brilliant Fifteen_ has been named in the best albums of 2006 by The Boston Metro – http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/talk-metro-01-04-07.html This weekend, we are doing our 1st, possibly annual, January Brooklyn tour. We’ve got two awesome shows. … Read More
The Motion Sick: Best Local Albums of 2006
We made The Metro’s Best Boston albums of 2006 list: Best Albums of 2006
The Motion Sick: Noise Poll, Grammys, and Shows!
Hello friends, We’ve got some exciting things in store for The Motion Sick in 2007, so keep your e-mail reader open over the next few weeks! You may still have time to vote in the annual Noise (Boston’s rock periodical) … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick’s “Satellite” Selected For The Bimini International Festival Of Animation Films
“Satellite” Selected For The Bimini International Festival Of Animation Films – [more info] [video] The Motion Sick has received nominations in several categories in the annual Noise (Boston’s rock periodical) poll. Once again, we’re asking for your help to get … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Wins Last Band Standing!
Hello fellow Bipeds, The Motion Sick is the last band standing!!! ( ) Your votes and the judges scores are in and we were selected as the grand prize winner. As a result, we’ve been awarded a recording contract with … Read More
The Motion Sick: Bodog Battle of the Bands and the WFNX – Last Band Standing
Hello friends, We just wanted to let you know that we’ll be playing at precisely 6 PM tomorrow at The Bodog Battle of the Bands at The Roxy. They have kept very strictly to the schedule in every show so … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick update!
Hello friends, Some news, a few shows, and a secret treat at the bottom! — Today is the last day that you can order tickets (so that they can be mailed on time) to the Bodog Battle of the Bands … Read More
The Motion Sick: Bodog City Finals This Sunday
The whole thing is being filmed for a TV series on FUSE! BUY TICKETS HERE City Finalist Bands: The Motion Sick Graveyard BBQ Living Syndication The Press Cherry S/T Fear Nuttin’ Band Full Tilt Tons Of Chill Pope Joe Duke … Read More
The Motion Sick: City Finals and Loads of Shows
Hello Friends, — Once again, the Bodog Battle of the Bands City Finals: it will be tough competition, but we do believe we have a shot at winning. If we do win the City Finals, we’re sent off to Los … Read More
The Motion Sick: Tickets to the City Finals for Bodog Battle of the Bands
Tickets to the City Finals for Bodog Battle of the Bands
The Motion Sick: Bodog Battle of the Bands!
Hello Friends, Exciting things going on in The Motion Sick land: —Bodog, which is apparently a company that makes its money via gambling enterprises, also has a record label and has decided to find “America’s best indie band.” So, they … Read More
The Motion Sick: Last Band Standing
Hello Friends, We need your help once again! The Motion Sick has been selected by WFNX as one of 20 semi-finalists in their “Last Band Standing” competition to find Boston’s best up-and-coming band. The next phase requires fan voting. You … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick: Last Band Standing?
We made it to the semi-finals in the WFNX last band standing contest! Now we need to get enough votes to make it to the finals. Please register and vote (up to once per day) for us! Thanks.
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Satellite Music Video
Hello Motioners, Things are astir here in camp The Motion Sick. First, we’d like to offer you a secret glimpse at our upcoming music video for “Satellite.” There may still be some buttons to push and some levers to pull … Read More
The Motion Sick: Music Video Draft
The fabulous Gem made us another video. Here’s a low-quality file: http://www.themotionsick.com/temp/themotionsick-satellite.mov It might see some small tweaks, but that’s the basic idea… The previous video she did for us is at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KCML-81716k
The Motion Sick: Morrissey and Woody Allen
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/NEMOBlog/?p=11&http://www.themotionsick.com A dispatch from Mark Sandman SquarePosted by Jed Gottleib at 3:48 pm Across the river in Cambridge, NEMO’s first night seems to be going the same as it was Allston. None of the Middle East’s venues are full and … Read More