The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick’s Last Shows For A While! Get a free copy of our 7″! We Visit CT, NY, Philly
The Motion Sick will be taking some time off from playing shows to finish up some recordings. So, most likely, you won’t be hearing us perform for a few months. This is your last chance for a bit!!!!If you buy … Read More
The Motion Sick: Boston GreenFest 2009 Lineup Announced – The Motion Sick w/THE CLICK 5, MR. LIF, TEM BLESSED, and SAMBA TREMETERRA
Boston GreenFest 2009Thurs Aug 20-Sat Aug 22City Hall Plaza, Boston THURSDAY AUGUST 20 (5PM – 10PM Curfew) MAIN STAGE5:00 – 5:30PM THE MOTION SICK6:00 – 6:45PM THE CLICK 57:15 – 8:00PM SAMBA TREMETERRA8:15 – 8:45PM TEM BLESSED9:00 – 10:00PM MR. … Read More
The Motion Sick: Mailing List Update: 8/8 at The Middle East (a few tickets still available), Michel Gondry and The Motion Sick, TMS @ Unicon
Hello Friends and Fiends,-Great Rock Show at The Middle East-Michel Gondry draws The Motion Sick!-The Motion Sick soon to be in Rock Band and rocking out with Bang Camaro, Freezepop, and others at Unicon We’ve got a GREAT show coming … Read More
The Motion Sick: Rock Band (The Game) Network – Get Ready to Rock with The Motion Sick
Our buddies at Harmonix have announced the basics of a new system to expedite the process for bands to get their music available for play in the Rock Band series of games. They’ve got scant details currently available at: . … Read More
The Motion Sick: Two Interviews: TeaParty and Mango Nebula Interview The Motion Sick
Certainly one of the most fun and nonsensically insane interviews we’ve ever done, TeaParty did an amazing job managing to take garbled, ranting nonsense from all of us all talking at the same time and turn it into an insightful … Read More
The Motion Sick: Michel Gondry draws 1/2 of The Motion Sick @mideastclub at #Rumble @bostonemissions @fender
Readers of this blog know that I am a big fan of Michel Gondry. I wrote a little entry a bit back about his director series DVD at: http://www.mikeandsophia.com/2009/01/motion-sick-work-of-director-michel.html So, when I found out that he decided to do a whole … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick E-mail Update 07-06-09 -Help Amnesty International, Find us a manager/label, Read history, Dance w/us at Arcades, 30k for “30 Lives”
First of all, we’ve got a great show this Friday! As with all great things, the band order for this show was decided randomly using Dungeons and Dragons dice. So, if you aren’t afraid of a few tiny kobolds and … Read More
The Motion Sick: July 10th! The Motion Sick with Jesus and the Argonauts, Muy Cansado, St. Helena, and Kingsley Flood
Here is Matt G.’s fine flyer for this dice-based ordered event:Full Size Flyer at: http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/flyers/2009-07-10-ChurchFlyer.jpg Church 69 Kilmarnock Street Boston, MA 02215 12:00 Jesus and the Argonauts 11:10 Muy Cansado 10:20 The Motion Sick9:30 St.Helena8:40 Kingsley Flood 21+ Facebook Event
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick is officially looking for a manager and a label
I know this stuff is supposed to happen behind the scenes. No business here. We are just regular guys who suddenly magically emerge as rock stars due to the demands of the screaming fans. Well, it’s just not how it … Read More
The Motion Sick: Hang out with The Motion Sick at your local arcade (if you have one anymore) – DDR X comes to North American Arcades
The arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution X, which we believe features The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix), is now out! We hope that it will start appearing in arcades around the country any second now. As soon as … Read More
The Motion Sick: July 10th Show at Church and I am about to be kicked out of the band and sent to fantasy rehab!
It’s true. It’s starting to get a little sketchy. Ever since the order for our July 10th show was selected using dice, I have been on the edge of losing it. All I can do is make Dungeons and Dragons … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick E-mail Update 6-16-09 – Download all our music free!, Pansy Division, Cardio for Indie Rockers, and more…
We’ve got some exciting things going on! 1. Download all of our music for free and we still get paid! 2. We’re opening for Pansy Division tomorrow 3. We’ve got a song on a workout DVD 4. The Motion Sick … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick in the Running For A Record Deal With Myspace Records
I don’t really know much about this or if we even want a deal with Myspace Records, but here we are. Feel free to pretend you are playing our song on a cassette (if you’re old enough to know what … Read More
The Motion Sick: Awesome “30 Lives” Cover
Will K (under the name Secret Goldfish), a Lexington High School student and a member of the band High Off You recorded this really neat, dare I say Dashboard Confessional-ish, version of “30 Lives.” We thought you all might dig … Read More
The Motion Sick: Get Your Cardio Workout With The Motion Sick
You can get the full story at http://www.the-motion-sick.com/2009/01/30-lives-up-up-down-dance-mix-in-cardio.html, but for now, here’s some video of our “30 Lives” workout.
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick opens for Richard Lloyd
Tomorrow is a day of great excitement for us. We’re opening for Richard Lloyd. As you may or may not know, Matt and Travis participated in The Cult of Point Break Society’s Tribute to Television last year (The Motion Sick … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” For Everyone – Konami Code Sites
The web page http://konamicodesites.com/ gives a list of all of the sites that do something neat when you enter the Konami Code. What is the Konami Code? Give a listen to our song “30 Lives” at: http://themotionsick.com/temp/TTWCYJW/TheMotionSick-TTWCYJW-02-30Lives.mp3 or even watch … Read More
The Motion Sick: Mailing List Update 4-30-09-The Motion Sick Declared Best Boston Rock Band 2009 – See Us Saturday at TT’s with illegal Iranian Rock Band – Free Music
The Motion Sick has been declared “Best Local Rock Band 2009” in the Boston Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/theBest/Boston/Arts/Localrockband/. This is a great honor to us and we thank everyone who put in a good word at the polls. —-Our pals in the … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Fall of Pontiac (30 Lives Video Included)
The Boston Globe has an article about the demise of Pontiac with an accompanying video. In the video, they interview a couple of Pontiac muscle-car enthusiasts including Dan Poole, owner of the 74 Pontiac Ventura muscle car seen in the … Read More
The Motion Sick: Boston Phoenix Best Local Rock Band: The Motion Sick
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The Motion Sick: Photos of The Motion Sick at The Rumble (#rumble)
Rock on kids, these are some amazing photos. by Kelly Davidson at: (Facebook – part 1 – part 2) by Johnny Arguedas at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/arguedas/sets/72157616468046847/ by Sooz at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sooz/3423852133/in/photostream/ by Selene Angier at:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=67645&id=526914798&ref=mf by EKS Productions: by Morgan Terrinoni:http://www.flickr.com/photos/brudy/sets/72157616669387072/
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick’s WBCN Rumble 2009 Recap
Well friends, we did not win our night of the Rumble competition, but we had an incredible time. The show, at The Middle East, was so sold out by the time we went on, that multiple people who had stepped … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick E-Mail Update 4/5/09 – The Motion Sick Competes in the 31st Annual WBCN Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble, Tour Blogs, Best of, Bonus…
The Rumble Lots of excitement here in the land of The Motion Sick. First of all, this Tuesday,we’ve got a big, exciting show at The Middle East. We’re competing in the 31stannual WBCN Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble. This is the … Read More
The Motion Sick: BeatCrave Poll – A Quick Vote For The Motion Sick over Passion Pit, Family Force 5, and DeVotchKa.
A couple of days ago, we were featured on BeatCrave and I really appreciated what they had to say. As they promised, they wrap the week with a poll to select the most craved beats (or something). We’re matched with … Read More
The Motion Sick: Live Recordings and Fun Stuff Like That…
We’re experimenting with a new service called Gimme Sound. The idea of it is that fans can download music for free and the company splits its ad revenue based on the number of downloads you receive. So, as an extra … Read More
The Motion Sick: #3 on the Noise Charts
– If my recall has not failed me, I don’t think we got anywhere near this when the album came out over a year ago, but here we are riding a local wave of support – we’re in the Rumble, … Read More
The Motion Sick: BeatCrave Fave: The Motion Sick
The very cool kids over at BeatCrave wrote up a story on us that is one of those pieces that makes me feel very pleased. In addition to being super nice and saying all encouraging words, they have captured the … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – Video and Photo Summary
From our web page with video and photos at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2009/tour2009video.html Perhaps the highlight is the videos of the newly commissioned state songs: …or if you’d rather watch the individual state songs: AR,CT,KY,MD,NY,NJ,OH,PA,RI,TN,TX,TX (Reprise),VA,W.VAIn addition to the state songs, we kind … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009: SXSW Showcases
We had a blast down at SXSW this year and we have some photos and video to share with you from two of our four shows. 3/19 – The Green Light Go and Hard Pressed Publicity Showcase at Fran’s Hamburgers … Read More
The Motion Sick: Awesome, Unstoppable Show Tomorrow…
We were originally scheduled to be on the bill for this awesome show, but unpredictable weather patterns, the peanut crisis, and hypoallergenic flowers have forced us to change our plans…but holy awesome music, this is a good show. We will … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 Motif: Airborne Toxic Event’s “Sometime Around Midnight”
ATE somehow kept coming up during our journeys this year. We had a couple of video experiences to document these thematic appearances. First, you probably have already seen our initial performance of ATE’s “Sometime Around Midnight” in car. You know, … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick on Boston Music Seen (reposted – now includes Youtube Links)
We already posted the original vimeo video interview and performance back here. Now, the interview and performance are posted as separate videos on Youtube. “30 Lives” performance Interview If you like this stuff, you can also check back to the … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/25 – Mike
The final day. We left Philly on the late side after a slow start. We arrived in NYC, parked near the venue (Arlene’s) and scooted over to the East Village, where I dragged everyone for a couple of quick vegan … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/24 – Mike
We had a slow start to the day and inched our way East to Philadelphia. We popped into the Noddinghead Brewery, which was a site most enjoyed by Patrick and Travis on a previous visit to Philly. We got some … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/23 – Mike
3/23 We woke up and headed on down to do a quick interview at WBWC in Cleveland. We may or may not have scared the DJs a little bit with our silly antics. First, if you’ve been watching our videos, … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/22 – Mike
3/22 We drove all night, with a 7 AM stop at The Waffle House, to get to Akron. The Waffle House has virtually nothing I would eat, so I ordered two pieces of wheat toast with jam and rocked out … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/21 – Mike
3/21 We busted out of Austin on the early side and headed up to Memphis. The drive was long and a bit dull. We were definitely burning out on these long drives. The band we were playing with had contacted … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 Photos (plus, an interview with a horse)
So far, I’ve only had a chance to upload photos to Facebook due to poor Internet connectivity, but we’ll get all this up on our web site in the near future: Green Light Go / Hard Pressed Publicity Showcase http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=72858&id=500296772 … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 Videos – 10 Crack Commandments, Bad Music Joke, Notsuoh, and state songs (part 2)
The Ten Crack Commandments Bad Music Joke Notsuoh Venue Tour Texas State Song Tennessee Arkansas State Song
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/20 – Mike
3/20 We woke up earlier than we would have liked, ensuring that we only allow ourselves less than 5 hours of sleep a night for our big day. I say big because we had three shows and I had to … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – Mike – 3/19
3/19 After 2 days of nothing but driving and no real eventful stuff, we finally were in Austin. Dave and Andre of Same Sky Studio were very kind and let us crash at their place and eat their food, drink … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick 2009: Loneliness of the Long-Distance Driver
You may recall that last year, we made a short film in West Virginia called “Loneliness of the Long-Distance Driver.” It won several Academy Awards, but was snubbed at The Golden Globes. This year, we decided to make a sequel … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009: Two Years of Hope
Hope, Arkansas 2008 Hope, Arkansas 2009 …and just a little bonus video of Pat and Travis making DX7 noises here…
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009: Dinner on the Road
A little look at what we eat on the road…
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009: The Airborne Toxic Event Dilemma
Matt and Travis were unfamiliar with the Airborne Toxic Event song “Sometime Around Midnight.” Patrick and Mike make them familiar. A rift ensues.
The Motion Sick: The Motion Sick Tour 2009 – 3/17
Intro Jam Bands The States
The Motion Sick: Off into the unknown…
Tomorrow morning, we head out over the horizon to rock the people of far-away lands… We hope to blog regularly and post video, pictures, and other nonsense…so please stay tuned here for the next week or so. I will also … Read More
The Motion Sick: WBCN Rumble Dates and Times Announced!
We’re excited that the Rumble info has been announced. We’ve got a particularly tough lineup to compete with on Night #3, but we’re thrilled to give it our best and have a good time! 2009 WBCN Rock n’ Roll Rumble … Read More
The Motion Sick: Ryan’s Smashing Life: America’s Smartest Band? – The Motion Sick arrive in Austin
Ryan’s Smashing Life, one of our most favorite music blogs wrote a very kind piece about our upcoming travels today: “Dateline: AUSTIN, TX – the SxSW Music FestivalIt’s been an odd evolution for rock and pop music when one considers … Read More