Saturday, August 28, 2004
fun at Club Congress, Sebadoh is good
Anyone debating whether or not to come to the Sebadoh show tonight in Phoenix should be aware of the fact that if they choose to attend they will enjoy the show quite a bit. Sebadoh's current setup is pretty awesome. If you go you will need to get there early - the man who is opening, Tom Heinl, is amazing. It is imperative that you see his act.
The Reubens Accomplice part of the show was pretty fun. Amy Ross played keyboards and sang, Aaron Went played some percussion, I played keys and bass, and Jeff and Chris played acoustic guitars. The crowd was hanging out and getting drunk and not really paying attention to us - it was sort of a lounge show. We played well and people were nice and clapped lots when we finished, they just talked really loudly and drank like crazy while we played. I liked it. The same lineup is happening tonight.
Sebadoh played until 2am, a new concept in Arizona. Everyone, including the band, were trashed.
If you live in Phoenix, go to see Sebadoh at the Brickhouse tonight. Seriously.(2) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
The Reubens Accomplice part of the show was pretty fun. Amy Ross played keyboards and sang, Aaron Went played some percussion, I played keys and bass, and Jeff and Chris played acoustic guitars. The crowd was hanging out and getting drunk and not really paying attention to us - it was sort of a lounge show. We played well and people were nice and clapped lots when we finished, they just talked really loudly and drank like crazy while we played. I liked it. The same lineup is happening tonight.
Sebadoh played until 2am, a new concept in Arizona. Everyone, including the band, were trashed.
If you live in Phoenix, go to see Sebadoh at the Brickhouse tonight. Seriously.
to the whiskeys: why oh why? hour from the city, leaves on the trees, grass on the ground. culture, nightlife and friends. jobs. peel yourselves away from the computer and the lemon and savor the day. carpe diem or whatever. you can't hi-jack the lemon. you can start a dinsour jr. cover band. wood floors?
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# posted by 
: 8/30/2004 1:49 PM
: 8/30/2004 1:49 PMThursday, August 26, 2004
information
Somebody posted a show review/interview of The Ballad Of as a comment of the post before this. Here's a link to the actual article.
The Secret Life of Painters site is in production. It will be done soon. You can go to secretlifeofpainters.com and look at the unfinished website if you want to cheat. I'll announce the websites completion here on ironlemon soon.
Reubens Accomplice is playing with Sebadoh this weekend - Friday night is in Tucson, Saturday night is in Phoenix. Both nights should be pretty fun... it's the first weekend of the new "drink until 2:00 am" situation here in Arizona. Yes, that's right all you ex-Arizonans, you can drink 'til 2 o'clock here now. We play at Club Congress and have a room on Friday. Should be fun. Saturday is at the Brickhouse. More fun.
Ok, time to work.(6) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
The Secret Life of Painters site is in production. It will be done soon. You can go to secretlifeofpainters.com and look at the unfinished website if you want to cheat. I'll announce the websites completion here on ironlemon soon.
Reubens Accomplice is playing with Sebadoh this weekend - Friday night is in Tucson, Saturday night is in Phoenix. Both nights should be pretty fun... it's the first weekend of the new "drink until 2:00 am" situation here in Arizona. Yes, that's right all you ex-Arizonans, you can drink 'til 2 o'clock here now. We play at Club Congress and have a room on Friday. Should be fun. Saturday is at the Brickhouse. More fun.
Ok, time to work.
how many fuckin' times do journalists need to be told that it's fogArty - with an 'a' - for chrissakes! jeezus fuckin' christ. fuck! other than that, a fine article. thanks for sharing.
# posted by : 8/26/2004 4:50 PM
: 8/26/2004 4:50 PM
Out here in the country we like to lift weights after smoking a bunch of WEED. Fogartee. Ryan, we must get the whiskey chicken up now the secret lives of painters is completing. Ans lets connect the whiskeydick blog too. I now live about a mile from Poledo's market So tell lou to stuff it.
I'm trying to make the Whiskey Chicken recordings sound a little better. I think I need some help with the song titles too... send me an email so I can email you shit: email@ironlemon.com
OK, so, I'm taking a small break from being all hopped up on heroinajua to reflect on Fleetwood Mac. I can't hear "Dreams" without thinking about John and Kylie. And now I'm very sad and missing those guys. Time to do some more crack.
And... if John Fogerty or Fog"A"rty (freak!) has a problem with being the old man down the road, whatev...
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Monday, August 23, 2004
death by Aquanaut Drinks Coffee
There are 5 more songs up on the Aquanaut music page. This is a good batch. I would highly recommend listening to "Jhonny" as it represents the beginning of a new art form: live improv vocals to the music of an unwilling live band playing in the same room.
Some of the newer live tracks up there are performed by Larry and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, which was myself, Joe Maynard, Tre Beaton, Anthony Francis and Larry.
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Some of the newer live tracks up there are performed by Larry and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, which was myself, Joe Maynard, Tre Beaton, Anthony Francis and Larry.
Both cars are still broken.
August 25, 2004
The ballad of Brent Miles
Only a few people are at Modified to see the Brent Miles project The Ballad Of ... Some sit on the floor, others stand and a few clusters of people sit in chairs to watch Miles and company’s first show since he returned to town after a few months clearing his head. Before they took the stage the singer/songwriter and band mates were standing outside, talking with friends and maybe waiting for a few more bodies, when Miles says "Let’s just play," and he and the players filed in and set up, soon beginning a no-frills, minimal set of strung out Americana, firmly focused on Miles, his stories and his quiet electric guitar strumming that occasionally erupts into fireworks or discord.
The set is less alt-country than his work with his last project Juarez, Miles speak-singing most of the mid-tempo numbers with a gravelly, disengaged voice that contained elements of pre-experimental Tom Waits, Steve Earl and a young Boss. While I have no doubt that Miles is world-weary, I found the vocals a kind of a studious homage to those gravelly voiced folks I mentioned above, like a costume or a mask, a stylized emoting.
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The Ballad Of . . . at Modified
Ryan Kennedy sat and played subtle bass and keyboard, always minimal, complimenting whatever was coming from Miles. Longtime local drummer John Fogerty (not the guy from CCR) started out playing unusually subdued drums, arranging his bass drum upright without a kick and using brushes to accent the mood. Later in the more dynamic sections he bangs the shit out of his small experimental kit, using pan drumsticks and whatever else he can find to summon the musical storm. This night the features Tami Hugo on violin for a few numbers, a nice touch that I felt could have been used for the whole set.
The songs are reflective and heartbroken, culled from the downside of love and disappointment, while largely avoiding the clichés that riddle lesser songwriters. A little slow to start, with Miles shoe gazing or closing his eyes, a smoke permanently attached to his grill, after a couple of songs the musical landscape went from flatland to emotional hills and cliffs, his weary traveler narratives spoken with real weariness. He introduced the song yr wake by saying, without irony, “this is a song for everyone that’s died this year” and started another slow sad ballad.
Though there were four players, I think the live set would have benefited from another guitarist playing acoustically to fill in some of the silence, though I realize this is part of what Miles was going for, the shifts from just drums and soft bass to his loud erupting, falling down stairs guitar style might have benefited from softer transitions. At times the songs seemed like an alt version of the slow/fast-soft/loud recipe that the Pixies perfected and emo destroyed.
Miles has used many different line-ups for this project, and it’s clear that maybe with the exception of Fogerty that the band is backdrop for his emotional narratives and playing. While I caught about every fourth word I wanted to hear more, and the music is clearly designed for storytelling, but Miles slurred and joined words so the content was hard to divine, his recorded voice is much clearer.
The fate of The Ballad Of ... was in question recently when Miles left town suddenly. He experienced a cross-country nervous breakdown while driving to attend his aunt’s funeral in the Midwest, and stayed in the area for some time on the emotional mend.
In fact his most recent recorded offering, “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” - roughly translated from the Latin as ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness” proudly displays his a hospital wristband from his most recent visit to a psychiatric hospital as the CD art. The name is taken from Edward Abbey’s last offering written two weeks before he died. The self-produced recording is a brooding sad rumination, though the words and stories are more clearly understood than when I saw him live. It’s a good CD, spare and haunted, in fact one of the listed tracks “ bravo 20” is almost two minutes of silence. The disc showcases his longer form longing slow songs, and affirms he’s moved on from the alt country flavors that he favored in Juarez.
Back at the show, the Ballad Of ... played a song entitled “Goodbye Marie” that was arresting and sad, and the most effective section featured just violin and voice, later exploding into a huge emotional pile-up when all the instruments and Fogerty’s drums rose to a loud crescendo that dissolved into discord. The set consisted of 6 or 7 long songs; in fact “Goodbye Marie” was about 7 minutes long.
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'Let's just play.' Brent Miles @ Modified
The last song was another lost road map about hard life that also showcased the mechanism of quiet/loud, the deceptively smooth surface of the song torn by guitar outbursts and bombastic drums. At the end of the song Miles went over to his amp and got some feedback going, set down his guitar and left the stage, while the band was still roiling and churning in the musical storm. The band wound itself down, Fogerty turned off Miles’ guitar and that was the end, show over.
A minute or so later Brent stood toward the back of the room near the soundboard, and self deprecatingly announced, "We have CDs for sale, and don’t worry they don’t sound like that."
I wrote Miles some email questions about music and life and what’s been going on lately, and after another trip to the emergency room, some emergency surgery on his mouth and a bunch of pain pills later he answered my queries in a half humorous, half sad tone that seems to fit the man.
Here’s some of what I asked and he answered:
JB - Curious about the name for your recent 7 song CD called Vox Clamantis in deserto. Is the title after the Edward Abbey book written two weeks before he died? Either way what does the title mean to you?
BM - I’ve been a fan of Abbey’s since high school and I copped the title because it pertains to the way my life has been going the last couple of years. Sometimes I feel like a voice crying in the wilderness, reaching out for help but nobody is around to listen. Sometimes when I feel like I’m losing my mind, I’m not very direct in trying to ask for help, so my search for aid sometimes manifests itself in other, self destructive, ways.
JB - Other bands you were in before Juarez & the Ballad Of . . .
BM - First band I was in was Dogshow, a very noisy band very reflective of what I was listening to at the time, Dinosaur jr., Mudhoney, etc., which then turned into Nostalgia Drags, another noise project. During that time we opened for Green Day, The Wipers, Nation of Ulysses. Then there was the short-lived Senorita Bonfire, the Monte Verdict Stars, which is when I first started exploring roots music.
JB - Wanted to ask you about the CD art, is that a wristband from a hospital? Why did you include this? Do you want to talk about your hard times lately? Left Arizona and went where? Back now for good?
BM - It’s a wristband from a psychiatric hospital. I included it on the CD because it seemed like a good visual representation of the music. A lot of the songs on the Vox EP are results of events that have happened to me in the last couple of years which have led me to be locked up in the psych ward on a few occasions. Let’s just say that I’ve got enough wristbands for my next five albums. I went to Minnesota in June for my aunt’s funeral and ended up staying there for a couple of months because I met some really great musicians and played a few shows. I’m actually leaving this week for the Midwest again because I have shows booked through the end of September in Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Cloud and possibly St. Louis and Chicago.
JB - What do you think your music sounds like?
BM - Minimalist, deconstructionist folk music.
JB - Are you a super bummed out guy? Do you write music as a therapeutic release?
BM - Yes, actually, I was thinking of legally changing my name to Super Bummed Out Guy™. I have my mood swings and sometimes they’re pretty severe. Music is definitely a therapeutic release. That’s probably the main reason I play music is to get all of my feelings out, because I can only get them out through music. I’m pretty closed off emotionally except when I’m singing.
JB - What’s the major difference between this project and your last long term band Juarez?
BM - Juarez was a bit more straight ahead, I was really into the country thing at the time. Now I’m more into integrating minimalism and noise into roots-based music.
JB - What are you trying to do with this project?
BM - Exorcise my demons.
JB - You named a band Juarez and a Juarez album was called Nashville, Have you spent a lot of time in Juarez or Nashville?
BM - I’ve never been to Juarez. I actually got the idea to name the band that from the Dylan lyric "when your lost in the rain in Juarez and it’s Easter time too." I spent a week in Nashville once, though I don’t remember much of it. But when I got home, I had Willie Nelson’s manager’s business card in my wallet.
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The ballad of Brent Miles
Only a few people are at Modified to see the Brent Miles project The Ballad Of ... Some sit on the floor, others stand and a few clusters of people sit in chairs to watch Miles and company’s first show since he returned to town after a few months clearing his head. Before they took the stage the singer/songwriter and band mates were standing outside, talking with friends and maybe waiting for a few more bodies, when Miles says "Let’s just play," and he and the players filed in and set up, soon beginning a no-frills, minimal set of strung out Americana, firmly focused on Miles, his stories and his quiet electric guitar strumming that occasionally erupts into fireworks or discord.
The set is less alt-country than his work with his last project Juarez, Miles speak-singing most of the mid-tempo numbers with a gravelly, disengaged voice that contained elements of pre-experimental Tom Waits, Steve Earl and a young Boss. While I have no doubt that Miles is world-weary, I found the vocals a kind of a studious homage to those gravelly voiced folks I mentioned above, like a costume or a mask, a stylized emoting.
Click to enlarge
The Ballad Of . . . at Modified
Ryan Kennedy sat and played subtle bass and keyboard, always minimal, complimenting whatever was coming from Miles. Longtime local drummer John Fogerty (not the guy from CCR) started out playing unusually subdued drums, arranging his bass drum upright without a kick and using brushes to accent the mood. Later in the more dynamic sections he bangs the shit out of his small experimental kit, using pan drumsticks and whatever else he can find to summon the musical storm. This night the features Tami Hugo on violin for a few numbers, a nice touch that I felt could have been used for the whole set.
The songs are reflective and heartbroken, culled from the downside of love and disappointment, while largely avoiding the clichés that riddle lesser songwriters. A little slow to start, with Miles shoe gazing or closing his eyes, a smoke permanently attached to his grill, after a couple of songs the musical landscape went from flatland to emotional hills and cliffs, his weary traveler narratives spoken with real weariness. He introduced the song yr wake by saying, without irony, “this is a song for everyone that’s died this year” and started another slow sad ballad.
Though there were four players, I think the live set would have benefited from another guitarist playing acoustically to fill in some of the silence, though I realize this is part of what Miles was going for, the shifts from just drums and soft bass to his loud erupting, falling down stairs guitar style might have benefited from softer transitions. At times the songs seemed like an alt version of the slow/fast-soft/loud recipe that the Pixies perfected and emo destroyed.
Miles has used many different line-ups for this project, and it’s clear that maybe with the exception of Fogerty that the band is backdrop for his emotional narratives and playing. While I caught about every fourth word I wanted to hear more, and the music is clearly designed for storytelling, but Miles slurred and joined words so the content was hard to divine, his recorded voice is much clearer.
The fate of The Ballad Of ... was in question recently when Miles left town suddenly. He experienced a cross-country nervous breakdown while driving to attend his aunt’s funeral in the Midwest, and stayed in the area for some time on the emotional mend.
In fact his most recent recorded offering, “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” - roughly translated from the Latin as ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness” proudly displays his a hospital wristband from his most recent visit to a psychiatric hospital as the CD art. The name is taken from Edward Abbey’s last offering written two weeks before he died. The self-produced recording is a brooding sad rumination, though the words and stories are more clearly understood than when I saw him live. It’s a good CD, spare and haunted, in fact one of the listed tracks “ bravo 20” is almost two minutes of silence. The disc showcases his longer form longing slow songs, and affirms he’s moved on from the alt country flavors that he favored in Juarez.
Back at the show, the Ballad Of ... played a song entitled “Goodbye Marie” that was arresting and sad, and the most effective section featured just violin and voice, later exploding into a huge emotional pile-up when all the instruments and Fogerty’s drums rose to a loud crescendo that dissolved into discord. The set consisted of 6 or 7 long songs; in fact “Goodbye Marie” was about 7 minutes long.
Click to enlarge
'Let's just play.' Brent Miles @ Modified
The last song was another lost road map about hard life that also showcased the mechanism of quiet/loud, the deceptively smooth surface of the song torn by guitar outbursts and bombastic drums. At the end of the song Miles went over to his amp and got some feedback going, set down his guitar and left the stage, while the band was still roiling and churning in the musical storm. The band wound itself down, Fogerty turned off Miles’ guitar and that was the end, show over.
A minute or so later Brent stood toward the back of the room near the soundboard, and self deprecatingly announced, "We have CDs for sale, and don’t worry they don’t sound like that."
I wrote Miles some email questions about music and life and what’s been going on lately, and after another trip to the emergency room, some emergency surgery on his mouth and a bunch of pain pills later he answered my queries in a half humorous, half sad tone that seems to fit the man.
Here’s some of what I asked and he answered:
JB - Curious about the name for your recent 7 song CD called Vox Clamantis in deserto. Is the title after the Edward Abbey book written two weeks before he died? Either way what does the title mean to you?
BM - I’ve been a fan of Abbey’s since high school and I copped the title because it pertains to the way my life has been going the last couple of years. Sometimes I feel like a voice crying in the wilderness, reaching out for help but nobody is around to listen. Sometimes when I feel like I’m losing my mind, I’m not very direct in trying to ask for help, so my search for aid sometimes manifests itself in other, self destructive, ways.
JB - Other bands you were in before Juarez & the Ballad Of . . .
BM - First band I was in was Dogshow, a very noisy band very reflective of what I was listening to at the time, Dinosaur jr., Mudhoney, etc., which then turned into Nostalgia Drags, another noise project. During that time we opened for Green Day, The Wipers, Nation of Ulysses. Then there was the short-lived Senorita Bonfire, the Monte Verdict Stars, which is when I first started exploring roots music.
JB - Wanted to ask you about the CD art, is that a wristband from a hospital? Why did you include this? Do you want to talk about your hard times lately? Left Arizona and went where? Back now for good?
BM - It’s a wristband from a psychiatric hospital. I included it on the CD because it seemed like a good visual representation of the music. A lot of the songs on the Vox EP are results of events that have happened to me in the last couple of years which have led me to be locked up in the psych ward on a few occasions. Let’s just say that I’ve got enough wristbands for my next five albums. I went to Minnesota in June for my aunt’s funeral and ended up staying there for a couple of months because I met some really great musicians and played a few shows. I’m actually leaving this week for the Midwest again because I have shows booked through the end of September in Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Cloud and possibly St. Louis and Chicago.
JB - What do you think your music sounds like?
BM - Minimalist, deconstructionist folk music.
JB - Are you a super bummed out guy? Do you write music as a therapeutic release?
BM - Yes, actually, I was thinking of legally changing my name to Super Bummed Out Guy™. I have my mood swings and sometimes they’re pretty severe. Music is definitely a therapeutic release. That’s probably the main reason I play music is to get all of my feelings out, because I can only get them out through music. I’m pretty closed off emotionally except when I’m singing.
JB - What’s the major difference between this project and your last long term band Juarez?
BM - Juarez was a bit more straight ahead, I was really into the country thing at the time. Now I’m more into integrating minimalism and noise into roots-based music.
JB - What are you trying to do with this project?
BM - Exorcise my demons.
JB - You named a band Juarez and a Juarez album was called Nashville, Have you spent a lot of time in Juarez or Nashville?
BM - I’ve never been to Juarez. I actually got the idea to name the band that from the Dylan lyric "when your lost in the rain in Juarez and it’s Easter time too." I spent a week in Nashville once, though I don’t remember much of it. But when I got home, I had Willie Nelson’s manager’s business card in my wallet.
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# posted by : 8/25/2004 11:11 PM
: 8/25/2004 11:11 PMcars
I have two broken cars. One is a big, dirty and broken 1984 Dodge Ram Van, which I guess is not a car but actually a van. It currently emits terrible grinding metal sounds when it is being driven. It also shifts gears by itself. You would do well to stay away from this vehicle if spotted.
The other car is a 1985 Chevy Blazer. It needs a new clutch or transmission or something like that. The car looks a bit nicer, but it currently takes it 5 minutes to accelerate from 0 mph to 25 mph.
Since I do not have a running vehicle right now, I must choose one to fix. Any suggestions?(3) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
The other car is a 1985 Chevy Blazer. It needs a new clutch or transmission or something like that. The car looks a bit nicer, but it currently takes it 5 minutes to accelerate from 0 mph to 25 mph.
Since I do not have a running vehicle right now, I must choose one to fix. Any suggestions?
Fix the van if possible. However, whichever one is cheaper to fix would be the best option. Both have quite a history.
# posted by : 8/23/2004 10:12 AM
: 8/23/2004 10:12 AM
Having slept with three other guys in the van, AT THE SAME TIME, I say fix the van. Good times, good times.
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Saturday, August 21, 2004
4 new Aquanaut Drinks Coffee songs
That's right. These we're supposed to be up on Monday, but I'm a bit behind...
Go to the ADC music page to hear the new tracks. I've been putting dates next to the links so you can tell which ones are new, the 8/21/04 tracks are the newest.(0) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
Go to the ADC music page to hear the new tracks. I've been putting dates next to the links so you can tell which ones are new, the 8/21/04 tracks are the newest.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
moved
I'm now officially moved, for all of you wondering when that was going to happen. You should come by and check out the new place sometime...
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For the time being I will be posting some selections from Whiskydick on iron lemon, just togive you fuckers a taste... Here is the first entry so come on over. Ryan, should we put the Whisky Chicken on this page? Get back to me. Here is my first posting on the NEW WHISKYDICK site:
Hello Larry, to all of my devoted minions, I plan to log the first year of my law schooling in true Whiskydick fashion. None of this Scott Turrow 1L bullshit. Nah... Its gonna be about the chicks, the dicks, Booze and pills. So hold on. As soon as I get a little free time I will document my first week, including a story about a 2L who loves Priest and the Scorps and parties on any dick that's not busy fucking a bowl of Mashed Potatos.
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Hello Larry, to all of my devoted minions, I plan to log the first year of my law schooling in true Whiskydick fashion. None of this Scott Turrow 1L bullshit. Nah... Its gonna be about the chicks, the dicks, Booze and pills. So hold on. As soon as I get a little free time I will document my first week, including a story about a 2L who loves Priest and the Scorps and parties on any dick that's not busy fucking a bowl of Mashed Potatos.
Friday, August 13, 2004
my fault
I was going to hang out with the Secret Life of Painters last night to work on the website, but I failed. This failure has caused me to be enveloped in a dark sadness; I am too depressed to move, and the world has melted. Even though I will be able to meet them on Sunday, the manifestation of another delay in the fabrication of the website has twisted and mangled my soul. I am terribly sorry for what I have done and I promise to you that nothing from this point (or Sunday-ish) forward will ever slow the creation of what is to be the essence of marvelous magnificence: the Secret Life of Painters website.
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Failed to hang with the Secret Life of Painters? What is wrong with you man? Ah... The nights I spent with those a-holes, hanging out drinking beer ala Dexter Romweber style (Larry? Dexter, rounding the gothic cornice, anything? anything?) There was that time when I was chillin with em' and we all were passing around a cup and we were spitting in it, and then we all took turns drinking out of the cup. What I wouldn't give for one more night of drinking, fighting, and fucking all those sons of bitches. Being so close to Glouscter, the only semblence is taking dramamine and drinking a bottle of Boon's Farm 'Cherry Hill.;
Fuck.. My bitch has this computer all screwed up. That last comment, concerning SLOP and Dexter Romweber was from me, Whiskydick, not Whiskybitch. All hail the WHISKYDICK.
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Thursday, August 12, 2004
name change
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Phoenix Arizona. Or maybe Maricopa County. United States would also be nice. Then I'm going to run for president. Or sheriff. Or president-sheriff.
If I ever become president I will rename the office from "President" to "Evil Lord" and use fear to control and dominate the people of the world. I will wear a scary mask and carry a sword, and the latter of those two items will be used to chop enemies into small chunks.
I call on you now to show your support for me by chanting "All hail the Evil Lord of the United States, United States!"(2) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
If I ever become president I will rename the office from "President" to "Evil Lord" and use fear to control and dominate the people of the world. I will wear a scary mask and carry a sword, and the latter of those two items will be used to chop enemies into small chunks.
I call on you now to show your support for me by chanting "All hail the Evil Lord of the United States, United States!"
All Hail the WhiskeyLife! All Hail the Evil Redfern Dog...Did you see Chris Matthews nail that asshole guy to the wall that wrote the book about how Kerry's Silver Star was actually unjustly rewarded -- he argues Kerry shot some poor V.C. convert 13-year-old kid in the back. Whatev, man. If I weren't on so much crack I'd cry. Ridiculous what the Repub. echo chamber dredges up.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
4 new songs
Aquanaut Drinks Coffee strikes again! Go to the ADC music page to hear the new songs.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
the whiskies are out of control
Ok. It seems that WhiskeyBitch, bride to the infamous WhiskeyDick, has created her own ironlemon. Check it out here. Something must be done! Don't worry, I have a vague plan. Since many professional ironlemon commentors seem to have their own blogs, I want to make some sort of way to easily access all of them. For example, it would be nice to be able to see if Larry has posted on the Aquanaut Drinks Coffee page from the main ironlemon page. Or if the Cougars have posted on their blog. Are you following me?
I will let you know if this is possible after I have completed a feasibility test and had few drinks.(4) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
I will let you know if this is possible after I have completed a feasibility test and had few drinks.
This thing you speak of....this "blog tracking" system... it is interesting, no? We would drink much vodka and click on many links if this could work. While you're at it, can you let me know how to get rid of the ad at the top of our blog?? It's driving me crazy since I don't know a fucking thing about HTML. I've been downloading skins from blogskins.com that are ad-free, but then one thing or another on those doesn't work....ack!! Are you coming back to Minneapolis? We could try to completely replicate your last stay here!! And you could snag back your Brazil t-shirt that I've seen Pete wearing a few times....
goddamnit. the cat is out of the bag. yes you left your Brazil T-shirt in my car, found it a week after you left. but you willhave to come back to Mpls to get, I ain't paying to ship no t-shirt for such a crappy band.
It seems you need to create a blog before you can post on iron. I have not seen my blog since the first day I got on this crappy site. Can someone show me the way to my blog? More on crap, blogs, and blumpies later...
Who stole whose Brazil shirt? I know a little Portugese, he's over there...and he's wearing my Goddamn guayabara...
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an email I just received
After tense negotiations between the band members' lawyers, we are pleased
to announce the return of The Ballad Of for one last hurrah before Brent
leaves for his Midwestern sojourn. With salary disputes an issue (i.e. how
to split up the $25 that the band makes at shows fairly btwn the members),
the band had been on hiatus. But on Wednesday, Aug. 11th at Modified, you
will have yr last chance to witness the drugged out slow burn soaked wrok of
The Ballad Of, opening for the Court and Spark. And if you haven't already
received their latest release, the Vox Clamantis in Deserto EP, they will be
available at the show. Hope to see you there.
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to announce the return of The Ballad Of for one last hurrah before Brent
leaves for his Midwestern sojourn. With salary disputes an issue (i.e. how
to split up the $25 that the band makes at shows fairly btwn the members),
the band had been on hiatus. But on Wednesday, Aug. 11th at Modified, you
will have yr last chance to witness the drugged out slow burn soaked wrok of
The Ballad Of, opening for the Court and Spark. And if you haven't already
received their latest release, the Vox Clamantis in Deserto EP, they will be
available at the show. Hope to see you there.
-The Muncie Center for The Ballad Of Research and Development
Sunday, August 08, 2004
the ballad of lives
There was a The Ballad Of rehearsal today, believe it or not. We are playing a show this Wednesday at Modified in Phoenix. You should probably go.
There's a big 'ol Reubens Accomplice tour coming up in September/October. It starts in LA, runs through Texas and through the south into Florida, then up the East coast to the New York area, then through the midwest back to Arizona. 5 weeks! I'll let you know when I know concrete places and dates.
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There's a big 'ol Reubens Accomplice tour coming up in September/October. It starts in LA, runs through Texas and through the south into Florida, then up the East coast to the New York area, then through the midwest back to Arizona. 5 weeks! I'll let you know when I know concrete places and dates.
What if your legs become incased in a 4 ton block of concrete? You can't expect someone in that condition to make it to the show. I like to provide leeway so that people in situations like that feel comfortable.
Once, after contracting a mean case of pubic lice and a hefty dose of syphilis on top of that, My Dickle felt like it was encased in 4 tons of concrete, ouch...Let me know if the tour makes it as far as MA. I am always partial to the big apple so a trip south isn't out of the question.
I think I know who you are, Anonymous. You are caring, but somewhat aloof. Daring but cautious. You like long walks on the beach with your significant other but are afraid to share your true feelings with that person. You walk right up to the line but allow others to cross it. And only when the fourth or fifth person has crossed that line do you dare to step over. Why? because you fear rejection and crave validation from your peers. Your moniker is truly Anonymous!!! The question remains, Do I live up to my name? Am I truly a washed up impotent drunk? Not yet, but I will let others judge that.
It is actually from 'Women Are From Venus'. But only the words "washed up", "impotent" and "drunk". The rest are from I'm o.k. Your o.k.
Women are from Venus, Whiskey is from back-woods Tennessee...or Texas
Massachusetts has several good venues, notably in Northampton, so we could get some peeps together for any sort of show in this neck of the woods. Try the Elevens, Pearl Street or the Iron Horse.
So I was flat out drunk the other Sunday morning and I got picked up by *sigh* the COOLEST dude ever. He claims to be at one with the universe (and the crank) and I have to admit, I'm smitten So what I have to leave my Boston-Boca route behind for a few weeks-- for now I've hitched my little wagon up to Mr. Whiskey"best ever" Dick.
P.S. Hi Larry! Hi Ryan! Hi John! Hi Kylie! Hi Dan!
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Massachusetts has several good venues, notably in Northampton, so we could get some peeps together for any sort of show in this neck of the woods. Try the Elevens, Pearl Street or the Iron Horse.
So I was flat out drunk the other Sunday morning and I got picked up by *sigh* the COOLEST dude ever. He claims to be at one with the universe (and the crank) and I have to admit, I'm smitten So what I have to leave my Boston-Boca route behind for a few weeks-- for now I've hitched my little wagon up to Mr. Whiskey"best ever" Dick.
P.S. Hi Larry! Hi Ryan! Hi John! Hi Kylie! Hi Dan!
Saturday, August 07, 2004
I just updated the show list over on the left in case you're interested.
The Reubens Accomplice show last night at Modified was pretty good. I congratulate all who managed to stay inside the death-heat sauna for the show. It was really fucking hot in there. Goddamn. I'm still sweating.
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The Reubens Accomplice show last night at Modified was pretty good. I congratulate all who managed to stay inside the death-heat sauna for the show. It was really fucking hot in there. Goddamn. I'm still sweating.
Thursday, August 05, 2004
shows, stuff
The last 3 shows went well. The Electric Theatre in St. George is actually pretty cool. It's an old movie theatre that still has the seats. There are birds in the back dressing rooms that make strange noises. The people who run the joint bought us food before the show AND after the show.
The Troubadour (in LA) was great. It is most likely the best sounding club I've ever played in. The show was sold out, there was lots to drink, and everyone was in a good mood.
Soma (in San Diego) is an alright place, but the show was pretty fun. It was the last show of the Format/Steel Train/Reubens Accomplice tour thing. We had Jack from Steel Train come up and play a rippin' solo during one song, and members of the Format on two different songs. Steel Train had a super jam session at the end of their set in which basically all members of all three bands were up on stage playing instruments. Madness.
I spent the night in El Centro last night. That town gives me the willies.
The Reubens Accomplice is going to spend today working out new songs. Does that excite you? I thought so.(0) comments [+/-] show/hide the comments
The Troubadour (in LA) was great. It is most likely the best sounding club I've ever played in. The show was sold out, there was lots to drink, and everyone was in a good mood.
Soma (in San Diego) is an alright place, but the show was pretty fun. It was the last show of the Format/Steel Train/Reubens Accomplice tour thing. We had Jack from Steel Train come up and play a rippin' solo during one song, and members of the Format on two different songs. Steel Train had a super jam session at the end of their set in which basically all members of all three bands were up on stage playing instruments. Madness.
I spent the night in El Centro last night. That town gives me the willies.
The Reubens Accomplice is going to spend today working out new songs. Does that excite you? I thought so.
Monday, August 02, 2004
2 new Aquanaut Drinks Coffee songs
Go to the Aquanaut Drinks Coffee music page now! Listen to the songs!
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I just had my scrotum split open by an angry Puerto Rican in Midtown. He attacked me with a machete during some machismo rite of passage where everyone does B52 shooters and smokes grass on the street. I realize now that I should'nt brandish a 357 during a Latino parade. I'm going to the hosptal now. my blood loss is excrutiating!!
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