since my phone has nothing interesting to say...

my brother Andy bought a g3 ibook a few months ago to 'teach himself mac.' needless to say, the g3 isnt the best machine to learn on since its pre-intel and really cant run 80-90% of any contemporary programs - isnt it fun to say contemporary when i am referencing things made only 5 years ago? no. its not. slow down.

ive been wanting to move my main machine down to the basement for recording purposes; the cassette four track i have is toast and i always hated mixing down so far removed from the space i created in. andy doesnt have the time with two kids and an outdated machine to learn programs in order to teach others how to use them for the cheap so i grabbed it (paid him for it) and its on its way. now ive done plenty of research on how to get a solid multitracked signal into really shitty computers, so aside from the mac i will have to purchase (or find in some box somewhere) a simple little mixer and interface. basically i will be doing future recordings direct to the machine while working with two tracks. its classic. its a challenge. its kinda easy. its recording 101. im not a whole band, so i wont have to worry too much about mic placement and the such in a group setting, but i am excited to see what i can do with a solid drum track and all of the ephemeral crap i have collected over the years. building and building and layering and layering.

the last run of any self recording ive done was my ipod plugged directly into my computer, making some fantastically delayed, overdriven, oscillating single tones. its not enough. thats too easy. too minimal for anyone to take seriously, no matter how well the textures translate from low to hi-fi.

ive got to find host for the songs or i'll just start releasing digi-eps until someone tells me to stop. i really really hope that person isnt my wife.

in less creative news i cant bring myself to ruin good paper until i get a good idea. the sketch books are getting dusty and i havent seen anything remotely interesting lately. i need to see some dance, some theater, some action. i want to get back into the figure but who wants to sit and have me make them look ugly? no one. ten years ago this wouldnt have been a problem. i guess thats why some art school kids stay at university for umpteen years: the chicks, maaaaan. whatev.

thin fevers has a new ep out - dont worry, you cant hear the cymbals:
album name
(live) on the Scene
there was an interview that went with it - just us clowning on ourselves and talking about sandwiches. thank god that isnt around. it would have ruined our reputation.

rooms is about to rule the world with a proper press push for our full length. dont seem surprised if you see a crappy write up somewhere. music journalists, and i say this because i knew some in my day and theyre dicks, some music journalists are dicks. they read the one sheet, the copy and paste, they get to track 3 and say they know the sound. thats lazy and not good for music. plus, it makes them dicks.


enough about dicks. i have to practice the ebow now.

double drum duty OR i cant remember the last time i played two shows with two bands at the same club the same night

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i think maybe it was Incest Fest (13 bands, all connected, all at one show) about 5 years ago, when fevers played then a few bands later didache played... but that was at my house and well... its not the same.

Rooms was tagged to play this a while ago, but in needing an opener for a show always brings up the question, "why dont we get your other band to play too?" well, because no one ever thinks i can play two blazing sets in one night. well thats just horse hockey. i can have sex and then play a show, so how hard could doing two sets be? it wont be.

both bands are super fun to play in and as long as i can keep my head clear and my muscles warm it shouldnt be a problem. the show is free, there will be some good beer there (locals always has something delicious on tap), and you get to see how many beats i jack from each band im in.

Rooms show + my Art = good month ahead

for the stationary odessy cd release show!
@ the mel and only $6, one of those free cds with admission jobbies.
should be a pretty sweet show.








thanks goes to karl and joyful noise who we will hopefully be doing more work with soonish.

ALSO, i was asked to contribute a piece of Art for the 8th annual Tonic Ball, an event that this year is raising money for the awesomeness that is Second Helpings. the caliber of work has wained and wandered throughout the years but is back to top form, obviously if they asked me, right?

the piece, Marmoset Set (1998), is in fact, a marmoset set list. its been given the treatment of time with liquids and moves and placements and tapings and relocations galore. its more than a set list obviously, but my newer-ish artist statement breaks it down as such:

my work deals with the recreation of new memories through the amassment, assemblage, and treatment of items connected to former ordeals. mix tapes, set lists, aged paint, ten year old digital photos; these things that find their way around my mind, into a drawer, out of a stack.

opening night to see the work along with the others donated this year will be on November 6th at the totally pro shop A V Framing in fountain square. bidding for the pieces is in $100 increments and well, i really hope my piece brings in some dough for second helpings.

the big draw of just giving a piece away for free (aside from getting my name in some heads that have never heard it) is that %100 of the money raised goes to the org. not to me, not to the gallery, not to the organizers. thats how it should be done considering the hits NFPs take these days from corps that cant even play their own game well.

hope to see you thursday or friday.... either way... my shits busy these days!

ROOMS s/t cd release show!!!

this has already proven to be a great show. how do i know? because im on the damn cd!

ongoing projects

as my energies have recently been steered towards the musical end of my spectrum, i can write about some pretty awesome things coming up in the near future.

first, my long time crew Thin Fevers is getting hair cuts and doing tons of ab crunches to get ready for a photo shoot at the end of the month. none of the band knows where the hell this shoot will take place or what kind of release forms will needed to be signed, but hey, we're pretty, so it'll make us feel good.

Fevers will also be playing a pretty damn sexy summer show with soon to be friends the the Jai-Alai Savant & the Che Arthur Three at the Vollrath (or more lovingly referred to as the "Voltron" by the coolest of kids) on June 27th.

here, look at this....















The other band im in, ROOMS is preparing for some cool shows coming up, the most important being our full length recording's release show on August 7th at the Historic Melody Inn. word on the street is that this cd is going to blow up pretty huge, so get one at this show since we probably wont want to do a reissue. some of the songs are a little older and we have close to an entire follow up already written, so get on that shit, NOW.

I havent had much time to take proper pics of the solo show from April, but i have to share the bad news that Alchemy, the gallery that so graciously hosted the show, is now dead. the owners still live on, but the space is otherwise not going to be used for its intended purpose. as they never had a proper web site, neither do i, but that will change pretty quickly. get your bookmarks ready, k?

ok off to practice.

werkin....

no time in the studio... but some time on other things i hope pan out... and by pan i mean 49er PAN OF GOLD!!!

im looking into grants for myself to develop more clearly and quickly as an Artist. there are some in indy and there are politics involved, but aside from that i need help writing grant proposals. ive got some friends willing to help me out so in the next week or two i hope to get my shit together enough to get some real work done on the back end.

mix this with the strange desire to do a radio show for wfyi's hd station. yea... im thick enough to be spread around like that. theres a joke in there somewhere, but im not going to laugh at it. tentatively called testing the waters, its my chance to play some music i think is cool with all of the ridicule of not being open to new ideas. well, im sure someones going to have a thing or two to say about a thing or two, but trust me, itll be cool. a half hour show on HD, prolly a podcast, maybe once a month, maybe more. its getting my ears working again.

then theres the damage i do to my ears: Rooms has all of one show booked for the next weekend but with a practice from last weekend to stand on. thatll be fine. then on the 18th thin fevers has a toys for tots show at the mel (same as the rooms show) and we are old and rusty. new songs make us stronger though. they make me want to record more, but we are still sitting on a bunch of awesome box sets you neeeeeeeed to buy.

and how do i find time to kiss my wife? you know theres always time for that!


keep in touch, k?

yer chance to see me rock and buy cheap works

saturday the 20th of september i am playing Oranje. if you dont know its a contemporary music and arts fest that happens once a year in indy. some of the work they pick to show is pretty f'n lame, but some of it is top notch shit, and thats a good thing.

one my bands Rooms is playing on the "side stage" (which could mean many things, but as long as its a small stage, then im cool with it.)

i am making a few 'posters' for the show = some drips works with the word "rooms" on it. they will be cheap ($10?) and look cool. if i have time some t-shirts will be there for yer consumption.

thin fevers is playing a few shows at the end of the month, get this, IN OTHER CITIES!!! so if you want an early week road trip, lemme know. we need someone to work the merch table!


love to all from my literally poor ass.

Wain-Rooms_2008_Word for Word_

one of my bands, Rooms, played up in Pendleton, IN at Word for Word. its a pretty awesome new and second had bookstore, complete with a few laser disks for sale. i snagged a copy of Chip Chip (an awesome book about chipmunks with AMAZING litho work) and a new copy of brothers karamozov (the last one was lost on a plane)....

it was a good show and the pendleton gazette had a videographer there to catch all of the action. here is us playing a new to you song called Wain. go ahead and let the next video play in the player.....the next song is one by When We Might. i dont know where theyre from or who these dudes are, but the songs were incredible. the video work? meh. but the song is really good.