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[22 Jul 2009|11:28pm] |
haven't been blogging at all lately. myspace is always crashing my damn computer. eff that ess.
HEY! I live in memphis now. Sorta. I'm in a hotel for a week or two until I can snag a rad place for April and I. Next week will be our two and a half year anniversary. Time flies eh? Maybe I should take a trip down livejournal memory lane and remember what a terrible boyfriend I was at certain points over the last 8 years. Or not.
Hope you are doing well lijveournalx.
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[07 Apr 2009|11:06am] |
hooray! In the next 36 hours I will:
know if I'm moving to either Memphis or Boston
buy a Novation Bass Station
and figure out if my boss hates me 4ever.
Last night I joined another band and partied with dudes. That was kind of awesome.
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[20 Aug 2008|06:23pm] |
4.5 months without an update. Sorry people. It's just too much right now. Things are amazing. I'm moving in with my ladyfriend.
Today I looked at my box of memories/stuff/trinkets. I put it all into a bigger box and it was like looking at my life in reverse order.
Tons of Euphie stuff > flyers from Texas shows > flyers from Georgia shows > letters from Roxane > letters from Melissa, Ben, Mike Taylor > rave flyers > letters from Becky.
Man to child. ashes to ashes.
April's looking forward to having her first pet. I think Jo Jo is up to the task. Was hoping for a little more room for the kitkat, but it'll do. I had the most comfortable naps ever yesterday with both my person-love and cat-love. Rock.
Job hunting, weddings, and rock n roll shows coming up soon too.
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[02 Apr 2008|10:56pm] |
This routine that I'm in. Is bad.
I spend all my day trapped in an office, then all night trapped in my apartment.
No one calls me except for my girlfriend. If I didn't love the shit out of her and my cat, I'd be going fucking nuts these days.
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[19 Mar 2008|10:55pm] |
’Both times Dark Meat sucked the audience into its rapturous rock spectacle — partly because with so many people onstage, there’s already a good faction of the club that digs them. And partly because with so much happening during their shows, they were chaos within a chaotic festival — albeit chaos with a sense of humor. "This song’s about a time I fucked up," announced one bearded singer on Saturday night. "It’s called ’Well, Fuck You Then."’
Jennifer Maerz - SF Weekly
Chaos with a sense of humor. Are people really going to buy into this? I’ve always wanted to be in a band that was doing something new, yet in some ways, I’ve joined this army (tribe) that is only doing something old, but doing that everything old packed into the same instant. We are rock n roll that the punks, hippies, chin-strokers, backpackers, metalheads, and frat boys should hate as much as they love. We are confusing and messy and unhip. It’s as hilarious and awful as it is irresistable.
I’ve always been someone who juxtaposed extremes. I’m shy and belligerent. I’m a genius and totally clueless. I’m very serious and bouncing off the walls.
This musical project might be the first thing I’ve ever done that truly taps into my dual nature (cancer/gemini?) In that sense, it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.
And who knows... if we can all keep our sanity, maybe we’ll be the next Guns N’ Roses, or Mothers of Invention, or Grateful Dead, or
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| austin!!!! berwarez!!! |
[07 Mar 2008|11:24pm] |
First sign of apocalypse:
4 inches of snow in texas in march
second sign of the apocalypse:
nate dogg in austin rocking out. Here are the sxsw shows that dark meat is playing. Come hang out with me (the two lj friends of mine who might care)
Wed mar 12
Bourbon Rocks! 5PM - i know nothing about this show
Spiro's - 1 AM - Orange Twin showcase with Elf Power
Thurs
Ms. Beas Patio 7:30 PM - with sunburned hand of the man, Panthers and Castanets
VICE Bar 11:30 PM - Vice records showcase w/ Raveonettes
Fri
Outdoor VICE stage 5:45 PM - 1104 E. 11th St. - with Monotonix, Raveonettes, Jay Reatard
Spiderhouse Coffee 11:30 PM - with (holy shit!) the Ohsees, The Black Angels, and some of our favorite athens bands, like Mouser, Quiet Hooves, and We vs. the Shark
Sat
Saxon Pub - 5PM - With the Sadies!!!
then some freaky vice sxsw afterparty where the label will finally realize they signed two dozen "Vice fashion don't"s
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[04 Feb 2008|09:10pm] |
I open the window for Jo Jo so she can remember what it looks like outside, and she's interested for like 5 seconds. Whatever, cat.
omg 8 days until my first faculty interview. Do we still have any friends in Boston?
Then smooth sailing until sxsw.
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[11 Jan 2008|05:08pm] |
days fall off of my new 2008 cat calendar. Haven't heard anything about jobs yet. 6 rejections letters out of 34 applications, and only one rejection from a school I was excited about (Texas A&M). Sometimes I am resigned and optimistic about staying in Denton for another year, other times (like when I see ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) actionchrist excited about his impending new job and the excellent times he has with super old friends) I want to run from this town screaming.
I have almost completed all of the exercises in a Fortran programming book. Now on to actually writing some code that is useful for chemistry.
What is my role in this silly life? At least I have found love and a record contract.
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[09 Jan 2008|04:50pm] |
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[07 Dec 2007|10:32pm] |
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I haven't been feeling that great lately. I worked for an hour today and had Miller Lite for dinner.
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[03 Oct 2007|07:18pm] |
I used to be able to run 10 miles in a day, and now when I run 1.25, I sweat all of the liquid I've consumed in the last 24 hours that remains in my body and I feel really dizzy.
OLD MAN
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| Dark Meat tour |
[18 Aug 2007|08:42pm] |
BTW,
I'm going on tour again. It's going to be awesome. I would like to hang out with you.
I expect to meet switchblade and xmutex for real this time.
I will be on the tour from Aug 24th - Sept 11th. WEEE@!!!!
http://www.myspace.com/darkmeats
18 Aug 2007 20:00 Local 506 w/ Filthybird Chapel Hill, NC
19 Aug 2007 20:00 DC9 Washington, DC
20 Aug 2007 20:00 North Star Philadelphia, PA
21 Aug 2007 20:00 The Silent Barn w/ USAISAMONSTER Brooklyn, NYC
22 Aug 2007 20:00 The Cake Shop w/ Coyote Manhattan, NYC
23 Aug 2007 20:00 The Parish Hall Cleveland, OH
24 Aug 2007 20:00 The Lager House w/ Dead Bodies Detroit, MI
25 Aug 2007 14:00 Sweet Corn Festival Urbana, Illinois
25 Aug 2007 20:00 The House Cafe Dekalb, IL
26 Aug 2007 20:00 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
27 Aug 2007 20:00 Jackpot Saloon w/ Drakkarsauna Lawrence, KS
28 Aug 2007 20:00 Hi-Dive Denver, CO
29 Aug 2007 20:00 Kilby Ct. Salt Lake City, UT
30 Aug 2007 20:00 Badlanders Missoula, MT
31 Aug 2007 20:00 Atlas Seattle, WA
1 Sep 2007 20:00 Hallewuyah Festival w/ Damo Suzuki, Califone Portland, OR
2 Sep 2007 20:00 Hemlock w/ The Ohsees San Francisco, CA
3 Sep 2007 20:00 Club Underground Reno, NV
5 Sep 2007 20:00 Che Cafe San Diego, CA
6 Sep 2007 20:00 The Smell Los Angeles, CA
7 Sep 2007 20:00 Cellar Door Visalia, CA
8 Sep 2007 20:00 Pappy and Harriet's w/ Cracker, Magnolia Electric Co, The Watson Twins, Camper Van Beethoven Pioneertown, CA
9 Sep 2007 20:00 Modified Arts Phoenix, AZ
11 Sep 2007 20:00 Emo's Austin, TX
12 Sep 2007 20:00 Proletariat Houston, TX
13 Sep 2007 20:00 tba Baton Rouge, LA
14 Sep 2007 20:00 40 Watt w/ Long Legged Woman Athens, GA
15 Sep 2007 20:00 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA
20 Sep 2007 20:00 Wall Street Murfeesboro, TN
21 Sep 2007 20:00 Pygmalion Music Festival Champaign, IL
22 Sep 2007 20:00 The Art Hospital Bloomington, IN
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| Yeah, |
[08 Aug 2007|03:57pm] |
I had no energy,
and then I
wrote my statement of teaching philosophy
turned in new drafts of two publications to my bosses
talked to Ben about what to pack for Dark Meat tour
started writing 5 year research plan
started to write first grant proposal + white paper
had a decent band practice
had a nice drink and cheese fries with April at the Loophole
all in one day. ok!
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[03 Aug 2007|09:17pm] |
Ack,
I have had absolutely no energy lately.
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[24 Jul 2007|10:17am] |
In one month from today, the biggest week of my professional career will end, and then the biggest two weeks of my musical career will begin.
Last night I had an insane dream involving searching the campus of Ann Arbor for my deceased cat, Cheech and Chong wrestling each other, and anal sex. Luckily these three subject matters were completely separate within the dream.
Michael and Betsy were in town. We had some cajun food and caught up. This last month, I've been lucky to have so much time with old friends.
I sold them on a Wii. Maybe I should work for Nintendo and go into sales. Almost everyone who I have talked to or invited over wants one now. It took one conversation with my sister to make her get one the next day. ha!
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| Say what?! |
[12 Jun 2007|04:39pm] |
It's all come full circle.
Greg Norton, mustachioed bass player for punk legends Husker Du has formed a band called The Gang Font. The keyboard player is Craig Taborn of Art Ensemble of Chicago/Innerzone Orchestra fame!!!
Detroit techno + math rock = !@#@!#@!#@#!@$!@$#@%
http://www.myspace.com/thegangfontfeatinterloper
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[05 Jun 2007|04:18pm] |
a dream about my dead cat following me around the living room and then me crying about how they should be dead is an un-awesome way to start a day.
You would think a visit from Nether-world Euphie, a rock show in Dallas that I am really uninspired about, and 150$ car fix-up to pass inspection would ruin my day. I'm doing alright though.
Hey! I'm gonna be in Michigan in 10 days, and Georgia in 15. That's pretty wonderful.
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| gak |
[08 May 2007|11:51am] |
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I lost my WCBN hoodie in Albuquerque. Shit on a stick. Maybe I need to buy a new one that fits better and has less holes in it. ERK.
Let's see what else is new... I bought a Wii, and have become an uncontrollable game playing fiend. Not really, but sorta.
April might be coming to Michigan with me in July to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday and meet the folks.
There was a crazy ass thunderstorm last night, and Jo Jo Pumpkin and I huddled together and feared for our lives.
I got nominated for a chemistry award, which is a first. I'm a finalist for an "Emerging Technologies in Chemistry" prize. yay for me.
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[18 Mar 2007|09:59pm] |
So this week was a little ridiculous. I went to Austin to play shows with Dark Meat at SXSW. At our three shows, we ended up playing in front of about 1200 people total. I performed music with some of my best Athens friends, and also with someone whose music I had been listening to since I was 20 years old (Pete Erchick of Olivia Tremor Control/The Instruments fame). I had some of my best friends tell my girlfriend such nice things about me that I almost cried.
Ben and Jim invited me to be a lifetime member of Dark Meat. Given enough warning, I can go tour and play bigger shows with them. Holy crap.
Some other SXSW highlights:
I saw Lee "Scratch" Perry perform, and he said inexplicable things such as "The Universe is in my piss"
I had a substantial conversation with Chris Murphy of Sloan, along with the requisite bubbling "omg I have been listening to your albums since I was 15"
Michael Showalter performed a comedy set where he would play guilty pleasures on his ipod in the background and tell hilarious stories about them.
My band played after Les Claypool and we pissed off hundreds of jam-band fans with our face-painted, 4-drummer, hippie jazz punk scuzz rock.
I spent almost no money!
Next week, I'm off to Chicago to not only be a big chemistry nerd, but also to spend some quality time with a significant percentage of my best friends ever.
Then a week after I get back from that, I will max & relax in Miami for a week with my entire immediate family.
Am I dreaming?! Best month ever?!
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