July 2009
37 posts
June 2009
58 posts
life is weird
so i’m about 4 days away from embarking on my cross country road trip back home to ny. it’s going to be a crazy few months coming up. i get back in NY on july 7th. then jayce and I need to practice the set + a few new songs, plus on top of that we need to prepare an acoustic set. july 11th is our hometown kickoff show. july 14th we leave for a month and a half of touring.
woooooo...
like it or not,
you’re right where we need you to be.
you’re right where we need you to be.
the dino internet radio interview was ridiculous. some dude kept callin about boners. there was definitely some talk of road holes, and I’m pretty sure there’s a dino tribute band called the Bone Zone. Definitely not involving Ryan Hayden or Mikey Lemieux.
bank tellers are creepy
bank teller: hi (looks at my license) Matthew. what can I do for you today?
me: I need to deposit this check.
bank teller: No problem, let me take care of this for you.
me: Uh…okay. Thanks.
bank teller: I don’t mean to be rude, but do I know you from somewhere?
me: I don’t think so…did you go to Emerson?
bank teller: No I mean from TV or something. (hands me my...
White Lights Recording Session
So tomorrow is the first day of the White Lights recording session. We’re doing 4 songs with producer Jim Roach (www.jimroachmusic.com) at Thud Studios in North Hollywood. Tonight we set up the kit, hit some stuff, mic’d some stuff, and got set up for an easy start tomorrow morning.
I stopped by my endorser, Soultone Cymbals, this past Friday and grabbed a few new cymbals for this...
Walnut Creek, CA - 6/12/09
awesome show! we played this rad venue called the Red House. they’re like a music school, with a bunch of rehearsal rooms and this crazy live room (where we played). show was sold out, and it was really nice to meet a bunch of californian dino fans.
as for the other bands, us vs. london is a great young screamo/indie band from the area. they sounded like a mix of the blood brothers and...
This was awesome. Saved by the Bell rules.
“of ritual and habit i opened my mouth to find the prisoners inside had made their way out.
a verbal vestige where nouns once played sits empty and lonely and still on my face.
soon ended the clawing at my cheeks and gums, as I searched in my molars for words but found none.
within me a well of speech had run dry, so i tried to siphon language from people nearby.
but nothing they...
jonnywonder23: i miss your scent
mateovosganian: you creep me out
jonnywonder23: I can live with that.
today is a good day
- meeting with a cymbal company
- santa monica to pickup jayce
- buying a ukulele
- dino practice
- happy hour with the dino and karl
- then the hangover with the dino and karl.
anyone from the east coast who wants to have fun should hop on a plane ASAP.
i’ll write the shit out of a movie with you mikey.
sweetwolfshirt:
Bro-Trip 09 w/ Mateo + Jayce
GO FOLLOW! He’s funny and cute plus we are probably gonna write a movie this summer (he doesn’t know it yet) and he’s gonna help me with my stand up comedy.
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