Especially when Brett’s next to me shoving ice cream in my mouth.

daytrotter:

Glaciers (Daytrotter Sessions) by So Many Dynamos

original version appears on The Loud Wars (via)

“‘Glaciers’ is a brief up tempo pop song born from another So Many Dynamos song (‘Search Party’) played backwards. All of the lyrics of this song are sang in a ‘gang vocal’ style and provide a sort of thesis of accepting scientific truths while finding beauty, art, and comfort within them.”

These guys are super nice!

I was doing a write up of the Ra Ra Riot show last year, and these guys were the openers. I stepped outside for a minute between sets and started talking to them. They asked me to get pizza with them. I would have…but Ra Ra Riot was about to start.

Would have been fun…

OOPS.

On my way…

wastedhearts:

kelseymcardle:

wastedhearts:

thekidsunited:

Here’s the cover for our “everything so far” release Boulevards.

We’re waiting on the cassette tapes to be pressed. They should be done soon and released through No Action Records.  However, we have decided to go ahead and post all of the songs to our bandcamp page to stream.  The first five songs are off Of Ghosts and the remaining songs are demos, acoustics, and a cover of Jawbreaker’s Boxcar.

You can stream the songs through this here player:

[Edit: Apparently the player doesn’t show up in the dashboard. Visit our bandcamp page to stream.]

In other news…

We are currently finishing up writing for our next album.  We will begin tracking at the end of the month and work into the new year recording with our friends DB and Max.  We’re all excited to get a new release in to your hands.  Release dates and track listing aren’t set, but you’ll hear about it soon enough!  Until then, enjoy Boulevards and tell all your friends!

I didn’t realize you guys had a Tumblr!

I’m excited to finally listen to these songs :)

I’m excited for you to listen. There’s really not much that nobody’s heard already, but it’s still cool to have something new.

As far as shows in December we’re playing at Thursdays in Akron on the 20th.  If you’re 21 by then you better be there!  I might look into something else this month as well. Just depends on some schedules.

Oh snap, I actually might be back by then! And I turn 21 next Monday, so no probs.

girlcyborg:

oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck. antony and the johnsons put on fucking hold to have dinner with me on thursday. god bless da uSa.

JEALS.

(via johnwilkestooth)

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read.

Also: The opening sequence piece (Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 25 in G Minor)—my favorite Mozart piece—would also be fucking epic.

schwenk:

Meet Jared Fogle, 2009 edition. Otherwise known as SWEET ONION TERIYAKI MOTHER OF GOD.

(via Bestweekever)

He did this while living in Bloomington REBLOG.

johnwilkestooth:

“It seemed to have…….too many notes!”

YOU ARE WATCHING ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

breakfastinbed:

notarobotbutaghost:

I have a video project due in one of my journalism classes in a few weeks and I have absolutely nothing to do it on.  The few ideas I’ve had aren’t going to work out, so if you’re in bloomington and know of anythinggggggg that could possibly work please let me know.  Musicians, artists, anything. I’m a little desperate.  It just involves me getting a few interviews and filming whatever it is that we’re talking about.

I’ll buy you ice cream.

pleeeeeeeeeease??

J210? I did mine (totally last minute) on my friend James. I followed him when he hung up one of his sculptures. It was really bad. I also used James for my final project in J344 and in a couple of photography projects. I’m really bad at going out of my comfort zone to find subjects but I’m sure if you check out the art building you can find anyone looking to get exposure. Or better yet the theater department or music school, they are used to being in front of an audience.

Or of course you could go for a bigger project besides one-on-one. Someone in my last class did a story about a dancer at Night Moves. You could interview people at the union that take naps. OR TUMBLRS OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING!!!

Okay I should stop.

Oh yeah, mine was totally last minute, too. I had an original idea to profile vegetarians/vegans and how they get by living in the dorms/eating in dining halls…as you can tell, I never really developed the idea, haha.

So I changed it last minute to basically a “Day in the Life of a WIUX Music Director”…which was completely cheating because last year I was a co-Music Director, but I just made it out to look like George (my Co-Director) was the only one. Such bad journalism on my part, but it turned out okay.

WIUX is always a good one, but I know a ton of people do it.

somesongsconsidered:

“Something” – Paul McCartney
(Words/music: George Harrison, available on Back in the U.S. – Live 2002, Capitol 2002)

The school where I worked on my masters’ degree had a clock above the library that played a different melody every hour.  The first time I noticed the clock (and the only melody I can remember it playing) it was playing “Something.”  It was a bright, sunny afternoon early in my first semester, and as the notes carried across the campus, everything looked more vibrant.  It fit the scene so perfectly that I didn’t even realize what I was listening to until it was almost over; George Harrison’s simple melody seemed natural coming out of the bells of a clock tower, so I didn’t even realize that it was out of context right away.

It’s this simplicity that Paul McCartney’s ukulele version honors.  During his 2001-2002 world tour, McCartney took a break from his greatest hits revue to perform Harrison’s signature Beatles tune, accompanied by four tiny strings.  Recently, he’s performed the ukulele bit as an introduction, segueing into the traditional Abbey Road arrangement, but on this live album he performs the whole song by himself, including singing the lead guitar part.  Even in this reduced setting, “Something” still captivates, as a 60 year old man and a ukulele alone kept tens of thousands of fans enraptured for three minutes.  It’s appropriate, given that Harrison’s singing about the simple way that love affects us.  It’s also a tribute to the versatility of Harrison’s song that whether in its lush studio arrangement, a clock tower bell system, or a tiny stringed instrument, the beauty radiates through.  Rather than lean on its instrumentation, Harrison’s song relies on its melody and its honesty – in short, he made it simple to make it sound good.

More on Paul McCartney: Allmusic | Amazon MP3 | Emusic | Last.fm

I absolutely love this version.

Paying tribute to George on George’s favorite instrument.

It’s just so sweet.