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december 31st, 2009: last day of 2009, merry late christmas, dolcim "guillotine ride" cassette tape! colorado or bust, new website in 2010, happy birthday seth
let me start by apologizing for the lack of a christmas post or any post for that matter. i haven't had the internet at my house for a while. until last night, i hadn't checked my email since i was in new orleans. it magically started working and so i decided to do the last post of the year.
as we wrap up this last day of 2009, I wanted to say happy late christmas to everyone. i got home from the 9 and 1/2 hour drive to new orleans around 3 a.m. and had to get up and drive to murfreesboro to spend christmas with my family.
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i got everyone gifts from new orleans. for christmas i got socks and money, both of which i needed. my brother got me the coolest gift ever.
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gleaming the cube on DVD! it has been out of print since 1999. i only had a VHS version copied off of tv with weather alerts at the bottom of the screen. thanks ryan.
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dolcim "guillotine ride" cassette tape official release on sleepinghouse records
i said the cassette would be out in december 2009, but I haven't had the internet. the tapes came in the mail a little while ago and now the dolcim "guillotine ride" cassette is officially out and for sale on sleepinghouse records. it also available on forever escaping boredom and will be available on utarid tapes in malaysia very soon.
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at approximately 5 a.m. on the 1st day of 2010 I will be boarding a plane for denver, colorado. i will be dropped off at the airport after midnight and hang out there by myself for a couple of hours, which is fine. i am used to hanging out in airports. i will be spending the first part of the new year somewhere else once again. hopefully there won't be too much snow on the ground and we can film some skateboarding. i will be gone until around the 7th so there won't be a post for a week.
i know i have been talking about it for the last few months but after I get back from colorado I will be completely redoing this website.
so this is the last post you will see that looks like this. there will be an archives section with all of the posts from the website from the beginning.
and lastly, happy birthday to my good friend seth who turns 25 today. have a good one man.
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happy new year 2010 everyone. be safe and if you drink don't drive.
december 22nd, 2009: new orleans or bust!
that's right. by the time you are reading this, I am driving the 9 and 1/2 hours to new orleans, louisiana, where I have never been before. I am visiting some of my swedish friends that are down there right now.
but don't worry, i'll be home for christmas.
updates soon, and christmas post!
december 12th, 2009: studio, radio interview, Atlanta or bust/broken phone, dolcim/raein shows, swine flu?, denver colorado, legendary skateboards, etc.
a lot has happened in these past 2 weeks, i will try to recap:
dolcim
dolcim recorded 3 songs in the studio 2 weekends ago. they are in the final mixing stages. we are trying to get them finished before the new year.
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the radio interview was pretty fun, we had some random calls that came in, gene wilder being one of them and a laserdisc expert being the other. i played men at work "land down under" and the kids in the hall theme song by shadowy men on a shadowy planet as well as juno. and as always, we talked about the spice girls.
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that following tuesday, I picked up roy and met up with matt and justin and we headed to Atlanta. It rained the whole way, what a miserable drive. the sunset was pretty.
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We pulled up to the venue and parked. It rained consistently while we unloaded gear. I talked to the guys in raein a bit. I also talked to zack and matt from the nationale, it was good to see them. we went on a beer run and almost got lost in downtown Atlanta but found the place. They had chips called gator taters.
By the time we got back to the venue we had missed the first band, and it was time for us to play. Their wasn’t another mic stand, so the promoter made one out of a broom stick and an orange parking cone, which was rad. It reminded me of the show in mol, Belgium.
While playing I thrashed around and ended up stepping on my phone, and since it was already halfway broken, i broke it into 2 pieces. So I went without a phone for the next few days.
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Raein went on next and played well.
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It was great to see alessio and Ricardo. I hadn't seen them since I was living in malmo, Sweden in july 2007 when they came with neil on impression.
After the show, we said our goodbyes and matt drove the 4 hours back into the night.
After taking roy back to his house I got home somewhere around 430 a.m. The next day after I got off work I had to go to the venue to unload gear and do it all over again.
The show was awesome.
Shrines went on first, and sounded impressive for their 2nd show.
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Karoshi went on next and played the best set Ive ever seen them play.
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Gnarwhal went on and got the crowd going.
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Raein followed and destroyed the place in front of a very large crowd of people.
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We played last, around midnight. thanks to josh for these pictures.
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you can see a ton more pictures from these bands on my sister photography website digital nashville.
It was a great show, and after loading up I went back over to my old apartment where raein was staying with my old roommate chris.
The next morning I met them for breakfast at bongo javas
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and we got a picture together before they left town.
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other news
After this, I had a stroke of bad luck. I came down with the flu Saturday, and I have been in bed ever since.I slept for 20 hours on and off through Sunday, and another 18 hours through Monday. I was so weak on Monday I couldn’t get out of bed. so my friend chris came by with some grapefruit juice, vegan soups and some pills. He made me some soup and it was then I realized why I couldn’t get out of bed. I hadnt eaten in days so I lost all my strength, and I didn’t have any energy to get up. Ive been sleeping all the time, and taking medicine here and there. Im on my way back up now, hopefully.
In other news, I got new shoes. emerica francis. they just this fall released a synthetic colorway so i could finally get them. ive been wanting them for a couple of years.
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Also, I ordered my one way ticket to Denver, Colorado to visit my friend Joe. I will be there from January 1st-7th. Then me and Joe are splitting up the 20 hour drive back, probably making some stops in some cool cities on the way back. I also plan on visiting my friends doug and ben that live in boulder. While in denver, I am going to be filming some skateboarding for me and joe's parts. And speaking of skateboarding, that’s what I have been doing nonstop lately. My friends started a board company, called legendary skateboards. the stickers came in the mail today. be on the lookout for legendary in the future, you will start to see the stickers around.
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I am spearheading the media side of legendary. I have been filming a video for it over the past few months that will be coming out in the future. I actually skate everyday now, which is just as much as when I first started skating 10 years ago. it's rad.
Well that’s all for now.
november 26th, 2009: happy "don't eat turkey" day vegan style, dolcim radio interview november 28th 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on 88.3
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since i am vegan, and have been since the european tour, this thanksgiving will be especially hard. mashed potatoes, buttered rolls, sweet potatoes, pasta salads, desserts, anything with dairy is all out. so i have decided to make a rice, tofu and vegetable curry in case there isn't much for me to eat.
dolcim radio interview saturday november 28th, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on 88.3
dolcim will be on their 2nd radio show this weekend on the urusei punk rock show hosted by our friend thomas on saturday november 28th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. we will be talking about the upcoming shows with raein, our upcoming splits, maybe the new album, but mostly spice girls and candlebox like the last interview. so if you are in murfreesboro, tune in to 88.3 wmts from 10-12 and listen to us talk about nothing. if you can't catch it, like always it will be recorded and we will do something with it later.
dolcim will also finally going to be in the studio this friday and saturday to record new songs for the splits. so i will be having a really busy weekend.
huge update on sleepinghouse records, so check it out!
currently watching ghostbusters 1 and 2
that's all for now. be safe if you are traveling.
november 19th, 2009: tour journal (last) POST 8 up now!, dolcim news, kafka news, CMAR DVD, JOB?, the fantastic mr. fox
sorry for the lack of posts and also the lack of content. i have been insanely busy as usual. I have also been saving everything to do a large update when I launch the new site soon.
let's get down to business:
dolcim news
Post 8, the last post of the dolcim european tour journal is up now in the tour section! this last post includes the last show in munster with resurrectionists and hammers, goodbyes, and our trip home. since it is the final post, the tour journal is now finished and can be read in its entirety, so if you haven't read it or have been keeping up with it, check it out now!
dolcim will be going into the studio this weekend to record the songs for the hammers split. we also have 3 shows coming up in december, 2 being out of town.
December 2nd in Atlanta at ps warehouse with i create and raein (from italy)
December 3rd at little hamilton with raein
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December 18th in Knoxville with burial at longbranch saloon
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thats right, we will be playing our first out of state show next month. its going to be awesome to play 2 shows with the legendary raein.
also, the dolcim "guillotine ride" tape will be ordered soon. look for a december release. check sleepinghouse records and forever escaping boredom for more information.
kafka on the shore news
a music video for a song off of "content to drift" is almost finished and will be premiering here, the sleepinghouse records page, as well as the myspace site in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
CMAR DVD
the CMAR DVD has been finished for several weeks now. i sent the master DVD off to react with protest so lars could put together the european DVD. ryan lewis is doing the artwork for the u.s.a. covers, which will be finished soon as well. more information and how to order on sleepinghouse records
in other news
after being unemployed for over 6 months, getting on food stamps, and being denied unemployment, I had a job interview last friday. It went so well they hired me on the spot. I started this past tuesday. I am now a 4th grade after school teacher at Glendale Elementary School in Oak Hill. Glendale is a magnet Spanish Immersion school, so I will belearning some spanish. You can listen to an NPR story about it here:
It is also very hard to get into, so I feel honored to be accepted as one of the staff. They have an E.S.P. program, very similar to what I used to do several years ago. I am very excited to finally have a job, and to also be working with kids again. it feels very natural for me to teach.
and finally, thanksgiving weekend i am going to the midnight premiere of wes anderson's new film, "the fantastic mr. fox" which is based on the childhood book by roald dahl. you should go see it when it comes out near you.
that's all for now.
november 12th, 2009: to me mum
happy 56th birthday mom.
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november 5th, 2009: to my old man
happy 55th birthday dad.
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october 31st, 2009: happy halloween
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october 14th, 2009: POST 7 , "where the wild things are" homage
Hello everyone. Post 7 of the tour journal is now up in the tour section! It covers the 3 days of the Cry Me A River Festival. it took me long enough to finish it huh? I know, I know, but quit your whining and go check it out, some of you are probably in the background of the pictures somewhere.
Anyway, moving right along. Since "where the wild things are" comes out in 2 days, (this Friday October 16th!) I thought I would pay tribute by dressing up the site and making this entry all about the film. As you may already have noticed, I made a banner for the site. Also, i am taking some snippets from a "roundtable" interview in Newsweek with Maurice Sendak, 81 (the author) Spike Jonze (director) and Dave Eggers (screenwriter). I took bits and pieces of the interview, basically what struck me. I would recommending reading the interview in its entirety here.
A Talk With "Wild Things" Creators What do you say to parents who think theWild Things film may be too scary? Because kids can handle it? Do you think Disney is bad for children? Jonze: It's interesting because at this point it's being talked about. I met some guy on the subway the other day—I was waiting on the subway platform for the F train the other day, and this guy comes up to me who's roughly my age, and he said, "Is the F train running today? God, I've been waiting here forever, and I've got to get down to this record store. It's the only used-CD store in town." And he was very friendly, nice guy, so I was talking to him about used-CD stores, then the guy was like, "You know what movie I can't wait to see is "Where the Wild Things Are." And I was looking at him, trying to see—is he just messing with me now? Does he know that I made this? Or is this sincere? And so I just listened to him talk for a minute, and I said, "What made you say that?" And he said, "Oh, because I used to skate a lot, and it made me think, the director's a skateboarder, and I like his stuff," and I was like, "Uh-huh." And so I'm still waiting to see, is he messing with me? And he keeps talking about the movie, and how he's heard about it, and he's like, "The movie's amazing." And I asked if he'd seen it, and he was like, "No, but I saw the trailer. I know it's controversial—they said it's controversial. I think something really crazy happens at the end." [Laughter] And at this point, I'm still trying to figure out if he's messing with me, so I'm like, "Are you f--king with me?" "No, no, they said it's controversial," and then he's going on, and he's telling me how the director made all these music videos, he made skate videos, and I finally realize that he is just genuinely being sincere, and this conversation's gone on for 10 minutes, and I finally say, "I'm Spike, I'm the director," and he just looked at me for a minute and he got really sincere and he's like, "Oh, so why is it controversial?" [Laughter] Spike, did you have fights like that when you were making this film? With the studio, not with Maurice. There’s something in that, though—danger and rebellion are the things that are thrilling to you when you’re a kid. I’m interested in the distinction between stories that are “for children” versus stories that are “about childhood.” Maurice’s work was about childhood but also entertained children. Will the film resonate with children the way it’s already resonating with adults? |
Great stuff. To learn more about the film, be sure to check out weloveyouso.com
We Love You So is a blog site that Spike Jonze and his friend Dallas created that basically deals with anything related to "Where the Wild Things Are." It covers interviews with Maurice Sendak, updates on the films progress, soundtrack, the first billboard signs to go up in Los Angeles, wtwta clothing lines, action figures, artwork, wtwta themed art shows, contests etc. And speaking of contests, we love you so teamed up with spike over at crailtap and they held a "where the wild things are" contest. The contest was called "where the wild things ought to be." In the contest, you had to make an image with max or the wild things characters and add them to a scene that needed some "wilding up." As some of you know, I took part in this contest. I emailed some of the images to you guys so you could help me ultimately decide which one to submit. The vote wasn't unamious, but this is the image I submitted for this contest:
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years ago killing time before my band played a show, and i got lost.
i turned a corner and i saw this lady asleep with a bucket of kfc
near her. i found her like that, with one shoe off. so i grabbed my
camera and took her picture. she never moved.
Of course I didn't win, but it was amazing to be a part of something creative that related to the film. check out the other entries here. The winner received the whole collection of the special edition girl decks with each of the charaters from the film on them. awesome.
as you may have already noticed, I can't wait for this film to come out. It's my most anticpated film of the past 3 years. So I dont care what you are doing friday october 16th, if you have work, call in sick, if you dont have a car, hitch hike. If you have plans, cancel them. No excuses. Go and see "Where The Wild Things Are" in the theater. That's where I will be, and if you want to join me, you know how to get a hold of me. I have been waiting for this film to come out for over 3 years now, and I will not miss it.
support this film in anyway possible.
if you have HBO, watch the documentary "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak" tonight wednesday october 14th at 7 p.m. i dont have HBO so someone please tape it for me. danke.
Stay tuned for more updates, and changes in the site in the not so distant future...
october 9th, 2009: updates, tour section, news
alright, so the website is slowly getting back into shape.
i have added a tour section to the page so I could put the page back together and simultaneously update the front page as well as put up the last 2 posts from the tour journal. so check that out.
also i have created a sister photography website to house the digital pictures from shows. over the past year i have been shooting nashville shows, but more recently, within the last few months i have been shooting a lot of shows at little hamilton collective. therefore, i felt the need to document it. so i made a website so i can give bands pictures from their shows and also provide a community place where people can see pictures from underground shows in nashville. so here it is: digital nashville
so I have exciting news. the website will have a huge overhaul very soon. I have decided to move away from my caveman style website and look into other options for the layout. i have been very stubborn about everything on here having to be done by me. The website will have a whole new look and all i can say is that you guys should like it. soon enough there will be a better way to look at photographs on the website, so for all of you out there that asked me to make the pictures bigger, your wish will finally be granted.
so yeah, it's october already. this last month just flew by. i filed for unemployment last week. i had to. It is odd to me that even though I still don't have a job I have been too busy to be able to finish the tour journal and keep my sites updated. but i will get to it.
dolcim DID NOT go into the studio this past friday and saturday. there was a lack of communication between my bandmates. But we will be going in late november to record songs for the upcoming split 7" with our friends Hammers from the UK. we played some shows with Hammers and they are all awesome dudes so this split should be rad.
I have finished writing Post 7: CMAR and as soon as I get the pictures up for it, I will post it in the tour section of the website.
also, there has been a lot that has happened in the past 3 months of my life that i have not been able to write about on the website. i have kept a mental note and once the new website is up and running i will bring everyone up to speed.
so enjoy the way the page looks now and stay tuned for the NEW seanconley.net
september 30th, 2009: special message for little one!
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my sister turns 18 today.
she also got accepted to ETSU yesterday, so congratulations to her.
i love you little one!
september 26th, 2009: CMAR 2009 TRAILER !!!!!!
that's right! i just finished the trailer for the cry me a river 2009 DVD. check it out!
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september 14th, 2009: updates, apologies, and explanations
So i have to start off again by apologizing. Long story. The short version is that I have been hosting off of a server that I wasn't supposed to for a long ime, and well, they finally found out and kicked me off of it. The funny thing is that they didn't take my site down, they just wouldn't let me update and upload new information to it, hence why the site hasn't had an update since early july. I was trying to decide whether or not I was going to continue the site, or if I was just going to give up and quit. Then I thought of those of you guys who I met in europe along the tour, who said you were following the tour journal, or that you liked the journal. So thanks to you guys, I have decided to finish what I started.
Therefore i bought hosting space, and a domain.
the site is now seanconley.net, but seanconley.tk will be forwarded to this address, so either one will work. I will pick up where I left off with the tour journal and finish it up, and then slowly update whats been going on over the past 2 months.
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may 11th, 2009: i want popsicles
i've been going to a lot of graduations lately. my brother ryan graduated on saturday.
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my wide angle lens came in the mail, and even though it is not exactly what I expected, its not too bad.
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i broke my board a couple of days ago and have had to stop skateboarding for the time being because i don't have insurance.
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in dolcim news, our t-shirts came in!!!! we sold some of them at the show.
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also, the show last night went really well. (more pictures coming soon.) we autographed some shirts, which was weird.
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in kafka news, the new artwork will be coming in the mail today hopefully. oh i didn't go over that. i got the tapes in the mail and the artwork was too dark (hence the lack of pictures.) so the tape company is sending me the artwork separately. it will barely make it here before tour. but since the tapes were shrink wrapped, i had to cut the bottom of the shrink wrap to fit the new artwork into the tape and tape it back up. each tape will come with a sticker included. should be awesome. i have sold several pre-order copies so far. i am sending out quite a few tomorrow. but I am going to have to hold off on the online orders because I obviously won't be able to ship them while i am in europe. zac from open water records will be handling the u.s. orders. you can order tapes from his webstore here . i will be selling the copies on tour with me so bring some extra dough to the shows.
the kafka stickers came in the mail!
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these last few days are going to be insane.
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currently packing, running around trying to get everything situated before i leave.
the site will start undergoing changes soon...
may 9th, 2009: "content to drift" full-length cassette release!!!!!
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finally! the kafka tapes came in the mail today and are now available on sleepinghouse records. soon you will be able to order directly from the sleepinghouse records page!
last dolcim show in the united states for the next few months tonight at wallstreet at 10:00 p.m.!!!!!!
2 countdowns off the list...
may 7th, 2009: i am overdressed
well, as you may or may not have noticed, dot tk has been down the past 2 days. its the first time i have had a issue with the domain and not the server. anyway its back up now.
so seanconley.tk is now 1 years old! yay! and to celebrate, i didn't do anything. i haven't much time to do much of anything really. its crazy, since i dont have a job anymore i have been just as busy. most of my time has been spent dealing with this court stuff. my uncle gave me the number to this guy in greensboro. i called him and he was a pretty cool guy. he is going to get my wreckless driving knocked down to a non moving offence, that's the good news. the bad news is that it's going to cost me about 500 dollars, which i am thoroughly pissed about, especially for a 1st offense. government bastards. on top of that, i have to do an online driving school course, which is what I have been doing for the past 2 days. i started it wednesday and finished it yesterday, it took me about 8 and 1/2 hours and cost 35 bucks. bullshit.
in other less depressing news, the graduation party was fun, i felt lame putting up banners and stuff and for a post-graduation party to begin with, but for the most part it was for my brother so that was fine. my brother graduates this saturday may 9th! way to go bro! anyway, here are some pictures from the get together. some people that i thought would come didn't, and some that i didn't think would did. but either way, i hadnt seen some of these people in a good while.
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in kafka news, i jumped the gun, the tapes did not come in on monday. sorry. i did however get an email today with a tracking number, so i can confirm that the tapes will be here on saturday. so content to drift will be released may 9th. cross out may 4th on your calendars and put may 9th. i apologize to the pre-orders. the updated countdown will still continue. in related news, the stickers will be arriving very soon...
in dolcim news, we are playing our record release show with tony danza tapdance extravaganza and under the earth this saturday. we will be playing 2 brand new songs, that aren't recorded or anything so come see us before we leave for europe! also, the shirts should be arriving soon.
at about 6 o'clock today, i set up my drums for the first time since february. i played for about 20 minutes, and was making spaghetti in the kitchen when i heard a knock on the backdoor. i walked into the den to find an officer of the law standing there. apparently the neighbors that had just moved in next door 2 months ago called the cops because of my drums. he was a nice guy, and told me to do some soundproofing or something. i told him i was leaving for europe next week and that i had been playing drums in this room for over 8 years and never had any trouble. i even played in the front yard several months ago. apparently there isn't a noise ordinance anymore? i thought it was 9 or something. he said he wouldn't write me a citation. no shit. it was lame, and needless to say i won't be playing drums in this house anymore. i havent even been home for a week yet.
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april 29th, 2009: happy songs for happy people
i went 90 almost the entire way and made the 10 hour drive in 7 hours and 45 minutes. on top of that, i got 500 miles on 1 tank of gas. i almost made the entire drive without having to fill up! i arrived in spring lake and walked up the stairs and steven had brody waiting at the top for me. "uncle sean" is here! it was nice meeting brody. steven had to work the next couple of days so i spent most of the time hanging out with sandy and brody and finishing up the artwork for the tapes. since there wasn't alot to do in spring lake, we mostly just hung out at the house. it was nice just relaxing for a few days.
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the smalleys and uncle seanon friday we dropped brody off at the babysitters and headed an hour and a half to carrboro, near chapel hill. we got there as the twilight sad was ending their set. cat's cradle is a cool venue and we walked around as mogwai set up. we tried to get close but there were several hundred people there so it made it difficult. it was good to see mogwai again, it had been about 3 years. i really love this band, and they have had quite an influence on kafka on the shore. anyway, they played songs off of their first album ten rapid, and steven and my favorite song "hunted by a freak." they also played songs off of their new album and all of their other albums as well. they left the stage and came back with 2 more songs as an encore, including "my father, my king."
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after the show, steven got a set list and we waited around outside for the guys to come out. we talked to stuart and dominic, and i told them that steven and i had seen them back in 2006 in nashville. and i told them my band was touring europe and even playing glasgow. they said they would try to come to the show if they were in town but not to get mad at them if they couldn't make it. haha. i got a picture taken with them and was honored to have spoken with them. they signed our posters we bought and then someone off the tour bus got a soccer ball and they played a game right there in the parking lot as we left. on the way home steven got pulled over for going 53 in a 35, wreckless driving, but the officer let him go. all in all it was a really good night.
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me and mogwaithe next morning was a different story. i left a bag of shirts that i gave brody and we took some pictures. i left spring lake saturday a lot later than i had anticipated and was speeding back to hopefully make it in less than 8 hours. well, while driving through greensboro in a little county called "guilford," the speed limit went from 55 to 65 and then back to 55 again. the state trooper waited until i had just entered the 55 zone to pull me over. " license. i clocked you at 77 a couple miles back." he took my license and walked off. 77 in a 55, which is wreckless driving. the state trooper came back and handed me a piece of paper. "your court date is june 19th. have a nice day" and walked off. the piece of paper did not have a fine price, a number or any other information that would be helpful it did read "if you fail to appear, you may be arrested and your driver's license will be revoked." the first thing i thought to myself was "im going to be in lyon, france on that day, then next, i'm 8 hours away from tennessee, why a court date, why not a fine?" i found out today after calling numerous numbers and places that this is not a ticket and cannot be paid. i must be present for the court date or they will issue a warrant for my arrest. my 1st speeding violation, at age 24, is a citation and a court date. i now have to hire an attorney to represent me 8 hours away while im in europe, which will cost several hundred dollars I am sure. yeah i was speeding, and im okay with paying a fine, because in the end that is all the state wants. but now i have to go through all of the hassle of finding and attorney and doing all of the legal bullshit involved. thanks north carolina!
after getting my citation, i had to drive the speed limit the whole way home, which took the entire 10 hours. it was depressing. i made it to nashville right around midnight and walked into springwater right as hour of owls (bgkf members) were playing their 2nd show as a band. i didn't know how long they had been playing but i took some pictures.
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it was great to see them play. i found out later that night that this was their last show ever, as kyle is continuing his solo project ak dub. check out "chris mas." and chris has a project as well, nightmare cats. it was good to see the guys as i hadn't seen them since i was in high school, when they were bike gang knife fight:
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in dolcim news: here is the flyer for the may 9th show. also, we ordered our shirts!!!!! 60 of them, all different colors. they will be coming in right before we leave for tour, we cut it close ordereding them so late. justin and i put these flyers up over town yesterday.
in kafka news, there is a ton! i ordered stickers yesterday, and they should come in right before tour as well. the MOST important news, i sent off the masters and artwork to be put on tape. it is a huge relief and has been a long time coming. i have been working on this album for the past year and 2 months, from writing, to recording, to mastering. i didn't get all of the things i wanted but i think everything will turn our rather nicely. lastly, there are 2 new songs on the myspace page." familiar strangers," which was one of the last songs i finished, and "layover," the last track on the album. check them out. when the album comes out on may 4th, i will be posting the artwork, and track listings.
my vacation is finally over. i have my last day of work at t-mobile today. check one of the countdowns off the list. it's bittersweet though. i am going to miss the paychecks and some of my co-workers, but the job really wasn't for me, but i did learn a lot from the job. i learned i never want to do this as a career.
my brother ryan is graduating next month and since i didnt have a graduation party, we are combining the two and having our graduation party may 2nd at barfield park in murfreesboro, tennessee.
the countdowns continue: dolcim european tour kick off show in 11 days dolcim tour diary in 14 days |
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i'm currently working my last day at the t-mobile call center.
april 22nd, 2009: north carolina or bust
I thought I would do a quick update before I got on the road to go see steven, sandy and brody. I’ll be on the road for over 9 hours so its going to be a long drive for someone with nothing to think about…
In other news, I’m 24 now. it hasn't really sunk in yet.
i hung out with matt and justin for a bit. then I hung out with some old friends who some I hadn’t seen since I moved to nashville a year ago. seth bought donuts and everyone sang happy birthday, it was nice.
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also thanks to everyone who called and remembered my birthday.
my mom drove in from columbia last night and we had a proper birthday dinner with my dad.
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In dolcim news, we are playing our europe tour kickoff show on saturday may 9th with tony danza. It should be a good show, so mark your calendars, because we leave for tour 4 days after that. a flyer will be posted soon. Also, I wanted to let americans know, you can order our vinyl l.p. from ryan’s distro, icfyc here
also, a special note: i will be converting my page into a dolcim tour diary so that we can all keep everyone updated on what will be going on during the tour. this will include entries, pictures and tour updates as we travel through europe. this starts on may 13th. |
In kafka news, my computer crashed, with all of my songs on it. it was just recently fixed. So I will hopefully be sending off the songs very soon... I am still finishing the artwork and waiting on a few things... 2 new songs will be on the page soon...
the countdowns continue: 7 days until my last day at t-mobile. dolcim european tour kick off show in 17 days dolcim tour diary in 21 days |
april 19th, 2009: death to my hometown
on april 10th, several tornadoes touched down in my hometown of murfreesboro and destroyed over 100 homes and killed 2 people. it made national news.
my phone wasn't working and i couldn't get ahold of anyone to see if they were okay. i was trying to get ahold of my friend mike because i found out a tornado touched down near where he lives. it took me 45 minutes of detours and getting turned away to get to his house. while on the way there, i encountered this:
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when i finally turned onto his street, this is what i saw:
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the tornado literally circled his house destroying all of the trees and then demolished the house right next to his. it also took out the power lines, leaving his entire neighborhood without electricity, and right before the weekend. mike's dad will be using some of my pictures for his insurance company.
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we walked to the house and went inside making sure no one was in there.
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while on my way to work the next morning, i passed through regency park, and went down the street to where my dad used to live. i saw this:
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the tornadoes were rated as EF 4's with 166-200 mph winds.
insane.
so i am officially moved back to murfreesboro, even though i am still working 40 hours a week in nashville. it took both my days off from work to finish moving and now my stuff is everywhere. now i am back at work and don't know when i will be able to get things situated. i took a picture with my roommate chris before i left.
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in other news, i put my 2 weeks notice in at my job last wednesday. i have added something new to the countdown.
and the countdowns continue...
i turn 24 tomorrow. damn.
10 days until my last day at t-mobile.
- i leave for north carolina to see the smalleys and mogwai in 4 days
- seanconley.tk "1 years anniversary" in 12 days.
-content to drift comes out in 15 days.
-tour is in 24 days...
more updates very soon...
april 9th, 2009: we can be happy underground
I usually don’t update this often, but I felt compelled to.
In dolcim news, the guillotine ride vinyl lp’s are here!!!!
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a limited quantity is available on the sleepinghouse records page for order.
cementing the seams has written a review of the record. you can read it here:
in music related news...april 7th was a fun day. I got off work early, and then kaylie and mike came up to nashville for the ben folds show.
mike and I both got into ben folds (five) back in elementary school, i'd say around 5th grade, and kaylie has been a long time fan as well. This would make my 4th time seeing ben, with mike and erin the first time at uptown mix years ago, then with steven, seth and erin at a free personal show at vanderbilt, then with kaylie at the sommet center several years ago.
we all met at my apartment and listened to the new album way to normal.
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then we went and and ate at ru sans, with each of us getting our respective delicious vegetarian sushi. i got teriyaki eggplant and sweet potato, kaylie got maki vegetable, and mike got cranberry, which was bold.
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after that we went looking for parking spots, which proved to be quite difficult, but we finally found one. As we entered the ryman and found our seats, there was quite a lot of commotion and we were unsure if any of the bands had played.
they had. ben folds, jared and sam and 2 friends walked out on the stage and opened up with "bitch went nuts" off of the new album way to normal. then, it apparently was this guy's birthday, so he yelled out "sing happy birthday." ben's reaction to this turned into one of the best impromptu improv jams i have ever been a witness too, and only the 2nd song of the set! ben has been known to make up songs before but this was brilliant. as they jammed, ben made up the words singing "happy birthday motherfucker" throughout. he ended the song saying " i hope this is the greatest day of your life" and i dont doubt that for that guy it was. lucky bastard. Throughout the set he played a few new songs and then just old songs. I noticed at one point that there were actually 5 people on the stage, making for would have been a complete “ben folds (five)” interestingly enough.
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Halfway through the set, the other members left the stage and it was just ben for several songs. he told a few stories, like when he lived near belmont blvd (where I currently live now) in the early 90’s. the other musicians got back on the stage and he played "narcolepsy" off of unauthorized biography of reihnold messner, a song I had never seen live. Then he played “landed,” one of my favorite and most nostalgic songs. i called her. the songs went on into the night as he had the audience sing in different sections for “not the same.” Then he played some more new songs off of his new e.p. stems and seeds.
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Ater this he played “rockin' the suburbs,”“army,” and “zak and sara.” They walked off the stage and kaylie, mike and I got out of our seats and walked up the aisle to get closer to the stage. we knew their would be an encore. kaylie was hoping they would play “kate.” as the crowd roared, they all came back on the stage for a few more songs. they played “underground” which he played last time I saw him at the sommet center. during my favorite part of the song, “I’m sure you don’t remember me…” I yelled out “who the fuck are you!?” which is a direct reference off of naked baby photos. He then played “fair” off of whatever and ever amen. they ended the night with "kate" and I turned around and saw how ecstatic kaylie was. it was perfect.
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after that we stood in line to get a shirt, but the guy in front of us got the last medium which bummed mike out. they had smalls so I got a shirt. After that we walked the streets of nashville to my car and drove back to my apartment. mike and kaylie had school the next day, so they headed back to murfreesboro. all in all it was a really good night.
in other news, in an attempt to save money before tour, I am moving out of my apartment in west end next week. it's going to be weird.
i did a huge update on the sleepinghouse records page. i had some people asking questions about how to order records off of the website so that issue is resolved on the releases page.
In other other news, let the countdowns begin:
-my 24th birthday is on the 20th...11 days away
-i’m going to north carolina to see the smalleys and mogwai in 13 days
- seanconley.tk "1 years anniversary" in 21 days.
-content to drift comes out in 25 days.
-tour is in 34 days.
i’m currently watching mallrats
april 3rd, 2009: naked baby photos
On march 14th at 2:53 p.m. brody james smalley came into the world weighing in at 8 pounds 5 ounces and 20.5 inches tall.
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I talked to steven for a good while the day he was born. he told me and i quote: "sean, never have a baby, it’s too intense." haha. i can't wait to see the smalley family at the end of this month.
exciting news! I got my international drivers license this week.
im now officially licensed to drive in europe!
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that's right. i will be driving on the left side of the road through england up to scotland, through the alps into italy, and all of the other countries we are traveling to. I wanted to drive last tour but couldn’t. the van is a stick, and justin doesn’t know how to drive one, so we will be teaching him in the next few weeks. it's been a while since i taught someone how to drive a stick so it should be fun.
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Oli Sanders of the UK based Collective Zine wrote a review of our full-length.
You can read it here:
I am also working on our t-shirt design right now, so I will post the graphic when it's finished. Also, we are waiting for our copies of the vinyl L.P., they should be arriving this week.
In kafka news, there is a ton:
After intensely working and reworking the songs over the past month, I finally finished mastering all of the tracks .
The upcoming full-length is entitled “content to drift” and is scheduled to be released on tape may 4th, 2009 on sleepinghouse records, about a week before I leave for tour.
I will be taking a number of copies with me on tour to sell at the shows.
I updated the myspace page for the first time in 2 months. i put 4 new mastered songs. these include: "hindsight," "moniker," "seashells," and "laundry." go check them out and don’t forget to use headphones.
now that the songs are finished, I will be doing some volume tweaking and then I will send them off to be put on tape soon. I am also finishing up the artwork.
the open water records tape compilation will be coming out at the end of april.
2 new songs will be appearing on the page later this month so stay tuned.
In other news, my mom got a job, but couldn’t find her keys for 2 days so she lost it. I thought I had bad luck. She called me on st. patrick’s day and told me that she was on her way to bartending school in nashville. Yeah, bartending school. Crazy. My mom, at 55 has now resorted to training to be behind a bar. she has been staying at a hotel in donelson, so lately I have been going skating at the concrete park and then hanging out with her.
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I watched the criterion collection chungking express on bluray with ryan lewis the other day. it's one of the only 4 movies criterion has released on bluray, crazy. but I have to say, I love the original better, with all of the scratches on the film. plus, on the new one, the subtitles are different, including my favorite quote of the whole film.
I am currently watching shinobi yaguchi’s "adrenaline drive"
ben folds at the ryman is 4 days away!
march 13th, 2009: in the world of time, things can never go back to the way they were
i would have just gotten back from japan this month, after living there for 6 months. crazy how things work and don't work out.
It's been over a month since I have been on here. my apologies, but i have my reasons. I’ll try to remember everything that has happened.
main reason: I haven’t had internet for over 2 weeks now. there is a guy who lives on the 1st floor of my apartment who has a one-eyed dog named griffin. I pay him about 10 bucks a month to use his wireless internet, which doesn’t work that great on the 3rd floor, but still. anyway, he moved to Chicago a few weeks ago so now I don’t have internet anymore.
as you may have noticed, i made some changes to the page. i added the archives section to the toolbar, and added everything from 2008 on there. i'm trying to get everything organized better. the short stories section is now called "words" and i will be including papers and some new content on there in the near future.
I’ve been working like crazy. they have been offering overtime at work, so the past 2 nights I worked 12-12 shifts, totaling 24 hours of work in 2 days. overtime = time and ½ which is good money. I’ve also been trading shifts with people so I can have saturday off. I’ve been working until midnight most nights, which sucks. i think i worked 52 hours last week.
It snowed last week. then after that, it got really warm. I've been skateboarding nonstop this past week, almost every night at the concrete park. it's gotten cold again and rainy the past few days. I was filming the nashville skyline the other night, and it looked like this.
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I bought tickets to see ben folds on april 7th at the ryman. it's going to be epic. I got kaylie and mike tickets so they could come which will be really nice, as we have been to ben shows together before. i saw oasis at the ryman and it was amazing. its been a while since I have seen benny boy, even though he lives close to my neighborhood.
everyone has been having birthdays lately. justin turned 28 february 28th, matt turned 28 march 5th, mike turned 23 march 11th, and taylor turned 20 march 13th.
I just got off the phone with steven, and it appears that brody could be born sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. they were originally expecting him around march 3rd. sandy was having contractions yesterday, which is a good sign, they are going for the most natural birth possible. its insane though, my best friend is about to be a father. I've had my phone on me all day waiting for "the call."
In related news, I will be driving to north carolina to visit the smalleys and brody at the end of april, and… we are going to see MOGWAI!!!! the last time steven and I saw mogwai was back in 2006 in nashville. They are one of my favourite bands, and I am really excited. I just bought their new album "the hawk is howling" about a month ago and it’s a return to their earlier sound. the sun smells too loud is my favourite track right now.
in kafka news: Ive been working on the songs for the full-length nonstop:
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this is my workspace. I just got a program that has mastering software so I am about to start mastering all of the songs. It’s been an intense and time consuming process.
The kafka on the shore song “footnote” will be on an open water records tennessee tape compilation coming out in april. there will be new songs on the page soon so stay tuned!
In dolcim news, the full length "guillotine ride" had its official european vinyl release saturday march 7th! taken directly from the react with protest page:
"hey punks and friends, just wanted to let you know, the awesome DOLCIM - Guilllotine Ride 12" is out NOW!!! This has 11 songs and you can tell that this is ex cease upon the capitol people that created a melodic and passionated masterpiece..."
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1. alvis has left the building
2. dolcim twins versus the olsen twins
3. marriage is the leading cause of divorce
4. brosef stalin
5. kiss my grits
6. oedipus complex with mother nature
7. h.m.s. beagle
8. and so the martry says...over my dead body
9. senior citizen's kane
10. noah's ark was an orgy
11. #7
Lars is waiting on some plastic sleeves, and then he will be sending us some copies!!!!
Also, dolcim will be on the open water records tennessee tape compilation as well. More information at openwater records.
We also have 2 shows this month:
Friday March 20th with army of kashyyyk, dawn and suis la lune from Sweden!! at the warehouse: 1318 Little Hamilton Nashville, TN 37203
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Monday March 23rd with clinging to the trees of a forest fire (Denver) sacaea, and O'sullivan Harvestor of Death 1863 at The Warehouse 1318 Little Hamilton Nashville, TN 37203
In other news, the economy is shite as we all know. steven's dad lost his job. and my mom had to resign from her job last week, due to allegations at the elementary school where she was inappropriately reassigned to after being demoted. she hadn’t been in a classroom setting in 27 years. she was 2 years shy of retiring with 30 years of teaching. It’s all bullshit. She is also not receiving backpay for the last 4 months. Now she is out of money, and has applied for food stamps. she is interviewing for jobs that she is overqualified for. She did just buy a car though, so the truck is back! I can’t wait to drive it again, it’s been almost a year.
i guess that's all for now. there will be some more new stuff added to the page soon and it should be loading a lot better now, apparently i'm a moron when it comes to webpage design.
i’m currently watching wong kar wai’s "days of being wild."
tour is exactly 2 months away....
february 12th, 2009: i was there, leo, remember? old shredder did a swan dive, with a half gainer, right into the back of a garbage truck!
first things first, the exciting news:
In dolcim news, we ordered our europe tickets last friday night.
so it’s official: may 13th-july 1st we will be touring europe! we got a really great deal, and we are flying AirCanada. So this means I will be in Toronto, Ontario, my first time in Canada. This will also be my 4th trip back over the pond.
tentative "bro big or bro home europe 2009" tour schedule looks like this:
21.05. Hannover / Fulda / Göttingen
22.05. Rosswein confirmed
23.05. Berlin
24.05. –
26.05. Poland
27.05. Prague / Dresden
28.05. München
29.05. Austria
30.05. –
02.06. Italy
03.06. -
07.06. France
08.06. UK-England (London)
13.06. UK-Scotland (Glasgow, Edinborough)
14.06. Mol, Belgium with clouds! Clouds! Clouds! And millions of them.
15.06. B/ France
16.06. –
18.06. Deutschland
19.06. –
21.06. Trashfest confirmed Steenwijk, Netherlands with Horse the Band, Room 13, Krush, Shortlived, Graf Orlock
22.06. Hamburg
23.06. Aalborg
24.06. Denmark-Copenhagen
25.06. Malmö Sweden
26.06. Kiel / Hamburg
27.06. CMAR Versmold, Deutschland w/ Trainwreck, Battle of Wolf 359, The Third Memory, Me and Goliath, Alpinist, and Hammers
28.06. CMAR
more dates and shows to be confirmed in the upcoming months.
this past weekend I went to the premiere of the new skate video, Alien Workshop’s "Mind Field." It was awesome. There were over a hundred people there and the video was really good, and had a great soundtrack. afterwards, we all skated in the same room.
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since I have graduated I have found myself having some more free time, with which at first I did not know what to do with. after about 2 months of adjusting, I am back in full swing and doing things i have been wanting to do. a lot of skateboarding, and more recently cinematography. I went back and made some changes to an old short of mine called “the roommate.” I will hopefully be premiering it soon. I have also picked back up on some older video projects and started some new ones including timelapses. stay tuned…
in bad news, I have found myself sick again. I started to lose my voice last week and then woke up friday morning, having trouble breathing and unable to speak. I went to work, and after about an hour of taking calls, I had to leave. You can’t work at a call center without your voice. I went to the doctor and they told me I have laryngitis and an ear infection. awesome i told her. It’s a virus and they told me they couldn’t really do much but let it run its course. Im just glad I have insurance. I went home and slept for 6 hours straight. My voice is slowly coming back. It’s interesting. Instead of talking, I feel like I’m yelling just to get words out, it strains my voice so much, it’s exhausting.
I started my new work schedule, 12 pm-8:30 Saturday-Wednesday. I got the short end of the stick on the re-alignment however. My old schedule was Tuesday through Saturday, so I did the math, I worked 9 days straight, almost an 80 hour work week. Damn. I feel like that is all I do these days. this is my first day off in almost 10 days.
i went to downtown to "the arcade" this past saturday night, where each month they have openings of all the new art galleries. i had been before, but it's been awhle. it was pretty fun. i meandered my way through each gallery, sipping wine all the while. there was some really good stuff by a french painter, and some interesting video art stuff. one of the installations i enjoyed, while the other i didn't. either way, i had 9 cups of free wine and various snacks so i left in a better mood than i arrived.
we have been having some really nice weather this past week, very warm. it's all i really talk about while on the phones. i hope it continues to stay this way as it makes me feel better about life.
well that’s all for now.
february 4th, 2009: it only figures that i ride my bike into wet cement
so it’s february already, about time for an update. the first day of february was beautiful. clear skies, sunny, warm. i couldn’t have asked for a better way to start off the month. and on this sunny day, i was at my dad's house and just recently bought the missing pieces for my drums. since it was so nice outside, i set my drum set up in the front yard. it had been about a year since i played. my sister took a picture as the sun went down.
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but the groundhog saw its shadow, which is quite depressing, considering 6 more weeks of winter.
at work the cooks now call me "vegetable man." i don't really mind. i got them to start importing blackbean soy burgers and cooking other vegetarian options. the woman at the check out counter, who also calls me "vegetable man " said that I have inspired her and she is now starting a meatless diet. i told her how healthy it was and she said she felt better too. a little bit at a time. i start my new schedule next sunday, im glad too. getting up every morning at 6 a.m. has run its course.
i‘ve been going to a lot of galleries lately. first, I went to the harmony korine pigxote photo gallery at vanderbilt. It was one of the most disappointing galleries i've ever seen, a waste of time actually. harmony went to tokyo and took pictures of girls on television. not only is it easily replicable, it’s stupid to go to japan and watch tv. oh well, at least it was free.
i also went to the frist, which has a new show called "paint with flesh." It was quite interesting, julian schnabel’s works with broken plates and paint on canvas were nice, and I ending up staring at picasso's stroke patterns for a good while.
i saw charlie kaufman’s new film, Synedoche, N. Y. which he wrote and directed. It was extremely dense, containing elements of eternal sunshine, adaptation, and being john malkovich within it. I felt older and more mature after leaving the theater, similar to how i felt after watching eternal sunshine.
i've been graduated for almost 2 months now. its so weird, everyone I know is in school and I am not. 17 some odd years of schooling and now nothing. It’s a very strange feeling, almost like dropping out.
i have been eating a lot of peanut butter lately, I think im trying to get salmonella.
i've also been going to a lot of shows lately. los campasino’s (bottom left) from Cardiff, England played recently at exit in. then sanctions (bottom right) played in a warehouse last saturday night. roy is now playing 2nd guitar with them.
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in video news: I have added a documentary of cease upon the capitol I shot back in 2005 before I joined the band. It’s about recording the full-length at battle tapes, and has footage of practice and a live show. It’s interesting to watch 3 years later, go check it out.
in kafka news, I recently finished a song that I have been working on for almost a year, not consecutively but still. it's called hindsight. I am also working on a new song that will be on the next record. speaking of records, the 4 song e.p. "killing time and injuring eternity" is now finished. it is available on sleepinghouse records.
that's all for now, exciting news coming very soon...
january 22nd, 2008: johannes takes over nashville! pictures and stories
i dropped off johannes at the airport yesterday morning so he could fly back to boston. he was here for a whole week with me. it was sad to see him go, i got used to him being here and we had a lot of fun. go check out his blog, and check out his band: grave, shove, let's go!
here is a recap of the past week with pictures! it might take a while to load...
after i picked johannes from the airport last wednesday night, we hung out and caught up. i took the day off work for the next day. it was 7 degrees fahrenheit outside so we went to the frist. there is a george weston photography and film gallery going on. it was really good and definitely worth checking out. it started with daguerrotypes and covered edward muybridge, experimental photography with flash motion, including the bullet through the apple, and world war II through the landing on the moon.
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we went shopping at kroger, a southern staple, and trader joes. johannes is vegan, so i ate vegan for a whole week. it was very different and i liked it a lot, so i am thinking about it for the future. we talked to his brother sebastian, (above right) of june paik through skype. i hadn't talked to him in a long time. he is at medical school in hungary right now. i can't wait to see him this summer. on monday, my day off, we were very productive. it was the "tourist" day and I was the tour guide. I took him to the parthenon, (pictures below) and then we went to fort "fagley." we both learned about this fort and tennessee history, especially the civil war. after that, i took him to my favorite place in nashville, where you can see the entire city (picture below). as if that wasn't enough, we then went to the country music hall of fame! we didn't go into the actual museum, but he bought some nashville tourist stuff. oh country music. |
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| then i took him downtown to the riverfront (pictured below). later that night, johannes, my roommate chris, and i went and ate sushi with ryan lewis. after hanging out and talking through the night, i had to go to bed so i could get up early for work. bummer. but it was good hanging out with ryan, and johannes hadn't seen him since the cease tour june-july 2007 when we he drove back the van back to dresden. | |
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| tuesday, i got off work an hour early and we went to the tennessee state museum downtown. i hadn't been there since elementary school. johannes loved learning about tennessee history and it was good for me to refresh my memory as well. | |
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after that, we went out to some really country bars, and saw some country rockabilly bands (playing johnny cash covers) so he could have the real "nashville" experience (said in an extremely southern accent). We ended off his last night in town by going to east nashville to foobar, a real redneck bar. i taught him to play shuffleboard (pictured above) and my east nashville friends, jeremy, justin, and jamison all came to hang out. all in all, we had a good time, and i after show him around, i like nashville more and have a better appreciation of this city. so come back anytime johannes, and don't forget the LOLS.
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johannes and dolcim 
hanging out with my dad 
favorite place in nashville 
that's all for now...
i'm working on some new material, so kafka songs coming soon...
los angeles pictures????
january 20th: 2009: HISTORY IS MADE: OBAMA is the 44th President!
today will go down in the history books. obama is inagaurated as the first african american president of the united states. i was able to witness it, but i was at work. i had to be at work this morning by 7. I took calls all morning and watched CNN as everyone gathered around the white house to watch. while working on customer's account, i watched as obama gave his speech as he was inducted as the 44th president. i felt very good about it. i even wore my obama shirt today. i have never been much for politics, but after 8 years i think everyone was tired and ready for change. as obama made his speech, he spoke with confidence and intelligence. i am excited for what is to come and for the first time in a long time pleased with the head of our country.
i got off work early, the call volume due to inagauration was very low. so im taking johannes to the tennessee state museum so he can learn about the history of tennessee.
sadly, i have to take johannes to the airport tomorrow morning because he is flying back to boston. so this is johannes's last night in town.
pictures...stories...
STAY TUNED...
january 19th: 2009: JOHANNES IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!
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i picked up johannes from the airport wednesday night. he flew in from los angeles, and before that he was in italy, and before that back home in germany. he has been traveling non-stop. it's been over a year since we saw each other last. this is also his first time in tennessee! it's snowing really hard outside right now. it's kind of pretty. i'm taking him around to get the nashville experience.
pictures and stories coming soon...
one day until obama is inagaurated!!!
january 12th, 2009: heavily medicated: all i know is that i don't know
happy late new year. these past few weeks have been a blur. it's amazing how much you think you know about yourself. i'm so wrong i'm right.
I woke up this morning to president bush making his 47th and final speech. he reflected over the past 8 years and acknowledged his mistakes, but failed however to take responsibility for them. 8 days until history will be made and this country will be headed in the right direction. it's crazy to think how long i have been counting down until this day and now it's less than a week away.
i’ve been really sick this past week. work and sleep have consumed my life.
heavily medicated is the best way to decribe my current state. it’s been awful. I still don’t have my senses of taste and smell. food has never been so boring.
I am picking up johannes from the airport in 2 days. while skating back from getting him a key made, i witnessed a car wreck happen right in front of me. im beginning to think i'm bad luck.
In dolcim news, the album is finally completely finished. We finished mastering it last thursday night and celebrated. we’re sending the album and the artwork off today. it will be pressed on vinyl and released in march or april.
In kafka news, after 6 months of inactivity, I have finally logged into and updated the myspace page. I added 2 new songs, " seashells,"and "laundry."
check it out. more to come soon.
i leave you with this:
my feet carried me down the road, which was illuminated by the oddly unreal light of the moon, and into the woods. beneath that moonlight, all sounds bore a strange reverberation. the hollow sound of my own footsteps seemed to come from another direction as if I were hearing someone walking on the bottom of the sea, behind me, every now and then I would her a crack or rustle a heavy pall hung over the forest, as if the animals of the night were holding their breath, waiting for me to pass. -murakami
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