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maybe we should be sending our records to matador records

yeah seriously

that'd be cool if we could get signed by matador records

i wonder in ten years if there'll be a show caled "ali"

you know uh... one thing i just thought of.... like... red hot chili peppers, that name doesnt mean anything. then you take a band like, the dandy warhols, and actually, even though you assume its just a random name, its actually fuckin though out. like dandy? you know what a dandy is?

no

someone who dresses up nice.

hmm

and then warhols because they're uh taking uh after that dude. but its like, every word has a meaning. but then youve bands like led zeppelin who - their name doesnt mean anything. and then ac dc. i mean, and then there's kiss. it's like these bands with like weird names, they give those words meaning through their music. if you pick a name that already has a well established meaning, then like... you'll never really known for your sound. you know what i mean?

uh uh.

well like, people will always say, oh there's that band that came up with that clever name. it's almost like needs to sound intentionally cool.

hmm

like welsh assembly, im not sure if that really sounds all that cool. you know like, maybe in america, but would people like it in europe? especially the welsh. i dunno. im just saying it doesnt sound as cool as kiss. or blink 182. you know what i mean?

yeah

like its doesnt have that... pazazz? it doesnt have that catchyness. and the catchyness comes from the word not having any meaning. do you see what i mean.

mhmm.

do you agree?

yeah. it doesnt stand out.

the welsh assembly sounds like a really polished antique.

yeah haha. good way to describe it.

and it would be cool maybe for like a sigur ros style band. but its still not fresh. we need like a fresh name. you know?

yeah

what about stay fresh iceland?

isnt that what you wanna name your record?

yeah i dunno, but its definately like the best name that we've got

i know. it's awesome.

yeah it's got this like, sparkle to it. you know?

yeah

but we'll see.

we skipped a 88 gig, amid progress and drawbacks

anita was sick, i was tired. beyond that, we've been writing material, delving into the darker corners of our minds, and the like. i wrote up a song about viv, in a new way, real direct, i kinda wrote, i told him to use, something along those lines, real powerful, at least from my seat. so i've been slitenin to alot of hiphop, like the sophistication of it, and before that i had i guess you could say a beatles craze-phase, where i was sittin through the solo work of the sons and former members, we've got sean lennon that did some good shit, and then there's macca, always churnin out interestin shit, although i really dont think ill find a macca album that strikes me quite teh way chaos and creation does, i mean its like a page out of my own book, pasted on macca's sleeve, and it's sick, so yeah, and then course there's lennon, and the shitloads of work i hadn't heard before, he did shitlaods, i didn't even know he was out there reocrdin shit with his wife or i guess then girlfriend oyok back in 68, which was like two years before teh split. but yeah then going through teh beatles shit, i think im still secure im my opinion that the beatles white album is most likely their best. heh.

so we've got this whole pirate bay trial thing going on that's interesting. and what else... yeah. ill leave some for my other blogs heh. but we're writing music, lyrics, and the like. also might be relocating to dayton in a more semi permanent arrangement. more bout that later.

another 88 show

sup, just got done with the 88 so yeah there was like body there which sucked. but we got a good response from some of our tracks so that was good. james and sky were there. i think they just kept the place open because we called so we owe them big for that. we drove from dayton which sucked. its so much more ocnvenient driving down the street. but i think its godo that we've kept up appearences at the 88. even though we're out in dayton. i think it makes us seem more professional and stuff but who knows right. they really loved the last one we did the dance is punk ish one it was all made up on the spot at least myend of it. anita had some vocals i gave her in the apartment a couple weeks ago. and she still remembered them thats speaking to her ability. and so she sang on top of my whole deal. was cool. i hd the loop pedal id lay down different layers of acoustic n electric. its her electric ever since i lost mine ive been using hers, who loses a guitar anyway hah. i do apparently. but yeah things went well. anita seemed to have a good time, we got good feedbakc from the crowd. id've wanted more people there if anything.

Some thoughts.

So, these are the thing s I am think about right now. As far as the band goes, I want nothing to do with Prestn, Jimmy, or Kyle. Their personalities would clash with ours, and I just don't want to deal them, not even individually. Honestly, if it came down to needing another member, it'd have to be Jimmy because I know that he would be willing to do anything with us. Preston questions everything and always wants cigarettes, and Kyle is going to school, so he just couldn't commit to anything. But, the thing is that Jimmy likes to argue about shit and brings up stupid points to the table. That might be a bit irritating to carry along. We need to find people who will fit our personalities and enjoy what we do, and have the same kind of thought process as us, and contribute equally. I don't want to deal with having someone in the band who won't do things on their own. Although, it would be interesting to have.

I like the idea of having people play music while we just move around the stage and sing, but I also want to play something. I mean, I like just singing and wandering around the stage, but sometimes, I like to play an instrument and maybe sing. I like doing both. I mean, I want to learn how to play all these different instruments, so why not put it to use? I think it would be cool to like get up on stage without an instrument, then running off to play like a synth, or just a keyboard, or a guitar, or a bass, or a mandolin, or even drums, but not like an actual drummers drum set. More like a percussion instrument, like congas, or a djembe. Or even an organ, or some kind of brass instrument. I wanna be able to get on stage and just pick up any instrument and just play it, then switch to another. I've never seen it done, and I think it would be cool to do. Dancing around like a crazy lady, and playing anything I can touch, but also don't want to be the only one doing it. Just an idea.

I think it would be cool if we could use random pieces of trash things as instruments. Or even liek outdoor things, like wooden bozes, pieces of rock, glasses of water would be cool, like, I want ot make sounds with things that surround me. It'd be cool.

And, school. I want to go, but I don't know what for. I mean, I like the archeology idea, and I like the idea of doing astronomy, but I think I want to go for business, and just take a couple of like music classes, maybe study some Beatles, and I could take some dance class or something. I think it would be cool to be able to have a degree that basically requires me to travel for a job. I want to seee the world. And I want to make everything happen for me by playing music. I want to own stuff with the help of playing music and that just being my only source of income.

I was thinking about this earlier today. I have a goal. A serious one. That goal is to make a lot of phone calls, and send a bunch of e-mails, and to get a gig, a paid gig by the end of this month. That's my goal. And I'm gonna fucking make it fucking happen. It pisses me off that I'm so fucking lazy and I think it's about fucking time that I start kicking my own ass back into fucking shape. I need to get off my lazt ass, stop gaining weight and allowing everything weigh down on me, and just burst open. I need to wake the fuck up and do something productive, and I'll start by making those phone calls and demos. I want to take care of delivering the demos to these place because I know I can do it without Sandeeps help, I'm just being fucking lazy and making him do all the fucking work, which is just too ridiculous. It needs to fucking stop. He does everything to help, and what the fuck do I do? Sit and watch. Well, it's time to fucking get up and start doing shit my way, becasue I know that it'll work. It worked before, and I know I can do it. I just need to get the fuck up, put together a press kit, make some demos, and pass them out after making the phone calls. It's that simple.

I also want to be able to beat box on my own. I know I have to practice doing it, but I just get all clamped shut, and don't really want to express my practices. Which is just stupid. I also want to write a bunch more, like I want to write out stories, songs and raps. I think I could deffinitely find good use of it. And, I want to take a good listne to all of Sandeeps' old songs because I feel like they need something to be done with them. I feel like he needs to express those songs in front of some kind of crowd. I mean, he put the effort into making the songs in the first place, so I think that they should be shared, they should be heard. Maybe We I could even get us a paid gig and have it to be where he would only play his old songs. Ones that he's never performed. I think that'd be cool.

I'm done blogging on here for now. I'll think of better things later on when I'm not distracting myself and all...

anita's input.

I wish I could write songs like the Beatles once did, and kind of still are. Like Paul McCartney, and Ringo Star.

so im thinkin i wanna go pick up pics, and fuckin get a strap for the acoustic, but also prob switch over to the electric asap. dunno for sure but we'll fuckin see. fuckin tired of this fuckin acoustic shit. sittin on the fuckin chair n shit. fuckin bullshit hah. that is fuckin all ;p.

Yea.

Sweet.