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[07 Dec 2009|12:51pm] |
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just got a job at roy thomson hall!
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[04 Dec 2009|11:44am] |
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had some fucking insane dreams about cockroaches this morning. i squirmed a bunch in my bed sheets. moshe is lucky he was not here, he would have gotten zero sleep. woke up this morning at 630 am to get joel off to school on time. i havent been up at 630 in a while so i was surprised at how dark it was outside. joel hung out and had drinks with birtch last night, but i had tons of work to do + would be home so i offered our couch. in return i had the pleasure of sippin' a glass of five year old port while birtch told me about his brother's baby. i'm working on a drawing that is bigger than i am (literally, physically). i had to google two point perspective. that's how far gone i am. also, i wrote a book. two days ago i scrapped about half of it. so now i'm writing a book again, but i am happier with the result.
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[27 Nov 2009|02:23pm] |
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goin' to see melt banana in buffalo in about a half hour. for free!!!
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[19 Nov 2009|11:36am] |
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MICHAEL SURPRISED ME WITH DEVO TICKETS .... we're going to the night they're playing are we not men? (THIS MONDAY!!)
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[11 Nov 2009|11:13am] |
soooooooooooo
i decided blogger
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[03 Nov 2009|11:41am] |
gore vidal sassoon
dinkies dinkies dinkies
playing chess again rules
making bed forts rules
and making out black-mass-style in the mccauley cave aint bad
WHY WONT MY GODDAMN SCANNER WORK WITH THIS COMPUTER.
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[25 Oct 2009|02:20pm] |
i think i might just make a website. fuck it. i want something non-musical to pour my other free time into.
knitting from sept 1st - now
2 unending toob scarves
4 brimmed hats (only one with pom-pon)
1 cap
4 pairs of mittens
i cat toy (i was trying out new stitches/trying to make a decent fair isle pattern free handedly, turned into a kind of ok looking cat toy)
fucking... christmas knitting.
i think i'm going to be old man winter for halloween.
i want to make a shirt of either a really anrgy rabid looking dog or a really cute little dog (still angry).
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[20 Oct 2009|04:14pm] |
i have a question for you sophisticated "bloggers" out there!
i want to start another blog --- a more public and less personal one (i would still include personal shit to a certain degree, like bike accidents, weird home "renovations", etc as opposed to family drama and the like) that i can showcase all of my shit on (bedroom art installations, drawings, knittings, musics, posters, sewings, etc).
suggestions? wordpress is NOT user friendly. if i can't find anything im just going to suck it up and start a website. aint hard. but i do want to explore the possibilities of blogging before resorting to a website.
THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \\ looove yall.
AND COME TO DANCEABLES FRIDAY!!! if you dont my charred, scabbing face will own a permanent frowny face that evening.
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[19 Oct 2009|07:15pm] |
THIS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23rd AT TERANGA (159 augusta ave, i think)
DANCEABLES #1
WITH RERE86 and THE RDWRER!!
(andre and i)
9pm, PWYC, this is the first danceables; which is a monthly party! COME DANCE WITH US!!!!!!!
facebook invite here</p>
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[04 Oct 2009|08:25pm] |
Famous Vikings
Sweyne Forkbeard of Swansea - (the man who founded Swansea in Wales)
Askold and Dir (legendary Varangian conquerors of Kiev)
Björn Ironside (pillaged in Italy and son of Ragnar Lodbrok)
Egill Skallagrímsson (popular Icelandic warrior and skald, see also Egils saga)
Erik the Red (discoverer of Greenland)
Freydís Eiríksdóttir (daughter of Erik the Red, she participated in two voyages to Vinland)
Gardar Svavarsson (discoverer of Iceland)
Guthrum (colonised England)
Harald Finehair (founder and first king of Norway; some dispute, as part of the etymological dispute discussed above, whether he really merits the label "Viking" at all)
Harald Blåtand (king of Denmark, who united Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway; Bluetooth technology was named after him)
Harald Hardrada (king of Norway and member of the Varangian Guard)
Hastein (also known as Jarl Hasting)
Ingvar the Far-Travelled (the leader of the last great Swedish viking expedition, which pillaged the shores of the Caspian Sea)
Ivar the Boneless (disabled son of Ragnar Lodbrok who, despite having to be carried on a shield, conquered York)
Ivar Vidfamne
Ingólfur Arnarson (settled in Iceland)
Ketil Flatnose (pirate chieftain in the Hebrides)
Leif Ericson (discoverer of Vinland)
Oleg of Kiev (conquered Kiev, founded Kievan Rus' and attacked Constantinople)
Ragnar Lodbrok (captured Paris)
Rollo of Normandy (founder of Normandy)
Rurik (founder of the Rus' rule in Eastern Europe)
Skagul Toste (the first Viking to exact the Danegeld)
Styrbjörn Sterki (conqueror of Jomsborg)
Thorfinn Karlsefni (colonizer of Vinland)
Thorkell the High - Jomsviking
Vagn Akesson (youngest person ever to become a Jomsviking)
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[29 Sep 2009|01:21pm] |
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hey yeah, it just dawned on me that FAUST is playing sunday and it's sort of stupidly expensive. if i had a job or werent blowing a bunch of cash going to rochester this weekend i would definitely go.
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[31 Aug 2009|11:13pm] |
did not get to silk screen today, but i did at least coat three large screens with every intention of making good use of them. yey! lindsay and amber came over, we did a bunch of hanging out and sewing stuff. a reconstruction of one of lindsay's dresses is in the works and amber is teaching me how to draft patterns!! i made my mom an awesome set of cream colored flannel pillowcases for her birthday. while i was buying the fabric i noticed that the fabric store down the street is hiring for an 'experienced cashier'. it would be sweet to work so close to home, especially in the winter (no paying for transittt!). biking home for lunch/breaks would be so awesome too. i didnt really like working in a fabric store the first time around, but whatevvevrrrrrerere. i sew more now, so it would be worth it for the discounts. they have a lot of ridiculous shit and i want it all.
uhhhhhh , watched antz also. made weird makeshift poutine that ruled.
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[30 Aug 2009|03:46pm] |
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hopefully big big screening day tomorrow with my geyz.
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[28 Aug 2009|02:16pm] |
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crappy cold day today. it is making me tired. and .. cold. goal to record today, that is all.
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[02 Aug 2009|12:12pm] |
U R AN OLD MAN STERE O BOY
so the record player is now hooked up through moshe's pioneer receiver, my realistic reciever and six speakers lining one wall of our room. two speakers are up way high. my reverberator is hooked up and looking pretty but it for some reason kills the signal when you try to turn the effect on. if i had a camera i would take a picture of the sweet lighting on everything.
last night we had a beach party to welcome home saraaaaaaaaa !!! so sandy.;;;; we had a bonfire. weenies and marsh mallows and potatoes everywhere!! awesome, i still smell like a campfire and it rules.
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[29 Jul 2009|12:35pm] |
from this very livejournal, june 2006
Andrew W.K.;
on MUSIC:
So, like, dudes!!! How awesome is music??? Like, ALL music!!! Music is what makes your fucking world go 'round! Music is what cheers you up when your girlfriend sucks!!! You know?
I mean, let's say you have this one favorite band, and, like, all of their music is your favorite shit! Like, you know every song, all the words, everything about the band... You LOVE them!!! One day you hear that they're coming into town and they're going to play this big concert, you know? So, like, you're super excited and you immediately slam down your $25 to see this group!
So, like, the concert night is slowly approaching and every day you're thinking about how awesome it's going to be! I mean this is, like, YOUR FAVORITE BAND!!! You know? So finally after three weeks of waiting, it's concert night!! You get out of work early and head out to your friend's house to get ready for the show! Your friend is excited too, but not quite as excited as you because, like, this is your favorite band and you've never seen them in concert before!
So, like, there is a feeling of fucking in the air as the two of you drive out to the concert! You've got a mix tape of the band's best songs playing on the car stereo and you can hardly wait to get to the fucking place! Finally you pull into the parking lot! There are tons of other cars pulling in too, and you have trouble finding a parking space, but finally you get one near the end of the lot! You jump out of the car and start hightailing it to the fucking entrance! It's awesome cuz as you're running you can hear other people's stereos playing the band's songs, and other people talking about how awesome the band was last time they played!!! You can hardly wait to get into the fucking place, and after about ten minutes of waiting in line you finally get to the main concert space!!! AWESOME!!!
The excitement is at a blistering level now! There is an opening band playing, but no one really cares about them... YOU JUST WANT TO SEE THE MAIN ACT!!! THE BAND YOU CAME TO SEE!!! So finally the opening band packs up their shit and the stage is set for the headliner... There's a shitload of tension and the crowd can hardly contain themselves!!! All of a sudden the house lights go down and the band comes out!!! IT'S INSANE!!! They rip into your favorite song right off the bat!!! You completely lose your shit and start dancing around like a fucking madman, but it rules cuz, like, everyone else is going nuts too!!!
You go to a fucking music show to tear shit up and dance the fucking world into pieces!!! So, like, don't go to a show and like get pissed off because some awesome dude is acting like an idiot and running circles around you and your lame-ass, gay-ass friends while you stand there "trying to enjoy the music." FUCK THAT SHIT!!! I hope you get slam-danced into your grave you tired old soft-boy!!! LET'S GET A PARTY GOING!!! Every fucking show should be a fucking party!!!
on LOVE:
Dude, like, love is the total deal!!! It's the all-around package! Everything comes back to love! Music and love go hand in hand I think! Like, you love your parents (even if they suck), or you love your friends, or you love your girlfriend, or, like, you love your pet!!! You know? Like, a cool pet is, like, what... a dog? Fuck that shit, man, how about a fucking baby rabbit, man... how totally awesome are baby rabbits? Dude, is that gay? I'm telling you, anyone in their right mind cannot deny that pets are fucking cool. Like, fish, cats, dogs, spiders, lizards, birds, baby rabbits, mice and rats... you know?
Like, remember the first time you thought you were in love? It was like, "No way!!!" But the other person was totally into you, you know? How awesome was that day!!!??? Nothing else in the world mattered cuz, like, you had this totally hot babe that was all into you and it just made your fucking life into the world's own joy!!! You know? How cool is Girls' Own Juice too? Like remember the first time you discovered that shit!!!??? When she comes she really comes into your world. That much we all know!!! She gets what she wants, she gets what she needs, I get what I need... I need your love. Dude, love rules!!!
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[28 Jul 2009|06:20pm] |
so i think we're having a party on sunday. COME, everyone!! yall got monday off, so don't be a wiener.
busy work at home for the next little bit. i finally made a to do list. it's not complete yet and its already pretty long but that makes me feel good.
i been feeling way, way, way too down lately (not for reasons you might think). weird social anxiety type shit, blah blah blah .
i bought pencil crayons because i havent had pencil crayons in a long, long time and it fucking rules. michael's mom said we could have all of her PC points and we got FIFTY BUCKS worth of groceries for free!!! we bought so much awesome shit that we would never get otherwise. that was sweet.
urgh, i gotta get back2basix. i need ta go to school, real soon. my 2011 absolute latest deadline still stands, i feel good about that. im gonna write a buttload of music. i have been practicing drums and that feels good. that's exciting because i want to be able to do more on my own. im pooling together instruments and ideas and im pretty excited about some of the stuff i have at my disposal.
blah blah blah !! fixed my bike yesterday. apparently the last day im allowed to be lazy is friday. i think im going to move that up to today and get crackin' on real shit tomorrow.
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[21 Jul 2009|09:06pm] |
sometimes shit just has to happen.
after all, we did say at the beginning that we wouldn't replace any members; whats the use? i'm sick of continuing with replacements. sooooo, i dunno. if we were rich or had been making more than $8 or $15 per show when it really started to count and band cash was at zero while personal cash was running very thin we could have at least finished but as of right now i'm glad to be home.
i've had my 'nervous breakdown' (both in the van and afterwards, at home, in the washroom, to someone who actually would tell me it was okay and that i'm not a complete failure) and now im ready to heal this swine flu/bronchitis and get to writing music i'm actually proud of.
sure, i feel shitty. there are things i regret. but at the end of it all most of the regrets are about the stress that goes into getting things done. i feel kind of bad that the bands i've been in haven't lasted very long, but at least i feel like i've done things with them. and that with each band i end up doing a little bit more. i always learn something new and it's always a chance to be excited about something else. i wish we were closer to home when it had happened, but on the other hand i'm really glad we weren't as far as texas.
oh, and new york FUCKING SUCKED. maybe it was because the place we were staying at didn't even have a fucking couch or kitchen, but either way. too packed. i saw no art. i was sick, in an unbearable heat, with nothing to do. blah!!!
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[14 Jul 2009|01:55am] |
all day today i felt super sick. we napped for like three hours in John Ball park. then we came to our pal Gary's house, and because he has wireless im taking advantage. chris, ryan and i are watching space jam while darryl is sleepin beside us. chris keeps falling asleep and snoring hard and ryan just farted so bad it sounded like he shit his pants.
tonight we played with black kites who are ex youandi/the assistant/this ship will sink/thursday (all of that cred belongs to one dude; tom)
it was kewls.
grand rapids was better than we thought. we got amazing hot dogs and Gary and his girl friend made the BEST nachos ever after the show. some of their friends hung out too and they were sweet. we have mattresses to sleep on tonight. tomorrow we have a show in columbus ohio. with cokeXbust (i cannot believe they're actually edge) and sick fix. theyre touring for a long haul this summer also. there are so many bands on the road right now. i mean, why wouldnt they be? right? either way its nice! we keep confirming shows and filling in holes and that rules. i think im especially excited for the texas shows and for when we play arizona (flagstaff? i think)
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