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- I find myself oddly saddened by the completely expected and not in the least bit sudden demise of The Young Veins. Sure, there really is no market for 60's pop, and they were likely going nowhere at all, but I've had a lot of emotional investment in them this year. They were sort of the first bandom band I got out and went to see, and sure, they were just openers in smaller clubs, but I was always impressed. I'm not sure I'd be so very FOND of Ryan Ross had I not gotten the chance to stand 10 feet away and see him be awkwardly, decorously polite to the venue's sound woman, or watch him be hilarious with hecklers, or hear the way his voice got stronger and more confident as the year went on. Basically, I love Ryan Ross a whole lot, I'll miss that faily little band, and I look forward to whatever bizarre and endearing thing he ends up working on next.
(I'm holding out hope for a Ryan Ross & Alex Greenwald band. SO MUCH STRANGE, ALL AT THE SAME TIME)
- In HAPPY! NEW! And NOT DEFUNCT! band news, you should all go download the Stamps album! It's ADORABLE. And sunny and warm, and pretty damn good, considering it's more or less a demo. Kids might go somewhere - they are all solid musicians, and Ren's voice has got something memorable and haunting to it.
More importantly, they don't require you to pay them for it at all!
Digital Download: free from their site. (or you can pay for it if you want to)
I think they need an email address, so they might email you on occasion with other stuff they don't want you to pay them for, but they don't seem spammy?
DO IT! :D!
- SO, like everyone else on the internet, I've been pimped into Hawaii Five O. Wow, that's a lot of pretty and gay. It's like John Sheppard and Ray Kowalski teamed up to fight crime in Hawaii, with added Boomer and Jin! There's bickering, and wackiness, and more bickering! Talking about feelings! Driving really fast! Stuff what goes boom! Watching the sunset! Even more bickering! I think they made this show just for fandom, is what I'm saying.
Also, hi! Steve McGarret! I do have such a thing for the pretty, emotionally unavailable, slightly psychotic boys with epic daddy issues. (see also: John Sheppard, Benton Fraser, Dean Winchester, Ryan Ross) Now with bonus tattoos!
- weather has been wonky. WARM, and endless deluge of rain, and now TORNADO just south of Portland. WHUT? I think I'd welcome the global warming apocalypse if I could just happily wear my flipflops until the end of the world.
- 8 days to the solstice. SUN. I miss you! It's so much easier to deal with the cold when I know every day is longer and brighter, if not actually warmer, than the one before.
(I'm holding out hope for a Ryan Ross & Alex Greenwald band. SO MUCH STRANGE, ALL AT THE SAME TIME)
- In HAPPY! NEW! And NOT DEFUNCT! band news, you should all go download the Stamps album! It's ADORABLE. And sunny and warm, and pretty damn good, considering it's more or less a demo. Kids might go somewhere - they are all solid musicians, and Ren's voice has got something memorable and haunting to it.
More importantly, they don't require you to pay them for it at all!
Digital Download: free from their site. (or you can pay for it if you want to)
I think they need an email address, so they might email you on occasion with other stuff they don't want you to pay them for, but they don't seem spammy?
DO IT! :D!
- SO, like everyone else on the internet, I've been pimped into Hawaii Five O. Wow, that's a lot of pretty and gay. It's like John Sheppard and Ray Kowalski teamed up to fight crime in Hawaii, with added Boomer and Jin! There's bickering, and wackiness, and more bickering! Talking about feelings! Driving really fast! Stuff what goes boom! Watching the sunset! Even more bickering! I think they made this show just for fandom, is what I'm saying.
Also, hi! Steve McGarret! I do have such a thing for the pretty, emotionally unavailable, slightly psychotic boys with epic daddy issues. (see also: John Sheppard, Benton Fraser, Dean Winchester, Ryan Ross) Now with bonus tattoos!
- weather has been wonky. WARM, and endless deluge of rain, and now TORNADO just south of Portland. WHUT? I think I'd welcome the global warming apocalypse if I could just happily wear my flipflops until the end of the world.
- 8 days to the solstice. SUN. I miss you! It's so much easier to deal with the cold when I know every day is longer and brighter, if not actually warmer, than the one before.