to those...

who read this... i'll still be blogging here, as this is my personal blog, but a large portion of my energy will now be focused on the band's new official website. if you do the tumblr thing, then do it with us!

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the latest

addition to the work in progress that will be the popvulture studio.

tascam 32 - 1/2 track to mixdown to.

sometimes i just want to run as fast and far away as possible. literally.

loss cruces

living with loss vs. living in loss

the seasons are changing, and with it, my residency.

latest addition...

picked this thing up today. kustom 88 in amazing condition. rhodes-ish kinda sounds. looking forward to using this on the record.

oh man...

first full band practice with new lineup = huge success.

big show announcement soon!

jeez...

the audacity of some people... no, actually, its really just one.

...and i have no room in my life for that person anymore. get fucked.

yeah

worked on bass/keys parts for a few new tunes with charlie earlier tonight... soundin' sooo good already. so pumped about gettin' up and runnin' with the new line up... we got plenty to work on, and it seems pretty damn promising. won't be long.

big news

soon...

productive

friday... worked on the van all afternoon.. added on to the back luggage rack to make a guitar loft up top, as well as a wall behind the seat. moved the seat up as well, so now we have luggage room behind it.

tough

the day you went away, i remember looking for you in the clouds, but all i found was an empty salvation and brittle divinity.

yes.

sooner than later, i'll be here....



...and i'm a little more than stoked about that.

hazy days

i've been so sleepy the past few days, but restless all night. i'll find earth in a few days i think...

i managed to demo a new tune today. just a really short transitional track, but they all have their place.

the seasons are finally changing, and i'm thrilled. this time of year has proven to be the most productive for me in the past, and judging by the departing summer, this year should (hopefully) be no different.

i'd really like to start building another live band soon. i've played a few solo shows recently, and though it's been a nice change and totally outside my comfort zone, which i think is healthy, i'm definitely ready to be working with people again... i need a lap steel and/or pedal steel player and a drummer. respectable gear is a big plus, and willingness to tour is also a must... know anyone? get at me here... popvulture.damonmoon@gmail.com

ten sleep, wy

i gotta get drunk on somethin',
but there's landmines all over the bar,
i gotta get loose with someone,
brisk and homeless, the night is my road,
the earth will abandon shape,
and my tired ass will go home,

15s

the new bass rig, right at home...

hard times,

come again no more.

big bottom

put money down on this sucka today, except in way better condition. same bass tho.. so pumped about the way this stuff is comin' along. good feelings about this.

eh...

nostalgic evening. wow, it's been a long time... i guess it's time to let go and find a new wound, this one has gotten pretty uninspiring over the years.

i love

craigslist.



just picked up this 70s acoustic bass head. slowly but surely, this next record is going to happen.

fortune favors the bull,
and restless; the beast.

stagnant.

i've been working a ton of hours lately to try to make money to buy the rest of the gear we need to do the next record. we're close, but it'll still be another 2 months before we're ready... but i've already been getting really excited about recording the next record. i really don't want to spend forever working on it, but i'm looking forward to immersing myself in another huge project. recording the last ep was nice, but the whole recording process only took a few days, really. i recently found the room we'll be doing most of the tracking in for the new record. it's huge, all wood, and has a pretty great vibe. tucked deep into the woods, with no internet, there shouldn't be many distractions. photos of this place soon...

spent this evening working on a new song. not sure about this one, but i never am about any song right away. this one is untitled currently, and still in it's infancy.

the haze of the steam on the sidewalk,
and the white-out of the storm up ahead,
none of it ever really went away,
but i'll write down what it said,

the sound of the war up above you,
and the groan of the day you can't get past,
none of it ever really went away,
and it seems to be going nowhere fast,

the lust for those wheels to be a-turnin',
and the great wherever that you'll never find,
none of it ever really went away,
but brother you've lost your mind,

that chain, it's been bound to keep you here,
and that voice that's been chasing you around,
none of it ever really went away,
but i know where they won't be found,

trailerparks.

the new adam gnade record, trailerparks, is fucking legit. so dark, and honest. support a great mind and buy this record. go here...

up

there's a war up in the heavens. the sky sounds fucking insane right now.

future...

the future is one big ass bright light... but it's a bit too bright to see what it holds just yet.

fuck the doubts. fuck the halfass life. fuck everything else.

the next step is in sight, i know it, and that's all that matters. this is sacred, and no one can fuck with that.

this

is what demoing a new tune all day looks like...

lngs, drt, drms.

new tune i've been working on, probably still unfinished, but..

"lungs, dirt, and dreams"

the west wind don't blow,
in this valley no more,
your crop has gone dry,
the gray horse, he does ride,
famine and sweat,
that's all that you get,
and there's sin on your tongue,
and no lust for this sun,
a poem and a sound,
the only common ground,
it's where we reside,
but that's all in your mind,
so let's make this clear,
cause i have it all here,
in one, two, and three,
my lungs, dirt, and dreams,

yes, i have all these things.

hopefully demoing it this week!

reviewed

the holy noise got a great review on beatlanta.com... check it out here! thanks chris!

polishing a golden oldie

today i started demoing an old song, "tonight, sometimes", but way different than previous versions... casio drums, sick bassline, dub style almost. stoked about the way it's coming along.. really just needs real drums, and lots of feedback and stuff for a big ending... which brings me to these...



which i'll be picking up tomorrow. old 60s jap kit, but all fixed up. i've already heard them, and they sound great...

on july 4th, i went to a flea market, and found another gem, which i practically stole. i've been working with this thing a bit already, and this changes everything. sounds sooooo good.



vintage altec 1220 board. this thing has great pres, a sick compressor, and great reverb.. things have been lookin' up.. let's keep this up.

yesss.

the universe has been a goddamn motherfucker to me lately, and i don't wanna speak too soon, but it looks like things are finally starting to turn around for the better.

this river has reversed it's flow. i'm momentarily ceasing to fight the current. float on.

idea # 3 billion

thinking about doing a really limited run ep to be released only on cassette.. possibly a buncha covers of some of my favorite old country songs. just an idea for now, but definitely something that could happen sooner than later...

untitled

brighter the light,
darker the night,

i can't stop what's coming,
and you know what's coming.
bittersweet and black,
this sun is burning out.

fast tim moon

in the morning, we're burying my brother tim. i wish there was more time, which will probably always be the case with anyone.. i have no pretty metaphors for this. this is just fucked up.

gone too soon brother, too soon.

no. 62

finished lyrics for a new tune today. feeling good about this one.. demoed this one recently with unfinished lyrics..

"seasonal suite no. 62"

the left lane is for passing,
but i was never too quick to figure that out,
stuck behind sunday drivers, singin' "let it rain, let it rain, let it rain,"
but it's still dry, and you're still gone, and everything's the same,

nothin' ever goes one way or another,
but this 'ol heart is spread over open roads and leather,
so don't kill the messenger, just destroy the message,
it's really just the other side of the coin that you see,
(and i don't see.)

"one hand will wash the other," you say,
but i keep my lion well fed, and i'll sleep beside him, for today,
i'll color you with thunder, go on and pick my favorite number, and we'll laugh, and we'll swim, and we'll sing,
but it's so cold, and grey, but man i think that's just how it's gonna stay,

life is no apology,
but i, i was sorry on the day that you walked away from me,
and all of my shit, and ideas, of what this should be,
and what it shouldn't have been,
(and that which ceases to be.)

ozark reflections / part i

- it's amazing how reassuringly beautiful one word can be about the times that lay ahead, despite whatever the current situation(s) may be. that word is "west."

- i'm starting to see so many things in myself, especially in the past few days, that i've despised for so long. so ugly. this is something i seriously need to address.

- death won't wait on you to get comfortable with a loss. there is no time, there is only now, and a price can't be put on these moments.

desire and be disappointed

people do some fucked up things to one another, and i'm no exception.. a look in the mirror shows me that i'm completely capable of all the wrongs that have been done to me, and others that i know. i guess i always thought if i founded a relationship (friendly, more than friendly, professional, otherwise) with an open understanding of this truth, and a vow to consciously break the mold, that maybe it would result in something healthy, conscious, forward moving, and good... but so far, it has just lead to disappointment in others and in myself..

as the zen buddhists say, desire and be disappointed.

2 more days, then i'm disappearing for a long time.

no desires, no expectations, no distractions.

patterns.

i thought, but i thought wrong.

no, i stand corrected. once again.

*

listless minds,
confusing times,
shadowing pines,
they lead me blind,

a sinner in your shelter,
what currency will you accept?
will our reckoning rest?

let's make this clear,
because i have it all here,
in one, two, and three,
my lungs, dirt, and dreams,

there's no place like gone.

the darkest and most desolate roads always seem to be the ones that lead me back home.

just got home from an intense all night drive from richmond. mini tour was a total success. richmond's set might have been the best 30 minutes in the history of this project. so stoked to end the tour that way.

i'm here in georgia for a week, then westbound. i'm going to become a new mexican for a little while. i need to do a bit of solo adventuring for a minute to work on some things that lie beneath.

hello georgia.
goodbye georgia.

baltimore..

is giving austin a serious run for it's money.

the high note

the great charlie bennett just got a twitter just for craziness from the van and the road. surely to be entertaining...

here.

runnin'.

las cruces/white sands it is. westbound, soon.

woah.

what's the measure of a man that lives his life without purpose? and what's the work of your life if you know your direction but go elsewhere?
- adam gnade

thank you adam.

flatlands call

tonight, we released "flatlands call" from our new ep. go check it out on our myspace...

here.

afternoon nostalgia

ah, today, i stumbled on an unexpected look to the past. i used to be a romantic, and then something happened, or didn't happen, and now there's something else.. but here's one from the first record, i haven't listened to it in a long long time. stumbled on it today, and it surprised me a little. it's called "the reasons we believe"..



depart from your mind and fly with me,
through smokey hill sides, over a trembling sea,
from miles above we watch the sun, she sleeps,
the wisest sky, the kindest night you've ever seen,

and i can't tell you why we believe we're here,
for the reasons we believe,

the loon sings this melody as we listen,
my wide eyes frame a beautiful smile in my vision,
the hours have passed, but no time elapsed on this night,
the sun that never rose, a moment that felt so right,

and i can't tell you why we believe we're here,
for the reasons we believe,
for the reasons we believe,

seasonal suite no. 62

i very quickly demoed a new tune tonight. lyrics are a few posts below, shooting for 4 verses eventually. still in it's infancy, but have a listen!

gray horse

follow the gray horse down the wishing well,
where does he go?
windswept, hear him singin' in the void,
ignorance is revenge, on them,

follow the gray horse to the mountain's peak,
earth abandons shape,
10,000 miles above the plains,
where he rides, in all his shame,

he can never be found,
he will never be found,

words

the left lane is for passing,
but i was never too quick to figure that out,
stuck behind sunday drivers, singin' "let it rain, let it rain, let it rain,"
but it's still dry out, and you're still gone, and everything's the same,

nothing ever goes one way or another,
but this ol' heart is spread over open roads and leather,
don't kill the messenger, just destroy the message,
it's really just the other side of the coin that you see,
(and i don't see)

life is no apology,
but i was sorry on the day you walked away from me,
and all of my shit, and ideas, of what this should be,
and what it shouldn't have been,
(and that which ceases to be)

talkin' bout robert pirsig blues / vol. 1

insanity only exists in relation to others.

what a day

had an unexpected day off, but i made the most of it. spent the morning and early afternoon working on a demo of an older song, "in the dark", that somehow never managed to get recorded. it's coming along nicely. quite different than things we do live, but one of the best, and most personal, songs i've ever written, easily. it's one of those songs that i still have no idea how or when i wrote. one day it was just there in my little black book, and now i just try to respect it and do it justice as best i can... i do suspect it was around this time last year though.. also spent some time today working out some new ideas, hopefully those flesh out fully in the near..

spent the rest of the afternoon preparing a huge dinner of curry chicken, jasmine rice with mixed veggies, and a potato/carrot medley (haha).. fulfillment at it's finest.

after dinner, i went for a good long jog, and i feel great now.. settling down now for the evening with a glass of red and the last few chapters of "big sur"...

what a day, what a day.

pm meditations

stop worrying so much about delivery. the point is that the package does get there. it is received. regardless of what shape it's in when it arrives. nothing is resolved. nothing gets resolved. just devoured. it's just like sugar, floating around in a tall glass of southern sweet tea, it never settles, and that's okay. it's more than okay. if it were to ever settle, that tea would be bad. the sugar is there to restlessly wander the glass, forever to drift through the caramel brown abyss, sweetening the taste for any lucky whoareyou who happens to sip from it. that's all anyone can do, and i don't think any of us can rightfully ask for anything more from anyone. all we can do is write it down, sing it, raving mad and feverish, and hope that there are some ears to receive it. to speak with as much intent as a traffic ticket, as much purpose as a natural spring, and as unambiguous as a blue sky, i think, is the only way we can know that we've done everything we can do. just throw it out, but do it with intent, purpose, and clarity. delivery is perception.

oceanic reflections / part v

shake the night off. slip on your shoes, and put miles, and this city behind you. blue skies ahead, and a storm at your back. you still don't understand that storm. what happened? how long you were out? what any of it means? you just know that it's over. there's something else out there now, waiting to greet you. some other hurricane waiting to fuck with you, to send you home, to heal bones and wait again, only for the tide to roll back out, your cue to follow. you know this, but for now we are running from the storm. brilliant, and eternally doomed to go through life beached, drifting, beached, and drifting again, as eventually, this hurricane will once again capsize this ship, and send you home, below. no sleep til brooklyn? no, further on. may we all one day rest easily, with the cool breeze at our faces, the sun in our eyes, and good company at our side.

oceanic reflections / part iv

this world is too old for us to talk about it with our new words.

oceanic reflections / part iii

cancel your subscriptions, and walk into the light of doubt.

oceanic reflections / part ii

the left lane is for passing.

oceanic reflections / part i

life is not an apology.

new shirts...

check out these new tank tops we'll be selling on the east coast dates... they're very limited, smalls and mediums only. if you'd like a different size and plan on being at one of the shows, just let me know before we leave, and i'll make sure to print one for you.

east coast...

we're heading back up the coast to play a few dates in june. our good friend larkin grimm is getting married in nyc, and she asked us to come play the wedding party. we'll also be supporting and selling the new ep at these shows, as well as some new tank tops we just printed up.. here's a few dates. see you there!

06.05.10 - Sidewalk Cafe - New York, NY - 9 PM (w/ Larkin Grimm, & Johnny Houx)

06.06.10 - The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA - 9 PM (w/ Diego Paulo)

06.07.10 - The Triple - Richmond, VA - 9 PM

possibly adding another date or two between now and then. stay tuned..

facing value...

MY value.

it's high time to get footloose... i'm disappearing, and this train is a-blowin' west. soon.

production...

tonight, i started screen printing the inserts for the ep. check out how they're comin'!

delhi is still far

but you're closer than i thought.

nevada

the ep is all mixed and has been sent off to mastering. excited to get it all back and get the rest of the production underway!

crazy dreams today during an afternoon fiesta... note to self, don't go ghost hunting with chris and any female singers you really like in a weird little town in nevada. destruction to the max. morbid shit. no bueno...

however, i would love to return to nevada soon, as well as the rest of the west. hopefully next tour we'll point the big blue ox westward.

mix

today was productive. started demoing a new tune, currently untitled. and now, i'm trying to stay awake to finish up the final mixes for the ep. they're sounding siiiick. off to mastering tomorrow hopefully.. also, we start production on the cd sleeves and inserts this weekend. lots of stuff happenin'.. tour dates announced soon for june!

perspective // part one

avoiding the pen like a plague, i've been running. afraid that when i pick it back up, it'll be all dried out and useless. i feel a little cheated and i don't know why.. the cold glow of hospital lights can turn a shadow into a wall; something i can't get past. you can't stop what's coming, neither can i. i think perspective could be another word for that belief.. perspective could be defined as the way you view something. but at what point does something stop being just a perspective? at that point, does it become the past just because it's inevitable? or is there something between the two? is perspective unique to the eye of the beholder, or is it universal? regardless, it's something i don't have much of anymore. i can't see past the next mile marker, and i won't pretend to anymore. it's hard to keep up when you're keepin' on, and my lady of the highway is strong. too strong, perhaps..

i don't know much of anything anymore. if i could just empty this cup.. you know i would if i could. if i only knew how..

face value

follow the gray horse to the wishin' well,
where does he go?
windswept, hear him singin' in the void,
"enemies are emptiness,
and ignorance is revenge,
on them,
on them,
on them,"

the holy noise ep

track list
001. further on
002. restless roads end
003. flatlands call
004. dear poet, survive
005. twenty echoes
006. motherless child

release date to be announced soon...

kickstartin'

check it out.. we launched this project tonight... help us raise money for the EP! the recording is done, we just need to master it and package it!

rec diary three

i can't remember when i last updated.. everything has been a bit of a blur since then. long, but eventful, days of recording and short nights of little sleep.. everything is moving along though...

...and by eventful, i mean that chris almost died while tracking some slide guitar, literally... we had been working all afternoon, and chris was complaining of weird chest pains.. eventually, while we were tracking some guitar on twenty echoes, the pain got so bad, we decided a trip to the ER was in order. scary stuff.. they had him in a bed with monitors hooked up to him in no time. a few hours later, they released him, with not much of an explanation as to what happened. he's feeling better now, but everyone is still confused as to what was causing the pain..

as of today, all the instruments are completely tracked. we started doing vocals yesterday i think. so far, two songs are completely finished, and we've started vocals on two others. earlier tonight, i started to feel like my voice didn't have much left in it, so we're taking the rest of the evening off, and we'll start tackling what's left tomorrow afternoon. excitement is setting in as we're getting close to finishing all the tracking. it's been a long time since we officially released anything, and i don't know that i've ever been more proud of anything i've done musically. hopefully we'll be releasing something online soon! more details soon!

rec diary two

day two of recording is over. got a lot done today as well.. lap steel is pretty much all wrapped up, and these songs are sounding siiiick.. jacob killed it on every tune. tomorrow morning, we'll be tracking bass and keys, and tomorrow evening we'll be starting on the other electric tracks.. so far, we've made good progress on 5 songs, and there's 2 more that are still in the early stages of recording, being held up by scratch guitar tracks, which i'll be playing catch up on tomorrow morning before everyone gets here, hah. all in all, we're way excited about the way everything is sounding, and i can't wait to get this EP out. more updates soon!

reflections

i miss the van. i miss waking up in the van. i miss the feeling of traveling with four of my best friends. the gas stations, the friends, new and old, townes and deer tick on repeat, the northeast, the winter, the snow, the tired eyes, the cheap coffee, the long drives, the short drives, the not knowing, the shows, the good nights, the HIGHWAY... i miss being conscious of the now within all that.

i miss you road, but don't worry, i won't stay gone too long.

rec diary one

recording has commenced! today was productive. we got all the full drum kit tracking done for 6 songs, and a good bit of my guitar tracks laid down as well. the drum sound is surprisingly big, for such a small kit, and the guitars are sounding siiick. still a little more to do tomorrow with random percussion, but everything is moving quickly and sounding great. really excited to start working again in the morning.. so tired though. so for now, early to bed, early to rise. more updates soon!

rec.prep

i've spent the day tuning our drums, dampening them, and getting them ready to be recorded.. also, making tracking charts so we know what we have to do for each song, testing pedals, going over guitar parts, and taking care of other general recording preparations. needless to say, i'm pretty excited for what's to come, and i think we're ready to make some good things happen. we have a large list of tunes we're hoping to track out next week, and i feel pretty good about everything. i've never worked with any kind of time constraints like this, but i think it's going to be a healthy challenge. hopefully, over the course of our time at the lake house, we'll have time to post some pictures, videos, and other updates. so many good things in the future...

for now, a 6 pack of shiner and bob dylan are rounding out my evening quite nicely.

mega

look what we found... this is from the drunken unicorn show, this past friday. enjoy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?f=6VDUZ3EC

studio bound

a big thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate at the drunken unicorn. righteous times. we're taking a break form the live show for a while to record... we're hitting the studio sometime around the 12th for a few days..

we're recording in a lake house, on lake knottley, way up in the mountains of north ga. it's a beautiful house. it has a huge living room with wood floors, and 25 ft wood ceilings, which we will be using as the live room. sounds incredible in there. we'll be working on the next ep, which we hope to have out both online and in physical form by late may, just in time for our next tour, in early june...

i'm floored about working in this house. it has a basement with a vintage pool table, a wrap around porch, and a nice little dock, all right on the lake. the sunset is amazing from anywhere in and around the house as well. plenty of space to relax during downtime... looking really forward to being productive in such a beautiful space. here's a few photos we took upon our first visit. everything will be rearranged for recording of course, but this room is amazing...

drunken unicorn/performer

we play tonight (friday) at the drunken unicorn on ponce. this is our last show for a while, as we'll be taking some time to do some recording, and start preparations for the next tour, which will be a 2 week stint in june up and down the east coast... come on out and have a drink or 6, celebrate a successful tour, the release of our documentary, and our feature in performer magazine, which just came out today! check it out at the link below... we play last, so there's plenty of time to get good n loaded, so come do that with us. it'd make us all smile.

check out the article here...

but check out the whole issue in PDF format here... there's a lot more pictures and everything looks way better!

okay! see you at the unicorn!

missin'

the van.

documentary

five weeks in the belly of a blue ox... this is what happened.

further on

before you go into the city,
know what you're tryin' to find,
and before you walk into the dark,
take with you all of your light,
and you shine it so bright when the highway goes dark,
the white lines are just guides,
moderation is for the monks,
and limits are for the limited ones,
so go baby go,
go on down that road,
the mountains will greet you and the wind, it will sweep you further on,
further on.

weird.

just finished playing the last show of this tour, in hattiesburg, ms... don't wanna go home, wanna go home... we've all been running.

blank

this tour is almost over. we're at a hotel in orange, tx. we play hattiesburg, ms tomorrow night, then we'll be driving all night to get home. i think it's safe to say there's mixed emotions for everyone about going home... the part of it all where we have to readjust to normal life is always weird and frustrating, none of us are looking forward to that... there are definitely things we're all looking forward to as well though. should be an interesting period... there's quite a few things on the plate for the near future... here's a rundown.

- we're releasing a short documentary filmed and edited on the road, chronicling the 5 weeks of this tour, condensed down to 12 and a half minutes. should be up very soon.
- i recorded a few little guitar and vocal versions of some of my favorite songs while on the road. we're going to try to release them all for free soon.
- after april 2nd, we're taking a break from the live show to start working more on preproduction for the next record.
- we're shopping around for a location to start recording the next album. it is largely written, but there's still plenty of planning to do.
- we'll be back on the road in june, doing a short run up and down the coast... tentative dates soon.

more good stuff very soon.

AM meditations

it's hard to keep up while keepin' on.

writing...

it's always come in quick bursts for me. a frantic and sleepless evening spent with a guitar, then not another for a long time. i don't like to place limitations around myself that way, it's just an observation though... but if tonight is not one of those, i feel like it's close.

i'm overdue.

days off

suck! they're killin' me. i'm ready to get back on the road. we have a show tonight, then one more day off, then back to it. i can't wait... been using this time to put together something special for the end of this tour. should be out in a week or two! stay tuned!

EP!

be on the look out for a digital EP coming soon... right after this tour. a collection of covers and traditionals all recorded live on the road, with various special guests, in various places... might be including a few live recordings from this tour as well... best of all, it will be completely FREE. stay tuned!

baltimore

video we shot in baltimore...

van talk

so we had the idea to keep a running list of conversations that we've had in the van on tour... we'll be adding to this list over the next 5 weeks.. so far...

most epic songs
favorite star wars characters
bad prog bands
women in ohio
women in general
spreading peanut butter with sporks vs fingers

more to come!

oh, and..

another video from the caledonia show a few weeks ago...



enjoy.

raleigh

in raleigh at a coffee shop. the road is already taxing, but good! asheville was fun. played a show with tony wain and the payne, and crashed with them afterwards. excited for our show tonight, and just added a new shop in columbus, oh at ruby tuesday! things are lookin' really good. short drive tomorrow to greenville, nc, and then a long haul to DC the next day. more soon!

intense

there's something over that hill, that i gotta see...

tour begins tomorrow.. intense. i'll try to blog as much as possible.

goodbye georgia... see you in 5 weeks. right now, i am a-roaming.


see you out there.

ugh

livin' has gotten a little too comfortable again.. a little too slow movin'.. time to call it what it is and roll along.

caledonia

good vibes last night at caledonia lounge. good friends, good bands, and good times. here's a video.

tour tour tour

it's all that's ever on my mind these days... rightfully so, two weeks from right now, we'll be in chattanooga. our tour posters are being printed this weekend.. they're going to be pretty rad. have a look here...

there's a whole lot of huge things happening right now, some of which are not yet ready to be revealed. i don't know that i've ever been more excited about press, but this is going to be good. stay tuned for that...

spent this evening bumming around town, looking for a heavy winter coat with jacob and ashley, and then spent several hours working on last minute booking stuff with jacob. got a whole lot done too.

show this coming wednesday, debuting the new lineup in athens, all new material, no old stuff. thought it'd be nice to give everyone around here a taste of what's coming. 2/10 @ caledonia with macgregor burns, bow legged gorilla, and geisterkatzen. come kick it and have a drink. word on the street is there's an after party... should be a pretty good time..

so excited...

circles

vid

ah..

the tour lineup is officially settled, as of a few days ago. we had a full rehearsal this past monday, and everything is sounding great! all the shows for this tour are looking pretty solid, and the first big leg of the tour is pretty intense.. 8 or 9 shows straight, with no days off until we hit columbus, oh.. we're all pretty excited about that.

we were really trying to have an EP ready to push for this tour, but with a recent computer crash, resulting in the loss of all the recording we had been doing, it's looking like instead, we'll have a CD-R available for a few bucks or donations, of some newer demos we had been recording before the crash..

plenty of new things coming, slowly but surely..

baggage...

when you travel a lot, you tend to carry a lot of it with you..

tonight

it seems the new tour lineup has been solidified. we had a partial rehearsal tonight to get things going, and it's sounding great so far. we start real rehearsals very soon... i'm really excited to get this lineup out on the road, and on a different stage every night...

also, working on putting together one more atlanta show before tour, sort of a tour send off house show... more info on that soon.

visuals

here's a video someone shot from the eyedrum show the other night that just surfaced... just jacob and i.



we also shot some of our own video, we'll edit something together here soon.

sometimes...

nostalgia feels nice... i've been lookin' forward for so long now, i seem to have forgotten a good bit of where i've been. tonight, as i'm thinking back on hazy years gone by, and memories stored in sepia tones, i feel very thankful for what i have, who i have, and where i'm headed...

sometimes, a quick look over your shoulder can help set your steps straight...

practice

the middle way.

the bug

days have been going by like the pages of an open book left to the winter wind.. this is a strange season and a very strange time.

i didn't wake up until 1 today, and i didn't like it.. i had strange and uncomfortable dreams.

i had a really good, and long overdue, conversation with jacob earlier about traveling, the future, and what a strange time we're both living through right now... vague central, when you try to regurgitate it. i can only speak for myself... i'm currently living in a space, both physically and mentally, where i'm not able to find much peace. i'm aching for a change of scenery, a change of pace, a change of residency.. all in more ways than one.. i'm still learning a lot right now though, about patience, which i should totally be thankful for. it's not often that you're in a situation where you are openly confronted with an opportunity to learn, and consciously better yourself. just the fact that i'm conscious that i'm even in this situation makes me happy.. but i can't appreciate this situation right now. even though this problem is affecting me in a positive way in one light, in another light, it's driving me crazy, literally... this is life. subject/object. the sun setting into darkness, in one part of my mind, is the sun rising into a beautiful blue sky, in another... they're both beautiful, and should be appreciated. this is a problem with many layers to it... hmm, maybe instead, i should say, this is a solution with many layers to it... oh sweet duality.

i'm dancing to a song that i don't love like i should... knowing this, and remaining unappreciative, gets far more taxing than the dance itself... i would really like someone to show me how to love like i should, all over again. i don't even know where to start anymore.

i believe,

lila changes lives.

words

don't say enough.

re:

tomorrow, we start full band rehearsals for the winter tour. every tour, i've been using a different lineup, and arranging songs a little differently.. at first, that wasn't intentional, it just came from a lack of options, and a lack of people who really wanted a life on the road... but now, it's becoming more of a conscious effort, to keep switching things up. keeps things fresh, and interesting. there are a few songs that we'll be playing on this tour, that i honestly don't think i could keep playing the way it was recorded, or any of the ways i've toured it before... this tour will be about new songs, for the most part... though nothing is solid right now, on this tour, the lineup looks like it'll be me on guitar, both acoustic and electric, jacob back on lapsteel, charlie (who played drums on the last tour) will move to bass/keys, and we'll be adding a drummer, and another electric player. i'm already pretty thrilled about the possibilities.. pictures/videos from tour rehearsals coming soon...

q&a

the answers are in an empty cup.