:: Music As Social Agitation Records::

:: Monday, March 28, 2005 ::

hearing:
modest mouse ~ the world at large

argh. so i am kind of bumming right now. TOTALLY broke. had a fun time, but shitty performance at the DOS last weekend. wasn't able to head to bellingham this morning for a show i booked and was scheduled to play with six amazing other acts. would have been a fun bellingham time, too. am getting over a bad case of feverish delirium. time to make 500 bucks in the next two weeks before tour. really want to play some rock music right now. hawaii may exist, but it still needs to be found.

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:: brs 4:56 PM [+] ::
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hearing:
a new 1985 song just recorded on his four-track

i would just like to take this opportunity to say that masa records would probably not exist without dan shafer. he was very instrumental and supportive in the early days and his influence is still felt from across the miles. oh, and many masa recordings (including most of the 1985 stuff and the new aheartlesssolution album) were recorded on his four-track that he donated to me, so there is that to be grateful for as well. thanks, dan shafer! everyone shouold check out his webpages and art|work.

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:: brs 6:31 PM [+] ::
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hearing:
aheartlesssolution ~ thumbing and fingerprinting

working on some more masa pages. just wanted to say this new aheartlesssolution song is pretty amazing. i am happy to be hitting the road for a month with joshua. 1985 also just made a big decision to go from the four -string acoustic bit to six-string electric (still in a similar alt-tuning). i was just feeling trapped with the four strings and i am excited to play electric again. for tour, i am working out this set up that uses my four track (meaning i will have backing tracks) and large computer speakers for an amp. anyways, check back for tour dates as it comes together, i know we both hope to see you out there...

oh, and brandon, is it gonna make you made if i keep changing the font back? i hope you won't quit with the updates over it... i say we thumbwrestle!

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:: brs 9:13 PM [+] ::
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hearing:
b-18 ~ distraction
blair harris ~ beneath the surface

so i spent a little time creating webpages for b-18 and blair. b-18 also has a myspace account now. check that shit! ...it's warm out.

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:: brs 4:32 PM [+] ::
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hearing (in my head):
secret stars|genealogies

so it has been a hella busy weekend visiting with a lot of masa folks and also trying to get the website and 1985/aheartlesssolution tour into gear. friday night me and mutebox matthew hitched a ride with our bellingham friends goldstar down to olympia for a show at the voyeur with bret philips (the man who recorded the hopefully-soon-to-be-mixed sears catalog record) and palisades. the show was a lot of fun and it was good to see oly friends so quickly after being there before. in the morning i drove elijah from palisades car back up to kent and hung out at home for awhile before busying into seattle to try and hang out with joshua (AHS) and go to the final jimes show of the NW tour. busses were late, missed josh, but caught the awesome jimes show (brandon's hair-do was actually pretty awesome, too bad he has to cut it so he can get a job). after that i bussed to capital hill and hung out with b-18 for awhile before bussing back to kent. sunday found me at home trying to get a bunch of webstuffs done and trying to figure out if i was going to bellingham sunday or monday morning. i was also abel to chat with blair, via the myspace IM'er which allows you to slap/kiss the person you are talking to, about coming out to record and a webpage and such. during that time i also fielded calls from matthew, joshua and eli. busy. i think me and my aunt described it best, it's like all my balls are up in the air... and they all happen to be invisible as well. wish me luck that nothing gets broken.

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:: brs 11:47 AM [+] ::
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