Marathon Matt

My brother ran a half marathon this morning. It's a tremendous accomplishment. You can read all about his inspiring video-gamer-to-athlete story on his blog.

Warped Tour 2008

I miss Warped Tour. Anyone who's ever been on it will tell you that's a very hard thing to admit... but I guess not a hard thing to act on, seeing as so many people I know have done several rounds of it.

I went with my buddy Jonathan, who also currently plays bass in Meg & Dia, the most recent band I used to tour manage. We didn't go to see any bands really... Not in the conventional sense. Just to see some old friends. New York is a tough market to live in, knowing that your friendship and admiration can amount to nothing when you're competing with labels and managers. So we aimed low, and didn't attempt to commandeer any attention than we usually take up. 

We did watch one band, just because we kind of ended up in the right place at the right time. The Oreska Band was on the last leg of the tour last year and became Jonathan and my guilty pleasure. Jonathan even went as far as to ask their bass player to hang out with us one day. They are only fluent in Japanese, so he had to ask her out through their translator. She said "yes," according to the translation, but she never showed. Bitch.

I present to you only a minute of All Girl / All Japanese / All Ska. If you end up at warped tour, I would highly suggest checking them out, before they end up on the Disney Channel. That's all I'm saying.

Darkness.

I've seen every movie this summer. Even The Happening (yuck.) Only two have been worth reviewing. I wrote a review for The Dark Knight for my job. I blog there too every wednesday. It should be posted soon. But, they made me amend it. The Un-abridged version will be up here shortly. I loved it, duh. No question there.

Oh, in completely unrelated news, in case you cared, the owners of Drive Thru Records had their houses Foreclosed. Also, their star band Hellogoodbye is dropping them as management, and suing them. I'm not one to wish poorly on others, but... seeing as how I hung out with some of their victims tonight, and I'm tipsy, I can't help but say Karma is a bitch.

Proof!

If you go to Michelle Branch's Sugar Bar Blog you can read about how excited I made her, when I sent her those neat little cupcake stands. Yeah... that's right. Me. 

I should've left her a little hand drawn note like Amanda Goss, the cupcake lady did, inside of the box, then she would've loved me. 

Woulda / Shoulda / Coulda....

Some Serious Shit...

I heard about this, when my boss was considering buying some for the holiday season. He couldn't order them, sadly. Apparently they are hard to get, and now I know why. Apparently only a thousand are being made. Of all the things to buy me, to earn my love INSTANTLY, and FOREVER... 

Just putting it out there.

August 1st, 2008

I finally have an apartment.

72 Scholes St. Brooklyn, NY.

I don't move in for two weeks, making it a little over four months since i've been home from tour. Making it almost 14 months since i've unpacked. 

I'm celebrating by going to see the RX bandits at High Line Ballroom. Who wants to go?

Spirit Room

Last week I got to send a package to Michelle Branch.

For anyone who knows anything about me, you know how big of a deal that is.

She ordered three cupcake stands for the bakery she is opening in Nashville.

I packed it extra nicely for her. If only I had a written a love note like Preston from Can't Hardly Wait. Fate finally allowed me to convince her to leave her husband and run away with me and I blew it.

Oh, well. I'll just have to settle for her next record coming out this summer.