sadneck?

smart phone=ing-er-er=yuh

2010-06-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

okay droid phones are officially kinda awesome, I had no idea the internet was just waiting to be held in my hand like this, kinda awesome KINDA YEAH. the guitar up there is a 65 hagstrom II, I read a bunch about these guitars recently and well, I think they are the coolest vintage sleeper guitars out there, just really starting to actually catch on.

Gretsch 6162 and telecaster

2010-03-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

these two are totally into each other, the gretsch is a 1966, the fender well it's made out of various other bits, mostly 70's bits but with fralin pickups.
HEY!
why can i see my breath outside?!?

some pictures Golden Gurls

2010-03-15T17:27:00.001-07:00

YES
listening to Jessica Leah Mayfield

let it snow

2010-02-09T14:38:00.000-08:00

Well I always thought nature hated Florida, apparently Maryland has fallen under the mighty view. I cannot say i don't enjoy working less though, whoo to that!
There is very little teenage fanclub that should not be listened to often.
Keep it cordial

it's a shame about evan

2009-12-05T22:06:00.000-08:00

man I almost forgot how awesome the lemonheads can be, ah GREAT BIG NO!

I saw New Moon and that author is satan

flaming lips

2009-10-31T18:56:00.000-07:00

embryonic by the flaming lips has restored some of my possibly waning faith in good old indie rock, this record is densely orchestrated with buried vocals but in a good way, which is pretty hard to do. My faith is back on track, sans agrees with me, give this record a listen. I am not one of those folks who lost faith in the flaming lips by a long shot, to me they are one of the better bands out there, well for stuff I would never personally want to play.
not to mention awesome cover art.
also ordered this guitar from japan

mij fender tele custom, double bound and creme'd binding. ooh la la
I am going to play this thing!

Robert Pollard = yeah

2009-10-25T20:50:00.001-07:00

A long day here, mostly sitting on the couch. I just recently picked up the new Boston Spaceships record which is great, it led me to a long and arduous sitting with the guided by voices collection. So good in every way. If you don't listen to them, then you know you should now.
Went to a good friends wedding yesterday and probably over drank, celebratory indeed. It was great to see sans have such a good time.

Also picked up the vox ac30hh head up there, lovely tone maker/ noise machine of joy.
Pop Zeuss

Grooms + Royal Bangs = wooh

2009-10-19T14:09:00.000-07:00

Finally got to see Grooms (AKA Muggabears) after listening to them for a few years now, I was impressed, this is a band that should be around for a long time, quality songwriting and noise inundated fun. Their new record "Rejoicer" comes out on 10/20 and man is it well worth picking up. Check it out if you love polvo, sonic youth and so on.
Also got to see the Royal Bangs again, this band impresses me so much, they somehow got even more dancey, I don't know how but they did it and the guitarists had awesome facial hair happening, lol but really, they were superb.
xox at sans

well howdy doo dah

2009-10-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since I posted, but with the pandemic h1n1 knocking on the proverbial door I thought I would drop in and say hi, HI.
I saw a youtube of thom yorke playing with flea yesterday and well, as it wasn't truly bad per se, it made me think of Charlie and candy mountain from robot chicken. Those wacky unicorns.
Since my last post infinity things have transpired, Sans = XOxoXO
Went to Ren Fest, threw some axes.
and have found myself chasing the vintage vox unicorns like pictured above.

Looking forward to the next 14 days, Royal Bangs and Grooms (aka muggabears) are playing here.

glad to have my head back

2009-05-21T18:35:00.000-07:00

felt like I was in the clouds there for a bit. My new band had it's first show the other night and it went pretty well, actually a lot better than I had hoped. Also hell week of work is over and man, things can get back to normal soon :D
I have missed actually thinking/talking
I watched these two guys down the way talking about how perverted they are at work, then they saw a girl walk up in a dress, of course chivalry got the better of them and one opened that oh so heavy door for her, then they commented on her ass at full volume. Hey dudes! I sit up front sometimes and if there is no crapola music playing you can hear people outside if they're loud, which you two pissbags were.
xox to sans

oof, love the sg classic

2009-03-29T17:19:00.001-07:00

I played one of these on a random tangent (I had been looking at semi hollow body Grestch's) long story short, I really really liked it, extremely playable and the action was actually right? Perhaps these guitars come from some other Gibson plant? The binding on the neck was also a bonus and smooth as butter.
UPS killed one of my amps, it was a sad day for me, see pictured:

even in it's battered state it looked awesome, UPS is not being cool about paying for the damages again.

I have a headache and well, I slept all day, sans is the best.
I was watching Jurassic park 3, amazing!

listening to hood again and coveting Traynor heads. AKA: Kale makes me toot

2009-03-17T19:12:00.000-07:00

Started listening to Hood- Cold House on repeat at the office, for some people this would be a sad affair as they write some epic sad bastard music, but for me this was a call to arms of sorts, it really helped me put some music stuff in perspective. They have been a favorite of mine for quite a long time but for the last 6 months or so I probably haven't listened to them for longer than the Home Is Where it Hurts EP, which I HIGHLY recommend to anyone!
I have been coveting the smaller wattage handwired Traynor heads, I love the tone on my recent pick up but I feel like with the amount of turbulence this 45 watter has I bet the little 25 watter would be loud enough to play with a drummer.

also, Kale makes me toot.
Sans made a delicious little Kale based meal that I had like 3 servings of, kudos to my babe!

feeling even worse

2009-03-09T13:28:00.000-07:00

not capable of a single actual thought, listening to giardini di miro, the best band from Italy that I have ever heard this ep in specific does it for me, oh and the song that hood does of theirs is also amazing.

gonna sit around with the duo-sonic for the majority of this evening since my brain is fried out

hey, my lady is rad

not feeling too awesome

2009-03-08T16:38:00.000-07:00

listened to a lot of centro-matic over the last week though, quite an underappreciated band.

think i have some kind of flu maybe or whatever my throat is killing me, maybe it's just a general "The weather changed mighty abruptly bodily objection", either way it sucks.
This weekend was Pippin, it was pretty awesome, the stage was well done and very pleasing to the eye, the lady does wee good work!
Many things happened in a very short period of time this weekend and hey, pretty much the last 7 days, not too much to post about during that time because I was sucked into music, work, sans, sleep, etc.

Got this Bluesbreaker clone cab the other day and wired it up in parallel, sitting upon it is the mighty 1965 bassman head, quite expected these two together = SUPER LOUD
see pictured :

sorry we didn't get to talk more Naomi and Donna!

working on new material

2009-02-28T15:41:00.000-08:00

well we are now working on a ton of new material, it's fun, I am enjoying playing the songs we're doing now, like a stripped down sonicsaurdohjrfanclubunwound. Something else!

oh and ups is fighting me on my twin being smashed by them, a true delight, I figure if you insure something and it gets smashed in transit by a shipping company they should reimburse you the amount you insured the package for, amirite? I think so.

picked up this little vibrolux reverb amp on the fly and i love the cleans on it, quite a cool little customer!
Also thrilling is this Beaver Stuffing Kit, you know you want this!

currently listening to His Name Is Alive

pictured is Andy_Fm of said band. I loved their live show I caught in 2007, one of my all time favorite bands from growing up in Detroit.

kitty

2009-02-23T13:19:00.001-08:00

reflecting on Larry, amongst other things

2009-02-16T13:05:00.000-08:00

Given the current socio-economic climate and the brink of supreme destruction that seems to have everyone on the abyss of failure and greatness in one swift laser shot to the head, I find myself thinking of Larry. Larry was my father's best friend for many years, he was a substantial drinking pro who seemed to have ultimate knowledge on subjects like : Plastic Extrusion and Node Rocks. Plastic was his thing, oh and he excelled in fixing clutches on older chevrolet's, key to his existence overall other things was the Node Rock and Miller Lite or Budweiser. I was speaking of him last night to Sans and man, I forgot how amazing he was. I worked with him the summer I was 19 years old, I inhaled hefty plastic fumes and listened to My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth the whole time on my boombox whilst working with him, or rather while I watched him get drunk at work and I smoked cigs on the loading dock, I can't remember much else about that job, I was there but it's gone now. I remember him falling asleep at the wheel and running over two mailboxes, I swiftly socked him in the face to alert him to the goings-on. He also sunk lower over time to the level of stealing my sister's 10-speed, after which my father disowned him. The Node Rock, a detail I almost left out. Larry once kicked a rock outside of a kiss concert, my father says he was on lsd or something like that, from what I heard later at that same job, the rock floated in front of Larry and said his name, then it flew away. AMAZING! I wonder where he is now.
Larry, where are you now man?

here's a random picture of my band playing a show sometime in DC. lol, I forgot about this show, I thought we sucked but the live recording of it was actually quite nice.

I have been rocking out to Sebadoh and Versus almost exclusively for a few days now and it feels pretty good to me.

thanks for reading, thanks for the memories Larry.

twin died, bandmaster wall

2009-02-14T21:27:00.000-08:00

whoa bandmaster wall :D

the twin died in shipping, RIP

looking to get this right here in the future

shjips

2009-02-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

I went to ship an amp, an exceptionally heavy amp mind you, and the UPS store had closed 2 minutes prior to my arrival. I think that sets the tone for today pretty well.

aside from that, Andrew Kenney of American Analog Set has a new ban, the wooden birds, I bet it's gonna be huge for some reason.

party monster

2009-02-08T19:42:00.000-08:00

this movie "Party Monster" is so over the top that I can hardly stand to watch it.

That aside, I had a moment today where I realized that a band I hated on for a while is actually quite good, sorry about that Lucero, you are actually quite alright in my book. I say this because I saw a movie that they did the soundtrack for and well, I appreciated it's subtlety, I am not sure how the records would sound.

I was thinking back on my first "Real" electric guitar today, a peavey predator probably from the mid 80's that my gramps bought for me, he hated electric guitars so in retrospect this was a big deal :D
thanks gramps!

this is my lion handpuppet

Don't hate cuz you can't relate.
I watched a lot of tv today for absolutely no reason, it was either the tube or sleep.
new tuning in play : EADFAE

I was watching newer dinosaur jr footage on youtube tonight, I was pleased to see "Out There" is being played, I always loved that song. I spent a good part of the day playing my jazzmaster as well.

the weather being superb

2009-02-07T11:17:00.001-08:00

the day being stellar, sans is knitting, I just sealed the deal on a pre-cbs bandmaster head with a nice cab looks like this :

mm-hmm, tasty like biscuits & gravy on a sunday morning. Band stuff seems to have sorted itself out for the time being and all is productive and flourishing. I shipped a box to grand rapids today, funny considering I have been there like 40 times in my life to ship something there 10 years after I left that state. I feel the urge to see a movie, not on demand for once.

the final 4 are not cylons at all

I got this record today:
Marnie Stern is exactly what I'd expect Wyld Stallionz to sound like only better, love this right now. Definitely goodtimes music with gratuitous finger taps all over the place.

heavy amps = broken backs

2009-02-04T09:27:00.000-08:00

well today has been interesting, I just had to cancel my band's next show and I am not feeling the best about, there was an all out weird conversation last night wherein I had to tell it like it is. Always feels like I am preaching, haha. The pastor of noise guitar.
Have you had Campbell's chicken corn chowder?
It's the rulingest soup I have had in a long time, might as well be homemade.
Sans and I consume it in mass quantities. Speaking of her, she rules!
I have been pondering amps a lot lately, my twin reverb is too much amp for me to really take to shows and I am thinking of going with another head/cab set up. I am milling around about 3 different heads, updates later.

Today I watched this Sonic Youth live footage on youtube
I love you golden blue

not sure how to embed them as of yet as I am just now trying to get into blogging anyhow.

2 posts in a row

2009-02-02T16:59:00.001-08:00

instead of editing my earlier post I am going to add a few things with this post. Sans bought me this book and I love it.
and then there was this!

some stuff

2009-02-02T16:33:00.001-08:00

new jazzmaster :P
and a new picture of thurston moore.
Picked up the jazzmaster recently and just fellin love with the matching headstock, it's sort of the coolest thing I have picked up in a long while.

other things:
I have had a migraine for a while and Sans made us some really righteous tuna salad stuff. Delicious.
I have other thoughts but for now I will leave you with this: You look at yourself in the mirror and wonder sometimes if that's really the way other people see you, as it is you are accustomed to your own perception of that view, maybe to other people your eyes look black.

saw a movie

2008-10-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

It was rad, I don't know what it was called
"burn after reading" hmm
it was pretty fantastic, Malkovich says fuck about 8 billion times in it. Highly recommended. Got a Squier Bronco Bass for funtimes at the casa de rock.
Had some awesome scottish beer and friendly's

today was a gem.

xox to sans

all you other people, hi

oof

2008-09-21T12:11:00.001-07:00

i am addicted to vintage fenders, specifically duo-sonics and musicmasters

And Sonic Youth records

this is just a general background tidbit for anyone who is not in the know on what I am all about that stumbles upon this heap of shit.

word to the mother

DS = Short for "DISAPPEARER"

2008-09-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

I bought a DS and officially disappeared for a moment there.
In a way it was very nice, Final Fantasy 3 really takes me back to the good old days that weren't very good.

sonic youth <3

Sans <3

sans is playing zelda

2008-09-06T20:07:00.000-07:00

the music really takes me back, sheesh I wasted some of my youth playing that game and loved every minute. So new songs are happening quite frequently for my new project that is really all about what I want to do and play more than anything else, it feels liberating, but writing lyrics is a soul-sucking menagerie!

JEEZ

Got the Tall Firs record today, I like these guys' music an awful lot, however, I am still out deliberating these vocals, I mean really dudes. I hear it and I understand, but man. Your guitars are awesome.

Got the thing called love dvd today, it was River Phoenix's last role I believe, if you read this and I am wrong please don't bother to correct me as I will think you an ass right away. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RE-WATCHING THIS ONE ASAP!

I am now debating going to the bar. SHOULD I?!
yes... I think so

neglected

2008-09-03T14:38:00.000-07:00

Sorry for neglecting you blogger page of mine.
I got some new guitars and so on though. Life has been good.

I like where I am at 90% of the time, the other 10% is when I am work.

TAKE THAT AMERICA!

xo 2 sans

and then there was

2008-07-08T18:17:00.000-07:00

woo, i like this red sparrowes band for some reason unknown to me, very much into the darker side of this business.
When your best friend or one of them turns into an anus and ruins many a thing they have going for them, what can you really do?

I dunno.

Sans is awesome, cats are awesome, guitars are awesome. Summer has been okay.

this bland post is to get me back into the spirit.

cheese is from heaven

2008-03-20T14:37:00.000-07:00

I am putting this out there for all of you to ponder.
I have consumed 1/2 pound of american yellow low-grade cheese this week and it was worth every penny, i recommend it to everyone.
the record is done now, we did an ep's worth of recording last weekend and now we have a show tomorrow.
as always life would be less awesome without awesome people.
xo
Andy

recording is done

2008-02-21T17:15:00.000-08:00

well, we recorded a record finally, I am super excited about getting out there and playing these songs. We have another recording to do in mid-march, 2 in a row, haha. The second will be solely about sound and one piece that sort of evolves into it's own ending. Those of you who know me, you know this means the middle will be absurdly loud and dischordant, those who do not know me just got told :)
Apparently my "E" key is sticking now, I love life.

many many shows upcoming

xoxox

3 weeks later

2008-01-28T14:37:00.000-08:00

2 shows have happened and one botched recording session, oh well to latency issues on computer based recording programs.
Looks like we're going into the studio.
on an unrelated note, sans is rad as always, i couldn't be happier.
I mean unless I had a pet donkey as well.

Sans is playing her DS

2008-01-07T19:50:00.000-08:00

I had a terrible band practice today, first shitty one with this new band, we have a show in 4 days, WHOOO.
It promises to be interesting and then, well we have another show 2 weeks later apparently. This is going much faster than I had anticipated.
my gf is rad, just putting that out there.

hasta banana

Hey Delaware

2007-12-26T19:38:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to thank you and your brilliant state engineering team on the idea of putting 3 tolls within an 8 mile distance on 95, really BRAVO TO U GUYS!
I don't know if I have ever enjoyed a prolonged stay on a freeway as much as i did in Delaware, you know you guys seriously rule! BEST STRETCH OF 95 I HAVE EVER DRIVEN, EVER!
HANDS DOWN!
!

everything is in the details

2007-12-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

I think I see through the patterns in this life.

sing of my stinking feet, REJOICE!

2007-12-10T19:06:00.000-08:00

Please, oh please! Send me text messages abut money, I love it!

Remember, some of us like to know what we are paying for.

i be sick

2007-12-06T19:27:00.000-08:00

I been sick, i have been or what was it? Anyhow, I am under the weather, somewhere in Australia i would wager. The minister of nothing dropped by and ruined a recording of mine over at the old house, I thanked her. It was wondrous. Josh, guitar player in my band, left early to eat 5 cheesesteaks in order to win some bet with his friends. I hadn't pictured him as a cheesesteak consumer. I am listening to Do Make Say Think, I am tired. There are lots of "I's" in this world aren't there, nobody ever pays attention to much outside of that.
My ladyfriend is rad, you all know that. I have been asleep for days now it feels like.
meh-festival.

certain bands = certain seasons

2007-11-29T19:44:00.000-08:00

I find myself listening to ride "smile" ep and the Swirles on a constant rotation lately, they remind me of winter right after graduating high school, funny i should ever want to recollect that time, but hey. Life is a weird pile of circumstances isn't it.
Most of my life is in the living room now, I wasn't mentally ready for this move, but it will go well.

colds suck

2007-11-24T20:57:00.000-08:00

I keep hacking, life is pain.
hack*hack*hack*
no amount of soup makes it okay. Send a doctor!

work is a banana factory

2007-11-16T16:17:00.000-08:00

I ran around like a headless chicken to get some people to smile today, woe is me :(
on another ridiculous tangent, I have 5 band pages on myspace now, it might be a record of some sort but I am not positive. I want to duets and covers of Pastel's songs about nothing much but cheese, i don't really understand why.
The Minister of Nothing has scurried off to some hole in the wall to collect data.

all apologies

2007-11-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

$$$$$$$$$$ is suck

the serenade of indifference

2007-10-18T19:18:00.001-07:00

and so we are sitting here watching tv, we are constantly serenaded by someone, constantly. Right now there is a quasi-metal acoustic riff shuffling through the antiquated ventilation and a voice like an old man lecturing you on money. There is nothing young fella, there is nothing more interesting than money. We all work for our english word.
It never stops.
The Minister of Information told me this is not my business.
My business right now is guitars and spreadsheets.
So you need a spreadsheet?
I am the master of excel.
I have a cold, thank heavens for that.

I have a goal, disenfranchise the minister of information like another generational rift crossed by a generation unwilling to retire, FAREWELL MINISTER.

everything changes

2007-10-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

it's been a while again, I need to learn to post on here more often, here comes the rant:
A the dream of the full band has fallen by the wayside, dave and I have taken to doing mostly instrumental music now, oddly this is basically what I started doing when the whole idea for the band first came to me. Full circle I suppose.
B I hate tension in every possible way aside from sexual, what is with certain people having to feel important anyhow? Utterly ridiculous how some people need to enlist themselves as like "The Minister of Information" You are not the minister of anything
but the minister of suckery.
C i dislike post-it notes and passive aggressive tendencies, can we just nip this shite in the bud? I'd like to get on with it.

ok, well the weather finally changed, the summer is over officially and now we are in the 70's or 80's, being from Michigan this is essentially still summer to me, I think fall might arrive in November this year. I love the new radiohead record, it's personal and fitting. This is the Radiohead record I wanted when Hail to the Thief came out.
better late than never.

posty post

2007-09-09T20:10:00.001-07:00

So I am missing some of my own songs and that sorta makes my soul weep,
Did you know Naomi is I Moan spelled backwards?

Think about it!
I love Life cereal, I will be consuming this in the mornings for a while to come.

It's weird to forget songs.

Anyhow,
Peace and Blessings from the land of pleasant living.

Urinating on Faculty Toilet seats

2007-09-01T06:59:00.000-07:00

hey, sounds like something I would do :)

LOL LOL LOL

dramatics, schematics

2007-07-23T18:11:00.000-07:00

hi there
it's been a while. I am uncertain who would read my blog.
It's baffling, if anyone does read this say hi.
:)
So yeah, recording is a pain in the ass.
Writing lyrics is the bane of my existence.
Oh and you are awesome, yes you
PUNK

meh factory

2007-06-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

so 12 days is an awfully long time to not have a full practice.
aside from that the rain finally came here and it smells like clean outside for the first time in a long while.
Had myself a great visit from a great lady last week.
work is meh.

heat, mmhmm

2007-05-27T12:46:00.000-07:00

So it is way too hot, I just walked two blocks and melted.
Thankfully, I got a slurpee to assuage my melting.
BAH! I need to go to the grocery, BBQ materials are needed asap.

song youth

2007-05-24T14:38:00.000-07:00

the bedside table and the camera
your ink-stained hands hardly useful anymore
the glass half-full with a lipstick smear
and what we thought we had once, gone
and all it was was nothing more than ever
and all it was
was all it was
think back on forgotten things
as you look on the window, it's raining again
and noone is there with red red shoes
and what we thought we had once, gone
and all it was was nothing more than ever
and all it was
was all it was
Same weekend
Same blank questions left unanswered
at night we get distracted as the light gets refracted
through the back window, it's raining again
no recognition
no pattern recognition
and all it was
was all it was

some jolliness hijacked from elsewhere, TYPOS INCLUDED!

2007-05-21T16:48:00.000-07:00

they are so elegant in their everything
can you feel them seeping into you
through the air, alongside myself and with our brethren
there we are , us each and all
quite contented with the jubilant madness
i dream of wooded nooks wherein we will galavant

the tributary salivated at the gulf
the ocean received her and she swam up inside them
we faltered, following on crutches
the water rushed inside her
the air was all that was left and it was gone from within her
i breathed it in on the side of the boat
as crisp as any december morning

the vertical lines and the horizontal smiles
we all have spells of it
vertigo
like stratego, like vertigo, like the circumpherence
like the distance between my x and you y
like the distance between your ex and my why?
we are involved in this insipid installation
turkeys can certainly not fly

and there she stood
her shadow bast on the sidewalk near my feet and i looked up at her
how majestic in her misanthropic glory
that wooden christmas deer upon a makeshift rolling hill
i hopped upon her and acted like i was riding a horse
but she did not buck
she did not bend or waiver
her strength lay in just that, her unmoving nature
she had me in her grasps at that!
I could not flee having lost
i could not give in
so i stared at her staring at me with those dead eyes
she was dreaming of cairo or so i though oh so many times
those black dead reindeer eyes met my oceans and we swam together

through the sewer grate she glared
through the sewer grate she stared
and he was frozen
so stately he looked in his final moment before they met
she had wished he would always stay that way
when they were engrossed in congress
when he slept
in the shower
as he applied his weight to her
she would scratch at him like a dirty bob-cat
and he would growl like a feral hound-dog
and there they were on a street in some city on that day they never met
so stately he looked in that final moment as he met the bus a-mid stride

there is a field to be laid to waste
there is a post-it posted post haste
verily and under no circumstance shall we utter
excited utterances that leave us incarcerated within our own words
within our own sewer grates without a care in the world
do you hear the re-runs of x-files playing in your head?
do you see me vapidly playing dead alongside my bed
does it make you cry?
you are an albatross!

(note to reader, all of this is inane)
k thx!~

it's always the same

2007-05-21T16:42:00.000-07:00

prospective

running with your eyes closed
grasping for the long straws
just like everybody else does
and it's always the same
from time to time
you find her out there
shaking her fist at the sky
cursing nothing
and it's always the same.

song lyrics, i know

whatever

well this is it, my final name

2007-05-21T16:39:00.000-07:00

yeah,
i lost my own favorite url by lolligagging