Category: Life
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miniature monster
For the past six weeks, Joel and I have been hard at work on our first music video for The Violet Lights. This being the case, our weekends and evenings continue to never be quite long enough for all that needs to be done. Sometimes amusing, other times frustrating, it seems that whatever project we…
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No, we haven’t gone completely crazy…
No, we haven’t gone completely crazy, but yes, last night we did coat the windowpanes of our apartment in bright green latex paint. Well, first we actually covered them with black paper and then taped individual sheets of letter size green paper over that, realized this initial plan was not going to work, tore it…
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In the Kitchen w/ The Violet Lights
When your laptop dies and you can’t afford a new one I’d suggest just putting in the oven and cranking up the heat. Worst case scenario a little destructive therapy, best case, achieve solder re-flow and regain complete functionality. Amber was very skeptical, and not without reason… Wow it WORKS!!!
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SECRET MISSION
Over the weekend, without warning, our only computer up and died. With too many time-sensitive plans in the works and on our minds to just lay low until we could get a new one, Joel and I were off on a late-night secret mission. Under the cover of darkness and a close lookout, files were…
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ghosts
Last week Joel and I gave our 30-day notice to move out of the rehearsal space we’ve rented here in Los Angeles since February. Although undeniably the wisest choice in terms of achieving our goals, there is no way, for now, that it doesn’t hurt. Over the past 8 months, Joel and I (mostly Joel,…
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Scavenger’s Paradise
Scavenging often holds a place of ignobility in the natural order. Even so, the pragmatic organism willing to submit to such measures not only survives, but also fulfills a necessary role on the deconstructive arch of life’s circle. Adaptation, ingenuity and a stomach for humble pie, stuffed no doubt with carrion, define the scavenger, and…
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Another New World
There is a song by Josh Ritter that tells the story of a 16th century explorer who had spent his life sailing the world’s oceans in search of new lands. On what would be his final voyage, a quest to discover a new world in the Arctic, his beloved ship becomes irretrievably trapped in the…
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Sell it all, baby: part II
What do you do when you need a lot of money but you don’t have nearly enough time to earn it by the hour? Sell off your stuff, baby…a lot of it. The last time Joel and I did this was in November in order to finish recording Sex & Sound. Now we are at…
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Hard to understand
It’s rare that I really understand why things happen the way they do, or why the people around me do the things they do. But sometimes the desire to understand becomes such a hopeless cause it becomes overwhelming. For awhile, this past week seemed to be going great: on Thursday we played an excitingly well-attended…