BLEXXINGS

2011-09-09T17:07:00.001-05:00

Touring is all about moving, about momentum, despite the fact your body wants to stay still. Stillness is the enemy of the tour. It allows time for wanting, and there’s no wanting on tour, because there’s very little you can have. Or rather, what you’re allowed to want is what’s right in front of you: sounds and sights and tastes and smells—a good meal, a great show, a firm bed. But you can’t want something back at home, or back in the last city you were in, because it’s either not there or it’s already gone. A camera that was left in a mess of sheets, a book that you forgot in a café. What you have is right in front of you.

We play the Oya Festival. The stage overlooks the river and the city. Bright and clean. We’re plagued by technical problems again. I lose my composure, and a water bottle goes flying. I don’t feel punk rock. I feel like a big baby. I think about all the water and beer that’s been thrown over the years, the guitars that have been smashed, the blood that has been drawn and spilled. All the temper tantrums. All the babies playing rock ‘n’ roll."

2011-08-18T09:06:00.002-05:00

i've made a very important discovery, and that discovery is whiskey, coke, and grenadine.

2011-08-03T10:38:00.000-05:00

"i don't get ignorance.

i don't get hate.

i don't get a lot of things.

i'm sheltered in my own way."

2011-08-02T15:53:00.001-05:00

you must give up the life you had planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.

2011-08-02T14:57:00.001-05:00

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rvivr/rvivr-european-tour

2011-08-02T14:32:00.000-05:00

hi this is all i want for my birthday

http://mareodomo.bigcartel.com/product/girls-come-go-but-pizza-is-forever

2011-07-29T09:32:00.003-05:00

things to check out for today:

silent barn's kickstarter

rob and anna's kickstarter

punk start my heart kickstarter

homoground

July 18th: Whistlin' Dixie

2011-06-24T12:38:00.004-05:00

DIY Birmingham Presents: Whistlin' Dixie

Monday, July 18th at the Firehouse 7pm. $5 suggested donation.

♥ Whistlin’ Dixie invites the viewer to travel along as filmmaker Meredith Heil explores America’s Southern heartland in search of queer sound. The film journeys through the region’s independent, queer lo-fi scene, tracking down the LGBTQ musicians, fans and activists that are actively using DIY music to build safe spaces and strike down prejudices, therein altering the political and social climate of the new South for generations to come. Through personal interview, rich landscapes and riveting performance, the film considers the complex historical relationship between Southern music, personal identity and political resistance.

♥ http://queersouth.com

♥ Screening tour

♥ Kickstarter

♥ RSVP

♥ http://www.diybirmingham.com

DIY Birmingham Birthday Thrasher

2011-06-24T12:35:00.002-05:00

It's been one year since DIY Birmingham's inception and to celebrate we are going to have a mother fucking party.

There's going to be all sorts of sweet shit going down, like a zine sale, free DIY Birmingham merch, sparklers, and birthday cake.

There's no cover to get in, but you might want to bring your wallet because we're raffling off all bunch of killer prizes. Also, we'll have cups for you to drink out of. Those cost money too. All money raised goes to making DIY Birmingham more awesome.

Raffle prizes donated by:

Magic City Scooters - http://www.magiccitymotorscooters.com

Bici Coop - http://bicicoop.org

Skybucket Records - http://www.skybucket.com

Bottletree Cafe - http://www.thebottletree.com

Alys Stephens Center - http://www.alysstephens.org

BAAM!fest - http://baamfest.com

+ MORE

RSVP >> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155505061187645

2011-06-22T09:47:00.001-05:00

TONIGHT

WED/JUN22/MCW

MONITORS/BLACKWINE/HURLYEAH

9PM/$5-7/BYOB

2011-06-16T10:54:00.002-05:00

more info

2011-06-16T09:56:00.003-05:00

this show was so fucking fun. if you look closely sometimes you can see me in the front, holding my glasses and freaking out.

burning bridges and building new ones

2011-06-16T09:00:00.007-05:00

life is wild right now. i guess it always is.

i'm in the process of archiving this blog, and then i'm gonna delete it. it's been over four years? and i'm just ready for something else. i think i was 20 when i started it, and this year i'll be 26. i don't post to it often anyway.

i've been doing a good bit of traveling the last few months; seeing new places, visiting familiar ones, planning my next big move. historically, apart from tour, i have almost exclusively traveled alone, and sometimes in the midst of it, i think of how nice it would be to have someone else there. when i'm traveling i'm not lonely. i get so much done in my head when i travel alone, i'm not sure i'd want it any other way. i think i need to be separated from situations, on airplanes or in train cars, to really get a handle on my surroundings and my feelings. it's a bubble.

the last month or so i've been working hard to get the monitors tour booked, and it's almost there. we leave in exactly three weeks. it's going to be wonderful and sweaty and i'm probably going to die from the heat behind my drum kit, but i can't wait. we're recording next weekend, and i think we are all pretty excited for that. i always find myself playing in such precarious projects; be they temporary, transient or random. this one is no different. i'm hard pressed to predict what will happen with monitors when granger goes overseas, when i decide to move, after tour, after tomorrow. i've sort of always wanted something consistent in that regard. i just don't think it's how things are going to play out. i'd never be satisfied putting all of my creative eggs into one basket anyway. nothing lasts forever and i think that's a big part of what makes things special.

in the past three years i have played a total of two solo shows. i'm going to play another one on sunday. i think the songs i write are too personal and sad for me to play in front of people often. it's not like a band. it's not even really fun. it's like ripping a page out of a diary and reading it aloud or something. there's no censorship, there isn't much metaphor, though i make an attempt. when it's just me, i have a hard time not being honest. and honest is usually really sad.

in the meantime, i work, a lot, i work to balance working a lot with giving myself ample room and time to rest. most of my energy has shifted from songwriting and recording to editing and illustrating my first graphic novel, tentatively titled SPILLS. it took me 26 years to live it and over three years (and counting) to write it and i have no idea how long to finish it. organizing my thoughts and experience linearly has been one of the most difficult artistic endeavors i have attempted.

something clicked in my brain and i can't go back to how i used to feel about things. i'll take this as a positive shift and keep looking ahead.

2011-05-19T13:29:00.001-05:00

i love this record.

What's the sense in argument? I'm on the last line
Scattered pages document the decline
Accrued experience a crude reminder of the mistakes
Struck a balance striking nerves, giving chase
What's the sense in argument? I'm on the last line
With conviction, polishing what's defined
Accrued experience a crude reminder of the forecast
Struck a balance, lost the nerve, the last gasp
I spent too much time waiting for you only to find mirrors
Spent to much time following you only to find mirrors
A skeleton's beautiful hands
Oh, what's left to do but die?
In Irvine what's there to do?
It's only a mirage
If you go, who'll be waiting for you?
Oh, what's left to do but die?

2011-05-11T11:32:00.000-05:00

2011-05-05T17:19:00.000-05:00

The next four days!!!!!!

2011-05-02T14:16:00.000-05:00

me n meeko LDR

2011-04-29T16:20:00.001-05:00

more info

2011-04-19T15:30:00.001-05:00

lolz

SUBMISSIONS ROUNDUP 4/19/11

2011-04-19T13:04:00.003-05:00

SUBMIT!

Hoax #5: Feminism and Community - LAST CALL!!!
http://www.forthebirdscollective.org/2011/04/hoax-5-call-for-submissions/

Speak the Virus Episode #2
http://speakthevirus.tumblr.com/post/4711894551/call-for-submissions-speak-the-virus-episode-2

Love Your Rebellion Issue #1
http://loveyourrebellion.blogspot.com/2011/04/call-for-submissions-love-your.html

Purge #1: Survivors of Sexual Assault
http://fathearts.tumblr.com/post/4191806620/hey-friends-so-much-is-exciting-right-now-even

grrrlVIRUS Flyer Design (ongoing project)
http://grrrlvirus.tumblr.com/post/4566494286/design-a-grrrlvirus-flier-and-get-a-grrrlvirus-give

Bitch Theme #4: Girl hate/Girl love
http://bitchthemezine.tumblr.com/post/4347110717/whilst-i-am-writing-bitch-theme-3-i-would-like

Girls Get Busy (ongoing)
http://girlsgetbusyzine.tumblr.com/post/4469798065/what-kind-of-things-do-you-like-people-to-submit-id

2011-04-16T15:35:00.001-05:00

2011-04-14T16:55:00.000-05:00

we think you look great

2011-04-14T08:59:00.000-05:00

Order Football, etc.'s record "The Draft" here.

2011-04-08T10:44:00.002-05:00

Baton Rouge, LA tomorrow.
New Orleans, LA Sunday.

Seattle/Olympia, WA for four days in May.

East Coast/Midwest for ten days in July.

When I see the ocean it means I'm home

2011-04-04T16:45:00.002-05:00

And I'm a lioness when it comes to you

2011-04-01T12:33:00.004-05:00

New Football, Etc. shirt design based on the art I did for their new LP, "The Draft." Screened by Radish White Ice. I really like a lot of the stuff they've got going on. I can't wait to pick one of these up! Check out the Football, Etc. store here.

They're playing in Birmingham at Magic City Wholesale on July 7th. More details TBA. Get ready, this is gonna rule.

Download "First Down" at If You Make It.

2011-04-01T12:27:00.001-05:00

http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/kudrow/lando/

I still love this record. Good buddies and good buddy Lando on the cover. Grab it.

2011-04-01T10:01:00.000-05:00

2011-03-31T16:07:00.001-05:00

2011-03-31T15:52:00.001-05:00

2011-03-30T13:14:00.001-05:00

Some kind words from friends about the Monitors demo:

Hazer Says

Star Beat

Ben Franklin

You can still download it for free/donation here.

2011-03-25T10:49:00.003-05:00

Little Lungs played at the Creephole once. It was really fun. There was a ton of snow on the ground. We danced on boogie boards.

2011-03-24T12:32:00.002-05:00

We played with Banditos again on Tuesday. They were awesome, as usual.

2011-03-24T11:02:00.000-05:00

2011-03-18T11:07:00.002-05:00

THIS.

2011-03-15T11:37:00.002-05:00

She has a college degree / I dropped out when I was seventeen

2011-03-10T15:22:00.000-05:00

Pre-ordered.

2011-03-10T12:44:00.002-05:00

If yr gonna be a restless soul, then I'm gonna be so so tired

If yr gonna keep me up all night, then I'm gonna call you a liar

Sunday.

I. Can't. Wait.

2011-03-09T10:00:00.000-05:00

Grown Ups / Monitors >> RSVP

2011-03-07T12:44:00.000-05:00

2011-03-04T17:09:00.001-05:00

http://monitorsrule.bandcamp.com/

2011-03-03T15:14:00.001-05:00

But blah blah meow meow you have heard all of this

2011-03-02T13:42:00.002-05:00

Got the first mix of the demo back today. I'm really excited about it.

We're releasing it on Saturday at Bottletree. >> RSVP

2011-03-01T14:30:00.002-05:00

2011-03-01T14:28:00.001-05:00

2011-03-01T13:54:00.001-05:00

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2011-03-01T12:22:00.001-05:00

summer is hard

2011-02-28T15:04:00.001-05:00

2011-02-28T09:48:00.001-05:00

well it's wasted, we wasted all that time

and i faced you, and i never once thought twice

2011-02-23T19:00:00.001-05:00

2011-02-23T10:51:00.001-05:00

2011-02-23T10:34:00.000-05:00

Eric is going back to Sitori Sonics today to finish up vocals and get a rough mix of the songs. I can't wait to hear!

2011-02-21T14:27:00.000-05:00

I don't know how I missed this for so long. Coraline was so good.

2011-02-18T15:22:00.000-05:00

2011-02-15T14:43:00.000-05:00

my valentine's day, ok?

2011-02-14T17:16:00.003-05:00

Eat My Shorts - Bedwetter

New song up over at our myspace.

2011-02-14T17:14:00.003-05:00

monitorsmonitorsmonitors

We're recording a demo tomorrow with Emanuel Ellinas of Sitori Sonics.

Sonic Youth uses his pedals. That's enough for me.

2011-02-14T15:51:00.000-05:00

good morning and goodnight

2011-02-14T11:01:00.000-05:00

2011-02-09T13:13:00.001-05:00

2011-02-09T12:17:00.002-05:00

Will Butler: Now More Than Ever

2011-02-08T16:43:00.001-05:00

2011-02-07T15:41:00.001-05:00

what are you doing?

who are you with?

when are you leaving?

why do you still hate me?

2011-02-07T13:07:00.000-05:00

Monitors shows this week!

2011-02-07T10:47:00.003-05:00

Daytrader / Younger Siblings / Monitors >> RSVP

Banditos / Monitors

2011-02-05T20:19:00.000-05:00

2011-02-03T11:49:00.001-05:00

Scenic Pastures, nervous from your service marked conversation. Seen it happen, a million times before. Why do you want me to go? Why don't you want me to know? Why? Scenic Pastures, nervous from before me. Scenic Pastures, nervous from your service marked invitation. Seen it happen, a million times before. Why do you want me to go? Why don't you want me to know? Why? Scenic Pastures, nervous from before me.

2011-02-03T10:56:00.001-05:00

Be fierce today, like a skunk with a stìck of dynamite taped to it's back. - Matt Tubbs

2011-02-02T17:31:00.003-05:00

¿por qué siempre la cago?

2011-01-31T18:19:00.001-05:00

2011-01-31T11:55:00.001-05:00

2011-01-31T11:52:00.001-05:00

2011-01-28T12:15:00.001-05:00

i don't need you, now i've got me

2011-01-28T09:57:00.000-05:00

2011-01-27T13:09:00.000-05:00

audit me