MORE CMJ STUFF

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Check out a must see list of CMJ shows that a bunch of musician-type folks contributed to on Brooklyn Based! I put my two cents in towards the middle. Jay Reatard gets yet another mention at the bottom.

CMJ SHOW!!

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Poster by Christopher Darling

REVIEW

Hey there. Pole to Pole got a review over at Hear*Ya today. In the review, my new best friend, Woody, says that my "voice leaps out of the speakers, much like Jill Andrews of The Everybodyfields." Having not heard of The Everybodyfields, I went over to their website to check them out. Turns out our vocal styles aren't the only thing me and Jill have in common: we both have the same dress!

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SIDE PROJECTS

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Bel Air started as a side project. We were all in Breakup Breakdown when we started it. It later became our main project, obviously, but back then it was one of many (mostly fictional) side projects. In fact, Bel Air was the only real one. Here are some that didn’t quite make it to fruition:

Band Name: Meat and Potatoes
Members: Me and Jay
Concept: I’m not sure what we were supposed to sound like but I’m pretty sure I was the potatoes.

Band Name: Smokin’ and Bonin’
Members: Me and Jeff
Concept: I play trombone while Jeff smokes and does spoken word.

Band Name: Bonestar
Members: Jay, Jeff and James
Concept: The name harkens back to when we drank a lot of Lonestar beer in Texas. Apparently the word “bone” was pretty funny to us back then. I think this was riff rock that had breaks were everyone would stop and shout out the lyrics.

Band Name: Glock n’ Spiel
Members: Me and James
Concept: This was our Bone Thugs n’ Harmony style band.

Band Name: Science Bear
Members: James and Wyatt
Concept: This one came the closest to actually happening. It involved, among other things, pink shirts, white short shorts, hairy legs, a bear suit and one of those keyboards you operate with your feet. I don’t know about you but I would pay good money to see that live.

There were other ones but I can’t think of them! Last week the first fictional side project to come out of Bel Air was born. All I know is that it’s Jeff’s brainchild and it’s called Cetera and the Wagon.

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Hey Y'all,

My October On the Beat column is up on EightMillionStories.com! It's a bit of a CMJ preview. Enjoy!

Allie

PICS FROM THE ROAST

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Loadin' Out


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Sound Checkin'

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Settin' up

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Eatin'


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Dancin'!

REMINDER Pt. 2

Monday, October 13, 2008

Don't run all of your stage power off one sketchy looking extension cord running out of a barn. Just about half an hour after we asked the sounds guy at the Yard "So, you never have a problem running everything on one outlet?", the power cut out a the very climax of our new song. Most people didn't notice because we just lost the PA so only my vocals cut out. The amps were still working, thankfully. We only had to wait a couple of minutes before we could continue with our last two songs. Not so lucky were Motel Motel who only got to play a short set after waiting for what seemed like forever for the power to come back and the Jones Street Boys who didn't get to play at all. This is only one of the many issues with the Pig Roast. It was kind of a disaster. Bel Air still managed to have fun but we also managed to get yelled at by Yard employees and get in a scuffle with one who told us to "check our attitude" as we were loading out. We are not unreasonable, confrontational, attitudinous people! It was just weird. Matt from Earfarm says it better than I can here and here. There is a slide show of pictures if you follow that first link.

Thanks to Earfarm for having us! We look forward to the do-over!

REMINDER

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

From Earfarm (where we are band of the week in case you forgot :-)):

Nothing says harvest like the crackle of hot, crispy pig skin, especially when that skin is covering a 200-lb Berkshire hog, roasted whole over an open barbecue pit by Tom Mylan, Brooklyn’s favorite butcher.

Hosted by Brooklyn Based, Sweet Deliverance, Ear Farm and The Yard, the first annual Big Brooklyn Pig Roast and Harvest Hoedown is a prelude to the following day’s Harvest Festival at The Yard, and a celebration of all the best the season has to offer.

Snuggle up to someone special with a pint of Sixpoint and a plate of pork tacos, roast corn, fresh salsas, greens, warm apple crisp and cinnamon ice cream from Blue Marble. Then turn up your heels to the Americana twang and hillbilly swerve of The Jones Street Boys, Motel Motel, and Bel Air, as the lights sparkle on the Gowanus Canal.

Joshua Applestone of Fleisher’s Grass Fed and Organic Meats will be on hand to talk about why properly raised pigs are so delicious, and a member of the New Farmer Development Project, which the dinner will benefit, will speak about their work with farms. And Not Eating Out in New York blogger Cathy Erway is lending a hand with dessert.

Sixpoint beers $1 from 6-7. Five percent of proceeds benefit New Farmer Development Project. Tickets $32 in advance, available online at http://tinyurl.com/42yylc, or $40 at the door. (Free for kids 10 and under.)

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I THOUGHT WYATT HAD A LOT OF RECORDS

Now that Wyatt and I are living in the same place my record collection has grown exponentially. We are also the joint owners of a storage space housing, among other things, a synthesizer, a Farfisa, a combo organ, and a Wurlitzer 112. After seeing this video I can't complain about the record collection.


The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE

Looks like the rogues in our practice space are at it again. These signs were posted next to all of the garbage cans by the management probably because they were sick of the garbage bags leaking rotting beer juice. I'm glad someone decided to take it upon themselves to offer up a simple solution. Finish your beers, lightweights!

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BAND OF THE WEEK!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Hey Y'all! We're Band of the Week on Earfarm!

Check out our **exclusive** interview in which we talk up BBQ, talk down new Nashville country music and I get my second Dido comparison!

CHECK THIS OUT!!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

This is going to be good...

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Thanks to Matt for forwarding the flier to us!