AprilApr 1 Tuesday 08
Shorthand E.P. is alive and well and living in itunes
Our E.P. is out there right now and watching everything you do. It has videos and a few different ways in which you can own it. Which is odd I suppose so let me explain.
1. Are you a picky person? or busy? or dying? If so, just buy one song. Any song. It …
JanuaryJan 24 Thursday 08
weather, internet, Iowa 80
There are new songs by us in multiple parts of the internet.
OctoberOct 11 Thursday 07
Chicago and Food.
October 4th
We pulled into Chicago, to play a private party for the fine folks at KEXP. We were in the Eastern European district of town, so none of the signs made sense to us. Because the venue was locked up went to find a place to eat.
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A …
Chicago and Elevators.
The next day we played for KEXP again, on the air this time. The radio station temporarily took over a studio on the third floor of this big brick building and after we were done playing, everyone stood around in a freight elevator.
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Somewhere in …
SeptemberSep 26 Wednesday 07
How the west was visited by a few people from the midwest, vegetarian (day 1)
September 11th
The trip from Michigan to Kansas was long but kind of nice because our route took us thru a lot of the little unknown places no one ever sees anymore. We crossed the Mississippi for the first time. Someone turned their old tires into KEEP OUT signs by …
How the west was visited by a few people from the midwest, disorientated (day 3)
September 13th
There were a lot of time zone shifts between the mitten state and the rocky mountains. The changes made everyone dizzy.
At a restaurant somewhere between Kansas and Colorado, in the outdoor play area.
Matthew: (approaching, other side of fence) How did …
How the west was visited by a few people from the midwest, eating (day 2)
September 12th
Our drive to Kansas went really well and we had an entire day to explore Lawrence before our performance at the Jackpot Saloon. There
How the west was visited by a few people from the midwest, talking (day 4)
September 14th
The next day we went to Red Rocks. And it was beautiful. The kind of beautiful where all you can do is stare out the window, and use expletives to describe how beautiful everything is. Highlights include: dinosaur prints inside the rocks, Matt getting …
How the west was visited by a few people from the midwest, mandatory (day 5)
September 15th
We were all happy people on our way back from the festival after it had ended. They fed us quite well and we watched Spoon play right before the Flaming Lips on a stage that was inside a mountain. Usually, this does not happen.
at night, heading back home …
How the west was visited by a few people from the midwest, driving arm (day 6)
September 16th
The drive from Colorado to Michigan was 18 hours long. We did it in one day. I kind of feel like driving through the midwest is just like driving through space, only instead of being surrounded by darkness, you re surrounded by corn fields.
Somewhere …
JulyJul 21 Saturday 07
back from new york
we just got back from our trip to new york
the itinerary of which went something like this
1. drive to new york while van emits strange smell
2. all grow enormous throat bumps from strange smell
3. play at mercury lounge (cmj blog)
4. sleep on rooftop in greenwich …
JulyJul 17 Tuesday 07
my my (bad fruit) music video
that music video
it came out
\Mason Proper - "My My (Bad Fruit)" Music Video
JulyJul 4 Wednesday 07
apply your ears to this remix of "lights off" done by the bright lights at night
we just got another entry for the remix competition that's going on at:
it's a cool kind of laptop-twee sort of take on it
by "the bright lights at night"
and i thought it was rather good
so i thought i'd share
you can listen to it on his myspace page for …
JuneJun 27 Wednesday 07
first batch of prizes announced for indaba music remix competition
if you haven't yet
and you like making music
you should go to this electronic place:
indaba music's Mason Proper remix competition
and enter this electronic competition
and then work electronic magic
a TON of people have signed up already
and we found out some of the …
JuneJun 22 Friday 07
my favorite review of all time
positive reviews can be nice
but today i learned
that they can never be as gratifying
as a negative review
that dislikes for all the reasons you'd want someone to
from "musicincider"
favorite quotes:
"Conversely, Lights Off is a prime example of some of their …
JuneJun 20 Wednesday 07
mp REMIX COMPETITION at indaba music
because i know everybody seems to play with sound these daysso indaba music,
which is for people who like to collaborate on music
(but don't know anybody that plays the oboe
and MUST have an oboe)
is doing a remix competition …
free tickets and vip passes to the monolith festival
hey everybody
the monolith festival at red rocks
w/us (mason proper), the flaming lips, spoon, clap your hand say yeah, the decemberists,
and-LITERALLY-a million-NOT EXAGGERATING-
other cool bands
is happening on sept. 14th and 15th
and there is this link
here
where …
JuneJun 4 Monday 07
traveling men (the pond) sent out
heeeeeeeeeeeeeey
if you did the mp3 profile thing
check your email
because we sent you a link to the song
"Traveling Men (The Pond)"
if you DON'T receive it by Tuesday
send us a message
with your email address
and we will fix that
hope you enjoy the song
AND
thank you …