October 2009

The Archives

• food

  Dress up like a Burrito

  10.31.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  And go to Chipotle between 6 – 10 pm for a free Halloween burrito.

• music

  Native – Wrestling Moves

  10.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Native is streaming their new album Wrestling Moves HERE.
  I’m on my first listen through right now.  So far so good.
  I distinctly remember watching them perform the album’s opening track (Backseat Crew) in College park a few months ago because the intro to that song builds and builds – and when the build up finally breaks [...]

• art, music

  Life, Art, Music

  10.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  + A Good Thing Happens
  Pianos become the teeth was just signed to Top Shelf Records.  They’ll be helping us press 1000 copies of the album.  I’m excited because this takes a TON of financial strain off of our backs, the bands on Top Shelf rule and it’s always a plus to be working with good people who [...]

• music, video

  The Saddest Landscape

  10.25.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  So this weekend we played a couple of shows with the MA/NY based band The Saddest Landscape.
  On Friday we played The Ox which is a really cool warehouse space in Philly run by Bernie from the now defunct screamo band Boy Problems and then we came back down to Baltimore on Saturday to play Charm City [...]

• art, links, people

  Jamie Hewlett Prints, CCAS Interview, Slacker Games, Dali Making that Skrilla

  10.22.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  + Jamie Hewlett Prints

  Jamie Hewlett is best known for being the guy behind all of the Gorillaz art work.  OMGPosters just did a post on him.  Check it out HERE.
  + CCAS Interview
  Aural States interviews one of Charm City Art Space’s founding member’s – Mike Riley.  Pretty good interview.  It’s interesting to read about how CCAS [...]

• music

  Daitro Disses Thursday

  10.21.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  (Edit 10/21/09 there’s more to this story HERE.  Daitro weren’t directly being douches.)
  Basically, Thursday contacted European screamo band Daitro about doing a tour together;  Daitro declined and then went on to preach a holier than thou sermon on DIY ethics.   Check out the actual conversation below.
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  Daitro’s response to Thursday
  hi Ryan
  sorry but we declined because we hate [...]

• links, photography

  Links

  10.19.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  + The Big Picture – World Animal Day

  The Big Picture never disappoints.
  My favorite part about TBP are the captions that accompany each photo.  The photo of the terminally ill cancer patient touching the dove is extremely depressing – as well as the mule painted with donkey stripes.  The flower-pugs brighten things up though.
  View the rest [...]

• articles

  How To Cheat Death

  10.18.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m sure everyone has given a few minutes of thought to the idea of being reanimated in the distant future.  Well, now there is hope.

  “The rat sniffs the air a few times, and within a minute, his naturally twitchy movements are almost still. On a monitor that shows his rate of breathing, the lines look [...]

• art

  Josh Keyes Print for Sale 10/15

  10.14.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  You may remember a post I did on Josh Keyes‘ artwork a while back where I mentioned that if I had the cash I would buy a print.  Well Dani just informed me that a new print of his entitled “Scorch II” goes on sale tomorrow at 1pm EST.  The print is an 18″ x [...]

• music

  Daitro – Y

  10.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Daitro’s newest record Y was recently released in Europe (which you can order from purepainsugar).  Apparently a US vinyl release date is in the works – as well as a cd release date.
  The album is receiving a ton of positive reviews so far and I’m in general agreeance with the blogosphere.  This is definitely a well written and [...]