Brendon dedicates “Always” to Sarah at Arts, Beats, and Eats. So cute!
(PS Panic! at the Disco was fab, as usual!)
Spin Circles for Me
End of the Year (Note to Michigan)
All in all, Michigan has given me an incredible 2010. Thanks to all the artists, promoters, venues and most of all show-goers who make Michigan one of the best places to come back to time and time again. Words cannot describe my gratitude. It will truly be an honor to close out the year in the Great Lakes State with my full band on Sunday in Howell.
From hundreds at BLED Fest…
To intimate (fire hazard) living room performances…
I think it’s called love.
Haven’t been on tumblr in forreevvver, but felt I should reblog this. Koji is one of the most legit dudes in the music, for real. He’ll be here the day after Christmas, and I swear I’m going to work sleep deprived to see him!
(hey, plus I took both of those videos! Fear my shaky video skills!)
the Animal Upstairs is Unleashed!!
Today is the day!! 3 songs of mine. Up front. Another one is posted every other week, until all 15 or so songs, are out! If you can’t connect from this text, just go to http://theanimalupstairs.tumblr.com/ Also, be sure to read the Ani-mal-nifesto. I love you all! Thank you for the support!
Bamboozle. Anyone going?
DAY 1: Angels and Airwaves, Paramore, My Favorite Highway, and a bunch of bands I’d never want to see.
DAY 2: Weezer, Fun, All the Day Holiday, Moving Mountains, Mute Math, Polar Bear Club, Steel Train, Say Anything, All Get Out, Good Old War, Kevin Devine, Piebald, Sainthood Reps, OK Go
Day 2 definitely wins in a landslide. Thoughts?
I’m probably going to go, but I wish we had Bamboozle left’s line up JUST for something corporate!
…THE F@#K?
Copy-Paste gone terribly wrong.
This is our band description on the SIX FLAGS WEBSITE . Let’s see how quickly this gets fixed, if at all.
“Excuse me Mister, I think you’ve got the wrong guy.”
I’m sorry, but this just about made me pee myself.
Here we go…
Ok, I guess I’ll star with the most asked questions. So I was born in Wilson, NC on October 13th. I am 21 yrs old and I am 6 feet tall. I think my biggest influence was my dad, he was a musician so naturally I wanted to do the same, he was a drummer though. So far, almost everyone has been nice to me, though but there are some people that hate me even though a month ago they didn’t even know I existed, so I do not really get that, but it’s ok, I am thickly skinned. Well I had some mutual friends in mercy mercedes (which are from wilson too) on tour with them, and heard about Ian so they told them about me and they saw a video of me playing and next thing you know, I am here. I hung out with Ian a while back and we talked for a while, nicest dude ever. The songs will have every solo and every part played, promise. I will be singing too. I mean, I didn’t make him leave the band, so I do not see why the fact that I am there makes me worthy of being hated. If anything, wait to see us before you decide to dis-like me. If I am horrible, have at it. I play a Fender Stratocaster. I will most definitely be hanging out after shows and yes hugs are welcome!
My favorite bands are mostly classic rock bands like Led zep, def lep, lynard skynard, stuff like that. Yes I am slightly overwhelmed by everyone because I really wasn’t expecting it, but I am learning the do’s and dont’s right now, it’s kind of like when you have a couple kid’s, if you show one special attention the other kid will want it to, and then if you don’t your automatically a jerk. So with that said I will do my best to answer back as much as possible. Also, as much as I would like to follow you all, let’s be honest, I do not know anyone that is following over 900 people, that’s a lot! So no offense if I do not follow you :)
If your nice enough to bring something to us, we all enjoy gift cards and subway! The main places I can’t wait to play on tour are California b/c I have only been once and pretty much all the big citites that I havn’t had the pleasure of visiting, but regardless, they are all going to be a good time. I can play piano,drums,electric/bass guitar. All the guys in the band are super nice and we are having a blast. My favorite song to play so far is 70’s song. I love gatorade and scary movies, my fav. is beetlejuice. UNC baby!! Favorite ice cream is vanilla, favorite sport is football. Yes I do realize my name is similar to rian dawsons hah.
Whew, ok I think I got most of them, there were A LOT. If I missed yours I am sorry, don’t hate me because of it hahah. ok time for food
P.S. I just want to say to everyone that is being cool to me, thank you and I am going to do my best to make these shows fun for you and I can’t wait to hang out on tour!
poor guy! i hope all the haters clear out, i hate negative people. i for one can’t wait to meet him (29 and 30 days away!)
reblog with the best concert you’ve ever been to.
Fall Out Boy @ Barcelona 10.10.2008mine is fob @ avalon in january 07thats hard but, Tourzilla in November 07 all because of Valencia.
Best gig ever without doubt!!Schrute Farms. FOB’s secret show with Four Year Strong in Buffalo a couple years ago. I doubt any show will ever top that. The soundcheck with them came close but the show as a whole was so intense and everybody was going crazy. Plus they played all of TTTYG, including Pros and Cons which they never played before and haven’t played since. I’ll never forget that night. 11/19/07.
Seeing everyone walk out all beat up was awesome too, even my bloody lip haha
Seeing KISS in the Herodicus Atticus ampitheatre last summer in Athens, Greece.
JK JK. (I actually did see them there, but it was not my best/fav concert ever)
My Chemical Romance in Madison Square Gardens 5/9/2008 or Warped Tour 2005. How cliche am I?
is this what it feels like?
This week I only worked 20 hours. It was gorgeous out most of the week, but I was attacked by a sort of lethargy that meant I only left the apartment for occasional runs or to do errands. I am not okay with this summer being like this.
Next week I go up to 30-35 hours, hopefully it’ll be better.
In the mean time, I can clearly never be unemployed because it will be awful.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
This song is a cover of an Empires song. Some fans of theirs put together a cd for the 1 year anniversary of HOWL being out. A bunch of Chicago bands participated. They originally asked me to do the artwork, I said Yes but I also asked if I could do a cover. They said Yes. So I started working on the drums and bass. I sent that mp3 to De’Mar and he recorded the electric guitar parts and sent them back to me when he was on tour. I then sent an mp3 of what I had so far to my friend Dan Castady who sings in a band called The Fold. He sent me back his vocal tracks. I added some more production, cut up some vocals and had fun with it. This is what came out. None of this was recorded in a real studio. It was recorded in our houses and a tour bus. If you are going to listen. Please listen in headphones. Enjoy.
I heard about this awhile ago via Pete’s twitter, I think. It’s such a neat idea, and I think Nick et al did a great job with modern love!
