Golden slumbers kiss your eyes
Smiles awake when you rise
Sleep pretty wantons do not cry
And i will sing a lullaby

where i want to be

today i listened to a cd that i absolutely loved when it first came out, and found out that i still love it today. that cd is taking back sunday's where you want to be. i listened to that cd at least once a day for a good year straight, probably, and it definitely had a major impact on my musical life. as much as i like the cd for the music on it, it also takes me to a physical place that i love. i bought this record while in new york city, staying with one of my oldest childhood friends from when i lived in queens. i spent the week there, and it was just a great time. we hung out, went to times square, saw a yankees game, played stickball, played video games all night. the whole week was very liberating and freeing, as we had no real responsibilites other than to have fun together. as much as i love visiting new york city, however, i really do want to try living in a place like the hills of switzerland. i truly believe i could be happy living in the middle of huge field, beneath a large mountain, as long as i had a few of my closest friends along with me. the thought of totally disconnecting from the world seems so enticing. but alas, that simply won't work right now, so my dream is temporarily relegated to, well, my dreams. hopefully one day...

songs, songs, songs

weeee have been writing a song a day this week; writing, demoing, making up new catch phrases. "words" is now replacing the term "word." for example. "just finished that rhythm guitar track, i think it sounds really good." "words." we've got about five new songs in various stages of demo form, and i think there are probably some keepers in there. we'll see how many we end up with by the end of this week. in the good news department, it looks like we're going to get to keep our (sexy) new van. ::gets on knees and thanks god:: it's only tuesday afternoon but i feel like this week has already gone by. who knows what wednesday through friday will bring. lets hope its good. and now i will leave you all with this little tidbit.

the hills are alive...

switzerland.
i want to live in a place like this.

pennsylvania

show in altoona last night. pretty cool, unfortunately it was eli's last with us. he will be missed. good guy. then we went to penn state main campus, which was a zoo. we drove around for 25 minutes looking for somewhere to park the mighty van and trailor, and told some dude that we were we the kings, and he definitely believed us. today was spent hanging with bq corey tony and joe. it was a totally chillin time, and a really fun time at that. and just like that, the weekend is over, and back to the work week. major. bummer.

good week

tuesday, saw copeland. awesome. WEDNESDAY - went to the city early with tony to hang out with bq, corey and friends. walked around temple for spring fling. that was a lot of fun. at night, saw THIRD EYE BLIND live at the electric factory. what an awesome performance. stephen jenkins is quite the man. copeland and 3eb were very different, different styles of music, venues, etc etc, yet were both soooo great in their own respective ways. it was interesting, though, that for both sets, neither aaron marsh nor stephen jenkins really talked much in between songs. it was all about the music, and everyone seemed to appreciate that. then tonight, i finally saw frost/nixon, a movie i've been wanting to see since it came out. it did NOT dissapoint. such a great film, amazing how a movie about an interview could be so gripping and suspenseful. two hours felt like half an hour. this week has a been a great one. and its not even the weekend yet.

seeing copeland tonight.

i never go to concerts anymore just as a spectator, but tonight i'm going to see copeland, one of my favorite bands of all time. i cannot wait. honestly, i would rather skip all the bands playing before them, but you never know, they may be really good. anyway, this is one of my favorite songs off of their newest record. enjoy.

Grapevine Fires

genius.

Home Now.

whew, what weekend. after michigan's show i was pretty excited for illinois, and illinois did not disappoint. we met two very cool bands that night. the first was linden, and they were awesome guys and girls. the second was the summer set, and they were equally as awesome. hopefully we can meet up with them again and play some more shows. the show itself was really fun as well. the venue was a little odd....in a shopping center in the middle of nowhere next to a china buffet, but the crowd was rockin' nonetheless. the next day we spent driving home. and by day i mean all day and all night. it was brutal. watched the doors movie, it was all sorts of weird. not sure if i liked it. jim morisson seems to have been a troubled man. so now i'm home, on a full night's rest, thankful to not be in a van on a highway in the middle of nowhere. home sweet home.

props to michigan

today was a pretty great day. the weather was perfect. the show was sweet. i am now in a beautiful house and in a room that has a killer vibe. it is deep red, if that starts to give you an idea. wu-tang clan was playing at the venue after the show, and for some reason i was really enjoying it. the rizza, the jizza, meth, red, odb, man, what a wacky group of guys...tomorrow we're off to illinois, should be fun.




i thought this video was AWESOME when i was in fourth grade.

Everybody in the 313...

i am in michigan.  on 11 mile.  i think after everyone goes to sleep i'm gonna mosey on down to 8 mile and try and pick a battle with the thuggest lookin' g i can find.  wish me luck.

in the next few days we're going to be playing some shows in the miiidwest. first time for us tga boys together. looking forward to some flat roads. i also realized this funny little coincidence this morning. we'll be playing shows in michigan and illinois, the same two states sufjan stevens has made records for. looks like i know what i'll be listening to on my i-pod in the van. isn't life funny like that sometimes? isn't it?

....yes, yes it is.

so i've decided to throw my itunes on shuffle tonight and see what i get. i never do this, but tonight a voice in my head said it'd be fun and exciting, and it actually is pretty interesting so far. here's the results, with a little running commentary sprinkled in by yours truly.

jay-z - lucifer [white people are allowed to like rappers other than kanye west, right?]
blink-182 - easy target
the weepies - nobody knows me at all [still lovin' this band]
the shins - pressed in a book
the kooks - eddie's gun
lauryn hill - superstar
paramore - when it rains
copeland - you have my attention [an all-time favorite of mine]
coldplay - in my place [fun fact: whenever i do a soundcheck at a show, i play this song]
marvin gaye - god is love (b-side version)
green day - tight wad hill
city and colour - confessions [not to be confused with the usher song]
stevie wonder - all day sucker
eminem - criminal [yeah, i love eminem, wanna fight about it?]
vega under fire - boom boom
blink-182 - wasting time [despite some silly lines here and there, i find myself relating to this song a lot right now...]
the beatles - helter skelter [what has been dubbed by many as the first heavy metal song ever]
frank sinatra - for once in my life
margot & the nuclear so and so's - a sea chanty of sorts
circa survive - the great golden baby
john lennon - crippled inside
lil' wayne - tie my hands
underoath - you're ever so inviting [probably the musical opposite of the previous song]
my chemical romance - dead
the beach boys - i know there's an answer
fall out boy - dead on arrival
death cab for cutie - transatlanticism
the fray - fall away
the rolling stones - let it loose
traveling wilburys - she's my baby
kanye west - school spirit [what, i never said i didn't love me some kanye...]

and with that my journey ends. good night all.

who am i?

amen.

easter sunday

today, i did a whole bunch of nothing. oh, i did pay some bills. but other than that, nothing. watched the phillies, watching the departed. real lazy day. but that's ok, because everyone needs that once in a while i think. a day to just (as george costanza so humorously put it) decompress. soak in life for a minute and get ready to jump back in. i also had a really nice dinner made by none other than my pops. good eatin', as always. happy easter everyone. hope to see you soon.


put this up in my room recently. i'd like to go this place.

Virginia is for Lungers

last night we played a show in vienna virginia with the downtown fiction and a band called parachute. the show was really awesome, sold out in fact. our merch table has never been so hectic after a show, it was something else. then there was a big hangout at chipotle next door. that was pretty cool too. for the record, it is pronounced CHI-POTE-LAY (joe flack). just had to get that off my chest. anyway, virginia has a really supportive scene, can't wait to go back. speaking of joe flack, check out his new band, joe flack and flacktones. i hear they're signed to a major label. i hope he doesn't quit our band and do the flacktones full time. that would womp.

BEAUTIFUL DAY!

I've missed a day.

sorry, sorry to anyone who cares (mostly myself) for missing an entire day of bloggage. i was shooting for one a day every day, and i've already failed. anyway, enough crying. yesterday was a fun night, i got to play wii (always a blast) and hang out with some very good friends. good times all around. today i think we're practicing to get ready to play jammin' java tomorrow. apparently it's sold out, which is really awesome. i can't wait. i know what i'm doing if we're not practicing, though. watchin' the oc. hell. yeah.

i got nothin for this space.

today was band practice, and we just about finished up two brand new songs. one of them is a slow song, the first slow song we've attempted to write, actually. it kind of sounds like "my girl" in the verse. we'll see if these songs end up making the cut or not, but i think they're pretty good. i've also had to catch up on a few episodes of house (aka the best tv show out there). i found the one from two weeks ago, but i still haven't seen the episode from a few days ago and its KILLING me. if anyone is in the know and has a site that has it, link me. please.

HOME!

well, after a fun little adventure to maine (with a few stops along the way) i'm finally home, typing this in the couch in my bedroom. i donated my day to the roads today, mainly 1-95 south. eleven solid hours. tried to sleep, but couldn't. i loaded up the ol' i-pod with tons of new music that i was looking forward to listening to (mute math, radiohead, paul mccartney, the kooks, the decemberists), but i only really listened to one cd the entire time. its from a little band called the weepies, and they are my new musical crush. my good friends at wikipedia tell me they're from massachusetts, but i swear they both have major irish accents. ah well, maybe i'm just crazy. anyway, go get they're cd "say i am you." good times all around. back to regular life now. we'll see if i remember how this goes.



p.s. what does the term happy as a clam mean? like.....is that weird to anyone else?

movie day!

sooo, today was pretty much filled up by watching movies all day in the same hotel room in maine we've been in. the patriot, we were soliders, scary movie 2, 3, and 4 were all on throughout the course of the day. we debated whether anna faris was good looking or not ad nauseum. i say she is, but hey, that's my opinion. anyway, i think we're finally going home tomorrow. it should be a good time, but the ten hour drive will be pretty brutal. yep, talk to you all then.

going stir crazy...

trapped in a hotel room...maybe some of this will go down. im also talking to a pair of nuts. actually more a left one than anything. wild.

hey whoa ohhh hey hoooo....

well, today was quite a day, and its not even over yet. woke up, drove to (forgotten town name), maine, played a super sweet sweet 16, and now im sitting in great little hotel room with kurt, joe and tony watching some show about motorcycles. i do not, if you can believe it, own a motorcycle. anyway, we might go to hooters tonight to watch the villanova b-ball game, and we also might hit the ole' pool/hot tub. who knows? anyway thats pretty much all i got, hopefully we make it home tomorrow, we've got a ten hour ride and a busted trailor. anyway, watch this video, it made me laugh.

aaaaanddd, we're bloggin!

well, i've always wanted to start a blog, but never thought i was important enough to. no, i am not anymore important now then i was then, but i thought what the hell, why not just go for it. i'm going to try and update this at least once a day, because i hate it when i read other people's blogs and they never update them. i play drums for a band called the goodnight anthem. you should know this before continuing.

so, right now i'm in a hotel in maine with joe, tony, eli and kurt as we prepare to play a private sweet sixteen party. it should be a really good time, i'm genuinely excited.

in my life (the name of this blog) is a refernce to one of my favorite beatles songs of all time, titled (wait for it)..."In My Life." this blog will be littered with beatles references, so if you're not a fan, i highly recommend you educate yo' self. check it.



so now that we've got all of that housekeeping and first blog jitters out of the way, let's have a good, wholesome, fun-filled time.