Hi,
Coming to a town near you and the one I live in … the Good And Evil Tour. Featuring Tally Hall and some guy named Casey Shea. I’m guessing you’ll enjoy yourself more if you miss the opening act.
Oh, and don’t forget to buy the eighth song on the new Casey Shea album “In Your Head” when we play at Bowery Ballroom on August 19th!
Mucho Bella Carbonara!
M
Hi,
Right now you’re not listening to the as yet untitled/released/sequenced/mastered/blahblahblah next album from The Dig. But I am. And yes, since you asked … It’s better than your record. Personally I would probably double or triple all the vocals. But then again not everyone is as big a fan of Diary Of A Madman as me. Which of course makes anyone who’s not as big a fan of Diary Of A Madman as me wrong. Or at least have bad taste.
Oh, and speaking of all the people I’m glad I don’t live next door to, did you know that there’s a wall along most of the border between the country of Mexico and a place called The State of Arizona? And did you know that each and every beautiful mile of said wall cost between one and three million US Dollars??? Wow, that’s some mucho dinero! And did you also know that of the three hundred and eighty eighty miles of beautiful border between the greatest country in the history of wall building inciters and the US, all but about eighty two miles are graced with this here wall I’ve been thinking about this morning???? Apparently I’m not the only person thinking about this here wall. Apparently something called The Arizona State Legislature has been thinking about not only the wall itself but about the aforementioned eighty two miles of shall we say, unwalled paradise. To prove how much they’ve been thinking (and to stick a needle in the eye of The Big O. who’s decided to let the wall building stop for a minute), the good folks that make up the Arizona State Legislature passed something called “a piece of legislation” that created something called “a fund set up by the State of Arizona that will use private donations” to continue the wall along the once again aforementioned eighty two miles of unwalled border paradise. That’s right kids!!! The good people of pretty much anywhere can donate to a fund to finish building a physical wall between Arizona and Mexico. As I said, I’ve been thinking about this all morning. It seems really interesting to me. I guess that explains why I’ve been thinking about it. To wit, I’d like to personally amend this government sanctioned program that encourages to people pony up some green back in order to physically shut themselves off from the realities of the world around them and encourage people to donate to an additional fund. This new fund is of course called “The Matt Basile Fund To Build A Wall Around The Entire Border Of The State Of Arizona.” If you too would like to see a wall built around the entire border of Arizona, simply send $82.00 via check, money order or box of spare change to: Matt Basile, P.O. Box 1340, New York, NY 10013. When I get your money I will remember to deposit it into my personal checking account (wherein on the 20th of every month, $250 dollars is automatically transfered into a savings account that I hope to pretty much forget about until I turn eighty two and bequeath my money to the IRS). For every one to three million dollars I receive, I promise to try and remember to build one mile of wall around some portion of the Arizona border.
In related news, now I’m gonna go try to not break my neck.
Mwah!
M
P.S. Tell your friends in Grand Rapids to got to The Intersection tomorrow night.
To go to the Hi-Dive tonight to see Casey Shea and Tally Hall!
http://caseysheamusic.com/shows/
Mwah!
M
Hi,
Since I’ve heard from a lot of people that you’ve been having trouble sleeping lately, I thought you’d appreciate this new homeopathic insomnia remedy I came across. Please note that this remedy may or may not only work today. But it’s still worth a try because like I said, everyone has been talking about you and how weird you’ve been acting on account of your lack of sleep.
Okay, Step One: Purchase one way ticket to Provo, UT. See photo below for current flight options. 
Step Two: Walk out on to the nearest highway and stick out your RIGHT THUMB in conspicuous view of oncoming traffic. This is the international symbol for “I still think it’s 1972 and therefore assume all you people driving will understand that I am hitchhiking to a rock concert!!!!”
Step Three: After two hours, give up hitchhiking and call a taxi cab. Since you won’t be in NYC anymore, you’ll need to give them a destination address, because that’s the way things work in rural america, so right this down: 135 North University Ave., Provo, UT, 84601
Step Four: Use google maps to double check that UT actually stands for Utah.
Step Five: Ask yourself “What the f@$k am I doing in Utah?”
Step Six: Tell the doorguy/girl/person at the entrance of the esteemed rock club “Velour” that you’re there to see Casey Shea.
Step Seven: Pick up blanket and pillow as directed.
Step Eight: I suggest you find a comfy spot closest to the soundman/woman/person because that’s usually where the mix sounds best.
Step Nine: Clap enthusiastically for Casey’s first song.
Step Ten: Apologize to the girl sleeping next to for inadvertently drooling all over her shoulder for the last 43 minutes.
Step Eleven: You can thank me for your nap later.
Mwah!
M
P.S. Here is a photo of the website you can go to in order to purchase tickets for the Casey Shea band’s show at Bowery Ballroom show next month!
P.P.S. At that show, you’ll wanna ask for Wes Verhoeve when looking for the pillows and blankets.
