Posts tagged "The Dig"

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May 11

Real Estate 101: Articles Of Confederation Envy

Hi, 

Today I am writing to you from two new locations. One location is my couch, which you will probably never see because you have bad taste in shoes and I wouldn’t want to have to watch you take them off while entering my shoeless home, which I have never written to you on. The other is the web address wherein I have swapped the letter “blogspot” for “tumblr” for reasons that have to do with things like expediency of editorial process, aesthetic pleasantries and other things that I spend too much time thinking about. 

And since you asked, yes I have a pretty lame case of tendonitis right now. And yes, this explains why I’m finally taking the time to write to you again after all this time. Not to mention all the time it’s been since you wrote to me. You wouldn’t want me to mention that. I promise. Because it totally outstrips the amount of time you’ve been waiting on me. Trust me, I’ve got a lot of time on my hands and I am very good at math.

And speaking of math. Check out the following link to what 2/3rds of states of the United States might be able to do while all of us privileged folk along the north eastern seaboard wallow in our genetic guilt:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/the-gops-new-constitutional-amendment-give-states-veto-power-over-federal-laws.php?ref=fpb

Pretty cool huh? 

In related news, I don’t ever get tired of listening to this: 

And, to continue my test of your generations attention span, below is another old guy singing a really pretty song while you wonder what the hell your doing with your life and “maybe dad is right to be worried about me and the way I spend my time.”

Speaking of being productive while I bore the s#!t out of you, I think I’m gonna go now and eat some food that doesn’t contain fructose. 

Mwah! 

P.S. Mark you calendars for May 19.

P.P.S. Mark your calendars for May 20.

P.P.P.S. You can find the first version of this blog here: http://imbasile.blogspot.com/

P.P.P.P.S. If you live somewhere, you might get to see The Dig play: http://www.songkick.com/artists/161701-dig


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Arizona Casey Shea Lucero Tally Hall The Dig Ozzy Osbourne

Jul 20

Donationology 101: Proud To Accept American Express Travelers Checks

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. 


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Jul 30

Fashionista 101: Eyes And Smiles!

Either I’m getting better looking, or people really seem to like my new Mother Feather T-Shirt! Get yours on August 12th, when we play Rockwood Muzak Hall Of The Lower East Village Manahattana … 

M

P.S. If you purchase said T-Shirt at the show, you’ll be entitled to a free download of our new E.P. 

P.P.S. That right … The E.P. is done and it sounds better than yours! 

P.P.P.S. I’ll be doing something called “lighting” for The Dig tonight at The Rock Shop! Come down … They’re also better than your band. 


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rich girls casey shea mother feather the dig Violent Femmes

Aug 04

Archiving 101: Wreck Hoard Ing

Hi,

My apologies to those of you who’ve been planning your week around my calendar and have been trying to figure out how the only band Pete Harris says was/is better than Mother Feather could possibly be recording on Thursday August 5, 2011 when in fact that day /date does not actually exist. Truth be told, fixing typos before self-publishing has never been one of my strong points. So, for the record, Rich Girls will be making a new digital representation of what once was referred to as a record on Friday, August 5, 2011. And yes, by Rich Girls I mean “myself and a couple of guys sitting in for a couple of guys who quit the band and one other guy who was wise enough to move on.” And by “guys sitting in for a couple of guys who quit the band and one other guy who was wise enough to move on” I mean Andrea Longado will be playing most of the guitar parts and Dave Burnett will be playing all the drum parts. We’ll be at Metrosonic waking up Steve Wall at 10am! Stay tuned for more details on opportunities for you and your loved ones to monetarily compensate me, Andrea and Dave, along with a couple of guys who quit the band and one other guy who was wise enough to move on, in the coming weeks.

Speaking of recordings, I’m pretty sure Casey Shea has been selling something called “his new record wherein he put the best song second to last” on something called the “Good And Evil Tour” with Tally Hall … They’re taking today off either to celebrate the Big O’s big birfday, or to fix whatever is wrong with the tour website:

Apparently they’ll be at The House Of Blues in Dallas tomorrow night. Disclaimer: Attendance of that performance will require you to be in Dallas, TX.

In related news, Mother Feather has started promoting the next Mother Feather show.

Oh, and speaking of The Dig. I watched their new video this morning and for the first 30 seconds I thought Emile was in drag.

Mwah!

M

P.S. Unfortunately for the four of you who’ve been pining for a recording of “Wrecking Ball”, that’s not gonna happen this week, but it definitely will soon.

P.P.S. The Misty Boyce Experience spent two days this week at a place called Mission Sound, conveniently located just three blocks from the amazing apartment where I admire my amazing hair, and recorded about eight or nine thousand songs.

P.P.P.S. Mr. Joe gets him some pretty epic drums sounds there … so if you find yourself needing some, I would give them a call.

P.P.P.P.S. Below are the results of my first bass lesson:


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Rob Thomas Casey Shea The Dig Eric Eiser Bowery Ballroom Staples

Aug 18
Right now I’m wondering which is worse… still having to send faxes or knowing that entering a Staples means listening to at least two Rob Thomas songs. P.S. Speaking of wasting time… Come see me play with the Casey Shea Band tomorrow at Bowery Ballroom. P.P.S. Speaking of wasting time… Now I’m off to record synth parts for the next Rich Girls release with The Dig’s own Eric Eiser.

Right now I’m wondering which is worse… still having to send faxes or knowing that entering a Staples means listening to at least two Rob Thomas songs.

P.S. Speaking of wasting time… Come see me play with the Casey Shea Band tomorrow at Bowery Ballroom.

P.P.S. Speaking of wasting time… Now I’m off to record synth parts for the next Rich Girls release with The Dig’s own Eric Eiser.


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Sep 25

Race Relations 101: Cain Beats Perry In Florida Straw Poll Upset

Hi, 

Clearly in an effort to prove once and for all the Georgia is in fact a more racist state than Florida, presidential candidate Herman Cain was handily handed Rick Perry’s ass by about 2000 Floridians in something called a “Straw Poll” following the republican presidential nominee campaigners debate. Yeah Florida! In case you spend all your time following would be contemporary soft rock starlets around the Lower East Side, Herman Cain is black and Rick Perry is the Governor from Texas which by definition makes him not black. You’re welcome.

In related news, I just cleaned my kitchen while listening to the soon to be forthcoming album by The Dig. What? Oh you haven’t heard it? Well, this is one of my favorite songs …

You can come tell me how jealous you are tonight at The Scratcher Bar where I’ll be playing something called The Double Bass with Andy Fitzpatrick for something called The Scratcher Sessions. The Scratcher is on 5th St and Bowery. We start at 8pm.

Mwah!

M