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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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May 20

Sentence Structure 101: Try These Time Tested Techniques For A Healthier You!

Hi, 

Not much time to tell you all about how I’m having another great hair day! Thank god for humidity! Am I right or am I right guys?!?!??!??!

Anyway, you’ll have to come see for yourself tonight when I take the stage with none other than Jeff Litman at Arlene’s Grocery (8pm) … and then power over to Throgs Neck to a place called Rockwood Music Hall wherein super quintet Mother Feather will be impolitely melting faces at 11pm. 

Oh and speaking of me and how good you think I look since I stopped adding sugar to my coffee … imagine how happy you’ll be to see me on stage next month with Mother Feather doing an acoustic set at this cool new cafe on the Bowery called: Bowery Ballroom.

Stay tuned to Mother Feather Dot We Freakin Rock Dot Com for details.

Mwah! 

P.S. This Sunday, I’ll be playing my first full length gig on something called: The Upright Bass.

P.P.S. That’s gonna happen at 7pm I think. 

P.P.P.S. That’s gonna feature the songs of Andy Fitzpatrick. 

P.P.P.P.S. His songs are better. 

P.P.P.P.P.S. Yup. 

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. http://www.theonion.com/articles/government-official-who-makes-perfectly-valid-well,20499/


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May 28
Tell me the name of the guy not on the right and I’ll put you on the guest list for Casey Shea’s free show at Rockwood Music Hall tomorrow night! We go on at 11. And… if it’s anything like the last gig I played there, MTV will be doing some unauthorized filming of the show and disguising it as the memory of someone more famous. Watch out Viacom … the authorities at SAG are very, very ________. Mwah!  M

Tell me the name of the guy not on the right and I’ll put you on the guest list for Casey Shea’s free show at Rockwood Music Hall tomorrow night! We go on at 11. And… if it’s anything like the last gig I played there, MTV will be doing some unauthorized filming of the show and disguising it as the memory of someone more famous. Watch out Viacom … the authorities at SAG are very, very ________.

Mwah! 

M


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Jun 03
Euthanasia 101: This Just In... Kevorkian's last words

“Fortunately for you, Mother Feather will be killing it over at Cameo, tonight at 10pm.”

Mwah!

M

P.S. The Casey Shea band will be playing Saturday night at Madison Square Garden at around 11pm. 


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Jun 07

Promotion 101: You May Never Finish You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

Hi, 

Since you asked, here is what I am/was eating for breakfast:

And here is who will be eating you for dinner on July 9th:

You should get your tickets here: http://boweryballroom.com/event/6568 … before everyone else gets theirs and the website says Sold Out and then you have to go Bowery Ballroom anyway and say “isn’t there two more tickets left?” And they say “lemme see.” And then after about 2 and a half seconds they say “yeah there are two tickets left. You want both? That’ll be $30.00.” No please. No thank you. You just hand over the money and know you could’ve saved $4.00 if you had listened to me. But you never listen do you? No. That’s half you problem isn’t it? That and the company you keep. Oh yeah? That mouth of yours will get you in trouble one of these days.

In other news, there’s probably gonna be other cool announcement type announcements about the Mother Feather at Bowery Ballroom show coming up soon. So, keep holding your breath. You’ll be breathing again before you know it.

In related news, the Casey Shea band has two gigs this week. But neither of them are listed on his website. That’s on account of him having the greatest record label in the history of labels that reblog cool video clips of Louis CK in all the spare time they have not posting the gigs that THE CASEY SHEA BAND HAS THIS WEEEEEEEK!!!!!! Luckily for you you have me to tell you where to be to see this great band sing all of Casey’s great songs and one of my decent songs too. What’s that? Of yeah, he even put my song on his upcoming album. What’s that? Yeah, he’s got a new album. It’s done. I mean, the last I heard, it was done and my song was still on it. Pretty cool huh? Yeah, me too. I’ll totally tell you when it’s available so you can buy it and I’ll have a few more pennies to go towards that cottage in Misquamicut, RI. In the meantime, you’ll just have to come to the shows we’re playing this week. Actually, I’m not sure you can go to the first show. So, just ome to the second one. It’s at this place called Rockwood Music Hall. It’s kinda the same kinda place as Cafe Vivaldi, except the sound men are better looking in that there are actually sound men working at Rockwood Music Hall. And no I did not unintentionally not say Sound Person. I know what the appropriate term is but there are actually not any females working sound at Rockwood Music Hall. You’ll have to ask them if that is intentional yourself. The sound men do however have great haircuts. Especially the one who looks like Justin Bieber. Anyway, The Casey Shea Band is playing at Rockwood this Saturday at 11pm. Shocking I know. 

Mwah!

M

P.S. In other recording news, the great Andy Fitzpatrick will be releasing his new single this coming Monday, June 13th. 

P.P.S. I’ll tell you more about that and how I recorded my bass for the B side tomorrow. 

P.P.P.S. I just listened to my new LP copy of the album this sentence links to and I am reminded that being sixteen had it’s high points after all. 


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Jun 09

Technology 101: Tonight Fontana’s Celebrates Internet Week and My Awesome Hair!

Hi, 

Right now I’m a little too distracted from both watching an 83 year old man redesign a webpage using an iPad while sitting at a table with a sign on it that says “No computer use at this table. Please sit at a communal table.” and begrudgingly overhearing the conversation of two 27 year old decidedly upper middle class white chicks and all the negative connotations that connotes yammer on about their something called “their spiritual growth” and how “it really seems like you’re getting to a good place” so I won’t be able to tell you about any of the interesting things happening inside my me-ness. 

In unrelated news, please mark your calendar for Monday June 13th and come down to Rockwood Music Hall to celebrate the release of “If Your Find A Home,” the new single by Andy Fitzpatrick. It’s a really great recording in that it features me playing the fender bass guitar and also utilizes other instruments. It was recorded by the great Mark Marshall at his studio which might not be a studio anymore. Things change fast around the big city kids! Kind of like the subject of this paragraph which is about to change to me talking about this guy across the cafe who is checking out this chick next to me who just said Bon Apetite! I mean really? Dude, she just said Bon Apetite! What kind of an a@$hole is into a chick who say Bon Apetite with a big dumb smile on her face and I think my brain melted on the way here. Anyway, I’m gonna go find some ice and I’ll get back to telling you about Andy’s b-side later. 

Stop being so immature. 

Anyway, see you tonight at The Casey Shea show … we’re celebrating Internet Week and my awesome hair!

No, actually I think the preceding sentence was not a joke. 

Mwah!

M 

P.S. Buy Andy’s new song on iTunes!

P.P.S. Buy tickets for this!


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Jul 01

Correspondence 101: (no subject)

Hi, 

I think I have a stalker. Now, I know many of you won’t be surprised. Most people bearing such genetic gifts have to deal with the nuisance of an unwanted admirer at some or another point in their genetically gifted life. Why should I be any different? But I have to say, I think my particular stalker might be a little different than yours. Because while your stalker also probably clicks “Send Snyway” when prompted by the “Warning: This message has no subject. Are you sure you want to send it?” dialog box of his/her email program when sending you some emotionally awkward and poorly worded reminder invitation to some dinner event you never remembered hearing about in the first place, something tells me the signature of your stalker is not the signature of the third most powerful person in the world (behind of course the genius husband and wife team of Chang Jin Sook and Do Won). 

Oh, and speaking of invitations … Next week is a good week for you to come see how big my hair gets in the summer. First up, the indomitable Misty Boyce will grace the stage at a place called Mercury Lounge. From what I understand it sounds better when you stand next to the sound man but still not as good as the guy who bangs on a frisbee with a bunch of duct tape wrapped around his fingers about 2/3rds of the way into the unbearably long tunnel connecting the 123 Line with the FM or L Lines at 14th Street and 7th Ave. and 6th Ave. respectively. Make sure to click this sentence to be linked to a place where you can buy tickets for the show. Or you could choose to not listen to me and go to stubhub.com. Go ahead, buy your tickets there. You’ll definitely be glad you didn’t listen to me. 

In unrelated news, but still in keeping with places you can go to see me having a good hair day, the Mother Feather postcard is of course the obvious focal point of the following digital representation of the lamest city on earth … 

… What I won’t mention is how f#@king lame the a$@h)le with the umbrella looks and why he serves as further proof that my life is so much better since I sold my car and stopped having to invite people to shows at The Viper Room. 

Anyway, assuming you are not the kind of person to look like an a$%hole when you walk down the street with an umbrella in the summer in Southern California, you are totally cordially invited to come see Mother Feather next week at a place called Bowery Ballroom. From what I understand it sounds better when you stand next to the sound man but still not as good as the guy who bangs on a frisbee with a bunch of duct tape wrapped around his fingers about 2/3rds of the way into the unbearably long tunnel connecting the 123 Line with the FM or L Lines at 14th Street and 7th Ave. and 6th Ave. respectively.

In related news, I’m making an appointment for this …

Finally, the astute among you will notice that a failed rocker band called Rich Girls is heading into the studio on August 5th. Truth be told, if you actually remember the band Rich Girls and subsequently had the opportunity to witness the forthcoming recording session, you would probably say “Hey, only one of these really good looking guys was in Rich Girls! Who are these other two really good looking guys and how can I get them to come over to my house and watch a movie?” And I would say “Maybe you should send them an emotionally awkward and poorly worded message via some or another social media site. And I’ll tell you more about how excited I am to have some new(ish) tunes be recorded by Steve Wall when I feel like it!”

Mwah!

M

P.S. Speaking of stalkers …

P.P.S. Happy Birthday Debby …

P.P.P.S. I saw you sing once …

P.P.P.P.S. And you were totally drunk …

P.P.P.P.P.S. …

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Re: This Old Apartment 101, I almost forgot to tell you …

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. We are almost ready to invite you over for dinner …

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. …


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Jul 09
Pop Cock Rock 101: Live Blogging Tonight’s Mother Feather Show at Bowery Ballroom Right now I’m getting am iced coffee while wearing my new light grey sport coat (not pictured). A perfect summer pairing! Raw Kahn Beaches!

Pop Cock Rock 101: Live Blogging Tonight’s Mother Feather Show at Bowery Ballroom

Right now I’m getting am iced coffee while wearing my new light grey sport coat (not pictured). A perfect summer pairing!

Raw Kahn Beaches!


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Jul 12

Promotion 101: I Am Typing Really Fast Because I Have To Go Watch The Wire

Hi, 

Just a quick not to say that I have updated the gig section of this page to reflect the Mother Feather E.P. release show on September 30th. Now if everyone can please stop yelling at me, that would be great. 

In the meantime, if you buy a Mother Feather TShirt at one of our other upcoming shows, you will be electronically communicated to with an explanation about how you and the other people that bought a Mother Feather TShirt prior to the release of the E.P. can acquire a digital representation of the digital representation of Mother Feather playing their songs in something called a studio so that everyone on earth can have the same listening experience. Speaking of which, you should watch the movie about Glenn Gould that’s streaming on the ever more expensive netflix. Anyway, buy a shirt. Get music too. 

Speaking of digital representations of muzak … the Casey Shea album will also be available soon. Mark your dumb calendars now for August 19th. Bowery Ballroom. 

Mwah!

M


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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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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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Aug 12

Promotion 101: Tonight …

Mother Feather. 

Rockwood. 

Music. 

Hall. 

Mid.

Night.

Mwah!

M

P.S. Tomorrow I’ll be playing with the fantastic Kris Gruen at Union Hall. 

P.P.S. His dad took this awesome photo …

P.P.P.S. Keef’s book is kinda depressing. 

P.P.P.P.S. Also happening tonight … Mr. Casey Shea is playing Washington DC at a place called The Rock And Roll Hotel. 


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Aug 19
Mother Feather taping “Live Band” … Apparently that’s a tv show. Next stop, Bowery Ballroom sound check for tonight’s show with Casey Shea. Good day!

Mother Feather taping “Live Band” … Apparently that’s a tv show. Next stop, Bowery Ballroom sound check for tonight’s show with Casey Shea. Good day!


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Aug 23

Promotion 101: The Earth Was Shaking, My Mind Was Aching …

Hi, 

By now, pretty much everyone much everyone knows that a sprawling earthquake just engulfed pretty much the entirety of the eastern seaboard. Everything is pretty much mo-fung-oh’d. But before all you pinko commie tree hugging yoga instructors start galavanting through the streets crying about global warming … I’ve got a little news flash for, straight off of something called “twitter”:

 

So yes, if your house just fell down, now you know who to blame. All inquiries for damages should call: TRA-MPO-LINE … that’s 872-676-5463 … operators are standing by to record your claim. 

Incidentally, if you too want acces to the earthquake inducing web page pictured below, and thus get a FREE copy of the new Mother Feather EP BEFORE everyone else gets to buy it on September 30th …

… you’re gonna have to buy a t-shirt. Send a reply here to find out how. Or come see us at the Brooklyn Indie Music Festival Of People That Usual Play At Venues On The Lower East Side But For Three Days Will Be Playing At Little  Field In Brooklyn on September 16th. 

Mwah! 

M

P.S. In other new release news, I have a sneaking suspicion that you can buy a copy of the as yet unreleased new Casey Shea album at TONIGHT’S SHOW!!! WHAT?!??!?!!!!?



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