tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55546882012-01-14T12:22:02.077-08:00James Rabbit World StrengthSpringing Up!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-50637663984354852512012-01-14T12:20:00.001-08:002012-01-14T12:22:02.088-08:00Hits CollectionGreat news, we've posted a hits collection for free download!Tracks selected by band members, friend members, Santa Cruz City Council members, and others. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-66073872388066648952011-12-11T13:38:00.000-08:002011-12-11T15:02:12.689-08:00My Year of Music 2011Almost all of these albums are albums that were released in the past, not this year. I will highlight first the albums that were released in the past, then particular past songs I loved, then the albums of this year.Older:Guy Clark - Texas Cookin' -After the group-sing fun of the opener/title track this album takes a turn for the devastating. With auto-wah'ed clavinets and Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-53810379122448841362011-10-15T17:30:00.000-07:002011-10-15T17:36:29.683-07:00Look Around YouHey all. I'm finishing up writing a monster LP, 'The Vision of Fury That Sings in My Head". We are planning to record this one in a studio! Februaryish. Between now and then, we will be learning the songs, playing them live here and there and prepping for the big deal. In the meantime I am playing the video game Terraria, very eagerly awaiting the next patch, which I hear is Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-45351519847842973842011-08-28T15:44:00.000-07:002011-08-28T16:31:51.857-07:00Summer 2011 Tour
We just got back from a tour with Iji Presents: Zachary David Jammin'. Zach drummed for us, and made every night come alive!! The tour went so smoothly, hardly a cloud in the heart's sky.
Shows:
Santa Cruz: Played at Food Not Lawns with Nessie and Her Beard, who were augmented by some well-played classical guitar and group percussion. Fun start!
Fresno: Wallpaper at a birthday Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-16848100755129604922011-07-25T19:17:00.000-07:002011-07-25T19:36:16.620-07:00"We're James Rabbit Bannddd"We played one of our most fun shows in a long while at our house last night, supporting The Saxophones and Hjemmelade. (Porches were supposed to play too, but got stuck-ish in L.A.). Dave Hull joined us playing the trumpet, and learned the songs as we went. We are totally finished with our brand new album Splendor and will be touring in August to support. Drew is Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-80737133480373960692011-05-04T18:58:00.000-07:002011-05-04T19:06:29.251-07:00C.W.B.R.?I am working on recording an album called Splendor! It is a normal album, regular songs with guitars and singers. Typical twenty-something heartbreak, where am I going in life? and mope-em-ups. There are about twenty songs that I have written, whittled down from an earlier pool. Waiting on an electric piano, a microphone and one more song.After this:A collection of greatest hits singles Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-81274051941324776552011-05-01T13:08:00.000-07:002011-05-01T13:16:31.564-07:00Cactuses available for Download!Hey hey, our new album Cactuses is available on the bandcamp website:http://jamesrabbit.bandcamp.com/album/cactusesGive it a download, give it a listen. There's strings and singing saws, and the full James Rabbit Band.Its 'pay what you will', $0+ for now, but bandcamp only gives us so many downloads. So get it while it's free.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-46701741412907831172011-04-05T17:21:00.000-07:002011-04-05T19:20:40.939-07:00TourzoWe went on tour with Iji for a month-plus of pacing ourselves, Pizza and science fiction. I learned a lot from the places I hadn't been before (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Idaho, Montana) and was affirmed by the places that I had.We broke down by the border, were examined by a half a dozen sharp-nosed drug dogs, ate a pizza that couldn't fit into a garbage can, slept in Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-50867568011742294632011-02-05T22:20:00.000-08:002011-02-05T22:41:39.424-08:00Early In the MorningJames Rabbit is going on tour with fantastic northwester pop band IJI. We are playing our first show in Vancouver BC on February 26. We are playing songs from our BRAND NEW Cactuses LP, which is eleven songs of glory-us.Have you ever seen Rocky Horror Picture Show? I saw part of it once in 1998. It was on Comedy Central on Halloween. I was hanging out with my friend Grayson Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-55829490055695847592010-12-21T20:16:00.000-08:002010-12-28T18:49:34.827-08:00Best albums of 2010:Richard Caceres - "John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano: The Second Grade Book"Richard plays every piece in THE student's songbook and records the perfect definitive version. Stops, works on the next one, records. Richard is a pioneer member of the Crystal Palace and a treasured memory is waking up from naps to Richard slowly, deliberately, working his way through a Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-23449567395801832922010-12-19T17:31:00.000-08:002010-12-21T18:05:20.825-08:00My name is John Tyler Martin. I am 27 years old and I live in Santa Cruz California.Occasionally, I perform music live with a band called James Rabbit.I have been obsessively creating since grade school. First I made comics, sometimes with friends, but then hundreds on my own. Next I made board games and card games by myself. And for the past twelve or so years it has been CDs.I began writing Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-18455700477824634042010-10-12T21:28:00.000-07:002010-10-12T21:29:10.527-07:00New James Rabbit AlbumSnowblind! Now up on the Bandcamp!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-38225378208730079812010-09-26T20:14:00.000-07:002010-09-26T20:22:17.827-07:00Downloads!We have a bandcamp website, where you can download songs for free! Right now you can get the first two Allies EPs. Soon, we will put up our album Snowblind. Let us know if you like it, it means a lot!(If you only get one song, get "Climbing up the wall of the early morning light" from Allies 2, Spencer Owen sings it and he sounds AMAZING)jamesrabbit.bandcamp.comTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-38287768047111630722010-09-05T14:36:00.000-07:002010-09-05T14:41:54.595-07:00Allies, More Than/Some UpdatesAllies 2 was 'released' last night at our show in our house with Little Teeth. We played the EP as a trio and handed out copies. Finally! We have about twenty copies left.Now we are working on:Allies 3 EP - (recording)Dark Matter EP - (Drew is recording the last bass track)Just Jokes - (we are recording this today)Cactuses LP - (finishing up the drums on September Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-59654963016850864722010-06-22T18:03:00.000-07:002010-06-22T20:34:03.772-07:00Can We Be Real?I've written a 10-song album called "Cactuses". We'll record it this summer in lieu of vacation. Sometime soon we'll get together and finish up Allies 2. We're stranded on "Snowblind" and "Cyclorama"; full, good albums that are finished but not given to anybody (due to lack of art/layout). This weekI am writing a four song album called "Dark Matter" that is the spiritual and maybe Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-4234986711005781892010-05-31T02:39:00.000-07:002010-05-31T02:47:19.440-07:00When you hear that old guitar...Conner came over, we recorded a single this weekend, we did some more recording for Allies 2 this weekend. Last weekend we recorded an EP. I have a lot of our next LP written. I think I'll go over it with the guys before I record it. And then I have another one in mind. My friend Lindsay and I have almost all of an album ready. My friend Nessie and I have about 2/3Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-86410244697642677462010-04-22T18:06:00.000-07:002010-04-22T18:13:01.504-07:00BatsoI am writing five James Rabbit songs at a time. Nessie and I have a band with no name. I am working 1,000 hours a week. Eight or so albums may come out this year if it makes sense for them to be public. I know Panbandemonium 3 is happening and I think it is happening May 15th at 811 Broadway at 6:00 p.m.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-52645002821920635782010-02-21T20:49:00.000-08:002010-02-21T20:57:56.893-08:00I could eat nails, honeyRecorded an album in January. It is spectacular, featuring singing from lotsa people, some bird noise, hi-hats from my brother, and Spencer Owen. It should be ready May-ish.Our December album, Snowblind, is being mastered and cover arted and should be ready March-ish. We are working on Allies 2, which should be ready April-ish. Allies 1 will be digitized, but you can stillTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-52600435315017094662010-01-20T17:37:00.000-08:002010-01-25T17:16:22.061-08:00Allies 1 We have a new EP out. It is called Allies 1, it is the first of four EPs we have coming out this year. We recorded it throughout the Summer and spent a long time getting the sound right and then the computer fixed. It is free while we still have physical copies and then we'll put it up online. Email me your address to get a copy. tyler (dot) martin (at) gmail (dot) com.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-47634531924087034852009-12-28T21:33:00.000-08:002009-12-28T21:44:24.797-08:00There Was a Ghost... Snuck Into My DreamsHey,I recorded an album in December, its called "Snowblind" like the album of the same name that I had nearly finished in 2006, but deleted for a couple reasons. About half the songs are from that album, rewritten and redesigned for maximum now-ness, the other half are newer songs in a similar vein. We'll be releasing it early 2010, maybe doing a tour Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-46194487250469742372009-11-28T15:07:00.000-08:002009-11-28T15:58:26.293-08:00The Things I Do For My Country:*We played with Pangea. Seeing Pangea again was like watching four Angels of Sound crash a car into the living room at 1246 7th Ave. The room was about two hundred degrees and the sound was an entire battleship worth of aircraft. And then it stopped and we were sudden roses in the desert. *Excellent albums I've heard for the first time recently:Comateens - s/tAfter Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-63792611188212230362009-10-07T20:41:00.000-07:002009-10-07T20:47:56.537-07:00Upcoming:I'm getting some of Andrew WK's hair late tonight.We're releasing Allies 1 for real this weekend at Mills College, October 10, at the Roswell Center or in the field near it.We're playing a show at our house October 12 with Team Awesome! I'm going to host a special event called Start Your Own Band.Our last two shows were really special.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-7572131644279317702009-09-26T12:34:00.001-07:002009-09-28T20:20:02.557-07:00Motion in the MomentWe just this minute finished recording the bass for "There Were Birds All Around" the third and last and longest song on Allies 1. We are playing a show at Mills College next week, copies will be available then.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-11878141568240217742009-09-09T15:37:00.000-07:002009-09-09T15:40:24.416-07:00As a Trio:James Rabbit, Santa Cruz 07.07.09 from wizards of the ghost on Vimeo.Thank you Sundance Kids!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-71555227458081146422009-08-07T22:11:00.000-07:002009-08-07T22:12:00.939-07:00Getting StartedHoly Smokes!!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-57469630113417839762009-07-24T19:02:00.000-07:002009-07-24T19:37:32.895-07:00You Can Breathe You Can Be FreeSince Dylan moved to the bay in the beginning of the summer we've been playing shows as a duo, and varying trios. Drew, Max and I are working on recordings. I have been listening to jazz music almost constantly, playing it in my head if there are no speakers around.I love:Abdullah Ibrahim - African MarketplacePeter Brotzmann/Fred Van Hove/Han Bennink - FMP130Carla Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-77022455296518468222009-05-22T17:21:00.001-07:002009-05-22T17:24:40.850-07:00Ten Thousand Tears Won'tThis week I drove to Hayward each day. I have a black binder of CDs that I usually only take when I know I'm going to be driving a lot, like if I've rented a car over Christmas weekend. This binder is updated every holiday season with albums I know I'll like/other people I might be with might really like. I opened a page each day at random and took out the four CDs to Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-23326630000219852662009-05-03T20:33:00.000-07:002009-05-03T21:03:43.401-07:00Spring and So ForthWe went on tour. It was spectacular, I keep having dreams about it. My dream last night- we were driving around in a tiny car made of hair and wire. I went to take a tour of an abandoned Wal-mart that people had been squatting in and when I came back the other rabbits had converted the hair car into a sporty one-seater, which was frustrating! But it looked cool and went much Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-59600476713265139732009-04-05T17:00:00.000-07:002009-04-08T19:46:03.975-07:00Perfect WavesOur amazing album Perfect Waves is now available. You can get a digital version for free. If you want a physical copy with beautiful art and such, send me an e-mail at Tyler dot Martin at Gmail dot com.To celebrate/distribute, we're going on tour in a few days with Antarctica Takes It.Tour Dates (check in for updates of exact addresses and times for where we are playing):April 10, Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-42521207978399799372009-03-18T17:28:00.000-07:002009-03-18T17:29:38.265-07:00My Computer is BrokenThanks MaxPerfect Waves is coming out in a few days.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-44691163479229405552009-01-25T19:28:00.001-08:002009-01-25T19:36:53.848-08:00Party FowlThe ipod got to about thirty seconds into the big drum explosion after the lyrics "If I could just leave my body for the night..." before somebody switched it to The Kills (or was it the Thrills?, it certainly wasn't the Chills). About fifteen minutes later, "Single Ladies" was playing and the dancefloor was full. I found myself moving like Beyonce in the video. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-31746314219477761452008-12-30T15:41:00.000-08:002008-12-30T15:43:27.544-08:00Albums of 2008 I spend a notable portion of my time searching for music that is new to me. These are albums that I discovered or rediscovered this year that I was impacted by and spent a significant amount of time listening to and thinking about. There are so many good albums from the past and I encourage you to listen to the following albums as they are all as good or better than the albums thatTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-52120755303422466972008-10-09T21:50:00.000-07:002008-10-09T21:54:29.669-07:00Perfect Waves Back in ActionPlugging away at the new album. Been going through a lot of 'is this great?' 'this is great!' 'is this rubbish?' 'this is rubbish' 'this is great' conversations with myself. I think we're going to wind up great. Trying new things and making sure they are done right! Strings this weekend. Mixing with bro 25th, 26th, hopefully done soon after. A couple weeks ago we Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-85324879476741511832008-08-04T22:10:00.000-07:002008-08-04T22:17:27.398-07:00Blogger BabiesTomorrow we set off on our west coast tour. We're touring with an awesome band from San Diego called Da Bears. Here are the dates:Aug 5 - San Francisco, CA / Fort Faxon - 395 Faxon Ave (At Halloway)Aug 6 - Davis, CA / The Firehouse @ UC DavisAug 7 - Chico, CA / CRUX Arts Collective - 1421 Park AvenueAug 8 - Grant's Pass, OR / The Trove w/ Renfue and Culprit - 522 NE 'F' St. Aug 10 Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-38274023208015657102008-07-13T09:03:00.000-07:002008-07-13T09:07:25.267-07:00Be PreparedWe are recording our album. I want to let you know it is going well. It is my dream to finish the album before we go on tour in the first week of August. (If you are anywhere on the west coast we will be playing in your town). Spencer Owen came over last weekend, recording conga and shaker. Richard Caceres is over this weekend and has been recording gameboy and house noises. There's a Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-32197609538980776432008-06-12T15:36:00.001-07:002008-06-12T15:39:40.243-07:00Perfect WavesLast night, Conner came over and we got tangled in wires for a while. We tried to buy some microphones online but the guy was like 'that's the promotional price'. When Conner left I couldn't find the microphones. I emailed him about it - he said 'they're in the blue bin'. Oh, the blue bin. Conner is going to join the rest of the band in a post-educated environment soon so we'll have Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-46484852898439807752008-06-01T21:44:00.000-07:002008-06-01T21:49:43.273-07:00I'm Pointed Towards the East So You Can Get Some RestWe're playing on KZSC Monday June 10th (tomorrow) from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Homegrown radio program. We will be performing songs and comedy routines live in the studio. Kzsc.org 88.1 fm.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-91668776926506376522008-05-29T22:15:00.000-07:002008-05-29T22:16:40.752-07:00Tell You TodayWe're playing Porterpalooza this Saturday May 31st. We go on at 8:00 p.m. on the dot. Meet us in the quad of Porter College for an amazing set of heart-increasing songs.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-14266590950722677772008-05-06T19:14:00.001-07:002008-05-06T19:18:29.035-07:00Sparring PartnersJames Rabbit is playing a show at Caffe Pergolesi this Friday with Antarctica Takes it! and Beat Beat Whisper. We will be playing songs from "Coloratura" that we don't usually play.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-73747107973585308072008-04-22T10:52:00.001-07:002008-04-22T13:54:57.561-07:00International Radio AppearanceHey! Our appearance on Public Radio International's Fair Game with Faith Salie aired yesterday. You can catch it here. John Acquadro recorded video of the session, here it is!We're playing a show in Oakland tonight with Pith Hat and Spencer Owen at a place called the Stork Club. Show starts at 9:30.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-85139327860102481642008-04-08T22:19:00.000-07:002008-04-08T22:21:49.474-07:00Show! This Saturday, April 12th! Caffe Pergolessi!With: Tyler Parkford, Roaring Camp (Matt Harra's Band), Jennifer Alcott, That Blasted Hound (Davyd Nereo's band), and It's A Trap! We're starting at 8:00 p.m. We'll have CDs! This is going to be an excellent show!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-18690418583651917552008-03-27T08:30:00.000-07:002008-04-01T15:24:18.840-07:00James Rabbit Website!www.jamesrabbit.comTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-23324450535047914772008-03-16T17:15:00.000-07:002008-03-16T20:37:28.447-07:00Thankfully Not Living in Fremont It Doesn't Apply*Saturday March 15th 2008 Vincent, Dave Frost and I started off towards Caffe Pergolesi with the wrong show in mind. Halfway there, Amory called and said 'you guys, that show is tomorrow night'. I said 'I'm still going, I need to get out.' We were greeted by a guitar sound that made me make a cringing face. Just an electric guitar being stomped Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-5775830616385937722008-02-27T20:10:00.000-08:002008-02-27T20:14:42.522-08:00House Show!We're playing with Jeffrey Lewis on Saturday, March 1st. Man is No Machine will be playing also. The address is 119 Highland, turn right off of Mission as you're coming into town from North Highway 1. Come and have the most fun in Santa Cruz, CA! If you can't make it to that show, we're playing the next night in Santa Rosa in a barn with Jeffrey Lewis once again. At both shows we will Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-34477498572835170162008-02-10T14:14:00.000-08:002008-02-10T14:29:58.374-08:00These past few days:Marcello Carlin wrote about Coloratura (I spent Friday blushing). Copies are still available by emailing me and giving me some money or coming to a show. Our next show may be in Oakland on the 23rd, or it may be somewhere else sooner.Saturday was beautiful, the temperature was a perfect blend of sun and not-quite spring. I stumbled upon a monarch butterfly migration festival Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-30825532583112177072008-02-04T16:08:00.000-08:002008-02-04T16:11:11.378-08:00Show Coming Up!This Saturday Night, February 9th at 8:30 p.m. we are playing a show at Caffe Pergolesi with our friends New Bengal Spice and Gamma Ray (both James Rabbit alumni). The show will be unstoppable, and there will be free copies of Coloratura for all! We're expanding forward in every dimension! Jay-Z is appearing to me in dreams and guiding me, you won't be let down!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-32117320105711672882008-01-13T17:55:00.001-08:002008-01-13T18:00:38.415-08:00I Can Learn This LanguageJames Rabbit has been practicing three times a week for the last week. We have a repetoire! We now have the ability to play live! If you have any shows coming up that you need banded, give us a line at my email.I am now a guitar player! The trick is to immerse yourself in guitar language!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-6318556972040619402008-01-06T19:52:00.000-08:002008-01-06T20:02:17.082-08:00George Harrison - "Awaiting on the Wall"I heard Amory listening to George Harrison's "Awaiting on the Wall" last night and it was a huge knock on the head and I had to run and get it right away. All of the instruments are smashed together running down the stairs of the biggest church ever and at the end of every phrase there's this big pause where all the instruments stop and you can hear the Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-41070449609664779532008-01-02T22:17:00.000-08:002008-01-02T22:23:53.267-08:002008I will be writing more frequently about the music I am listening to. I am conducting an experiment on music as therapy.Thor is moving in tomorrow, James Rabbit the band is returning. Our goal is 365 shows in 2008.We have copies of Coloratura available for 10 dollars. Email me.We have copies of the James Rabbit Christmas album available.Here is the song Lions of Love, not on the album Lions ofTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-30040744060840364382007-11-26T19:19:00.000-08:002007-11-28T10:42:50.289-08:00Brilliant Shades of EverythingColoratura, our new album, is out now!Email me at tyler.martin@gmail.com for info on how to get a copy!It costs 10 dollars US, which includes postage anywhere in the world!This album is the product of my many friends that have graced my presence at the Crystal Palace and their infinite talents.In the meantime, check out James Rabbit Space for new album songs!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-31250602655157270642007-11-10T17:43:00.000-08:002007-11-10T17:48:21.406-08:00Three important things:1. James Rabbit is appearing on Santa Cruz's college radio station KZSC 88.1 Monday November twelfth from 10:30 p.m to 12:30. We are going to be playing live and playing songs from Coloratura.2. James Rabbit is going to be playing at the base of the protest trees at UCSC (by the communication building) Tuesday November thirteenth at 7:00 p.m. 3. Coloratura, James Rabbit's Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-26867882828393536172007-10-22T21:32:00.000-07:002007-10-22T21:42:29.074-07:00My Goodness KnowsI've recorded an album with my friend Rachel called "Lions of Love" (named after a James Rabbit song we've been playing live a bunch recently), it is a compilation of four cassette albums we recorded the last week of September. I have made ten copies and five are gone."Coloratura" is seriously almost in your hands. It is a long and boring story that nobody will care about once Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-34295188256866900702007-10-04T19:06:00.000-07:002007-10-04T19:10:22.256-07:00Campaign TrailTwo albums coming out soon: Coloratura and another one. I'm devising an EP. Someone wanted us to play a show with them but I think I didn't tell them the dot in the middle of my email address. There's no James Rabbit band, but that won't stop us from showing up and music happening. I'm listening to the song "Hearts and Bones" by Paul Simon. Thank you Thor and John. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-27029343069566985052007-08-31T21:19:00.001-07:002007-08-31T21:19:43.423-07:00Last album, Colossuses, for free.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-70184586398811250912007-08-20T19:09:00.000-07:002007-08-26T17:25:52.438-07:00Albums, Recently, that are Kicking my AssRuth is Stranger than Richard - Robert WyattRise Above - Dirty Projectors Mister Heartbreak - Laurie AndersonMott - Mott the Hoople There's a song called "Master of None" by a band called Beach House that is pretty great, I listened to it probably five times in the middle of a work crisis Friday and did the trick. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-67153834888814058292007-08-15T20:25:00.000-07:002007-08-15T20:33:53.386-07:00Hey Listen!We have a show tomorrow night with Screaming Cyn Cyn and the Pons and the best band in Santa Cruz, "The New Thrill Parade" so come on over and watch us all. I will be giving out the last physical copies of Colossuses. I don't have any copies of Coloratura yet, St. John of Forever Acquadro is aiding me with layout magic, they will be with us hopefully early September. We're all writing Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-79144832129358854102007-07-30T00:01:00.001-07:002007-07-30T00:33:14.412-07:00We're playing a show on Thursday August 16th at the Bike Church (downtown SC on Spruce, near Saturn) at around 8:30 p.m. The New Thrill Parade and at least one other band are playing. I am going to shoot for having copies of Coloratura existing and available on that date. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-57756383901536301442007-07-08T16:35:00.000-07:002007-07-08T20:04:38.477-07:00Hope Against HopeSo the Crystal Palace, where I live, is switching personnel and I am retooling once again James Rabbit, I'm thinking more harmonies and zanier/more things going on percussionwise (Laurie Anderson's "Home of the Brave" if you haven't seen it.). And of course now that Jamie and Libby and Richard are elsewhere geographically familiarating, the band/my head is updating and Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-55852811735598280422007-06-13T15:06:00.000-07:002007-06-13T15:08:45.078-07:00But When That Phone Inside Her Ribcage Rings It's Not For MeDon't leave Santa Cruz yet! We're saying goodbye to Jamie and Libby with a series of spectacles at the Crystal Palace (107 Blackburn)Wednesday June 27th, 2007James RabbitSpencer OwenChaz (from San Diego)We may be hiding copies of Coloratura around the house for you all to find on this date. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-15950368519288892302007-06-03T01:15:00.000-07:002007-06-03T02:17:52.374-07:00My Beats Per Minute Never Been the SameTomorrow Conner and I meet to decide if the album is finished. Today was more knob turning and making sure bass frequencies were all agreeable and etc etc, then a pow-wow in the living room with some tracks, head-nodding and a walk around town with the album on headphones. Its sounding magical.We played 3 shows last weekend with a super all-star line-up: Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-332315216980414012007-05-19T20:57:00.000-07:002007-05-19T21:18:34.840-07:00Easter's on FridayI'm closing in on finishing this album like a herd of bears running towards me away from a rain of fire. What I've been doing is making these lists of things next to songs names and then checking them off as soon as I can accomplish them. So, the list may have said 're-do organ at the end of "Bright Blue Light"' but now it says the same thing, but you won't be able to read it Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-33110565321626585972007-05-10T21:12:00.000-07:002007-05-10T21:21:10.539-07:00Don't Let the Sound of Your Own Wheels Drive You CrazyI'm recording our latest album Coloratura. The recording is going very well, kind of slow and super obsessively. I'm hoping to have it finished by June, which is a very realistic goal. We played a few shows that we thought were pretty great. We're playing three shows upcoming. One show is going to be at our house in which we are going to do Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-35391019019779705932007-04-20T06:46:00.000-07:002007-04-20T06:50:38.155-07:00All You Have To Tell Me Are Blueberry PiesHey, we're probably done with the rhythm tracks for Coloratura. I'll be moving the studio into my room now and making sweet magic all through the weekend. Who knows. In outside of my room news, we have a James Rabbit show tonight! It is at 1107 Broadway, and we are playing with a band from Los Angeles called Bad Dudes, who play Nintendo music. If I had toTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-33233257925591232792007-04-12T16:09:00.000-07:002007-04-12T16:18:08.229-07:00An Album We're Doing, Coloratura:What's happening so far with this is that I've written 16 of the 19 songs. Today and tomorrow Conner and I are going to finish tracking the rhythm stuff. Friday and Saturday Max is going to come and lay that piano down on our bed of crushed velvet. And then stand back, and let me do my magic! Things are sounding good and its going to be a surprising album. There Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-70401529456855351152007-03-25T17:21:00.000-07:002007-03-26T22:36:44.100-07:00Animal, Mineral, Physical, Spiritual Hi, James Rabbit, listen...We have 2 shows coming up One on Wednesday at my friend Ilya's house. The address is 313 Cypress. It is in Santa Cruz. Friday its at the ATA in San Francisco.The address is 992 Valencia St. We're not on the flier or on the website, but I swear we're playing that second one.Don't come to both, we're playing the same set. Sike. They'llTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-33973343637609403092007-03-17T20:03:00.000-07:002007-03-17T20:05:39.005-07:00A Show Tomorrow in OaklandJames Rabbit David CopperfuckConnie Fucking FrancisSelf Abuse818 Pine St. Oakland4 p.m. BBQ5 p.m. MusicDonations--------------------The band are all shining paragons of justice; Knights, indeed. We will be playing three songs from "Coloratura", one old chestnut, two covers and an unreleased single. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-19036873192785290422007-03-13T20:32:00.001-07:002007-03-13T20:32:17.251-07:00I meant the 24th.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-80971707914848800382007-03-06T17:52:00.000-08:002007-03-06T17:58:02.681-08:00RomancersHey! We have three shows coming up in March. If you are in the Bay Area, get ready for some well-synchronized antics. There's a show on the 18th, one on the 23rd, and one on the 30th. Hope to see you all there!Also, I'm currently sitting silently in front of keyboards in preparation for writing another album and extravaganza. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-83055576417806037502007-02-22T21:42:00.000-08:002007-02-22T21:48:54.244-08:00Interrupt is All We DoColossuses is at the printers for its second printing. You will all have cds by March 8th at 8:55 p.m. I recorded an album called "Snowblind" but I hated it and deleted it. We also played live a bunch. Right now the band is mid-transmogrification. I've retired the old songs. We played a show on February 15th: two written that afternoon punk songs, two jazz standards and two Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1170464837205137782007-02-02T17:01:00.000-08:002007-02-02T17:12:33.250-08:00Hey! Colossuses is our newest album and its free!E-mail me at numberdestroyer@hotmail.comOr paper mail me atJames Rabbit World Strength Headquarters107 Blackburn St.Santa Cruz, CA 95060Tell me what your address is no matter where you are and I'll send a copy on over to ya!It may take a few weeks to arrive, I'm getting a re-pressing of the CDs sometime this next week.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1170057098037612972007-01-28T23:38:00.000-08:002007-02-22T20:53:37.884-08:00Stand Beside Her and Guide HerWe just did a James Rabbit show at our house. There were twelve people in our band: Jamie B., Libby H., Mike R., Spencer O., John A., Sam B., Max B.-P., Tyler M., Conner M., Theresa R., Richard C., and Ella N. We were loud and shouty and it felt like we were really together. This week was CRAZY- since Monday we've been practicing and re-inventing for the two shows weTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1169445790727055852007-01-21T21:59:00.000-08:002007-01-21T22:03:10.740-08:00Suspended in GaffaJames Rabbit is playing a show this Thursday at the Chavez Co-Op (316 Main St. on Beach Hill). The flier says 7 p.m. and we may be asked to play first because we are the local band, so come early. We are going to be heartstoppingly, blindingly brill. We just finished a six hour practice/imagineering session. In testing out one of our stunts I landed on my stomach from a height Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1169044461804004962007-01-17T06:33:00.000-08:002007-01-17T06:34:21.820-08:00A MOVEMENT I CANT QUITE DESCRIBEThe New Thrill Parade January Thirteenth 2007It was the whateverth anniversary of the Bike Church (an organization that assits people in getting to places easier and cheaper and more energy efficient). The show was there, at the Bike Church on Pacific and Spruce. The opening band was a group of hard-rocking minors with quite the setlist. The headlining band was TheTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1168575160968831412007-01-11T19:57:00.000-08:002007-01-12T19:12:26.326-08:00On a ThursdayThe Twenty-fifth of this January, 2007, we are playing a show at the Chavez Co-Op (proper address 316 Main St., Santa Cruz, CA). The flier I have says 7 p.m., so show up at 8 p.m. We are playing with two other bands. One is from Indiana, and their name is "What The Kids Want!" and another band is from Montana and their name is "Chin Up, Meriwether!" We are either going to be playing Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1168219793232032232007-01-07T17:21:00.000-08:002007-01-07T17:29:53.246-08:00I Simply Must Mention..Tuesday the ninth we are playing a show at 315 Walnut St. (known as the Beehive) and we will be spectacular, miraculous, off of the charts. Everybody who attends the show is going to have a life-changing experience. At first I wasn't so sure, but then Mike, Richard and Conner and I got these songs to a Dutch perfection and each practice feels like the easy-win last game of Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1168054292224285892007-01-05T19:28:00.000-08:002007-01-05T19:31:32.240-08:00New James Rabbit ShowThere is a James Rabbit show for free at 7pm on this upcoming Tuesday January 9th. It is at 315 Walnut St. The Beehive, the house is called. We will be playing selections from Colossuses and another album that I'm working on right now. Two other bands are playing either one or both of them are from Florida and they are called Applied Communications and Emperor X. I made a Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1167455865168613032006-12-29T21:16:00.000-08:002006-12-29T21:17:45.180-08:00Damage DoneYou're a Weasel Overcome with DingeEverything Right is Wrong AgainThe HEaling doesn't stop the FeelingTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1165985392074426722006-12-12T20:49:00.000-08:002006-12-12T20:49:52.090-08:002006some Music I heartIn the year Two Thousand And Six many people continued to make music for either commercial or spiritual purposes. Even more people continued to listen to music for reasons including not wanting to be completely alone, wanting to have an excuse to move like a dope around other people, or to have something on during dinner so the disgusting sounds of eating would be drowned Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1165207884270798982006-12-03T20:21:00.000-08:002006-12-03T20:58:53.363-08:00Catholic ArchitectureTyler MartinToday was quite the weekend. On Friday Jamie and I went to San Francisco to pick up the first batch of "Colossuses". I jumped out of the car and found the building and went to the wrong floor where a guy looked like he was going to be starting a computer company in a room, but all he had was a bong so far. Sorry, fifth floor. The people at the CD place were reallyTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1164982760410642872006-12-01T06:14:00.000-08:002006-12-01T06:19:20.423-08:00JAMES RABBIT SHOW THIS SATURDAY December 2nd!!!!!We are playing a show this Saturday with some other bands!Paul BaribeauCaptain ChaosandFor the Fucking KidsIt will occur at 6 p.m. at Joven's house aka The Cold Cold Cubby Hole at 417 High Street. Bring friends and excitement. It will be massive: nobody will know what hit them and nobody will care. For example, our set consists of six daredevil Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1164525981545806782006-11-25T22:16:00.000-08:002006-11-25T23:26:21.636-08:00Faith in my FolliesThere's a show coming up on December 2nd at our friend Joven's house. I believe the address is 417 high street, though please forgive me if I change that in a later editing of this post, having found an alternate reality for my understanding of those digits. Because we mostly play with bands that are from out of town-ish, expect us to probably be playing first, realistically atTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1163773711958157532006-11-17T06:07:00.000-08:002006-11-17T06:28:32.286-08:00Oh, She Will Appear When You Least Expect ItThis Saturday James Rabbit it playing a show at a house during a party. The show is at 412 Market Street (behind 410 Market Street). Market Street is just off of Water Street, which is just above downtown. The show begins at around 7 p.m. and the other bands are from out of town, so if you want to see our well-practiced and synchronized antics you Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1162176148777837492006-10-29T18:33:00.000-08:002006-10-29T18:42:28.793-08:00I Need Someone To Come Home To Or Someone To Come Home To MeStraining the voice all over the ivories for writing of the new album. Drinking tea and transposing down steps as needed. Whenever James Rabbit has a new song, when I and the band have learned it, we are going to throw a party in that song's honor. People will come to our house and they will sit and we will play and maybe have someone Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1161232255545534292006-10-18T21:19:00.000-07:002006-10-18T21:30:55.663-07:00Mixed Trials/Speed Dogs/Fire EscapesThe band James Rabbit (Myself, Conner, Megan, Jamie, Richard, Mike (and maybe Dylan) is playing a show at Cafe Pergolesi this Friday evening. You should arrive at eight p.m. The other two bands playing are a band named Shakey Bones from the Bay Area who are some charming punks that play folk music and have a different line-up each time. And we are also playing Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1159916694720434482006-10-03T16:01:00.000-07:002006-10-03T16:04:54.733-07:00Get LonelyThe line that did it was "I stood there like a businessman waiting for a train / and I got ready for the future to arrive". Out of context it doesn't look like much, but it's much. The new Hold Steady album is a disappointment. I'll listen to it a few more times, but as of now I'm pretty Let Down.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1159075478619013792006-09-23T21:30:00.000-07:002006-09-23T22:24:38.640-07:00So In LoveMy friend Trevor and I visited Santa Cruz about six months before I moved here. We met these girls on the mall and they took us to a flea market in Soquel. At the flea market I pulled some of my remaining cents out of my pocket to buy an OMD tape named "Crush". I'd heard two albums of theirs before. I'd put "Architecture and Morality" on my CD player on repeat in my headphones for aboutTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1158972714659121222006-09-22T17:23:00.000-07:002006-09-22T17:51:54.690-07:00Band-Some-ThingsAntarctica Takes It are playing a show at a place called The Make Out Room in San Francisco. It is this Sunday and it costs $6 and it is at 9:00 p.m. Come and look at us and be good-looking yourself. Jazz-Other-ThingsTomorrow morning there is a Santa Cruz Jazz Society sponsored swap meet at 917 Columbia St. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. I'll be there and probably be spending all of this Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1158711421918656732006-09-19T16:44:00.000-07:002006-09-19T17:17:01.946-07:00Lames RabbitWe played a show last night down the street at the Zami Co-op. It went pretty well and all of the other bands we played with were spirited and delightful. We'll might be playing some more shows in the soon future around the area and probably if booked beforehand (last night's advance notice was 'can we play?' 'sure, play now') we'll post it here and let you know that you must attend. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1157347054604439512006-09-03T21:18:00.000-07:002006-09-03T22:17:34.736-07:00Takem By Surprise With These Emerald EyesYesterday Conner and I spent a great amount and quality of time upon mixing our latest album Colossuses. Though there are a few things I'd like to fix with the mix, we'll do that all tomorrow and I'm going to send it out to my friend Thor for mastering and we may have it done! I spent the entirety of today outdoors as part of a pact that Jamie and I made. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1156989393178546042006-08-30T18:37:00.000-07:002006-08-30T18:56:33.203-07:00Recent Albums ReviewsClinic - So I guess that after "Distortions", which really only affected me upon first listen (and upon each additional listen) Clinic became the same band each song, but that doesnt seem to faze them. I'll still download their albums, but I probably won't consider treasuring any of their songs again. 6/10.The Thermals - There's too much of the same-as-other-bands guitar Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1156667037613408982006-08-27T00:59:00.000-07:002006-08-27T01:23:57.996-07:00She Comes On Like Atomic BombsColossusses is almost done! Kind of! There's only a few more things here and there to record, we're to do the group vocals Monday hopefully, some call and response tomorrow, a touch up and smatter of extra zazz here and there. Things are sounding really good to me. This album so far has been more solutions than problems, things are sound more like I'd want them to Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1155692201899240042006-08-15T18:23:00.000-07:002006-08-15T18:36:41.913-07:00Cleave the Cliffs, The Sheriff's WavesColossusses is rolling! I've solvt the problem of nosy noise-annoyed neighbors by curving inward. I have about six of ten songs done! I'm going on some walks to write other songs in my head, yesterday I did and came up with the most exciting song yet, but I've got to go on another walk to get the parts that come before the part that I've written. Everything Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1154956823919816102006-08-07T06:12:00.000-07:002006-08-07T06:20:23.970-07:00Zim Zam Red River RumI'm recording an album right now named Colossusses. The people that I live with seem to agree with me that it's fantastic so far. The best comment that I've received so far is that Jamie has said it's 'fresh'. The poor ladies downstairs have a different opinion however, where Jamie's experience with the songs has been me walking through the house humming them and asking him Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1152241681463799042006-07-06T19:50:00.000-07:002006-07-06T20:13:58.416-07:00CAVALIERThe new James Rabbit album Cavalier is out today! Sparkling Cavalier Thursday! It features twelve anthem awesomes and is guaranteed to perk your mind right out of that early season-onset depression. Don't know what to do with your summertime? Graduated and are still stuck in town? E-mail me: numberdestroyer@hotmail.com and I'll send you a CD! You'll grab it with your hands and put it in Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1151833114707756752006-07-02T02:23:00.000-07:002006-07-02T02:38:34.720-07:00Why Draw in the Dark When You Could Draw in the Light?Tonight was a magical time with my friends YACHT and The Blow. They were opened by Birds Fly Out of Me, whose best moment was the astonishment that their bass player had at her own LAZER EFFECT PEDAL. Her face read: "What the fuck is this? This rules! Can we do this?" And they did, and it was nice. The second band that played was called Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1150861659466471902006-06-20T18:56:00.000-07:002006-06-21T00:52:13.040-07:00Matthew Friedberger - Winter WomenThis reminds me of the Auteurs in a few ways. Way #1 is that it's somebody singing in a style that is not their own (Luke Haines sounds like David Bowie and here Matt sounds like his sister (there being more of a laconic lily lilt in his vox here than on his other more whispered contributions to FF stuFF)). Way #2 is that things are a lot more homophonic seeming.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1150660375372287482006-06-18T12:17:00.000-07:002006-06-18T12:52:55.430-07:00I Am the WindLast year going into summer was the weekend stupidly stretching out infinitely, and where that seemed a great thing in theory everything including myself failed me to create magic and wound up being the greatest summer letdown ever. At the beginning I pictured how James Rabbit would dress in Rolling Stone layouts - to save the tailors some time - but by the end both Conner and I wereTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1150419922807213962006-06-15T18:00:00.000-07:002006-06-15T18:05:22.820-07:00La Scomoune/The SamuraiI'm working 60 hour weeks now. I'm not sure in this environment if albums can get done, even with brother and rest of band relocating to this shining city by the sea. Weekends are usually recovery from working and evenings are mostly nonexistent, a burrito and bed. Perhaps things will change and work will lighten up and my body will come to terms with six hours of sleep Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1149556571543368502006-06-05T18:02:00.000-07:002006-06-05T18:16:11.626-07:00GharbzadegiTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554688.post-1148884644364472482006-05-28T23:06:00.000-07:002006-05-28T23:37:24.446-07:00You're In My SongsYou're In My RoomI just this moment got back from a show on Seabright Beach. And I'm inspired. I don't know if its been the shows that I choose to go to or the shows that other people choose for me to go to, but these last months these shows have been 100% brilliant. The performers on the beach this evening were Spencer Owen, Amigos, Fletcher Tucker (As "Bird by Snow") and a Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11417265773454565611noreply@blogger.com