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Laymen Terms - Cabin Fever

^the best instrumentals sound like a narrative without needing words.

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Doing some drawing in the studio today.

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05.22.10

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#indie #rock #instrumental #post punk

“I wish the world was flat like the old days
Then i could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways
There’d be no distance that could hold us back.”

Death Cab for Cutie - The New Year

05.27.10

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#DCFC #death cab for cutie #indie #rock #music

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Kid Dynamite- Birthday

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“We are always the same age inside.”
- Gertrude Stein

goddamn right i said, Gertrude.

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06.14.10

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#kid dynamite #rock #age #gertrude stein #birthdays

Dead Kennedys - police truck

Influences. You gotta admit, East Bay Ray knew how to write a guitar line. No overdubs or multiple tracks, just chords and riffs intertwined and played well. awesome.

08.05.10

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#dead kennedys #punk #rock #music #SF #san francisco

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the Exit - scream and shout

This is a summery song for me- and it was part of my epic playlist at my wedding.

I <3 the Exit.

I dunno, even if you don’t like rock all that much, you might be dead inside if this doesn’t make you move at least a little.

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09.04.10

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#music #punk #rock #summer #awesome

“We all want you to know- we all, we all want you to know…”

Oh Stephen Pederson, what that junk are you up to?

10.06.10

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#criteria #rock #indie #saddle creek

The first time I saw ATDI was as an opening band on a 3 band bill, and I’d never heard them up to that point. They had just released the Vaya ep.

I can’t tell you how much these guys were a game changer for me. They, without a doubt, redefined what punk meant [or could mean] and what a live performance could be.

A song like Arc Arsenal when played loud still makes me react- I want to equal parts destroy something and create something amazing.

10.13.10

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#atdi #at the drive in #post punk #punk #art #rock #music

the Bronx - Shitty Future

“We play as hard as we can, for as long we can… which is about 45 minutes until our drummer throws up.” -Joby Ford [guitar]

11.06.10

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#the bronx #punk #music #rock

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Small Brown Bike - “sleeping weather”

One of my favorite songs ever.

“This truth be known, I shout it in this song.
My song to say forget where I’ve gone wrong.
Times changed. I’ve changed. Now I feel like my life has changed.”

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11.18.10

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#small brown bike #rock #punk #post-punk #music

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Direct Hit! - Snickers or Reeses (pick up the pieces)

Fuck you! Get pumped!

You can download the ep from the peeps at Death to False Hope Records. But be nice and donate- don’t be that guy. jerkface.

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03.03.11

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#direct hit! #dtfhr #rock #punk #music