my heart is under arrest again

Today was a day to buy music from people who grew up in the DC area.
Example 1.
Vince from Army of Me released an EP and I bought it. It's something he's really been putting a lot of time and energy into, he's been obviously passionate about making it, and it's great he finally got it out.

The one song, "Love Song" is one that I fell for upon first listen. I really dig the lyrics to it and totally was all about this song! Anyway, he told me at one point that he didn't think it was going to make the cut, so I'm happy, that at the end of the day, he wised up and put it on the EP and that the masses can appreciate it. Go listen to it at the myspace.
Example 2.
The Foo Fighters Greatest Hits. How could I not buy this? Even though I pretty much have all the songs (except for 3) - they're my band through thick and thin.


So yeah, Thank you DC for giving me 2 good CDs today. Appreciated.

when food is gone you are my daily meal

John, Jenell and I went to The Fire to see Vince play and a ghost hung out behind him the entire time.

no time to get down cause i'm moving up

Saw Vince Of Army of Me (his new last name, apparently) at the Tin Angel. LET'S JUST SAY he's lucky Jenell doesn't listen to her mother when she wants someone's attention, eh?!
In other news.
Hayley Williams does it better!

when i'm not with you i lose my mind

saw vince at the world cafe live.
it wasn't raining this time.
there was no juggling.
but there was a crazy group of ninjas who tried to highjack a keyboard from jenell.

wild horses couldn't drag me away

went to virgina. did the following:
- saw the red room.
- went to the bathroom 3 times.
- ate a big sandwich
- saw john!
- saw freakin CONRADO!
- talked to dave. a "friend". not working in any sort of marketing, i'm sure.
- omg went to joppatowne
- omg-er, went to sheetz!
- avoided the other dave. who no longer drinks. big life changer, there
- got a signed poster.
- had a moment of complete stun.
there was more. but guess what? you are not privy to such information. seriously. there's an elite/exclusive club and you need a password to get into it. Unfortunately, only Jenell and Dennis know the password.
shit.

i'm hoping that you'll stick around

Lancaster had Vince
ALSO: non-believers. Basement disco dance parties. Butt cracks. Charities. Buggies. A Doll Emporium. Arm wrestling. Cupcakes. No caps on sodas. Plenty of bottles of water. A loud audience. Long "sh"es. A major upset for the world's longest talker award. A non-merch person getting promoted to roadie. A merch person staying at her merch duties with no hopes of ever getting promoted.
At least she advertises well and doesn't drop Vince's hat in the toilet.

i'm roneley

hey now.
Vince came to Philly with a healed-ish voice, model potential and the gun show and played for a really long time by himself. He let the music speak for itself, but at the same time, he spoke for it too. Either way, the man is full of talent and now owes $26 to the City of Philadelphia.

*photo by jenell*
I'm off for a 3am nap.

you are the most, you're so rad

May 30 - Jenell and I went to DC to see Army of Me at the most Amazing Rock N Roll Hotel.

This was the night, I discovered Jenell is very magical.
She has the power to make lovers love.

The power to watch Army of Me while in another mirror dimension
The power to spot fake Aussies.
And the power to re-arrange the back of the van to fit the fence while keeping others from singing tetris songs and saying other things to annoy vince.
ITS AMAZING I TELL YOU!

i just wanna color outside the lines

they've come a long way, no?

time stops still when you've lost love

the scientific method.

Observation: Lisa, the professional juggler, impresses Vince with her juggling skills. He then wants to learn. He claims not to know how to juggle at all, but when it was his turn to try juggling, after a try or two, he seemed to know what he was doing. However, when a fourth object was included, he did not know how to do it and made Lisa show him multiple times how to juggle four candle wick holders.

Hypothesis: I believe that if Vince learned to juggle four candle wick holders, his band will have a better stage show based on the following:

(1) It would be impressive to see a lead singer that can sing while juggling four objects and

(2) Through informal, exploratory observations - bands that add more to their stage show may be more entertaining

Prediction: After seeing how “quickly” Vince learned how to juggle three objects, I believe he can juggle a fourth

Experiment: Lisa, the professional juggler, would first juggle as Vince would watch her hands. Vince would then try on his own and fail. This repeated multiple times.

Conclusion: Kay I never really tried to prove my hypothesis. Basically he couldn’t juggle four objects; therefore, I will not yet know if a singing juggler could add to a bands stage presence.

betcha by golly wow...WOW

hello hello.
birthday part 1:
Jenell, Lisa, and I went to fuckin Hoboken to see this:

There were some COOL sweatshirts:
Some gooood music:

Some meeting of idols:

And some awesome rest stops:


ps: if you go to hoboken EVER... just walk there. It'll save you a half an hour of looking for a stupid parking spot.

i will go and be a citizen of you

Why don't you come down...Come down to DC?

Come down and see me?

Why don't you come down?

all i wanted was you to hold onto

location: ARMY OF ME SHOW at FLETCHERS in BALTIMORE, MD.

scene: vince has just gone into the crowd during "MEET YOU AT THE MOUTH" and decided to sing a verse to some random girl.

Singer Vince: "What's it gonna take to put a smile on your face?"
Gawking Girl: *turns body to Vince and gives him a sweet smile.*
Singer Vince: "You're searching for a path to take you home."
Gawking Girl: *still smiling and starts to nod.*
Singer Vince: "You're a city on a hillside, far away from here" *Points*
Gawking Girl: *Looks to where Vince points, amazed.*

girls 2 friends are standing there looking like they want to die.

vince makes a life-long fan out of a girl just by singing to her.

later, vince sees a box of "good and plentys" and makes the best "whooooaaa" face ever

10.20.2007

i guess that's why i'm here and i can't come back home

Army of Me opened last night for Imperial Teen. You probably don't remember them.. they're that band from the ninties that sings "Yoo Hoo", just look it up on itunes and preview that shit if you're really curious. I thought the song was pretty big but I think I'm the only person who knows it. I was happy though that they weren't "beyond" their 90's hit. When we saw Nada Surf, the crowd had to BEG them to play "Popular", but Imperial Teen were like, "We're fuckin doin this." and they did it. I appreciate that.
But yes, Army of Me was good. Vince tried to kill all my friends during their set with his mic chord and his jumping-ness. I didn't really appreciate that, but I did appreciate his attempt to help me cheat and get in the show for free.
Just a good deed gone very very wrong.

10.19.2007

gone to the dogs

okay so two nights in a row jenell and i were given oppurtunities to see army of me open up for one of my favorite highschool bands - the used.
First night? I was left behind old people, waiting for elevators and running through parking garages while they were on.
Second night? We were so so lost in North Jersey. I think that some guy came and reversed and messed up all the signs YEARS ago and no one has bothered to fix it. So we BOTH missed their set. (much thanks to don for getting us there! AGAIN.)
BUT AT LEAST Hemmingway was entertaining with the new autograph policy.

09.12.2007

old time grudges will die so slowly

this place is crazy on EVERYTHING. Check it out:
- we see this little girl being led out of the mosh pit with her friend and is hypervenlating and crying. She looked about 13 and she had to be like 4'11" or something. About 15 minutes later, her mom and her collide after a running hug and the mom is hugging her and saying, "oh thank god" and then kissing her head and rubbing her face...
we tried not to laugh, cause obviously the girl just didn't realize what she was getting herself into in the mosh pit and her mom thought her baby was almost DEAD.
- saw some girl collapse
- heard this doctor and security trying to find some guys dad because his son hit some guy in the throat and that guy couldnt breathe? idont know.
- their security are sharks for fuckin' cameras in bags...

09.11.2007

i'm finished making sense

Although tonight four bands performed that were NOT Jenell (and the yets) ( BUT check out Pappertrigger - they were pretty intense and a change from what you normally see at shows like this.) WE MADE A LOT OF CASH-IDEAS

$$$$$$$$$
- promises from three people that they will buy our CD when it "drops"
- $4 in pins sold (as displayed by Vince.)!
- A grand scheme put together with conrado to make BILLIONS

Within no time, we too will be getting big buses, huge checks, and dates with Scarlett Johansson on the weekends! HA!

PS LISA I'M GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08.07.2007

i am still yours even if you're not mine

WE IS ARMY OF ME. WE ARES ON UR TVS. HAI!!!!
the first of MANY i bet!!! WOOT!

07.05.2007

too bad pretty's just fake ugly

edgar allen poe's old teeth...
new albums...
sleeping sound tech guys...
ex-cons...
getting interviewed about vince's babies and dennis' heart...

HOOHA.

go buy "citizen" by army of me and we can be friends forever. for real.

04.13.2007

say "i don't wanna be in love"

PLUS: Figured out the metro all by our lonesome.
NEGATIVE: Had to ride it back to my car an extra time because my bag was "too big"

PLUS: meeting billy's mom and sister and cracking up at them..
NEGATIVE: that girl and her boyfriend that really grossed me out with their kissing, humping and licking! EW!

PLUS: Getting an offer from Conrado for a ride in his brand new truck
NEGATIVE: Finding out that was all a tease... kinda.

PLUS: Doing a double take at Vinell.
NEGATIVE: That scary ass security guard!

PLUS: Only getting a ticketed for not having my car inspected
NEGATIVE: Getting pulled over for going 50 in the 35!

POSTIVE: That SEXY SEXY outfit a certain bald hottie planned out
NEGATIVE: Seeing those sexy sexy outfits the girls who came to the show planned out

PLUS: Seeing Army of Me and Good Charlotte for free in a tiny place
NEGATIVE: It may never happen again like that... :( Even though Dean thought Dennis' skills were "greasy".. which is a compliment to his awesomeness

03.30.2007