Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

Submitted by MMM on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 10:56am
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Pennies
Today I bought 3 rolls of toilet paper at the deli. The cost was $2.37. I only had $2.36. I asked the shop keeper if he could spot me the penny and of course he said, "No problem." I said I'd give him an extra one next time I'm in but it was understood that both of us we're not going to be losing much sleep over it. Occasionally, I'll make a purchase there and have a a few cents in change. Often I'll just tell him to "Keep the change," not wanting to even bother with things rattling around in my pocket all day. Sometimes I get annoyed with the concept of pennies. Their value has been proven to be worth less than the labor and materials it takes to make them. But I was thinking about how, in the retail world, pennies often serve as small tokens of good will. Read more »

At Home He's a Tourist

Submitted by Prewar Yardsale on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:31pm
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So I'm on the train going to Brooklyn Bowl. Dashan had texted me that he and Suz were going to see Johnny Corndog and that I should meet them there. I'm reading the new Uncut with Dylan on the cover. There were collectors choices for different covers, early sixties, mid sixties, seventies, and present. I picked the seventies cover. There is a great lost interview inside; classic, incoate, disoriented and incomprehensible. So I get off the train and text Dashan that I'm at Brooklyn Bowl. Dashan texts me that he and Suz were hungry so they are going to Blue Ribbon. So I had never been to Brooklyn Bowl and I did not know there was a Blue Ribbon there, so I was so pissed I turned off my phone because I thought Dashan and Suz had blown me off and went to Blue Ribbon for dinner. So I go into Brooklyn Bowl and I run into Dashan, Suz, and Kelly. Michael Hurley is the opener that night, so he starts and we decide to get something to eat after we watch his set. Michael Hurley is awesome. Unaccompanied on acoustic guitar, northeast hippie style, his songs are funny, friendly, and smart. Read more »

Major Matt asks Dave End 5 questions (#25)

Submitted by MMM on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 9:12am
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1. How did we originally meet?
We originally met when I came down from the Hudson Valley to master my first album How to Hold Your Own Hand. I was 21, had just met Dan Fishback at a show I set up for Cheese on Bread and asked Dan over email where to master my album, and he was like, "why, with Major Matt Mason of COURSE!" The rest is herstory. I moved to New York a while after and started recording Fruits Commonly Mistaken for Vegetables, and working as the OJ Intern!

2. 3 things that make you happy?
1) People who make powerful art about their life experience,
2) hanging out in the woods/on the beach
3) bein' on tour with friends, performing, making costumes

3. 3 things that make you sad?
1) When the only reason a person can't do something is that they think they can't do it
2) When people who are hurting take it out on other people and
continue the cycle of hurt
3) when people are stuck in situations that hurt them and for whatever reason can't change them

4. What is your favorite color?
PURPLE!

5. 3 people who inspire you? Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

Submitted by MMM on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:16pm
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Front Projects/Side Projects
Tonight I'm practicing with Kansas State Flower for the first time in a long time for our Juice Box show. We only play about 1 show a year so it's kind of a special event. I think it will be a good break since I've been in super Schwervon! mode for the past 4 month. Nan and I completed the first round of rough mixes for the new Schwervon! album yesterday so we'll let those stew for a few days and see what happens. I always go back and forth between where to put my energy. Schwervon! used to be a side project that has turned into a main thing. Before that Major Matt was just something I did because I couldn't manage to put a band together. It's cool to keep a lot lines in the water to see what bites but occasionally you have to up the ante for some better bait and you may not be able to cover all your hooks. Sometimes, I feel like the world is moving way to fast for me. Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

Submitted by MMM on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 2:23pm
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9-11
Up until this day all of the TV and radio PR about the 10th anniversary of 9-11 were really putting a bad taste in my mouth about the whole thing. But now that the day is here and I'm watching a bit of the reading of the names on television and I'm allowing myself to grieve. I was here when it happened. Ironically enough, I was working a freelance job in midtown recording a guy reading a book on tape for Stephen King's: Dark Tower series. Watching people read out the names of the people who died that day is bringing me to the brink of tears over and over again. Ten years ago, on the days immediately following the event, I was glued to my TV for hours on end. I used the event to lock out the rest of the wold. I was looking for some kind of reason and I almost went into a serious depression. Now it feels different. I rarely even think about it any more. If feels as if our anger has been diverted to the subway ambulance chaser ads soliciting 9-11 workers and downtown Manhattan Mosqe locations. Debates over the national debt and job loss have given us all a more tangible demon to fear for now. Read more »

Edinburgh Man Retreat! Festival

Submitted by jonny on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 6:03am
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It's been a while since I posted, but since we're going to be NYC for a week as of this weekend it felt like a good time. When the flights were booked Sunday was the best fit based on work and family commitments, but now I'm somewhat apprehensive. To be honest, I'm sure it's the safest day to fly, but the human brain isn't always rational.

Anyway, during the Edinburgh Festival I recorded a number of podcasts. Most of these were about the festival fringe, which is predominantly comedy, but the last show was centered around a small two day music festival. I thought it might be an interesting one to post on the OJ blog. I feel the need to say that despite the fact it took place in a church hall, there was nothing religious about it. It's a great space that Emily from Tracer Trails has used to put on some brilliant shows in the last couple of years by people like Calvin Johnson and Darren Hayman. Read more »

At Home He's a Tourist

Submitted by Prewar Yardsale on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 11:06pm
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That's what makes homeowners the strongest and most powerful people in the country. Like the actual prison population who are also the strongest and most powerful people in the country. The future of the country will be home owners and the prison population united as the nations two states. So anyway Dina, Harmon, and I reused a couple of Duane Reade shopping bags by filling them with books, clothes, and toys. The next day Harmon and I were going to donate them to the Salvation Army. We donated clothes that don't fit us anymore, Harmon grows taller and bigger, and I just grow bigger. It reminds me of a joke I heard on the David Letterman show: What do you do when you get so big that your pants don't fit anymore? Get a bigger pair of pants of course. So we took the bus down to 96th Street to the Salvation Army. I was proud of Harmon because he really does care about other people and he was carrying one of the shopping bags. So we dropped off the bags and Harmon looked at books while I looked at CDs. Harmon bought a cool travel book that comes with pencils, markers, and all different kinds of games and activities, it's amazing they can fit it all into a book. Read more »

Radio Amateur Open Stage & Podcast

Submitted by abriefview on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 7:14pm
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Hello all. I just wanted to let the Olive Juice community know about my new open mic called the Radio Amateur Open Stage @ 116 MacDougal St (formerly the Gaslight!!) The opening night is Tuesday September 13th (the next show is Sept. 20th & then the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month after that) @ 10pm sharp. There is no cover and no drink minimum (although im sure the bar would appreciate if you bought something!!) We have some great feature acts lined up for the opening festivities, such as Major Matt Mason, Churchill Downs, Ben Lerman, Jeff Dickinson & The Fools!!! There is a full bar and a great old photo booth. You can keep up to date on all the Radio Amateur Open Stage information at https://www.facebook.com/Radioamateurnyc or follow us on twitter @Radioamateurnyc.

Radio Amateur also has a brand new podcast www.radioamateurnyc.wordpress.com. it features tons of music by local Antifolk and Art Star favorites as well as in depth interviews with the likes of Liam McEneaney, Ben Lerman, Churchill Downs & Major Matt. Upcoming guests include East River String Band, Debe Dalton & Thomas Patrick Maguire! Read more »

Why I am ending my (girl)cott of Sidewalk Cafe.

Submitted by Barry Bliss on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:04pm
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First let me say that I am not under the false impression that everyone (or anyone perhaps) cares about the fact that I was boycotting the Sidewalk, or that I am coming back.
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Now---why?
Short answer is I just don't believe in it anymore, and I would rather do as my heart dictates in the moment than something I believe is no longer right for the sake of mindless consistency.
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The real mistake was saying I would do it for one year just because that was an easy amount of time to spew out in the moment without giving it serious consideration.

Though I could be deluding myself--I doubt that I am.
It's not about it being hard and just giving up.
When I believe something is right I don't mind the hardship of it.

It's not about being blindly addicted to performing.
I can play other places--GBM comes to mind, and I went a year while in Ga. without doing a show and was fine. Read more »

Folkicide Hero - Burnie Booth’s terrifying acoustic visions.

Submitted by MMM on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 11:34am
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http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/folkicide-darwinian-snuff-film/Content?o...
A handmade CD turned up in the mail the other day from Burnie Booth, a local guy who records under the name Folkicide. It's called Devotional Hymns From the Church of the Darwinian Snuff Film. The album art is a collage, the focal point of which is a nearly nude Filipina undergoing some kind of bloody voodoo operation involving a needle.

The music is no less provocative. Booth has a nasally singing voice and plays a kind of fast, punk-style, bar-chord acoustic guitar. The songs have an eerie, dissonant undertone, which he often achieves by bending the strings far above or below the original notes. But it's the lyrics that are most striking about Folkicide. You can read Atlas Shrugged as often as you want, but you're still a cunt, Booth bleats on one song. On another, he asserts with a sort of militant pride, I am a turd in the punch bowl, and I feel wonderful. He has a tendency to sing in complete sentences: I love my Mom and Dad, but I can't wait 'til the baby boomers are dead. Nothing good came from their generation. Read more »

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