We're All Such Fancy Talkers

It's Been A While

2010-11-10T11:58:00.000-08:00

Terrence here.

I know its been quite some time since we posted on here. I can speak for myself and say I've been quite busy collecting myself. This has been a really growing year but next year shall be quite more exciting. We have some song idea's that I believe everyone will really love.

Columbia last night was glorious. It's crazy how strong the love is down there. We are definitely going to try and make it down there more often next year.

I've been hesitant to write about a-lot of things in my life. I don't know how long I will be but you'll know when I start writing. I'll post a little bit of the verse's from the new songs and idea's.

We have a few cool show's coming up in December as-well so keep checking the myspace!

Hug the ones you love.

Adios.

2010-10-02T18:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

I just did my first on site wedding cake yesterday. It turned out great! I've made quite a few in store, but the program was "canceled" before I took over all of the orders!

Love and peace,
-Colin

2010-09-29T10:59:00.001-07:00

Check this out:

margopage.wordpress.com

I know, I know, shameless, shameless plug.

oh, Eli = Rad

3 Shows in 5 Days

2010-09-16T23:49:00.001-07:00

We've returned home after 5 days out and 3 days of shows, and I'm already to go out again for another week and half. This past Thursday we hit the road early and drove to NYC to watch our good friends Harvard play with Glassjaw. That was an experience in itself, mostly because it was a SECRET Glassjaw show. Besides, it's always fun to have time off in New York just to explore whenever you can. Didn't get to do too much that day, but we stayed with our Ol' Buddy Ross from Enjoy the Ride Records. Always nice enough to help us out.
The next night, the 10th, we were to play in Manhattan at Arlene's Grocery. It went pretty well minus the mix up with equipment, and getting it all suck in a room the size of my kitchen, crammed with people drinking and schmoozing. We ended up leaving a lot of it in the room because, as always in New York, you're going to have a hell of a time finding a place to park, (try it with a van and a trailer, I dare you). We played with All Grown Up, who I really enjoyed, they reminded me of Polar Bear Club. Oh, and we saw Jessica Alba and Moby that night, would have been more notable if I had gotten then to come watch us...but I didn't.
The next day we had off, and we just got to walk around, and Colin and I were stranded somehow...again, and we walked around Manhattan and Brooklyn until 8am that morning, and ended up waking up a friend of mine just to sleep on her floor for about 2 hours. (It's ok though, I got my doughnuts.) We then headed to Brooklyn for our show at The Charleston. After walking the the rain for two hours, and the left over doughnuts I bought for other people were ruined, we grabbed some food at this place, Bliss. GO THERE. Super nice lady (Don't know if I ever got her real name, so I'll call her "super nice lady ) made us all delicious vegan food. She knew we weren't from around there, only because we "said thank you like 80 times already". I ended up getting a free cup of tea, and she gave us all a free muffin.
The show was a fun one. This place is supposedly an awesome underground (literally, it's the basement of a bar) punk venue, which if you know me, you know I'm totally into. We ended up playing for the other bands. Lady Cops killed it. Although we only got to see there acoustic performance, we all fell in love. The harmonies of this band were fantastic, and the guitars complemented each other so well. Also, Hotel of the Laughing Tree played, and they were great too.
After staying up all night again to drive to DC, we got some real sleep at another Ross' house from Solar Power Sun Destroyer. He was nice enough to let us stay there even though we had never met. We woke up, went to get Falafel, and hung out at a bar across he street from the venue. We opened to show that night at the Velvet Lounge. We played with The Lights Resolve, and NASA Wives. NASA Wives was really great, even though he was a solo act, and, because Harvard and the other local ended up dropping the show, ended up headlining.
After another Falafel stop, we drove home.
I lost a dear friend and co-worker while gone. David Siekkinen passed away on the 9th after a short battle with cancer. Philip and Terrence both knew him as well. All three shows were dedicated to him. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. He will be greatly missed.
Also to Monica (Lee's wife), we hope you are feeling better.
As always, thanks so much to everyone who has ever helped us out, given us a place to stay, or pushed drunks out of the way to help get equipment out of a bar and into the van.
We'll be seeing NC and SC in the next few days!

Dying Rhythm's lyrics

2010-08-27T19:46:00.000-07:00

Woken up from all the tree limbs
making believe their finger tips.
Off tempo scratching.
Sounds like their laughing at me.
And now it gets harder to sleep.

There's pages and place that I'll never know
all seem to fly through me as I'm staring at these walls.
There's Paris, her bedroom, London, and Rome.
I dont find much comfort in the silence of a room.
Then you tap on my window
tell me its fine, grab a girl and a gun
and take care of her life.

Somethings coming over me, something terrible
somethings coming over me and its driving me mad!

If there was a place I'd known, wouldnt you think I'd have gone.
Instead I'm in between songs and a crowd thats all been lulled.
When I finish this song you can leave my house.
I said lord when I finish this song you can leave this house.

I heard I heard
I heard them screaming out
that rhythms taken over you!

I heard I heard
I heard them screaming out
that rhythms taken over you!

There aint a place where I dont feel like I'm selling my soul
There aint a reason for leaving but this tryings getting old.

Close quarters and dying rhythms
I said I gunna cut you off before you start to talk in my head.

Whats your uses?
I heard you were just talk.
Wheres your bruises?
Cause my is written in chalk chalk chalk
Oh when I finish this song you can leave my house
I said love when I finish this song you can leave my house

Can't call the doctor cause he wont change my notes
Can't call the doctor cause he wont change my notes
Cant call the doctor cause he wont change my notes
I heard that things went wrong
I hope that I dont end just like sons, end up just like your sons
but I cant change my notes.
I heard that things went wrong.
I heard things went wrong.

Yessir

2010-08-24T10:16:00.000-07:00

Howdy Terrence here.

Just wanted to tell everyone we haven't disappeared. We got alot of cool shows coming up (with our buddies Dignan and Harvard!) . Go check them all out at the myspace. We also have a new tour video from Atlanta done by the great Rob B. That should be posted pretty soon.

Its crazy how time has flown. Summer is over pretty much and I can say it was a very intense one. Good luck to all the college kids who recently went back. Do your best and make your parents proud.

After our short tour we will be writing some new material and hopefully getting back in the studio. More information coming soon on that!

Lastly, add us on twitter and facebook. Type in Junior Astronomers in the search on facebook and we're @jrastronomers on twitter.

This is all.

Tyvannasaurus Getting a Checkup.

2010-08-18T11:02:00.000-07:00

Our beloved van, Tyvannasaurus Rex just got a new bolt for the front tire!

Check out the bling!!

Be sure to come and hang out at Legitimate Business for the ORBS CD release tomorrow!!

HELP US OUT!

2010-08-02T14:56:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody,

So, unfortunately, a few weeks (or more?) ago we played a super fun show at the Milestone Club here in NC. Somehow Philip's MIA Telecaster didn't make it home with us.

If you have any information about the whereabouts of Phil's guitar, please email us at:

junior.astronomers@gmail.com

Thanks for your help,
-Colin, JA

yummy yummy...

2010-07-27T07:19:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, I just wanted to post some of the ideas, and resources that are available to the aspiring vegetarian/vegan/raw foodist. Let me know what you think, and share your ideas! Hopefully I will be able to share some of my favorite recipes with you guys! Here is a letter that I sent to another member of Talkbass.com (which I frequent) about Raw foods:

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I had the same concerns when I was first starting to look into raw foods. The first and easiest way to look at it is eating lots of vegetables, dark leafy greens (spinach, kale), fruits, and nuts and seeds. I would say the bulk of my fat intake is from nuts and seeds. It can be challenging at first to come up with interesting ways to get everything you need in a day, and it does take some work (especially getting out of the "I have to have this now" mindset, because things in the RAW world move at a much slower pace then commercial America). I also sprout my own grains and beans (like buckwheat germ, garbanzos, adzuki) and others like that, but not as often because they take longer to germinate, and then to use.

I use a lot of all kinds of nuts; brazil nuts, cashews and macadamia nuts are the most common for the use in "cheeses" and "milks," but also almonds (make great milk, and are great for snacking). Flax seeds are kind of ubiquitous and are used in most faux breads and wraps (they help bind products together, but you will probably need to get a spice grinder to get them smooth, or better yet a vita-mix ). Sunflower seeds are also used a lot for cheeses and things like that as well.

As for excluding meat. A part from the obvious environmental and moral atrocities that the modern day meat production system creates, it also take a tole on our bodies. I do not think that our bodies were meant to process meat, especially not the way we do here in America. Your body has to try a lot harder to digest meat then it does raw food. The energy that your body puts into a) figuring out what the meat is (your white blood cell count goes up when you eat meat, preparing for an invasion), and b) and then digesting the meat is better used on a RAW diet. Your body doesn't have to use excess energy to digest raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds so the energy that you get from those RAW foods goes straight into helping your body run more efficiently. I lead a very active lifestyle as well, and I was wondering about the effect my sudden drop in carbohydrates (from breads and rice) would have on my body. A couple of the books listed below (The Complete Book of Raw Food, and Skinny Bitch) go into more explicit detail about this subject.

Check out some of these books to help get you started and to bring you up to speed on the RAW lifestyle:

The Complete Book of RAW Food by Julie Rodwell

-->A great place to start. TONS of info here.

Raw Food, Real World by Matthew Kenney and Sarma Mengailis

RAWvolution by Matt Amsden

RAW: The UNcookbook by Juliano Brotman

^^All of these authors are big chefs on the RAW scene^^

Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman

-->Not necessarily a Raw book per se, and it is definitely aimed at the female population, but it has a wealth of information about modern commercialized foods and how terrible they are for our bodies.

There is a TON of awesome RAW material on the web too:

Goneraw.com

Juicefeasting.com

--->I highly recommend looking into this site. The juice feasting period will help to purge your body of processed foods and will allow your body to kind of reboot itself.

Documentaries:

RAW on YouTube

Food INC.

-->A well balanced documentary about commercialized food here in America. Great blend of factual information and direction without getting to hippie

King Corn

-->A great documentary about how corn has taken over the diet of America. This was the film that jump-started my movement towards RAW.

I hope this helps get you pointed in the right direction...even if it was a bit long winded

Just don't be afraid to experiment and to try no foods and ideas! Good luck!

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Phew! I know that was long, but here are some more links, to at least get you hungry:

Some great vegan books:

Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moksowitz

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World by Isa Chandra Mokowitz, Terry Hope Romero, and Sara Quin

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero

Please Feed Me: A Punk Vegan Cookbook by Niall McGuirk

Vegan With A Vengence by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

I can't help it if Isa's books a terrific!

And here are some of my favorite Vegan Blogs:

The Sunny Raw Kitchen

Vegan Dad

My Vegan Cookbook

Alright so, my girlfriend and I are both chefs, and we are both foodies, so if I got a little too excited....I apologize...either way I love those sites and books!

I'm Terrible at this

2010-07-26T01:21:00.000-07:00

...Every time I come to write on the blog, I end up deleting everything and never posting. I can never seem to get the hang of the idea that someone might actually read these words, and more so, care about them (Honestly, I've deleted 2 posts all ready). It's strange, I write all the time for myself, but I don't usually share it. Terrence keeps bugging me about doing it though, so, here goes nothing.
...See, damn it, I can't do this. I'm trying to decide if I should just put up something I've written before. I've written two separate ideas, both WAY too long for a blog entry, and too complicated for my minimal vocabulary. And now they were both just a waste of time because I've deleted them both. I've been sitting here since 3:45, and it is now 5 am.
At this point, I blame Terrence. I don't know why this is so hard for me. I guess I just brought new meaning to "Here goes Nothing".
I just keep thinking about...how I've always wanted to lean to play the cello...
There we go, 2 hours later and you have all learned something new about me...I've always wanted to lean to play the cello.
I promise to get better at this, I just need a little bit of practice and some self esteem.
-Eli

New dates!

2010-07-08T15:38:00.000-07:00

August 6th Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn w/ Baby Baby and Hello, Echo
August 19th Greensboro, NC Legit Biz (Orbs CD Release)
September 20th Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor *
September 21st Greenville, SC Meatheads*
September 23rd Charleston, SC Tin Roof *

* w/ Dignan

It's been a while since we've posted on the blog. We've been resting for the summer trying to prepare for a busy rest of the year. We've got a-lot of things in store so I'll we be keeping you posted here. I will also update the dates here because myspace changed their whole game up and I can't deal with all those screens just to post a show. I hope to see you all soon!

New EP UP for FREE!

2010-05-03T15:51:00.000-07:00

juniorastronomers.bandcamp.com

Thank you so much to who have already listened to it and helped promote. It's a great relief to finally be able to show what we've been working on since "I Had Plans For Us". We will hopefully be able to get on the road soon and see everyone's smiling faces.

Until then,
Terrence/Junior Astronomers

I Just Want To Make A Statement

2010-04-11T10:58:00.000-07:00

We are about to start our first recording session since "I Had Plans For Us". It's been about a year and half. We've played a-lot more shows and experienced a-lot more together as people. I want that to show through our recordings.
We start this Thursday in Greensboro, NC. We recording with Kris Hilbert at Solo Sound Studios (www.solosoundstudio.com). We are all really excited. Once we finish the recordings then mix and master we will put the songs straight online for free download. We've felt like since it's taken so long for us to record, it would only be fair if we can get it to everyone as fast as possible!

Track Listing (no particular order)
1.Fox and the Hound
2.Settle Down
3. Dying Rhythms
4.Bad Bones

I hope you all enjoy it. You'll hear it soon!

I Haven't Been Sleeping

2010-03-24T00:31:00.000-07:00

I'm up most nights until 5 am. Average.
I feel much calmer at night.
I miss the road. As cliche as that sounds. It's strange
finding the most comfort in the uncomfortable.

It's this time again to remind you again of all the great bands we are surrounded by and have been lucky to play with.

O'Brother (www.myspace.com/obrothermusic): These guys are amazing and if you haven't checked them out you have been missing out. On tour now right now so please check out the dates and peep them.

Harvard (www.myspace.com/harvard): Best friends for life. These guys are up-state right now. Go see these guys live. THE END

Austin Crane (www.myspace.com/austincrane) I'm jealous of these guys. They really know how to capture your attention and keep you there. I really feel connected to their newest release. I believe its on itunes.

Calculator (www.myspace.com/calculatormusic) They've lost their drummer but they will be back making sweet love to the stage.

Sleep Eye Giant (www.myspace.com/sleepyeyegiant) Check when their playing in Charleston and make a trip out of it. Charleston is amazing and so are these guys!

Who are we without our friends. I'm sorry for the delay on the new music. I'm not going to bullshit and say we are taking so much time to make it perfect. It'll be out soon. Thank you for your patience.

Thank you for reading. Now I'm going to try and go to bed!

Colin is Giving Bass Lessons!

2010-03-08T16:17:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody,

I just wanted to say that I am going to start giving bass lessons!

From beginner to Intermediate and covering most styles (rock, blues, metal, doom/sludge...polka you name it). Want to learn your favorite tunes? Want to learn JA tunes? Want to learn music theory? I'll be there (cue jackson 5).

$15 / half hour

$20 / hour

I'll even come to your house.

Just send me an email at colin.e.watts@gmail.com

...Been playing for nearly 10 years...yada yada..

2010-02-14T20:28:00.000-08:00

Hello,

Please take two minutes out of your life to watch this documentary trailer and become a better person.

http://www.earthlings.com

(warning: graphic content)

-Colin

GO VEGAN!

AAAAHHHH!

2010-02-13T18:12:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys Its Colin,

Just wanted to say hay to everyone and to say thanks to everyone who came out last night at Tremont and braved the blizzard to get there.

Wow...first post......awesome...hopefully you will see alot more of me on here. Muaaahahhahaha.

-Colin

GO VEGAN!

What Do I Want?

2010-01-26T15:40:00.000-08:00

I ask myself that same question everyday. I feel it always changes. Nice clothes, Vintage clothes. Hot girl or one I get along with. Dimes or minds as my cousin called it.

Everythings going really well with the band. We've been getting along better then we have in 2 months. We have about six days with our friends from Harvard, two of which are in Charlotte. I feel so blessed to be surrounded by so many great bands. Recording is a slower process then I thought. We want it to be perfect for everyone because it means so much. I believe being afraid of failure also has been slowing it all down. We've wrote only 3 songs since the EP and we need to pick it up. I just want everyone to know here though that we just want it to be perfect. Every word and Every note.

We are going to start posting more pictures and when we are on the rode tour videos. Just got to figure out this html thing.

Thankyou
Terrence

Amazing Show and Recording Updates!

2010-01-18T14:08:00.000-08:00

Drunken Unicorn
736 Ponce de Leon Ave 30306
$8 advance
$10 DOS
9 pm

w/

O'Brother (www.myspace.com/obrothermusic)
All Day The Holiday (http://www.myspace.com/allthedayholiday)
Baby Baby (http://www.myspace.com/babybabylovesyou)

This is O'Brother split vinyl release. We are really stoked to get to play with these guys again. It's been way to long. I've heard great things about both of the other bands so this should turn into a wild night. We'll be playing first so please show up at 9!

Recording Update

We just started recording our new songs. We are recording ourselves this time so we can take as much time as possible. We will be releasing them here aswell as on my other blog http://nomorerobots.tumblr.com/. It will be free but don't worry we will be pressing it as a vinyl and plan some pretty amazing art with it. We have done almost all the guitars and bass. We have to do the finishing touches on a brand new song that no one has heard and I'm stoked about the progress.

Happy MLK Day.

Love,
Terrence

Happy Holidays

2009-12-24T18:40:00.000-08:00

I made it so you could download 2 songs off our EP we released this year.

Please be safe and we'll hopefully see you all again soon in 2010!

ps: www.myspace.com/austincrane buy their new cd. Its amazing.

SCENE SC INTERVIEW!

2009-12-22T12:41:00.000-08:00

http://www.scenesc.com/2009/12/22/seven-qs-with-junior-astronomers/

I love what scenesc is doing for South Carolina so please support!

Bored of Rock N Roll?

2009-12-20T12:21:00.003-08:00

I know the title of this blog sounds a little negative but bare with me.

When I get bored I look around myspace to see if I can find any good new music come out. I've been doing this since I was sixteen and knew what purevolume was. I feel like every year that number of bands that catch my interest get smaller and smaller. I don't want this to sound like I'm saying we are the most exciting band but what happened to wanting to be individuals. Seems like most want to sound like someone else or just playing music for all the wrong reasons. Music is about community,chaos, and surprises. If your a predictable rock band then I'm not going to spend more then 5 minutes on you.

On a more positive note.

www.myspace.com/sweetvanssc

www.myspace.com/harvard

www.myspace.com/obrothermusic

www.myspace.com/theloandbeholds

www.myspace.com/dbetm

www.myspace.com/calculatormusic

www.myspace.com/thelightsfluorescent

www.myspace.com/austincrane

www.myspace.com/sleepyeyegiant

http://www.myspace.com/monfrerenc

Great bands of this region. They made our year amazing. Please check them out.

Lastly whats everyones favorite releases of this year?

love,

Terrence

Howdy!!!

2009-12-07T19:56:00.000-08:00

We are streaming our whole EP "I Had Plans For Us"!

Please go check it!

End of 09!

2009-11-30T12:18:00.000-08:00

This year has been our first full year as a band. I've learned so much from the members of my band and the people we've met this year. It's scary thinking now that some of my good friends I might have never met without this band. Another reason this project is so dear to me. I can't go a day without thinking of you all and all the places that I've seen. People that spent their hard earned money to see us do what we love. We have three more shows this year.

Dec 3rd Boone @ Legends

Dec 4th Charlotte @ Tremomt Music Hall

Both of those shows are with our good friends Harvard (www.myspace.com/harvard) for their CD release. They worked their asses off so please come and hang with us all.

Dec 18th Charlotte @ Tremont Music Hall

This will be the first show The Lo and Beholds have played in a while. If you've never seen them make sure you make it out.

I've lived in this city my entire life but since I was 16 I wanted to be apart of this music scene. For all the people that have opened their arms to us this year and helped out a young band thank you. Makes me feel young again. Lets make 2010 even bigger then this 2009!

I love you all,

Terrence/Junior Astronomers

Birthday show!

2009-11-17T18:35:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrCKxjP5AeA

One of the wildest show's we ever played. We are playing our song "Settle Down" which will be on our new release coming out soon!

-Terrence

No Ceilings

2009-11-13T14:33:00.000-08:00

Heading to New Brookland Tavern to see some of our good friends Bakari and Will of Sweet Vans perform. If you like having a good time check out these guys (www.myspace.com/sweetvanssc)

I've been listening this band Menomena a whole lot recently. I've been stuck in this rut with modern music recently except for stuff that I can dance to. Its hard getting behind alot of the stuff that comes out these days. I'm glad to be surrounded by some of my favorite musicians.

Favorite childrens book?

Thank you,
Floor Tom Terrence

Honestly

2009-11-11T20:47:00.000-08:00

I can honestly
say I've loved
a thousand girls.
Those tiny moments
where if I didnt atleast
speak to them, I feel my
whole life would be different.
Just a hey will do, to cure
my lonely southern blues.

I can honestly say
I've seen less then you.
I've been trapped and
kept away from even simple things.
If it bruises, it loses my interest.
I just wish those ideals would
apply when my heart seemed alive,
but only to cure my lonely southern blues.

I can honestly say
I'm sorry.
I can't excell.
I'd promise to fight nightly,
in rooms with dim lighting, just
to be enough for you.
But enoughs just what it is
and while we are still kids
can I keep complaining about my
lonely southern blues.

We just a played a show with the great O'Brother (www.myspace.com/obrothermusic). If you haven't checked them out you are living under a rock. We have some really sweet shows planned for the rest of the year. I'll keep you posted.

Anyone got any crazy New Years plans yet?

"For the record"

2009-11-01T18:46:00.000-08:00

Our first tour behind us. There's a-lot of mixed emotions being back. As cliche as it sounds, I learned a-lot about myself/being in a band/ and how much I want to tour the world. There's still so much I haven't seen. Here's the things worth mentioning on the trip.

Highlights:
Watching the Philly/Yankee game projector on the wall outside the venue in Philadelphia.
Watching Harvard for a week straight.
Seeing NYC for the first time in my life.
Playing in Chapel Hill for Halloween.

We have decided to take it easy for the rest of year. We are planning another trip north early December but it's still up in the air. We all have to get our money in order and we are trying to prep for recording and touring in 2010. We met some really great people on the road. All of which I hope to see again soon. I soon will learn how to post cool pics on here but until the you have only my words. Thanks everyone for a great tour and be on the look out. We got some big plans for 2010!

-Terrence

I was thinking about Isis

2009-10-06T14:49:00.000-07:00

While listening to Bob Dylan I always seemed to find myself in the same place. Asking myself "How does a man get so great at something". Once I get to that place I turn him off and go listen to T-Pain and am brought back to reality. Some people are just great.

We have 10 days left before tour. I believe all of us is broke and not fully prepared for it. Mentally we this what we are all screaming for. Monetarily speaking not so much. We are headed on most the tour with our friends Harvard and I'm stoked about it. Every-time I watch them play I'm inspired to be a better musician.

PS: Rova Zetella just posted a new track. Go check it out. Great guys. I'll be posting updates more frequent when tour starts. Also I'll start posting shows in Charlotte everyone should check out every week (or at-least try).

Love,

Terrence

Where In the World Is Carmen San Diego.

2009-09-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

Greetings.

Fall's approaching.

We are about to embark on our first ever tour (And by tour I mean 5 days in a row, then 10 days off, then 10 days in a row)

I've never really known what to say here. We finished a newer song named "Settle Down" and we are all pretty proud of it. Working on about 3 other new jams that will hopefully get finished soon. We can't figured out if we want to wait and just record a full length or release a vinyl. How does everyone feel about releasing songs on a vinyl then after a while recording them again for a full length?

-Terrence (call your friends and tell them you love them. They'll appreciate it)

Titles Keep Changing.

2009-06-01T17:45:00.000-07:00

We often wonder where the fires went. Why some passions fade. Feels like shit is all a trend.

We've been doing pretty well at the Junior Astronomers camp . Eli has been in Europe for almost 3 weeks now. We played a show with Jeff on drums which was amazingly fun but in my opinion lackluster. We are always our hardest critics.

We've been writing separately parts and I'm working on words that should turn into some amazing new songs. I'm really excited about posting some new lyrics even before they get into songs and seeing what everyone thinks.

It's hard being honest. It's also hard not feeling like a pretentious dick. Life just one big game of Mario 64 I guess.

Malfunctions

2009-03-07T17:53:00.000-08:00

Its Terrence. First ever show out of town last night went well. It's odd playing for totally different faces. It was great to have all our friends from Charlotte come. Like for the first time I really had to try and for the first time felt sort of like I was back in middle school again. Like your fighting for attention. Its a rush.
Charleston is a beautiful place. I could spend a-lot of time of down here. Enjoyed all the bands a whole lot. There was a band from Japan but I didnt quite catch there names. It took me back by how happy they were to play and be here. Makes me appreciate what we are trying to do a whole more. You don't see people smile that much while they are playing music.

www.myspace.com/sleepyeyegiant
Check these guys out. They put on the show. And we appreciate it.

Distance

2009-03-06T08:06:00.001-08:00

Your in a cold place in a hot state.
Your dancing every night, but to a
beat you can't digest. Your a glass of
wine surrounded by a fleet of juice boxes.
But you won't worry about yourself.

I'm in a cold place in a mild state.
Some days warm,tolerable.
Others Frigid and barren.
I'm not dancing, because I forgot
the steps without you leading.
I'm not drinking, because after
I'm done we wont be naked together.
But I wont worry about myself.

Silly Bee

2009-03-06T08:02:00.000-08:00

Keep your head on.
Silly little bee.
Why are you so obsessed
with fixing things.
Those neon lights do
seem exciting.
And all those portraits
by Andy, where did that
america go? I guess
we drank it all up.
Or it slipped through
the slits that split
our fingers and made them seperate.
Your obssessed with
this bursting culture.
Where's my fix?
Where's the girl I loved
before the southern gentlemen
and lore of the west sweep her away.

A Million Different Chairs

2009-03-03T14:21:00.001-08:00

Please don't mention me to the
other boys you mess around with.
It's no longer flattering, nor fair.
There is no gain for me. It just shows me
how cunning you are. Either that or how
truly fucked we both are. You see if faith
makes people want to kill, talk to themselves
beside their beds, be a little less nervous, then
how fair is it that you just lead me to believe. The
worst part about all past relationships. Still believing
that one day, for some strange reason, you'll forget
why you hurt so much. Not I miss. I believe in one thing
and that doesnt envolve clothes or even talking. Atleast
then I'm not talking about you.

reason for soberity

2009-03-03T14:09:00.001-08:00

today and tomorrow I wont drink.
On those days I'll play like I'm a
traveling clown, heading towards
Las Vegas. Faced painted all red and white.
Cigarette smoke spreading around me
like confetti or some kind of music notes
as I tried madly to translate they're meaning.
At night I'd believe I was a bird. Trapped
to sing the same song every night while
the dark blue just ate me alive. There is no sleep
for the bottom dog. It just gets easier to be
callous. But come on, who wants to sleep
living in age like this.

Yes Sir, No Mam

2009-03-03T14:07:00.000-08:00

Your not afraid of losing me
because I'm only a picture a
way. Sure its not face to face,
but what really is anymore. In
both our abscenses we've
found different ways to shape
ourselves. I know one of mine,
loves to drink all the time, and
keep quiet about all that goes on
between his brain and his heart.
One of yours is bright and shines
like a summer dress on one of
those southern socialites and
as round as the pearls on their
necks. See I'm not ashamed of
any of my shapes. But I know you,
you hate them all. Thats why you
can't pick one. Your one of those people
that when asked to choose, you'll
just say your to tired to pick and move on
with much more important topics, like
the promiscuous cardboard cutouts
we all confuse for men. What hurts most
is that I hate the changing of days,
knowing that when we both settle
on a shape, we might never fit back
together.