Jacob was the bass player that filled in for my old band (was Electric Doormat, now Mercury Tree) while James was away for awhile. Such a sweet person, and only 17.
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I would really like to go to this, so if anyone in my neighborhood is interested, I can pay for your tickets, should you provide me with a ride.
Much love,
Me.
A fabulous, amazing, strong woman on my friends list... I don't even know how to 'splain it (it's past my bedtime! My brain is all "der".), so I'll let Erin speak for me:
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Oh this pipe honking has GOT to stop!!! It honks loud enough to wake me from a dead sleep. It's so loud, when it honks I can't hear the television on the other side of the house. It rattles my teeth when I'm actually IN the kitchen.
My brother has been talking to the neighbors. I know that once when Andrea lived here, we called to get it looked at - and that was back when it would only happen occasionally (and lightly) after flushing the upstairs bathroom. My brother called again after he moved in and it began to be worse, and was told "it's an old building, the pipes will do that." It only happened a couple few times a day and would last only about two seconds tops, so we could live with it. Now? For about half the day, it honks for about ten seconds (or longer), loud enough to hear outside in the PARKING LOT, and happens approximately every two freaking MINUTES. The neighbor that shares the kitchen wall with us has called and was told "okay, thanks for bringing it to our attention!" My brother has turned in a work order, which we never heard anything about. We also turned in a work order about two weeks ago for the kitchen light - it usually takes up to about twenty tries to get it to turn on. In talking to all our immediate neighbors, they have turned in multiple work orders over the last year, and have never heard word one about them.
As much as I hate to say it, we may need to move soon.
We're currently on a month to month lease, and that's only because the apartment management is being as lax in renewing leases as they are in fixing things. Thus, our lease expired about a year and a half ago. If it's ever brought to their attention, we'll have to sign on for another year. If we don't sign on for another year, our rent will go up about $100 or more - whatever the current rent for a place like this is plus $50 a month for no concrete lease.
With the stupid Jeep on my record, I wouldn't be able to get into a decent place, methinks, and I really don't want to live in the ghetto. Granted, as they're renting to just about anyone anymore, this place is TURNING ghetto, so maybe it's just a matter of time.
I can't remember if I've shared this yet or not...
There's this thing, you see, called The Chronicles of Rock.
Basically, as taken from the site:
Each week (10 episodes) will highlight 3 bands with behind-the-scenes live performances,practice sessions, home life, family and friend relationships, "real" jobsand a glimpse into the world that surrounds the band and it's journey towardthe prize of recording, touring and ultimately the possibility of cashing thatfirst gold or platinum record paycheck. At the close of each band montage (aka:rockumentary) each band will perform one song each in front of a panel of judges.Those judges will include 1 member of the press, various music celebrities (ex:Nikki Sixxx, Jeffrey Nothing of Mushroomhead, Vanilla Ice, Willie Adler of LambOf God, CC Deville of Poison, Janine "The Porn Star") and 1 averagejoe (or jane) from the general public. They will select 1 winner each episodeand that winner will move on to the next episode to meet 2 new bands. Each episodewinner is chosen based on originality, overall sound and performance/stage presence.What we see from each band on any given show can also make or break their chancesat winning and moving on to the next round of The Chronicles Of Rock.
So my old band, Electric Doormat, is now known as The Mercury Tree. You shall remember I was with them until this last April, yes? Welp, they have released a new album under their new name. I haven't heard the whole thing yet, but am wonderfully amazed by the snippets I've received via MySpace. But that's besides the point.
I'm beyond excited and proud of them. You must check out the websites above. In fact, if you click on TCOR website and go to the "Bands" section and scroll down to The Mercury Tree, my name is mentioned.
Tee hee.
My boss is sour that I'm no longer in the band, and thusly won't have a video crew following me around at OfficeMax.
Break out the garlic necklaces! Corey Haim and Corey Feldman are set to reprise the roles that made them famous in a sequel to 1987's vampire-slayer hit The Lost Boys. And the catering crew might want to stock up on Gatorade: This straight to DVD version is set in the world of extreme sports. Lost Boys II: The Tribe is "like X Games meets Jackass," Says exec producer Mary Viola. "Today's vampires are adrenaline junkies." In addition to Haim and Feldman, Boys features another casting coup: Angus Sutherland (half brother of original Boys star Kiefer), who appears with The O.C.'s Autumn Reeser and American Pie Presents: Band Camp's Tad Hilgenbrinck.
The news comes three weeks after an episode of the A&E reality series The Two Coreys aired, in which Haim was shown crying when Feldman informed him that they wouldn't be in the sequel. (Feldman's manager says that when the episode was filmed last winter, only his client had been approached. Viola, however, says the filmmakers just began casting a few weeeks ago and always hoped to feature the duo.) Now the 35 year old Haim says he's "super-stoked" about the sequel, which he describes as "dark and deep - think The Crow meets Point Break." And that's all he'll say. "I can't give any secrets! I've waited 20 years for this. I'm not gonna ruin anything for anybody, even myself."
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All I can say is, "OH NOES!"
(as printed in Entertainment Weekly, minus the oh noes.)
Someone in InsaneJournal gave me a letter S for the following meme:
Comment and I'll give you a letter. In your journal, list 10 of your favourite songs that begin with that letter.
1. Nickel Creek - Sabra Girl Such a simple, yet complex song, the harmonies and the intricate twinings of the guitar and mandolin? Sigh.
2. Lisa Loeb - Sandalwood One of my favoritest love songs evur.
3. Jellyfish - Sabrina, Paste, and Plato One of my all time favorite bands that I can go on about for ages. VERY poppy, and I love that they can pull it off live.
4. The Excentrics - Seen No Sun This album was in my cd player a lot back in '95 when I lived in Northern Virginia. They're now known as Getaway Car, I believe.
5. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band I tried to put things on here that most of you have probably never heard, but decided to add this one BECAUSE.
6. Marcy Playground - The Shadow of Seattle This cd will always remind me of driving around Tempe, Arizona, singing loudly along with my friend Peyton. I miss Peyton.
7. Sloan - She Says What She Means A play list by me wouldn't be a playlist by me without some Sloan.
8. Better Than Ezra - Sincerely, Me Again, wouldn't be a list by me if it didn't contain some Ezra, yo.
9. Electric Doormat - Skeleton in Silhouette My old band! Now known as The Mercury Tree, of course. You can even hear me singing "skeleton" repeatedly in the background :D I love to point out to people that 95% of this album was recorded by Lead Singer Ben all by his lonesome - all the songwriting, all the instruments, harmonies, arrangements - all in his bedroom.
10. Flickerstick - Smile A friend (Nicole!) slipped me their demo ages ago, and alas, it was stolen when my Jeep was broken into. Quite a bit later, I caught them on the Vh1 show "Bands on the Run" or something like that. I became emotionally vested, they ended up winning, and I bought their real album after that.
Honorable mention, just because the song always makes me smile:
Today was my four year anniversary with OfficeMax yay!
Or something.
Worked on less than five hours sleep from midnight to almost 9 am. Poor Yancey had less than two hours and then will be going home to a newborn, coming back on Sunday (oh, tomorrow!) to close, forever to be closing from then on. Tedders gets back soon, so he and I will be overnighting it until further notice. I shall greatly miss working with Yancey, as I realized today that he's my gossip partner. We only gossip to each other, you see. I was also greatly enjoying having a coworker to swap random Zim quotes with. I DID learn LOTS of juicy tidbits today, though.
Yancey: Four years ago, could you ever have envisioned that you would be doing this right now, right here?
Me: Cutting a box of lint rollers on aisle ten at two in the morning? No.
I only got this job as a temporary, you see, until I found a "real job". Funny that I ended up happier here than I have been at any other job.
Oh, the other day, I was at my desk and Yancey comes back with a piece of cardboard.
Yancey: Aubrey, I have something for you!
It was a piece that he had sliced from a generic box that said "W.I.P. Work in Progress". I cheesily told him I would cherish it forever, as he put it on top of my monitor. I told him he had to autograph it, though, so he wrote "To: Aub, From Yan" Five minutes later, he comes trotting back.
"Aubrey, Aubrey! You need to sign one for me, too!" So I wrote something super nurdy like "Keep rockin! To Yans from Aubs" He immediately "laminated" it by covering it with box tape to keep it safe from possible liquids.
I'm not making a whole lotta sense atm, so methinks I shall finally go to bed.
I also have fantastic news to spew about my old band - I am quite proud of them, you see. I will go into further details later, but for now, Clicky, please.
Bacci has tales to tell, oh yes. She's curled up on my lap (and the keyboard), filling me in on her day. "Meh. Meeo? Meh. mah. Meh? *PURRRRRRRRRRR*" She's been quite clingly the last couple of days.
Only one more day of working 4 am until noon, then it's back to Midnight to 8 ams. Assistant Manager Jason and I hashed out reasons why we (Ted and I) should be on overnights vs. during the day, and methinks I won. He said he would plead my case to Capt. Kirk when he returns from vacation next week. Three people working only four hours before we start cannot accomplish nearly enough - we would be only working freight, never having time for anything else. I love working with him, once I got used to his sense of humor. I even flat out told him one time "You really terrify me, sometimes." and meant it whole-heartedly. Now that I'm used to his oddness, .... you know the episode of Family Guy where Peter finds out he's mentally retarded? There's a part where he gets a helper who has Peter high five him whenever he does something good. Peter high-fives him, then claps excitedly and laughs dumbly. That's pretty much me, working with Jason.
The next two days are also the last two days I'll be working with Yancey for a looong time. This saddens me.
The Mercury Tree
8 NW Sixth Ave, Portland, Oregon 97201
Cost: $12.00 from band member, $15 at door
ElectricDoormat's second Really Big Show at the Roseland Theater, still indowntown Portland, and still the famous venue that has still hostedsuch amazing acts as TV on the Radio and Sigur Ros! 7 PM All Ages, mainstage (upstairs.)
I really need to get better at promoting my favoritest boys in the Whole Wide World. It's $15 at the door, $12 through a band member.
I'm excited for them, as I heard the show promoted on the RADIO, no less. Granted, they didn't say "MERCURY TREE", but they did promote whomever it is they're opening for, quite a bit.
Should be a blast, yo's.
Also, Check out their updated MySpace with a brand new look, fantabulous new pictures, and even more amazing new material. Their new album drops tonight at the Super Show!!!!
I miss them, I miss playing music with them, the fun of practicing, the wonderful joy I had at being a part of such a wonderful beginning.
Send me a song(s), will ya? Go to yousendit.com, or any of those other places, and gimmay.
If'n you've heard me talk about certain bands and want to check out some of their music, let me know, unkay?
OOOH, and for the email address if you want to send the music that way:
aubrey.mcsaurus at gmail.com, or even just at aubkabob at livejournal.com. Both will end in the same place.
