We are indeed waiting for tonight
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
music.
for those coming from pitchfork, check out our music here:
http://www.myspace.com/temponotempo
Preparing for tour
Our tour begins in just a few days with our HUGE IMMENSE show at the Echo on Friday. Wooo. We're pumped. We're taking it seriously, so I thought I'd clue you in on our tour preparation process.
Essentials for tour training include:
CREATINE.
Lifting all that gear and beating up club owners to make sure we get paid our scrilla requires a lot of strength. We wake up every day at 6 am for a 2 hour work out that starts and ends with a steady protein shake supplement.
DENIM SHORTS
Yes, it's true. Everyone in the band is a never nude. It's difficult to talk about in public, but at all points we are wearing short shorts. This gets extra challenging on the road with the summer heat and our tight rawk star pants. So for the past two weeks we do Bikram Yoga wearing only our denim shorts in order to physically prepare us for the challenges ahead.
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METALLICA
There's a lot of pent up male frustration on tour. Maybe for big arena bands or for bands with things like "natural good looks" or "charisma" the road is a place of endless vice. The ladies flow like a revolving door. But for us, we mostly smell weird and are surrounded by each other all the time and the only person who is excited to meet us is the old dude with 3 teeth that wants to talk about how he toured with Sabbath 40 years ago. I mean, that's a good dude, but a good listen to 'Kill Em All' will get all the road frustration out. Thanks Metallica, there was a time when you didn't suck.
SHITTY TELEVISION
I've already admitted my love for the Hills. I watch a lot of TV....like, a lot of TV. I survive on a steady diet of a morning dose of 'Cheaters,' a lunchtime viewing of my OC dvds, yelling at Tyra, chilling with Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room, then watching the Real World Hollywood reruns for 4 hours. I can't believe Greg is such an asshole, and I really hope the buff dude gets his act together in rehab.
But on tour, there's not much TV. There's a lot of driving, a lot of music, a lot of hardwood floors, but not much TV. Like a desert camel, I've been stocking up on my TV, watching for days on end so I have reserves on tour. If I start getting the shakes and need a fix, I can just recount a silly Ellen interview or a meal from 'Take Home Chef.'
AND FINALLY, Journey's Greatest Hits
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OKorl7Ouht0
So, embedding this video is disabled, but you should really follow this link. It's the video for Journey's "Faithfully." It's all the best AND worst parts of touring, but mostly Steve Perry knowingly shaves his mustache in the mirror. I hope that when I shave my beard before tour, it will look EXACTLY like that.
I think we're ready. A few more days of these ingredients and we will be UNSTOPPABBLE!!
Essentials for tour training include:
CREATINE.Lifting all that gear and beating up club owners to make sure we get paid our scrilla requires a lot of strength. We wake up every day at 6 am for a 2 hour work out that starts and ends with a steady protein shake supplement.
DENIM SHORTSYes, it's true. Everyone in the band is a never nude. It's difficult to talk about in public, but at all points we are wearing short shorts. This gets extra challenging on the road with the summer heat and our tight rawk star pants. So for the past two weeks we do Bikram Yoga wearing only our denim shorts in order to physically prepare us for the challenges ahead.
-741037.jpg)
METALLICAThere's a lot of pent up male frustration on tour. Maybe for big arena bands or for bands with things like "natural good looks" or "charisma" the road is a place of endless vice. The ladies flow like a revolving door. But for us, we mostly smell weird and are surrounded by each other all the time and the only person who is excited to meet us is the old dude with 3 teeth that wants to talk about how he toured with Sabbath 40 years ago. I mean, that's a good dude, but a good listen to 'Kill Em All' will get all the road frustration out. Thanks Metallica, there was a time when you didn't suck.
SHITTY TELEVISIONI've already admitted my love for the Hills. I watch a lot of TV....like, a lot of TV. I survive on a steady diet of a morning dose of 'Cheaters,' a lunchtime viewing of my OC dvds, yelling at Tyra, chilling with Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room, then watching the Real World Hollywood reruns for 4 hours. I can't believe Greg is such an asshole, and I really hope the buff dude gets his act together in rehab.
But on tour, there's not much TV. There's a lot of driving, a lot of music, a lot of hardwood floors, but not much TV. Like a desert camel, I've been stocking up on my TV, watching for days on end so I have reserves on tour. If I start getting the shakes and need a fix, I can just recount a silly Ellen interview or a meal from 'Take Home Chef.'
AND FINALLY, Journey's Greatest Hits
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OKorl7Ouht0
So, embedding this video is disabled, but you should really follow this link. It's the video for Journey's "Faithfully." It's all the best AND worst parts of touring, but mostly Steve Perry knowingly shaves his mustache in the mirror. I hope that when I shave my beard before tour, it will look EXACTLY like that.
I think we're ready. A few more days of these ingredients and we will be UNSTOPPABBLE!!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
CINCO DE MAYO PHOTOS
it was @ CZ, with Battlehooch and the Splinters. Yay!
(all photos by jonathan hung)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
HIJACKED
see, we're a struggling young band -- and that means getting all the press we can muster so people will check us out on the internet. we're competing with youtube, vampire weekend, LOLcats and fark.com ... it's a tough world.
that's why when our friends get featured on a prominent web magazine, we make sure we're there...and IN THE PHOTOS!
Yes, that's Tyler playing the pots and pans onstage with our homeslices Port O'Brien. No, he's not in the band, but god damn if he didn't get in the photo. Desperate? A little. Effective? Completely.
To be fair: those who DON'T know who Port O'Brien are, PLEASE check them out here on their MySpace!
that's why when our friends get featured on a prominent web magazine, we make sure we're there...and IN THE PHOTOS!
Yes, that's Tyler playing the pots and pans onstage with our homeslices Port O'Brien. No, he's not in the band, but god damn if he didn't get in the photo. Desperate? A little. Effective? Completely.
To be fair: those who DON'T know who Port O'Brien are, PLEASE check them out here on their MySpace!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Food for thought
In our spare time, some of us are shitty-TV experts. Tyler and myself got in a heated debate trying to cast "The Hills" using band members.
I think I got to be Audrina. After all, she is the closest to a brown cast member. I'm going to have to name Alex as Heidi, cause he strikes me as the type to spread rumors about LC's sex tape. Does that make Tyler Lauren? Maybe. He might just turn down a chance to go to France so he could bone someone.
Unfortunately, I dont actually watch the show so those are the only cast members I know. Sorry Jason, next time.
See below: Which one's Tyler? Which one's Lauren Conrad? I can't even tell the difference.
-chris
I think I got to be Audrina. After all, she is the closest to a brown cast member. I'm going to have to name Alex as Heidi, cause he strikes me as the type to spread rumors about LC's sex tape. Does that make Tyler Lauren? Maybe. He might just turn down a chance to go to France so he could bone someone.
Unfortunately, I dont actually watch the show so those are the only cast members I know. Sorry Jason, next time.
See below: Which one's Tyler? Which one's Lauren Conrad? I can't even tell the difference.
-chris
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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