West Indian Girl

the kexp sultry acoustic session

our day in seattle started off early because we were invited to play a few songs on the air at 90.3 kexp. robert and mariqueen performed while i watched, talked and took pictures. i think you can listen to the session at the KEXP site. i thought they sounded great. i love doing these radio things just because it’s a nice change of pace. plus we get some cool dj’s interviewing us and it’s kinda fun to see what they’re going to throw at us in terms of questions. kevin cole was in charge of this interview – he asked us a pretty good question about music licensing. as you can tell from the pictures the little studio room they have there is pretty cool – nice comfy vibe in there. big thanx to scott colburn for engineering. in the picture (from left to right) you can see scott, kevin and lisa. thanx you guys and thanx kexp i’m glad we did it. hopefully you will give away some of the precious west indian girl candles that we gave them on the air. we’ll be back and we’re gonna bring carter and lewscious with us next time.

Mariqueen’s Mind
my mother says i talk about going to the bathroom way too much. what. ever. let it be known that kexp has the dopest women’s restroom in the world. there is a sweet couch and tons of rad posters signed by artists that have performed and what not. i’m bummed they didn’t have a west indian girl poster for us to sign. maybe next time.

so our radio show went like this… introductions, sing… talk… sing two more songs… talk talk talk. i don’t like talking. i prefer to communicate to the public via blog and emails. i think it frustrates people. i’m into it. thank you, kevin for being so sweet, thank you, scott for being a fantastic engineer and taking care of my voice and thank you, lisa for telling me my voice sounded like an angel. i can’t wait to come back and use that sweet ass bathroom again. weeee!

tender and special acoustic moments

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smooth radio – the kcmp acoustic session

the day of our minnesota show we were invited to play a few songs on the air at kcmp. this was pretty kick ass. it’s funny how different radio stations are from city to city. kcmp was cool – it was located in what used to be a music school. our whole visit was made possible by mandy cox who works over there. she has been a long time patron of the west indian girl arts and we love her. there’s a picture of her with rob and mariqueen in the minneapolis show report by the way. so the interview was great. danny sigelman (in the pic) was our dj/interviewer and he was cool. anyone that gives props to our blog is immediately in our good graces so danny could do no wrong. for this show rob was on acoustic guitar, q on vocals and i was on digital camera patrol. it was a solid performance (although i’m sure rob and mariqueen will say they sang out of key in this verse or that word or whatever blah blah blah). bottom line is that it sounded good and danny was a fun interviewer and we want to come back again. thanx a bunch to derek stevens who was the producer of the show and scott liebers was the engineer — total pros and nice as hell. again – big hugs to mandy for making this happen. we got your back woman. —F TEN

Mariqueen’s Mind

before our show in minneapolis, tommy, rob, fran and i drove over to st. paul for an acoustic set and interview at kcmp. i was apprehensive about this particular appearance because after our chicago show we drove four hours to stay at a hundred dollar a night motel six. where have you ever heard of a hundred dollar a night motel six? that’s like charging ten dollars for a big mac. so anyway, i didn’t get to sleep until six in the morning. then we had to wake up at eleven and get driving because we were four hours away from st. paul and were scheduled for the radio show at three. we stopped somewhere in wisconsin and ate a bunch of greasy shit. i hate going down from the car to pee and get food because i get stared at like i’m a three headed unicorn. rob says it’s because i’m a “hottie”… i think it’s because i have darker skin and better wardrobe than any of the locals. nevertheless, it’s always a less than thrilling experience in these quaint little midwestern pit stops. the best part of loading up on gas and grease was when we found a statue of an adorable gigantic cowboy mouse standing on top of a big piece of cheddar and holding a sign that said “welcome to wisconsin”… because it was so “cheesy” we had to capitalize on the moment. we took a bunch pictures and i do believe they are classics. if only you could see all of them. we are so cute, it makes you want to vomit. i only wish the whole band could’ve participated but carter and mark were on the tour bus. oh well. most of the car trip was spent trying to nap in the burban, trying being the key verb in this sentence.

we got to the venue on time, and may i just say… goodness, st. paul sure is pretty. good job, minnesota… two thumbs up. derek stevens greeted us and was nice enough to wash a coffee cup for me and serve me some tea. thanks, derek… you are fantastic. rob and i ran through the acoustic set which consisted of “trip”, “miles from monterey” and “hollywood”. i thought i sounded crappy but i blame it on lack of sleep and that greasy meal i had in wisconsin. sorry, kcmp listeners, i swear i can sing a hundred and ten times better than what you heard. for reals. other than that, the interview was highly amusing. rob was in quite the comical mood and even cood like a baby. so, not only did i sing like crap but i also giggled like a dumb little girl. i might have even cackled i was laughing so much. what a great impression to leave… whatever, people… watch a live show and keep reading my articles on the band blog. momma didn’t raise no fool.

she’s actually really nervous here

If you have the chance you might want to listen to a live on-air acoustic session we are doing this friday at 3pm (PST) on KEXP in seattle. KEXP is another great station like xpn in philly, kcmp in minny, det in detroit and of course our own kcrw in la. listen to us here at the KEXP site. robert and mariqueen are going to play a few west indian girl songs -it’s gonna be cool cos most people haven’t heard these songs performed like this.

david dye and west indian girl

before the philly show we were invited over to 88.5 WXPN to tape an interview with David Dye and play a few songs live. xpn is really fucking nice. it’s located on the drexel university campus. if you havent heard of david dye the guy equals legend. check out this npr bio on him. david has been in our corner since the beginning and totally understands what we are going for. our interview with him was extremely fun, relaxed and it felt like we were talking to someone who had definitely done his homework…a total pro. i thought the questions he asked were very well thought out plus his interviewing style is very laid back which made us all feel at home.

personally i love playing live on the radio – it was the first time we got to do this as a band instead of just an acoustic thing with robert and mariqueen. we played ok but it was a bit weird listening to the whole mix in headphones. bass going into headphones is one of the worst things to hear when you’re a bass player cos it sounds like ass…no way around it. anyway, all bass tone stuff aside, this was a thrill and i would gladly put those headphones back on again in a nanosecond if we ever got the chance to go back and hang out at xpn. we played trip, miles from monterey, hollywood, and what are you afraid of. after the interview rob went and did some station ID’s and then mariqueen and i did some together. “hi this is francis ten and mariqueen maandig of west indian girl and your listening world cafe live with david dye” or something like that. hahah it was cool.

Mariqueen’s Mind
philly xpn was a great experience. i expected it to be like my first radio experience at 94.9 in san diego. i didn’t understand how the whole band was going to fit all of our equipment inside a radio station and play live, but the one thing i’ve learned since joining this band is to just go with the flow. expect the unexpected. you might just find a pleasant surprise.

so mark, fran, tommy and i drove into the radio station from our second night staying with becky. let me just say how sad your life is if you haven’t experienced a trip to the mccabe estate. that house slash mansion slash tour godsend was and is my favorite experience on this musical journey. just picture what may very well be the perfect family. tall, dark and handsome husband (tom) with the petite and beautiful wife (becky)… then there’s the girls. gorgeous. all of them. rachel, the oldest and most outgoing of the bunch. she’s always smiling and has one of those super soothing speaking voices. the kind of voice that boys will call and want to listen to. i know it’s kind of wrong for me to say but she has a sexy kind of voice. watch out, rachel… the boys will come running, and start calling if they haven’t already. then there’s katherine. super tall, super pretty and super shy. i don’t know that much about her because she’s so shy but it’s ok. i was and still am the same way around people. then there’s little sara. i got to sleep in sara’s room for the three wonderful days i was able to stay at the mccabe estate. sara is a cutie pop with shirley temple curls and a quiet demeanor. i am convinced that one of her drawings should be a new west indian girl t-shirt. fran, if you’re reading this… you have the power. make it happen. so ok, the family sounds perfect right? it gets even better. the house is siiiiiiick. wireless internet everywhere. eleven rooms. one acre all around. huge backyard with a pond, a hammock, fireflies, a swingset, a tool shed, a fire pit, a deck and room left over to build a pool. whaaat? yuh. for serious. this house was gangster. our first night there we were greeted with sanwiches, a variety of fine beer, and congo bars. i did my laundry, click clacked on my lappy, and watched blazing saddles. dope, right? anyway, i’ve completely strayed from the subject, sorry people. let me just end this ode to the mccabe family by saying thank you. for everything. becky you are so amazing. thank you. i can’t say that enough. lewscious and tommy say thank you as well. lewscious would also like to thank rachel for those amazing muffins. me too me too me too! rachel you are a fantastic baker. the congo bars, the heavenly muffins, the constant smiles and then that voice. you are a going to be dangerous when you get older. the mccabe estate is west indian girl’s official east coast home base. get into it.

so anyway our radio show went great. i was happy and full from the great eggs and cheese and english muffin breakfast that beck had prepared for me. love her. damn. seriously. i got to the building and spent some quality time in the bathroom. i walked out of there ten pounds lighter and ready to sing. i stuffed my face with scones and hot tea while the boys were setting up. when it was time to get it going we banged through “trip”, “miles from monterey”, “hollywood” and “what are you afraid of”. the interview went well. i think i’m finding my groove when it comes time to ask me stuff. i was nervous my first time i was interviewed but there’s something really soothing about being in a huge recording studio with all the boys i love holding their instruments that puts me in a natural comforting state. who knows. i wonder what david dye thought of me? david i know you read the blog, i want to know what you think. i’m bummed we didn’t get to chat more. i didn’t even see you at our show. hmphf.

some live shots taken tommy

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we flew in the night before on jet blue. jet blue is the only way to travel from la to ny – trust me…big leather seats, directv on the flight – nice simple airport out of long beach. you cant beat it – plus if you pop half a tab of ambien your flight will be even better cos you will be asleep for most of it. the hotel we stayed at sucked balls. it was the worst western on 38th and for the price it sucked. every now and then my crappy camera takes a good picture and the hazy one i took of Q in our hotel room looks pretty timeless. dont you agree – it’s got a good vibe like a song.
so, the day of the show i went to the virgin megastore to do an instore interview with dj mike (on left)- i guess you can say dj mike is the ny version of la’s dj dave who i’ve talked about before. ironically, just like dj dave, mike is really cool. we hung out for about an hour and played a bunch of tracks off the record and talked about everything under the sun. what was great about this store is that they had our video running on repeat the whole time. it was so cool to see it on a tv instead of the computer. it looked great. anyway, after that i cruised back to soundcheck with chris jones who flew in for the show. it was great having chris there. speaking of “it was great having them there” let’s talk about our publishing company, Cherry Lane who came out in full force. after the show the upstairs turned into a cherry lane party. rich and christa and brooke were there along with tons of other cherry laners. oh so how was the show you ask. we kicked ass and here is a link to a blog review of the show that i was just sent. just read this review in Warm Sounds because i couldn’t have said it better…this review made our collective day. i’m glad you enjoyed the show – next time say hello ian.

Mariqueen’s Mind

The City: we got into new york the night before the show. we as in rob, fran, mark and i. we stayed at some best western DUMP. my room was the size of bowery ballroom’s “champagne room”. seriously. it smelled and i hated it. our first night in town was less than thrilling. we went to eat at some cute diner/bar in soho at like one in the morning, which i think, is ridiculous because i hate to eat late but i was out voted so whatever. i love new york but not during the summer. it was hot and muggy and the smell reminded me a lot of downtown l.a., hmm… lovely? not so much. our second and final day and evening in new york was spent at the bowery so i didn’t get to have as wonderful an experience as my last time. i don’t care though, i still think new york is the greatest city in america. the end.

The Venue: i thought bowery ballroom was going to be grandiose… it didn’t look like a “ballroom” per se but i dug the layout… a lot. i’d go into detail about how cool the scene is but you’ll just have to go there yourself and see if you don’t already know. since we were the opening band we didn’t get the main dressing room but we got what i like to call “the champagne room”. the champagne room was pretty gangster… it was an intimate little VIP section of some sorts with a velvet curtain that blocked us from the rest of the patrons on the upper level. if it weren’t for the musky smell and all the dust… uh, historic dust? i probably would’ve liked it a lot more. the people at the bowery were fantastic. all the security guards and our sound girl were super groovy. i can’t wait to play a show there again… mhm, please and thanks.

The Show: we were determined to make up for what i thought was a pathetic new york debut at the mercury lounge. we succeeded.

What Were You Thinking While Playing: “ah! this is so much fun!”

Interesting Things After The Show: lots of drinking and merriment and bickering with taxi cab drivers. we hung out with some awesome people: i’d name them but what’s the use… you know who you are and you all know that we love you… trust me folks, we were surrounded by lots and lots of beautiful people… lots and lots of beautifully drunk great people. friends, lovers, colleagues and label mates. it was too much fun. trust me when i say… too much. it might be mandatory to have too much fun in the greatest city in america. give. me. more.

robert james and mariqueen with rich from cherry lane
chris jones, scott, carter and lewscious
finally, the golden republic make the blog!

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i just wanted to post our tour dates again as the show in providence got moved to portland, maine. we’re really excited to get out to all these cities that we haven’t palyed in yet. it should be a blast. we will have tons of cool merch too – new t-shirts with an elephant on them (a nod to our new video which i will be posting in a day or so), women’s tanks, buttons, and best of all a limited edition tour litho. the litho is really cool – printed, silk screened, numbered, signed (if you want) and ONLY 200 made. yesterday night i finished making the new merch sign…what a bitch because i only had one stencil for each letter so it was painstakingly slow. but it’s done…it is what it is…a massive homage to our superiour merchandise (it folds too). all the new merch probably wont be available online until after our tour but i’m gonna try to make it happen before that.

so the last few days we have been demo’ing new material for our next record as well as cleaning the studio up. i cant wait til we finish writing this new batch of songs. right now they all seem to be 8 minutes long though. so check this link out – it’s another interview we did a while back for rhino online. i just saw the video for what are you afraid of and it’s pretty cool. look for it.

7/14 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
7/15 Boston, MA – TT the Bear’s
7/16 Portland, ME – The Big Easy
7/18 Annapolis, MD – Ramshead Tavern
7/19 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
7/21 Toronto, ONT – The Mod Club Theatre
7/23 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
7/24 Chicago, IL – Double Door
7/25 Minneapolis, MN – Ascot Room @ The Quest
7/28 Vancouver, BC – Richard’s
7/29 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
7/30 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
8/01 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
8/03 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
8/04 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
8/05 San Diego, CA – The Casbah

random notes: this morning when i was walking tony i met shelly winters (won an oscar in 1959 and 1965) …she was in a wheel chair but she was wearing some gangster shades. she said she’s going to our troubadour show…for real. i dont think she understood what i was talking about but she seemed like she was still having a good time. then while i was on my way to the dentist i got pulled over by the beverly hills police and they gave me a ticket for not wearing my seat belt. fuck, i wish my truck would beep when i dont put it on…i just forgot. sucks. no cavities though. a bit later on while i was waiting at a stop light (with my seat belt on) anthony keidis from the red hot chili peppers drove past me in a light green vespa. strange. —F.TEN

hey everyone, due to circumstances beyond west indian girl’s control we were forced to cancel 3 upcoming shows (see below). the first two are ones with The Coral in San Francisco and Seattle and the third is the massive Street Scene in San Diego. yes, this totally sucks…believe me when i say that we are way more bummed about this than you are.

SHOWS CANCELLED
6/15 San Francisco – Slims – w/The Coral
6/17 Seattle – Crocodile – w/The Coral
7/30 San Diego – Street Scene

BUT…on the bright side of the things we are announcing our first official U.S. tour with Turin Brakes who are also on astralwerks. this tour is going to be a great summer treat so mark these dates down as it will be our first time in many of these cities. more dates might also be added at the end of this tour so stay tuned for more info.

SHOWS ADDED
7/14 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
7/15 Boston, MA – TT the Bear’s
7/16 Providence, RI – The Call
7/18 Annapolis, MD – Ramshead Tavern
7/19 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
7/21 Toronto, ONT – The Mod Club Theatre
7/23 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
7/24 Chicago, IL – Double Door
7/25 Minneapolis, MN – Ascot Room @ The Quest
7/28 Vancouver, BC – Richard’s
7/29 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
7/30 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
8/1 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
8/3 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
8/5 San Diego, CA – The Casbah

new show reports will be up tomorrow – here’s a link to an interview we did recently for SFburning just to tide you over—F.TEN

that’s us with our new fav dj anya

at 6pm before the show at the house of blues rob, mariqueen and i met up with brien terranova (from the label) to go do our first official radio station interview on FM 94.9 in san diego. not only did anya interview us but we got to play a couple songs – we played what are you afraid of and northern sky. rob played guitar, i played a moog and mariqueen sang. it was pretty tight but we made it work. ok, a few words about anya…she was rad, funny, and cute, not to mention an awesome interviewer. given the fact that this was our first time, anya really made us feel welcome, thanx anya. so…what started out as something with absolutely no expectations turned into something that was a ton of fun. we need to go back there anyway because i was looking forward to meeting halloran just cos he’s a legend as well as meeting midori who plays us a lot on her big sonic chill show (i hope you like the candles we left you midori). we got to do some promo spots for her show as well as for the station. anyway, thanx for all the love 94.9! you guys can take the credit that you educated the masses first. we owe ya one—F.TEN

brien and owen with apparently, a cold mariqueen

even though this picture is blurry i still love it

a virgin at virgin

so it was my birthday on saturday and i spent one hour of it at the virgin megastore on sunset talking to dj dave on the air. i invited everyone in the band to join me but only mariqueen made it out. it was good fun. dave interviewed us for a bit and we talked about all the stuff going on like tours and the video and did station ids for his syndicated show. i think mariqueen was kinda nervous because she’s never been interviewed before….oh well, she’ll get over herself and start blabbing away soon i’m sure of it. while we were there dave played 5 songs from the cd and we also got to sign a couple cds that some people bought (ie natalie and patrick – pictured below). it was a nice surprise to see the cd on sale and on display at the store. good stuff. so anyway, i know you are all wondering what else i did for my birthday, well since i’m broke right now i couldn’t go away on vacation like i would have loved to do. instead i went up to el matador beach and then went to eat some food at a restaurant overlooking the ocean. it was pretty chill actually. i also decided to give myself my lungs back and quit smoking…again…haha yup. so far so good. i need nicorette though. maybe lewscious will get me some —F.TEN

Check out this month’s issue of Teen Vogue cos Mariqueen’s picture is in it (page 94 to be exact) We are all so proud of her. We’re also really happy that Carter has a subscription to teen vogue or else we might not have ever discovered Mariqueen’s new found fame —F.TEN

while you’re at it, check out this great site called jambase – i just found a cool review of our record on it…and we didnt even pay him to be so nice…strange.

Alone On A Hill In The Summertime

our video shoot was fantastic. the fist location was so cool. we had to wake up at 5 in the morning to make it to this beautiful location in agoura hills. when we got there i was pretty surprised to see how big of a production this thing really was. i mean there was a pretty big crew with some big trucks tons of gear, panavision cameras, a 50ft camera crane, a guy with a steady cam, makeup people, hair people, a food truck. it was tight. this is where we shot all of the performance parts for the video. i think this place was actually a state park or something cos there was a park ranger there that kept telling the directors to turn down the sound during playback… actually it was more like freaking out…yeah, she was definitely flipping out about how loud it was haha, it was funny cos there wasnt a house in site (i did see a mouse though). anyway, i brought tony and he was freaking out too but not because of the sound but because he could smell so many groovy things. i also brought along my fender lake placid blue 64 jag for robert to use in the video. that guitar looked so cool up against the yellow flowers. im glad he remembered to tell me. i dont have any pics of us playing but if you can picture it we set up drums and keyboards right in the middle of this field. they filmed us up close and also from far away…it was rad. we were up there til around noon i think…those guys we’re kicking ass. all the pics below are from after the shoot

lewscious



the park ranger…or is that the lady from Reno911

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the second location we moved to was the hindu temple in malibu. this temple was pretty awesome. if you can imagine it, a bazaar was set up in the very front of the temple. there were little shops and vendors there selling all sorts of stuff like clothes, food , jewelry etc etc. this location is where the main story line took place. there was no performance stuff shot here. it was just the cast with a bunch of extras. this was actually very fun because we all got to be part of the background crowd and i’m sure there are going to be little cameos of us. mariqueen did have a specific little part. the rest of us were there just milling around checking things out and shopping. it was funny seeing all our friends that came out to be extras. good times man.

carter acting like he’s buying a mesh tank top

lewscious and his sack of nuts

ok people, bear with me even if i start to sound like halle berry at the oscars but many many many “thank you’s” are in order right now.

ken, david k, and david a

THANK YOU: to our directors: Eastern Bloc – Ken Locsmandi and David Alexander. (we can’t say enought about these two guys, they were so prepared, so professional and had the best team of people working with them. they also brought us a fantastic and touching script (which im not going to give away) David Katz (our producer who hooked it all up), Tom Clancey (DP), Mark (AD), JP and everyone else at Filmorks/Fx,Inc., Bill Fishman and everyone else at Fallout Entertainment, Marco Morante (stylist), Sarah (casting) and all the other people from the crew that were on the set that i forgot to mention like the hair and make-up people, the grips, the grunts, and the guy with the food etc etc.

tom our director of photography

marco marco the stylist we love

THANK YOU: to our cast, the lead little girl Mailee Stone (was do damn cute and i dont even have a pic of her!) chad vigil (who played the little punk kid) and stacie schifino (who played a woman arguing—i dont have the guy’s name who she was arguing with)

tough little chad

THANK YOU: to our extras: let’s see…todd, girlie, liam (maile’s dad), tatiana (thanx for the cam pics below tati), shakti, eliza, chocolate, s-man, roger, john, carter’s mom, jim, and last but not least drew, erin, taylor, abbey, sabrina who DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM SACRAMENTO!

the gang from sacto

tatiana with eliza

s-man with chocolate (who probably jacked something from our trailer)

tatiana with tone

that’s todd behind carter

THANK YOU: to our label peeps dayna from astralwerks and randy from virgin, our managers chris and rich (rich was in charge of checking my hair and combing my eyebrows)

THANK YOU: to everyone else that i forgot to mention cos i know i forgot a ton of people ( it was a crazy day and i could only process so much on a half hour of sleep from the night before). all of west indian girl appreciated everyone’s help and hard work. this video should be magical —F.TEN

west indio girl

the photo shoot with marc goldstein went extremely well. our first day of shooting was monday. we drove out to a remote area in indio, ca. and got some pretty sweet shots. it was our first “real” photo shoot with mariqueen. there are so many different variables to consider when doing a group shot. overall cohesion is what you look for and i think this depends on a few variables such as wardrobe, comfort with yourself, ease in front of the camera, and group togetherness. in the end i think we got some good stuff. the next day we woke up early again and went on location to a bar called the white lotus. normally this bar is packed to the gills with hollywood scenesters but on this sunny afternoon it was just filled with west indian girl people and therefore a very great location. once again i know marc got some great shots.

band with the crew(victoria,marc,jesse,odessy)

after all the good times at the white lotus we switched locations and went downtown to our studio roof top. our studio is on the 5th floor. for these pics goldstein was experimenting with exposures of up to ten seconds in length cool shit man. the other picture is of mariqueen with victoria and jesse (make-up and stylist).

well…do i have to even say it

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so one of my best friends is named sascha (yes, another guy with a girl’s name). anyway, sascha periodically sends me some really random and funny links that have something to do with west indian girl in one way or another. it’s kind of like having a personal Mr. Google. ok, below is a list of some those random links. i probably laugh a bit more at these than you will but they are worth sharing nonetheless…i think [fyi a picture of the elusive Mr. Google is in the “miller high life and sundays” entry….see him sitting at the computer instead of drinking?]

1. what’s up with paul yoon’s blog entry about us. classic stuff – he even has What are you afraid of playing on it. Paul, we love you man.

2. this is from (south by southwest) SXSW.com film section. check out the film staff record recommendation of the week towards the bottom of the page. kinda cool.

3. this just falls under the “what the fuck” category. it was from this months Esquire magazine . Looks like Hollywood is the number one song to burn some fat off your fat ass. what is a “skittering” bass line?

4. how about this contest page on TeenMusic.com – scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the contest banner. totally cracked my ass up to see chris carter’s face front and center for all the girls to drool on. gotta love it. gotta laugh at it.

5. this some japenese guy’s site – i’m still not sure what it all means. Mr. google sent me a site to translate it in called babelfish and that spit out this translation. “Summer it passed, it became the way which gradually feels the sign of the fall. The change eye of season, doesn’t especially this season pathos the melody ground which drifts stop wanting to inquire about tune? As for this although being the melody ground, little bit スピリチƒ…アル the band which makes about tune inquire, translating with the rhinoceros, “as for the reason of girl naming west Indian” there is a relationship in drug culture of seventies, it seems. The new member band of loss graduate, sound it is unique.” i wish all reviews were this interesting.

6. how about this mention in a review of another LA based band called the shore in the university of wisconsin-madison’s Badger Herald. Check out the very end of the review where he calls our cd the “late summer’s perfect bum out album.” way to be chris ewing. i’m glad i wasnt the guy in the shore reading this. ouch.

7. what about this polish review. that site babelfish mentioned above sucks ass because it couldnt even translate this one. i’m into the fact that right below us is one of my friends’ band called Gabin. These guys are from rome and also on astralwerks/virgin italy. they recently did a cool chilled out remix of our song hollywood which is pretty dope. i wonder when that version will see the light of day. anyway, based on this polish review i guess they have a new record out and its amazing. max and filippo are totally figo. —F.Ten 2:14 am 10/21