November 2010 (Don't Forget To Not Shave)

Finally, the lovely month of November has arrived and I have more information to impart.


First order of business:
THE 19TH WE PLAY MAGGIE MAE'S (ATX).

This place is dope and I'm so happy we got hooked-up to perform here. Besides the venue's long history, there's a huge rooftop deck (5000 sf!) overlooking Austin's infamous sixth street. Needless to say, I am stoked.

See.

You.

There.

Friends.

Secondly,
It's the time of year when the neck beards, soul patches, and facial follicles flourish! I'm talking about No Shave November. and yes, all four of us are active participants in this year's shenanigans.

John thinks he'll end up looking like a pirate (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).
Matt fears his neck beard will soon develop free will & reasoning abilities (probably a bad thing).

Benny's protest of the cold with the use of flannel shirts unknowingly puts him in a fierce contention to become the next brawny man (awesome).

I will not be able to fly anywhere (funny).

We'll see if we can't get some pictures up here for ya.

In other news,
Fun Fun Fun Fest was, well, FUN.
On Saturday I relaxed with piano musings by The Antlers (Caddywhompus got to play with these guys?!), got my post-punk out with Wavves, ate hey caupcake at Monotonix, got entrapped in a sweaty mosh at newly reunionized Cap'n Jazz, felt Philly circus-vibes from Man Man, harmonized vocals with Dirty Projectors, and split my time between MGMT (sorry, but their new stuff is garbage) and RJD2's synthetic compositions.

On Sunday, skanky possum associate Mother Falcon orchestrated miracles early on in the day, Deakin (Animal Collective founder) pumped out psych-beats, Best Coast sang about past boyfriends and cats, East Coast's Washed Out layered chill waves over my ears, and Yelle turned the dusty park into a french-runway-dance-party deal.

All in all, a good time. Especially when funnel cakes are involved.


On a side note,
Matt got a guinea pig named Annie since that last time we've talked. So sweet. Here's what she looks like. Irrelevantly,
My birthday is this month. Let's see if you can figure out the day without looking at my facebook profile. A challenge, indeed!


Lastly,
If you've read thus far, then thank you. You're the type of person that is probably excited to hear that the mixing of our to-be-released-soon EP is pretty much done. Yes, that's right, Searching For Signal will be putting out NEW MUSIC in the near future. Very near. Winter break release shows? Quite possibly. All I'm saying is brace yourselves, because what I've heard sounds supurb.


Till Then,
Michael