stuck in long island city with the brooklyn blues again

Last night I had a strange experience.

I went to see a friend’s band. Their shows seem to bring out the pals in droves.

On one hand, there’s this mass of energy coming from the guys and that’s fantastic. On the other hand, they are a little hard to pin down. There are four songwriters in the band and they all have their own styles, musically and lyrically.

Plus, the setup is strange: three string instruments (plus a bass) and no drummer.

Let me make it clear, they are very good. On top of it, they connect with the audience in a very real and important way.

That being said, I left the show a little confused and frustrated. I couldn’t seem to get it, I guess.

It could be that I’m extremely nervous though. Tonight is a performance. I’m only playing three songs, but two or three members of this band will be there and they will most likely not be into my strange live performance… it’s going to be, um, low-key, as opposed to their shot of cocaine.

They will probably be confused. That is, if they’re just as self-centered and pretentious as I am.

Oh well, I guess I can’t please everybody. There’s also a chance that I can’t even please a few people… I guess we’ll find out!

Here’s a little something to lighten this dark post:

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i mean, like everyday i’m on the internet.

ieatpants is eeeeevverywhere!
complete listing here

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yeah, me neither.

oh well. it was fun while it lasted!

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hi everyone.

i’ve decided to spend lots of energy (and maybe some money) on producing a video for an ieatpants song. but here is the dilemma, which song to choose? i mean, they’re all poorly recorded in my bedroom, so forget that standard.

i would like you to do me a favor… tell me which song to use. you see, it’s very difficult for me to stand back from the songs and decide which would make the best video. i just want to make sure i’ve made a wise choice before i make a big investment.

so, these are my final candidates:

1. are you sleepy (i think i might be the only one who still likes this one)
   download the mp3
   
2. that wasn’t cocaine after all
   download the mp3
3. leave a little room in the glass for my lime (a very silly demo that i just recorded on sunday)
   download the mp3
4. what’s the world gonna say when you’re gone?
   download the mp3
5. you do what you like
   download the mp3
6. the day we gave up
   download the mp3
7. low cure (instrumental, but i like the building and the imagery of the layers of sound)
   download the mp3
8. bahgdad summer (this one is a demo but has my favorite guitar solo that i’ve ever recorded in it)
   download the mp3

what’s your favorite song? did i miss one? is this whole thing fucking stupid? (no offense to stupid people)

once i decide on a song, the fun really begins. i may have a kickstarter link up here in a couple weeks, so there will probably be an even more awkward request forthcoming… (uncomfortably tugs on collar).

thanks!!
-brandon

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lots of silliness here.
but also heartbreak.
whatever, it’s a fun song about limes.

Download the mp3 here

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…but i am too sad to blog today.

instead, i’ll just paste in this very old post from the days before the weblog existed.
enjoy:

[May. 14th, 2005|12:36 am]
today was the first day of my new job…
since im working at a non-paying internship, i had to go get a paying job.
and, of course, a coffee shop job was perfect for me.
since i love coffee and all that stupid shit, im now working at oren’s daily roast.
anyways, my boss’s name is kevin and all throughout my 6 hour shift, he was making very dumb jokes. and well, the punchline about that is that he’s gay.
i never would’ve guessed, but then he told me.
so there’s that.

but, the highlight was after i gave some woman a pound of coffee and then she turned around–spinned around actually–became crazily flustered, and glared at me.
her eyes grew twice as big and she said to me, “where’s my boy?!”

so, yes, this woman had lost her child in a tiny little coffee shop that is as big as my living room, on lexington avenue. she ran out to the street frantic. our entire staff became frantic too, but it seems that none of us remember seeing a boy.
my new best friend chris isn’t worried at all, and he looks at me and says, “i didn’t see no kid, that woman is crazy… oh shit, i guess she’s calling 911 now… i really don’t want the cops to come up here.”

chris has no compassion. still, his apathy inspires me.

i was scared shitless. she had left her pound of coffee and tea and keys on the counter to go find her son. we were in the middle of a busy street at rush hour on the upper east side of new york city, and some 4 year old has gone missing. for about 15 minutes everybody is very confused and nobody got their coffee or tea or biscottis.

i was like, “whoa.”

finally, she comes back in with her son, (praise jesus) and tells us that he had walked all the way down to 76th street (we were at 79th street) and was trying to walk down into the subway. we’re relieved and confused and so she leaves.

the lady behind her tells us that she saw the boy walking down the street carrying the woman’s three shopping bags. he had escaped her clutches with all of her days spoils and was trying to get on the subway. it was pretty damn funny, but it just reminds me of how easy it will be to steal a baby…

i’m bout to steal me a baby!

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is this really the respect you have for america’s greatest phallic monument?!
really!!!!

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