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Neighbors - All United Grocery

It took me too long to listen to this song. A serious gem: great melodic structure, wonderfully executed syncopation in the verse, and then a gentle slide into a smooth chorus.

Neighbors is from Seattle. they have a blog here (click me) 

Wish my name was more anagrammable. At least it’s more anagrammable than José’s.

José’s name as a possessive has too much punctuation/accent clutter at the end

Jóse’s looks more balanced. You should change your name friend.

internet chat with me [i’m connected]

I have the internet in my apartment now. There isn’t a modem, but just a cable that runs from the roof, through the hatch in the roof, through a hole above my door, through a hole they drilled in my wall, to a little box and the ethernet cable comes out of that.

I think this means that Russians can ‘observe my activities’ on the internet. Probably shouldn’t ‘watch porn’ cause it would be embarrassing if they would find out. Or maybe I should watch ‘a s***load of porn’ so that they think I’m depraved and leave me alone/question my morals/ethics.

My IP address is ‘fixed’ which means they probably always know where I am. I hope they like my blog. I should try to provide more quality content for my Russian spy-friends, I think they’d appreciate it

But to get back to the point. I now have the ability to ‘gchat’ or ‘skype’ with you. I did it today with a few friends (José, Adrienne) I think it’s fun and I think we both had fun and we had ‘good convos’. José and I talked about the vodka in my freezer and poetry and the Russian bathhouse and we played each other demos. Adrienne and I talked about her art shows and bikes and Russian money and being a ‘real adult’ and waitressing and awkward situations.

so if u wanna chat, gchat/skype me or something.

skype: keithbirthday

Additional crappy thoughts

I’m supposed to meet with some Russian guy named Alex in a little bit to get together and talk about ‘jamming’. He wants me to be the front man in his band. I told him I don’t have a guitar and he said he didn’t care. Our text messages/conversations are sometimes in English and sometimes in Russian. Usually the switch occurs when one of us fails to  be able to communicate an idea in the current language. Makes me think of Uno/other games where the direction can suddenly change.

Jose Diaz mentioned me in his blog post. I was used as an example for hyperbole. Even though the use was pretty benign/not really that interesting, I felt like a special person. So I promised myself I would put Jose’s name in a post and I already did.

I should probably work harder on actually staying on one topic for these posts. Too much ADD, not enough amphetamines in Russia to compensate. Sorta wish college kids here ‘loved adderall’ as much as those in the US. Then I could get some more.

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Jose Diaz & The Ninas - Hipsters Riding Dinosaurs

I finally finally finally finished mixing and mastering all of the songs for The Chadwick EP (thanks dad!), to be out at Jose’s discretion. This one came a long way.

Jose Diaz singing the summajam “Boners All The Time”

This is a real hammerheard shark. The one known to be creeping around tumblr is a lie, a phony, a faux  Sphyrna mokarran. He preys on your posts and secretly wants to steal your identity. He also will hold your computer hostage.

Still I wish I could hold a real one.
kakipierce:
a girl and a hammerhead shark (one of the many reasons i didn’t get in the water!)

This is a real hammerheard shark. The one known to be creeping around tumblr is a lie, a phony, a faux Sphyrna mokarran. He preys on your posts and secretly wants to steal your identity. He also will hold your computer hostage.

Still I wish I could hold a real one.

kakipierce:

a girl and a hammerhead shark (one of the many reasons i didn’t get in the water!)