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James Haitchwai

About Me

"Hello James,
I'm pretty new to myspace (I just got one today actually) and I was searching for people who share my love for Iron Maiden. I noticed that you have music on your myspace. I own my own record label in Chicago and I can say from experience that if you want to make it in the music industry you must do much better. Take some guitar lessons! vocal lessons! and who knows... and after a few years of hard work you might have something. Just thought I'd give you some advice.
Best of luck,
Marcus"
"the music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long, plastic hallway where theives and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. there's also a negative side."
-Hunter S.
One Day, Vegetable Oil Will Cure Cancer EP | released March 2008 | 8 tracks | 70 mins | $4
Stolen And Borrowed | released May 2007 | 11 tracks | 41 mins | $5
Live In Baltimore EP | released Nov. 2007 | 8 tracks | 33 mins | $4
Full Weight | released July 2005 | 10 tracks | 45 mins | $5
s/t EP | released Jan. 2005 | 7 tracks | 33 mins | $4(packaging for this one is made-to-order, so each copy has unique artwork by yours truly)
Nothing To Lose, Nothing Better To Do 2-disc set | released Feb. 2008 | 24 tracks | 101 mins | $3

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/04/2005
Band Website: www.jameshaitchwai.com
Band Members: Logan-bass, production | Rashad-drums, bass | Rosshole-guitar, production | Wanda-vocals, drums | Thomas-drums, production | Rob-guitar, production | Rick-drums | Lauren-drums | Chris-drums | Hannah-cello | Andrew-drums | James-guitar, vocals, production
Influences: Neil Young, early hardcore, Patti Smith, Suckdog, the Wipers, PJ Harvey, anything that came out on SST in the 80's, Cat Power, doom/sludge/stoner metal, anybody who can't sing or play but still sings and plays anyway
Sounds Like: nothing that the people want to hear and everything they don't want to hear
Record Label: GrundleSound Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

announcement-

I am more or less on hiatus right now.  I may play occasional gigs but I'm mostly out of the loop at this point.  I guess a combination of a) writing/playing/gigging/recording on a near-constant basis...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:56:00 GMT

new booking policies...

no more 21+/club shows...nothing pisses me off more than a roomful of DCish yuppies sipping $10 cocktails and talking to each other over the music as if it weren't even there.  it's fucking degrading....
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 15:32:00 GMT

surprise shiesty interview

Me Monster was interviewed by Skratch Magazine but they sent us 2 sets of questions by mistake.  the band used the 1st one and I've decided to appropriate the 2nd.  enjoy.-----------------------------...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:58:00 GMT

James Haitchwai needs help!

if anyone in or around DC has a floor I can sleep on for a week or two that would be awesome. as some of you may know, it has been a pretty rough 6 weeks (lost job, lost house, got jumped) and I just...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:38:00 GMT

going into the studio in October

I will be recording my next album, CODE, the first weekend of October at Actiondale Recording Studio in Virginia with Mike Harvey producing. I've got my old pal Maciej Makalowski working on the artwor...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:21:00 GMT

the story

I wrote this one night last year with really bad insomnia and it ended up being the intro to this zine-ish thing I was going to publish until I decided it was a little too self-indulgent.&nb...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:09:00 GMT

yeah, it’s supposed to sound like shit: "stolen and borrowed" explained

my album "Stolen And Borrowed" has gotten some of the most scathing reviews I've ever read in my life, and normally I wouldn't think twice about it but it's been going on for so long that I would at l...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:06:00 GMT

bigass vegan feast/show/bike throwdown at my house 9/13!

10022 Lorain AveSilver Spring, MD 20901Saturday, Sept. 13 from 1 to 10near Silver Spring and Wheaton Metros and the C and Z Metrobuses/ RideOn bus 9come out and celebrate Sylvia's and Logan's birthday...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:37:00 GMT

a slew of blog entries coming soon...

you've been warned
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:21:00 GMT

what the shit man

so I moved all the way back to DC to start this badass punkcore band (more on that later), but since I got here all I've been listening to is wussy pop-punk and girl singer-songwriters.  and Wesl...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 18:27:00 GMT