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the high strung

bite off more than you can chew... then chew it

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Stay tuned for fourth record, (title is still going through our heavy scrutiny!) will be out on Park the Van Records, sometime in September, along with a tour that last forever.In June we start our fourth annual National Public Library tour, so be on the lookout for that as well.
We recently got in cahoots with some companies, here's what:
—Strings Provided by GHS
—Microphones for our live performance provided by Heil Sound
—National Rock and Roll Library Tour 2008 sound system sponsored by Bose
READ THIS: "The next real literary 'rebels' in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles. Who treat of plain old untrendy human troubles and emotions in U.S. life with reverence and conviction. Who eschew self-consciousness and hip fatigue. These anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic. Maybe that'll be the point. Maybe that's why they'll be the next real rebels. Real rebels, as far as I can see, risk disapproval. The old postmodern insurgents risked the gasp and squeal:shock disgust, outrage, censorship, accusations of socialism, anarchism, nihilism. Today's risks are different. The new rebels might be artists willing to riskthe yawn, rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the 'Oh how banal.' To risk accusations of sentimentality, melodrama. Of overcredulity. Of softness. Of willingness to be suckered by a world of lurkers and starers who fear gaze and ridicule above imprisonment without law. " DFW
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2004
Band Website: thehighstrung.com
Band Members: Josh Malerman- The Voice of The High Strung, guitar/([email protected])
Derek Berk- Drums, Falsetto/([email protected])
Chad Stocker- Lead Bass Guitar/([email protected])
Influences: The Capitol Years, The Teeth, Dr. Dog, Berko and The Kablamos, National Eye, Tulsa, Friends of Dean Martinez, Guns N' Roses, nethers, Ed Donahue, Scott Windland, CCR, Kinks, David Bowie, The Everyothers, Beethoven, Who, Beatles, Beach Boys, Booker T. and The M.G.s, Phil Spector, Ramones, Eno, The Possibilities/Nutria, Dylan, Aphex Twin, Borroughs, Weezer, Pixies, Capitol Years, Proust, The Band, Big Brother, Anthrax, Grateful Dead, Aaron Franz, HOt Pipes, Bad Wizard, Mitch Hedberg, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Viva L'American Deathray Musique, Compulsive Gamblers, Mike Bloomfield and Butterfield Blues Band, ORnette Collman, Mary Lou Lord, WEEN, Scott Winland, Blind Faith, Snowglobe, John (mothafuckin') Coltrane, Buddy Holly, *Elliot Smith*, The Shins, Bad Religion, Allman Bros., The Meters, White Stripes, JIm Diamond, Journey, NIrvana, Crimpshrine, Radiohead, Cream, Emergency Music, Lesbians On Ecstasy, Pink Floyd, HAnk Williams Sr., King Crimson, NIck Drake, Pavement, OPIV, Mudhoney, Toots and The Maytals, Shesus, Television, Curtis Mayfield, War, Three Dog Night, Booker T. and The MGs, Sex PIstols, Screeching Weasel, Dave Chapelle, Jam, Clash, James Brown, Desmond Dekkar, Cringer, The Sights, Peter Rowan (and Old And In The Way), Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, MC5, Nuggets I & II, Allen Ginsberg, Descendents, Richard Pryor, Sly and his Family, Mishka Shubaly, Flaming Lips, Built To Spill, GBV, Buddy Rich, The Paybacks, Max Roach, Screeching Weasel, Metallica, Johnny Cash, Flatt and Scruggs, Belle And Sebastian, Rachmoninov, 80's hair rock, The Specials, The Association, Black Sabbath, De Nova Dahl, The Rants, The Riots, Strokes, Tom Robbins, Carlsonics, Led Zepplin, Harvey Brooks, The Muggs, Ill Lit, MOTOWN, lou barlow, Friend's Like These, Malachi Constant, Bill Monroe, Cool Jerks, Kablamos, the break up, dame fate, the close, Tom Collins, Westside Daredevils, Ed Wood, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, gore and horror of all kinds and time periods, Stephen King, Coen Bros., Wes Anderson, Linkletter...
Record Label: Park The Van
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

PRODUCTION IDENTITY

Man do I love it when things roll like this! Not "things" maybe but songs. Sure... yes yes... a new album... six new songs up on here (6 that aren't on the album)... 6 more we could put up in a month....
Posted by the high strung on Wed, 21 May 2008 05:55:00 PST

New Myspace Look, and NEW SONGS

ladies and gents, This is a new EP availabel only here on myspace.  it features 6 songs. This is it's only format, and you can get it while you can.  Come and check it out, enjoy the new so...
Posted by the high strung on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:36:00 PST

Recording Thoughts IV (for the gear geeks)

Here's some geeked out notes: the bass i played on the album, mostly, the new one i speak of, ouw!  i bit my thumb nail down too low, typing is a pain to my tip.  The bass I used on Standin...
Posted by the high strung on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:07:00 PST

Possibly the World’s Longest Palindrome

Star? Not I! Movie  it too has a star in or a cameo who wore mask  cast are livewires. Soda-pop straws are sold, as part-encased a hot tin, I saw it in mad dog I met. Is dog rosy? Tie-dye booths in...
Posted by the high strung on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:22:00 PST

Dear LIBRARIANS...

Things are looking great for this year’s summer library tour but we do have some open dates left. Write us if you’re interested. We just got back from playing PLA in Minneapolis and it was...
Posted by the high strung on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:36:00 PST

Recording Thoughts III

go here: www.myspace.com/mediaslavemusic for the third installment.
Posted by the high strung on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:21:00 PST

Chad’s Recording Journal II

go to www.myspace.com/mediaslavemusic to hear about it!
Posted by the high strung on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:25:00 PST

Chad’s Recording Journal

You people who care, we have been recording in Canada, with one David NEwfeld.  To hear about what's happening there, what we are eating for breakfast, what bass i'm using and what silly play on ...
Posted by the high strung on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:03:00 PST

THE MITCHELL REPORT

You can read a PDF of the Mitchell Report at: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3153509&camp aign=PSGeneral And this link might be the actual thing itself... http://assets.espn.go.com/med...
Posted by the high strung on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:36:00 PST

HITS

NOW HEAR THIS: The High Strung, The Teeth, The Capitol Years, and Dr. Dog do not sound like the "sixties". What you're hearing is great songs. What you're hearing is four bands who write songs th...
Posted by the high strung on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:47:00 PST