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About Me

Forged in steel and a vegetarian bisque featuring meat-free lobster imitation, they are from different bands, but now they are in the same band. Not unlike romance in Ancient Greece. Word.

Bring your dancing shoes, we like to make you do the dancing.

If you can find 5 minutes to make a difference, visit local organizations like The Rape Crisis Center and The Rainbow Project and help make a difference in your community. It helps everyone and will make you happy at the end of the day too. Thank you!!!
And with another 9 1/2 minutes...
and with another 9 and 1/2 minutes...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/1/2008
Band Website: hrw.org/
Band Members: David Stephan: Bass, occasional keys and percussion
Joel Shanahan: Guitar, some keys as well and occasional vox
Carson Lawrence: Vocals, a dash of keys and percussion as well
Matt Schmidt: Drums, a smattering of keys and more percussion than the other two combined.
Influences: Music: The RZA, Phil Spector, Jeff Buckley, James Brown, Velvet Underground, The Supremes, Prince, Fugazi, DJ Premier, The Smiths, New Order, Traindodge, Billy Joel, Anthony Hamilton, R Kelly’s Bump and Grind and any proceeding remixes of R Kelly’s Bump and Grind, including the "How I Feel It Extended Mix". Other: Lester Bangs, Chuck Klosterman, Paul Farmer, most film noir, er...films, Dadaism, anything Andy Warhol ever touched without question, the public park system of the United States, mountains, lolcats, Vonnegut, most of Montreal, baby ducklings, superficial compliments, squeaky cheese curds, awesome ring tones and without a doubt, composition, most Renaissance paintings and sculptures.
Sounds Like: Sly Stone crashing Jeff Buckley’s funeral in a vinyl suit. But dirtier.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Recording and Tanning

Hey y'all, quick heads up: The Real ID Act will be entering the studio next weekend to track the drums for our 5 song EP, tentatively titled, "Breccia & Scoria". It will feature such c...
Posted by The Real ID Act on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:22:00 PST

What happens when one hand claps?

Wow, big show this Friday. Good times, can't wait for everyone to come out and party and dance and have a great time. I'm writing this though, to let you know that David won't be with us past Septem...
Posted by The Real ID Act on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:19:00 PST

Enjoying the weather

K, so I'm not sure that if you read this blog you'll understand what springtime in Wisconsin feels like, but good Lord does it feel nice today! We've been practicing with the windows open, which has...
Posted by The Real ID Act on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:08:00 PST

Booking shows

Hey all, we're putting out a little "A.P.B" to anyone with show booking capabilities for a possibility of jumping on a show before May 18th. Our problem at the moment is that we're scheduling re...
Posted by The Real ID Act on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:57:00 PST

Recording and Playing

So, looks like we’re gonna be hitting the studio at the beginning of May, doing some "live" recording. Got a show, then a possible studio date, then we’re gonna do this up. Live and dire...
Posted by The Real ID Act on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:59:00 PST

Here we are, finally...

Ladies and gentlemen, here we are. The Real ID Act. Live and in living colour. Yeah, the British/Australian/Canadian/India etc. kind.Hailing from Madison WI, we are a fearsome four-piece, wielding ...
Posted by The Real ID Act on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:59:00 PST