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Made of Oak

About Me

made of oak is the solo project of nicholas christen sanborn, a member of decibully , headlights , cedar a.v. , and buffalo , as well as co-owner of tiny united, a design and silkscreening company. this is a video of megafaun . they're awesome.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.nfl.com/fantasy
Band Members: Nicholas Sanborn
Influences: Josh Scott
Sounds Like: "I don't think anyone ever really changes, you just learn to make peace with your neuroses." - John Waters
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

tracks

it seems like myspace has stopped telling you what album a track is on, so i thought i'd let you know who i remixed for each of the songs on my player thing.-sea flowers blossom is a remix for the ban...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT

there was a fire

on my way home from work tonight krv and i were walking and talking, and then this woman on the side of the street said "did you see the fire?" and pointed, and we turned, and there was this huge blaz...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:42:00 GMT

WMSE cookbook

everyone's favorite college radio station, 91.7 WMSE, recently released a cookbook of recipies contributed by milwaukeeans. it's available for a $30 pledge and comes with a cd of food-oriented songs ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:41:00 GMT

Hotcakes Gallery live set

a few weeks ago i played two improvised sets at hotcakes gallery here in milwaukee with two of my favorite musicians: jim schoenecker and erik schoster. here's a link to the second set we did that nig...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:50:00 GMT

if you're interested...

this is my dj set from last night at redroom. for a fun game, try to figure out the exact moment i simultaneously got drunk and ran out of records. enjoy!song - artist - albummomma - dudley perkins -...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:50:00 GMT

spring outing

i'll be hitting the road once again with my dear friends headlights for the u.s. portion of their super-huge world tour extravaganza. it'll be six weeks of awesome, so please come out and say hi! i'll...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:30:00 GMT

top ten

1. Shearwater - Palo Santo (Misra)2. Bowerbirds - Danger At Sea (Burly Time)3. Clark - Body Riddle (Warp)4. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (Interscope)5. Headlights - Kill Them With Kindn...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:32:00 GMT

the death of text

i'm not texting anymore. got something to say? call me. this decree may be rescinded if i renegotiate my cell phone plan.until then, you'll have to actually hear my voice.sigh,nick
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:21:00 GMT

multiples of ten

how is it that the two best new shows on television are both 1) based on a "behind the scenes" look at saturday night live, and 2) have a multiple of ten in their title? i can't tell if that makes tot...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:16:00 GMT

under the influence of boners

so a while ago me and the decibully/headlights crew are playing a show in portland with this band, "under the influence of giants". they're 2nd of 4 bands playing that night, but that doesn't stop the...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:20:00 GMT