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Andrew

Embrace the Meteor.

About Me



A terminal man-child with a fondness for things that happened before I was born.

I play music with End Of A Year which is both challenging and satisfying.

I also record bands for a living at Space Coyote Recording Studios , and will probably be happy to record yours if you would like.

I'm still getting adjusted to this whole "adult life" thing. So far I like it.

*** HEY ***
Please don't post show announcements, big ass flyers, label updates, etc, in my comments section. It's a waste of your time, as I will just get annoyed and promptly delete them. If I think you are doing something worthwhile that people should know about, I am perfectly capable of telling people on my own volition. Knock it off. I'm not your A&R rep, I'm not on your street team. Life sucks. Get a helmet.

My Interests

Packing it in. Buying a pickup. Taking it down to L.A.

I'd like to meet:

Lonely and unhealthy millionaires looking for an heir.

Music:

I like music a lot, to a degree that is probably unhealthy. I like punk and hardcore, even though it sometimes makes me feel old. I like country and I find people who write it off blindly to be ignorant assholes. I like old rock music your parents made out to. I like Italo Disco bands that you've probably never heard of. I like synthpop and other "80s" music in a non-ironic way. I like Ethiopian Jazz. I like 90s G-Funk and Gangsta Rap of only the most absurd varieties. I like Blues records that your grandparents would refer to as "colored music" with a weird air of distaste. I like some electronic music, though by and large I find it boring after the initial minute or two. I like a lot of other things.

X, The Handsome Family, The Gun Club, Leatherface, The Replacements, Jason And The Scorchers, The Clash, The Blackheart Procession, The Wipers, New Order, Fugazi, The Psychedelic Furs, Hank Williams, The Dead Milkmen, Interpol, Social Distortion, Tom Waits, The Pogues, Lungfish, Cursive, The Cure, Jawbreaker

Movies:

Halloween and The Good The Bad and The Ugly eternally fight it out inside my skull as the finest movies ever made. I think this explains more about my personality than I am comfortable with.

Television:

I am that guy who is way too into Twin Peaks, and will get really vexed when people inevitably tell me that they have never seen it, and/or have no idea what I'm talking about. I really enjoy Lost. I think Arrested Development was very clever. I wish there were more shows like these three, because if there were, I would probably get a lot more out of television.

Books:

Bill Bryson can show us the way.

Heroes:

Butcher Knife Lady

My Blog

Music that I currently love - 4/24/08

When I run into people I haven't seen in a while, one thing they almost invariably ask me is "what's a band I should be listening to", or some similar variant. I'm not sure if this is just because I'm...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST

Again

I posted this about a year ago and got a few responses, but nothing really panned out. I am trying this again.I would like to start a new band. This is kind of a weird desire, since I am already in a ...
Posted by Andrew on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:07:00 PST

Well Linus...another Halloween has come and gone...

November 1 is always the biggest bummer day of the year. Nothing to look forward to now but spring...
Posted by Andrew on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:37:00 PST

Rube said we can’t go where they go.

I have this uncomfortable mental division when I think about death, one that I'm sure many people have. On the one hand I have a very real expectation that my life could be wiped out at any moment, f...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:21:00 PST

Band Olympics II

 Lets be real it is probably the only fun event that Albany will see until melting ice caps turn Rensellear into oceanfront property.It goes as such:People who are interested in not being cowards come...
Posted by Andrew on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:23:00 PST

A list of blogs I should have written while in Europe (Part I)

"Sean Doody feels the icy grip of panic as his guitar does not immediately present itself at baggage claim" or "How the west was lost""It is hot but there are no bees.""The quaint and quiet German man...
Posted by Andrew on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:08:00 PST

5:45

The man on line in front of me at Price Chopper is talking loudly into an IPhone. He is wearing a jogging suit that appears to be made entirely out of purple silk, and a gold chain with a mini-spinner...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:08:00 PST

Embrace the meteor.

The earth will be hit by a sizeable meteor. This is a mathematical certainty. The whens and wheres are nearly impossible to predict, but it will happen. You have a better chance of winning the lottery...
Posted by Andrew on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:48:00 PST

The next three weeks of my life in photos

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Posted by Andrew on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

Slick shoes, are you crazy?!

One of the messageboards that I frequent has boasted a ton of Top 5 lists as of late. I normally have tried to stay clear of them since the theatrical release of High Fidelity, as saying "Top 5 ____" ...
Posted by Andrew on Thu, 03 May 2007 05:48:00 PST