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the radio silence

About Me

see you tomorrow.

My Interests

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Member Since: 03/01/2005
Band Website: www.theradiosilence.com
Band Members: Joe Lieb - vocals, guitar
Thurston Julian Oscar Smith - electric piano, synthesizer
Influences: David Bowie / Jeff Buckley / Christie Front Drive / Coldplay / The Gloria Record / The Innocence Mission / Jimmy Eat World / Damien Jurado / Low / Luxury / Mineral / Morrissey / My Bloody Valentine / One Amazin' Kid / Radiohead / The Smiths / Starflyer 59 / Sunny Day Real Estate / U2 / Various Alt-Country Bands from the Early 90's
Sounds Like: You're listening to one of our songs now, aren't you? Well, aren't you?
Record Label: champlin hall media
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Presenting: The Victoria Line does SF59

Post TRS projects have been pretty slow going, admittedly, but you can find your first taste of what Thurston and I are doing on a free Starflyer 59 tribute here: http://www.sf59fans.com/translations/...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:15:00 GMT

record reviews

so i'm finally getting around to posting some reviews for Narrative.  If you want to understand the full review, you'll need to sit down with a dictionary and that friend of yours who acts like h...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:35:00 GMT

the end part II: how the end will sound

although the end of the radio silence in its current form is already happening, we do still have plans to finish the recording of a handful of new songs that we began before ben left town and all the ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:09:00 GMT

the end

friends,it saddens me to say that after a large number of years, a smaller number of shows and an even smaller number of releases, the radio silence is calling it a day. I had thought up a number of t...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:15:00 GMT

CD release show / getting our asses in gear

Drum roll We finally have a CD release show. Full details are coming soon, but it will be March 17th at the Brewery with friends The Port Huron Statement (http://www.myspace.com/theporthuronstatement)...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:42:00 GMT

the record is still done.

so it took me about 20 minutes to figure out how to put thurston's web browser back on the "english" setting, which is quite helpful if you're used to reading things in english (like i am).  I do...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:55:00 GMT

the record is done!

or at least, the audio part is. hopefully the pressing will not take nearly as long as the recording process did, which clocked in at just under a year. some people thought it would never get done. fo...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:07:00 GMT

mogwai - take me somewhere nice

is basically the best song ever. that said, I would like to announce to all of you that the record is as close to being done as thurston's beard is to equaling this guy's. we even went out to a ban...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jul 2005 04:55:00 GMT

We've got angst in our pants

hello all, Just wanted to thank you all who came out to see us on Friday in Charlotte. You all are always accommodating, and One Amazin' Kid always makes us feel a little queasy. Anyone that co...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:20:00 GMT

Please do not steal my stereo

Hello kiddos,      As you can see, we will be playing for Public Radio's CD release show in Charlotte this Friday, and all those in the area are required. In other news, the album ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:58:00 GMT