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The Bolophonics

About Me

A band.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/18/2005
Band Website: bolophonic.net
Band Members: Kevin - Guitar
Peter - Drums
Tim - Bass

Influences: Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Galaxie 500, The Wedding Present, My Bloody Valentine...all kinds of shoegaze, Madchester, and C-86-related stuff. OK, for the search engine:
Billy Bragg, Charlatans UK, Close Lobsters, Doves, Echo & the Bunnymen, House of Love, Housemartins, Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division, Lilys, Levitation, Oasis, Pale Saints, Primal Scream, Razorcuts, Revolver, Ride, Slowdive, Smiths, Soup Dragons, Trash Can Sinatras, Velocity Girl
Sounds Like: Reverb, pop songs, dance beats, white noise.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Actually, maybe you *should* think of it as goodbye...

Tim and I have decided not to soldier on with a new drummer.  After over 3 years, the prospect of finding and then breaking in another drummer does not seem as appealing as starting over with som...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Mon, 14 May 2007 06:32:00 PST

hum-dinger!

Well, that was an interesting show.We are sad to see Peter go, and know that he and his wife will be happy & successful in their jetsetting international career.  We will miss him.  We w...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:21:00 PST

Don't think of this as good-bye...

Don't think of this as "good-bye," think of it as "I'm moving to China and won't be coming back to DC and I've always been horrible about keeping in touch anyways so I'll probably never see you again....
Posted by The Bolophonics on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:34:00 PST

Damn...still got it!

One of my favorite Bolophonics' shows, easily.  Probably *the* best, all things considered.  Evidently, taking 18 months off works for us; if we did it again, there's no telling how good we'...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:52:00 PST

Show News! Hooray!

Dear rabid, insatiable fanbase:The wait is over.  Your long, lonely, desolate night nears its morn.  For on Friday, March 2nd, at the Velvet Lounge, a NEW DAWN BREAKS!We will be playing our ...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:32:00 PST

Talkin trash about a revolution

Tim's back!  Yay!  Now that we have a bass player again, we've had some very productive practices in the last few weeks.  Older songs have been perfected, 2 new songs have been added to...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:01:00 PST

I beat cancer by pretending I'm Link and my tumor was Ganon

Well, my plans to practice during chemo and radiation were ambitious, to put it mildly.  I just crawled off the couch after 4 months of kicking cancer's ass, so now I'm ready to rock.  It wa...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:08:00 PST

Ta-daahhhh! New mp3's are here!

Finally; new stuff!  Check them out, and by all means let us know what you think.  The final EP will have 2 additional songs, "Every Hour" and "Judged and Found Wanting" (brand new; never be...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:12:00 PST

Hi! We're Still here!

Peter is knee-deep in chemo and radiation right now, so I thought I'd post a short update to let our legions of fans know where things stand.First off, Peter is knee deep in chemo and radiation right ...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:09:00 PST

So guess what he told me?

Strange thing...so in the last blog post I mentioned my adventure in Anacostia and getting laughed at for singing Sinead and it was right at that part "so I went to the doctor and guess what he told m...
Posted by The Bolophonics on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:33:00 PST