Voting has not yet begun, but here's Pat...
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This is pretty funny...my sister Lisa sent it to me.
Also, let me remind you again that you should
absolutely not vote!
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Tiffany?
Tiffany started her career singing "I Think We're Alone Now"
(and her other fine hits) at malls. The Motion Sick has chosen to follow
in Tiffany's footsteps with a one-day rock concert at Patriot
Place...tomorrow, Nov. 1 at 12:30 PM w/Luke Mulholland -
http://www.patriot-place.com/article.aspx?cid=499#nov1
Free / All Ages / Outdoors!
Television?
The Cult of Point Break Society, and all-star Boston band featuring Matt
and Travis from The Motion Sick presents Television's 'Marquee Moon' and
the whole thing is for charity. -
http://www.myspace.com/copbs
Thu. Nov. 6th at Church 69 Kilmarnock Street Boston, MA 02215
Varsity Drag and The Motion Sick open the show!
21+ / $10 / 9 PM
Devo?
The Motion Sick's dance remix of "30 Lives" is now featured in
the XBox 360 video game "Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3,"
available pretty much everywhere now - video and info at
http://tinyurl.com/5rtblx
Our song is right next to Devo in sequence!
(In case you forgot, we were also in the Playstation 2 game "Dance
Dance Revolution X," next to The Pet Shop Boys.)
Vampire Weekend? (and Black Kids?)
The Motion Sick has been named a finalist in the Pick the Band
competition. The winner opens for Black Kids and Vampire Weekend at The
Orpheum in Boston!
More info:
http://tinyurl.com/5ru8nw
Road Trips?
The Motion Sick's song, "Walk on Water," has been featured in
the PBS TV Show Roadtrip Nation. See the clip here:
http://tinyurl.com/5cgfgt
Other quickies:
A great interview with us on Ryan's Smashing Life:
http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/10/twin-peaks-and-rock-n-roll-our.html
You can now stream almost all of our songs via Reverbnation:
http://www.reverbnation.com/themotionsick
Rock on!!!
The Motion Sick
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My mom forwarded this to
me. Be sure to click wherever the hand appears (and in some cases, more
than once).
This is updated daily until November 4th.
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So we're finalists in this Pick the Band contest. It seems like a
pretty great thing. Pick the Band seems like a great idea.
They bill it as the first fan-run record label. I guess then it
makes sense that they want "fans" to pick the winning band in
the contest. So, it will be an online voting thing with music
videos, almost identical to the
Coldplay contest we were in a while back.
It's tough because we've been in so many of these online voting contests
and I am pretty sure that they're never really about whether a band is
good or has actual fans. It's just more of a question of how many
of your friends you can nag into voting. This doesn't always result
in the "best" or even "better" bands winning.
We were actually really glad to see our buds in
The Luxury win the Coldplay contest and we hope that someone equally
strong wins this contest.
We're participating and we're in the running for the prize (playing
a show at The Orpheum with Black Kids and Vampire Weekend), but we're
really quite burnt out on online voting contests. Let's see,
there's been: SPIN Band of the Year (we were finalists on merit, but then
lost in the online voting), Lollapalooza (we lost), SPIN Hot Pursuit (we
got into the finals without doing any fan voting as an "editor's
pick" and then
we dropped out of the finals because we didn't want to sign the
contract), WFNX Last Band Standing (again chosen as a pick bypassing
the voting and then we won the whole thing), and the list could go on for
paragraphs...
Reflecting back on these contests, I am reminded that we do very well
based on merit, but not so well based on online voting.
Why? We're just not so good at making people go out and vote
for us. We feel sort of guilty and like we're taking up too much of
their time and energy. In the past, we've gotten a lot of votes,
even when we didn't win. We know that is because there are a lot of
you that get some joy from getting behind us and helping us to
succeed. We really do appreciate that and feel like you all
contribute to the spirit of this band and of our successes. So, in
a few days, voting will begin. We hope that you will support us at
that time and we appreciate your help. However, we won't go crazy
nagging you, so chances are, we will lose the contest. This will
make us sad, but we will take comfort in knowing how much support we
receive from all of you and that when judgment is based on merit alone,
we usually do much better!
Rock on!
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This is a duplicate post, but it's up just because links have been posted
elsewhere via twitter, etc.
Ryan's got a great blog covering music in Boston and beyond. He
took some time with us a while back to discuss our latest record and what
we're up to, and I think it's a pretty interesting read:
http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/10/twin-peaks-and-rock-n-roll-our.html
We met at a coffee shop in Central Square and perhaps one of the most
surreal moments in our "fame" and "fortune" came when
we finished the interview and a song from our first album came on over
the coffee shop's sound system.
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Ryan's got a great blog covering music in Boston and beyond. He
took some time with us a while back to discuss our latest record and what
we're up to, and I think it's a pretty interesting read:
http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/10/twin-peaks-and-rock-n-roll-our.html
We met at a coffee shop in Central Square and perhaps one of the most
surreal moments in our "fame" and "fortune" came when
we finished the interview and a song from our first album came on over
the coffee shop's sound system.
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Back in August, we had the pleasure to be interviewed by the fantastic
Ryan Spaulding for his equally fantastic music blog
Ryan's Smashing
Life.
His blog is probably one of the best in Boston for highlighting both
Boston and National acts and frequently hosts his own local showcases
here in town.
I'll let the
interview do the talking, but be sure to check out the rest of his
site for other great interviews, song links, and shows.
Link:
http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/10/twin-peaks-and-rock-n-roll-our.html
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