the dominican branch of MTV swung by my estate in the dominican republic to bring you this very special episode of CRIBS.
February 16, 2010
January 23, 2010
republica dominicana – part 1
well, here it is. the first look at my hard knock life in the Dominican Republic.
Chirs Olson (Virtual Monk) made his way down here as well to check it out for himself… more coming soon.
November 12, 2009
minnesota snow bird
on friday, novebmer 20th, modernsextrash will be playing our last show until the spring. why such a break? because i’m moving as far away from the snow as i possibly can!
i’m moving to the dominican republic for the winter months, goals:
1. to write a ton of amazing mst songs.
2. improve my surfing skills.
3. continue to build the Panancea3 empire via the web.
this trip is a temporary relocation to avoid the physical and mental wear that the minnesota winters tend to deal to my existence.
this is in no way, shape or form a sign that modernsextrash is slowing down, as a matter of fact, things are just starting to become quite epic. we are currently mixing our next set of 6 songs that will be released sometime this winter. we’re also lining up some very exciting touring/management scenarios for 2010.
additionally, we are launching the “live” portion of mst.com which will feature bi-weekly streams of us doing really cool, earth shattering stuff. the first one will be hosted by me @ 8:30pm CST on monday november 23rd, tune in and let me bid you farewell before i venture south!!
May 22, 2009
End of an Era
we’re headed to chicago to write the final chapter in the Dead to Fall story.
this should be an ‘interesting’ weekend to say the least, video footage soon…
have a good memorial day weekend wherever you may be and thanks to everyone who came to the show last night!!!
April 8, 2009
the internets, today.
even though the web 2.0 buzz is getting beaten into the ground lately, tim and i believe that there are some drastic changes nearly afoot, web 3.0?
we’ve got some ideas.
information spreads much faster than wildfire does, and imitation/adaptation/evolution is capable “virtually” overnight.
awesome.
March 19, 2009
a high gamer
i’m not going to advocate drug use, or promote abstaining from chemical substances for that matter. i am however, going to laugh out loud at the feeble attempts of: abovetheinfluence to scare gamers away from using marjiuana with this website: “GAMING HIGH”
so much energy in this world is spent on matters that matter not (in the grand scheme of things.)
at least show people both sides of the coin. as bill hicks said: “If you don’t believe drugs have done good things for us, then go home and burn all your records, all your tapes, and all your CDs because every one of those artists who have made brilliant music and enhanced your lives? RrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrEAL fucking high on drugs.”
March 13, 2009
Ridiculous! Just Ridiculous!!!
So, for the past 3 MONTHS, I guess you can call them “workers”, have been “working” on the roof of my apartment building. See, I live on the top floor, so I can hear pretty much everything that they’re doing. I mean it wouldn’t bother me so much, because I can sleep through pretty much anything; fire alarms, roommates fighting with their girlfriends, jackhammers on the roof, you name it, I can probably sleep through it. Thats not the problem. This crew must be a bunch of fuckin morons, because all they do is fuckin pound on the roof! Anyone who stays over, including my singer, Andrew, can not sleep past 7 in the a.m. due to the extreme noise caused by these “workers”. But, like I said, for me, thats not the problem.
One day, about a month ago, in the afternoon, they were just going crazy. It seriously sounded like they had elephants up there. CRASH! BOOM! BANG! POW!! Eventually, i heard the loudest pounding to date, followed by cracking sounds, IN MY CEILING! 2 cracks in the ceiling in my room, followed by spackle falling all over my clothes, and my bed. A huge crack in the kitchen, spackle all over the floor. I thought to myself, “this is ridiculous! Just ridiculous!!!” I hoped that was that…
I came home about a week ago, and in the stairwell up to my apartment, there was a bucket. Just a bucket, nothing mysterious, you know, a bucket. A pretty large one at that. Well, I thought to myself, “this is odd, I wonder why this is here…” So I took a look around, couldn’t find anything. Then I looked in the bucket, and it’s damn near half full of water!! The goddamn ceiling, I mean ROOF, is leaking!! ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?! They were just fuckin “working” on it!! FOR 3 MONTHS!!!! I thought they were supposed to fix the roof, NOT MAKE IT LEAK!!! So, i thought that was pretty funny. What group of morons gets hired to fix a roof, and leaves it leaking!?!? I mean, really? So, once again, I hoped that was that.
Wrong again!!!
I wake up this morning. I hear a weird dripping sound close by. I start to move a bit, and realize my feet are all wet! Im layin here goin what the hell?!?! I look around, and to my astonishment, the ceiling is leaking, ON MY BED!!!! So, I went and got my own bucket, and now its on my bed, filling up with water, as we speak. Or rather, as I type. I hope by the time you read this, this will all be over. If not, Im sure you will hear about it…
Im going to call my landlord right now…
March 12, 2009
Tom Cruise in “The Sixth Sense”
With technologies’ exponential growth turning a blind eye to economical situations and low spirits across the country, mankind begins the race for answers and a new path of convenience through life. Wether its science, religion, or a strange mix of the two led by Jerry Maguire, we must keep the key to believing in a higher power.
We must be aware of inventions like this before marketing tactics present them to us in a way that benefits them and allows us justification in rewiring our natural “sixth-sense” that houses the human soul. Imagine for a second how many strong Christian followers rely on Macintosh’s apple computer, iPod, or iPhone every day and don’t even realize the genius behind the companies branding we all recognize and relate to without hesitation.
“Belief in things invisible is not a privilege of religious people, believers, alone, but is a necessity if one is to be able to explain the world in a reasonable fashion and lead a meaningful life. An understanding of the invisible reality around us negates the usual boundaries of time and space and gives our lives significance.” From the words of Carl Welkisch.
As we Build Society for the 21st Century with online communities evolving faster than we can read the terms of agreement too, and technology that keeps us connected to fueling this growth, we must never forget our natural senses and abilities to live, learn, and make our own decision. Much like we dodge the unanswerable question and say, ” the point of life is to enjoy the ride,” maybe it is best that we do not define our “sixth-sense”. Maybe it is best that we respect it as a physical tool that brings us faster communication, material convenience and nothing more.
December 8, 2008
1 xlr
i only have one XLR cable to my name.
that means i have to bring it with me between my apartment and the practice space.
sometimes i leave it one place, or the other, that sucks.
then either i can’t use vocoder @ practice or i can’t record tracks @ home.
maybe you don’t even know what an XLR cable is, that’s fine.
all you need to know is: it’s tiny things like these that remind me that i’ve still got a ways to go.
it will be a great day when the little things are all sweet.
i bet i’ll still look at them the same way as the XLR cable, an annoyance.
that’s sad.
well, phil just bought me an XLR @ the good ‘ol MoA and will be here shortly with it.
guess i’m movin up, i own 2 XLR’s now.
