Motion Sickness Of Time Travel

Stole a lynk from Stolen Lynx. And for good reason. If you haven't heard this group, it's probably because you're an idiot or because you fell asleep. Either way, try it.

Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - s/t

false flag - pig language

NOISES AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM

i never understood the blatant refusal to promote one's own work, even in a respectful and non-aggressive manner, out of a self-destructive fear (never admitted) of seeming self-important or pretentious. this, in itself, is so overly self-important and pretentious.

if you make noise or paint or dance or build phallic sculptures out of exoskeletons of insects and dead sea sponges, fucking tell people about it! stop being afraid of looking lame and make a god damn facebook page for your project. pass out flyers for your show or gallery opening. make a facebook thing and invite your friends. post about it on forums in the proper threads. if people don't like what you do, that's okay. if they do, they do because they HEARD ABOUT IT FROM YOU. isn't that a good feeling? isn't it nice to connect with people you didn't know before? and hear or see how your passionate creation moves them? oh, you have no interest in that? okay. well, weirdo, continue to drive to play shows to no one and continue to not trade or sell any of your releases so that people can experience what you put your heart into. if you like being that underground, then let me know so i don't ever ask you for help booking a show.

i am not condoning incessant spamming in every facebook group and every other artist's email list you can possibly hoard. i'm not suggesting you ask to jump in on every single show or event that gets booked in your area. in fact, it's better to be asked than to ask most of the time. all i'm saying is don't be a fucking pretentious douchebag. i'm passionate and excited about my projects and what i make. and i'm going to post about them once in a while without pressuring you to like it or being hurt by you if you aren't interested. if that means i can't get in with the cool kids, go fuck yourself sideways.

never had this problem in hardcore, even amongst all the egotistical straightedge tough guys. never had this problem in punk, even with all of the "closed-minded, argumentative crusties" i've come across. i've never had this problem in rock/indie rock/alternative rock in which i've toured excessively playing years ago. it's only in noise. and it's because noise is abnormal, and people think it's above everything else. well it's not. it's not because some people make techno. some people jazz dance. some people paint uninteresting impressionism paintings of fields and lakes. some people sing in a fucking cover band. but if they are doing it honestly and passionately, then it is EQUAL.

i need to do one of two things. i either need to stop caring so much about other people, or i need to become one of these introvert assholes and act like i'm the most "outsider" weirdo noise dude ever without actually ever telling anyone that i have a new tape coming out. while i'm at it, i'll by a 12 pack of pbr, stand in the corner at a show, not donate to the touring bands, act too cool to hand one of the touring bands a demo just in case they'd be interested in listening to it on the way to their next show, and not give a fuck about anyone i don't already know looking for shows to play when they are enthusiastic about their artistic passion. this is because i will become better than them on every level, because i will have been doing "noise" longer than them, and they will just be posers trying to break into my scene that i like to gate up and close off to newcomers.

just. fucking. be good to each other. i'm no poster-boy of positivity. i am as flawed as the next person. in fact, this entire rant is basically a complain-fest and the trashing of other people. but i swear this build-up of emotion and thought inside me is positively fueled. it is positive rage. and i don't really want to be a rager, but i'm better off letting it out in a fucking blog entry than i am unleashing on some lame dude at a show. that wouldn't be a good idea. i'd be a total hypocrite. i'd rather make general statements about general issues for enlightenment and venting purposes than call out certain people. i feel like it's my place to type bullshit rants because it's my blog, but calling out particular people is a mistake i've made before because none of them have been murderers, rapists or anything like that. just people who have been rude. if anything, i embarrassed myself on those occasions way more than i embarrassed the person i was posting about by being rude right back to them.

so now i struggle... am i as much of an asshole as these people for saying these things? like i said, this is positive rage. but i'm also only 27 and i don't know everything. if you think i'm being a total jerk about this, or if you think i've got a very wrong idea, i really do encourage you to leave comments and feedback with some insight. just please try to keep it cool. i don't like insult parties. i also don't want to be wrong, though. maybe you can help me understand some things.


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edit: my buddy had a pretty cool response and perspective. it's in the comments section, but i wanted to give it more exposure (oh god, here's the promoter in me again). so here it is:


I don't think you're being a jerk turkey - I think you are passionate about what you see as worthy of the attention of others, whether it be your work of other artists output. Noise is a weird, seeming void. I've got this rough theory that once you remove the phallic symbol of the guitar from the picture, both males and females are at a loss for what their visual attention is expected to be focused on - a lack of guitar might work with club based music due its direct *rhythmic* nature, but sound without the aid of musicality is simply a mess for most. Noise is a small fish in a big pond, and for this reason amongst many others, few would approach it with the goal of *any* sort of notoriety in mind, which isn't to say people chose to be obscure, I mean, if you are doing underground music to begin with you ARE obscure - attempting to reach the theoretical ends of obscurity by not showing anyone what you do is like asking if a tree falling in the woods makes a sound if no one hears it - IT DOESN'T MATTER. Obscure for obscurities sake is silly. I am obscure as hell despite people knowing and liking what I do. 


There have been plenty of times where I have missed interesting shows or performances due to lack of advertising/exposure. They were bummers. I think people should consider that at least other noisers have their back.

I need to get myself together. Way too sensitive, way too aggressive, way too depressed. Something shifted in my life when I got this new job and my sleep schedule and activeness changed drastically. Did some serious chemical shit to my body. I can't stop listening to the most emotive Hammock tracks but for some reason they are immobilizing me and I can barely see from my over-acting tear ducts. I guess we all deal with this sometimes, right? Constant crying for reasons we can't really understand or figure out?

I'm too blessed to ever be unhappy. Life IS great. I just feel the illusions of misery sometimes.

Mike Shiflet + Jason Zeh - Pent/Empty

I know you know who Mike Shiflet is. Jason Zeh should ring bells, too, but I guess he is a little lesser-known. He's a really fucking cool, guy, though. Wow, what a great description of this tape I have going. 2005. Download it.

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FOR THE NEXT HOWEVER LONG I FEEL LIKE DOING THIS, YOU CAN TAKE $3 OFF OF ANYTHING FOR SALE >>>HERE<<<. THAT MEANS MOST TAPES WILL BE $4 PPD.  OBVIOUSLY USING THE PAYPAL BUTTONS ON THE SITE WON'T GIVE YOU THIS DISCOUNTED PRICING, SO EMAIL ME AT RAINBOWBRIDGE AT IFITMOVESKISSIT DAWT NET WITH WHAT YOU WANT, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A TOTAL TO PAYPAL ME. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. GET CRAZY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE SOME SEXY DOUBLE-CASSETTE BOXES AND VINYL AND MATERIAL FROM A LASSE MARHAUG COLLABORATION, NEW FILTH, AND SHIT LIKE THAT. PEACE. ~JML

pregnant spore - D E E P

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

This is my favorite Mount Eerie release so far. It's far from lo-fi and there are a lot of layers. The song structure is less weird than normal. So I guess it's strange that this one is such a favorite. Maybe it's because it gets so doomy, drony and noisy. This guy is a sickening genius.

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem

Encounter Group - Lost Anchor

An old and mysterious American Tapes gem circa 2009. Hopefully I won't be told to take this one down. It's an edition of 11. Blogs like this one keep limited editions thriving. Those who really love this will at least seek out a copy whether or not they score one. At least they will talk about it. I'm prepared for rants about how I am destroying the authenticity. Faaaaack youuuuu.

Encounter Group - Lost Anchor

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