scene and not heard

I feel as though we've met before
i just can't put a face with a name
I know It sounds funny
but you remind me of someone
someone i've met before
could it be that you
wish you were something
just like everyone else
a haircut and a pair of pants
stressed t-shirt, do i dare take a chance
here's the thing i'm sure we'd be friends
but do you have a say
If It's what they wish they were

Not who they want to be
But I can't leave those for whom I care
They are never too concerned about their hair
Sometimes all it takes is to be able to
look me in the eye
make conversation
shake my hand
remember my name

Shows I Should Review

Neil Young & Wilco

Four Year Strong & Last Lights 

New Found Glory 

Rx Bandits 

Rise Against

Maps and Atlases & Nurses 

12.27.08 Four Year Strong & Set Your Goals

I have been really bad about posting here, but I will give an update with all of the concerts that I attended this fall hopefully very soon. Anyways, tonight I went to the Worcester Palladium for the first time and saw a bunch of bands. 

First was Lions Lions, they played a very "warped" hardcore along the lines of Circa Survive or Chiodos. They were OK, but they are still a very young band with a lot of room to grow into something. 

Next was Energy, they played with Set Your Goals at the ICC in May but unfortunately we missed there set. Their show was exactly what I expected, very much in vein of old AFI with lots and lots of woahs. It was nice to finally see them, but they didn't really meet my expectations this first time. I really enjoyed there record, but the live performance was somewhat lackluster. I soon realized that this was the fault of the venue, sold out show, very bad acoustics. 

Next was A Loss For Words, local band who I am very surprised that I have never seen before. I met the singer Matt a few weeks ago at the We Are The Union show and he was surprisingly very nice and we had a good talk about pop punk, hardcore and shows in Massachusetts. I never understood what people liked about A Loss For Words when they had their first few CDs released, a little too poppy for my liking at the time. But I think they have grown into something much bigger than that. Their songs are extremely catchy and they put on a great live show, I'm proud to say that they come from a few towns over. 

Every Avenue showed up with only an acoustic guitar in hand, but came with a whole list of excuses and complaints in tow, I was going to give them a chance but this really turned me off. We moved up to the balcony to see what the view was like up there. 

We snagged some sweet seats and I watched the rest of the show from there. Set Your Goals were definitely the highlight of the show for me, I hadn't seen them since this summer and although they played pretty much the same set they reminded me of how good they really are. They promised a record coming soon, they are going in the studio in February. I thought, if the rest is as good as "The Fallen" this is going to be a damn good record. 

Four Year Strong definitely showed some home town pride and plenty of egging on... WHAT THE FUCKS UP WORCESTER ITS GOOD TO BE HOME, I WANNA SEE THIS PLACE OPEN UP! There set was good, they played some older songs but their sound was really bad and made it irritating at times. Being the fourth time seeing them this year It was cool to see them in their hometown, but I don't plan on seeing them again till they put out a new record. 

Really fun show, but all in all the Palladium was not that great of a place, reminding me of an extremely run down Lupo's. Can't wait for the new Set Your Goals record.

Interrobang!?

I've been posting a lot here...

10.12.08 The Slackers

Crazy
I Still Love You
Eviction
Yer Still Blue
Keep Him Away
Have the Time
Don't You Want a Man?
And I Wonder
Cupid
Tin Tin Deo
Two Face
Walking On
You Were Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson cover)
Leave Me
Feed My Girl (Boss Harmony version)
What Went Wrong
Every Day is Sunday
Pedophilia
I Shall Be Released
Sarah
ENCORE:
You Don't Know I
She Wants to Be Alone

Warped 08

Evergreen Terrace
Bring Me The Horizon
Against Me!
Set Your Goals
All That Remains
Every Time I Die
All Time Low
Say Anything
Schwayze
Forever The Sickest Kids
Protest The Hero
Street Dogs
The Aggrolites
Four Year Strong
Katy Perry

Instrument

3743BMTS
People > Bodies, Heads
Balance

440490NM

non-stop action and reaction
interaction in faction
a gathering of sorts
ideas brought to the table
of a blue lit room
the blue is what we strive for
the main goal is to stir emotions
of any minds willing to listen
a feeling like no other
caught in a groove
locked in
there is no pulling out
as long as this ride is running
you are being pulled along with it
minds in harmony with each other
as they share a similar experience
what will come next?
no one is really sure of this
even those who decide don't know
a collective of sorts
fills a room and waits patiently
to have some sort of interaction
with other mids
all is dark as an explosion occurs
souls are fusing together
minds are bonding all as one
expression
feeling
style
benevolence
interacting and reacting with each other
cues are taken
yet no words are spoken
all are one at this point
as the tension is built
and released like clockwork
timing is on
and there is no stopping this collective
...
machine if you will
until the sun comes up
when we prepare ourselves
for what's ahead

Beauty In Silence

silence fills the air
no words are spoken
nothing is questioned
everything is answered

beauty in silence
beauty in love
mentally - spiritually
forever changed

we are as one
on the same page
physically - emotionally
silence fills the air

Senses

power in numbers
ever changing the thoughts of idle minds
promiscuous tides flowing freely
it is what we see as well as what we cant
four times through, pain in each
sense is lost,
numb, nowhere to go
pillaging for those who cant
back of the line, same as the front
sense is lost
a cannon shot in to the dark night
sense is lost
bombs dropped over helpless lives
sense is lost
held hostage to beliefs in fear
sense is lost
where does hope come from
situations like these
find
seek
hide
hope
wait
listen
heat and jaw in hand
not what we expected
a twist
a turn
a light
a sense
what was lost now has a possibility of being found
in a darkened room where you least expect
head rushes with confusion
as we try to solve unresolved problems
have we found it?
will we ever find the solutions to these problems
which we have struggled with for so long.
possibly, yes
quite possibly
sense will be lost
sense is lost
sense was lost
sense will be found
sense is found
sense was found
resolution was key
resolution is key
resolution will be key
resolution is key

Collective Conscience

collective conscience
all in the same boat
i'm nauseous
feelings of remorse
and i'm on the wrong course
following the roots
yet another pair of black boots
moving backwards
going faster
dealing out of the wrong cards
going nowhere
moving backwards
moving forwards
i'm just listening to my teachers
and now i'm listening
he had my ladder
my teachers lead me
nowhere

Less Talk More Rock

I don't care what you like and i don't care what you hate
I just thought i'd see some music for the going rate
if its not what your buying then it's what you're selling
I don't care if you are singing, screaming or just yelling

no one cares about what you know
they all paid money to see a show
don't you think you should impress some girls your age
but you wont do that with your banter onstage

if you've had enough
of those who think they're tough
i really want to hear you say
LESS TALK MORE ROCK

talk is cheap
but the tickets not
those who paid to get in say
LESS TALK MORE ROCK

yeah sure you can talk watch for how long
cause i've seen bands talk more than play songs
and i know why you think you're so funny
cause you're doing nothing and taking peoples money

I don't care what you like and i don't care what you hate
I just thought i'd see some music for the going rate
if its not what your buying then it's what you're selling
I just want to hear you play for the cash that i'm shelling

if you've had enough
of those who think they're tough
i really want to hear you say
LESS TALK MORE ROCK

talk is cheap
but the tickets not
those who paid to get in say
LESS TALK MORE ROCK

IF ITS TOO LOUD
THEN YOU'RE TOO OLD

Rats

it's gnawing at your feet
make mistakes and just repeat
every line i should have seen
can't wash my hands and make them clean

i know the type who play the act
young and fragile avoid the fact
that somethings wrong and can not see
what is true and right in me

by the look in your eyes you're not like them
you look at me, as should a friend
i hope that you didn't sign the pact
and fall by the ways of the rat

i remember the days when words meant something
and when truth would come with the words that we bring
times have changed and its hard for me
to keep up and understand how you see

if only you knew what to me you mean
and before this time that you had seen
that i know that you are not like this
let truth be seen and haters hiss

by the look in your eyes you're not like them
you look at me, as should a friend
i hope that you didn't sign the pact
and fall by the ways of the rat

A Short Song by Rory T. Nolan

how many basement shows
do i have to sit through
til i figure out its you
youre still cute
and no matter how many
seas and states
lie between me and you
its still you
and youre still cute

Don't Look Down!

i got this pain in my chest and its making me sick
its crawling beneath my skin, and i just can't itch
lingering forever i fear it wont just go away
now all i wonder is how long it's going to stay

its spinning through my head and i'm starting to spin
my hearts fighting a battle that it just cant win
my feet are week and it is affecting my speech
i'm searching for something that i just can't reach

just get get get get get me out of here
i'm hearing everything, but nothing that i want to hear
you think i'd know something now, after all these years
just get, get me out of here

my head is pounding and i don't know what to do
this isn't a feeling that is very new
one of these days i'll leave it behind
and hopefully it will stop eating my mind

just let me stop and take it in
will i be the one to win
we'll shut it up, not look behind
and let me clear my gentile mind

just get get get get get me out of here
i'm hearing everything, but nothing that i want to hear
you think i'd know something now, after all these years
just get, get me out of here

just let me stop and take it in
will i be the one to win
we'll shut it up, not look behind
and let me clear my gentile mind

Bonnaroo 2008

MGMT
Battles
Vampire Weekend
Dark Star Orchestra
Drive-By Truckers
Umphrey's McGee
Tegan & Sara
Bluegrass Allstars
Les Claypool
!!!
The Raconteurs
Rilo Kiley
M.I.A.
Chris Rock
Metallica
The Wood Brothers
Two Gallants
Against Me!
Golgol Bordello
Mastodon
B.B. King
Ben Folds
Jack Johnson
Pearl Jam
Phil Lesh & Friends
Chromeo
Sigur Ros
Kanye West
Robert Randolph's Revival
Yonder Mountain String Band
Broken Social Scene
Death Cab For Cutie
Widespread Panic

The Postal Service - Give Up

I think i understand why this CD is entitled "Give Up", i don't think that they really necessarily want to take up the haunting task of coming up with the follow up record to such an amazing work. This album will certainly stand the test of time and i don't believe really should have a follow up album. If it does, then great but i believe that Ben and Jimmy both understand where popular music can lead and as long as you stayed enough untied from it all then you will be ok. They have yet to reach the point where they have sold their souls and I doubt that they ever will. So yes, The Postal Service follow up, sure bring it on. But is it necessary, no.

Signed And Sealed

signed and sealed with an exclamation point
but i know that that means shit
yeah show me who you are and what you think
and i know that you wont be proud of it

i've had it up to here with the nonsense and bickering
the immature drama and pride
if you see signs of hope fade and flickering
then you just came along for the ride

and i'll say hey thanks for the good times
yeah right i'll thank you for those
and i'll say hey thanks for the memories
i hope you like the life you have chose

i'll stand here 'till you know im right
cause you know that you were wrong
you aren't even worth putting up a fight
because from now on we wont get along

If you could only see yourself in a mirror
you are nothing more than that
in couldn't be any more clearer
you are nothing more than a rat

and i'll say hey thanks for the good times
yeah right i'll thank you for those
and i'll say hey thanks for the memories
i hope you like the life you have chose

soon enough i wont need to see this anymore
its the last time i am permanent to this shore
sure there have been some good times
but i'll still turn back and say...

hey thanks for the good times
yeah right i'll thank you for those
and i'll say hey thanks for the memories
i hope you like the life you have chose

hey thanks for the good times
yeah right i'll thank you for those
and i'll say hey thanks for the memories
i hope you like the life you have chose

I'm Like A Cat

another night alone sitting at home
save me from this nightmare
where are you she said once more
but it was only in my dreams

i can only sleep so long before
the day becomes the night
you'll get built up to find that i
will watch you fall again

cheers to the feeling of feeling alone
cheers to wishing that your heart had a home
if only you could save me now
just save me from this nightmare

i see the gears they're turning
if i'm caught, i'll be dragged in
and yes my clock is ticking
but i know the gears will win

i really don't mind working for the machine
for once i thought it was a sin
to step the right way is all i want
i just want to be able to win

cheers to the feeling of feeling alone
cheers to wishing that your heart had a home
if only you could save me now
just save me from this nightmare

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

I have just had an experience which i wish that I could somehow convey to others and hopefully have them experience the same. Only once before, I believe that I have had this experience but when you are amidst it and completely aware. The essence of this experience is hearing sonic capability and realizing it for its true beauty and no more. As marvelous as this is, there is no possible way of describing it in words and there is no way to understand it until you have experienced it yourself. But for the sake of remembering this experience, I shall do my best to try to retell my listening. Laying flat on my back with my primary audio source being my computer i was engulfed in the sound of what is Narrow Stairs. Once engulfed, not very much else mattered to me besides what i was hearing. Any distant sounds in my house or even thoughts in my head were gone and I was able to truly appreciate this album for what it is and no more. The opening track "Bixby Canyon Bridge" pulled me into this world which I can only describe as relaxing, comforting and assuring. This track sets the mood for the album with enough ambiance and structure at the same time, creating a perfect balance. An ambient intro which leads into a structured song which eventually dissolves into an ambient and chaotic outro with a structured and melodic vocal line which eases the song out. The following song is the only song which has been publicly released so far and that is "I Will Posses Your Heart" an eight and a half minute masterpiece. I honestly have a hard time finding words to describe this album, for this is something that you really just have to hear. After the beauty of "I Will Possess Your Heart" I fell deeper into this state of relaxation that this album put me in. The songs erased all thought from my head and even kept me from analyzing them, something which i often cant help myself from doing. Consequentially, I slowly and easily came out of this experience like it was a perfect dream. Much like the ones where you don't just wake up but slowly realize that you are awake and are in a very optimistic mindset. When I realized that i was conscious I was spoken to by none other than Ben Gibbard. He told me, "We're not the same dear, as we used to be, the seasons have changed..." and as soon as i heard this I felt his words come out of my mouth, "and so have we". Once I heard this line being completed by myself in unison with Ben Gibbard I realized what I had been going through this whole time. I look up and I was on the last track of the CD, "The Ice Is Getting Thinner". When the song had finished and the album had come to an end, within the next ten minutes as I lay there motionless, these words poured into my brain and I realized the true beauty of this album. A glorious forty four minutes and fifty seconds of a masterpiece and then the after effect it has had on me, which is still hitting me like a semi truck an hour and a half since i begun the first track.

Different Pace, Different Place

i want for you to grow up she said but i know that thats not true
who isn't afraid of facing change and feeling something new
it's been quite a ride for nineteen long hard years
it was great while it lasted and now the end is oh so near

i'm packing up i'm moving out say goodbye to mom and dad
thanks for all you've done for me and the luxuries i have had
well i won't be far i know but it's a whole new lifestyle
i'll get used to it even if it takes a little while

time to move on and get out of this town
i won't be gone forever but i'm not gonna stick around
i know it might be hard and didn't think it would be so soon
a different pace, different place, but i can sit and watch the same old moon

scrounge for all i've got to fill up the new place
anything to fill up blank walls and empty space
when we finish up we can enjoy our company
i like this life already, just wait and you will see

a different place a different pace a world thats new and free
time for a new space to discover my own luxuries
i'm getting out of this town who knows how long i'll be gone
i'll find the things that i'm been looking for and then you'll sing along...

time to move on and get out of this town
i won't be gone forever, but i'm not gonna stick around
i know it might be hard and didn't think it would be so soon
a different pace, different place, but i can sit and watch the same old moon

Song For Yesterday

here is a song for yesterday
the time is gone but thoughts will stay
we won't take time to dwell on the past
instead latch onto those ones we want to last

time should always be set to reminisce
but don't let it blind you from the things you can't miss
just let your mind be free to go on its own
and make the best of all you've been shown

grow to learn and teach unto others
treat strangers like they are your brothers
the young and frail are soon to learn
of elder cause and elder concern

it may not make sense, you will wonder why
but it will be explained, all in due time
the song for yesterday is here today
just be aware of what you do and say

Your Problems

do i look i'm impressionable
is it because of my smile
well i may be good natured
but i am not a child

and as for you
thats a whole different story
i won't lay down in defeat
and bask in your glory

take a look at your life
and tell me what's wrong
take the weight off of me
and write your own song

you may have your reasons
and they may all be true
your problems aren't mine
they are only for you

when you look back
you'll see who is at fault
and if you pull this again
i'll take it with a grain of salt

Because Of You

because of you
i am able to write a love song
because of you
i can tell of what went wrong
so thank you
because it means a lot to me
so thank you
because now i can see

not all things work out the way you expect
and that don't mean that you're a reject
i'm glad we are friends and that we talked things through
and so I must say... thank you

well i've learned some things
from now on i will know
it may not be apparent
and i wont be quick to show
it's been a long trial
which has come to it's end
and i'm proud to say
that you're still my friend

because of you
i am able to write a love song
so thank you

Once Again, Forge On!

and just when you thought that you weren't wrong
all tables turn and you wish you knew all along
those moments you wish that you had back
your time is wasted and that is clear fact

and though they try to say that it is me and not you
they still top the last one, each time something new
when will it be the one that really cares
to take me somewhere nice with something that we share

I think some day
i'll get our of here, i'll move away
but just for now i can close my eyes
and never deal with you again
and never deal with you again

and just when you thought that you were right
we start again, another fight
you ask me why i think the way i do
because the descision is up to me not you

don't think i'm coming around again
cross my heart to pretend that we are friends
you turn to me to make ammends
and i say, i never want to see your face again

I think some day
i'll get our of here, i'll move away
but just for now i can close my eyes
and never deal with you again
and never deal with you again

I could say i'll sleep forever to avoid the bullshit
But i wouldn't be able to look back on my life and say i was proud of it
I'll live each each day like it was my last
Look forward to the future and not deal with the past

My strings are changed
I'm clean, I'm new
Look forward to the future
which doesn't involve you

I think some day
i'll get our of here, i'll move away
but just for now i can close my eyes
and never deal with you again
and never deal with you again

I think some day
i'll get our of here, i'll move away
but just for now i can close my eyes
and never deal with you again
and never deal with you again

Everything In Between

i'll take a hit of this shit, everything will be just fine
avoid the problems in my hands, erase whats on my mind
i'll take one more for the road and i'm still left feeling cold
you can guess that i'm a mess, will i regret things when I'm old?

Just another story
of full blown teenage glory
filled with years of apathy
and everything in between

and i shall pity the fool
who does just what to be cool
the party is in your head
you eat the shit that you are fed


I can see you turning now and thats just way too bad
Don't ever stop and ask me how you lost the things you one had
Another hit to take the pain, numb my eyes my heart my speach
self remedy for my teenage strain, now that luck is out of reach

Just another story
of full blown teenage glory
filled with years of apathy
and everything in between

and i shall pity the fool
who does just what to be cool
the party is in your head
you eat the shit that you are fed


YOU HAVE A HEAD
SO USE IT

Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

For most, including myself, the first Regina experience comes from one of the radio tracks off of her hit record Begin To Hope. Although I find them to be equally beautiful records, there is something about Soviet Kitsch that i always come back to. The instrumentation of this record is very simple if not just piano and vocals, which i believe is a driving element of what sets this out in a world of over produced music and made for radio hits. Regina, being classically trained in piano brings out a lot of these elements in her songwriting but at the same time knows what the people want to hear. I have yet to hear a song of hers that lacks sincerity in its vocals, which is something I love. I have seen Regina once live at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2007. Her performance was a great mixture and span of her writing ability. And what amazed me the most was her ability to connect with such a large crowd on such a personal level. Although she was playing the second largest stage at the festival to a bounty of fans, it felt like she was singing the songs to me personally in the comfort of my living room. There will always be a place in my heart for Regina and her music. Not only is she an amazing singer/songwriter/pianist, she seems to remain quite humble and sincere as she gains more and more attention from the public.

so sunday april 6th at 11:14 pm is where this whole thing starts