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Friday, June 16th
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I'm excited right now because for the first time in along time it looks like Lovedrug is finally comprised of members that will actually stay in the band. His name is Kory Jones. Everyone welcome him. Cheers Kory... Welcome to the bullshit. May it not suffocate your will to live.
Our new record is finally gonna come out so it seems! So that's a good thing. I cringe when I think of the unfortunate fans that have seen us come back to their cities for the one hundred and eleventh time playing the same damn songs. THE TIME IS HERE PEOPLE! IT IS UPON US! A NEW RECORD! NEW SONGS! NEW FEELINGS! NEW VIBES! all is well in the universe. Shalom. -Michael | |||||
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Monday, June 12th
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Studies show that when one has an alcohol induced "black out" that it is actually your body shutting down due to a lack of communication with your brain stem. It should also be known that it is the brain stem (the deepest part of the brain) that tells the lungs to breathe and the heart to beat. At the time of "black out" the brain and body are so confused by the content of Ethyl in the system that the brain is forced to hit the proverbial panic button and start shutting things down... like a systems operator. With enough alcohol in the body (and it's less than you might think) the shutting down can also include vital functions as well. Which would of course leave one... dead.
-Michael | |||||
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Thursday, June 1st
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My name is Michael Shepard. I'm 26 years old. I live with my parents. I barely pay my bills. I'm in a rock band.
I need to feel good about what I'm doing here. I need to be happy with who I am and more importantly... what I want to become. Change me... if you can change me.. cause I can't burn that little tic out of you. You know that this is the truth When I was young we'd find ourselves just to come undone. -Michael | |||||
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Saturday, May 27th
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Being in LA always makes my already near explosive anxiety problem all the more bombastic. So many people searching, reaching, grabbing at anything that comes near them that resembles what this place has deemed worthy of "cool". It baffles me endlessly. I understand it but I don't really like it.
Honestly I just want to be at home playing with my nieces. They at least understand the quality of time spent not talking. Want to start writing again too. I know we just finished our new record and it's not even out yet but I still have become compelled to sit down and write more music. The problem is environment and a general lack of peace that I need to really find calm and get my mind clear. Daniel Johns said it best.... "I don't want to be lonely, I just want to be alone." I feel like Daniel and I would have alot in common. Cheers -Michael | |||||
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Monday, March 27th
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the view from stage, backstage...on the outside looking in... -Enoch | |||||
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Sunday, April 23rd
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Been out of the studio for about a week now... jumped on this current tour immediately.... but my mind is still spinning like a bear in the wheel.. We've been playing a couple new tracks in the set... Pushing the Shine and Doomsday and the Echo are going over rather well... fish in the cage Been a bit sad of late. Also.. new development.. everytime I sing the chorus of "Pushing" I feel lightheaded and my feet get heavy... tunnel vision.. the works! What gives?!!? not enough oxygen I suppose. My sister once ran over me with a bicycle when I was 5 years of age... it's ok now though.. she's our biggests fan. Love her. On a more serious note... we officially challenged Swicthfoot to a game of ultimate frisbee... the game is set for today... wish us luck. luck. -Michael | |||||
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Monday, March 27th
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Putman, Michael, and the Control Room (Sail To The Moon?), etc. -Enoch | |||||
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Thursday, March 30th
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Arrived at The Loft three days ago and already things are moving along splendidly. Day one was devoted to Salt of the Earth, which I can already tell is going to be one of my favorites. It turned out brilliant with all the evil and skin I had hoped. a true resemblance to the fetal psyche in dire need of a voice in desperation.
oH lIkE the Salt OF tHe ERth EAch coRRectioN makes US STRONGER and hAppier. The dry erase board is filled with ideas and instructive forward motions to keep things in check and on track... never jump the track...never jump the gun... never de-rail.. The need to keep a straight line is indeed an important need. No directions other than forward. don't stop, don't rest, don't deviate from the diet of nonstop thought and melody things can and will overwhelm.. Resort to cigarettes and coffee in bulk quantities. Dave's doing his guitar part for Casino Clouds right now and it sounds gorgeous. Clean so Clean... like wolves on the lamb hunt. -Michael > > > > > > 
Working song list...shrouded in mystery... -Enoch | |||||
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Wednesday, March 29th
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Bleed Together churned out quickly on day two and is now resembling an insistent bull in a china shop. Very angry sweet rock for the nostalgia of an angst ridden past....
When I was in high school I remember feeling like the fish out of water who always wanted his gills tethered to home. My demeanor was one of silence and pensive non-resistance to authority. I went along with the flow but never sank into the groove with my classmates. I had an enormous crush on this girl named Brooke Maholm. She was always very nice to me and honestly she ended up being the reason I wanted to come to school at all anymore. She was very popular throughout all of the boroughs of clicks and what not which I guess I admired because she wasn't a snob at all about it, she was just very cool. I thought there was a connection but I never said anything. So one day I got to thinking about what that all meant in the shaping of my life and my views on people and what they meant to me. I wrote a short story that kind of summed the whole thing up but honestly it ended up being way more harsh than I really felt about the entire situation. So in the end there wasn't much enlightenment, just a story that turned into the lyrics for Bleed Together and has absolutely nothing to do with Brooke Maholm. -Michael | |||||
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Tuesday, March 28th
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woke up at our hotel. i always seem to forget where i am when waking up in a hotel room. and if i’m lucky who i am. if not for a moment. just kidding. i happen to like who i am. first real work day, back at the ol' studio.
sifting through a thousand different piano ideas to bridge a gap. michael, tracked some acoustic for the bridge, or..(the middle eight), which in this case is more like a middle 80. the acoustic sounds nice...i think....hell i don’t know yet, its hard to tell these things when your so damn close to it. the song....salt of the earth. james is coming later. i’m excited for that. enoch and i did some pilates earlier. must exercise. must not get depressed. must exercise. must not get depressed. -David | |||||
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Monday, March 27th
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-Enoch > > > > > > woke up today at the un-godly hour of 8:00am. I've set my alarm for 11:45am lately, due to extensive sickness. it took us the normal four hours to arrive at the farm from mucky ohio. Yes, we record on a farm. a horse farm. our producer Tim Patalan was running late from a prior golfing excursion in sunny florida, so to stay busy and productive we cleaned the studio and set up all our gear. we seem to have a lot more gear this time. tim arrived, we sat down and had a chat about the songs and basically mapped out the record and what we wanted to accomplish with each song. lots of songs. lots of ideas. lots of opinions. i am happy, and also want to ride a bike. -David | |||||
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Thursday, March 23rd
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Rehearsal space... -Bradstreet | |||||
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Wednesday March 15th
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Once when I was 11 years old I was at a friends house for an afternoon and he started tumbling and tossing himself into a mud puddle. He was picking up large globs of mud and throwing it around like some sort of luney with an affinity for the sloppier things in life. I couldn't get involved out of sheer terror and my inner unwillingness to be soiled. We soon thereafter grew apart in our preferences for daily activities and inevitably fell apart as friends. I suppose that sort of thing happens alot to kids but for me it was a milestone in my life up to that point that I simply couldn't deny... I liked being prestine; and only played with the mud in my mind from there on out.
Growing up is weird. Meeting people who happen to catch you at those transitional times and offer up advise about your life's direction, especially in regards to something as obscure and sacred as the feeling of love, shouldn't really talk at all I think. It's better to be quiet when you don't know what's going on.... I guess that's what Pushing the Shine is all about really. -Michael |
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