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Has anyone else had a problem with the "contract" some of the venues may have signed with Brand New? Or at least the one Slims has signed with them tonight?
Two friends of mine drove 7 hours down to see the show with the tickets I had ordered because I was unable to go, and they weren't allowed in. They had a copy of my driver's license, all of my credit card info, and a hand-written note by me stating they could pick up the ones under my name. On the main site it says they just need the note and the license copy, but I guess on the brand new page it states special circumstances of this show (which I was told on the phone). So right now I have two friends stuck outside the show with two tickets going to waste. I really love Brand New, but this just seems ridiculous. I understand it's probably to protect against scalping, but why would I rip someone off and give them my credit card info? That makes no sense to me.
I've seen Brand New 3 times and have never had this much trouble before with tickets.
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| Brand New in Billboard |
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Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey says his emo-rock band's new effort is more collaborative than previous releases. "The lyric writing on this record was shared a lot more between [guitarist] Vincent [Accardi] and myself," Lacey says. "After the last three records I think I was feeling a little exhausted for ideas, and I think Vin has a brain full of them. We write about what we want to know, and I think the four of us question our lives and life in general in the same way." Lacey adds that even though more voices are involved, the band's songs haven't changed all that much. "The song 'Stones' again started out with a guitar track that didn't really sound like you could do anything on top of. I was having trouble hearing what could happen with someone singing over the track. Then I came in one morning and Vin had laid down this really pretty and chanting chorus over the beginning of the song and it was smoother sailing from there. We managed to make it obnoxious by screaming over the rest of the track, which is what we do when we're stuck." (source)
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| Upload photos and junk on the photo gallery |
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So forever and a day ago I created the Brand New Photo Gallery... Remember?
Yep. Well now you guys can register, upload pictures, comment and rate photos. We'll try it out and see how it goes, I may have to change it if my server doesn't like it but get to it!
Sorry it took forever. I moved across the country.
Speaking of, I'll be at the show in Hollywood. See you, maybe.
*Note: you guys can't make albums - so if you upload new stuff, just upload it into the "uncategorized" and label it. Like for instance, you upload photos from the 7/18 show in West Hollywood. We don't have an album for that so you just throw them in "uncategorized" and label them as "7/18 West Hollywood" or whatever, and me or Catherine will put them in the right album.
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| New Song Lyrics |
[16 Jul 2009|11:48am] |
I'm new to the community and have never posted before. Actually just created an account today! I'm surprised the new song ("Bed"?) lyrics haven't been discussed. I found this over on songmeanings.net:
( Lyrics )
Thoughts?
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| selling my vinyl |
[16 Jul 2009|12:07pm] |
I guess there comes a point in a guys life when he needs to sell some records because paying for school is a bit more important than having something sit on a shelf. Maybe at that point you become a sellout. Either way, I'm selling my First Pressing of Deja Entendu and I figured I'd post it here. If you want to give me shit for being a sellout, it's cool. Good luck if anyone is interested.
EBAY
EDIT: Apparently someone was crazy enough to Buy-It Now...sorry ya'll.
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| Yay |
[16 Jul 2009|12:12am] |
Wow its been a while since i updated this bitch:
Life right now is pretty sweet. My lovely lady and I just moved into an apartment in Weymouth and we just got cable/internet in today. The apartment is small but perfect for the 2 of us and the kitten.
I recently got hired to the Apple Store which is going to be opening in Dedham but they want me to start working in the Boyleston Street on the 27th. Finally I get to escape Donut World! Only one more week of wreaking like coffee!
Amanda and I are of course going to Italy August 14th - 23rd which will be unbelievable.
And Barricades is doing pretty good. We have had a couple of show-less weeks which has been nice to have a break but I'm anxious to get back on the horse. J-Lutz has joined us on the Bass-y and its been sweet. And we will be recording August 1st and 2nd. Woot Woot!
so life is swanky and Im excited to be back online. Yay!
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| Brand New Says Relax |
[15 Jul 2009|06:19pm] |
Rock Sound recently spoke to Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey about his thoughts on the rabid online response that follows the band's every move:
"Kids don’t realise that they don’t want to know about the process," he remarked. "They think they want to, but when they find out a song isn’t really called something they get angry about it. Or if they hear something and it changes then it provokes the same response. If you don’t want to know then don’t look, don't ask about it. The record will be out eventually when the makers deem it complete and decide to give it to you. If you don’t want to know about the steps it took to get there then just relax and it will come."
Brand New recently changed their album title from 'and one head can never die' to 'Daisy', read more about them in the new issue of Rock Sound.
http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/brand-new-says-relax
Oh, that Jesse Lacey.
I tell ya.
and, new picture of ALL the boys. They don't have many pics that include Der.
I also believe that is what Jesse they all wore in Detroit.
ANYWAY, did anyone pick this up yet to see the rest of the article? :)
edit: If anyone gets a scan relatively soon, I can edit it into this post.
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| Important info about the Uniondale show!! |
[14 Jul 2009|12:59pm] |
Due to NHL scheduling there has been a date change for Brand New in Uniondale, NY at the Nassau Coliseum. The show is now Saturday November 28th, 2009.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. Please notify us by phone or email by Thursday July 16th , at 5pm Eastern if you need a refund for the date change.
Sincerely,
Ducat King | Front Gate Tickets
888-512-SHOW
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| Feels good to be home, and now it's back to the burgh! |
[13 Jul 2009|11:49pm] |
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My day off during the All Shook run was spent at the Palacades Mall, which I guess is the fifth largest mall in America or something like that. It was a very relaxing day off; didn’t buy much, except for a Reel Big Fish and a Modest Mouse CD (both very wise purchases). Dinner was had at the Outback. We all ordered steaks, seeing as that was probably the only time this summer we’ll have the money to order a steak.
The second week of All Shook Up went very well. The crowds range from sounding barely interested in what they’re watching to being completely ecstatic from start to finish (Friday night’s crowd was the best this show has seen yet). In the middle of the wed night show my headset in the fly loft decided to stop working and screech in my ear whenever I hit the talk button. Michael Bert tried to fix it on multiple occasions with no luck, so I’ve gotten into the habit of running the show blindly which hasn’t been that bad. I’ve seen the show enough to know where all my cues in the show are.
High School Musical also opened during the second week of All Shook Up, and anyone who has worked on the show hates it to no end. Why you ask? Well, aside from the fact that it’s High School Musical, we’ve had to actually build some set pieces for this children’s show. This sucks for three reasons: the show doesn’t have a budget to begin with, so we’ve had to take money out of the budgets for some of the main stage shows; we’re not contracted to do anything involving the children’s show; and it takes away from the small amount of time we had to build Les Mis (more of that t later). One the nights before HSM, we would have to put the set up after All Shook Up ended. This means an extra 30 minutes to an hour of extra work, depending on how long it takes to set up the rather large light up sign we built for the show. Thankfully, after two very annoying nights of setting up this show, the director has made the ResCo do all the load in and loud outs of the show, which means we’re off the hook for the most part. Sweet.
Now onto Les Mis: Ron is directing the show, which means that the cast, crew, and management staff were all going crazy because he’s very indecisive and doesn’t communicate what’s going on in his head (if in fact anything does go on in his head). He also designs his own shows (using photo shop, of all things). He has us building these weird set pieces for the show (for all of you who did Les Mis with the Theatre Guild, imagine the Cows got turned into spider webs, and that’s what I’ve been working on the past few days). Also, he wanted a live goat on stage. That’s right, a live fucking goat. For all of you unfamiliar with the show, let me answer your question now: no, there is no goat in the show, but he wants one. Why? No one knows. Whatever, it’s only a week old and has the cute factor going for it, so all seems to be forgiven. Doing tech for a Ron show is always an experience. He’s a little bit of a control freak and tends to make everything more difficult than it should be. He was even changing things two hours before the show opened. That’s should sum up how crazy were going.
As for the show itself: seeing as this is one of my favorite shows ever I had very high expectations, and for the most part they were fore filled. Jay, the actor playing Javert, is amazing at playing the part. He’s done it before and it shows; he knows that character inside out, and he makes the character pretty bad ass too. I also discovered that I’ve seen jay perform with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which is friggin’ awesome in my book. The sets for the show look really good as well, even though almost everything is painted grey. O’Connor’s lighting for show is spectacular, and makes the show look even more awesome. Some of the scenes are brilliantly executed, and others fall very short. Some of the blocking in a few scenes (“Lovely Ladies” especially) in god damn atrocious. Some scenes make me feel sick when I watch them, but thankfully those scenes are balanced out by some very excellently crafted scenes (One Day More and everything in the ABC Café are fantastic). Also, the show has been cut down, which is understandable because it’s a three hour plus show. Some of the cuts to the show are pretty reasonable: example: “Turning” is cut from the show, and it doesn’t take away from the show, and it’s actually a song that isn’t missed by much people. Half of “Lovely Ladies” is cut, which makes a little bit of sense, but the part of the song that’s cut is when Fantine gets coaxed into being a hooker. In this version getting your hair cut off apparently makes you a lady of the night. Also, tiny bits and pieces from “Dog Eat Dog” and the wedding scene get taken out, which makes the ending a little confusing (well, if you’re still paying attention, that is). Also, Val Jean’s wig is hideous looking. It looks like an ally cat is on his head.
Anyways, now that I’ve been knit-picky about everything, the show has been running great. No problems during a performance on our end; someone did faint during the wed matinee, but that’s been the only excitement. The tech crew is also costumed for this show. That’s pretty fun, though I’m pretty sure that I have the bottom of the barrel for a costume (a pair of pants that aren’t quite pants and aren’t quite shorts, and a poofy shirt that’s too big for Henry VIII).
We set off fireworks at the Dam on the fourth of July, that was a lot of fun. Entire company caravanning to the dam; it was quite a sight.
Right now it’s my day off and I’m home waiting for friends to come by. It feels good to be home, even if it is for only 24 hours. Oh well, let the fun begin before I drive back to Forestburgh at 4 in the morning!
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| brand new in rock sound |
[13 Jul 2009|08:58pm] |
I don't know if anyone saw this but (in the corner because I don't have paint to circle it)
it says it goes on sale wednesday, i'm going to try to find it to see what the interview includes. unless it's already online?
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come home or not?
that seems to becomin more n more important as i come to the end of my time at full sail...
i want to go home because that was when my life was stable.. when i didnt have to worry about much..
and i cant deny the fact i was happy cuz i had almost every1 that made me happy around...
ive reached that point where im jus so restless again..
like i cant think of anythin to really be excitin about or even to be happy about..
when i think of life i either think of the past or ideas that really have no joy behind them..
and i dont kno if its full sail thats done this to me or jus me...
i have in my mind stop bein the happy go lucky person i was for a bit or at least cant be that person on my own...
i talk about goin on adventures.. meetin new ppl.. goin places.. but sumtimes i dont want to do any of it.. i jus wanna sleep n dream or jus do nothin.. n i hate it...
i cant help but get ova the fact anythin i do now will simply becomin a memory eventually.. nothin more nothin less..
i look at all my old pictures of the stuff i did n its crazy cuz i can neva re-live them..
and all these feelings are doubled cuz im not over briana... n i dont make it any easier on myself.. but i cant help be so angry.. who knows how many ppl told me i was bein dumb n all this other shit n i wanted to kill them all... but sum times their words hit home n i couldnt deny the truth of sum of it... n honestly i kno its my own fault i fucked up my life on my own but i jus always thought i was doin the rite thing... i make my life so complicated, so in a sense hard to deal wit.. becuz i care about ppl regardless of wat sum might think i cant help it... which always leaves me alone... becuz choosin sum1 ova sum1 else is near impossible.. to say sum1 has more value then sum1 else kills me... and becuz i have choosen to keep so many ppl in my life AND try to make them all happy n stay in contact i have made it impossible to concentrate on those who are truly important.. causin me to neva be fully happy becuz i care to much about wat ppl think... for me to be wit briana completely n be happy n have everythin work out.. i would have to block out every1 else n jus shut every1 out... which i did at one point n possibly could have done... but then if something ever happen to her or us.. where would that leave me?.... not only that i would seem like such a dick to all the other ppl who are important to me.. i would seem like such a shitty friend.. ditchin all them after years for a girl... but this wouldnt of been any girl it was one i was in love with.. so would it be wrong to give everythin up for love.. isnt that what your suppose to do?.. and if it is why did it feel wrong.. why wasnt i fully happy doin it?
so you say why didnt you jus combine lives... and i say how do i combine mass with va... or jus the simple fact i fucked up alot of shit makin it hard to combine everythin... which to chose?
so you say there are other girls in the world.. and i say yes that is tru.. but why look or waste my time tryin to find other when i have some one so great already? why would i leave what i have to try n find somethin more convenient? why would i try to be selfish/ greedy?
so you say in life you have to be selfish sometimes, you have to do whats best for you, you can not make your happiness second. and i say you shouldn't have to be selfish to be happy, you shouldn't have to hurt others to get what you want, you shouldnt have to make yourself being happy first.
so you say you shouldnt have to do alot of things, but sometimes you have no choice. and i say you always have a choice.
so you say yes the choice is always be happy or not be happy. and i say.. well i say i was happy.. i had what i wanted but everythin was so dam complicated. and i jus feel like a failure cuz i couldnt make things work.. i always would mess up or jus fuck up.. i failed at the one things i always thought i was good at.. caring about people and making them happy
and you say you can make any number of people happy, you can changes any1's life, but what is it all worth if in the end your not even happy yourself? so i say i dont even know really how to just be happy without worrying, i dont know even really what makes me happy, like truly happy.
so you say that is what life is about, finding what really is that makes you happy, what it really is that moves you, finding some sense of peace in yourself. and i say that none of this is fair, and im tired of everything being so dam complicated, im tired of all the choices, all the anger, all the guilt, im tired of all of it.
so you say one day it will be alright. and i say i dont believe you.
so you say you have to, for you have to hope and believe so you can go on. Everyday will be harder but in the end it will all be worth it. and i say are you sure, can you guarantee this?
and you say.. you say nothing.
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