Every once in a while I come across a new band and they immediately become my favorite band.  It’s becoming increasingly rare these days, but it does still happen.  This week, it finally happened again and it’s pretty safe to say that there’s no way you’ve ever heard of them.

How do I know this? I’m glad you asked. Because I’ve never heard of them either. No one has.

They’re so obscure they might not actually exist.  I don’t know their name or where they’re from (if anywhere).  I don’t know if they play Nordic black metal or indie-electro-ragtime. In fact, if I had to guess (and I do) I’d say they’ve probably invented a totally new genre. And I’d be right.

So you’re probably wondering if I’m about set the blog-o-sphere on fire by posting a link to the next mp3 sensation that will be on every hipster’s iPod and, of course, the next Volkswagen commercial.

Well, I’m not. That would be so 2007. And besides, once I actually hear what this band sounds like I’m pretty sure I’ll hate it.  Just the fact that anyone finds out anything about them at all will be so lame that I’ll probably claim to have never liked them in the first place, unless they turn out to have some “early stuff” that I could possibly not have heard.

I can’t wait to publish this post.  I’m definitely getting in on the ground floor with these guys. No one will dare claim to have not heard of them before I did. Not even the band members themselves.  Because you know what? I haven’t even told you the best thing about this band:

I have it on good advice that all the members of the band have brain conditions similar to the main character in the movie Momento, and that even they haven’t heard of their own band. They don’t know what their own music sounds like, what the songs are called, or if they’ve even recorded any of it. They might not even know how to play their instruments. If they even have instruments. If they even exist at all.

I’m pretty sure they do exist though.  I mean, why wouldn’t they?  Now is the perfect time for a band like this to come along and totally change things.  Like Nirvana did in the early 90s. And after that, Puddle of Mudd. And of course, going all the way back to Dokken, the band that (mostly) started it all (after Phil Collins paved the way).

To sum up: I’m awesome (obviously) and you totally wish you’ve heard of my new favorite band.  Unfortunately for you, once you’ve heard of them, they’ll suck and you’ll still be lame.

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Just give it a phone number, date and time and the type of call you want, and you’re all set. The options range from the basic “popularity call” to “cousin in need” to the newly added “band practice” call, which is especially good for all you lazy musicians out there just looking for an excuse to get out of something.

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On this date exactly 5 years ago we released the self-titled album on Roadrunner Records. The album went on to sell over 30,000 copies in the U.S alone and was supported by a big fancy video and several months on touring. Despite it being our only release for Roadrunner I’m sure we all have enough memories from this time in the bands history to last us a lifetime. From recording the album in Nashville with Malcolm Springer to doing a video that was probably a huge waste of money to the last tour date for the album in South Carolina it was all a blast (even though at the time we maybe didn’t appreciate it as much as we should of).

Just thought I’d post this to celebrate one of the many great times in the bands history. I’ll try to do more in the future.

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Over the years, users have voted on their favorite postings to the site, which are then archived in the Best of Craigslist section. Some of the highlights:

• To the Girl with the vagina
• Dear Dog: just take a shit already
• To the gay guy that I inadvertantly flirted with. Sorry.
• Dear, guy masturbating in the bathroom stall at my work…
• TO THE WOMAN WHO IS BLOWING MY BOSS
• Young homo trying to connect with drive-by cocktease - m4m
• Keep Your Goddamn Anal Beads Out of the Dishwasher!
• The delicate balance that is my ballsack

Seriously, there’s hours of entertainment there.

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If you were old enough in the 80s to think you were “cool,” then you wanted (and probably owned) a boombox. I used my first one to play some of the classics like Run DMC - It’s Tricky, UTFO - Roxanne, Roxanne, and Newcleus - Jam On It.

Step into the Boombox Museum »

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The name “Modest Mouse” got me thinking…

Average Alligator.
Bashful Badger.
Coy Cougar.
Demure Dingo.
Ecomonical Emu.
Fair Ferret.
Good Groundhog.
Humble Hedgehog.
Inexpensive Iguana.
Just Jellyfish.
Kindly Kangaroo.
Lowly Lemur.
Meek Meerkat.
Nonchalant Newt.
Ordinary Octopus.
Prudent Porcupine.
Quiet Quail.
Reserved Raccoon.
Simple Squirrel.
Timid Tiger.
Unassuming Unicorn
Vanilla Vulture
Within-reason Whale.
Xylophone Xylophone.
Yielding Yak.
Zero Zebra.

I totally smell a children’s book.

Who wants to buy the rights to all these characters that I just invented, and now own the rights to, in perpetuity throughout the known universe and throughout such other universes or dimensions that may become known at some later date?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C-k

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On a daily basis I come across a ton of stuff that I think is worth sharing with everyone, but I never seem to get around to posting it. This makes that process a lot easier. Instead of the sporadic blog posts with a list of random links (that are usually weeks old by the time I get around to posting them), I can throw something up right away with not a whole lot of effort.

My other thought was that if I can’t use random links as an excuse for a blog post, I’ll be forced to actually come up with some real content. I’ve had ideas for what that content could be for a long time. I just haven’t made the time to sit down and write it.

Mostly I was thinking that with all the experiences we’ve had over the past 12 years, we can help other bands avoid some of the mistakes we’ve made as well as share the things that worked. And I’m sure there are people out there who’d had similar experiences and can teach us a thing or two. Whether or not they read this blog remains to be seen (at this point, probably not).

We’re certainly not music industry experts, but we have been through a lot over the years and what we’ve learned might be useful to you if you’re in a band, thinking about starting one or even just trying to get into the industry in some other way (management, promotion, etc.)

I also thought some people might be interested in getting a more “day-to-day” look at what we’ve been doing for the last few years. Sometimes I’m not really sure what it is exactly that we’re doing, but we can certainly take a shot at explaining it here and see if you find it interesting.

If there’s anything in particular you’d like to see us talk about or otherwise “get into”, feel free to comment.

P.S. - Shh. Don’t tell anyone.

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