here's a little story, i got to tell

Happy Halloween

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:59:08 GMT

investigative reporter.

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:46:27 GMT

here's an update.

I turned 19 2 daysa go. it was great and climaxed at a show of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, a local brass band. I went, Mos Def was there, I met him, he rapped and played percussion with them. it was grand.

I made a photoblog just for concert photos, its at www.blogtographer.blogspot.com . pass it around, check it out. The Mos photos are the most recent ones.

I snuck into a TV on the Radio show by bringing my saxophone and saying i was with the band. probably my biggest claim to fame.

I think there's more but I don't know. Everyone should come to new york city and call me, and we'll have a very very good time.

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:23:52 GMT

Check out Banner, Michael! Check out Banner!

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:03:16 GMT

The Flaming Lips at the Hammeerstein ballroom was one of the most phenomenal experiences of my life. deerhoof opened. it was incredible. i can't even explain. I will if you ask me though.

My photos were featured on okayplayer.com today . go to the site and look for the update on the 23rd. or just go to this link http://www.okayplayer.com/okayphotographers/ . Chances are you are in one of the shots. I love all of you.

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:03:43 GMT

the lot six is a really REALLY awesome fucking band. everyone should listen to them now.

today I'm moving to New York City. if you're ever in the city, please don't hesitate to hit me up, and we'll hang out. I've already plotted how to lose my money in the next 3 months with all the amazing shows I shall see. The Flaming Lips, The Shins, TV On the Radio, Frank Black, and ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead , to name a few. come to new york and see these shows with me. keep boston warm for when i come back.

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:49:45 GMT

finally uploaded all the photos I shot at pitchfork. I hope you all look at em, I'm really happy with how they came out. Just follow this link

http://schatzattack.smugmug.com/Other/215674

they're organized by band.

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:29:09 GMT

i only wish I could say I made the flyer. Get The Memo is the band you should come to see, though they're all good. Get The Memo is:

Whit Noble: guitar and LEAAAAAD VOCALS
Zan Lamothe: bass guitar and some other leaaaaad vocals
Tom Tierney: lead guitar
Me: organ
Alex Beaton: drummmms

i can promise you its gonna be good, the rehearsals have been sounding great and we'd love to pack the place. If you're under 18, find a parent to go with, you can even go with a friend's parent, and it's gonna be a really good time. Show starts at 9, we're on 3rd, probably at 10 30 or something.

Pitchfork went great, I'll have photos up very soon.

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:08:41 GMT

One Eyed Stanley now has officially tracked bass and drums for the new album. it sounds so great and I really can't wait for everyone to hear it, I think its gonna blow people away. these songs are just so different and more THERE than the old ones. I dunno. I'm excited. I go to chicago to photograph the Pitchfork festival for www.stereogum.com . I'm really psyched, and I'll post all the photos. in honor of that, here are a ton of photos I've shot recently,

my best buddy kevin and the Newton Wilderness

Elsa Dorfman shoots big polaroids and thinks she has SO much control. well i showed HER.

and the People and Colors of Philadelphia. i shot these the second to last day on tour, but just edited them a little while ago.

fin.

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:05:34 GMT

thank you

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:56:24 GMT

last time. this show is verrry special to me. so I thought I'd post about it twice. Starts at 5:30 with a meaty set from Furvis, who if you haven't seen or heard in a while, they're really fucking great. then we go on for two sets, all of our stuff, and most likely a KILLER RAFFLE during the set break. so uh, I'd love for everyone to come. bring your dancing shoes.

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:44:18 GMT

everyone should see Man Man live. they were awesome.
I want everyone at the One Eyed Stanley final show.
I have an extra ticket to the Pitchfork Music Festival. someone please buy it from me. $30.

Tue, 23 May 2006 03:53:53 GMT

i'd like everyone to come to that. its gonna be a great time.

saw Alice in Chains tonight. it was marvellous. No layne....cause he's dead. but his replacement was really fucking good.

done

Sat, 13 May 2006 09:20:36 GMT

it was great. no shows were perfect, some were bad, some were awesome, they were all experiences. every second of every day was an experience. met so many awesome people. slept on so many awesome floors. and we didn't really lose much money. Final show June 17th. final at least until next summer when I hope to tour to promote the album we're recording in June. I want everyone at this last show though. photos of the tour are coming. its 5:20 AM and I need sleep.

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:19:51 GMT

last club show before we go on tour. I'm really excited. more work than I've ever had to do on anything ever, but we booked 12 dates consecutively, going south through Virginia and back north. Wish us luck and hope we don't lose too much money along the way. The dates are all at www.myspace.com/oneeyedstanley if you have any friends/family in those areas you think may dig us, I have no clue if 200 or 10 people will be at any of these shows, so send em our way, it will be a grand time. as for this Thursday, many new songs, good times, come enjoy.

saw Wilco and Ted Leo at Brown on thursday. It was amazing. Wilco were so fucking phenomenal it blew me away. and Ted was great as always, if not better. great sound, especially for a gym. seeing the Roots tommorow night, the sound will most likely not be as good. but oh well.

Here are some new photos.

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Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:30:24 GMT

The fact of the matter is/ I’m a useless activist/ capitalists ruthlessly loot to fill their cabinets/ my incompetence other than rocking this has forced me into a pacifist corner/ and I’m back in this corner/ cause a book won’t tell what a book can’t spell out in images and phrases/ the pinnacle is pages/ and imbeciles are sages, reading til the day hits/ amazes/ scholars and professors a like/ they will protect their alums like I’m protecting my mic/ and they will twiddle their thumbs/ when the riddilin comes/ to imprison some/ and limit them to these perimeters of/ knowledge and the decision is done/ now I call it/ a helping hand that dealt the man a basic way of focusing better/ the way one side has agreed/ so they tighten their sweaters/ and make it harder to breathe/ and though the large thoughts are lost and gone with larger debris/ its hard to see/ this expression existing in harmony/ and so I need to take action I must take action But I can’t cut it without being a distraction/ I’m fleeing interaction/ I don’t Have what it Takes/ to make or Break any change without myself: a mistake/

not sure why i'm posting it but I'm not near ready to record any of that stuff and I wanted to put it somewhere other than my computer screen. if you feel like getting into it or wanting to read it, read it outloud, it will sound better. I capitalize words for vocal emphasis if that helps. I dunno. I'm gona start writing, hopefully performing, these raps/poems a lot more. if not now definitely in new york.

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:43:56 GMT

I'm thinking of tactfully entitling this the "EASTER IS FOR PUSSIES" show
or the "IF YOU DON'T COME TO THIS SHOW, THAT MEANS THE TERRORISTS WIN" show

either way, the bands in it are great, a late in the game 4th band addition of Smart Patrol is on the bill as well. We like playing for people. so if youre Jewish, Muslim, or Atheist, congrats, you now have something to do on Sunday.

If you're a Jesuslover, setup a michael jordan cutout in your room on a moving toy train set and you're parents won't even know you're gone.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:45:02 GMT

first photo update in lord knows how long. but I felt like sharing. Beneath the cut ladies and gents!

enjoy

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:06:13 GMT

for those of you who live more in that area and haven't been able to trek to the cambridge or newton shows, this one will be a mighty fine one to attend. Cool place, definitely check it out.

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:37:50 GMT

www.myspace.com/professorbeatsmith

3rd beat up today! none of em are complete I guess but as complete as they are for now.

new beat

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:01:24 GMT

www.myspace.com/professorbeatsmith

I know they're silly but I like making them, and imagine gangster rapping over them. Or any rapping, they're not meant to exist on their own this is a way for me to display em. Different ones are to come though, plenty in the works.

here goes................

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:26:48 GMT

-List 10 things you want to say to porpoises but know you never will.
-Don't say who they are, use porpoises only once.
-Tag at least 3 other people who you want to do this.

1. Dude come on. No one's buying it. Take off that stupid stupid beak.
2. Its like, we were so tight the last time I snorkeled, but recently, you've been distant. Its probably trouble with your mom and stuff but still, I wish you coul dopen up to me. And you really need to lose some weight.
3. Lie on the rocks, its all you do. You really need to take some time and think about your priorities. Cause you spend way too much lying on the rocks. And you are also quite fat.
4. What is it with you porpoises and being so goddamn fat?
5. I really want to ask you to the winter snowball but don't know how to without making your ex jealous.
6. Poiseidon is getting pissed. Stop peeing in the coral reefs.
7. I've been wanting to kill you for your market value blubber for some time now. I'll probably do it Tuesday.
8. We've been friends as long as I can remember, and I really appreciate how you've been there for me. BFFs. Porpoise-style.
9. You need to learn to be independent. Stop mooching off your parent's credit card, it just makes things worse. And don't you think you have enough clams?
10. You're beautiful in every single way. Words can't bring you down. But lose some weight.

I tag Matt Tedrow, Zan Le'Mothe, and Ryan Harper. Cheer up.

BEATZ AND SHOWZ

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:17:51 GMT

my first beat is completed. check it out at www.myspace.com/professorbeatsmith many more to come once finished.

ALSO. if you live in the state of Massachusetts, there's a show to go to on Saturday, to tell you friends about as well

Tom Tierney will be performing his lovely accoustic tunes
and Danny P, Alex MeadFox, and Jake Rudegair will be doing what they do best. Rocking.
its free, and is at

STONEHILL COLLEGE
yes. college.
The room is called "The Hill" and its at

320 washington st easton 02357

not far, and its gonna be good. so go.

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:44:16 GMT

I really don't post here anymore but for a long time I did, here's an update.

I love playing music full time with my best friends. Leaving it in September will be lame.
but I love New York City and its going to be great.
I've been working on a bunch of beats, none of them completed, but when they are I'll post a link here, definitely a lot better than stuff I've done before.

I LOVE Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Their Paradise show was spot on. Just bought tickets to see them in Chicago in July, and they're opening for Wilco at Brown on April 20th. I can't wait. He's so fucking amazing.

show at Natick this friday, debuting some brand new songs, stuff we're definitely proud of. check it out.

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:13:55 GMT

if you're over 18 and want to see OES in a club, do so tonight at TT The Bears Place, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge, MA, right in Central Square. only $7, 18+, really cool place, let me know if you'd like to come. other bands are Hands and Knees, Downtown Singapore, and The Mark. gonna be good. huge thanks to everyone who came on friday, it was really great.

so

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:55:02 GMT

this friday, February 17th, there is a show. a big big show. at the New Art Center in Newtonville, MA. It costs $5, but only $3 if you're dressed in formal or costumed attire. band playing are The Sharking, Ace and Artemis, and One Eyed Stanley. its going to be really great, and we're finishing up decorations for the hall, and i think you'll all be blown away. so come, it will be worth it, and we like having people at our shows. thank you.