Dance.magik.dancE

This is what we do when Mr. Bean gets boring.

Birdland...or Beav-man???

I think the tune of "Love Song #35" sounds like the Raymour and Flanigan theme.

FUNCYCLE

All thanks to Mark Favata for this awesome day! It happened awhile ago but after a day like today I needed to escape to a better place. Here's to summer and friends, W-B 4-eva!!!

Summer Tour Highlights

Port Clyde, Maine



Monhegan Island Church: Community Jam Night

"Funeral Home, Funeral Home"

I need to start going to bed earlier. Not only is there a funeral home across the street but the dude has some sinister chotchke in his garden. Just beginning to realize how long of a winter it was. Got pretty deep into some LARP'ing out in the woods.

This is Nina Simone

I currently have no way to record songs at my house so I decided to use my new fancy camera. I kind of like the new song but the cat had other plans...

Icemud Sunshine Sunday

Balloon Car Derby 2008

Our first annual Balloon Car Derby will be held this Friday. I decided to give a preview of the heavy contenders. My money is on "Golden Claw".

"Tank"
" Antelope"
"Destroyer" & "Golden Claw"
"Burnout" & "Rebel"
"Crazy"

Strand of Oaks News:

Tom and I will be traveling with Tim from Soltero in April. Strand of Oaks will have T-shirts for sale.

Oaks will also be traveling to the Midwest in May for some dates and then lookout for summer and the "Leave Ruin" tour.

What r u doing for April?

This Week's Geographic Wonder

Macau



This was Portugal's mirror image to Britain's Hong Kong colony (imagine Macau as Atlantic City and Hong Kong as Ocean City, NJ). I never knew it existed until I read about in an old National Geographic. Macau mixes both my interests in small islands and very misguided colonization. I will try and find which N.G. issue featured Macau. Here are some more readings on the former colony.

Wikipedia Article

Macau: The Last Colony

Barrel of Pain (Half Life): Strand of Oaks {post#1}

To introduce this new Strand of Oaks blog, I thought, who better to do that than the dark prophetic poet named Graham Nash. I have been watching (what seems to be) a Congolese bootleg of the epic film, "No Nukes". Maybe its through my present struggles but I have been very intrigued by famous/beloved musicians at their absolute lowest creative point (this is only defined by my opinion). Whether this is caused by indulgence, laziness, apathy, or just plain megalomaniacal behavior, I think it is so interesting to see how far some can fall. I am currently in the process of hunting down examples of this. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and deeply discussed.

Please watch No Nukes. After viewing this movie, one will arrive at a very simple conclusion: mixing cocaine and being contagiously white only leads to the worst music ever made (may this serve as forewarning to the growing population of rhythmic suburbanites)

:notice the substance fueled paranoia woven so delicately into Nash's eloquent statement on the very timely concern of nuclear waste turning children into mutants, don't do drugs!!!:

I Can See The Writing On The Wall

I Can Hear The Axe Before It Falls

I Can Really Feel It Getting Through To Me

I Can See The Sea Begin To Glow

I Can Feel It Leaking Down Below!

I Can Barely Stand It

What You're Doing To Me

And In The Morning Will You Still Feel The Same?

How You Going To Keep Yourself From Going Insane

With Glowing Children And A Barrel Of Pain

-I Don't Want To Hear It!

I Can Feel The Heat Begin To Rise

I Can See The Vapors In My Eyes

Anyway You Look At This

It's Hard To Take

I Can Feel My Skin Begin To Peel

I Can See The Dollar And The Deal

I Can See The Companies That Are On The Make

And In The Morning Will You Still Feel The Same?

How You Going To Keep Yourself From Going Insane

With Glowing Children And A Barrel Of Pain

-I Don't Want To Hear It!

No, No, No, No!

My intentions of doing this is to simply have fun and to slightly inform on the happenings for Strand of Oaks. I would love any unique bits you have to give. This could really turn into anything, so that is especially exciting in rather boring times. Please check in for further unnecessary insights and lists.

Some news:

Strand of Oaks will be planning/playing more shows in the Spring. If you have any suggestions of towns that we may not have been to, please let us know.

Connect to me: strandofoaks@gmail.com

Take care,

Tim