Things Rick Astley would NEVER do:

Pray for Mojo...

Yeah, so the myspace should be running properly within the next few days, we'll also have our new dates for anyone who wants to come and see us lay the smack down. I feel like I might be getting sick, and we have a lot more vocals to do so I'm headed to bed early. Until then...

yup.

SNOW DAY!

Blizzard came last night around 3:30 and we woke up to a little over 6 inches of pure white snow, which was honestly the most perfect packing snow I've ever encounted in my 20 some odd years on this planet.  We weren't able to make it to the studio, so we got our very first snow day.  We went out and built igloos, made snow angels, ate yellow snow, all the good stuff.  Bella was loving it, we were blasting her with snow balls.  If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend pelting a dog with snowballs.  It's pretty therapeutic, and the dog seems to like it just as much.  I haven't played in snow for a while so it was effin' sweet.  Played some Halo, will probably play more, and then enjoyed a dinner of potatoes and eggs.  I don't know if anyone knows that italians eat other things besides spaghetti, but they do, and potatoes in eggs is right up there with pizza... some of my favorite food ever.   Unfortunately it makes bathroom trips a tad messy.  Shot gun effect, EVERYWHERE.  I'll keep you posted on how I turned the bullpen bathroom into a crime scene.  CAUTION!!!

Alrighty so here's the deal.  We've started bustin' through the vocals and adding lead guitars here and there.  There are going to be a WHOLE LOTTA strong songs on this record.  It's an amazing experience when you actually hear a song that you wrote come alive and play out how it was in your head.  We had a big decision to make when we were looking for producers for the next record, and I couldn't be happier with our choice.  I'm a high stress dude, and making a record is a high stress project, so when high stress meets high stress, it gets hard for me.  With as much pressure that we have on everything right now, it's pretty amazing that I haven't been cracking.  It feels good to work with Rob and know that we trust him and his opinions.  There are no bad vibes and things have been going more smoothly that I would have thought possible.  I'm excited to get this shit on the road.  Snow storm tonight, we'll see if we make it to Boonton in one piece huh?

Tonight, Tonight!

Tonight's the night everyone will know.  It's about time right?  Yeah, feels good to be a band again, it'll feel even better to be out on the road, and it will feel EVEN better to play some nintendo 64 when we get to The Bullpen.  Bout' to crack open a big ol' can of Mario Cart WHOOP-ASS on Samuel.  Why you ask?  BECAUSE YOU CAN'T F****ING HANDLE ME; THAT'S WHY!

I'ma Warrio, I'ma GONNA WINNA,

nick.

Things You've Never Done

Shyeeeeeah-yeah!  Sitting at the bullpen watching Lost.  Samuel has decided he wants to get into it, so we've been watching the whole show from episode 1 to get ready for the new stuff.   Shit's intense, I'll give it that.  Recording went well today, laying down some guitar tracks, a blizzard just hit Jersey so I don't know if we'll end up in the studio tomorrow.  The roads are terrible and all the schools are cancelled for tommorow.  It was like 50 degrees like a week ago, wtf?  Speaking of WTF, I'm not buying this whole "invisible robot monster pulling up trees and pulling John Lock down a hole" bullshit.  I think the writers just wing it as they go.  I'm intrigued.... continue Mr. Abrams, continue.  

4815162342,

Nick

Rub a dub dub bitches!

So this is my first blog for the new record.  As of right now most people don't know that we're even in the studio right now, so I figured I'd have something for peeps to read once we've announced this.  We've already begun the actual recording process, we finished pre-production last week.  Pre-pro is the worst part for me, so I'm glad it's over with so we can get on to the real deal.  This is the third day for drums, and probably the last.  Nate's been killing it and Rob's been bringing those drums alive like a mad effin' scientist.  Tomorrow is our day off so I think we'll rage at the Bullpen tonight with Sammy, Bella, and David Morgan Awesome.  I've gotta party up while I can; once the vocals start, I can't drink any alcohol because it dries out the vocal chords.  Omar's playing "Call of Duty 4".   He's been on this shit since yesterday, his brain is mush and he looks dead in the eyes.  Whatever it takes to secure our liberty and freedom, right?  I'm working on our announcement vid now, I think most people will be stoked.  If not, tough; it's OUR band.  Anyways, if we stop now, the terrorists win.

I do whut I WAWNT, 

Nick