School’s out! MASSIVE INDIFFERENCE played its first show last night.

Our neighbors were asleep when we wanted to have band practice last night, so we decided to take it on the road and go play somewhere that wouldn’t be a bother to anyone. We plugged Mike’s bass into Akemi’s car and let it rip for about an hour under the train yard at 15th and Wood:

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A couple people came by on their bikes and hung out. They said we were better than the gig they were riding home from. I only experienced minor paranoia regarding legal recourse during this midnight stunt, and a security guard for the train yard did indeed show up.

He told us he was bored as hell at his lame job and wanted to be where the action was. He plays guitar; we exchanged numbers. As always, thanks to Akemi for the photos.

I made about 160 prints yesterday and I still have enough dust to make about 80 more. No looking until they’re done. Or maybe they never get photographed, because perhaps you have to see it to understand? (You don’t.) Note how low the press is. How much did my back hurt last night? So much that I had to go drink cheap beer and then eat pizza when I got home. The plate was manufactured promptly and accurately by Boxcar Press in New York.

Remember, tomorrow’s the Chicago Art Parade! UPDATED ROUTE:

I was going to post some photos today that I took yesterday. Some of my car, the entire passenger side of which is now gray (and beautiful), and some of my dinner last night, which capped a crazy day of eating like a middle-schooler (breakfast: Honey Smacks, lunch: pizza, dinner: mac and cheese + hot dog). I will do that tomorrow, I guess. Instead, today, speaking of middle school, here’s a picture of Billie Joe looking particularly like a Tyrannosaurus Rex:

Apparently this was taken in Chicago and is nominated for Billboard’s “photo of the year” award or some shit. As a guy who lives in Chicago, loves dinosaurs, has taken photos, still has a soft spot for Green Day despite not caring about the new album, and likes billboards, I can safely say that this is a pretty stupid picture to be considered for such an “honor.” If we’re going to discuss iconic 2009 photos of bands in Chicago featuring dinosaurs, I think we need look no further back than December and right here in this blog:

(That’s a skateboarding T-Rex on my BRAIN VACATION shirt, by the way.)

I’ve been thinking about language and books a lot lately. Last night, this led me to the dictionary, where I decided to see what the first few pages look like. It turns out that there’s a whole section where they talk about the history of the English language and a bunch of other stuff… I suppose it ended up being as boring as this story, but really quite an interesting discovery at the same time. But that’s neither here nor there, just yet…

Hot on the heels of MASSIVE INDIFFERENCE’s speaker-breaking recorded debut (I finished about half of the printing in the letterpress shop today… more news on that soon), here’s another song. For those keeping track, we now have three songs with lyrics. No melodies or instrumental parts figured out, really, but that shouldn’t take too long.

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i don’t care what time it is
i’ve had enough of it
alarm is buzzing, not for long
once the snooze button’s hit

my bed is warm and does not judge
it might be my best friend
the clock is foe to toasty toes
i hope sleep never ends

life’s not really all that bad
the day-to-day’s alright
but that don’t change the simple truth
i wish now was last night

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my only fear: to leave right here
my bed is rock, my body moss
when i move on here’s where i’ll be
i’ll hit snooze on humanity

Aside from fucking around on Friday night, we also recorded the hour-long “minute immeasurable” this weekend. I’m pretty happy with it, but I’m not happy with the numerous hours I put in to post-production. So much work to make something so dumb. That clock keeps ticking…

Free download today, physical copies available next week!

Not sure if everyone in the band knows it yet, but we’re recording our first 4.75-inch (CD) this weekend, called “minute immeasurable.” It’s an offshoot of a project for my letterpress class, so there will probably be about 20 copies only, all of which will include hand-printed sleeves: