Come see us at the Marquee in Norwich on October 30th - a Halloween gig and we'll be previewing songs from our new album.... DO IT (come on, I don’t wanna have to cut you - you understand)
Come see us at the Marquee in Norwich on October 30th - a Halloween gig and we'll be previewing songs from our new album.... DO IT (come on, I don’t wanna have to cut you - you understand)
tried out vegetarianism, so i sat nibbling on asparagus that tasted like kerosene. later into the night, as a drum was being beat and a ukelele played, an adorable girl from turkey taught a bunch of us to belly dance. the whole evening was filled with little delightful occurrences like that... ending with all of us standing and watching a bunch of yellow balloons fade into the night sky until they were little gray dots. things are finally simplifying for me like that, and i'm thankful. i miss you too. i really do. summer is quickly approaching.
this 3-parter has been slightly ridiculous, but i am unwinding, if you don't mind. i just had a keys locked in car after work situation play out. my car will not be in our driveway tonight.
much. they didn't even play Hang Me Up To Dry, which i find unexplainable. we were all half expecting them to come out during death cab's encore just to play it.
the rest of the weekend was spent watching artsy fartsy movies and searching for a prom dress downtown. prom is coming up and i've been on a desperate search for an emerald green dress with a super low back. my hair is foreals red now, and i'm really stuck on getting a something green and glamorous!
i sent a birthday text with a little more warmth to it than a quick facebook comment would have the day of your bash, but i have a feeling it got lost... it does have to make it's way to space first, right? gosh. i'm sorry i haven't been around for those shaky moments we both are known for having. this year has been unlike any before, and i'm sure it is the same for you... it sounds like it anyway, what with us both having significant others and new assignments and different various stresses. the state of your health worries me, but it seems a rejuvenation is soon to come. my grades too are unnecessarily suffering after a change in english teacher was made second semester, but i'm over getting into that. for now, my own magical date is may 8th, which surprisingly isn't graduation day for me. it's the day in which my final AP 2-D art portfolio is due. i have to land a score between 3-5 to get a college credit. the credit would allow me to move to a second year drawing class my freshman year, and that would save a good amount of money. after weeks and weeks i received a much needed scholarship that was promised to me by a head at Kendall back in the summer. my parents and i are both relieved...
in lighter news, i attended a Potluck in downtown ann arbor, just outside of The University of Michigan. unfortunately for me, the potluck turned into an improv barbecue. imagine 4 girls you would see in a UO magazine cooking huge steaks and burgers. this year, i tried
death cab, death cab. i heard the song was a cover, but i wasn't completely sure either. i like the idea of it possibly being new old music. but even better, i saw them over the weekend at the Breslin Center on the campus at Michigan State University. my cousin kristen is an art student there and so my boyfriend, her, and i were all able to go to the show and then walk right back to her dorm and crash... avoiding the nasty parking fee and concert traffic. the setlist was similar to last year's, with the exception of a few added new songs from the E.P (thoughts!?) and with Title and Rgistration taken out. (noooo!) i'd rather have heard that over Long Division and would have preferred We Laugh Indoors over Movie Script Ending. all 20 songs are still visible down my arm in faded sharpie. it's looking ugly and purple-ish now though...
i think i mentioned it before, but tickets were given as a birthday gift for my dad back in february, so my father and mother were strangely floating around in the crowd also that night. my mom has revealed three times that she has a big crush on ben gibbard since then.
what will forever stick out in my mind though is when i saw my dad booking down the auditorium steps with a clear garbage bag in his hand that contained that ink portrait i did of the heavier ben back in the day. turns out, my dad was able to make friends with security. he watched a portion of the show at floor level and just as the encore ended, they allowed him to go through the gate. he only made it in time to shout, "MR.GIBBARD!" as ben ran down a tunnel to his bus. i am appreciative of my dad trying to get an autograph for me, but the whole ordeal completely overwhelmed me. of course i'm laughing now at the thought of a confused ben gibbard looking around after an older man's voice called him out. so unbelievable.
ra ra riot (good!) opened and so did cold war kids, but i've never really cared for them mu
ey, i miss you too. i'd like to make a sincere effort to hop on msn soon. the long lapse of abandonment has intimidated me, but enough is enough. we gotta chat! :)
Sorry about my late reply! I've been busy all week, have been on Myspace to reply to you, but just haven't got round to it. So now, I give myself time to do so. :)
I hope Durham don't reject me, if they do, it isn't the end of the world.
When I go to the LCR, there's always a load of university students who scare me with their boisterous, drunken antics. So you've still got a ticket for a gig that still hasn't happened? Will they accept it still if they do come here?
I've got most of my essays done now, one left, but that's just my French coursework which isn't too difficult. Did you get your Shakespeare essay done? (I think it was Shakespeare...if not, sorry :) )
How has your week been then? Anything exciting happened?
Christianity doesn't put me off. I just can't believe the logic behind it all.
I can't believe it, your whole university plan sounds like mine (although I would like to go to Durham if I don't get Oxbridge...). My French speaking is OK, if I'm not in front of an examiner! They really knock my confidence, because we have always had a native French person to do our exams which makes me feel stupid. :S
Fast-tracked for my ability, yes...also dragged into the top set created just for myself and fellow 'genius' classmates, Set 1 North. We didn't get the best reputation around school because everyone else in my year seemed to hate the idea, and therefore had a strong, negative opinion against us. And your girlfriend must be very intelligent to skip a year. :)
Ah, a perfectionist too. Yay. It stresses me out, but when you get something just how you want it, well there's nothing better really. So you're at UEA, but you didn't attend the Peter Doherty gig? :S Well I guess not everyone has to love him :) The Libertines days really were Peter's better days, the drugs dragged him down though...oh well. Conor Oberst...Google says Bright Eyes...not very familiar, is that bad? Do you go to many gigs at the LCR then?
I don't know what I put in the end of my last comment...so it's fine. :) I've just managed to work up the effort to plan my extended project for my AQA Baccalaureate course thing.
I know where that is, indeed. Although I couldn't get there, but I'm sure road signs could point the right way for me. Aren't you clever? My dad was, indeed, in the army. Not the most exciting reason for living there, but it was still a good place to live. :)
Your music; generally I've heard a lot of it, but then I see things such as 'mewithoutYou' 'Rilo Kiley' and 'Regina Spektor'. I have never even heard of them. :)
I'm doing my French A2 at the moment, I was fast tracked in high school and ended up doing my French GCSE in year nine (and I got an A* which made me happy), and then my French AS level in year 11, thus meaning now, first year of college, I'm doing A2 French.
I don't mind English, I did only take it to improve, however it can be interesting, definitely. I always wanted to do philosophy, but I never really knew if it would be a good move to make, and so I went against it. So instead I just look at what my friends have studied in Philosophy from time to time.
Ah...art and photography. I am good at the subjects, but the lessons, I cannot stand them. GCSE art was fun, but I never liked my teacher. So when I left to go to Sixth Form, I chose photography to still be artistic, but my perfectionism in art always stressed me out if I couldn't draw something 'correctly'. Then I received my timetable in Sixth Form, and I found out my old art teacher was my new photography teacher! What luck eh? :)
I really wish I could put my thoughts into words, you know, into poetry and music. I just love the idea. For example, the oh so controversial subject, Peter Doherty. I think he's amazing, his work reflects him perfectly, yet still, it doesn't sound forced together; it's from the heart...if that makes any sense to you I would be happy. :)
My coursework is a fiction piece I have to write, it won't be difficult, well, not too difficult. But it will be time consuming really. At least you have your notes, and probably knowledge of
We could talk on Facebook, I'm not picky really. My full name is Alex Stoker (not my full name, but that's what I chose). Myspace is only good for music, it's so true. :D
I am new, and I'm kind of local, yes. I don't live in Norwich, but a village close (ish) to it. Foxley it's called, just in case you want to know. :) I've lived in Norfolk for almost 9 years now, before it was Germany. Facebook works with friends, but I don't really use it to talk to people I see most of the time, so it's rare I leave comments on there.
"Rather sound music taste", that's good enough for me to like you. :D Hehe. I looked through your music list, some of it I haven't heard of, which makes me inquisitive, and I will therefore check some of it out, when I find the time. I like to hear new music, always worth giving it a listen.
At college I study; English (combined literature and language), French, Government and Politics, and the odd one out, Photography. :) You are far better than me, I bet, no matter what I plan; I won't start my English coursework until tomorrow evening, as it is in for Friday. I'll have to do 1000 words in one day. Oh, and your essay, sounds thrilling... :)
I feel a bit odd talking to a non-band member on Myspace to be honest. :) It is all about Facebook these days really. :) My evening is passing away far too quickly, and I need to take some time back to do my college work. But that isn't possible so I shall just be behind due to my time wasting which involves doing nothing but listen to music and nap :) How about you? Love, Alex x x
you will be 20! and you knew me when i was 16, crazy. it is definitely nice to have a birthday break right after a semester, yep... unfortunately, for me, i associate stressed out students with january 20th. exams always seem to fall on the exact date. boo!
... funny you bring up the voices. lately, i've been having these elaborate daydreams about amanda and myself failling out of art school. Assuming i'll have great connections with the animation students, my mind has decided that i will, in fact, be able to take up the cartoon thing... and amanda will turn her oddly natural cooking talents into a career in culinary arts school. she's already creating her own recipes under a fake cook's name... "Debbie Palmer," she's always saying. and she considers the stuffed mushrooms and pesto tomato mozzarella panini sandwiches she makes as merely after school snacks. so i'm selfishly happy to know the college life won't always entail noodles and cereal next year. and in return of the well-made meals, i've promised to cook breakfast every now and then and also, to never ever forget to feed the cat(S)
well, good luck handling the work load. as always, try to keep a clutter-free mind.
devastatingly, (not to sound dramatic) under a thin and cheap layer of white paint lies your donated word. the mural is no more, but this year has had so many interesting events that it seems i'm always being distracted from something else. that was back in september or october though. still, it definitely is considered quite a loss for amanda and myself...
good news though, death cab for cutie should be working on a new album later this year. and also! they will be playing a date at Michigan State University... the school where my cousin, kristen, is currently getting a degree in graphic design. she is a big fan. i am a big fan. it is perfect! having a place to crash within walking distance after a good show will be so nice...
thanks though, :). the piece has been officially titled as, HQC, and is now moving on digitally to be judged nationally in New York. and that's what's fascinating for me.
i recently saw When Harry Met Sally! it made me wish i had been at the age to look for love during the 90s... speaking on phones with curly cords late into the night...
well, good to hear you are using your new found time wisely. as for me, artartart. it's never ending! 8 more worthy pieces, 4 more months, and that's it for my high school art career. i'm going to have a city view next year! and a cat! unbelievable.
hope things continuously move along in a happy and healthy way for you. :)
it was honestly great to see everyone so excited on my birthday... even if it had nothing to do with me. so much energy all over! after school, i was blindfolded and taken away to where al, britt, ash, and i hung out during the summer one afternoon... a dirty little beach nearby. that last day of summer we talked about how it would be cool to visit a beach in the winter. so when the blindfold was off, i stood out on snow covered ice surrounded by a blanket, a plate of cupcakes, and gifts. of course it was painfully cold, so the whole thing went down in less than 15 minutes. it was still awesome though, and beyond gorgeous. a warm meal followed at coney... my toes and fingers almost fell off of me, but it was so lovely. ahh!
bummed to hear about the computer, but it's really okay! i didn't receive a text either, but still thank you, chris!!
ps. this is incredibly nosy, but it's really no big deal. anyway, the other day, i couldnt help but glance at a facebook comment from your guy pal that also lives in michigan. i'm pretty sure the two of us attended the same hockey game a few weekends ago up at western. maybe even made an appearance at the same party afterwards. kind of interesting!
Chris Ogden's Comments
Oct 26 2009 2:28 PM
Hey lover,
Come see us at the Marquee in Norwich on October 30th - a Halloween gig and we'll be previewing songs from our new album.... DO IT (come on, I don’t wanna have to cut you - you understand)
AND come see us at www.twitter.com/bearsuitband to follow what we're up to at the studio today....
Oct 26 2009 2:28 PM
Hey lover,
Come see us at the Marquee in Norwich on October 30th - a Halloween gig and we'll be previewing songs from our new album.... DO IT (come on, I don’t wanna have to cut you - you understand)
AND come see us at www.twitter.com/bearsuitband to follow what we're up to at the studio today....
Apr 23 2009 3:43 AM
this 3-parter has been slightly ridiculous, but i am unwinding, if you don't mind. i just had a keys locked in car after work situation play out. my car will not be in our driveway tonight.
Apr 23 2009 3:36 AM
the rest of the weekend was spent watching artsy fartsy movies and searching for a prom dress downtown.
prom is coming up and i've been on a desperate search for an emerald green dress with a super low back. my hair is foreals red now, and i'm really stuck on getting a something green and glamorous!
i sent a birthday text with a little more warmth to it than a quick facebook comment would have the day of your bash, but i have a feeling it got lost... it does have to make it's way to space first, right? gosh. i'm sorry i haven't been around for those shaky moments we both are known for having. this year has been unlike any before, and i'm sure it is the same for you... it sounds like it anyway, what with us both having significant others and new assignments and different various stresses. the state of your health worries me, but it seems a rejuvenation is soon to come. my grades too are unnecessarily suffering after a change in english teacher was made second semester, but i'm over getting into that. for now, my own magical date is may 8th, which surprisingly isn't graduation day for me. it's the day in which my final AP 2-D art portfolio is due. i have to land a score between 3-5 to get a college credit. the credit would allow me to move to a second year drawing class my freshman year, and that would save a good amount of money. after weeks and weeks i received a much needed scholarship that was promised to me by a head at Kendall back in the summer. my parents and i are both relieved...
in lighter news, i attended a Potluck in downtown ann arbor, just outside of The University of Michigan. unfortunately for me, the potluck turned into an improv barbecue. imagine 4 girls you would see in a UO magazine cooking huge steaks and burgers. this year, i tried
Apr 23 2009 3:34 AM
i think i mentioned it before, but tickets were given as a birthday gift for my dad back in february, so my father and mother were strangely floating around in the crowd also that night. my mom has revealed three times that she has a big crush on ben gibbard since then.
what will forever stick out in my mind though is when i saw my dad booking down the auditorium steps with a clear garbage bag in his hand that contained that ink portrait i did of the heavier ben back in the day. turns out, my dad was able to make friends with security. he watched a portion of the show at floor level and just as the encore ended, they allowed him to go through the gate. he only made it in time to shout, "MR.GIBBARD!" as ben ran down a tunnel to his bus. i am appreciative of my dad trying to get an autograph for me, but the whole ordeal completely overwhelmed me. of course i'm laughing now at the thought of a confused ben gibbard looking around after an older man's voice called him out. so unbelievable.
ra ra riot (good!) opened and so did cold war kids, but i've never really cared for them mu
Apr 5 2009 6:14 PM
Mar 30 2009 9:19 PM
yep, i know that one.
actualllllyyyy,
the clinky little start to that song is being played in a commercial over here for some kind of liquor. :)
for a lover of death cab, the decemberists, and stars, try listening to tokyo police club. they remind me of something you would recommend to me anyway, ha... saw them in concert, recently. all the songs are under 3 minutes about... a never ending set!
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=2812290&ap=0&albumid=8775956
"Tessellate"
"In a Cave"
"Juno"
"Your English Is Good"
lemme know what you think, please. :)
Mar 30 2009 8:47 PM
& thank you, i hope everything's going well for you too.
Mar 29 2009 10:54 PM
i'd like to make a sincere effort to hop on msn soon. the long lapse of abandonment has intimidated me, but enough is enough. we gotta chat! :)
Mar 26 2009 6:26 PM
Sorry about my late reply! I've been busy all week, have been on Myspace to reply to you, but just haven't got round to it. So now, I give myself time to do so. :)
I hope Durham don't reject me, if they do, it isn't the end of the world.
When I go to the LCR, there's always a load of university students who scare me with their boisterous, drunken antics. So you've still got a ticket for a gig that still hasn't happened? Will they accept it still if they do come here?
I've got most of my essays done now, one left, but that's just my French coursework which isn't too difficult. Did you get your Shakespeare essay done? (I think it was Shakespeare...if not, sorry :) )
How has your week been then? Anything exciting happened?
Love, Alex x x
Mar 18 2009 11:03 PM
I can't believe it, your whole university plan sounds like mine (although I would like to go to Durham if I don't get Oxbridge...). My French speaking is OK, if I'm not in front of an examiner! They really knock my confidence, because we have always had a native French person to do our exams which makes me feel stupid. :S
Fast-tracked for my ability, yes...also dragged into the top set created just for myself and fellow 'genius' classmates, Set 1 North. We didn't get the best reputation around school because everyone else in my year seemed to hate the idea, and therefore had a strong, negative opinion against us. And your girlfriend must be very intelligent to skip a year. :)
Ah, a perfectionist too. Yay. It stresses me out, but when you get something just how you want it, well there's nothing better really. So you're at UEA, but you didn't attend the Peter Doherty gig? :S Well I guess not everyone has to love him :) The Libertines days really were Peter's better days, the drugs dragged him down though...oh well. Conor Oberst...Google says Bright Eyes...not very familiar, is that bad? Do you go to many gigs at the LCR then?
I don't know what I put in the end of my last comment...so it's fine. :) I've just managed to work up the effort to plan my extended project for my AQA Baccalaureate course thing.
Love, Alex x x
Mar 18 2009 9:01 PM
I know where that is, indeed. Although I couldn't get there, but I'm sure road signs could point the right way for me. Aren't you clever? My dad was, indeed, in the army. Not the most exciting reason for living there, but it was still a good place to live. :)
Your music; generally I've heard a lot of it, but then I see things such as 'mewithoutYou' 'Rilo Kiley' and 'Regina Spektor'. I have never even heard of them. :)
I'm doing my French A2 at the moment, I was fast tracked in high school and ended up doing my French GCSE in year nine (and I got an A* which made me happy), and then my French AS level in year 11, thus meaning now, first year of college, I'm doing A2 French.
I don't mind English, I did only take it to improve, however it can be interesting, definitely. I always wanted to do philosophy, but I never really knew if it would be a good move to make, and so I went against it. So instead I just look at what my friends have studied in Philosophy from time to time.
Ah...art and photography. I am good at the subjects, but the lessons, I cannot stand them. GCSE art was fun, but I never liked my teacher. So when I left to go to Sixth Form, I chose photography to still be artistic, but my perfectionism in art always stressed me out if I couldn't draw something 'correctly'. Then I received my timetable in Sixth Form, and I found out my old art teacher was my new photography teacher! What luck eh? :)
I really wish I could put my thoughts into words, you know, into poetry and music. I just love the idea. For example, the oh so controversial subject, Peter Doherty. I think he's amazing, his work reflects him perfectly, yet still, it doesn't sound forced together; it's from the heart...if that makes any sense to you I would be happy. :)
My coursework is a fiction piece I have to write, it won't be difficult, well, not too difficult. But it will be time consuming really. At least you have your notes, and probably knowledge of
Mar 18 2009 5:37 PM
I am new, and I'm kind of local, yes. I don't live in Norwich, but a village close (ish) to it. Foxley it's called, just in case you want to know. :) I've lived in Norfolk for almost 9 years now, before it was Germany. Facebook works with friends, but I don't really use it to talk to people I see most of the time, so it's rare I leave comments on there.
"Rather sound music taste", that's good enough for me to like you. :D Hehe. I looked through your music list, some of it I haven't heard of, which makes me inquisitive, and I will therefore check some of it out, when I find the time. I like to hear new music, always worth giving it a listen.
At college I study; English (combined literature and language), French, Government and Politics, and the odd one out, Photography. :) You are far better than me, I bet, no matter what I plan; I won't start my English coursework until tomorrow evening, as it is in for Friday. I'll have to do 1000 words in one day. Oh, and your essay, sounds thrilling... :)
Love, Alex x x
Mar 17 2009 9:24 PM
No problem.
I feel a bit odd talking to a non-band member on Myspace to be honest. :)
It is all about Facebook these days really. :)
My evening is passing away far too quickly, and I need to take some time back to do my college work. But that isn't possible so I shall just be behind due to my time wasting which involves doing nothing but listen to music and nap :)
How about you?
Love, Alex x x
Mar 17 2009 3:54 AM
boo!
... funny you bring up the voices. lately, i've been having these elaborate daydreams about amanda and myself failling out of art school. Assuming i'll have great connections with the animation students, my mind has decided that i will, in fact, be able to take up the cartoon thing... and amanda will turn her oddly natural cooking talents into a career in culinary arts school. she's already creating her own recipes under a fake cook's name... "Debbie Palmer," she's always saying. and she considers the stuffed mushrooms and pesto tomato mozzarella panini sandwiches she makes as merely after school snacks. so i'm selfishly happy to know the college life won't always entail noodles and cereal next year. and in return of the well-made meals, i've promised to cook breakfast every now and then and also, to never ever forget to feed the cat(S)
well, good luck handling the work load.
as always, try to keep a clutter-free mind.
Mar 10 2009 1:26 AM
his name is jeremy.
it's been a long and complicated ride towards, "In a Relationship,"
but here we are.
and i am happy.
i will save the details for a better time...
i'd like to know how you are also, you know. : )
Feb 3 2009 9:08 PM
good news though, death cab for cutie should be working on a new album later this year. and also! they will be playing a date at Michigan State University... the school where my cousin, kristen, is currently getting a degree in graphic design. she is a big fan. i am a big fan. it is perfect! having a place to crash within walking distance after a good show will be so nice...
thanks though, :). the piece has been officially titled as, HQC, and is now moving on digitally to be judged nationally in New York. and that's what's fascinating for me.
say yes! to Skype.
Jan 24 2009 4:29 PM
it made me wish i had been at the age to look for love during the 90s... speaking on phones with curly cords late into the night...
well, good to hear you are using your new found time wisely. as for me, artartart. it's never ending! 8 more worthy pieces, 4 more months, and that's it for my high school art career. i'm going to have a city view next year! and a cat! unbelievable.
hope things continuously move along in a happy and healthy way for you.
:)
Jan 22 2009 4:09 AM
bummed to hear about the computer, but it's really okay! i didn't receive a text either, but still thank you, chris!!
Jan 17 2009 4:15 AM
talk to you soon.
Jan 16 2009 1:40 AM
Nov 30 2008 4:05 PM
Nov 22 2008 2:45 AM
Nov 22 2008 2:34 AM
and yes, i still believe we have lovely music-making chemistry. i'll make it work.
Nov 21 2008 3:44 AM
ps. this is incredibly nosy, but it's really no big deal. anyway, the other day, i couldnt help but glance at a facebook comment from your guy pal that also lives in michigan. i'm pretty sure the two of us attended the same hockey game a few weekends ago up at western. maybe even made an appearance at the same party afterwards. kind of interesting!