Alternative Press has a couple of recommendations concerning Yesterday Rules. The first is for you: buy it used. The second is for me: take some Ritalin. (I get credit for my sonic adventurishness, but it seems as though they'd prefer a bit less of it in the future. I think the lithium is supposed to take care of that, but if Ritalin will help take the edge off the material maybe I should give it a shot.)
Other random notes from Iowa: a guy at Iowa State University asked for my endorsement for his candidacy for student body president. I didn't really have a chance to check out his positions on the issues, or even to learn what the issues might have been, but he had bought a tshirt, so he seemed like an all right guy. That was good enough for me. I can't remember his name, but my endorsement still stands (and this might as well stand as an endorsement of any candidate for anything): vote for the guy in the MTX shirt. Do it for planet Earth and the little children; do it for peace and humanity; and do it for the United States of America.
There was some crazy partying in the university/venue hotel after that show, including a soon-to-be notorious, outrageous, bizarre, pretty gross incident that I may be able to bring myself to write about one of these days, if I can figure out a way to do it relatively tastefully. That's quite doubtful, in fact, but stay tuned just in case.
And a guy from the band the Young Hasselhoffs handed me a fantastic home-recorded take on "She Runs out when the Money Does" (my words, his music and arrangement) that has to be heard to be believed. It's exactly how I might have fantasized about doing it if I had intended it as an MTX-y Raspberries-ish power-pop tune. (The "real" one isn't at all like that, but maybe it should have been.) I'm going to post it (along with a couple of others) soon.
after having limited involvement in student government, i can tell you that you made the right move in endorsing the T-shirt guy. how great it would have been to have a MTX fan at the head of my school. i betcha kucinich could be urged to sport your gear.
Posted by: pinkus at February 16, 2004 03:39 PMThe student elections Indiana University are complete platform politics. You elect a party, and their people fill all the positions. Of course there is always the fair smattering of joke candidate parties. The particular year I am recalling included a party composed entirely of anime characters.
One group was going by the name Vast Right Wing Conspiracy or VRWC. VRWC's first act, if elected, was going to be to abolish student government. Of course VRWC won and the first thing they had to do was resign. As a joke party, they had held no hopes of winning, and had no real plan for abolishing student government, or running it, for that matter. The runner-ups then moved into position as the default winners and were removed from office rather quickly. It was IU's first year for online voting, and the second-place party had been caught vote tampering.
I don't remember what happened after that...
I suppose its worth noting that neither party affiliated themselves with MTX in any way.
Posted by: Dave at February 16, 2004 04:26 PMA magazine that puts Yellowcard and Good Charlotte on the cover and recommends that people buy MTX records used is not a magazine worth paying attention to.
Posted by: Hulka at February 16, 2004 04:45 PMOk, maybe you could manage to tell us the story by, say, substituting one of the Seven Dwarves' names for every noun.
I take it there's not an online copy of the AP review?
Posted by: Dave Bug at February 16, 2004 08:43 PM
awww...poor Good Charlotte...just because
they're watered down pop-punk...or am I
thinking of "Blink"?
Either way they have some OKAY songs.
beth
Posted by: just me at February 16, 2004 10:00 PMwow, was actaully standing there when that guy asked you to endorse him, i was at the after pary too but i left a bit early and missed the "soon-to-be notorious, outrageous, bizarre, pretty gross incident" all i got to see was the cigarette being put out on the foot.
Posted by: Laura at February 16, 2004 10:40 PMthe young hasselhoffs are still around? that's good to hear. I thought they broke up... ps- great show in lawrence. i wish my "how'd the date end" request went through but i understand that you've gotta give the people what they want.
Posted by: christina at February 17, 2004 12:44 AMi'm not sure if you normally play this live but i'd really like to hear "my stupid life" when you come to chicago. THANKYOUVERYMUCH
Posted by: mike at February 17, 2004 02:01 AMYeah I didn't know the Young Hasselhoffs were around still, I also thought they were a New Jersey band, what do you know?
Chach
I'd vote for anyone in an MTX shirt.
What was the gross incident? I'm dying to know...
la la la blasphemy la la la.
anyone that represents mtx can represent me as well. i mean, they can't be that bad... can they?
i will be at the show on friday (2/20), be sure to let me buy you a drink, my good man.
-nicole
Posted by: nicole at February 18, 2004 06:59 AMafter that iowa city show, we ended up going to some party with iowa college kids, and i wasn't more than 5 seconds in the door before everyone was pointing at me and laughing, and then one dude says, "who the fuck is this guy?"
it felt totally cool to be in highschool again.
Posted by: daniel james oppermann at February 18, 2004 05:04 PMHAHAHAHAHA! BLEEEDING.......
Chach