YOU CAN GET A FREE DOWNLOAD OF 50 DOLLAR WHISKEY.
THE HARDEST PART IS YET TO....COME.
ITS REALLY CRAZY MORE THAN EVER....I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN WEATHER....EVEN THE CHANGE IN DAYLIGHT. I AM STARTING TO THINK I AM LIKE A BEAR...NOT BECAUSE I PLAY IN A BAND WITH A BEAR NAME..AND NO NOT A BEAR IN THE GAY SENSE...BUT I LIKE TO SLEEP. I DONT DO IT ALOT. LETS SCRATCH THAT..I LIKE TO LAY IN BED. NOT LIKE MOST PEOPLE I KNOW WHO LIKE TO LAY IN BED AND GENTLY WEEP. I LIKE TO LAY IN BED AND WATCH FOOTBALL WITH A GALLON OF ORANGE JUICE AND VARIOUS LITTLE DEBBIE SNACK CAKES. YES. THAT IS ME. TELL IM IM UNHEALTHY...I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. BUT I JUST KINDA FEEL LIKE WHY? WHY BE HEALTHY? IS IT A CONTEST TO SEE WHO CAN REALLY LIVE THE LONGEST? MIDPOINT MUSIC FESTIVAL. TWO BANDS. TWO NIGHTS...AND HERE IS MY TAKE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BIG NAMES THAT ARE GONNA DRAW ANY SORT OF MAJOR CROWD. MIDPOINT IS ABOUT 20 VENUES THAT GET ABOUT 30-75 PEOPLE OUT TO A SHOW FOR THE WEEKEND. THURSDAY NIGHT, OSO BEAR PLAYED AT THE COURTYARD CAFE. WE SEEMED TO BE WELL RECEIVED BUT DIDNT REALLY PLAY TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAD HOPED....I GUESS IN MY HEAD I I HAD BUILT IT UP.....OH WELL. STILL A GOOD SHOW. IM CONVINCED THAT OSO BEAR WAS MAD TO PLAY IN THE CORNER OF A BAR WITH ABOUT 60-70 PEOPLE DRINKING PBR AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER WE PLAY A BIG STAGE IT REALLY DOESNT WORK OUT FOR US. SO...THURSDAY NIGHT....NOT TOO BUSY...BUT ALL IN ALL NOT A BAD NIGHT....THE NEXT NIGHT WAS LOVELY CRASH AT THE INNER PEACE CENTER. WE WERE ALL KINDA BUMMED ABOUT THE INNER PEACE CENTER...JUST SEEMED LIKE BECAUSE IT WASNT A VENUE..THAT MAYBE IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE A COOL PLAY TO PLAY. WRONG. WRONG WRONG. THE LOCATION WAS AWESOME. IT WAS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. THEY HAD A STAGE. AND AN AWESOME SOUND SYSTEM. NOT TOO MENTION JELLO SHOTS AND TWO DOLLAR BUD SELECTS. WE HAD ALOT MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP THAN OSO BEAR DID...AND WE PLAY ONE OF OUR BEST SHOWS WEVE PLAYED SINCE I JOINED THE BAND. AT LEAST I THOUGHT SO....AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GO OUT WITH OUR FIVE TO SIX MONTH HIATUS THAT WE ARE TAKING. THERE IS THIS DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE LYRIC THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LATELY AND HOW I INTERPRET IT. ITS SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF "I THINK THAT ITS BRAINLESS TO ASSUME THAT MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR WINDOW'S VIEW WILL GET SOME NEW PERSPECTIVE" ITS FROM THE PHOTO ALBUM (MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD IT....MAYBE NOT) BUT ANYWAYS SEEMS LIKE SO OFTEN WE GET IN SOME SORT OF RUT AND THINK THE ANSWER IS TO MOVE AWAY...OR CHANGE OUR FRIENDS...GO ON A DIET...FIND RELIGION...WHATEVER.......AND PERHAPS IT IS BRAINLESS...OR PERHAPS WE HAVE BECOME SO DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER THAT WE JUST CANT HELP IT. BUT PERHAPS IT IS BRAINLESS....IM NOT EVEN SURE THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE...PERHAPS IM JUST TRYING TO SOUND PROFOUND INSTEAD OF HILLBILLY. OH WELL. NO WAIT.....I JUST REMEMBERED....NO....NEVER MIND.....I LOST IT.....IM GAINING WEIGHT. MOSTLY FROM BEER...BUT PARTIALLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE HUNGOVER FOOD IS SO GOOD AND YOU EAT ALOT OF IT TO FEEL BETTER....SO I GUESS BEER IS THE COMPLETE REASON. DAMN YOU BEER. DAMN YOU.
Just a couple things to touch upon
I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW SYSTEM OF GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION. I AM CALLING IT THE JENKINSLISH. BASICALLY YOU JUST GIVE A RATS ASS ABOUT TYPING....OR USING GRAMMAR. MAKE SURE YOUR SENTENCES ARE RUN ON. MAKE SURE THEERE IS ONE OT TWO MISPELLED WORD DUE TO TYPOS....MAKE SURE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE TO READ WHAT YOU WRITE TWICE....MAKE SIRE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE TO READ WHAT YOU WRITE TWICE.....SHIT....SEEMS LIKE IVE PERPETUALLY HAD A HEADACHE FOR THE PAST WEEK. DEALING WITH CD LAYOUT STUFF....DEALING WITH THE CD RELEASE SHOW. DEALING WITH TRYING TO BE EVERYTHING ELSE AND ALL I CAN BE....YOU ALL SONT REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS TO BE AWESOME SOMETIMES...LIKE KEEPING UP WITH MYSELF AND JUST GENERALLY BEING A BADASS...WALKING AROUND...KICKIN ASS...ALMOST LIKE A MERCENARY COVNGTON CRIME FIGHTER...ONLY IN FLANNEL OR A RAMONES T SHIRT. SEEMS LIKE THATS ALL I WEAR..AND THIS GREEN SHIRT THAT SAYS GARDEN STATE THAT I GOT AT TARGET. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN 8TH GRADE I REALLY USED TO CARE ABOUT HOW I LOOKED...WHICH WAS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN ONE OF THE RAPPERS IN THIRD BASE...AND SOME R AND B SINGER WEARING SILK SHIRTS... MAN I WAS OBSESSED WITH THEM. I REMEMBERED I RACKED UP ON EIGHT OR NINE OF THEM FOR X MAS ONE YEAR. I FELT SO COOL. NOW... JEANS AND WHITE T SHIRT. FLANNEL..OR RAMONES SHIRT..THE TRUTH IS I DO NOT GO SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES. I JUST NEVER DO. MUCH LIKE I DO NOT SHOP FOR CDS ANYMORE. NOR DO I SHOP FOR VINYL. I HAVE AN IPOD. THATS ALL I NEED. MOST THE TIME I DO NOT LISTEN TO MUSIC AT THE HOUSE ANYMORE...NOT THE WAY I WANT TO AT LEAST....YOU KNOW.....SIT DOWN...MEDITATE...LISTEN TO SHELLAC....METROSHIFTER....FUGAZI....HOOVER...RODAN....MAYBE EVEN SLINT WHEN ITS TIME TO FOLLOW THE LIGHT...SLINT...MAN SORRY BUT ITS JUST OVER RATED. AND LOUISVILLE HOLDS ONTO IT. AT LEAST I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THEY DID...WHO KNOWS WHAT GOES ON IN LOUISVILLE ANYMORE. LAST TIME I WAS DOWN THERE WAS THE FIRST TIME I FELT LIKE I WASNT FROM THERE...COULD BE I JUST DO NOT CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE CIVIC PRIDE I ONCE HAD FOR LOUISVILLE...IN SOME CASES CIVIC PRIDE CAN BE BAD. AT LEAST IT SHOULDN'T ONLY BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY YOU GREW UP IN...BECAUSE SEEMS LIKE YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE..SOME PEOPLE DONT WANT TO LEAVE. BUT I KNOW THERE ARE COOLER CITIES THAN LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI...IVE BEEN TO THEM....I SHOP AT SAVE ALOT NOW. GROCERIES ARE REALLY CHEAP..AND IN A WAY IT MAKES KINDA INDIE/ALT FOR NOT SHOPPING AT THE MAINSTREAM PLACES LIKE KROGER AND MEIJER...I STILL SHOP AT WAL MART AND WILL CONTINUE TO JUST AS LONG AS THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DONT BECAUSE OF ITS LOW PRICES....."EFF YOU MAN I LOVE PAYING 8 DOLLARS FOR A PACK OR ORGANIC COOKIES AT WHOLE FOODS".....NO EFF YOU..IM GONNA EAT THE 83 CENT VANILLA WAFERS THEY WRAP UP IN PLASTIC WRAP WITH GREEN BOLOGNA SANDWHICHES IN COUNTY JAIL...OH NO...HE WENT THERE....COUNTY JAIL.......JEFFERSON...HAMILTON.....KENTON...AND MEADE. WHO WILL BE THE NEXT LUCKY COUNTY.....I THINK GOING TO JAIL CASUALLY OVER THE WEEKEND IS MUCH LIKE GETTING A TATTOO THESE DAYS...I MEAN....ITS MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE....HEY JOHNNY WHAT DID YOU DO THIS WEEKEND...MEH....WENT TO JAIL.....COOL...MAN....TALK TO YOU LATER......BUT WHEN YOU PARENTS FIND OUT AND GIVE YOU THE GEORGE YOUR 30 LECTURE...YOU START TO TEAR UP...AND YOU JAW STARTS TO SHAKE....AND YOU CONVINCE THEM THE LECTURE HAS REALLY HIT CLOSE TO HOME....THEN YOU WAIT ABOUT TWO YEARS AND DO IT AGAIN....IM SO PUNK ( SOME OF YOU ARE READING GOING....OH SHIT HERE HE GOES)...THAT I GOTTA GO TO JAIL EVERY COUPLE YEARS JUST SO I CAN T REMIND MYSELF WHAT ITS LIKE TO LIVE IN AN OPPRESSIVE SOCIETY....ONE THAT OPPRESSES PUNKS LIKE ME...THAT GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS..AND WERE DYING TO LIVE IN LOW GENTRIFICATIONAL AREAS (MADE THAT WORD UP) YES......I AM THE ONE YOU KINDA WANT LIVING IN THE BAR DISTRICT BUT AT THE SAME TIME FEAR.....FEAR THE DRUNKENNESS..BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT I SAY TO YOU....I WONT REMEMBER IT..THEREFORE YOU CANT HOLD IT AGAINST ME. ALOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO PLAY THAT SHAME GAME WITH YOU IF YOU HAD A BAD NIGHT WITH ALCOHOL..THEY LIKE TO TELL YOU OH MAN..YOU GOT SO WASTED LAST NIGHT YOU CRAPPED IN SOMEONES CAR....BUT THEY ALWAYS MAKE IT SEEM WORSE THAN IT WAS... OVER DRAMATIC ABOUT DRINKING....I LOVE IT...BECAUSE HOPEFULLY I CAN CONVEY TO THEM...THAT I INTENTIONALLY CRAPPED IN THAT CAR...BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE FOR A GOOD MEMORY...ONE OF THOSE MEMORIES OF WHEN IM 75 YEARS OLD..I WILL TELL SOME KIDS THAT VOLUNTEERS AT A NURSING HOME..THAT I CRAPPED IN A CAR IN COVINGTON. NOW DID I REALLY DO THIS.....NO...THIS IS JUDY A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. SOMEDAY I MIGHT. AND THEM WHATCHA GONNA DO...ILL MAKE SURE IM SOBER WHEN I DO IT THOUGH...SO THEN PEOPLE CANT SAY I HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM...HEY GEORGE...YOUR CAR BLEW UP WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING....MY DADS ANSWER....WELL GEORGE IF YOU DIDNT DRINK SO MUCH YOUR CAR WOULDN'T HAVE BLOWN UP...YES DAD..BUT YOU SEE..THE COPS FOUND C4 EXPLOSIVE UNDERNEATH MY CAR PLANTED BY MUSLIM EXTREMISTS...YES SON...MUSLIMS DONT DRINK..SO THEY ARE TAKING IT OUT ON YOU.....I COULD BREAK MY ARM PLAYING WITH A MODEL CAR AND IT WOULD BE BECAUSE I WAS DRUNK ACCORDING TO MY PARENTS.....THATS JUST THE RICHNESS OF LIFE...SOUND LIKE THE TITLE TO MY FIRST SOLO COUNTRY ALBUM...THE RICHNESS OF LIFE..A TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN WAY. SOMETIMES I GO BACK AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE ALBUMS THAT REALLY SHAPED ME MUSICALLY INTO WHO I AM TODAY...AND I ALWAYS LOVE HOW I CAN HAVE THAT REMINISCENCE OF HOW PASSIONATE I WAS ABOUT THE MUSIC I WAS LISTENING TO...AND SOMETIMES FEEL SAD THAT I DONT FEEL THAT WAT ANYMORE..I MEAN. SURE TO YOU I MIGHT......BUT TO ME.... I MISS IT. I ALSO MISS MY LUNG CAPACITY...GOTTA QUIT...IM GONNA START ON THE PATCH..TOMORROW..OR THE NEXT WEEK.
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perhaps no the pretty flyer out there....but lemme explain....sike. it does look like walt disney did throw up on it.
i cannot explain how awesome it is to talk to bands who are playing 250 shows a year and hearing how they made their success. more than anything. it seems like an endurance test. valient thorr was amazing. they rock on a different level. i mean....i dont think its really something you listen to on cd...but you go to the show...and you hold your beer in the air....chain smoke...and rock. the guys in junius were really cool as well. they reminded me of a heavier elliott mixed with the deftones. but the drummer was pretty rad.
A REALLY COOL REVIEW.
THE FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OSO BEAR RECEIVED IN CITY BEAT FOR MID POINT MUSIC FESTIVAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY RADICAL. THE FLYER I MADE THIS MORNING BEFORE WORK. SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. PLEASE WRITE ME AND TELL ME WHY YOU HATE IT. I WILL TELL YOU TO EAT MY SHORTS.
"Playing a mangy, boisterous brand of Rock & Roll that falls somewhere at the crossroads of Hard Rock, Punk and contemporary Southern/Roots Rock, this Northern Ky. foursome has been building a rep locally since forming just a year ago thanks to its tornadic live show. The group’s relentless pace and unkempt swagger makes them the dictionary definition of a dive-bar house band circa 2010, but don’t let the sonic steamroll lead you to believe it’s all just brute-force Knucklehead Rock — the slashing, infectious melodies and imaginative songwriting and guitar interplay reveal Oso Bear to be a talented band with the potential to go far. The band’s first EP release is due this fall. Dig It: Pre-Arena Rock Kings of Leon, a Southern-born-and-bred Replacements. (MB)"
i light the spark that ignites you.
someday i will have sideburns like martin van buren. more than likely. the hair to match. when you think about it. im kinda the martin van buren of northern kentucky.
college football is here.
oso bear gets more and more show offers her and outta town. we need to write more new songs.
mainstay last weekend was maybe you could say our first really really bad show. i dont think anyone noticed.
right now im bored with being social. seems like the same conversation in the same place at the same time i was having the conversation at the same place last week at the same time. does that make sense?
i am now into my fourth month without a cell phone. while everyone else seems to find it a major inconvenience...i am still not bothered by it at all.
i am trying to do a cd layout for the band. no idea what i am doing. so dont yell at me.
sometimes its weird living in a city you blatantly make fun of for being so shitty. but it has it moments. like driving home from work and seeing the new queen city tower...but also knowing you dont live in ohio.
i like covington more than i ever liked louisville. could be the people. could be the change of pace.i think its the change of pace.
ive been eating more pineapple than i ever have in recent years.
thats all ive got at the moment. just remember. martin van buren.
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