THE JENKINS REPORT: Punk Rock

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ITS BEEN A WHILE. YES

WEEK 3

DATE LINE : THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.

ALTHOUGH IM NOT THE HAPPIEST CAMPER IN THE WORLD TO BE WHERE I AM NOW. SHIT WAS GETTING OUTTA HAND WHERE I WAS. NO ONES FAULT BUT MY OWN. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE FIVE SONGS.....I JUST THINK THEY ARE REALLY GOOD. I AM IN NO CAPACITY A WORDSMITH WHO CAN WRITE SOME SORT OF IMAGERY TO DESCRIBE HOW I PERCEIVE A SONG. SO IM GONNA MAKE IT REAL SIMPLE

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PARQUET COURTS.
ITS NEW YORK...NEW YORK IS WAY TOO INTO ITSELF. BUT THESE DUDES ARE PRETTY COOL. I DONT KNOW THEM IN PERSON. AND....THEY PROBABLY WOULDNT LIKE ME IF THEY MET ME BECAUSE I DONT HAVE ON AN IRONIC THRIFT SHOP T SHIRT.. BUT IM A FAN. AND SERIOUSLY. THATS A RECORDER IN THE SONG. FOR SOME REASON THE DUDE SINGING REMINDS OF THE DUDE FROM THE MODERN LOVERS....WHAT WAS HIS NAME? I SUPPOSE I COULD GOOGLE IT. NAH. DONT YOU HATE THAT YOU LIKE THIS? DOES IT REMIND YOU OF THE STROKE? DO YOU THINK THESE DUDES ARE GLUTEN FREE? I BET AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS. OF COURSE IM ALL OVER THE BOARD WITH ASSUMPTIONS. BUT HELL......WE ALL DO IT.

MIKE KROL
THANKS JOSH FOR INTRODUCING ME TO THIS. IM STILL DIVING IN. BUT I REALLY LIKE THIS SONG SO FAR. PERHAPS PICKING UP WHERE JAY REATARD LEFT OFF? MAYBE. PURISTS MIGHT ARGUE. BUT EITHER WAY....SONGS UNDER TWO MINUTES ARE REALLY WHAT I WANNA HEAR....WHO HAS TIME FOR A THREE MINUTE SONG WHEN YOUR TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THE LATEST GHOST HUNTERS EPISODE WHILE IRONING YOUR ED HARDY T SHIRT COLLECTION.

BRATMOBILE.
YES. SEXIST PIGS CAN LIKE RIOT GIRL BANDS. A GOOD SONG IS A GOOD SONG IS A GOOD SONG. BUT I BET YOU....THEY SUCKED LIVE....SOMEONE WILL PROLLY WRITE ME AND TELL ME IM WRONG. WHATEVER.....THE DUDE FROM THE FUCKING CHAMPS PRODUCED THIS ALBUM AND ADDED KEYBOARDS AND TAMBOURINE....WHAT...... I DONT HEAR ANY BASS.....INDICATIVE THAT THEY PROLLY SUCKED LIVE.. STOP PLAYING WITH OUT A BASS PLAYER. THE BLACK KEYS HAVE A FULL BAND NOW. THE WHITE STRIPES ARE OVER. THE TWO PIECE BAND IS OVER. STOP. BUT WAIT YOU SAY....THERE WERE THREE GIRLS IN THE BAND. YEAH.....I KNOW.....DRUMMER. AND TWO GUITAR PLAYERS. I BET THAT REALLY BLOWS YOUR MIND. FINAL RESULT....THIS ALBUM IS AWESOME. BUT I BET IT SUCKED LIVE.

THE BANANAS
ALL I WANTED WAS A CHANCE TO SEE WHATS IN YOUR FANCY PANTS. ONE MINUTE SIXTEEN SECONDS. ENOUGH SAID.

THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN
SO THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THESE DUDES I WAS STONED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE SECOND TIME I HEARD THEM WAS LIVE IN CONCERT. MY THEN GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME STAYED AT MY DADS HOUSE TO WATCH MY THEN DOG. I BOUGHT THE CD CAME HOME (DRUNK) AND PLAYED THIS ALBUM OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS TILL FINALLY SHE WAS SINGING THE SONGS WITH ME. THIS WAS YEARS AGO. LIKE TEN OR ELEVEN. BUT I REMEMBER RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT I DIDNT NEED TO HAVE A GIRLFRIEND WHO LIKED THE SAME MUSIC. I WOULD JUST DRILL IT INTO HER BRAIN AND NOT GIVE HER THE CHOICE. IT WAS THEN I BECAME THE JOSEPH STALIN OF MUSIC WHILE INVOLVED IN A RELATIONSHIP. SKIP TO A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. SOME CHICK I THOUGHT I LIKED WAS PLAYING ME DRAKE. ON MY STEREO IN MY THEN APARTMENT. I ONLY LISTENED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET LUCKY THAT NIGHT. FRIENDS. DRAKE IS NOT COOL. AND NOBODY IS WORTH SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO MODERN R&B. NOW JODECI OR SILK IS ANOTHER STORY. BECAUSE I LIKED THEM IN THE 8TH GRADE. AND IN THE 8TH GRADE I WORE BUTTON SILK SHIRTS AND FRENCH ROLLED MY JEANS ABOVE MY CLASSIC WHITE K SWISS SHOES....I ALSO HAD A PERMED MULLET.. AND NO....I DIDNT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH A LITTLE BUMP A GRIND. ANYHOW....I PICKED THIS SONG BECAUSE THERE IS ALOT GOING ON. AND THAT DRUMMER IS KILLING IT.

I LOOK LIKE A SODA JERK.

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!

WITH THE ABILITY TO RECORD AND UPLOAD HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NEW NCAA 2013...I WILL DO JUST THAT. YOULL NOTICE IM ALWAYS ALABAMA. THIS IS A 62 YARD RUN I HAD AGAINST SOME DUDE WHO WAS NEBRASKA.

IN OTHER NEWS. DAY CAMP.....12 SONGS. THREE MONTHS...THIS MIGHT BE A PERSONAL RECORD. NOT THAT IM REALLY WRITING THE SONGS...BUT PART OF THE PROCESS NONE THE LESS.

OUR OFFICIAL FIRST SHOW WAS JULY 7TH 2012 @ PIKE STREET LOUNGE IN COVINGTON. AN EXTREMELY HOT DAY...IN THE LOW HUNDREDS WITH THE HEAT INDEX...A MISERABLE DAY....NOT TO MENTION...THE BARS AC WAS OUT. BUG UPS TO ALL WHO STAYED ALOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO GO...AND I CANT SAY I BLAME THEM. SHITTY OHIO VALLEY WEATHER. SHITTY SHITTY OHIO VALLEY WEATHER. THANKS TO KATIE FOR THE PICTURE......THE SHOW. WE DID EXTREMELY WELL...IF NOT..ALMOST PERFECT. I NEVER HAD ANY DOUBTS THAT WE WOULDN'T DO ALRIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A RECORDING REAL REAL SOON.

IM STILL HERE

I JUST REALIZED HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE I'VE POSTED ANYTHING. SO...HERE"S A QUICK RUN DOWN...I GOT THROUGH WINTER.

OSO BEAR PLAYED THEIR LAST SHOW MAY 25TH 2012.

IM WORKING ON A NEW PROJECT CALLED DAYCAMP.

ONE AWESOME THING WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS RECORDING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR BAND PRACTICES. SO IVE DECIDED TO POST OUR PROGRESS...MAYBE SOMEONE WILL FIND THE WHOLE PROCESS INTERESTING.....I KNOW I DO...IM SURE ONE DAY ILL REFLECT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO....BUT TO BE HONEST I HAVENT REALLY FELT INSPIRED TO WRITE OR SHARE ANYTHING....IM GONNA TRY A LITTLE HARDER....IN THE MEANTIME DAYCAMP.

Pat...Vocals and guitar

Josh...Vocals and guitar

Nick... bass

George...drums

THE FOLLOWING IS FROM OUR THIRD PRACTICE.

EPISODE 10

JC PENNY PUNK.

EPISODE 9 IS STILL BEING PUT TOGETHER...IN THE MEANTIME....EPISODE 10 GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT A LISTEN.

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Episode 8

EPISODE 8

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ORANGE CAKE

who even thinks anymore....not me...not you....not anyone...we are the age of information....we can just look it ...because in the end......we carry cell phones.

comfort music.
music to listen to when you remember why you actually liked music.....what it meant....what it was and you you know it should be still....and you can only blame the age of information...

yes.....we are the photographic emo nation.......and information does travel faster int he modern age.....

but yet we have gotten musically slow.

i say tear down the idea of digital music.....i mean lets face it...all you people buying vinyl.... feeling like you are contributing to the return of the record rock n roll industry......remember....you buy it now because you have the download code for the mp3s to put on your iPod..

im not gonna sit here and act like i am some sort if vinyl entitled activist for the elite taste in music.

but there is something to be said about what it means to hold something in your hand as opposed to just transferring it on to your iPod. im as guilty as the next

but it didn't used to be that way....

we used to have to get out of our basements...go to a record store...mingle with the people.....judge....and walk away feeling challenged.......when i go to the record store now....i see a bunch of stuff i can download.

for you..the record store owner......or the record label owner.....you have been bruised

for the bands.....you have become accessible and thus uninteresting......therefore image sells more than ever.

technology....you take the cake.

shit man...as we get older...we become more like what we hate...but we just dont hate it so much now....conviction has been beaten by apathy and ale.....too much of both.

i know you all are out there too.

Everything is Never Enough

KUDOS TO GARISON SOTLZ FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. THIS PRETTY AWESOME.

THE SEPARATION OF MAY

WHEN I LOOK BACK AT ALL THE THINGS I HAVE DONE MUSICALLY I THINK ABOUT IT AS A CERTAIN CHAPTER IN M LIFE. I WAS 20 GOING ON 21. I WAS NAIVE ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL. I HAD VERY LITTLE RESPONSIBILITY AND I WAS IN LOVE WITH MUSIC. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED EXCEPT THINGS HAVE SEEMED TO BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. MORE MUNDANE. ME AND SCOTT PLAYED MUSIC TOGETHER FROM THE TIME WE WERE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD TILL ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. THIS WAS BY FAR THE BEST STUFF WE EVER DID TOGETHER. WE RENTED A HOUSE ON SIX ACRES OF LAND IN WHAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE COUNTY. NO TV IN THE LIVING ROOM JUST OUR GEAR. EVERY NIGHT WE WOULD COME HOME AND WORK ON THE SONGS BUILDING UP TO THE EVENTUAL RECORDING. WHEN RECORDING TIME CAME WE TOOK 400 DOLLARS DOWN TO THE DOO WOP SHOP AND RENTED ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE A HOME RECORDING. BACK THEN IT WAS A MIXING CONSOLE SOME MICROPHONES AND ADAT MACHINE , A COMPRESSOR, AND AN DAT MACHINE. WE RECORDED SEVEN MICS ON THE DRUMS WITH A GUITAR SCRATCH TRACK. BOUNCED THE DRUMS DOWN TO TWO TRACK STEREO. THEN RECORDED GUITAR BASS AND VOCALS. AFTER WE RECORDED THIS WE PLAYED A HANDFUL OF SHOWS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE BAND. FOR SOME REASON THE CHEMISTRY NEVER WORKED WITH A THIRD OR A FOURTH MEMBER. SO WE EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD. SO I REALLY DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DOWNLOAD THESE 13 SONGS AND ENJOY THEM. FOR ME...IT BRINGS BACK NOT ONLY EVERYTHING THAT IS GREAT ABOUT PLAYING MUSIC AND BEING ABLE IN SOME CAPACITY TO EMOTE THROUGH ELECTRICITY OR BEATING ON SOME SKINS, IT ALSO BRINGS BACK A TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I WAS JUST STARTING OUT ON MY OWN. I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TEN YEARS AGO I WOULD BE LIVING IN COVINGTON SURROUNDED BY A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SEVERAL BANDS LATER. BUT THEN AGAIN.....I DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING BACK THEN. MAYBE I STILL DONT. BUT AT THE TIME....THIS MADE PERFECT SENSE TO ME....AND IT STILL DOES. ENJOY.