WAIT, YOU’RE WHERE…?!
One – can I come through clearly?
Are you on the other end?
Where you are – bare feet on the floor, and
Hands wide open hands wide open,
Feeling the size of my heartbeat within
A phrase says enough to deserve a comma
Letters left to bridge the break
But no so much to require a period
And we’re reading so sincere
Dive between the lines and rally here
comets
1. Wait, You’re Where…?!
2. Major & Minor.
3. Yes Song
4. Thanks For Visiting Me On The Radio
5. The Bridge (a cosmic consequence)
6. Things We Know Now
7. Midnights and Tape Delays
8. What Sounds Are Real
9. Blues or Astroblue?
10. After the Countdown
signs
1. I Would
2. Roxanne
3. E. Morning (ressurection)
4. Tired Chords
5. Houston
6. Stop Walking
7. E. Afternoon (will)
8. New Title (berlin)
9. Choose To
10. Easter III
“sign.comets” is in the final stage of production in the warehouse. An on sight inspestion of the project will be given by Shannon and Scott in Minneapolis in the next few days and we may possibly have a disc in hand. Howie will be arriving home from his journey to Ghana upon the new year, and HOWIEANDSCOTT will then be fully operational. Shows and dates will are TBA and will be posted. On a side note we would like to pay tribute to our friends and one of our favorite bands BLACKLIGHT SUNSHINE as they are playing thier last show, as we currently know them, Dec. 27th. The music and shows have been nothing, but ROCK! and as for everyone else Happy New Year! It is excitng to puncuate this year with all of these paths winding to their destination, but as it “feels like an end”… “it’s only the beginning!” -s!
1. Hymn for our TMD
2. Say Something
3. After Hrs. War
4. Snow in the East
5. Lullaby
6. Was I In Bon Jovi For A Second?
(more…)Not only did h&s’s summer/fall 2004 sessions yield two records, but six more songs as well. These are b.sides in the sense that they lay outside the songs of “signs.comets,” representing something different from those projects. Composition of the six spans the writing periods for both “Comets” and “Signs” – “After-Hours War belongs to ‘Signs,’ while the others are from the time of ‘Comets,’ and the writing of Bon Jovi spread out, bridging the two periods,” says howie. The signs.comets sessions yielded material that seemed to naturally coalesce into two albums and one companion volume – “b.sides” is that companion, offering a glimpse into what h&s has become and is becoming, and a chance to enjoy some of the band’s most freely imaginative work.
HYMN FOR OUR TECHNOLOGICAL MANIFEST DESTINY
Are there guardian angels writing down our every twist and touch?
Right along a person’s conscience, guarding one against his crutch?
Wright believed in guiding spirits, pushing life towards intellect
While I am between the pages, holding you upon your back, but
Here are some of Shannon Fickes’ photos used in the signs.comets artwork.
Brook: Do you feel that music is a good way to express political feelings or statements?
howie: Absolutely. Music is a good way to express everything! But we humans are all political creatures – an artist’s politics are always in their music, whether they are explicit or implicit. Sometimes by saying nothing, you say something. A song is a great way to ask a question or point out something in a medium that can potentially reach many people, and help them see a new point of view or encourage them to hold their position, and know why they hold it. I express myself politically in the music I write – sometimes very clearly, sometimes in vague or disguised language.
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Arturo Got The Shaft
Side A – Numbers Stations
1. Pants and Backpacks
2. Still a Princess
3. Only Way She Knows
4. Statement of Purpose
5. Thunderheads and Regrets
6. Geek Reggae Beat
7. Take Me Away
8. Why Don’t You
9. Dude, Did We Go To Canada?
10. Like A Dreamer
11. Hey, Gordon Shumway
(r)ocktober: a month-long tour of Nebraska and Kansas with Arturo Got The Shaft
#1. WEEKEND AT KANSAS. that was the weekend that was… besides the music, i have to say that the highlight of the weekend was giving The Shaft a sound defeat at 2-on-2 Ultimate Frisbee in the vacant lot next to the bar. whatever else you might think about us, scott and i are hell to beat on the Ultimate Frisbee field (at least now we know that). or maybe the chicken fried steak in manhattan was better than even the sweet sweet taste of victory… either way, when it comes to playing music we mean business and kansas had to learn that lesson the hard way. Driving back to Crete for church on sunday morning was no treat either, caffiene is a drug and its good to stop driving in thunderstorms (we learned that one the easy way, and i’m damned happy about it). plus opening up the tour at home was a special treat – there is no better way to begin anything than with family and friends. i have only today really felt back from the first weekend, and i have a show tonight with Shacker, and we’re off again to lincoln and omaha. hope to see you soon. -h
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