First off abit of self serving hype: the CHEAP GIRLS new record is streaming over at absolutepunk.net, go over take it for a test spin, the record rules.

You know sometimes I’m in a great mood for no particular reason and despite being faced with a few speed bumps and a few liars that should be treated like speed bumps, today I’m in a great mood.

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When I hear people discussing the new model of music, I kind of slightly smile and listen politely, I agree on some points, disagree on others, I can understand the “artist” side being in a band, I can see the points on the business side as well having been involved in business with three labels. There’s very wide gray area where established mid-level bands are at that has me scratching my head wondering where there going to wind up. I can and have compared and contrasted the phrase ” where the rich get richer and the poor stay poor while the middleclass become extinct..” when it comes to the future income of bands but this isn’t meant to be a debate or a lecture.
I woke to an email from a friend who happens to be in a large band, he copied me on a conversation between him and a newly promoted/hired A&R rep at a major. I read through the usual “…a 360 deal works in favor of the band because it allows extra marketing dollars…” do bands really believe this anymore?

I find it funny that after years of talking about spiralling record sales all we have left is either a 360 deal or giving music away for free. While I believe using free music is a great promotional tool for bands, it doesn’t help the cycle continue, recording costs money, ads cost money, videos cost money, gas cost money, health insurance costs money. Even when you’re giving out music, you have to couple it with buyable packages to help the cycle continue. Right?

Rant over.

Now onto the great debate of breakfast vs lunch.

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I wake up this morning to a few emails and I realize that I’m back to being a work-a-holic but this time around it’s not paired with being an insomniac. The best and worst things about this realization is the focus I’ve been having, you see I’ve been making lists, I’ve been havingvtine away from my usual and I’ve started to move away from the usual and embrace the unusual. Sometimes the river bed is dry and then sometimes there’s a thaw or a good rain and the riverbed is flooded. Dive in – drown or float away.

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Im looking for new creative people to work with, I want to flip how I’ve been working upside down and take a 180 degree turn and see what comes of it. Trainwreck maybe, but the ride would be interesting.

Paperandplastick@gmail.com

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ive been thumbing through some old records tonight and they feel like old friends, from Jimmy eat world’d first pop punk record, to zoinks first record, to crimpshrine’s demo from gilman street, to agent orange’s living in darkness, to the accused’s return of martha splatterhead, all feel like old friends – making remember specific moments in time. music has a way of locking the best and worst of times inside our heads right?

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A thief broke into 69 Rabin , the incident happened right above shoulder street which is highly trafficed
But only took blueprints and credit forms. An ananymous call has tipped detectives on whereabouts of stolen items but seem to have no hopes of ever getting them back.

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Saturday morning takes on a whole new meaning after 12 hours of sleep, it’s still criminally humid out in Florida mixed with an oven hot. This time of year I am waiting for the weather to turn slightly cooler, last year I was in Canada during this time then right into the UK and Europe and I went from summer right into winter.

By Monday, our winter tour should be sorted after a few road blocks and dates will be up and out into the world. Some of you might have noticed already since a few dates have popped up but with the wrong(original) line up for the tour.

I think a cool update to mention would be the pictures of the first round of my label paper and plastick’s releases that are on the right side of this page. The packaging, the vinyl colors and how they mix and swirl and splatter. I’m super proud of them and happy to be working with bands I like and respect.
( thanks to Jason for doing the dirty on this project )

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Case # 478447-843-267937

Tomy de’adegicto slipped into a coma, and remained there for a years while
Francis Uture tunie took over his identity.

Friends and family are busy unravelling this mystery and looking for new clues.

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