Miggs Band

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Friday, November 16, 2007

…if I could just move on, maybe you would too.

2007 is damn near over and I’m stunned at the speed in which it happened. We’ve done about 70 shows since brian joined the band july 1 and it’s felt like a fast forward sequence of an action movie. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

I write this from my hotel bed in las cruces, new mexico, where miggs seems to have some great fans. This leg of the tour has been interesting. Phoenix was a blast with a cool outdoor show and then we hit a few places that may need someone telling them it’s now the 21st century! Time warp stuff, for sure but we had fun. We always do.

So to end 2007 we’re completing that new album, UNRAVELED, which will be released overseas initially and then here in the states early in 2008. That is the plan. Unfortunately, things can change due to circumstances beyond our control. See, we are negotiating a deal here in America and if we sign they could decide that the release date be X even if we want Y because they may feel it’s smarter timing and we want to give UNRAVELED every chance for success. Got it? Music 101 has ended for the day…

Anybody out there read rolling stone? The 40th anniversary issue has a great editors note from jann wenner about the state of our country and the incredibly poor leadership we’re under, the global warming issue, this war we don’t even understand and music. I just read it and it makes me want to not WATCH this election go by. We all have to decide to become part of the solution. It’s not too late. This year we have a chance to do something never before done. We could have a black president. A female president. All very cool. What I hope is that we pick the RIGHT president because time is running out on making things better. Don’t mean to sound like a downer but we’re on the titanic and the wedge of ice would certainly capsize us if we weren’t melting it so fast! And I know that I do things every day to make things worse, so this isn’t don miggs on a soap box. I’m just worried about where we’re going. I like being alive. See, the earth isn’t in danger. We are. The earth will survive and mutate and do it all again. Just visit a museum to see that. It’s us humans that are in trouble!

Ok, enough of that. I’m getting depressed!!!

But there is hope. There is a new miggs album coming out. A shedding of the skin, if you will. Excorcising our demons, our past. Staring at the future. Wow, that was terrible!LOL UNRAVELED is a period at the end of phase one of miggs. If you’ve been to a show lately we are dusting off older tunes every day and adding in songs just written. It’s been a challenge deciding what to play each night so we wing it instead. Tonight we get to play for two and a half hours so we will throw everything but the kitchen sink at the audience. And if it gets nuts enough, maybe even the kitchen sink…

Fave CDs at the moment:

New coheed & cambria is kicking my ass
New ryan adams EP
New killers
New bruce springsteen

Meet the day and be good to each other,

miggs

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Journal

Tomorrow, There is always Tomorrow? - Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Today we learned that a friend, the guy who was working on our new website was killed in a motorcycle crash. what i read was that he was driving late at night, pretty fast, and lost control of the bike heading into a truck. no helmet, not that it sounds like that would have helped.

life is THAT fucking fragile. tomorrow you are dead. stop complaining about what you don't have or where you are if it isn't where you want to be. stop petty arguments with people. practice peace. practice forgiveness. respect that you will NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE THIS LIFE and live it. for you, for your parents who gave birth to you, for duke grey, who doesn't get a choice anymore for a second chance.

"just for the record, the weather today is..." - Sunday, April 22, 2007

pretty damn cloudy actually. it's sunday and i've been thinking it was saturday. oh well, a day slipped by me somehow.

let's see....i just watched the DVD from the cafe du nord show and it was a fun show. there are some camera and sound glitches and i completely trainwreck "to be alone" but i think we'll spruce it up a bit and release it as a live DVD. any takers? what should we name it? tell me.

there have been a bunch of emails about the new pictures at myspace.com. it's funny because to me it's just the same old same old but i like hearing from you so thanks. last night we took some others as a band and those will begin appearing places soon.

the new website launches on or about May 10th so look for that and commment, of course.

the touring has been going well. where have we been lately again? hold on, i'll go look at the schedule.

ok, arizona was fun. really fun. people are all so cool there. i think i already told the border patrol pull over story so i won't waste your time again here. we were at a venue in newport beach the other night and some kid was doing backflips in front of the stage. full on. it was funny as hell and i wanted to put the guitar down and break off a little flip my own self. course, i'd probably slip and land square on my back but i still had INTENT.

we played the skate rink in san jose last night. it's weird doing that but it's cool cause then younger kids can see us and we like playing for them, too. my mic was all static-y for the first 2 songs and then just went out so i was running over to michaels mic to sing and then back to mine to see if it was on. finally got all sorted out and we didn't get rattled, so i consider it a success.

has anyone been watching this season of south park!?!?!?!? my GOD is that funny stuff. i bought the first 9 seasons and have been going through it but michael gets the latest on his iPod so last night Aron and I snuggled in the van and watched while mike drove. it was nice. and the show was good too...

there are too many books to get into here and i feel like it's all i've been talking anbout lately but i will say that this week i go visit corona del mar school and we're going to talk about the fountainhead and atlas shrugged. they've been reading them after we spoke recently so i want to go listen in and get into the debates....freaking cool.

i've had blue october on my iPod for a while now and barely checked it out but yesterday gave it a good listen. it's really goood. i wish he'd not always double his voice and i'd love to hear the rock ROCK more (people can say this about us, too!) but it's strong stuff. "hate me" is a powerful song.

and that led me to put the killers sam's town back on and that is a strong ass album. it's not as immediate as their first, hot fuss, but it is just better all around. some points in the lyrics really grab me, the melodies are damn goood and the drumming and guitar playing are so inspired.