Thursday, June 30th, 2005
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11:15 pm
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i am trying to be productive. everything has changed and i hope they continue to. they can only get better.
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Saturday, May 7th, 2005
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10:29 pm
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what would you like to be doing right now?
i would like to be spending my time in a better way than posting this post.
current music: DEATH CAB FOR ME!
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Friday, May 6th, 2005
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6:12 pm
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it is nice to hear that everyone is doing well. i hope you continue to feel well. i am feeling pretty good right now.
for some reason i was thinking about interesting ways to ask someone to prom, probably because that is what all my friends are doing right now. but none of their's are as good as this:
first you get a shovel and dig a grave in the persons backyard that you are going to ask.
then you lay in the grave with flowers untill that person comes outside and asks what you are doing.
you reply "i am dying to go to prom with you."
this is the best way to ask someone to prom. period.
have an awesome day and pick up some trash!
current music: denison witmer
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
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8:09 pm - this is my return to livejournal.
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Sunday, March 13th, 2005
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5:34 pm
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abstrakt projekt: FOLD YOUR EYES darling!
www.foldyoureyesdarling.cjb.net
www.purevolume.com/foldyoureyesdarling
www.myspace.com/foldyoureyesdarling
www.moooogrecords.cjb.net
i have been busy.
this friday theadore is playing. i am very excited.
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2005
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9:34 pm
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you are so easy on my eyes.
0. intro/toyko
1. city girl (kevin shields)
2. helicopter (bloc party)
3. 156 (mew)
4. fumble (arcitecture in helsinki)
5. the window is the door (maritime)
6. turnstile blues (autolux)
7. apples in the trees (mirah)
8. set yourself on fire (stars)
9. the pull (microphones)
10. pulling our weight (the radio dept)
11. cheating heart (chris staples)
12. perfect vision (montag)
13. lesley gore on the tami show (casiotone for the painfully alone)
14. every moment (rogue wave)
15. the red-haired girl (the robot ate me)
16. kings and queens (apostle of hustle)
17. penny look down (decibully)
18. the lemon of pink (books)
19. the dream of evan and chan (ben gibbard)
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005
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5:24 pm
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if wes anderson made a musical it would be of my life.
i am not sure where i am these days.
ah! no more self pity!
current music: the places
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Thursday, February 17th, 2005
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10:49 pm
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GO TO PURE VOLUME RIGHT NOW AND LISTEN TO THE HEADPHONES (dave bazan and tw walsh from pedro)!!!!!
YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE WHOLE FRIGGIN CD AND IT IS AWESOME!!!!
GO NOW!!!!!!
www.purevolume.com/headphones
current mood: CRAZY
current music: HEADPHONES
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9:46 pm
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Sunday, January 30th, 2005
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9:43 pm
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i went to boston this weekend and understood my friend a whole lot better.
ignorance is bliss as an emotional defense tool.
i feel lucky.
on another note...
this should be a good week.
steve finished up his guitars for the most part!
i need to buy decemberists tickets.
and maybe pedro/low too.
i want to go to the blue angel this week.
probably on thursday.
read me a poem.
current mood:  calm
current music: the beatles - baby you can drive my car
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2005
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8:19 pm - me, this week, forever.
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1) andy burned me the new M83. it is quite interesting. three fourths of it are really awesome and the addition of more vocals, louder guitars, and live drums is nice. the other one fourth i just can't process, it sounds like a different band. i think i am going to have to let this one grow on me.
2) collin meloy (from the decemberists, for those of you who don't know who i am speaking of) is playing schuba's tonight and it is sold out and i do not have a ticket. lame. but the full band is coming to the metro in march, so that is a plus.
3) the popular belief could possibly be put on a preshow ticket for a keane and redwalls show (not exactly sure how this show is connected because the place has like 5 venues connected to it and morbid angel is playing the same night at the eagles ballroom and keane is playing the eagles club. all the venues are connected but we are playing at the bar) at the rave bar in milwaukee. the show would be on sunday feb. 20 at around 6pm. the tickets are $15. drop me a line if you are interested. the place looks pretty cool so please check it out. www.therave.com
4) what is up with the killers. they freaking suck. but anyways, recording is going slow, steve's guitar amp is making rattlin' noises. so we have to figure that out. vocals next week (recording in the bathroom is so fun!)
5) i want to start a musical revolution in chicago where bands and the people that go see those bands could just chill out and not have to worry about being cool or accepted by some kind of indie rock scene. where people are free to create outside of the confines of conventional structure and make art that defines their being and not be carbon copies of trends or scenes. i want to have shows where the crowd surrounds the band and they are one. let people experience music and not just watch it happen. i have many ideas for this. if you are interested or you just have no idea what i am talking about and want to understand, drop me a line.
current mood: chill
current music: american analog set - the postman
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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
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6:47 pm
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Sunday, January 16th
The Beat Kitchen
Nora Wake (actually pretty good indie rock- http://www.westendweb.com/nora/default.htm)
The Popular Belief (this is my band- www.thepopularbelief.com)
9pm, $6
www.beatkitchen.com (go here if you need directions)
this is a 21+ show. sorry to of most my friends, i am sure we will be playing some all ages shows soon.
current music: THE ARCADE FIRE
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2005
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9:11 pm - i have the american spirit, can you hear it? can you hear it?
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it is tuesday and i am already wishing for death. i can not wait for this term to end!
a new dance party (the orange) is in the works. i am not even sure i am supposed to be talking about it. we are trying to go back and remember why we started dancing and try to put that kind of spirit into this party. the mix is going to be crazy dance-able and that is what will make this one great. i really need another dance party.
i ran into brian losch in best buy today. we are supposed to hang out friday. i bought the lansing-dreiden ep and it is very good.
i miss something.
band practices have been getting better. we have a new practice set up that is working about better and better. and we have just been jamming and feeling things out.
recording is sort of half way done. sort of. we have a long way to go. but things are sounding great. i think this will be something i can be proud of.
current music: lansing-dreiden
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
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10:50 pm
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i hate missing things.
i am in PA right now. i like it here.
jono is one of my favorite people. his band is playing a show tomorrow.
how are things back in the midwest? is everyone enjoying their break?
this year my band will be your favorite band.
current mood: arrogant
current music: mogwai
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
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6:38 pm - top ten albums of 2004
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this year i listened to a ton of new music and even though i still probably didn't hear a ton of great albums i did hear some. and here they are...
1. the arcade fire's "funeral"
this band really just rocks my socks off. they came out of nowhere and just made a great album.
2. wilco's "a ghost is born"
i saw wilco live for the first time this year. amazing. this album took some time to settle in but once it did it blew my mind.
3. sufjan stevens' "seven swans"
one of the most beautiful records i have ever heard. the banjo plucks and strums and the boy girl harmony, great stuff.
4. devendra banhart's "rejoicing in the hands"
i bought this cd at a record store in frisco thinking that it might be good, boy was i in for a treat.
5. elliott smith's "from a basement on the hill"
this is a bit different for him but it works. i wasn't exactly what i wanted for his last album but that made me want to listen to it more and figure out everything that is in it. a beautiful mess.
6. the walkmen's "bows + arrows"
"the rat" is the cathiest song this year. great drunken vocals over messy rock n' roll soundscapes.
7. pedro the lion's "achilles heel"
the opening track "bands with managers" speaks so much truth. and "the poison" makes me want to die. not his strongest album as a whole but a few really great songs.
8. guided by voices' "half smiles of the decomposed"
a great swan song.
9. animal collective's "sung tongs"
when i saw this band with mum i thought they were a joke and then i heard this album and it changed my mind. they make the music you wish you could but are afraid to.
10. bjork's "medulla"
another real big shift from earlier work but a good one. some of the weirdest coolest structure changes i have ever heard.
current music: american analog set's "waking up is hard to do"
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Thursday, December 16th, 2004
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4:53 pm
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this is just one of those weeks that you wish was over as soon as it begins.
i am making a new mix, it is so big i am going to have to use two discs or just split it into two.
it is looking pretty good.
sat.
the show.
the popular belief and university at chris shimmel's, be there.
current mood:  anxious
current music: !!! - me and giuliani down by the school yard
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Friday, December 3rd, 2004
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5:21 pm
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ok. so you know how i am always coming up with all these projects and i talk about new ones everytime you see me. well here is another one. but this one i really really want to do. i want to start a shoegazer side project. something that i could nurse every now and then. i have started my search for a select few to join in this project. if you think you would be interested in playing shoegazer music and you enjoy shoegazer music please please e-mail (only if you are serious). danke.
current music: my bloody valentine - you make me realise
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
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10:57 pm - shameless self promotion
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more shameless self promotion.
i put up a new song on my pure volume site.
www.purevolume.com/andrewkettering
i updated my site. (go there often!)
www.andrewkettering.cjb.net
the popular belief is having a show at chris' house that will be matt learn's last offical show, so we will be playing some old songs and some new ones. also university is playing with us and that is just awesome. so check that out.
www.thepopularbelief.com
www.purevolume.com/thepopularbelief
other then that i hate writing essays and i am bad at it. i am in love with pavement and tomorrow is my last day of lcap (sort of).
current music: PAVEMENT!!!!
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
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6:48 pm
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i have a "new website". there is not much change from the old one. but i put a new song on that music site thing.
www.andrewkettering.cjb.net
or just click on musings on the left.
i understand that plugging things is lame but how else would anyone know
i should be updating this new site more with new stuff soon.
THE GREEN!
this friday, the 26th.
it's coming...
www.dancingtocolors.cjb.net
current music: pavement - texas never whispers
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2004
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3:48 pm
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no, i did not see the pixies.
but i did see jason martin and david bazan.
i even snatched tw's set list
highlights: i drive alot, i'm always the one who calls, invention, bad diary days
no owen or sufjan for me.
too bad, so sad.
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