Adam and Jeremy Say: Merry Christmas and what not via video

Okay so Christmas was a few days ago, but we don't have to give up the Christmas Cheer just yet... take it away boys.
Gimme Christmas

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and look at all these great videos we found in Santa's Bag (note: Santa is a fictional character often used by writers as a quick and easy way of introducing seemingly incongruent thoughts or in our case videos)







Shut It Down

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Serj Tankian - Empty Walls

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Adam and Jeremy Say: Take Time To Stop And Smell The Black Roses With Blindside

Blindside has a new EP out titled "Black Rose." It is only available as a download, and it is only available from this site... not THIS site but the site we just linked... the first link not the second... argh! Everyone's favorite Swedes are also doing a short US tour to support the EP so look for them to come to your town... if you town is Atlanta, Nashvegas, or Los Angeles.

Adam Says: Get Ping Pong Makes Me Nostalgic...

Yeah so it may not be 2001 and it may be a littler early to get nostalgic but there are three things I love about this video... one Blindside portrays the Swedish team... which is cool for all sorts of reasons... like they are actually from Sweden and they are Blindside... two the Bobby Knight wanna be coach melting down... and finally its all about Ping Pong... and I seriously love Ping Pong! So watch and love the Swedish V. San Diego Rap Rock Ping Pong Action (Yes my editor would through a fit he knew I just typed all that without hyphens.)



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Adam Says: It's still National Poetry Month and thus I give you poetry!

So yeah I said it before but it bears repeating that April is National Poetry Month (Get Psyched) ! (Yes I realize that it is way redundant to insert the phrase get psyched before an exclamation point, but I don't care!) At any rate I figured I would share with you a bit of lyrical wording that has meant a lot to me over the years and may mean something to you....

I thought about fire in the sky.
I thought about fire.
I thought about love burning in your eye.
I thought about fire.
It hurts that drops of fire would fall so precise,
and how everything else would lose its meaning.
What a beautiful, what a painful surprise.
There is no peace outside if there is nothing within.
It hurts. But like coming home, once dried up.
I guess this is what you get when a heart expands.

I thought about...

Love is destructive for the ego.
And Your voice is the only thing
that speaks rebelliously in this world of claiming your own.
There is no peace outside if there's nothing within.
Love is addictive for the spirit.
And Your voice whispers with a roar,
that fire rises up, refills.
Place the right king on the throne

I thought about...

I thought about a burning fire
I thought about a loving fire
I thought about Your love


Song: About A Burning Fire
By: Blindside
Album: About A Burning Fire

Adam Says: National Poetry Month! Hooray!!!

As we stated before April is National Poetry Month... which means "20 Something" guys everywhere are reciting cheesy couplets to their Vera Bradley muses, and girls in black turtlenecks are mourning the end of winter with ironically flowery language. Okay so maybe those cliches don't really do justice to the beauty of poetry, so we figured you might want a few links to help you get into the mood for National Poetry Month.

www.poets.org is about as official as website for poetry as you can find. Check out the great resources and sign up for the Poem-A-Day feature.

It is painfully obvious that public radio would have some sort of feature that would make a great companion to National Poetry Month, and in fact they do. Check out Garrison Keillor reading poems that have nothing to do with Lake Wobegon on the Writers Almanac from Public Radio.

You can find more great poetry at www.poetryfoundation.org.

You can get "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman in its entirety online for free HERE; yes yes I know this is the second time we linked this, but its a great find and really worth checking out.

Last but not least I wanted to post my favorite poem in the whole wide world. The story behind this poem goes like this: My wife and I really loved it, thought it painted a great picture of the church as the bride of Christ and so we figured it would be an awesome addition to our wedding ceremony; and whom would we get to recite it? None other than Fat Jeremy himself. The poem is called "The Celebration Wedding" by Bradley Hathaway

This is for the ones whose hope is falling
And you no longer hear your Saviors calling.

This is for the ones whose backs are turning
And that passion-filled heart you once had has stopped burning.

This is for the ones abandoned now all alone with no solace and you think you’re stranded

This is for you empty, by life branded that had a vision that took leap but it never landed.

This is for the ones who are plagued by those mysteries of life and you feel torn inside by this mind and spirit strife.

This is for the ones whose desire to do good is always outweighed and you don’t do as you should.

This is for the ones whose mistakes are too many to count and the guilt on your chest just continues to mount.

This is for the ones who’ve been done wrong by sins at the corrupted hands of perverted men.

Hold On.

HOLD ON.

Because soon will come that celebration wedding and bundles of restoration will be our bedding.

The trumpeter is taking a breath

The guests are taking their seats

The bride is putting on a veil

The father is making last-minute preparations

There’s ten thousand times ten thousand angels waiting in a holy expectation.

The readied Groom is ready

Soon will come the celebration wedding

If you are hurting, your hurt will cease

If you are restless, you will find peace

If you are empty, you will be filled

All of these doubts and questions they’ll be stilled

If life for you is just too trying
Your tears will dissipate there wont be any more crying.

If the only thing you know is shame.
You will be cleansed and never again feel the same.

If you can’t see straight

Focus

Persevere

And wait…

Soon will come that celebration wedding
And bundles of complete restoration will be our bedding.

Bradley Hathaway is this rad poet from Arkansas who I originally caught at a super sweet Blindside show down in NC. Since then he has put out a book, CD and DVD. Plus he tours all the time. If you like his stuff check out one of his shows or pick up some of his stuff because he is truly gifted. Check out his site www.thebradley.net

Adam and Jeremy Say: Rock Not Dead... Yet.

Modest Mouse drops their latest project "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" Releases tomorrow! Adam and Jeremy highly recommend these nihilist rockers from the left coast (despite the nihilism and the left coast thing.) But if you need a little more prodding to go pick up their album then click here and listen to the entire album streamed by AOL. Thanks to Popcandy for the DL.
Update: The latest tour dates for Modest Mouse have been released on Pitchfork... check it out.

Speaking of exciting releases on the horizon... Chevelle will be dropping their latest head banger, "Vena Sera" (which may mean "Vein Liquid," but that's just something we read on the Internet so take it for what its worth.), hits stores April 3, 2007. The lead single "Well Enough Alone" has been littering the modern rock air waves, taking us back to when Adam and Jeremy made a living out of playing "The Red" and Blindside's "King of the Closet" on their critically acclaimed radio program.

Maybe the biggest music news of the year is the reunion of Rage Against the Machine! Oh yes the angry Adam and Jeremy fav's are getting back together for the Rock the Bells tour this summer with the Wu Tang Clan. Those of us on the East Coast will have once chance to catch them July 28th in NYC... buy your tickets today because this show is going to be huge... on a side not we certainly hope that this leads to more Rage Against the Machine albums because honestly rock music has not been the same since they left.

In case you missed it indie pop-rockers Mates of State were featured on this weekends edition of "This American Life" log onto the TAL website to check out the podcast featuring a live cover of "California" by our favorite husband and wife music act. The appearance of "This American Life" got us over to the Mates of State website where we found out that they have teamed up with PETA to do an anti fur ad. Well you can see that its certainly eye catching; if you want to know more check out the bands site.