sxsw on march 17th at spiro's
new foxymorons t-shirts soon
pre-sxsw show at the wreck room in fw
welcome crawfish season
goodbye arrested development
thanks vince young
see cache at yr local cinema

The October Update: JJ got to the bottom of the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah hype. The Astros are in the World Series! Our dancing keyboard player, Jackson, got married. I had a song written about me. Brian and I saw our first South San Gabriel show. We demoed a ton of new songs. The new Silver Jews album was released. Our friend Duke started a music blog. The new My Morning Jacket blew my mind. Halloween is on a Monday. Oh, and we're playing in Philadelphia for the first time.

look for shows in philadelphia and dallas soon
lost my swiss army knife

put the amps in the closet and start a stamp collection.

glimmers of beauty/excitement:
ssg album
animal collective's new one
babe's (fried chicken), roanoke
my sister's dog
the dallas cold front. thank you, thank you.

saw dwight yoakam at billy bob's last night and it was worth every penny of the $11 ticket price. it was even worth the ethnic slur i took with a smirk from a drunk cowboy on my way out. i shoulda given 'm the old knuckle sandwich. what else? skip the aristocrats. but rent gilmore girls on netflix if you can. just don't admit it to yr friends. alright, back to gtr strum, the thin blue line on dvd, and a bag of maple almonds.....

we're leaving for a long california weekend tomorrow and i'm finally getting my packing done. it's hard to cram merch, cds, pedals, and a guitar in a carry-on suitcase. this calls for some extreme measures. i might have to "check" some baggage. the horror. anyways, drummer brian and i are flying out of nashville and hooking up with jerry in el lay. our pals duke and sylvia have hooked us up big time with some cool shows and lodging. a guy i've never met, stan, will be our bass player for the shows and none of it could be done if our boy diaz wasn't providing all the gear. cheers all around. it's all out of our hands and i couldn't be happier. nothing's getting in the way of my california vacation.

first thing's first: i'd like to send a shout-out to dr. bernstein for the zyrtec and flonase scripts - the 1-2 knockout combo for this brutal allergy season. alright, a hearty thanks for the friends, fans, and innocent bystanders at our virgin megastore and trees shows. thanks to the deathray davies too. here's the quick scoop:

the nashville guys got to mesquite around 3:30 am on saturday morning and crashed at the dewese house. the irrepressible jackson chang and i showed up around 11:00am for a darn good texas breakfast and my favorite iced tea by doris dewese. we ran through a bunch of songs, jetpack stephen showed off his pants, and we headed out to virgin for the quick in-store. unfortunately, after a week of dry weather, saturday was relentless rainy. man alive, we ended up driving and loading/unloading in some nasty weather. by the time we played, we were soaking wet. hilarious. we went to jackson's house for some fancy racecar video game, showers, and use of the dryer before heading to trees for mexican food and the usual hi-jinks. anyhow, we met some really nice folks and couldn't have been happier with the show. high thanks to elizabeth and the deathray davies. we played these songs:

Terror on the Tarmac
I'm Still in Love
The Lazy Librarian's Son
Harvard Hands
August Moon
Hesitation Eyes
Are You Tired?
Irene
Left Sideways

in other news, these days i'm buying $60 bedsheets. this is not a joke. who knew i'd care about thread counts?

well, it's tax time and i still haven't even looked at my w2. heck, i'm not even sure where it is. meanwhile, it's nearly 10:00 and i should figure out how to file an extension asap. which explains why i'm writing a journal entry.

what a week! i had a root canal, saw the jandek documentary, ate fried chicken at babe's, and found myself in a traffic accident (i was in the back seat). anyhow, the big news is we're playing a show next month. so, finally.....if you've been following us since the release of the silver leaves e.p. back in 1998 and never got the chance to see us, well....here it is. we're playing at trees on may 28th with the deathray davies. this is going to be the best foxymorons line-up yet. our pals in jetpack will be playing with us, hesitation eyes drummer brian fuzzell will man the kit, and our secret weapon jackson chang will play keys, tamborines, and shake his hips. oh yeah, and david and i will be there too. man, i love the summer.

howdy friends. well, well, well...looks like we finally got ourselves a release date. and lots of other news to announce! well, not really but....

i'm booking a ticket to play a nashville show on march 26

sometimes i imagine our gang is bjorn born at the 1980 wimbledon finals. we're hanging in there, but it's only the 28th point of the tie-break and we're emotionally and physically exhausted. but i'm feeling optimistic and you know how that match turned out...

a recent review: "The Foxymorons couldn’t have chosen a more fitting moniker for themselves. Their music is bland, uninventive and shows no sign of any substantial musical ability..."

The Foxymorons proudly present Hesitation Eyes,
Out March 22nd, 2005.

wire, chairs missing
bobbie's dairy dip in nashville
cheap furniture at target
sullivan's travels (but a little pricey?)
lou barlow's new record

our 'gang' has been calling 2004 a "break-out year" since last january. and despite some skepticism early on, guess what - it really turned out that way. sure there have been bust-ups, relocations, tough jobs, broken friendships, etc. not to mention the ongoing class envy that we can't seem to get past. but there's also been some real progress. we're going into 2005 better human beings, i think.

the last couple of years have been transitional - "building years" if you will. but we've turned a corner. we're seeing the proverbial silver linings, even in less important things. sure, the life aquatic was a sprawling mess, a real disappointment. but think of that loretta lynn record.

our thoughts and prayers are with the asia tsunami victims.
geesh, we can't find the words so i'll stop here.

Well, the album is officially finished. I picked up the masters last weekend. Mixing and mastering have both been completed and all that's left to tackle is the artwork. We're currently duking it out over all the proposed cover ideas. Maybe we should just take a cue from the Beatles and make it a solid color. No muss, no fuss - over and done with. The Foxymorons - The Aqua Album.

All in all, this project has been a blast to work on. Our first two albums were recorded really quickly over stolen weekends with all of the recording dependant upon the goodwill and graciousness of our producer friends. This time around we were in 100% control of every aspect of the recording. We bought the gear, learned to use it, engineered it, and performed it. Heck, we even fired ourselves a few times!

The Hesitation Eyes album, while ridiculously drawn-out, was certainly more of a labor of love. It highlights the last 4 years of our lives in a way that we never really intended or imagined. It goes without saying that we're extremely anxious to share the new album with people. We'll have more info about the official release date in the coming months. There's a finally a light at the end of the tunnel!

Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to get back to fighting over non vs. serif fonts, CMYK color, and royalty-free images.