tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53756655433852948682024-03-13T06:42:42.841-04:00Title TracksTT DChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11072188174538621304noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-47167811133202505082017-01-28T20:54:00.001-05:002017-01-28T20:54:33.228-05:00Live session on BandwidthA few months back, we recorded live versions of two songs from our new album, <i>Long Dream</i>, for WAMU's Bandwidth website. We performed "I Don't Need to Know" and "Low Cool" and you can view them below. Many thanks to the fine folks at Bandwidth for bringing us in!<br />
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TT DChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11072188174538621304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-42328673205302778672016-10-25T16:21:00.003-04:002016-10-25T16:21:43.733-04:00New Album ("Long Dream") Out November 18!Finally, we can announce that the new Title Tracks album, "Long Dream," will be released on LP and mp3 on November 18 by the Ernest Jenning Record Co. You can read more info about the album and listen to one of the new songs, "Low Cool," by going here: <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/1905275/title-tracks-low-cool/premiere/">http://www.stereogum.com/1905275/title-tracks-low-cool/premiere/</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-48257782682336728012016-10-04T20:37:00.003-04:002016-10-04T20:37:34.308-04:00Friday, October 7 show with Aloha in D.C.Hi everyone. We haven't played many shows in 2016 so far, as we've been getting ready for the imminent release of the third Title Tracks album. More info to come on that record shortly but, for now, I can announce that we'll be playing this Friday, October 7th at Rock n Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C. with our very old friends Aloha and slightly less old friends More Humans. Doors are at 8pm and the show is $12. More info to be found at <a href="http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com/">www.rockandrollhoteldc.com</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-37404408692454910802015-08-12T10:53:00.002-04:002015-08-12T10:56:32.393-04:00Fall 2015 - Shows and RecordingHi everyone. After taking almost a year off from shows, we're back and playing a few shows this fall. Even better, we're about to record a new album. We should be recording in September and October and we hope to have the new record out in the early part of next year. More info to come, of course. As of now, it should be nine or ten songs, some of which we debuted at our show the other night with the great Beach Slang. We can't wait to get in and make this record.<br />
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We also have two D.C. shows happening this fall, so far. We play Comet on Saturday September 26 with Mike Krol. We're back on Thursday October 1 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library for the latest in the series of basement shows that the D.C. Punk Archive has put on there. That show will be with BRNDA and Art Sorority, so it should be a good one. See you out there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-53794252596206670622015-01-26T16:04:00.000-05:002015-01-26T16:04:11.886-05:00Favorite songs of 2014I'm a few weeks late on this, but here are some of my favorite songs from 2014:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/rZHPCcFmEjc" target="_blank">Alvvays – Adult Diversion</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/95rdyhLYOi0" target="_blank">Angel Olsen – Lights Out</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/101178863" target="_blank">The Ar-Kaics – No No No</a><br />
<a href="http://artsororityforgirls.bandcamp.com/track/man-with-a-van" target="_blank">Art Sorority For Girls – Man With a Van</a><br />
<a href="http://beachslang.bandcamp.com/track/filthy-luck" target="_blank">Beach Slang – Filthy Luck</a><br />
<a href="http://bighush.bandcamp.com/track/wholes-2" target="_blank">Big Hush – Wholes</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/__XOSRKzzzg" target="_blank">Bob Mould – Tomorrow Morning</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/VqSYzOXkthg" target="_blank">The Both – Milwaukee</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/zA-Fz7Zd39k" target="_blank">Cloud Nothings – I'm Not Part of Me</a><br />
<a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/2vw1AuX5bhCRLri10ZnBxP">Deleted Scenes – Let's Not Try to Fix Everything At Once</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/QSXZe1C6kw8" target="_blank">Ex Hex – Don’t Wanna Lose</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/84I8iHGxFQ0" target="_blank">Kelley Stoltz – The Anarchist In Me</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/Yhx6IIU8xrk" target="_blank">Loud Boyz – Hard Feelings</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/IuaLsINpoKk" target="_blank">The New Pornographers – Marching Orders</a><br />
<a href="http://paperhaus.bandcamp.com/track/cairo-2" target="_blank">Paperhaus – Cairo</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/TlBNJpSdh7w" target="_blank">Paul Collins – I Need My Rock n'Roll</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/IjkXm2G58uc" target="_blank">Priests – Modern Love / No Weapon</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/MgsdblVq8wo" target="_blank">Real Estate – Talking Backwards</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/pbcLzqkxC8E" target="_blank">Sunwolf – Push It</a><br />
<a href="http://thetenderthrill.bandcamp.com/track/serena" target="_blank">The Tender Thrill – Serena</a><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/slumberland-records/let-you-in" target="_blank">Terry Malts – Let You In</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/LHA1rnsewJY" target="_blank">Todd Terje – Strandbar</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/29YGcuRk3mM" target="_blank">Tweedy – Low Key</a><br />
<a href="http://typefighter.bandcamp.com/album/much" target="_blank">Typefighter – Much</a><br />
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Here's a link to listen to the songs on Spotify, if that's an option for you: <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/johnrdavis76/playlist/3fzDaI6ySEUzhYbyrk0NbH">2014 Music</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-39119098074861548372014-10-30T12:39:00.000-04:002014-10-30T12:39:38.489-04:00DJ Set at DCPL Punk Archive fundraiserI probably should have mentioned this on here before it actually <i>happened</i>, but I was a guest DJ the other night (along with Brendan Canty and Brian Baker) at an event to raise funds and bring in material donations to the D.C. Public Library's new <a href="http://dclibrary.org/punk" target="_blank">D.C. Punk Archive</a>. It seemed appropriate to play some D.C. music, old and new, so here's a list of what I played:<br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/GiS21aTDN3I" target="_blank">Tommy Keene - "Landscape"</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/r9bvKTah3OQ" target="_blank">The Points - "No Girl"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/kLFPpGOna2s" target="_blank">Artificial Peace - "Outside Looking In"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/Lk10mtRjLbc" target="_blank">El Guapo - "Just Don't Know"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/D6GhpzYQXTA" target="_blank">Cupid Car Club - "Edge Of The Envelope"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/6dg8Ag6yi7o" target="_blank">Link Wray - "Deuces Wild"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/2ZVn1UrCvjc" target="_blank">Ex Hex - "Don't Wanna Lose"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/aASjs1ZBTM4" target="_blank">Slant 6 - "What Kind Of Monster Are You"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/xX5uhn1_-HA" target="_blank">Black Eyes - "A Pack Of Wolves"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/msAI7Q0NGn0" target="_blank">Monorchid- "Distortion"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/SNP4eZQbNgM" target="_blank">Antelope- "Wandering Ghost"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://cricketcemetery.bandcamp.com/track/action-men" target="_blank">The Shirks - "Action Men"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/bS2h94Z3Sw8" target="_blank">Gray Matter - "Flash In Time"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/fzKVLvhO2aM" target="_blank">Shudder To Think - "Chocolate"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/UJXxPy_25Ow" target="_blank">Chain & The Gang - "Surprise Party"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/MNWel2bx4pM" target="_blank">Velocity Girl - "My Forgotten Favorite"</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/KCODlBd81Lw" target="_blank">Three- "Swann Street"</a></span></div>
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I ran out of time, but was going to play some Priests, Urban Verbs, Puff Pieces, Unrest, Joy Buttons, Deleted Scenes, Tsunami, Beauty Pill, Typefighter, and MUCH MORE but, oh well, time was tight. I'm really happy to see the work that the DCPL is doing with establishing this D.C. punk archive. They're really focused on eventual online accessibility of these materials, so it'll be great to see digitized versions of all of these fliers, posters, set lists, etc online in the future. I'll write more about this soon but, in my day job as an archivist at the University of Maryland, I've been putting together a <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/26175" target="_blank">collection of D.C. punk fanzines</a> and we've been collaborating with the DCPL folks whenever we can. Anyway, more info on all of that soon.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-16574020070880312772014-10-10T20:35:00.001-04:002014-10-10T20:35:17.535-04:00October 18 and more songsOur next show is on October 18 and is in D.C. We're playing with The Sea Life (whose song, <a href="http://thesealife.bandcamp.com/track/transitions" target="_blank">"Transitions,"</a> is one of my favorites from last year) and Stronger Sex at The Lot. Show info can be found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/601378206616027/701578409929339" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I'm still working on new songs for the next Title Tracks record. A little over halfway there and I'm really happy with what's done so far. I'm hoping to record early next year and get the album out sometime shortly thereafter. Will keep you all posted, of course. Thanks for reading.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-27286801732670766382014-07-01T11:05:00.001-04:002014-07-01T11:05:17.885-04:00Fort Reno and new musicThere was some drama, but we're happy to report that the 2014 Fort Reno concert series is still on AND Title Tracks will be playing it on Thursday July 24, along with The Effects (Devin from Medications/Faraquet's new band) and Myrrh Myrrh. Details over on the Shows tab. Thanks to Fort Reno's organizers for their work in getting this season together. When word got out that the season was canceled, I think it really reminded many people how much the series matters to them and to the city. The tradition is undeniable and seeing shows at Fort Reno just never gets old for me. I'm grateful that we have another season ahead, as well as a great batch of bands to watch this year.<br />
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A few months back, I wrote that Title Tracks recorded a couple of new songs for a single. Plans have changed and we're going to save those for an album that we hope to get out next year. In the meantime, I'm writing more new songs and I hope to record them by the end of the year. Will post updates here. Thanks and see you at Fort Reno later this summer. - JohnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-38678776379457070682014-01-24T11:26:00.002-05:002014-01-24T11:26:19.951-05:00Favorite songs from 2013<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2272727272727273; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bad Sports - </span><a href="http://youtu.be/azyLV2W0lE8" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Terrible Place"</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paperhaus: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/Tx9UdpsIQGo?t=1m19s" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Helicopters”</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%232013favorites&src=hash" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Savages: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/mWQKYY9q-cE" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Strife”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Swearin’: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/dmpOntxlbcY" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dust In The Gold Sack”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pretty & Nice: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/YJK01VpDPPw" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Mummy Jets”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alpine: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/qzHeNVMqKqg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hands”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Benson: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/_eAXqZm1NAE" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Purely Automatic”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julianna Barwick: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/kIQVjRCL6jI" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“One Half”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Obits: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/lpXFnHzYFyE" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Taste The Diff”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matt Duncan: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/dlr2YdgduaA" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Keys”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jacco Gardner: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/_yjlXKliYYA" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Clear The Air”</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Listen to these songs on Spotify, if you like: </span><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/johnrdavis76/playlist/5ipZx3erhhx9lXXfCriu7Y" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2013 Music</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-60975070197491178312013-11-26T12:20:00.000-05:002013-11-26T12:20:17.958-05:00New songs/recordingMe, Michael Cotterman, and Elmer Sharp (our new drummer) holed up for a day earlier this month in Elmer's recording space and recorded two new Title Tracks songs. They're called "I Don't Need To Know" and "Protect Yourself." They'll be mixed shortly and we hope that a single will be out by spring. People who've seen our recent D.C. shows will have heard these new tunes already. Will keep you all posted on release plans.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-13153999291660242232013-11-26T12:14:00.000-05:002013-11-26T12:14:51.851-05:00January 19 in Arlington with The Tender ThrillWe have another show ready to go in the DC-area. We'll play our first show at Galaxy Hut in Arlington, VA in quite a while. I think our last time there was 2009. This time out, we'll be joined by The Tender Thrill, featuring Title Tracks producer (and one-time touring guitarist), Nick Anderson. Check the show section for more info.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-65205170352283418252013-10-30T14:54:00.001-04:002013-10-30T14:54:40.133-04:00November 24 in DC with Joy ButtonsWe have another show booked, this time we'll be back at the Black Cat for the first time since 2011(!). It's a show on the backstage with Joy Buttons, Beasts Of No Nation, and The Max Levine Ensemble. More details in the shows tab.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-89774659217969916192013-10-17T12:27:00.003-04:002013-10-17T12:27:23.127-04:00October 18 in DC with White DenimWhat's that? Didn't Title Tracks <i>just </i>play at Rock N Roll Hotel last week? Well, yes, but we're back at RNR Hotel again this week, playing with White Denim on Friday October 18. Doors are at 8pm, we play at 9pm, tickets are $15 and going pretty fast. It's all ages, too. <br />
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More shows being booked now in the coming months and we're also going to record some new music later on this fall.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-63493223331985697072013-09-24T12:18:00.002-04:002013-09-24T12:18:20.468-04:00October 10 in DC with ObitsHi everyone. We were just added to the show at Rock and Roll Hotel in DC on October 10 with Obits, Ex Hex, and Cain & The Sticks. Dare I call this bill ex-Edsel, Corm, Autoclave, and High-Back Chairs?! No, I dare not. More info in the shows section and more shows to come later this year and early next.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-63177326347594323012013-04-24T21:54:00.000-04:002013-04-24T21:54:04.897-04:00Title Tracks D.C./Baltimore shows in JulyIt's been a long year off with much happening (a new life, a Masters in Library Science, a new band) but Title Tracks will be returning for some shows this year. First up, in July, we'll be playing D.C. and Baltimore on July 5th and 6th. Check the shows section for more info. I'm hoping to do more shows later on this year, as well as release some new material and finish up the covers project that I mentioned on here before.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-57203647146946650042013-04-24T21:51:00.003-04:002013-04-24T21:54:43.853-04:00Paint BranchA few months ago, a new project of mine called Paint Branch released its first record. You can hear/download it from <a href="http://paintbranch.bandcamp.com/">paintbranch.bandcamp.com</a>. It's the first time that Chris Richards and I have worked together since Q And Not U split in 2005. It doesn't sound like our old work, but it's of the same spirit. Paint Branch will be playing some shows in 2013.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-19421960452687507782013-01-02T10:20:00.000-05:002013-01-02T10:23:16.691-05:002012 Book List<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a list of the books that I read in 2012:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Other Eighties” – Bradford Martin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Everybody Loves Our Town” – Mark Yarm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What It Was” – George Pelecanos<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Trust Me” – George Kennedy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Hip: The History” – John Leland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Difficult Loves” – Italo Calvino<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Into The Vinyl Deeps” – Ellen Willis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Play Ball” – John Feinstein<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga” – Ian Christe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s So Easy (And Other Lies)” – Duff McKagan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Bringing Adam Home” – Les Standiford and Joe Matthews<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“AC/DC: Maximum Rock N Roll” – Murray Engleheart and Arnaud
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Fire And Rain: The Lost Story Of 1970” – David Browne<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Bossypants” – Tina Fey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Night” – Elie Wiesel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Murder In Georgetown” – Margaret Truman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Murder At The Library Of Congress” – Margaret Truman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Faking It” – Hugh Barker and Yuval Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“In Cold Blood” – Truman Capote<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“How The Beatles Destroyed Rock And Roll” – Elijah Wald<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Summer Of ‘68” – Tim Wendel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“In The Garden Of Beasts” – Erik Larson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Horror After 9/11” – Aviva Briefel and Sam J. Miller (Eds.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Killer Show” – John Barylick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Atlantic” - Simon Winchester<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Stone Arabia” – Dana Spiotta<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Paul McCartney: A Life” – Peter Ames Carlin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” – Robert Louis
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Bluebeard’s Egg” – Margaret Atwood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-52667314575800812502012-11-12T18:03:00.001-05:002012-11-12T18:03:57.521-05:00Downed City RiseGetting to grow up in the Washington, D.C. punk and indie scene in the 1990s was an incredible privilege. I went to my my first proper punk show in the spring of 1992 (Fugazi, L7, and Bikini Kill at the Sanctuary Theater) and things went up from there. I went to my first club show in the spring of 1993, seeing The High-Back Chairs and Manifesto at the 9:30 Club. The Black Cat wasn't open yet (they emerged later that year), so it was hard to get into clubs to see shows if you were underage. The shows that Positive Force put on were, and still are, vital ways for people of all ages to hear new and challenging music. I'll always be grateful to them for the work they've done and continue to do.
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For whatever reason, I saved many of the fliers and setlists and various ephemera from shows that I went to (or wanted to go to) throughout the 1990s. For a long time, I'd been meaning to digitize the fliers and now I've finally started to work on that (with some help from two grad school classmates). I'm posting images of the materials at <a href="http://downedcityrise.tumblr.com">downedcityrise.tumblr.com</a>. I add something new every couple of days. Once I finish digitizing my own collection, I hope to do the same for the stuff that other friends saved ... though I suppose I'll worry about that when I'm done with my own collection.
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Not everything has aged very well from that musical period, but there is still plenty of D.C. music from the 1990s that stands up and remains exciting -- Fugazi, The Nation Of Ulysses, Tsunami, Hoover, Velocity Girl, Jawbox, Cupid Car Club, Unrest, and others. I like the idea of people finding out about some of this music and I hope that if you come across a band name that you're unfamiliar with, you might track down some of their music. There was so much going on at that time and much of it isn't really represented online, so I hope this is one small step toward rectifying that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-84731691267322062502012-11-11T23:18:00.000-05:002012-11-12T17:51:46.290-05:00A sort of quiet 2012Hi everyone. Just wanted to let you know that, despite the relatively quiet year for Title Tracks, all is still active here. It's been a really busy year for me, personally, as I'm finishing up my Masters degree in Library and Information Science and I became a father this year. So, music has had to take more of a back seat this year than it has in a very long time for me. It's been good to take a bit of a break, though, to really realize how exciting and special music is and how fortunate I have been to get to work with so many great people and see so many places. I'm eager to get back to it in 2013.
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That's not to say that I haven't been working on music at all in 2012. Chris Richards (my old Q And Not U bandmate) and I have a new project called Paint Branch and we'll be releasing our first full-length record to digital outlets (only digital, as of now) in 2013. It's very different from anything either of us have done before. We'll be talking more about all of it very soon.
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I've been working on Title Tracks projects, too. Last year, I thought that it might be cool to record all of the different covers that Title Tracks has played at shows over the past few years. We've done everything from Otis Redding's "Security" to The Wipers' "Telepathic Love" to 3's "Swann Street" to The Merseybeats' "I Stand Accused" and on and on. I've been working on recording all of those over the past year and should finish that project up soon and I hope to release it for free online in 2013.
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The project inspired me to do the same thing for all of the different acoustic songs I've played at solo shows or at various events where I had the chance to play quieter tunes. From Richard and Linda Thompson's "Withered and Died" to The Louvin Brothers' "Alabama" to Buck Owens' "Loose Talk," etc. I've recorded a bunch of those songs, too, and I hope to get them out for people to hear next year. It's just a fun thing to let people hear Title Tracks' take on some of those great songs. As release plans for all of those projects come together, I'll post news.
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There won't be any other shows in 2012, but both Title Tracks and Paint Branch will be playing shows in 2013 and I'm really looking forward to getting back out there again. See you soon. - John
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-25525938016357985832012-05-10T13:51:00.001-04:002012-05-10T13:51:44.457-04:00July ShowTitle Tracks will be playing a show with The Promise Ring at the 9:30 Club here in D.C. on July 20. We're really looking forward to the show and it'll be great to play with them. I saw The Promise Ring play a bunch of times in D.C. back during their initial run -- Happy Hardcore House in '96, Black Cat in '97 and again at Black Cat in '99 when Q And Not U opened for them (a show at which we were very nervous, surly, combative and probably not very friendly due to our competitive tendencies!). Title Tracks had the pleasure of playing a show last spring in Madison, WI where Davey played a solo set, so it's great to see TPR back at it again and to have the chance for TT to play a show with them, too. If you're in D.C. or thereabouts, I hope you can make it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-7791364347208428502012-01-30T10:59:00.002-05:002012-01-30T11:00:20.655-05:00April ShowsHey everyone. We're going to be doing a weekend of shows in April. We're playing Comet Ping Pong in D.C. on Friday April 6th and we play April 7th in Philly at Kung Fu Necktie. More details to come.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-9237273129314305122011-11-21T00:52:00.001-05:002011-11-21T00:54:04.473-05:00"In Blank" lyricsHey everyone. Some people have asked if I could make Title Tracks lyrics available online, so here they are for "In Blank":<br /><br />---<br />SHAKING HANDS<br /><br />Time is the sound of a torn page<br />Everything goes away<br />You may have a handle on your quiet rage<br />But everything goes away<br /><br />Oh, I don’t know about you<br />But I think maybe that the human race is through<br />And, ooh, it’s terribly true<br />Everything goes away<br /><br />Shaking hands are never fun<br />No, you’re not the only one<br />Shaking hands are never fun<br />Guide this ship into the sun<br /><br />Point your compass back to silver town<br />Everything goes away<br />Find all your brothers in faint renown<br />Everything goes away<br /><br />And I need you to know that you can’t take me seriously<br />If it’s gone, it’s all right that it’s gone<br /><br />I know when you speak where I was, where I am, where I’m going to be<br />If I sink or snap you’ll make a new map<br /><br />Dash out your visions in a runic scrawl<br />The kid ain’t got much to say<br />Reach over the wires at the top of the wall<br />And maybe you can run away<br /><br />TURN YOUR FACE<br /><br />Gimme normalcy<br />The kind I used to have such a long time ago<br />Pretty vacancy<br />Take me to the places that I already go<br /><br />So, did you turn your face into<br />Wounds that don’t define you<br />No one’s chasing you<br />When they walk behind you<br /><br />I kinda mind the treatment that I find at the end of it all<br />Little kicks turn to permanent fix in your patent leather pall<br /><br />No, you’re disturbing the scenery<br />Oh, my power isn’t really plenary, no<br />Go, be a good little denizen<br />Take out your teeth so you can taste your medicine<br />It’s going, going back<br /><br />What will happen if I stop and turn away?<br />I think I already know<br />Lock up your downers<br />‘Cause your panicked encounters are starting to show<br /><br />So, there’s no hope for the citizens<br />Darts in your back when every heart attacks if you are listening<br />Are you listening?<br /><br />No, is this life only glistening?<br />Heat kinks in the tracks led to lives where we lack simple necessities<br /><br />Gimme normalcy<br />The kind I used to have such a long time ago<br /><br />CLENCH YOUR FIST (A LITTLE CLOSER TO ME)<br /><br />You’re the kind of rhythm that I need to run<br />You’re the kind of lie that made the lights go out<br />All that I did can never be undone<br />But I don’t understand the loss you talk about<br /><br />And one by one your lives are undone<br />I know you recall the time<br />We both looked ahead and I really should have said<br /><br />Clench your fist a little closer<br />Clench your fist a little closer to me<br />Clench your fist a little closer<br />Do your worst and I’ll stay<br /><br />The side of your tongue is a crowded space<br />Anxious words are waiting there to be spit out<br />Blank spots on the map are the only place<br />People like the story that you’re spinning out<br /><br />And one by one your lives are undone<br />I know you recall the time<br />The sparks in your head made me think you finally said<br /><br />Clench your fist a little closer<br />Clench your fist a little closer to me<br />Clench your fist a little closer<br />Do your worst and I’ll stay<br /><br />‘Cause I don’t want to go<br />Don’t want to know<br />Didn’t you know<br />That I do what I say?<br /><br />I won’t stay away next time you come around<br />I want to hear the lies that made the lights go out<br />Votive dreams are all I have to slake my thirst<br />For the kind of fire that I will never doubt<br /><br />‘Cause I don’t want to go<br />Don’t want to go<br />Didn’t you know what you’ll do if I stay?<br /><br />LIGHT SLEEPERS<br /><br />I’m not the kind of guy who’s going to make a scene<br />You’ve got to break away. You’ve got to break away from me<br /><br />There’s only so much time that you should wait for me<br />You’ve got to break away. You’ve got to break away from me<br /><br />Take all your broken strings<br />I make mine for free<br />We’ve done this childish thing for too long, I see<br /><br />It’s not that I don’t want to know about the things<br />You’re going to take away; you’re going to take away from me<br /><br />But I believe that staying here’s a waste of time<br />You’ve got to break away. You’ve got to break away from me<br /><br />You’ve got so many things<br />You don’t need me<br />Mine is the kind of knife<br />That won’t cut you free<br /><br />I wonder why you want to sleep so light at night<br />Did you know I never forget to say you’re right?<br /><br />Somebody said that you’re a fool to stand by me<br />You ought to break away. You ought to break away from me<br />I wonder if they know you like they think they do<br />Go on and break away. Go on and break away from me<br /><br />Stitch up your sewing kits<br />I don’t think you see<br />What’s left in front of you<br />You can buy for free<br /><br />I CAN’T HIDE (Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson)<br /><br />FORGET THE GHOST<br /><br />The individual was found beneath the clover<br />He stared with eight-ball eyes and skin as white as Dover<br />Nobody could recall the title that he carried<br />But they still wondered just how soon he might be buried<br /><br />Forget the ghost in me<br />We’ve reached some kind of understanding<br />You’ll see the ghost in me<br />Has no respect for where you’re standing<br /><br />The consequences of his style were comprehensive<br />His silence read as unamused instead of pensive<br /><br />Forget the ghost in me<br />We’ve reached some kind of understanding<br />You’ll see the ghost in me<br />Has no respect for where you’re standing<br /><br />And in the dusky mist that tells you he is there<br />You’ll hear the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs<br /><br />No strangers were allowed besides the apparition<br />Its body couldn’t be convinced to change positions<br />He whispered threats into your ear while you were sleeping<br />The snapping shades illuminate where he’s been creeping<br /><br />Forget the ghost in me<br />We’ve reached some kind of understanding<br />You’ll see the ghost in me<br />Has no respect for where you’re standing<br /><br />Don’t try to call your friend ‘cause static will invade<br />Just look him in the eye and watch him start to fade<br /><br />The room was warmer than you ever could remember<br />You cracked the window to be bitten by December<br /><br />Forget the ghost in me<br />We’ve reached some kind of understanding<br />You’ll see the ghost in me<br />Has no respect for where you’re standing<br /><br />ALL TRICKS<br /><br />Tell me how to color where’s there’s no contagion<br />Or where I should be looking for the next invasion<br />Your involuted phrasing only fans frustration<br />Can you hear it now?<br /><br />Push your empty hands deeper in your pockets<br />Brush your metal fingers up against the sockets<br />You had nowhere to kneel when your knees were knocking<br />Do you need it now?<br /><br />You’re so close to crying right now<br />Your field of view isn’t equal to<br />All of these things for you<br /><br />Oh, the tide’s gone out<br />You know it’s true<br />No one talks about all of these things for you<br />What did you do?<br /><br />Play the type of tricks that bring you numbers<br />Stab them with your picks in the penumbras<br />If you want ‘em to feel a little bit dumber<br />You’re succeeding now<br /><br />Noisome beggars at the gates of science<br />Zero times zero times beta minus<br />Through the yawning void behind your frontal sinus<br />Are you falling now?<br /><br />It’s all tricks<br />Waiting there professionally<br />It’s all tricks<br />Sharing the regression with me<br />It’s all tricks<br />Ruin to recovery<br />It’s all tricks<br />Catch them while they’re hovering<br /><br />Layer the foundation to obscure the potholes<br />Stare right through the mirror you keep in your foxhole<br />Hold your paper tight while you apply the charcoal and you’ll see it now<br /><br />Covering your maw with the blood of ancients<br />Your teeth are like a saw we found in the basement<br />You’re never ever gonna learn to see your patience and I believe it now<br /><br />CAIN AND THE TWIGS<br /><br />You received your final phone call<br />At the murder of a brick wall<br />Take your hands and wash the steps<br />Grind your teeth and light the depths<br /><br />To find innocent pleasures<br />You took inaccurate measures<br />All of the windings you weathered<br />Led to the end of a tether<br /><br />Does it sting when eyes go red<br />Any more than unmade beds<br />Steady tears untied a knot<br />Guess you were born with all you’ve got<br /><br />To find innocent pleasures<br />You took inaccurate measures<br />All of the windings you weathered<br />Led to the end of a tether<br /><br />What makes you run, empty one?<br />You’ve just started what I already won<br /><br />She speaks in shibboleths<br />With every vapor in every breath<br />Like snakes are sibilant<br />Keep wandering, sister of Seth<br /><br />Lunar landscapes make a home<br />For all of those condemned to roam<br /><br />NO AIR<br /><br />There is no order in the universe, if anyone was wondering<br />Attach yourself to anything<br />You might have spent an evil hour in the kind of storm that’s thundering<br /><br />So nobody told you there’s<br />No air in your inheritance<br />No tell in your intelligence<br />No strange in your estrangement<br />There’s no sight inside of you<br /><br />I really tried to correspond with you when you were in your litter box<br />So, what did I say?<br />Make sure to indicate which one should hold the key to your brittle locks<br />Before they wash away ‘cause there’s<br /><br />No air in your inheritance<br />No tell in your intelligence<br />No strange in your estrangement<br />There’s no sight inside of you<br /><br />Somebody’s balance is listing<br />Fragile conditions existing<br />Measure the jokes that you’re missing<br />Defraud the faces you’re kissing<br /><br />Transform the narrative you’re carrying and you won’t have to call collect<br />Which no one does anyway<br />Pick up a shovel and start looking for the origin of your intellect<br /><br />Still nobody tells you there’s<br />No air in your inheritance<br />No tell in your intelligence<br />No strange in your estrangement<br />There’s no sight inside of you<br /><br />IT’S WRONG<br /><br />You can keep doing what you want to do<br />There’s no one there to stop you<br />You can keep doing what you want to do<br />There’s no one there to tell you<br /><br />Oh, it’s wrong<br />You know it’s wrong<br />Oh it’s wrong<br />Too stay to long<br />Oh, it’s wrong<br />You know it’s wrong<br />All the lights in the gutters will call for their mothers someday<br /><br />It’s time you did what you had to do<br />You’ve waited for a time or two<br />The flames will get too far ahead of you<br /> If you don’t scale the standards<br /><br />Oh, it’s wrong<br />You know it’s wrong<br />Oh it’s wrong<br />You stayed too long<br />Oh, it’s wrong<br />You know it’s wrong<br />All the lights in the gutters will call for their mothers someday<br /><br />You know it’s all for nothing<br />I hope it’s not for nothing<br /><br />You can keep doing what you want to do<br />There’s no one there to stop you<br />You can keep doing what you’ve got to do<br />There’s no one there to tell you<br /><br />WINNERS CRY<br /><br />Yes, I will forget your name<br />If you persist in making all our differences the same<br />Nobody wants to hear your greatest hit<br />We must admit<br /><br />Take apart a bad excuse<br />And hit them in the wits with all the kinds of sticks you use<br />Your body shudders at the latest hits<br />You suffered so for it, so<br /><br />Keep going<br />Going to where winners cry<br /><br />You sure stayed out in the cold<br />But all you’ve really proven is you are what you haven’t sold<br />No drums, no bugles to announce your war<br />So, what’s it for?<br /><br />Hold onto what you’ve perceived<br />The farther that you go away, the further I’m relieved<br />Don’t swing away to find a face to hit<br />Your tears are split between it<br /><br />Keep going<br />Going to where winners cry<br /><br />Singing cinders in the aftermath<br />Tell the time to stop the telegraph<br />Under heaven with nothing to hold<br />Cast a glance towards all the tents you’ll fold<br /><br />Unrelated sequences<br />Have led you down the path to start the day of wrath you choose<br />We’ll drop the low-budget distances<br />So start again<br /><br />No more trips to the abyss<br />But I’ll always remember before you were an ember, too<br />What number can you call to tell the truth?<br />Defend your youth from yourself and<br /><br />Keep going<br />Going to where winners cryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-11045882013149821142011-07-20T18:34:00.002-04:002011-07-20T18:37:11.747-04:00Title Tracks on TumblrI have a Tumblr page now where I post about music, movies and other stuff that used to clutter up the Title Tracks blogspot (which is now just band news/tour dates, etc.). You can see it over at <a href="http://titletracksdc.tumblr.com" target="blank">titletracksdc.tumblr.com</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-36140033118063869892011-06-26T14:11:00.002-04:002011-06-26T14:14:47.335-04:00Epitonic PlaylistEpitonic.com has recently relaunched after many years on hiatus and I think they're doing a cool thing. Basically, their site collects the free mp3s that record labels release to promote a new album, which is sort of the new standard practice. The website is pretty easy to search and, the more I dug, the more good new bands I found on there. So, it was a way to hear some bands that I'd heard about but hadn't heard yet (Jeff The Brotherhood, your song is pretty good). Anyway, Epitonic asked me to do a playlist of some of the stuff on their site that I liked and <a href="http://epitonic.com/playlists/e9NJzSRQ1/#/features/articles/title-tracks-guest-playlist/">here's a link to it.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375665543385294868.post-81093774159647092752011-06-23T12:40:00.000-04:002011-06-23T12:41:09.489-04:00UPDATED SUMMER SHOWSJune 25 - Baltimore, MD. - Ottobar - w/Sloan, Hot Kid and Gary B & The Notions - 8pm - $15 - ALL AGES (TT plays first at 9pm)<br /><br />July 11 - Washington, D.C. - Fort Reno - w/America Hearts and Cat Jack - FREE - 7pm (TT plays 3rd at 8:15)<br /><br />July 22 - Philadelphia, PA. - Kung Fu Necktie - w/Everyone Everywhere - 8pm - $8/$10 - 21+ (TT plays 3rd)<br /><br />July 23 - New York, NY. - Cake Shop - w/Follower - 8pm - $8/$10 - 21+ (TT plays 2nd)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com