Thoughts For You

2009-07-05T00:28:00.000-07:00

First show since march at the knockout in san francisco.
Ready for good times. the strange boys are great garage blues rock from Austin, Texas and are on the prestigious LA label IN THE RED RECORDS (black lips, jay reatard, king khan, thee oh sees).
we're definitely excited about this one and hope everyone of our friends/fans can make this one, because it is our 2nd to last show before I leave for New York City and Noah leaves for Dartmouth.
much love and hope to see you at the show for some new thrills no ones seen quite yet. xo,
-Jordy

video from b-sides tv

2009-05-12T19:42:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Pete Mar and co.

A Short Film

2009-04-09T01:26:00.000-07:00

THE VOX JAGUARS DOCUMENTARY

by LUIS SALANO

new song

2009-03-16T22:41:00.000-07:00

just copped this mp3 off a live youtube video of us.
here is a new live demo of "Dilettante" by The Vox Jaguars

DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?fi1ejn1zkyz

recent stuff

2009-02-24T00:30:00.001-08:00

we are on twitter.
go check it out if you're into that sort of update thing.
and we will be updating don't you worry.

www.twitter.com/thevoxjaguars

we played our cd release show in sf last friday.
it was truly a fun time.
lots of people, many merch items sold, great bands (room for a ghost, scissors for lefty), lovely venue (bottom of the hill), a great dinner at a german restraunt, and overall a decent performance.

Room For A Ghost

video from CD release show

2009-02-17T10:16:00.000-08:00

It was a great night.
So many people (114 to be precise).
Here is a video by Craig Roseberg.
Enjoy.

thank yous

2009-02-15T12:31:00.000-08:00

Thank you everyone who came to the cd release show on friday.
It was crazy!!!
My pedals got kicked, my guitar came unplugged, my guitar came out of tune a couple times, but we pulled through.
All in all it was a special night.
The show sold out!!!
And we sold a bunch of CDS so thank you everyone who came out to the show.
We were all stoked that there was a mosh-pit hahaha.
To our fans we love you.
-The Vox Jaguars

EP RELEASE

2009-02-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

So some huge things are happening for us. Our very first official EP is being released world-wide through Anodyne Records on February 10th. It will be on Itunes and we're having an indie spotlight on the CD. We are all very excited to be putting out our first take at the music world, when we practice we notice how the excitement is building and can't wait to hear what people think about us.
I recently met up with a woman who works for Itunes to record a pitch for the ep.
It came out well and she gave us 4 $10 gift cards to Itunes and a CD that hasn't come out yet. It was awesome.
We were recently a featured download on RCRDLBL.com.
Here is a link to that site:

http://rcrdlbl.com/2009/02/06/exclusive_new_download_the_vox_jaguars_swagger

We will be doing a radio spot on 88.1 FM this tuesday and will be giving away free tickets to the CD release show at the crepe place that is taking place February 13th.
The Mystery Lights open, Man/Miracle plays 2nd, The Vox Jaguars play last.
Everyone will be there, and you should be there too.

Publicist

2009-01-10T12:28:00.000-08:00

We now have a publicist to help promote the album and our upcoming shows.
Here is her contact information.

Press:
Erika Tooker-
erika@reybee.com

http://www.reybee.com/

YEAH!

2008-12-18T16:47:00.000-08:00

Christmas break man!
This means a lot of different things including: eggnog, holiday lights, christmas trees, latkes, not ham, and BAND PRACTICE.
We've been practicing again.
We're back in the swing of things man.
Writing new jamz.
They are going to come out really well.
Just you wait.

OUR NEXT SHOW IS THE FIRST PARTY OF 2009 JANUARY 3RD AT THE CREPE PLACE W/ DEATH OF A PARTY AND SCISSORS FOR LEFTY AT 9PM $8 1101 SOQUEL AVENUE. CHECK IT OUT!

a mix entitled, "better punk rock makes you better in bed"

1. We Will Vacation, You Can Be My Parasol-be your own PET
2. The Hives-Introduce the Metric System in Time-The Hives
3. It's So Easy-Jay Reatard
4. Breakdown-The Buzzcocks
5. 53rd & 3rd-Ramones
6. Seventeen-The Sex Pistols
7. I Wanna Be Your Dog-Iggy & The Stooges
8. Sea of Blasphemy-Black Lips
9. Not a Substitue-Jay Reatard
10. Arbeit Mach Frei-The Libertines
11. How Low Can a Punk Get?-Bad Brains

dig these bands,
-the vox jaguars

Vote For Us!

2008-12-11T12:19:00.000-08:00

We just entered in the Indie Rock genre for the ourstage competition!
Go to www.ourstage.com and become our fan!
http://www.ourstage.com/search?search=The+Vox+Jaguars
Check it out, we'd really appreciate the help.
-the vox jaguars

New song, Crepe Place show January 3rd

2008-12-09T22:37:00.000-08:00

new song lyrics:

-
I don't care what the people say.
I don't care how the people pray.
Because I just wanna live my life,
and I just wanna live my life, and I
just wanna live my life till the day I die.

(Chorus)
I wanna feel good.
I wanna feel well.
Cannot wait to get out of this
bedroom cell.
x2

I Don't Care
Stay pure like the autumn air.

I know I take this town for granted.
I know my opinions are often slanted.
Like a mountain top my goals are hard to climb.
My success is determined by a straight line.

(Chorus)
I wanna feel good.
I wanna feel well.
Cannot wait to get out of this
bedroom cell.
x2

I Don't Care
Stay pure like the autumn air.
-

We sure are looking forward to our show on January 3rd at the Crepe Place with Death of a Party and Scissors For Lefty. Should be a fun time. We miss performing for you and all of our friends. The newest songs like this one will be unveiled. So watch the skies people,
-Jordy

2008-11-21T15:59:00.000-08:00

Some new videos of us by Craig Rosenberg.

Video #1
"Metropolis" Live at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz opening for Jaguar Love.

Video #2
"Homesick" Live in San Francisco at the 2008 Halloween Festival with Big Brother & The Holding Comapany.

Taking A Break, Kind of...

2008-11-20T21:39:00.000-08:00

So after playing 3 shows 3 weeks in a row we are pretty tired. We played Halloween in San Francisco w/ Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Knitting Factory in Hollywood w/ Scissors For Lefty, and lastly the atrium with Jaguar Love. It was a long 3 weeks and we all were very stoked on how the shows turned out. We have managed to really improve our live performance at the last shows, and we feel as though things are moving along nicely. The show in San Francisco might've been one of the best performances we've ever played. The stage was certainly the largest we've ever played on. The wind was mighty, but we trudged on through. Halloween was a good show. I forgot to tell this story about that show. There was a wonderful Asian woman who came up to us after the show. She seemed so shy, yet she approached us with such amazement and appreciation (she had a bloc party pin, that was so cool). She bought a cd and left by telling us she'd be at another show of ours in San Francisco in the future. I love that kind of stuff. Devotion is golden.
For now we are on a month off break, and we are really happy about it.
Performing gets tiring.
Noah and I got together last night to work on new songs.
They are coming out good.
Edge is key.
And powerful shit.
Shit that makes you feel good and want to ride your bike down a hill to.
We'll be writing a couple new songs and practicing.
Stay tuned.
We'll be back January 3rd to play at the crepe place with SCISSORS FOR LEFTY + DEATH OF A PARTY.
love,
-Jordy

Some Pictures From The Knitting Factory in Hollywood

2008-11-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

A Lot of Cool Things Just Happened

2008-11-05T07:28:00.000-08:00

Last night was amazing.
Cannot believe the outcome of the 2008 election.
Change is Coming.
Besides that some cool stuff is happening for us.
We just played the San Francisco halloween festival.
Mason's dad Craig did a great blog post about that:
www.zenberg.blogspot.com
The show went well.
We were interviewed for a television program that I'm not sure when it will be aired.
At first there were only like 20+ people watching Big Brother & The Holding Company which made all of us kind of sad. There were like all blues bands before us which was cool too. Met some of the Big Brother and The Holding Company folks. They were awesome. We got a case of free icelandic water, a bunch of food, saw someone running around in a huge hamster ball, and had a great time. The band before us had the lights and power go out which made us nervous and sad for them, but they pulled through it.

Then we took the stage.
The youthful crowd gradually came over to watch us play and out of all the acts that played before us we had the largest crowd (Max. 80 people). The stage was huge and we had all the rad lights shown on us. We played SUPER well and rose to the occasion of having such a huge stage.

It was fun

Also we have two shows coming up in the next two weeks.
one is this Saturday November 8th with Scissors For Lefty, Killola, and Voxhaul Broadcast in Hollywood at the Knitting Factory mainstage. It starts at 8pm (doors) and we go on at 8:30pm.
Come Early.

The next show in Santa Cruz that we are playing is at the Catalyst Atrium with Jaguar Love, Mountain Animal Hospital, and Room For A Ghost on November 15th at 8pm.

We'll be performing on 101.1 Freak Radio Santa Cruz the day before the show at 4pm.
Tune in.
OBAMA!

HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL SF

2008-10-28T16:34:00.000-07:00

Halloween Night at the AT&T Giants Baseball Parking Lot A
is The Summer Of Love's Halloween Festival.
It begins at 4:30pm and goes till 11pm.
There will be a lot of different floats in the parking lot.
There will be thousands of people there.
It's party time!
This is also an aids awareness show.
Letting everyone know that they should get tested.
And to be careful on Halloween night.
This is going to be as crazy as lovefest, except it's encouraging you to be safer.

Bands:
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Jimi Hendrix Tribute
John Santos
THE VOX JAGUARS
and many others
TRIBAL & INDIE HOP DJ’S

HALLOWEEN ANCESTOR RITUAL (SPIRIT INVOCATION)

ACOUSTIC SACRED MUSIC (Singing Bear & Friends)

DRAGON SPIRIT HEALING ARTS CONSORTIUM (HEALERS/PSYCHICS)

BEST OF THE BAY- BODY WORKERS TAROT READERS

ECO VILLAGE WITH: EARTH FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

FAIR TRADE ARTS AND CRAFTS

ECO GREEN DEMOS [SOLAR, WIND, RENEWABLE ENERGY, BIO DISEL]

ECO EDUCATION NON PROFIT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SECTION

ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE SECTION

OTHER ATTRACTIONS

GREEN KIDS ZONE

ART CARS

ART BICYCLE PERFORMANCE

LIGHT ART INSTALLTION

ROVING PERFORMERS AND LOTS MORE

3D GREEN HOLOGRAM THE MEDUSA LIGHT SCULPTURE

http://www. sfhalloweenfestival. com/info4. html
www. hopeandbeyond. org

1293 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107

It's put on by the city and we'd love to see you there.

new song

2008-10-21T18:03:00.000-07:00

i have garnered a new appreciation for simplicity and minimalistic beauty.
i cam to many epiphanies today including where this band will take me and where it will hold me back. besides that, dig these lyrics.

(G-Amin-C)
Tell me what you want to do.
I'm Just walking down this road.
Friday night, schools done, and
I want to see you later.
But all my friends and all your friends
they're doing it once again.
All my friends and all your friends
they're getting loaded all over again.

[Chorus]
(G10th Fret-D-Emin-C)

New Mix

2008-10-10T11:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a mix i made while bored in photo class. It has some great old school rock music, which a lot of you know is the stuff i dig on. I hope you enjoy this mix it is an interesting combination of semi-old and really old music. The Vox Jaguars just got asked to play a very important show with Scissors For Lefty at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. Very Much excited about the show, i hope we end up doing it.
Here's the music!
One Minute Up One Minute Down Mix:

1. Come In Alone-My Bloody Valentine
2. You Are Full Of Shit (Check Out My Sweet Riffs)-Giant Drag
3. Lounge (Closing Time)-Modest Mouse
4. Grease-Thee Oh Sees
5. Climbing Up The Walls-Radiohead
6. Good Fortune-PJ Harvey
7. Junk Bond Trader-Elliott Smith
8. I Will-The Beatles
9. The Cars Hiss By My Window-The Doors
10. Only The Lonely-Roy Orbison
11. America The Beautiful-Ray Charles
12. Jigsaw Puzzle- The Rolling Stones
13. What Goes On-The Velvet Underground

This is a fabulous album.
If you've never heard of PJ Harvey you should definitely go read about her and her devotion to music. Polly Jean Harvey has so many albums and a wide variety of material. She's big on Nick Cave and Bob Dylan and she plays heavy rock and sweet ballads too about love and lust. Interesting lady.

A Cool Video

2008-10-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

ANTON NEWCOMBE
A HERO OF MINE

San Francisco

2008-10-02T17:51:00.000-07:00

We played a fun show at bottom of the hill last night. Thanks to our friends (Arielle, Amelia, Jenny) who came out to support us. There was a pretty good size crowd for a Wednesday night. The bands were nice and we got paid $65 dollars.

Clip From Canterbury's Law

2008-09-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

Pay attention to the song in the background!

rough album art sketch

2008-09-25T20:53:00.000-07:00

So today we had band practice at around 6pm worked on the set for tomorrow's show at the crepe place with the botticellis and man/miracle 8pm $8. We are very excited for it. Hope everyone will come and check out the two guitar action going on in our new sound.

We will be unleashing a new song.
The band during a practice break named officially named the song after a rediculously long name battle.
The song is called "Swift Street"
It is named after the street where our practice space is uploaded.
Also we just got our rough sketch of the new album art.
It is done by Timmy Eyes.
Check it out and let us know what you think.

-The Vox Jaguars

cleanse my mind

2008-09-20T10:37:00.001-07:00

I know it has been quite a while since i have made a new blog post and I apologize for that. Things have been really good with The Vox Jaguars. We played a jam packed show at pergolesi last saturday and we were very happy with the turnout. It was our first show with Noah on guitar and we're looking forward to the future of the band having two guitars. Right now we are currently working on two new songs. We've written one new one already and i think we are calling it "Rumble". It is a psychedelic 60s rock 6/8 #1 jam that is infectiously fun to dance to. We will be playing it at our next show at The Crepe Place with Man/Miracle and The Botticellis on september 26th 8pm $8. Man/Miracle is like one of our best friend bands, they totally rock.

There was also an article about us in the Metro Santa Cruz this week.
Check it out: http://www.metrosantacruz.com/metro-santa-cruz/09.17.08/muz-0838.html

"The sound they've created is well beyond their years. Topf sings in a swanky, almost Jagger-esque croon, and, with crisp and quick guitars and loud and minimal drums, the music takes full advantage of his unique vocals. Crepe Place music booker and all-around badass Adam Bergeron sounded off about the Jaguars and their upcoming show, calling them "America's next indie sensation." "I love these kids. I mean, Jordy will call me and say, 'I'm trying to get some extra bands to play with us and I called Death Cab For Cutie but they haven't got back to me yet,'" Bergeron laughed. "Still, I think it's universally agreed that he's the next big indie rock kid."

A couple days ago we also found out that we will be playing bottom of the hill in San Francisco on October 1st with The Felix dukes. We also got a show in Monterey with The Mystery Lights at the lounge underground. A lot of things are a float.
Adam Levin our manager has a meeting with Tony at ABC Studios on Tuesday.
Which is very exciting I am hoping that we landed the webisode series with them.

Here is a recent mix i made.
Check out the bands if you've never heard them.
I think I'm going to start doing a mix thing for this blog.

1. Gravity Grave - The Verve
2. Beetlebum - Blur
3. Time Is Honey (So Cut The Shit) - Brian Jonestown Massacre
4. Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
5. Set Me Free - The Kinks
6. There She Goes - Babyshambles
7. Seven Years of Holidays(for Stretch) - The Walkmen
8. Loch Raven - Animal Collective
9. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
10. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
11. Alameda - Elliott Smith
12. Red Moon - The Walkmen
13. Nevertheless - Brian Jonestown Massacre
14. Sad Song - Oasis
15. Guess I'm Doing Fine - Beck

Enjoy this mix my comrades,

-Jordy

We got signed

2008-09-08T16:15:00.001-07:00

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4637609&blogID=430680311

We recently signed the contract with local Midwest heavyweights
Anodyne Records from Kansas City, Missouri.
They are good people.
Check out their website for the newest updates:

http://www.anodynerecords.com/

Our debut -ep- is coming out (officially) January 27th 2009.
Watch the skies ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you,

-The Vox Jaguars

Los Angeles Trip Part II

2008-08-27T07:13:00.000-07:00

So after having cream sodas and red ice teas with Ariel in silverlake at Intelligentsia we finally had to head over to Adam's to prepare for the interview/audition with ABC. We headed over there quickly and it felt good to have talked to Ariel about birthright Israel. We waited outside Adam's house and he came out looking like dapper dan in a dope ass suitjacket.

"Man you look like you're trying to 1up us!"

"Well I gotta look better then you guys."

Then we darted over to the disney/abc building after driving through a bunch of hollywood sets, colombia records, elektra records, warner brothers studios.
We finally got to the right building holding up the sign ABC.
They guy at the toll booth took all of our ids in order to confirm that we had an appointment. Noah, Trevor, and Mason gave him their driver's licenses and I gave him my school id. Everyone got a kick out of that. As we entered the premisis of the ABC buildings we noticed that the overhang of the main office building was being held up by the seven dwarves. In addition to the dwarves, the elevator to the parking garage had a huge mickey mouse wizard hat on it.
We entered the meeting with a great deal of nervousness due to the fact that the man who was interviewing us was fairly intimidating and had a strong personality. The music directors from the licensing department were awesome though. The meeting in short went fairly well. We played our asses off (swagger) when at the 2/3 mark of the meeting the emmy winning boss asked us to play. We were awkward in the first half, but towards the 2nd half of the interview we started warming up to them and we had a few good laughs and the left the audition with a feeling of strength.

A Recent Los Angeles Trip

2008-08-25T23:41:00.000-07:00

On sunday at 2pm we met up at the practice space packed up two guitars, a tamborine, a shaker, and a couple bags and began our long journey to los angeles. It took us a long time because we made a couple stops (In-N-Out Burger and Santa Barbara hellz yeah). Noah's a vegetarian so it sucked for him when we bought juice burgers, but he said he was content eating snacky chip things that you'd buy at the average gas station. So we rolled into Los Angeles after a grueling 6 1/2 hour drive and we met up with Adam at his apartment in Silverlake. He gave us the itinerary for the next day. So after receiving all the information and seeing our manager in the most casual clothes we'd ever seen him in we decided to get to our hotel finally and drop all of our shit off. We snuck in through our Motel 6 off of hollywood without them knowing that we had been stuffing 4 people into one room (via the underground parking garage). After we dropped our stuff off we grabbed some food at this local pizza place (the pizzas were huge and i ended up getting a gyros). After walking down hollywood for a while Mason and the rest of us ran into a funny situation.

He saw some friends of ours who we knew were visiting in La driving down Hollywood blvd. We called them and met up with them in their green volvo. It was shocking. After wasting an hr with our lunatic friends Mason and I eventually got back to the hotel in one piece and we all crashed at about 12. I was so nervous about our audition with ABC TELEVISION the next day that i barely slept at all that night. The next morning we rolled out of bed at 8:30 and got our beautiful faces on for the meeting with ABC and breakfast with Adam. We went to this spot that we'd been twice before the last trip. It was a sweet burger joint in Los Feliz (where the real culture is) called fred 62.
Adam, Mason, and I got this thing called Strawberry Berret.
It was waffles covers in delicious strawberries and whipped cream. Yum!
After that we killed some time with Adam and drove down to some wonderful stores in Echo Park. We passed Sunset Lodge which was the recording studio that we recorded our new -EP- at. The first store in Echo Park we went to was filled with all this old style stuff. They had 3D glasses, dinosaur eggs, old posters, flint, gold pens, soap, funny shit idk. It was intriguing. The girl that worked there (Noah and I came to the conclusion) was super beautiful and that he should've gotten her phone number. After that store we went to a pawn shop that had a gnarly buzz in door where trevor got a really sweet drum symbol for way cheaper then it was worth. There were some gnarly cholos walking in there who looked like they had stolen the shit they were about to sell to the seedy pawn shop. Then we went to American Vintage across the street where Noah bought this rad black members only jacket. He is officially ready for the disco. After that we met up with our producer of the new -ep- at this cool coffee shop and talked about music and the world.

I'm going to have to talk about the ABC interview in the next blogpost.
Anyway goodnight everyone.
Love,
-jordy

The Future

2008-08-15T13:56:00.001-07:00

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the future (as every teenager thinks of at a certain point of their life). Each summer I try to come out of it with a new look on life or a new frame of mind per say.
That is what the subject matter of a lot of my reccent writings have been about. Life is a tumbling wheel. It sure can be a startling thing, and when you leave your hometown to the city. It hits you, and sooner or later you're there! My time has yet to come. Soon though my friend.

As for my band The Vox Jaguars we practiced last night and it was our last band practice with Sam C. on keyboard. He is going to college and we may never see him ever again. He's going to Michigan State University (East Lansing). All the way out there. Everyone seems to be leaving. But we went over to Sam's house yesterday before practice and worked on the keyboard parts with Noah our new keyboardist/guitarist. Noah will be taking over that important position in our band.
Some news with ABC television has arrisen as well, but we'll tell you about that later. We're going down to Los Angeles on August 24th to have a very important meeting. Other then that be sure to check out our show with Evacuee at Pergolesi on September 13th.

Tonight's Show In Oakland

2008-08-12T01:05:00.000-07:00

So we played another show in Oakland, California.
This time it was on a Monday night. Our amazing friend John gave Sam and I rides (if you're reading this John thanks a ton again man).
So we rolled up into Oakland and quickly rushed over to Hector's house to go see his new pad on Martin Luther King Jr. way. It is a sweet pad at that.
He still has an entire room dedicated to a record and Cd collection.
It was good hanging with him for about a half hour.
I was sketched out about my equipment still being in the car.
It was parked on a fairly sketchy street in the daytime. When we got back to the car it still had the amps and guitars in it. I was stoked. So we went to Mama Buzz Cafe to go play the show. It was a cute tiny little coffee house art space. Trevor said he hated it, but I was pretty happy to play a show again since it had been awhile.

Waited around awhile for Dylan from Man/Miracle to show up, but as soon as he showed up and set up we charged through a sweat dripping set full of screaming, heads bobbing, jumping on the chairs, and energetic rock and roll songs.
A lot of our friends showed and that made us very happy that we received the support. It was a fun show.
Here is a flyer for our next one:

And here was the flyer for our show at Mama Buzz Cafe tonight:

I really got a theme going for these fliers.
I think I'm going to continue with it.
Next someone is going to think that Morrisey will be playing at Metamusic Records or the Blue Lagoon, hahah such a great scheme. Stay tuned ladies and gentlemen, we'll be taking a break soon to be working on some new material and work with a new band member NOAH BOND (Guitar/Vocals).
Yes, sadly Sam Copperman our beloved keyboard player will be leaving the band to start up his college career to persue his Jazz studies as a standup bassist.
We are happy for him though.
Take care everyone,
-Jordy

The Vox Jaguars

new song

2008-08-02T15:32:00.001-07:00

This is a new song. I think it's about death.

"Well I'm just hanging on by a vine
don't know what is wrong don't know what is right.
So take me down to the ocean side.

Tell me just where i stand
and what was there before the beginning X2

Can feel my bones inside
intense nostalgia makes you feel tongue tied.
The kiss of death makes you treasure life.

Tell me just where i stand
and what was there before the beginning X2

Can't look at yourself in the mirror,
the same way.
All Because a part of your soul has died.
Has died.

You left it long ago,
on that broken sand.
Next to your tears and a bright blue sky.
A bright blue sky.

Tell me just where i stand
and what was there before the beginning X2

This could be one of the best songs I have written, and i have never written about death. Exploring new subject matter is an important thing as a songwriter.
You can continue to write love songs, but it is good to seek out new influence other then lust and desire.
Take care everyone,
-jordy

review of our show with Grand Ole Party

2008-07-24T15:37:00.000-07:00

This was a rad show. Trevor rolled back into from his rafting trip right on time for this show at the crepe place. Mason's parents and Mason, Hannah Homer, my Dad, and I all ate together before the show took place. It was nice, because Mason and I got complimentary meals.

Here was our set list:

Wild Orphan
White Wolf Eyes
Homesick
Nonsense
Metropolis
Get Your Guns Out
Swagger

This was a fun fun show.
The crowd was quiet, but that is usually how it is when you play first i guess.
When swagger was over i had a nice talk with Kristin the drummer of Grand Ole Party. She is a very nice lady.
After we played, then it was Bastidas.
They were totally loud and intense.
Very different then The Vox Jaguars and Grand ole Party.
Grand Ole Party were so amazing.
Since nearly a year ago when Electric leaves played with them, they had improved a lot. It must've been the fact that they played Coachella and Bonnaroo.
We'll be there sooner or later.
Here are some pictures our friend Brian Harker took that night at the show!

up the bracket,
-jordy

San Francisco Show

2008-07-20T12:53:00.000-07:00

On friday we had the pleasure of driving up to San Francisco to play our very first show up there. Jenny our amazing friend drove Sam, John, Mason, and I up there at about 4 O'Clock and we got there pretty fast. As soon as we got there we went to a great taqueria in the mission of sf called Taqueria Cancun. So good.
Besides that we showed up at the venue and were suprised that they didn't give us any shit for being under 21. Arielle showed up and we watched some shitty band open that sounded like they were trying to be the faint while having sex with interpol and arguing over what to wear with the goonies. It was bad. They ended a really long set, and then we rocked it hard. Art was subbing in for Trevor, because trev was on a river rafting trip and chilling hard. We still managed to pull off an alright set filled with chords coming unplugged and picks being dropped.
The venue was the retox lounge and had a nice crowd for our set.
Probablly will play there very soon.

Now back in Santa Cruz for the weekend we have a show with a band I really love.
GRAND OLE PARTY are a radical power soul rock band from San Diego.
Check them out:

www.myspace.com/grandoleparty

They used to go to UCSC which is pretty rad.
We hope you come to the show tonight July 20th At the Crepe place $10 7pm
Rock and Roll bro.
Love,

-The Vox Jaguars

recording

2008-07-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

I have finally done it.
I downloaded Audacity which is a free simple recording program.
Lately i have begun recording music on my computer.
It is simple i know but well worth it. In my house my brother's room was cleared out and now it is FILLED with musical equipment to the brim.
The learning process for a recording program is very slow, but i have completed two songs for the libra (my solo project).
The two songs are called

1. Please Don't Make Me Cry
2. Time Travel

check it out:

www.myspace.com/thelibradreamcatcher

As for the vox jaguars we have a very excited show coming up.
We have a gig in San Francisco which Trevor unfortunately won't be able to play drums at but a great friend Art will be filling in for us on the skins.
The show starts at 9pm and we play third.
Everyone in San Francisco reading this, we hope you attend!

We also tied for the win as the Deli band of the month with Evacuee.

www.thedelimagazine.com/sf

Check it out we are on the banner as band of the month.

farewell,

-jordy

new song lyrics

2008-07-02T18:58:00.000-07:00

So i started a new moleskine as of Monday and i have been writing like mad.
Yesterday i started two new/different song ideas.
Hopefully when i bring them to the next band practice it'll all work out nicely as new material for The Vox Jaguars.

(Page 12-13)

savage man he is walking hard
speak no evil (they say), but he speaks it all
diabolical why bother to call it danger
he's a stranger to his own blood, to his own blood brother

payed no mind to anybody else's idiosyncrasies
takes his poor troubles to the ocean and then to the sea
wouldn't wash away no it wouldn't wash off the shame
please take these millions of sings and give em' away.

(Page 11)
Lush santuary
i see her
freedom
forever

with darker green grass
for miles
oh oh

with dried flowers a plenty
well why wouldn't we be here
take me to the summer house
we'll reside here

tranquility is golden young transient.

That song is more of a poem, but i think i will play it at The Libra's next show.
Also here is a new video of us.
Kinda rough and the guitar tone i had is kinda thin and quiet but a nice video.
Check it!

love,
-jordy

Today is the Last Day to Vote For Us As Artist of The Month

2008-06-29T17:55:00.000-07:00

Please vote for the vox jaguars

http://www.thedelimagazine.com/sf/vote.php

Spread the word about the poll
It has been a poll of many ups and downs.
I hope we pull through in the end and win.
We deserve it, but then again im pretty biased.
Cheers lovers,
-jordy

Oakland Revisited

2008-06-25T13:16:00.003-07:00

MAN/MIRACLE

I was beatboxing

Oakland Show

2008-06-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

We are currently losing by like 10 or so?
Please vote for us again.
http://www.thedelimagazine.com/sf/vote.php

great great show.

All the wonderful people who came thank you!
It was a nice little turnout at the Fort Gallery and it was hot.

Really Really HOT.

All the bands were amazing.

Man/Miracle was so energetic and powerful and the drum fills made Trevor and I laugh.

Tempo no Tempo was dancy as hell and it was fun when they put the whole entire crowd to the other side of the room while we stood next to the drummer, chris, and the bassist and Tyler sang at us.

That was a first.

So entertaining.

Then we played and we were so happy that people enjoyed it and were having fun during our set. A lot of nice folks came up to us after and it was just a really great show for us.

Sleepy Sun blew my mind.

Plain simple.

We left while listening to The Magnetic Fields and It was grand.

cheers folks,
-jordy

VOTE FOR US

2008-06-17T00:38:00.000-07:00

Reccently we were nominated by the deli sf as one of the top 5 new best bands of the month. We would love your votes. The winner of the most votes competition gets a lot of press on the Deli website and it is a great way to promote the local bay area bands who need to get their name out there to the world. The deli also gives you a review if you win that is read by tons of pr people, booking agents, labels, distributors, publishing companies, and other bands.
Vote for us here:

http://www.thedelimagazine.com/sf/vote.php

We appreciate the support and love.
Hope everyone supports the local music in Santa Cruz.
xo,
-jordy

So Scary

2008-06-16T13:12:00.000-07:00

today i was pouring my cereal into the bowl, and a huge spider (big black spider) popped out of the box and into my bowl. Then in crawled under the microwave.
Whoa

my influences lyrically and musically but most of all artistically

2008-06-14T13:20:00.000-07:00

new lyrics

2008-06-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

cassa
nova
wonder who the next girl
teach me
your ways
of picking up the chics

i know that your soul is dirty
that's why the devil won't let you go
i know your personality is grand
the girls won't let you leave their hand

cassanova
cassanova jerk X2

i know that your soul is dirty
that's why the devil won't let you go
i know your personality is grand
the girls won't let you leave their hand

sorry
i can't remember it all right now
i have the piece of paper at my other house, but that'll give you a little taste of it. The bridge is awesome, because it has a line about some pimp cassanova guy who wears yves st. laurent jeans. I have always wanted to throw some sort of lyric like that in a song. Also one about bali shag and the people who smoke it. Or a lyric about a man in his birthday suit. I was also thinking about writing a romance novel and taking inspiration from that. Lyrics are such an interesting art, because after a while you start to develop your style. Everyone as a songwriter knows that each person has their own delivery (for their lyrics), subject matter, and way they phrase their words whether it be if they annuciate heavily or slur. Songwriting and lyricism has been my focus the last year as a songwriter. I've just been trying to get better. Be sure to check out the new vox jaguars recording on our myspace. I put them up yesterday and since then we've gotten like 90 plays? Pretty good i'd say.

www.myspace.com/thevoxjaguars

Patrick if you're reading this please listen.
We are also playing a show in Oakland next saturday with good friends and fellow rockers Tempo No Tempo, Man/Miracle, and Sleepy Sun (plus some other travelling bands). Come check it out if you can. It happens to be at the Fort Gallery.

Patrick! Mason and I need a ride up there (please help us, i will pay for the gas).
sincerely,
-jordy

bare hands

2008-06-01T21:38:00.000-07:00

I'm heavily into the doors rights now. They are amazing. Check out their song The End
It blows minds. Jim Morrison's lyrics are so dark, and they put you in a mood.

My father and i talked about why women are so attracted to Jim Morrison.
Tall, mysterious, a deep sexual voice, a jerk, and all out wild child.
Oh dear the next show the vox jaguars are doing will make you melt.
I'm taking tips from Jim.
BEWARE

This weekend was crazy, and i got a lot of inspirations from my friends from out of town. New songs coming soon and we have a show this friday at pergolesi with the spurts and Tempo No Tempo (from berkeley). We will not have Sam at this show so it will be completely power-trio status. Come one come all! The Libra show was really fun friday night. I loved looping guitar riffs and creating a collage of sound. I hope you all enjoyed it. I know John and I didn't rehearse very well with the drums it was more of a spontaneous set. I love to play these songs for the people of the world though. Because they are just songs that i know wouldn't work in the vox jaguars but happen to work in something else. Me and John have a collective together and we sometimes play on the streets. The collective is called "La Familia" and I am thinking about finding other artists and releasing some records. Let me know if you'd like to be a part of this. Thank you to everyone who attended and listened to my songs about love and my jungle jams.

Here is a new song im writing:
===
rude rapscallions always get what they want
dreaming of heroes jimi and robert zimmerman
mother daughter sister lover help me now
you're in a different area code, a different state of mind, and a different town
===
you take everything from my bare hands
struggling for what i always had
and all that i took from granted
you ranted
===

This is a song about people who are culturally deprived and suck the blood of those who live in a wonderful place. Or more like they take your soul for the weekend and you feel exhausted. While sitting in your backyard you just want to float on the clouds, but the thoughts and pressures of your friends act like a poison and permeate your mind jolts of stress and fear.

Hope everyone is a dandy warhol right now.
My new thing is this next phrase I'm about to say.
Take care,
-Jordy

memorial day show

2008-05-22T23:12:00.000-07:00

With our buddies in james rabbit.
This show is going to be fun, because we have never played at ucsc before.
and yeah...
We're playing in this tiny little room.
It'll be loud.
And epic.
Also this will be interesting our friend John Condit (www.myspace.com/theinscape) will be playing guitar too that night.
Check it out, and show up early because they don't let strangers into ucsc after an early time.

Photos From Los Angeles Recording Session II

2008-05-14T21:05:00.001-07:00

Photos From Los Angeles Recording Session

2008-05-14T20:50:00.000-07:00

journals

2008-05-11T17:49:00.000-07:00

Lately i have been writing a lot of lyrics (i need to work on my music writing too but this is a start), and i have felt very inspired by this book by Mary Oliver entitled Red Bird. It is so articulate and i really love her writing. Her poetry is mostly inspired by nature and her surroundings. I am assuming that she lives in a magnificently beautiful place. This creative writing really inspires me to write more about different subjects besides my typical subject matter (love, lust, war, women, interractions) for Vox Jaguars songs. Poetry has always been a huge influence on my lyrical writing for my bands. Especially beat writers like Jack kerouac and epsecially Allen Ginsberg. We have a song based off an Allen Ginsberg poem entitled "Wild Orphan" which happens to be the title of our song as well. It can be found in his famous collection of poems in the book "Howl" which you should all pick up right away. I just reccently finished my last brown moleskine notebook and it has gone into the addidas shoebox under my bed. Whenever i open a new journal i feel motivated to write words, draw pictures, press flowers inside, ticket stubs, write about fun nights, paste in things i find on the ground, and even quotes i read. This new moleskine already has a lot of new pages filled. Here are a couple phrases from several different songs.

"Came home with battle-wounds. My friends and I were howlin' at the moon. Renegades from the eastside, they got in their chevy's and chased us with their bowie knifes."
(page 1)

"Baby your a vagabond, and i wrote you a song. Then i sold you my pity."
(page 4)

"Skelletons dancing on the moon, you drew as you layed in your bedroom.
On the floor in a lethargic way.
Too bad it was such a lonesome day.

It's been months since i've touched those lips.
Love was found on (a drinker's) first sip.
You asked me "how was your day?"
I sleepily repeated what i always say.

(Chorus)
Hurry up now young knife.
You're as sharp as an ocean full of strife.
Drink up young rebel.
You're as quick as a ocean swell.

One more month and i'll see that face.
Daydreaming for hours on my mental aeroplane
Take the clash away from the past and
throw it into the crashing wave.

Life or death i could lose it all.
But i took the risk with these long distance phone calls.
The bills skyrocketed through the roof.
I cared too much, i cared for all that is cruel.

(Chorus)
(End)
(Page 8-9)

Just a taste of what i write in my notebooks. I think you get the picture. It always feels so good to finish one of the moleskines. Sometimes it feels like a race for me, but i want to finish them all. All thanks to my good pal Bonnie was inspired me to full up books with my thoughts. It has been a helpful tool in The Vox Jaguars/The libra's song writing process. You sometimes piece together words from some songs and put them in others. At times you jumble words around, cross things out, and in the end you might come up with a really brilliant song if you are lucky.
---
Our latest show we had to cancel at the crepe place, but be sure to check us out at the UCSC soundbox on May 26th with James Rabbit.
sincerely,
-jordy

p.s. I have been really digging the song "What Needs Must Be" by Dead Meadow

Our Manager

2008-05-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

We love our manager.
Today i realized how helpful he has been in the acceleration of the band.

If you have any inquiries you can email him here:

adam@adultsupervision.net

Ever since first communicating with Adam in late 2007 we have been moving ahead. He is so helpful in the success of our band. Through hard times when we are in somewhat of a funk, he always thinks positive. I'm just greatful to have good people supporting us through our ambitious journey into the rock and roll world. We also have a very supportive attorney named Gary Mandel who has helped very much more then legal matters. He also really likes songs by the vox jaguars that i'm not even that into which is sweet. We have a show on MAY 24TH @ The Crepe Place With THE BOTTICELLIS. That isn't for awhile but we are practicing really hard and working towards doing a cover. We still haven't decided on one but we are writing new songs too. Here is a funny video that our producer Ariel showed us when we we're recording. Funny stuff man.

reccent shows

2008-05-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

So a couple weeks ago we played at the crepe place.
That show was off the hizzy and really fun fun fun.
There was a nice crowd who was digging our vibe and we got to meet a suicide girl!!!
Which was greatly unexpected.
Trevor and Mason got free crepes and i got a drink and overall that show was good because we were well rehearsed and gained some new fans.
The next show we played was that same week at metamusic records on the corner of cedar and maple street downtown. That show was the complete opposite of the one we had on tuesday. Complete disaster because we didn't have Sam. I was tired and i think Trevor was too. We hadn't played since tuesday, i dropped my pick a couple times, cut my finger open, Trevor was all crammed in, and i screwed up on some chords. Overall it was not good and we knew it.
But we got to make up for it at our show in monterrey the next wenesday.
That show was uber fun, because we played with our bff band Mountain Animal Hospital and The Mystery Lights (who were amazing).
Here's a picture of their singer mike:

who happens to be a complete kook on stage.
We played well that night and there was a fairly good crowd of people. Some nice folks came up to us after the show and told me that we should keep doing what we do and that stuff warms my heart. It is comments like that, which keep my going with ambition and this band. We don't have a show until may 24th at the crepe place with the botticellis. But we might book one with Tempo No Tempo in oakland on may 20th @ the stork club. We are going to write some new songs meanwhile and work on a cover! Stay tuned.

self-review of our last two shows

2008-04-26T12:10:00.000-07:00

So the show at the crepe place was freakin awesome.
It could of been the best show we've ever played besides that house party we played on laurel st. at the zami house. We played a 40 minute set, and decided to not play "frail". We opened with our new punk version of "Nonsense" and looped that song and "Song For The Girl" together. People seemed shocked by that, because we're trying to catch you off guard. The crowd was a little self-conscious but i could see their feet tapping and their heads bobbing. It was weird playing across the street from a band i don't like called "Rilo Kiley". Despite having such an overly-hyped indie bullshit pop band playing across the street we still managed to have a sweet little crowd at the crepe place. We played our new song called "White Wolf Eyes" for the first time and although we played it uber fast and managed to pull it off.

The metamusic show was somewhat of a disaster and i hate it when people tell me it was good because it wasn't. I dropped my pick a couple times, cut my finger open, guitar came unplugged twice, and we sped up a lot. We didn't have our keyboardist Sam Copperman that night (because he was playing bass in the peter pan musical down the street at louden nelson) and that added to the show's awkwardness. It was pretty shitty, because i was hoping to impress our bff band mountain animal hospital and i think we blew it. We got a show at the college in monterrey on tuesday and hopefully we'll make up for our shitty show.

Lately i've been diggin' these albums:

I was thinking that we should cover "Lean Woman Blues".

I Love the song "heaven" on this Dead Meadow Album

tonight at the crepe place!!!

2008-04-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

INDIAN JEWELRY

THE VOX JAGUARS

9pm
$10
check it out friends if you aint going to rilo kiley across the street at the rio.

stop by for a crepe and say hello.

indian jewelry is this insane experimental psych band from los angeles.

it is going to be a rippin show..
see ya there!

Dissapointment

2008-04-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

Bad News!
I'm fucking deppressed.
No European tour.
I'm not going to say why because a good friend told me it'd do no one no good.
It aint happening though.
Fuck the world right now.

anton is my hero

2008-04-20T17:16:00.000-07:00

dig this shit

Cease To Exist

2008-04-20T14:15:00.000-07:00

Well i accidentally deleted this blogpost right as i was about to post it so I'm pretty irritable at the moment. Last night was great at the tannery for the Mountain Animal Hospital cd release! Sleepy Sun blew my mind and so did M.A.H. but it really is a fucking shame that they booted everyone out of the tannery. Truly a shame for the M.A.H. boys and it really ticked me off how sour the show went. They sounded great though. On a lighter note we have a show with this band from Los Angeles called INDIAN JEWELRY this coming wednesday at the CREPE PLACE APRIL 23rd 9PM.
I don't know how i feel about this band in their obscurity.
Obscure bands take it too far sometimes and at a certain point of insane obscurity to me it just starts to sound like shit in my ears.
But i'm still very excited for the show.
you let me know what you think of this band:

www.myspace.com/indianjewelry
here is where you can buy tickets:
http://thecrepeplace.com/home/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,42/year,2008/month,04/day,23/Itemid,36/
this is our very first show at the crepe place and we're totally excited for it.
i am going to post lyrics of a new song next time.
But for now i hope everyone is doing well on this fine sunday afternoon.
cheers,
-jordy

shows

2008-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

a ton of our shows were cancelled or tba.
no more santa clara university show.
crepe place show confirmed.
ucsc show with james rabbit confirmed.
starry plough show questionable.
no barack obama rally.
too long of a drive to play in a parking lot.
we are working on a new song.
i think it is going to be called "white wolf eyes"
good shit really clanky rhythm that turns into a double time chorus.
idk i think we may have to edit that part.
but we will be playing the Fort Gallery on june 21st with some bands who we haven't gotten to play with us yet.
that place used to be in sf but it is moving to oakland in early may.
here is a video our friends Man/Miracle playing there when it was in san francisco.

last night's practice

2008-04-09T11:21:00.000-07:00

We had a practice last night, and i think it went pretty good. We hadn't played together since the show/recording so i expected it to be super rough. It was pretty damn good for our first real practice since coming back. Sam sounded good on the keys despite the fact we don't the same sounds on the Micro Korg as on the recordings. Adam told me he is working on getting us this module that has the Farfisa sound we really want for our live show. We have a ton of shows booked now. One is in Fresno, California and it is a Barack Obama peace rally April 19th in the Tower District area. Not sure if we are actually going to do it because it is so far but im pretty excited about how many we have. Next we have a show in Berkeley May 16th at this place called The Starry Plough w/ The Botticellis. It will be savage.
here is a photograph of the inside of the Irish pub:

We are also playing May 23rd at the Bronco at Santa Clara University w/ The which pretty close to San Jose. My friend John told me the stage is radical, and i trust his judgement (kind of hahaha).
That weekend is going to be insane because the next night may 24th we are playing the crepe place with the Botticellis. Adam helped us get the berkeley and crepe place show. Then on Monday night May 26th we are playing the UCSC Soundbox with one of our BFF Bands James Rabbit and some touring bands. After that we are trying to get more shows. I am setting up a show at the Fort Gallery in Oakland on June 21st. I am going to try and get either Comets on Fire or Howlin Rain to play. I love those bands! I'm sure they'd be down, because the brand new Fort Gallery in Oakland (it moved from San Francisco) it a much larger space. After that we have a show at Pergolesi on June 28th with The Attachments. And i'm also going to try and set up a show for Tempo No Tempo at either Metamusic or Pergolesi on June 6th. In short there are going to be a lot more show. BUSY TIMES! We also are working on a new song right now. It is called White Wolf Eyes.

a list

2008-04-06T18:39:00.000-07:00

At school one day i was so bored in marketing i made a list of great albums that i needed to download. If you don't have any of these then you should check them out.
Today sucked.
I blew it with not having my phone charged and we didn't get to practice. Now everyone in the band hates my guts (nothing out of the ordinary).
Tonight I'm going to write a new amazing song i can feel it.
It's because I am sick and mildly irritable and heavily depressed.
One of those ramblin' all by yourself days.
Here is the list of music i made of stuff i totally need to download:
the kills-midnight boom
the raconteurs-consoleurs of the lonely
Man Man-Rabbit Habits
The Black Keys-Attack & Release
Lupe Fiasco-The Cool
Cat Power-Jukebox
Cursive-The Ugly Organ
Rilo Kiley-The Execution of All Things
Howlin Rain-Magnificent Fiend
Panda Bear-Person Pitch
Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple
Dead Meadow-Old Growth
Beach House-Devotion
Tapes N' Tapes-Walk It Off
Be Your Own Pet-Get Awkward
Hot Chip-Made in the Dark
Grizzly Bear-Yellow House
-Friend

here is the show our song is going to be on

2008-04-03T12:56:00.000-07:00

CANTERBURY'S LAW
TUNE IN
APRIL 11TH 9PM

http://www.fox.com/canterburyslaw/

our song "swagger" is going to be on TV

2008-04-03T10:21:00.000-07:00

Our song "Swagger" has been picked to be placed in a new law drama series on FOX. The show is called "Canterbury's Law" and the main actress is Juliana Margolis from ER. The people who work for sony pictures television have told me that the show should air on FOX on Friday, April 11th at 9pm. Tune in for the show and look out for our song. We know that they have edited the scene in which it appears in to our song which is rad. Also the song is going to be played for a total of 1:32 which is a long amount of time in the show. Very excited, and this is the biggest shot we've ever gotten besides our pitchfork nod.
Much love and watch the show and listen for our song!
I believe it will be on channel 3 in Santa Cruz.
-The Vox Jaguars

a early draft of a new song

2008-03-31T21:06:00.000-07:00

So today was a pretty good day, despite the fact that it was the first day back to school since spring break. Man our spring break was rad. Recording with Ariel and Chris at sunset lodge was a blast. We got to use the vintage selmer guitar amp, a gibson es335, a gibson sg bass, this other sweet epiphone bass, a farfisa organ for all of sam's keyboard tracks, some midi, and overall a beautiful all wooden 70s style recording studio room. The songs sound incredible! Nothing like the old recordings, because they basically sound so professional and tight. Lo-fi raw scratchy errotic tones. It is all good stuff man. Im sure you like it no matter who is reading this right now.

Also i get to see this band in two days

Here is the song i wrote today:

her name starts with a G and she's on the run
ditch 4th period today to her tattoo done
a wise owl on her for arm
next to those White Wolf Eyes

(chorus)
your....
white wolf eyes
read my lips
like a teenage suicide

saw you riding in that burgundy volvo
cringing bitterly i had to let go
of compassion that once did exist
thrift store imagination kissy kiss

This song is sweet so far, and the riff is very punk.
Still have to write a bridge and an outro but it has potential you think?
much love,
-jordy

photos from los angeles recording mission

2008-03-30T14:29:00.000-07:00

finally we have returned from our week in LA of recording and dripping sweat and blood into these recordings. feels nice to be home. This morning when i woke up i look at my tonsils and they were bloodshot. Ah well it was all in good fun and for the benefit of an amazing sounding record. here are some pictures of us at our show:

day 5

2008-03-28T19:29:00.000-07:00

so last night was sweet, because we finished all of our drum and bass tracks. and today we've started the guitar to swagger. we've got this really crunchy (taxman by the beatles) tone going so far through this vintage selmer amp. Apparently these amps are highly valued! Either way they sound amazing, and the recording of swagger so far sounds very stooges esque+the kinks. Really proto-punk kind of sound that is going on with these new recordings. Also Ariel our producer and Adam Levin our newly aquired manager just went out to go check this FARFISA combo organ for sam to play through. In the next 48 hours our recordings will be done and ready for mixing and mastering. Tonight we will be doing 90% of the guitar and vocals for two songs. Saturday is going to be a hectic day because we have to finish it all by the end of the night. Also im stoked to be meeting up with this girl tomorrow for an hour to get thai food. Our hotel is located in Thai Town if we forgot to mention that earlier. But we've found our local favorite place to eat so far. It is this bomb-ass taqueria called Yuccas. Their carne asada is to die for. unbelievable.
We are coming back to the cruz in two days.
cya then,
-jordy

Day 3

2008-03-26T22:45:00.000-07:00

Sup, it's T-dog. We were at the studio for eleven hours today. Mason and I spent fer days recording drum and bass tracks for swagger and finally, after 8 takes, had enough material for Ariel,
the producer, to work with. Also, I have been sick for days, and it blows. I have been trying to eat healthy, but its really hard when you're getting food delivered and you don't have enough money to buy anything good. Now I'm gonna go drink this smoothie and eat some pizza at the Super 8 Motel room. Also our producer Ariel is totally awesome! he plays in the band foreign born (foreignbornmusic.blogspot.com) and has been really pushing us to try new things with these recordings. Towards the end of our recording session today we were working on the tune "song for the girl (with too much to say)" and he made us take our a drumbreak and another part. We ended up writing a completely new bridge part and playing the chorus one more time. We see things really developing. We will keep you fresh on your heels when you hear this recording, and you'll be thrown off by the quality and sophistication of the arranging. Ariel is doing well, and today i ate mcdonalds. i think i might hang myself.
cheers peeps,
-trevor and jordy

day 1

2008-03-24T18:19:00.000-07:00

we just got to los angeles after a really fast 5 hr drive (not for us but it seemed quicker then the last few times we've been here). we checked into our hotel and finally gave adam the managerial contract. it has been so long since he sent it to us, so that is a big accomplishment to finally have confirmed that we have ADAM LEVIN @ adult supervision (hahahah) as our manager. He is a good bro. for sure. We're staying at a Super 8 in Hollywood. it has no internet, so we had to walk to a coffee shop on Hollywood Blvd. to do that. It's called SABOR Y CULTURA. The man has an afro. He's a good man. yes we are wifi"in it up. all kinds. trevor our is in santa barbara with SAM visiting his cousin and dj. Tonight is the show in silverlake and we are kinda groggy but we will do fine. Mason informed me that the bands we're playing with are really prog and played at pergolesi once this month. We are about to go get food at some diner with adam and my dad. Hope all is well in santa cruz. later,

-jordy + mason

preparation! spring break 08'

2008-03-23T16:42:00.000-07:00

this is the silverlake lounge where we'll be playing march 24th

looks pretty sweet to me

this is the back of the studio we will be recording in starting march 25th in LA.

it is the day before we drive 6 1/2 hours down south to los angeles, california to record some new tracks off our new -EP- being released on Anodyne Records in the U.S. and Memphis Industries in the U.K. We have been practicing a whole lot for it. SERIOUS PREPARATION. it has beem intense, but it sure was nice to play that house party at the zami house on 807 laurel st. That was the most fun we've ever had at a show before. Thank you everyone who came to the show. So in terms of the recording session at Sunset Lodge, everyone is super excited to see how it turns out.

I've been writing some interesting lyrics between now and the recording session:

hand over the whiskey lover

old soul teenager bites the bullet between his grinning teeth
again appologizing naively

take my shakes away
so take away my shakes

procrastination has killed off past motives
in the end transcribing down our deepest wishes
fearful for when their eyes come face to face in a euphoric tone
hypnotizing conversations on the telephone

(bridge)
Anticipating summer when you run to me like audrey hepburn
me in my black florshiem boots and you in you summer skirt

(outro)
echoes in a mirrored room and
i just think of the television flashing while i stare at you
listen to what's beneath the floor
and i wish i had a clue.
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just some early progression in new songs either for the libra or the vox jaguars.
also we are playing a show at some place called the silverlake lounge on march 24.
we go on last and are playing some random bands i've never heard of.
i have heard mixed thoughts about the place, but i dont care i just want to show the world what we are made of.