More Pictures on FFL Myspace

Just got the pics in from my friend Drea from 13 Photography, they are pretty spiffy pictures and worth checking out over at http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=280235759&albumId=1300080

Yay, new merch arrived for FFL!

Just got in shirts and stickers which we will have for sale at the next show, all very exciting, I will snap pics of it all and post very soon.

USPS not accountable for delivering mail

Yeah that's right USPS, suck on that title. I recently ordered something which was not delivered to me, only an empty envelope with a stamp from the USPS admitting to losing just the item inside of the envelope, which needless to say; is a little suspicious. I called the USPS to resolve this and according to them if its lost or stolen and there is not insurance on it, its too bad....wtf.

So I emailed various news media with this story and here is the email;

It turns out that is a package is not insured that if an item is lost
or stolen, there are absolutely zero accountability for the lost or
stolen package. I received an empty envelope in the mail with a stamp
from USPS that reads; "Received Without Contents At GMF, Boston, MA
02205". I called USPS to see what can be done and they told me that
even though it is obvious that the item was stolen or lost during
transit within the mail system, the USPS will absolutely not do
anything regarding retrieval or compensation. This means that unless
insurance is purchased, there are no guarantee that the contents of
the package will even leave where you dropped it off. With holidays
around the corner during these hard economic times, I do not see this
getting better but clearly turning for the worse as there are no
measures in place to stop someone from stealing an item during transit
or caring enough for a package that it will be delivered at all.

use UPS, FEDEX, anyone but USPS as they are not held accountable to do their job

thanks for hearing out my thoughts

FFL Record Release Party is set to go

I have the venue booked and bands confirmed, its happening on Jan. 31st at Church in Boston (69 Kilmarnock St.) starting 7pm. There will be a cover charge of $8 for five bands playing. There are tentative plans for prize raffles and other cool events within.

So boys and girls; squares and circles; mark it on your calendar and I will see you there!

4colorprint- where its at

I have been using 4colorprint since my tattooing days and have to say both their service and quality are to this day top notch. That said, gotta make me some new silk cards!

New Fun-ness, AKA my new EP delivered!

Just recieved my CDs from duplication, finally available is Force Fed Lies' new EP, "A Sad Sad State" now available! Five songs for $5!

Yay.

Meow.

Taco....

K, bye.

OMG! i negelectd my blog and now it's making sad face :(

I know, I am sorry blog, I will pay attention to you now.....

Now stop making sad face

:(

Anyhoo;

I have been hard at work, at work as well as merch design for FFL which I hope to have available by mid-november followed by my personal shirts, tentatively titled GameOver shirts. Check back news and stuff.

Yay, no sad face :)

Check out my friend's work

Today is plugging my friend's work day. Please check out the amazing photography of Photo by Brandon N Schory Photography at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bschory and the absolutely hilarious and genius comic work by Dan Hetrick at http://officialjesuschrist.com/

They are both very cool places click away for a few minutes at work or to check out at home

Shows are fun

We (as in Force Fed Lies) played copperfields in Boston last night and it was good fun. Thanks to all the bands on the bill. There are several highlights in the night that made the night, I will do my best to commit to writing in chronological order.

8pm-
Load in, yup. That time of the night again, carrying heavy things and acting manly. It was not too bad as there is a back door to the bar.

8:30pm-
Brandon our unofficial official photographer has a fantastic thought, as our bassist is known for his tardiness to shows, he joked to start a bet on what time he would arrive. I take the joke as a literal sugegstion and voice it to the boys by betting $1 that he would arrive at 11pm, 15min over/under. It is followed by the rest of the band placing bets, and also Bill from The Turkeys asks, "Hey, whats the action?" and we explain the action. Soon we have a pool of $10 between two bands ranging of arrival time from 'On Time" to "Not Showing"

9pm-
Pork Fried Rice, A.K.A. PFR (our Bassist, Name withheld by request) has not shown yet. We continue to drink, be merry, and play games. One of the games is a basket balll arcade game, i quickly figure out I do not have ups.

9:30pm-
PFR has not arrived yet, I decide a round of shots is in order. Chilled Crown served, watching proby (Danny) cry a little bit from bourbon, and Joe begins his attempt of a nap in the corner where the bands are keep the gear.

10pm-
PFR arrives, I am shocked he arrived that early (well, early for him). Joe awakes to Nate poking at him, we continue to drink, and be merry. (The be merry part clearly is subjective). Brian's family arrives, his father, uncle, and brother.

10:30pm-
Still at that drinking thing

Now we fast forward as the rest of time involves watching other bands, more drinks, and more video games. Also gas which Joe hears and Nate smells.

12am-
Drea arrives so now we have two photographers, we play, as usual we break things (Danny with his amp and PFR breaks his strap off as well as yet again stepping on my volume pedal. Mental note, PFR is baned from myside of the stage to prevent him from stepping on my god damn volume pedal).

1am-
We finish playing and we load out, bunch of sweaty dudes moving heavy things.

Yup, thats how it all went.

Hell Yes! Nightmare Before Christmas Toys!

I went to Borders on a brief coffee retrieval break to look for, "The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World" by the Dalai Lama and came across a Nightmare Before Christmas display which contained as part of the display, a six figure set which I found that I did not possess the Constitution to resist. I heart Halloween.

Show tomorrow

I have a show tomorrow at Copperfields located in Boston. The show should be fun, not looking forward to the driving/parking situation in downtown Boston on a Friday night; poop.

Today I have been sort of sleepy yet amped up I think on coffee, after work I get to go play with Hope Before The Fall and potentially pick it up as a second/side project. We (FFL) will be playing with Hope Before The Fall in December and if I take on the project, it will be double duty for that show.

OMG! First blog!

I decided to start this blog between random thoughts that pop in my head, the various projects I am working on, and moments in the day that surprise me. No, not the jump out and, "Boo!" kind of surprise but moments where actual humanity reveals its self to me through another person and it isn't a horrific sight. However, if a ghost pops out and says, "Boo! I'm a ghost", I will write about that.

Projects at hand....The one I am very stoked about is Force Fed Lies which is a band out of Boston, Ma. We just completed recording a five song EP with Jay Maas over at The Getaway Group. The record should be released late 2009 along with collateral merch to follow. I will be sure to say something here as well as at our myspace site. Please checkout our msyapce site, if you like us, say hello and friend us! Better yet, hope to see you at a show.

Ken

Force Fed Lies is at http://www.myspace.com/forcefedliesrock
The Getaway Group at http://www.thegetawaygroup.com/