thefmly – those who were strangers had turned into friends

melbourne fmly style


We just received this FMLY sign from Melbourne. Australia, you’re on notice. FMLY is coming for you!

Har Mar Superstar – Tall Boy
Muscles – Chocolate Rasberry Lemon & Lime

thankyoucomeagain!

It’s time to put on your frolicking boots and bust out your frisbees for our first-ever Bay Area Thank You, Come Again! We’ve got a sweet line-up for a beautiful day of jamming, hanging, playing, grubbing, and generally just living it up-ping. Plus a sweet vegan potluck! Many of these bands will be playing music specifically crafted for this semi-acoustic occasion,  and it’ll be neat to see what creative things they come up with.

The purpose of this event is to strip a concert experience to its birthday suit. We have a performer in their most vulnerable state, an audience, and communal activities for all! Nothing will be handled but good vibes. Remember that when you come to a fmly event, you represent fmly. To those of you who do show up with substances please keep them to yourself, away from the group, and don’t be the one that ruins the day for everyone.

This is a FREE DAY SHOW in a public environment. Come on time because it gets chilly late in the day!
There will be group jamming throughout the day. Bring your instruments and/ or whatever you have lying around your house. Washboards and tambourines encouraged.

See you soon!

The bands:

\\Neighbors
///Wes Leslie
\\\\Shaw
/////Maus Haus
\\\\\\Mistlefinger
///////Braaad P
\\\\\\\\Goliath the Giver (website in the works)

Map
fbook

tune of the day


“People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they’re all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.”
Florence King

Toro y Moi – Low Shoulder

nye-ceee

Oh joyous memories…



time for bicycles to run over cars


This is a pretty unacceptable news story from ESPN. Some guy I don’t care about had the audacity to suggest that motorists run down bicyclists in response to these new bike lanes in Washington. Thanks to TAKEOVERLA for letting us know about this story. Please watch this video and pass it along.

From TAKEOVERLA

This a chance for us as a community to be heard. We are traffic and deserve to be on the streets, and people like Mr. Kornheiser must be held accountable for their actions and speech. Stand up, and let your voice be heard….

Here’s Espn’s comment link, LET THEM HAVE IT!!!

Read the whole story here via bike rumor

People can email Tony Kornheiser at pti@espn.com. Everybody needs to let him know this is unacceptable.

Here is their Corporate info.
CEO: Bruce Gilbert
VP of Operations: Dennis Glasgow
Executive VP of Sales: Rick Carmean

Address:
Red Zebra Broadcasting (ESPN 980)
1801 Rockville Pike Suite #405
Rockville, MD 20852
Office Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm (Monday-Friday)
Phone: 301-230-3500

vwtf


So some how I missed this but every time I wonder what Vampire Weekend is up to they have another music video to entertain me with. This one features Jake Gyllenhaal, RZA, one of the Jonas Brothers (they all look the same to me) and Lil Jon. Vampire Weekend, you guys have quite the diverse crew.

Vampire Weekend – Giving up the Gun

group hugs this saturday


If you are in Austin hitting up the hot sauce store, drinking all that free beer and being bombarded with music from every direction, take a break on Saturday and head down to the river for Thank you, Come Again for some outlet free music with some new and old FRNDS.
: EASYBOY*
:: Big Whup
::: Pizza!
:::: Dead Gaze
::::: Jonesin’*
:::::: The Splinters
::::::: Moses Campbell

We will be hanging out from 3 till 7 and then all walking over to Dominican Joe’s across the river for a night of sweet, inspiring jams that will make you want to be making more music yourself.

: Truman Peyote
:: MillionYoung
::: Wampire
:::: Idiot Glee*
::::: Magic Man*
:::::: Michael Parallax
::::::: I Am The Dot*
:::::::: Philip Seymour Hoffman*

*only chance to catch ‘em at sxsw

Here is a map for both events.
Fbook event

Philip Seymour Hoffman – duckfangs tickle my ankles
Wampire – I Luv U
Idiot Glee – I Want The Night To Stay
Truman Peyote – Steelstack
Moses Campbell – And It’s Over
Big Whup – Cover My Eyes

being it’s still morning…


There are few things Gucci Mane values more than a couple of drinks with close friends as this video demonstrates. Of course right after this video they got into a big tickle pile.

seriously.

I know it’s not nice to hate but blame this week of finals before spring break or the fact that I just couldn’t keep my mouth shut any longer… is he singing through a dildo?




Seriously!? I want to know.
Psychadelphia is cool and all, but it really looks like a dildo. It’s almost as bad as their album cover.

song of the night


The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
– Gilbert Chesterton

Amiina – Hilli

we ride with our fmly everywhere


So we all know the first Saturday of the month is the FMLY RIDE. In March our FMLY in Santa Cruz took to the streets in their first (and very fun) FMLY RIDE. Now on April 3rd, we will be riding with our FMLY in LA (eastside and westside), Santa Cruz and San Francisco with bands in each city and the FMLY love we all thrive from. If you are interested in starting a FMLY RIDE in your city, shoot me over an email and we can help make it a reality. Who knows! There might be some people in your city who are already working on it… You can email me at cameron@thefmly.com.

Remember: These rides are fun but they are also for us to take a different look at the cities we live in. Our urban landscape can be used in very positive ways that make everyone happier. When you are at a FMLY event, you represent FMLY. Don’t tag your name, leave trash, piss people off… This is about love and respect. If you don’t know what I am really talking about when I talk about FUN, check out this video. It does a pretty great job of explaining the principles of FUN.

FMLY RIDE LA
FMLY RIDE SC
FMLY RIDE SF

taken by her


A little while ago, I found this Animal Collective cover of My Girls by a band called Taken by Trees; The video for which is above. I really loved the song when I heard it but for whatever reason I never looked into them beyond that. Taken By Trees is Victoria Bergsman; an amazingly beautiful song writer from Sweden. All her songs reflect a direct connection to a natural environment.

Taken by Trees – Greyest Love Of All