Wherever you end up tonight, let’s peace out 2009 with some mad love and good memories. Something to keep in mind, please don’t drink and drive. AAA in Southern California is really hooking it up this year with free tipsy tows for everyone, not just members. If you feel too drunk to drive, just call 1-800-400-4AAA (4222) and tell the operator that you’re looking for tipsy tow. More info can be found here. And lastly, if you can’t recall your year right about now, here’s a nice read.
…Researchers reporting in the Journal of Consumer Research think the trick is overcoming “variety amnesia”— our tendency to forget that we’ve been exposed to a variety of great things, be they people, food, music, movies, home furnishings or other—and instead focus our attention on the singular thing that no longer gives us the tingles. To shake ourselves free from this negative trap, we must “dishabituate” by forcing ourselves to remember the variety of things we’ve experienced.
So, for example, let’s say that you’ve become bored with a particular musical group you once couldn’t listen to enough. This research suggests that what you need to do it recall the variety of other songs from other musical groups that you’ve listened to since the last time you listened to your once-favorite band, and by doing so you’ll revive appreciation for your fave. [via brainspin]
when i’m with you, i have fun. happy new year. new decade. new wife, new life. have a great night.
more photos from fff (fmly fun fest) after the jump. thank you to andrew phillips, noah diamond, and dustin muenchow for this batch! lots of crowd shots at say cheese and die.
Hello FMLY! As we move in to the new year we are proud to announce that we will be starting a FMLY zine. This means we need YOU to submit! We are currently accepting poetry, short fiction, photography, and art. Send all submissions to: FMLYzine@gmail.com. Please send in all submissions by January 5th.
due to police intervention our new year’s party in santa barbara is cancelled.
djdt has been relocated to a location in la i’d rather not disclose online with the homies baths, head hunters, and knife city.
that’s where i’ll be.
fmly will be back in santa barbz jan7.
Thank you to everyone who came out for day one of FMLY FEST. It was a beautiful night and I am so so happy you all came out and experienced it. Don’t forget, we still have a full day of music today so come on down to McWorld at 5011 W. Adams Blvd.
The 24 hour count down can officially start for FMLY FEST.
On December 27 and 28 at the new chill spot, 5011, FMLY wants to combine minds with everyone we’ve jammed with over time and toss as many new names into the mix as we can. Together, let’s write the last pages of this decade’s influence on us. Fuck yeah!
BRING A SLEEPING BAG IF YOU WANNA SPEND THE NIGHT!
special acoustic sets in the early am, and um…roscoe’s chicken & waffles is down the street.
the quick deets:
10 bands each day
$5 per day
doors open at 3 music begins at 4
sleepover is fuhree and bring instruments to jam with
donations for tha fmly dnr tr would be so rad
super cool flyer by geoff geis – http://www.geoffgeis.com
if someone brings eggnog i’ll bring the rum
It’s 2am in New York City and I’m heading to JFK in a bit to peace out to LA. Before I shut down my computer I just wanted to thank all of my friends and the folks I have yet to meet for making this year an absolute blast. Seriously, 2009 has really proved that when you believe in change, change believes right back. I’m not very articulate in my anxiety, but I hope to meet as many new faces as I can while on the best coast. Happy holidays everyone, and a quick shout out to our friends Breakfast of Champs, Mirror Universe, IMPOSE, Get Off The Coast, Mushpot, Bridgetown, the Jamaica Plains/Newton/Boston crew, the boys and girls of Brooklyn, the South Carolina vibe, the Tape, $2 Shows, 5011, Not Not Fun, PopGun, Honey From The Bees, and everyone else who has commented, listened to Public Education, put up with our relentless fbook events, that period of time when I used the word ‘dope’ way too much, or just sent out some positive energy. Thanks for keeping it symbolic 2009, I’m stoked to see you next year.
I probably won’t be around this site for a lil’ bit, but if we have internet on the road I’ll be keeping a FMLY DNR TR journal. If you haven’t already, peek at my jams of ‘09, Ryan’s tapes of ‘09, and Cameron’s best of ‘09. And for those who have not received word, Vic Chesnutt is no longer with us. You can leave a donation for Vic’s family right here to assist with medical fees. G’night fmly, peace out 2009, adios aughts.
New tune from DJDT to celebrate the holidays and kick off the night. Hitting way different sounds than the beats we’ve become accustomed to, this DJDT bounce is def one for the clubs and deejay sets. Hit up FMLY FEST on Monday to catch DJDT in action, and peep the vid from FMLY’s Beach Dazed after the jump. Happy holidays.
This may come off ironic, it may come off as pathetic, but I’m totally sincere when I say that Alicia Keys wrote my hook of the year. Her chorus in “Empire State of Mind” not only blew every tune on the radio off-air, but enlightened me to virtues of taking one’s voice seriously. Mad props, Alicia Keys, maaaaaaad props. Colbert joined in with Alicia on his show dropping an all-too-true verse in the absence of Jay-Z, and damn, the combination comes out with more energy and originality than “Empire State of Mind” will ever achieve on its own. Peep the video above and a fmly all-star remix below.
Two of my favorite finds of ‘09, Run DMT and Happy Family (both outta Baltimore), teamed up for a chill end of the year mixtape. Filled with enough cycling echo and reverb to drown out the remaining December, the dudes are updating Gregorian chant repertoire like it ain’t no thang. Download the “Amanda Huggankiss mix” right here, and get prepped for a super well-deserved nap.
Ungh, I totally have a crush on Phantogram. But entirely unrelated, there’s a really sweet show at the Cake Shop tonight in New York with Human Resources, Blissed Out, Say No! To Architecture, Luke Perry, and our own Philip Seymour Hoffman who is flying into LA this weekend for some relentless FMLY activity. However, if you don’t feel like coming into the city, the homies Fiasco are playing tonight at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn. I apologize for the lack of new music updates lately, but I’m personally all too content with jamming out to my year end list, and well…you can see how many events we’re putting together right now. We’re all just really sleepy.
Winter in LA is always a funny thing. It gets slightly colder and overcast on certain days. Every once in a while it will sprinkle and the city will shut down due to the rain. In most other places, people are contained to their dwellings, bundled up in big puffy jackets. This creates a certain gloom for a lot of people and that is reflected in music that comes out this time of year but since LA doesn’t have that, we get Big Whup. Moving through different levels of emotions, instruments, and eras with their own style of pop, you better be prepared to dance. It’s no surprise that a couple of the guys from Pizza! are a part of this group given both bands ability to reach a variety of musical ideas.
Thank You Come Again
Lady Bird Lake Trail
March 20, 3PM
w/ dead gaze, easyboy, mistlefinger, big whup + pizza!, white fang, jonesin', tempo no tempo, dream panther
FMLY Group Hug
Dominican Joe, 515 South Congress
March 20, 8pm
w/ MillionYoung, Truman Peyote, Michael Parallax, Wampire, Idiot Glee, I Am The Dot, Magic Man, Philip Seymour Hoffman fbook event
Los Angeles
Kria Brekkan & Drawlings
McWorld
March 24th fbook event
Evan Voytas, WAMPIRE, Battlehooch, Pizza! + Afterparty for Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) and The Hood Internet
McWorld
March 25th Fbook event
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Dinowalrus, Tempo No Tempo
May 1
Santa Cruz
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Pacific and Water
Boston
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
PPALMM's Chinatown Loft
April 16
New York
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
April 18
Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) & Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Knitting Factory
April 24 fbook event
IcyDemons, Truman Peyote, Trouble Books
Glasslands
May 2
San Francisco
Thank you Come Again
The Neighbors, Wes Leslie, Shaw, Maus Haus, Mistlefinger, Goliath the Giver
March 21st
Dolores Park f book event
Questions? Comments? Want to play a FMLY event? Want to learn how you can play an integral role in your FMLY? Shoot us an email anytime, we're usually around. We also accept demos, songs you're into, songs you've made and bribes.
