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Cameron -- February 12, 2012 -- because we care, changing the world, expanding our horizons and News. Tags: , , , .

Set FMLY Fest on Random from Mick LeGrande on Vimeo.


Over the past 8 months a beautiful man named Mick LeGrande has been documenting FMLY in Los Angeles with the intention of producing a full length called We Are FMLY. We have talked for a while about the importance of seeing what FMLY looks like across the world since it just wouldn’t feel right unless you were in this too. So Mick has thought of a solution. We are going to open source the doc. If you are someone that can or wants to document the happenings where you are to add to the documentary, email Mick to coordinate. We want every local community involved in this so please, don’t be shy. Either way, I will be coming across the US with Mick to Florida and then up to New York for FMLY FEST Brooklyn, and we would love to see you along the way. If you want to hang out, play a show with us, or eat burritos, email me!

::bonus::
Here are a couple other videos that Mick made from FMLY FEST LA 2011

EMILY REO @ FMLY FEST from Mick LeGrande on Vimeo.


This Machine Kills Zombies from Mick LeGrande on Vimeo.

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mj mj sale for the holidaze!

Andy -- November 10, 2011 -- new tunes and News. Tags: , , .

We’ve just made a couple amazing announcements over at MJ MJ Records!

Uno – Our next release, Catamaran, is up for pre-sale! Catamaran has crafted an incredible 55 minute long opus of a full length. We’re just amazed that we get to put this record out. His sound is thick, juicy and completely his own. Peep that cover art by Z. Zimmerman, the cassette comes with a fold out insert with even more dank arts inside. Stream and download four tracks off his debut at the MJ MJ bandcamp, you will be so glad you did. Below is “Holidaze”, just a taste of the journey that awaits -

Our baby boy Dave premiered the album opener, “Reggie” over at Stadiums and Shrines today – Check it!

Dos – We’ve got something special for ya, or rather, a special for ya! MJ MJ is running our first ever sale to say thank you to our friends and hello to some new ones. From now until xmas when you get any two of our tapes, we’ll give you the third one for free! And don’t be shy now, when we say any, we mean any – our entire catalogue is fair game including the pre-orders. So grab Serious Sauce Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 for yourself and get Yalls for yr special somebody. Or space out with MAYMOK and sad ghems and surprise your mom with her very own copy of Vacation Dad. Tapes for everyone! Since the Big Cartel platform is a shade unforgiving here’s what you have to do to complete your order. Check out as normal from our store with any TWO tapes in your shopping cart. Send us a message along with your paypal payment letting us know the third tape you desire and we’ll send it along with your order. It’s pretty simple, but if you have any trouble send us an email – mjmjrecords@gmail.com – and we’ll help you out.

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hi, how are you

Jordan -- July 25, 2011 -- changing the world and News.

Daniel Johnston – Walking the Cow

With the amount of glee normally reserved for midnight swims and acid sunrises, I’d like to introduce myself as the newest contributor to FMLY.  When I first came across this site a couple years ago it really struck me how congruently social activism and diy music culture could go hand-and-hand.  FMLY was one of the first blogs I saw using the internet to strengthen local music scenes instead of ignoring them.  These are kids my age that are writing grant proposals, putting together highly independent (and inclusive!) events on both coasts, and still finding time to sift through the music filling up their inbox and posting the gems.  Pretty damn inspiring.  Since I’ve moved to Boston I’ve had the opportunity to hang and play with a lot of the FMLY crew and to my surprise they truly do believe in the intrinsic good in people.  They are just as delusional as me!

I promise to write more substantive and less self-focused posts after this but if you feel like connecting more I play in a band called mutual benefit and run a small label called kassette klub out of Boston.

I’m really looking forward to meeting and collaborating with y’all more and maybe we can make this crazy world a little bit more livable, eh?

LOVE

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back home

Andy -- June 11, 2011 -- News and Uncategorized. Tags: , , .

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My girl Addie is quietly making the most beautiful music back home in the frigid midwest. She’s gonna be a star. Listen to her track for Cactus Mouth/Unholy Rhythms amazing mixtape and get your heart melted.

PS – Eau Claire, WI holdin it down twice on that tape with M O R O ‘s stunning cover of Sounds of Silence. Dudes got some balls covering Simon and Garfunkle.

PSS – I miss Wisconsin so bad. Someone stole the keyboard I bought with the last $30 I had to replace the keyboard that was stolen along with the rest of my stuff. DONATE TO THE KICKSTARTER OR I’LL DIE.

PSSS – I’m writing this post at home right now on a friday night cause SOMEBODY told me we were gonna party tonight then didn’t pick his phone, and Mr. Peyote is balls deep in fallout, and the other Michael Jordan just got Portal 2.

xoxoxo
VD

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two michael jordans in LA ! ! ! !

Andy -- April 14, 2011 -- bffs and News. Tags: , , , .

WE’RE MOVIN TO LA TODAY!!! The vans all packed up and we’re ready to come dish out hugs and woop everyone’s (caleb’s) ass in basketball. Me (Vacation Dad/Andy) and Charlie (Chaz Bomb) are just so excited to come party with our FMLY full time and go swimming and stuff. So if anyone wants to hang out with us, or give us a place to stay shoot me an email at andy@thefmly.com . Srsly though, we really need some nice people that will house us for any period of time, until we can find some jobs! We promise we won’t jump on your bed with all our friends when you aren’t home. Vacation Dad will be playing the next FMLY RIDE, and our record label MJ MJ is gonna be putting out our next release as soon as we get there! AHHHHHHHHHHHH I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

xoxoxo
VD

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l.a. – let’s take back the streets and roll against coal

Sophie -- April 6, 2011 -- because we care, changing the world, News and Where We'll Be. Tags: , , , , , , .

FMLY member, Aktive, lets the Mayor hitch a ride at the first cicLAvia 10/10/10.

CicLAvia will be Sunday April 10th 2011 from 10am-3pm. 7.5 miles of city streets – from the Bicycle Kitchen to Boyle Heights – will be car free!

Inspired by a weekly event in Bogota, Colombia this is only the second time our city will get a chance to rediscover our roads. Green Peace and the Sierra Club have partnered up to bring awareness about climate change to the event with a bike parade for a coal free LA!

Why fight against coal? You probably already know this, but coal is linked to the deaths of 1 in 4 Americans (according to Physicians for Social Responsibility) AND, if that wasn’t enough, it’s also the largest contributor to green house gas emissions and climate change in the US. Did you know that 40% of LA’s energy comes from burning coal?

Join us as we Roll Against Coal! You can RSVP on the Facebook page. Do it for fun, do it for the future, do it for the kids!

Details about the ride:

Meet up is at City Hall at 11am (by the statue on the South Lawn – on 1st between Spring/Main). There’ll be signs and materials to decorate your bikes and we’ll be passing out free SC Beyond Coal and GP Quit Coal t-shirts.

At 11:30 we’ll be taking a group photo in front of City Hall and then we’ll hit the streets as the coolest coal fighting posse in town. There will be *PRIZES* for the most creative bike decorations and costumes!

Don’t think you can make the Roll Against Coal? Check out a full list of events going down at cicLAvia this sunday.

P.S. For all you Westsiders – a group will be leaving at 9:30am from the BikeRoWave, 12255 Venice Bl, 90066. 12-15mph pace which should get you to City Hall just in time.

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xxxmas

Andy -- March 5, 2011 -- because we care, Freebies, new tunes and News. Tags: , , , .

i’ve known pat (christmas’ guitarist/weirdo) since we were kids. we’d usually run around and spray paint dicks on traffic signs, smoke shitty weed and start eachother on fire. sometimes we played music. pat hasn’t changed much since then, except now he’s in the best rock and roll band in the country. christmas has it all – a sassy hot, rip-yr-dick-off front woman, a drummer that plays with the fervor of a horny 11 year old, and a smooth sailin, swingin dick bassist. not to mention the best fucking guitar player you could ask for. go download their single. buy their album, and see this band if you’re lucky enough to live in a town they’re touring though. no normies.

christmas’ new record is coming out on high fives and handshakes, an gnarly label based out of the pacific northwest. they’ve got USF’s gorgeous new EP out now, and fmly bro ALASKA’s fantastic “Set Yourself Free”. CHECK EM OUT!

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∆ INCREDIBLE ∆ PYRAMID ∆ TOUR ∆ ZOII ∆

Andy -- January 25, 2011 -- bffs and News. Tags: , , , , , , .

WE’RE GOIN ON TOUR! CHECK OUT THE DATES AND COME PARTY WITH US!

INCREDIBLE PYRAMID IS

∆VACATION DAD
∆MERLIN MONROE
∆MAYMOK

ps – MERLIN MONROE and VACATION DAD are playing some dates by themselves too, stay tuned for the dates!

<3

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fmly 2011

Cameron -- January 17, 2011 -- events and News. Tags: , , .

The past three years have been an incredible experience. Growing, finding and exploring with FMLY has easily been the best thing to happen in my life. This year we are starting a new chapter to the FMLY story with the opening of the first real FMLY Mansion in Los Angeles. In it’s walls will hold all the values of FMLY. It will be host to a bike co-op, roof garden, art, music and relevant workshops. This will be a place from evolution of the soul. If you are interested in helping, have positive intentions and are reliable, please email fmlymansionproject@thefmly.com with your name, phone number, skills and interests. FMLY Mansion can’t happen without you!

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you are not a robot

Andy -- January 10, 2011 -- new tunes, News and premiere. Tags: , , , , , .

Wild Ghosts – I AM NOT A ROBOT

i’m really really really happy to announce the release of wild ghosts debut album, No Coast! its really really awesome! i know i sound like a child, but srsly, this album fucking rocks!. it has all the personality and abandon you’d expect to see from some undiscovered pixies tape they recorded in their mom’s basement when they were sixteen. it sounds like the first pure, unadultered recording from a band that will only get better and better as time goes on. so grab em while they still exist! fmly buds MJ MJ (two michael jordans) will be shipping the tape within the next few weeks! check their bandcamp to stream the whole album and download the track “Stoner Boyfriend” for free.

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††† we weren’t meant to live here †††

Andy -- January 4, 2011 -- because we care, bffs, Freebies, Music Videos, new tunes and News. Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

holy crap! MAYMOK (half of coral legs and one quarter of INCREDIBLE FORTRESS and one third of INCREDIBLE PYRAMID and all around dreamboat) is gearing up for his first release! the tape is called PRAXELL and its now up for preorder from two michael jordans records. MAYMOK has gifted us with this groovy video for SPACESTATION. check it out!

don’t forget to download the track over at his bandcamp, and pre-order the tape at two michael jordans!

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vacation internet

Andy -- December 16, 2010 -- bffs and News. Tags: , .

hi guys/gals. so i made a bandcamp page. i think it looks/sounds pretty nice. theres some exciting new/old stuff on it, if thats the kind of thing that excites you.

check it out!

xoxoxo
VD

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