The Helio Sequence: An Interview and a review

A couple months ago I did a small feature on this great band called the Helio Sequence. The duo resides in Portland Oregon when not on the road and are currently signed to Sub-Pop records. I had the special opportunity to interview the band last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Here's how it went:





I don't remember the entire set list, but they did play these songs:
Keep Your Eyes Ahead
The Captive Mind
[Square] Bubbles
Back to This
Harmonica Song
Lately

*If YOU were there add on to the list!


I'm no Matt Pinfield, but I am bald and I've spoken to my fair share of bands. These guys were some of the nicest human beings I've spoken to in my brief career of speaking to people on camera. No ego's, no irregular attitude, just straight genuine goodness and that is something I appreciate and definitely take note of. I find that being around bands and artists that sometimes they expect to be treated a certain way, and I didn't feel like that was the case with these friendly Oregonians.

Please do yourself and check out they're latest release, "Keep Your Eyes Ahead". It was one of my favorites of last year.



This video is from last night, off the album you should be listening to right now, entitled "Captive Mind".

The Helio Sequence- "The Captive Mind" from Sam Schachter on Vimeo.

Love this band, listen to this band, support this band.
t.l.s

What the NHL should look like

NHL Woos Fans By Increasing Scoring With Bigger Nets, 3-Point...

Send a message!

While venturing to Long Island last weekend, I came across an interesting article in Time Magazine entitled "Graffiti for Hire in the West Bank". Although I wasn't able to finish the article due to someone stealing away the magazine. However, I thought it would be interesting to mention it.

Watch the Video


*For some reason TIME doesn't like to embed videos. So you'll just have to click that link and watch the video version of the article.





If you don't have three minutes to watch the video, I'll break it down for ya'll.

-Isreal put up a 463 mile wall along the Gaza strip.
-Some artists in Gaza (not on Isreal's side) decided to use the wall as a canvas for they're artwork.
-YOU can have a message written on the wall for 30 euros.

Have your message written on the wall Here



I think a LoveSchack message would be great. Any ideas?

what is the stock market?

Ali G on the Economy - watch more funny videos

Meet your new amazing writers!

This is Justin. 

He is going to be studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Look forward to his exhilarating posts about culture, language, and party time!

This is Jackie. 

She is going to be visting Europe this summer. Look forward to her posts about backpacking adventures, gelato, and getting lost. 

YOU WILL 

LOVE 

THEM.

!

Your Summer Mix Vol. 1

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wi56na
1. Summer,Man- Taking Back Sunday
2. Playground Love- Phoenix
3. We called it America- NOFX
4. Kinda Like a Big Deal- Kanye ft. THE CLIPSE
5. Padding Ghost- Dan Deacon
6. Lolita- Throw me the statue
7. Valerie Plame- The Decemberists
8. U ain't neva gotta ask- Lil Wayne ft. kanye, jay-z, T.i
9. I love college (dubstep version) - Asher Roth
10. Little Bribes- Death Cab For Cutie



I hope this goes well with your summer fun.


love and death.


t.l.s

Support Your Local Library

Being back home in suburban New Jersey, living with your father and his newly aquired girlfriend provides for great times. However, when I'm not jumping up and down with excitement, I visit the library. Last week I got all of these amazing pieces of media.

Movies:
The Color Of Money
Broken Flowers
Helvetica


Book:

Franny and Zooey


Most likely your library isn't as hip and cool as mine, but If i were you I would still attempt a visit. This post is not just about self-examination of how cool I might be for visiting the library. While doing some research on Franny and Zooey, I came across this pretty impressive thing...

GET LECTURED BY A YALE PROFESSOR!!!



Who needs $100,000 for a Yale education anymore. Now you only need a stable internet connection.


Apparently J.D didn't enjoy doing interviews. So here's one with a classmate of his, talking about Salinger. I can only wonder what my classmates would say about me.



The French always have to ruin things.




Keep reading and tip your librarian.
t.l.s