MEAT PIE BLOG

2009-08-08T23:15:00.001+01:00

The Wonder Years

2009-07-09T22:07:00.000+01:00

Wonder Years Troubadour from Evan Romoff on Vimeo.

MEAT PIE @ SOUTHSEA FEST

2009-07-02T16:58:00.001+01:00

coming to a banister near you

2009-06-27T10:26:00.000+01:00

great illustration

2009-05-24T10:29:00.001+01:00

i'd like a clock like this

2009-05-16T20:45:00.002+01:00

consumerism in surfing

2009-05-13T21:10:00.000+01:00

i am bored of this

2009-05-12T10:03:00.001+01:00

Get Cape has new demos up

2009-05-10T11:03:00.003+01:00

instruments showed me this ...

2009-05-02T10:19:00.001+01:00

more things like this SHOULD happen

2009-04-29T19:39:00.000+01:00

the whitest boy alive 1517 street concert ic berlin

i'm not quite sure where i found this

2009-04-22T01:56:00.002+01:00

the meaning of songs ...

2009-04-14T17:06:00.001+01:00

"I absorbed it to meaning that the author (musician/author/producer of a text) may create an item of cultural significance that is then added to the 'media soup', the song in this sense kind of becomes a crouton. When we (the audience) then eat this crouton (or listen to it if we want to shake off this crappy metaphor), the author's initial content they put into the text becomes irrelevant as the listener enjoys the song through a matter of circumstance (where they are when hearing the song) and their own cognitions and subjective pleasures."

- Jo - Tubelord

i'm still jealous

2009-04-12T14:39:00.001+01:00

mr pie. busy in the office

2009-04-12T12:25:00.001+01:00

new howies tshirt

2009-04-12T12:23:00.000+01:00

LISTEN TO DAVE HOUSE!

2009-04-03T12:04:00.000+01:00

I shouldn't have said no to putting him on. :(

david choe is a legend!

2009-03-30T18:45:00.000+01:00

Manifest Hope Art Show: Barack Obama x Art. from Jet Set Graffiti on Vimeo

if you haven't seen the thumbs up series on vbs.tv YOU HAVE TO!

this link will change your life (maybe)

2009-03-24T13:10:00.001Z

http://www.bsmrocks.com/mimas-26.mp3

rant.

2009-03-19T21:29:00.001Z

Take the words "I can't" our of your vocabulary.

When thoughts of overwhelming doubt threaten to storm your mind you must beat them back with Spartan force and intensity.

Don't give them an inch.

If you put your mind to something, and then work and work and work at it, there is nothing that you cannot do.

Don't even begin to let money stop you. That is an excuse.

If you don't create what you want to create, or do what you want to do, or travel where you want to go, it's not because you can't....it is because you don't.

the exact same sentiment ...

2009-03-15T20:07:00.001Z

SUPER AWESOME #1

2009-03-09T23:11:00.000Z

racism?

2009-03-08T11:19:00.001Z

old passions

2009-03-07T21:20:00.000Z

I thought this was meant to be a music blog

2009-03-07T11:52:00.000Z

Seaworthy Promo from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo

Tom's Creation Plantation

2009-03-05T23:38:00.000Z

Tom's Creation Plantation Trailer from Cyrus Sutton on Vimeo

WE MADE A VIDEO

2009-03-05T10:40:00.000Z

A Day In The Life of Mr Pie from Meat Pie Promotions on Vimeo

GREAT SONG

2009-02-26T22:01:00.001Z

Big Up The Skills

2009-02-26T13:36:00.000Z

WE GOT INTERVIEWED

2009-02-25T10:47:00.002Z

YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT HERE

http://www.myspace.com/rantinterviewwithmeatpie

I quite like Marc Johnson and his honesty

2009-02-22T21:53:00.000Z

Radiohead

2009-02-22T20:29:00.000Z

friends go skiing

2009-02-16T20:06:00.001Z

Morzine 2009 - Shredding Mt. Doom! from Jack Bowden on Vimeo.

pretty insane

2009-02-15T11:30:00.000Z

passion

2009-02-15T10:30:00.003Z

Good music is someone with a throat-ripping scream, tear-jerking tenor saxophone, or rib-cracking turntable.

Society needs music that takes its listeners to dark lows and ecstatic highs.

Music you can't sit still to.

Music that inspires the listener to run out into the streets or retreat into a dark basement to create something of their own.

Music that inspires a twelve year old to research obscure poets and revolutionaries.

Music that blows the roof off a crowded tribalesque basement show, instigating a communal frenzy.

Music that sends thousands of lunatic ravers in a field into trance.

Fifty People, One Question: London

2009-02-14T20:50:00.000Z

Fifty People, One Question: London from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

PLAN?

2009-02-09T18:48:00.000Z

kids (1995)

2009-02-09T17:48:00.000Z

Just great photos

2009-02-09T17:47:00.000Z

new appreciations

2009-02-09T17:36:00.001Z

Anathallo

2009-02-05T11:37:00.000Z

i can't even believe how good these guys are

2009-02-03T17:33:00.000Z

my gf has a knicker obsession

2009-02-01T13:32:00.001Z

quite beautiful

2009-01-31T17:26:00.002Z

Picaresque Trailer 2009 from High Seas Films on Vimeo.

these guys have the right idea

2009-01-29T12:58:00.001Z

check out:

XLR8R TV Episode 28: Yacht

2009-01-29T12:33:00.001Z

AWESOME GIGS IN AWESOME PLACES

2009-01-29T11:12:00.002Z

STEVE says everyone has to watch this!

2009-01-28T20:26:00.000Z

Sticks & Stones Magazine

2009-01-25T19:39:00.000Z

surfing?

2009-01-24T21:36:00.001Z

awesome versions of tubelord songs on ...

2009-01-22T23:26:00.001Z

SURGE SESSIONS

Everyone must have seen these by now

2009-01-22T10:17:00.001Z

RUBY REPUBLIC SALE

2009-01-22T10:08:00.001Z

black cab sessions

2009-01-22T09:57:00.001Z

i bought some new shoes

2009-01-21T11:23:00.001Z

tall ships remix

2009-01-21T10:39:00.001Z

2009-01-18T20:19:00.001Z

i dig this guy ryan heywood

2009-01-15T14:15:00.001Z

Ryan Heywood: Small Adventures from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo.

watch this

2009-01-14T16:08:00.001Z

has anyone heard of ...

2009-01-13T14:14:00.001Z

HURRAH?

To quote the very true words of Mr "Big Scary Monster"....

2009-01-01T18:30:00.001Z

One reason why I'll be happy when Myspace takes it's final breath

Dear Bands, Solo Artists and budding lazy musicians,

Contacting fellow artists via Myspace to compliment their work and enquire about gig swaps and support slots is great, I applaud the initiative. However, before making such bold steps into the world of electronic communication, I plead that you take a second to check the page of your intended recipient to check that they are in fact a band!

Now I'm not quite arrogant enough to believe everyone knows what a Big Scary Monster is, but I am hopeful enough to think that you artists, the truly creative ones in this sordid little industry of ours, have enough ingenuity to be able to tell a record label from a fellow music maker. It's not that I don't like hearing from you, it's just that I don't have the musical talent, time or geographic capability to play a show with you.

The number of such enquiries received this year acts only as further proof that the beloved Myspace model which has seen us all through many a dark night over the past 4 or 5 years is on it's last legs. The spam potential and the shear number of people excitedly happy to take advantage of it has driven the last few 'real' users away, leaving a ghost town occupied by those who refuse to believe the dream is dead, and a small army of ugly girls who like to get their tits out for the cameras and collect friends like Pokemon characters.

So what do we do now? Every band, record label and other musical entity under the sun has a page, and I imagine will do for a very long time still. Google rankings are high, it's a one-stop-shop for information, music and video, but the user interaction of yesteryear is disappearing by the day. Is it really worth pursuing? Is there anything that can be done to bring the interest back?

Our digital distributor will soon be shipping all of our giftwrapped content off to Myspace for sale in their new online store which could prove to be an interesting new solution. With a page currently loaded with content, perhaps a little distractingly so, do we scrap that and go all-out for the 'money for nothing' digital sales cheques? Do we ditch the lot and opt for a page-tall "go to our website, boi" message, pushing everyone to the one small portal? Or do I continue to spend time and effort maintaining a page, mostly for the sake of spammers and a few shortsighted fools who'd like to play a gig with this consistently angry record label? My love for the third idea is dwindling, that's for sure.

http://www.bsmrocks.com/blog/

The Riverclub are dead.

2008-12-29T21:18:00.002Z

And I kind of agree with what they've said. Go Read.

Just explains EVERYTHING!

2008-12-24T15:05:00.000Z

have a listen!

2008-12-24T13:35:00.000Z

I wanna tour with these dudes

2008-12-20T23:16:00.000Z

probably the best FOALS song!

2008-12-20T11:17:00.001Z

more NO AGE!

2008-12-19T13:05:00.000Z

FOOD FIGHT

2008-12-19T13:00:00.001Z

a vegan grocery store in portland oregan.

no age play an instore.

Story Store Video Promo

2008-12-14T13:17:00.000Z

SUPER TENNIS!

2008-11-30T21:56:00.001Z

Super Tennis Theme Song from Tom Cardo-Moreno of LO-TEC on Vimeo.

BRING BACK THE PASSION AND GROUP VOCALS TO MUSIC

2008-11-27T21:00:00.001Z

eric lerner: gong

2008-11-23T10:49:00.001Z

Chris Del Moro and Bing surfboards

2008-11-22T16:12:00.000Z

YOU ARE ...

2008-11-17T23:14:00.000Z

MY SPECIAL FRIEND

RVCA

2008-11-17T21:14:00.003Z

Established to promote the genuine integrity of RVCA’s subcultures while simultaneously giving back to the community, RVCA in essence is redefining the way the market views art and fashion as represented through the balance of opposites and how they coexist: water, oil; air, land; destruction, industrialization; art, science; foreign, domestic; order, anarchy; past, present.

I keep looking at this lately

2008-11-03T14:37:00.001Z

AWESOME INTRO

2008-11-03T14:36:00.000Z

to awesome skating!

HARD (f*cking) CORE

2008-10-20T13:52:00.001+01:00

JUSTICE - A CROSS THE UNIVERSE (teaser)
by edbangerrecords

GREAT 2

2008-10-20T12:07:00.000+01:00

GREAT 1

2008-10-20T12:06:00.000+01:00

If you're an American you really have to vote.

2008-10-08T14:08:00.000+01:00

Let's ride some gravity!

2008-10-08T12:52:00.001+01:00

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.

SUPER COOL DUDES!

2008-09-23T23:47:00.001+01:00

Tiny Dancer from Geary Gang TV on Vimeo.

JON TOLLEY IS A LEGEND!

2008-09-23T21:13:00.000+01:00

BUY FROM BANQUETRECORDS.COM

wow

2008-09-20T18:03:00.001+01:00

death cab are an amazing band!

I saw this band last week ...

2008-09-17T00:41:00.002+01:00

and they were GOOD! MIMAS

I love that european singing english style and the pedals and loops and trumpet add so much! Oh and the carefree fun lyrics.

I know hellogoodbye got pretty over played that summer ...

2008-09-16T00:42:00.002+01:00

but I remember when I loved them in 2004 and waiting to hear that ep online.

Now the new line-up looks quite exciting!

September 7th -

2008-09-10T20:27:00.002+01:00

www.myspace.com/jamescullenuk

Hey Paul =)

www.myspace.com/veniceahoy

No socks?

Piles

I'd like to stay here!

2008-09-08T23:07:00.002+01:00

A MEGA SONG!

2008-09-02T01:18:00.002+01:00

Truckers Of Husk - Greenman Singalong

(Group vocals is probably one of the best things you can have in a song)

I want a stache like this dude!

2008-09-01T11:32:00.002+01:00

I Like Tiny Houses!

2008-08-30T10:50:00.001+01:00

Council of Doom movie by RVCA

2008-08-17T10:55:00.000+01:00

council of doom: official full-length trailer from wolfgang on Vimeo.

If you want JOY in your life...

2008-08-11T23:03:00.002+01:00

listen to 'A Great Wind More Ash' by Anathallo

WOW I wish I could count to four!

2008-07-21T12:51:00.002+01:00

Listen to ...

2008-06-25T11:40:00.003+01:00

Learn to Screen-Print

2008-06-21T14:33:00.001+01:00

Probably the best "learn to screen-print" video!

Steel Train

2008-06-17T21:06:00.002+01:00

... the first band I ever saw live.

Ace Enders

2008-06-06T09:24:00.002+01:00

Is a genius and should definately come tour the UK some time soon.

Check out his new video about recording a free album.

And this is from back in the day. (Serg - bassist - has the best moves)

SMOOSH and KCRW

2008-06-05T11:11:00.002+01:00

Last night I posted the video of Find A Way by Smoosh. Smoosh being two awesome teenage girls from Seattle signed to Barsuk Records, their last album recorded by one of the guys from Death Cab For Cutie.

This is a link to Smoosh's KCRW performance. KCRW is an amazing radio station based in south California. The archives are so impressive and have mega studio performances from the likes of bloc party, the postal service, death cab for cutie, travis, nadasurf to list just a few. One show in particular, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' hosted by Nic Harcourt is really sweet. Enjoy!