March 2012
1 post
February 2012
2 posts
Funny FB spam I received.
This guy thinks you can say something isn’t spam and POOF it isn’t! I got this in my FB inbox. Setting aside all the serious concerns about behaviour like this alienating music fans in general, I decided to have some fun with it…
24 minutes ago
Christian Shields
Hey Shane, First Off this is not spam this is a promotion. Dreamer is coming to the Lucky Dog Music Hall...
January 2012
1 post
Exam Cram - Humbled to Dust edition
The last few shows have been so good!
In 11 days, I start a quick tour of the east coast along with Mikal kHill and Jesse Dangerously. It goes from 2/2/12 - 2/11/12 and we’ll be venturing from Orlando back home to Worcester. You can find the details on the dates below or on http://www.ShaneHallMusic.com.
I spent all day yesterday re-watching the movie “Shane” to remember that...
December 2011
4 posts
My new sounds:
Added a track I did with the ThoughtCriminals for...
So, I almost forgot that I promised that I would...
A lot of folks have been like “can I...
November 2011
1 post
"Nerdcore"?
I decided I wanted to say some things about the “nerdcore” genre since I just did a short tour with Adam WarRock and am performing with MC Frontalot tonight. I anticipate making some more new friends who like my music so hopefully I can frame my relationship with this genre early so there’s little confusion about how much I appreciate the nerdcore scene AND how I refuse to be...
October 2011
13 posts
It will end: A postmodern view of mercy.
#whitepeopleproblems
My heart is suddenly heavy from the amazing people we’ve lost in the past few years, from the deeply personal to those I only sort of knew and even those I’ve never met.
I’m trying to figure out why I never really chased my dreams, and I’m trying to believe that it’s “never too late” and I’m trying to FEEL like I haven’t...
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What the Demands for Occupy Wallstreet SHOULD be →
Got this from Sarah who got it from Dolan…this is starting to get around and it’s worth reading.
A personal note: Dolan has been at the forefront of opposing unchecked corporate control ever since I’ve known him. His knowledge in this area is second to very very few who aren’t professional economists and doesn’t just come from sitting behind the computer screen...
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“My mother had the most wonderful approach to death…even growing up she...”
– Betty fucking White This is so extra beautiful and special to me because it’s in remembrance of her mother…the wisdom her mother had, and her wisdom in remembering the lesson is so such a pleasure to muse upon. ♥ your Momma (I do. OHHHHH!)
The tea/China ratio and Sully's Cafe podcast
SO I HAVE A PILE OF FUCKS IN MY BASEMENT.
Why? Because I don’t give them.
And I certainly don’t give them to China in exchange for tea. Translation? I don’t gives no fucks about the price of no tea. Straight up.
Now that we’ve got that settled, I was at The Spot in Providence for the weekly Sully’s Cafe podcast this weekend.
Podcast!...
September 2011
6 posts
November is gonna be like woah
I’m going to make an effort to start exorcising my demons sharing my thoughts here on my blog a bit more. It had always been intended for that, but like so many avenues as my thoughts became darker I’ve leaned towards promoting the music more than expressing myself. I understand if you don’t give a flying fuck about this, and I don’t blame you. Artists in general (and I...
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Angie Dark Heart: Why Virtual Worlds are Important →
I’ve recently met Angie through a website called “Cloud Girlfriend” which allows two people to make fake identities and chat with each other under those assumed identities. It’s pretty funny and fun, and Angie is as extroverted on the web as I am, which made us get along pretty quickly. I’m forwarding this to ask you to think about what this could mean for people in...
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The Holy Mountaint + me + New Wave Cafe = win
I started the show playing a few songs on acoustic guitar, then got into the typical philosophical battle with Jesus and the Pope. No bigs. Woohoo. Big ups to Chris Rego (who’s a pretty dope beatmaker, too) who took these pictures at Jay from TA’s birthday bash this Saturday night. Holy Mountain projecting through me (take that as you will) kept things suitably weird. Thanks to...
Whatevermore: Live from the Raven is available for...
Ya boy’s all grow’d up and doin’ preorders and selling real CD’s for real money again! haha
<a href=”http://thethoughtcriminals.bandcamp.com/album/whatevermore-live-from-the-raven” _mce_href=”http://thethoughtcriminals.bandcamp.com/album/whatevermore-live-from-the-raven”>Whatevermore (Live from the Raven) by The ThoughtCriminals...
August 2011
5 posts
Weekend art voyage
I did a series of shows as “The TickleBomb Orchestra” with Mark Leighton, Jon Gryckiewicz, Willow, Derek Meade and Larry Wilson this weekend starting Wednesday night in Worcester at my friend Jenny’s tattoo group meetup. It was stupid fun, and the place was SWARMING with beautiful tattoo’d people. No complaints here! :) The group started as a reaction to a pretty...
July 2011
4 posts
The only piece of visual art I've ever made got in... →
:-) My piece, jokingly titled “A Choir of Piano Dragons”, was used in a unique piece where Brittany Durgin from Worcester Magazine asked a bunch of us Worcesterites to submit visual pieces that tells (at least part of…) the story of our lives. I’m happy she asked, and that I had serendipitously* made this just a few weeks previous! *Google Chrome doesn’t think this...
Apple Dapples
A vision that plays on infinite repeat The glitch of omnipresence feasting on my last thread. Sliding it through the fabric I once relied on letting me know, finally, that no peace can come.
A vision of solitude, unlikely experienced together Decisions of minutia - the last vestige of control The words uncertain, but resolute; “Apple Dapples?” They fight against a mouth unwilling What...
June 2011
5 posts
WatchMah dude HW showed up at the show last night and took this video of a new joint. Pretty sure only part of these will be the verses, but that shit went over pretty well I’d say.
longlivehw:
@shane_hall killing it last night at the raven.
WatchAmp selection…
Because I feel human again...
The show at Beatnik’s last night was AWESOME! After being so holed up and insularly focused on doing this HUGE album (which is increasingly looking like it could be releasted as early as September) I decided to take a real laid-back approach to this one, enlisting the help of one of my favourite musicians and people ever.
Mark Leighton is an inspiring dude. If you know him, you know that....
May 2011
2 posts
Upcoming shows!
Yo! I wanted to let you know about some shows coming up…I’ve got some hip hop gigs, a special acoustic performance with Mark Leighton tonight, and a few one-off TBO gigs as we button up the record and start our big push later this year. Tonight - 5/26/2011 @ 8pm Beatnik’s 433 Park Ave Worcester MA 21+ $4 Franco Sister City Shane Hall & Mark Leighton Dave Magario Tonight will...
April 2011
7 posts
Great review of the live record! →
:) If you don’t have it, you can listen/get it here: http://shanehall.bandcamp.com/album/live-the-raven-with-john-barber
Found these in my google docs
IF ONLY I REMEMBERED THE CHORDS. haha
When the sun crashes into the sky and the darkness seems forever I’ll be there, fumbling for something to say And if you grab hold of forever would you lend me it’s charms for a day So I could love you but never ever get in your way It’s the unwinding the unwinding such an adorable place to be unwinding unwinding with you. If it’s far less epic than that...
Fat Lady of Limbourgh, Don't Use Me & Until You...
…are my best selling songs on iTunes.
On bandcamp, it’s a little different - it’s more of the hip hop stuff. G.E.D. is my best seller there, unless you include the “Basic Draining” album in its entirety, which has actually sold particularly well on bandcamp.
What does this mean? Fuck if I know. I thought it was neat. But I ask you, if you’re so inclined to...
Maine Bill Would Repeal Transgender Protections →
mercurialblonde:
gailsimone:
wicked-grin:
[Rep. Ken] Fredette’s bill, LD 1046, says that—unless otherwise indicated—a restroom or shower facility designated for one biological sex is presumed to be restricted to that biological sex and that a transgender person would no longer be able to claim discrimination under the Maine Human Rights Act if denied the use of the facility of their...