… blogger !
we really spend creative research time on line……
it still amazes me !!!
why is it so satisfying to know,
that others are searching the tiny web pages of the world,
to connect ?
how is this going to change the way we relate,
long-term ?
i know it is part of our natural evolution,
so i am not afraid,
but it is strange.
although i still write an old fashioned letter from time to time,
and use phones, cars, planes and my feet….
i do so much here.
as do you.
reading your posts is like fun science / social research.
watching life go by in this time zone is interesting,
that is why i started this thing……..
this interaction with “you”
out there,
anywhere,
everywhere,
anytime,
all the time !!!!!!!
happy 2006.
thanks to steve,
my joy on the eve of,
was captured up above.
may we all learn, watch and feel in maximum capacity !!!!
dig for the truth inside,
with shovels or guitars!
xMAdMx
now it moves through wires…
we’ve been in a basement making music
http://www.myspace.com/skylarkinskylarkin
i still write letters!!!!!who doesn’t like getting things in the mail…other then bills….it makes you feel special…and not in the “stop eating the paste” kind of way….i hope your new year was WONDERFUL…and that 06 treats you well…and i wish you snow…cuz snow is just as fun as getting letters in the mail…
May the new year be full of excitement, experimenting and innovations!
It is only a period of time of 365 days, but still it can be considered a certain phase. It’s so inspirational because you can think it can be a little new beginning when everything is possible, and you can start some things from the start with new energy. Like the table would be a little bit cleaner. I have put so many challenges for myself and I am sure I will achieve at least some of them! Even a little learning is a good learning.
Hopefully it will be a year of innovations, love, design and life, and all of those surround us in all times.
It will also be a year of digital world, just like Melissa told us. All the formats are changing. We can learn from them and enjoy them, as long as the formats in our heads aren’t changing radically. It would be brilliant if we could conserve some nature in ourselves, that we don’t live totally through cables. It’s all about the balance my friends!
Year 2006 can’t be pure happiness, but the revolutions in life, nature and in ourselves are partly evitable. Happily the recovering happens over time, and now we still have it.
Greetings to all of you and greetings for Melissa who is one of my biggest “inspiratiors”!!! From the lovely snow-wonderland Finland,
Laura
“You can all ask me for a dance, if you see me
”
(www.myspace.com/starlaura)
more amazing than digging for truth with a snow shovel is that photograph…time exposures like this are usually ALL blurry- yet this one shows your face crispy clear and smiling..was that a time exposure/flash combination??? pretty cool…I’ll have to try that.
I never write letters to anyone anymore and did not even think about it until I read your blog. The internet is important to me in terms of communication, I have made many valuable contacts by being online. Thanks for starting this blog for us and for taking the time to read our posts.
Howdy, nice new blog and photos! 2006 will be a good year, and to start it off today i passed my driving test – WOO. Don’t get confused with the shovel or guitar, you could really ruin that guitar!
Mark x x
the sounds of space
inner space
loud and clear
listening
learning
evolving
the grace of fingers touching
metal strings
4 strings
maybe more
the string theory
is deep
and digging deep
reveals more truths
than the world has ever seen
before
Nice words, snow looks great, and here it falls and turns to slush very quickly.
You have to look at the locations of the people on your blog are from it say’s it all. Doesn’t matter who you are, or wear your from, what you do.
The classic example in the way your music and the net have brought people of such a wide age range, all looking at the same information and exchanging thoughts. When any of us would see each other normally on the street or in a bar, there would be little common ground due to social interaction limitations.
You can share on the net, we are still a social animal, with many of us not living traditional lives with friends or families close by, due to many reasons.
Ur right we are naturally growing, abet at a fast rate now, the net allows us to safely explore the world. Then to inform are self’s and make changes to the world we live in
We will grow as a species, as there is no real control on information now, every one can be net-smart now
Q.
How can u tell when your getting old?.
A.
I was in Liverpool in one of the major record shop, to buying some cd’s, stood in the Goth/Rock/Indie section, in the space of ten minutes had most of the staff ask me, “if I was ok” and “what type of music I looking for as this was the noisy music section” .
Ok so I had a pin striped suite on, yes I did smile and said thank u to them for being so helpful, actually found it quite funny you never see your self as old
Enjoy life and the New Year
I still make sure to write letters… I love having something that I can touch and move around and crumple.
Im totally into technologic stuff… i love them!
I’ve never been that good on writing with my own hands on a paper,my handwriting sucks:P
But yeah, sometimes technology is cold, it’s not that human.
That’s why we don’t have to forget the good old pen and paper or whatever it is considered “not technologic”.
It’s a proof of being still human i would say, still creative somehow!
W pen & paper!
oh to be canadian in winter! best of luck in the new year!
kris
http://www.krisknight.com
Hey, Melissa! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
It’s good to see you’ve been writing in here. Your messages always put a smile on my face. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! Even though I never had the chance to see you live, your blog makes me feel closer to your world.
It seems like you had a really nice New Year’s eve. That picture is beautiful. I think I had never seen you laughing. You look awesome!
I have the feeling 2006 is going to be a great year. I really can’t say why, but something deep inside myself tells me good things are bound to happen. I’m in such a positive mood, and I’m seeing things in such a different way. It’s strange, but it feels so good!
My new band is making progress, and that makes me really happy. I’m playing with really gifted musicians and it’s a huge challenge. I hope I can learn as much as possible. I’m trying to do my best.
Rehearsals are the best hours in the whole week. It’s such a rush!I get so excietd I always feel I’m gonna be sick right before I get to the place where we rehearse. I think I’ve forgotten all our songs, and I start thinking about them and really can’t remember a single note. But then, magic happens, and once you’re playing it all comes back. It’s a great moment. I don’t know how I spent so much time without a band. All I can say is that it was worth the wait! I’m looking forward to us playing somewhere.
Today I bought new strings for my bass. I love their sound. It’s so bright and clear I can’t even put it in words. Bass is such a powerful instrument…
The heat around here is really awful, but as I’ve said, I’m in a positive mood, so I don’t really care.
Don’t forget to take a coat before you go out! =P
Take care!
Huge hug! =)
…and the most incredible thing is that “I” (as a complete stranger) am writing right now on a democratic way – even without feeling freedom.
this is not a revolution, technology have been here since the beginning… so the revolution would be the death of humankind.
what a nice capture of a happy moment
I would pick the guitar!
keep on rocking melissa, keep on rocking!
Happy new year!
Cheers!
that house in the background looks like the home of the yukka brothers…
do you live in that house, melissa? or do you even live with the yukka brothers? must be fun…
hi melissa
maybe one of these days we will connect by telepathy with computers help, a little bit like the x-man mutant.who knows?
happy 2006 to everybody and especially to the very sexy xmelissax . unfortunatly i have any talent with guitars so i will use shovels to dig for the truth inside.
dominic gauthier xxx
Melissa,
I’ve been a long time fan! I am also interested in doing remixes of your songs – how does one go about doing that?
It’s great to see that you had a new year’s eve full of fluorescence and fun.
Mine was spent with the company of family, friends, retro boogie, and champaign!
An other holiday with music.
Love Nathan.
What an amazing place it must be where you live Melissa I say as the temerature here in my home is reaching 30C before midday.
As for digging for the truth could be a bottomless pit, the truth doesn’t bear scrutiny.
2006 should be really good. I have a film coming out. I wrote it. It’s pretty good.
Have a good one as we say over here in Blighty.
What happy amazing photos!!
Here’s a couple of technology suggestions for 2006.
- Video diary of your 2006 tour to promote the new album – it might be easier to manage than a textual diary.
- Tour photo book – Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs just released a photo book called “I Hope You Are All Happy Now”.
- It would be great to see you appear on Letterman during 2006 as well.
It’s Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Sunday (and my dad’s too!).
Take care,
Darren
Hi Melissa!!!
love your blog(and your music:), thank for sharing your thoughts with us.
have you heard the Dresden Dolls?
should listen, great band!
Hope you had a great Christmas and that 2006 should be a great year for us all; musically and personally.
Love the blog. I think it’s great that you actually keep it up, and don’t forget about it after a while. No snow or severe cold on this end of the planet. Hope Canada is making up for the lack of winter down here. All the best…
melissa,
happy 2006 from miyako-jima! may the sun continue to shine on the creative energies of your universe.
xo,
julia
Hi ,
I‘m still not soooo used to the internet-communication as a lot of other people I think, but I see myself spending more and more time at the internet cafe, and after someone told me about myspace.com I even signed up there and am still in in the exploring process, and I see that there are loads of great artists and music related people as well.
http://www.myspace.com/plastik_punk
I still love writing and getting old-fashioned letters, by the way. It just takes much more time I guess, which most people don‘t seem to have anymore these days, including myself…I love the picture with the shovel, it suggests that you got still beautiful natural environment around you. Even though living in the big city has its advantages, I would love to have a little place in a vast landscape…snow has been melting again and now it‘s just freezing cold over here.
Greetings from Berlin!
Ciao Melissa,sono un tuo fan italiano!Mi chiamo Pasquale e volevo dirti che mi piace molto la tua musica.Ciao!
http://spaces.msn.com/members/phascal
ON NOES!!! i was late to get to this one and my message is all thew way at the back!!!!!!!!!! Snow… what a foreign idea, it really is, it never snows over here, Infact it snows allmost no where in australia and not at all in perth! U posted on the 4th… 1 day after my 18th bday!!! now im very late to get t this i know but hopefully u wait to read good old gnomeys posts ( i doubt that highly) so basically in theory i can type whatever i feel. hmmmmmmmm… i am a stegasauras, im gonna eat the world, grrrrrrr… lol, yes just ignore me, the world wide web a place where you can be yourself or someone completely different!!! All inhibitions thrown away, its like electronic alcohol!!! Writing letetrs seems foreign to me but now im 18 iv got a lot more mail… mostly from the bank etc. i prefer no mail, leaves me peacefull!!! anyway, enough of my madcap rambling, good day and good night from hot australia to cold Canada, a cross the interweb we connect!
Love Gnomey!
Miss U in France, girl… =)
Happy New Year!
Miss U in France, girl…
Happy New Year !
Hi there, I was surfing the internet and I found your blog. I enjoy the style of how this all works.
I’ll be coming back again.
Regards,
Frank
Arctic Monkeys
Hi Melissa,
you don’t, by any chance, feel like marrying a german bookseller? just give me a ring…
luv & greetings
arthur
HEY!
I seriously cant wait for your new record. I’m still a devoted listener, and want to catch you live again… SOON!
Jason Pierce
http://www.myspace.com/jasonpierce
jasonpierce1@hotmail.com
(1x Katy & Rich, Boxed & slightly used)
PEACH, PLUM, PEAR
PEACH, PLUM, PEAR
PEACH, PLUM, PEAR
I must declare that Joanna Newsom is simply amazing. Anything with lyrics including,,,,
“I have read the right books
to interpret your looks
you were knocking me down
with the palm of your eye.
,Go Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na.”
But if we really must get serious…… SNOW…. Yes natures white demon….. yes even worse than all disease rolled into one. However if your knocked down with the palm of someones eyes then you are the one with the real trouble.
However,the dark ages of camelot are coming, the desent to the medievel civilizations fast approach, their ageing effects, influence all of middle earth. To the point where we have but no choice but to bow to our new impending rulers. The barbarian invasion rattles at our boarders, they are unsatisfied at the way in which we run the people we command. With the darkness rising all around us, they pressure the changes, the alterations, the acceptance of their ideals and prospects and their recipie for southern friend chicken (see you next wednesday favorite chicken)
Graham smith says, as would an eternal prophet, that everyone must run an up-to-date virus checker and keep an proper backup of your operating system.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!
Back to the matter at hand, snow should be removed as quickly as possible.
For without proper preperation, the hammer and sickle will come down hard upon thy mortal skull, and all shall cause all to tremble before the red moon rising, ‘cos as we all know the red moon interpreates the work of Belelzibeb himself, and all his evil little fairies….. like elton john.
For if we can not construct the nessesary bridges that cross the devide between the clouds and cubes, deviding the intent between countries, sheltering their demands and goals…. then what are we to be. Mearly be an earwig that is angry, taking out its anger on musical bubbles on a rainly day. For as we see the witches yarn streches far over time space and reality, bending our own conceptions the theory of the universal construction, is there a god? only god himself may answer.
But how may we know if he were to be answeing, the universe as a whole is huge, the simple supernova to the most complicated worm…. does devine intervention manifest itself in those crazed skeletons rushing towards you. Mummy is angry, they despise the way we are destroying the enviroment in which we thrive.
Deplomecy, as it were, now offically called “peace” by other means. Has failed. We are now in an age in which looks can kill. The nod of the head can signal the destruction of a nation. We live in a time where thoughts can mean elemination. And bands desert our major cities and start to play shows in the forrests…. the safest place on earth.
As we can all see, the gardians have fallen, the protectors have failed and the apocolypse comes upon us. Fire shall rain from the sky and we should dig, dig until we are under the snow, the snow of cooling logic. Here may lie the ultimate and immidiate goal, to shape the face of the new world…. to goven the morals of the new people and to simplify the rougues of society.
However we must all take part, all of those who wish to participate in the new world, dance tha dance of the living, and limbo the limbo of the willing.
However, there must be a few rules, for one, they will only want you when your seventeen, when your twenty one…. your no fun, but in the long run we shall see, that you will not turn out how you want to be…… you want to be, a bee….. dont you?
Speaking of snow, theres one way of showing the travels on a certain girl through the path of the wicked white witch, she travels throught the magical cupboard, as you do, into the mystical land of narnia, a cupboard, inhabbited by lions…. and lepricorns and flying castles and….. those chearful folk who go buy the low key melody.
GO GO POWER RANGERS
YOU MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love you all
R&K
it’s hard to decide… i think ill use the guitar… you can dig out a lot of thinks with a song..anyway…
MONDAY IIL GO TO SEE FOR THE 3° TIME “FOO FIGHTERS” IN CONCERT..
IN MILAN!!!!
have a nice 2006 Melix!! kisses Richard
this i s 4 u!—> listen http://www.vithra.com/haipaura.mp3
Great blog. If you like you can visit personal development.
Yes, surfing the Web, actually doesn’t feel like surfing at all… I love the feeling i get when i submerge myself in this virtual, wired world of words, images, sounds and videos – the Web.
I think it’s a very important step in our evolution. It has changed so much.
For example Melissa, how do you feel that what You are writing here in Your blog might be read by someone in India, Africa, or maybe even from the heart of Siberia or by a sailor on a ship heading to Antarctica…? This very thought is amazing. It’s very similar to the moment i first launched Google Earth. It’s beautiful. A bit scary too, but… just magical.
And ‘researching’… Blogger to blogger researching. Well, i’m a beginner in blogging so i don’t know, but i have been active on DeviantArt website and this is the most amazing art community. I don’t think any artist even 10 years ago could foresee that something like this could exist and influence visual artists all around the globe. To share, to research, to exchange, to create. Co-create.
Internet, then IRC and chats, then WWW, then communicators, webcams, voice over IP, blogs, forums… and now some great projects like Google Earth, eBay or Wikipedia… Wikipedia already changes the way students work all around the globe. This single invention is for me probably one of the top ten things that humanity gained through the spread of the world wide web. It’s beuatiful.
Hey Melissa,ma copine dingue de toi,c une fane absolue,méme quand je lui ai appris a jouer Good News elle a passé des nuits a la jouer avec sa basse,ce que je te demande est simple,tu lui envoie un mail,et si possible une photo de toi dédicacé,tu lui di que c’est de ma part(cadeau de St Valentin;)sn e-mail c’est natasa123@hotmail.com,ca nous ferait un énorme plaisir sue tu fasse ca, merci énormément,Kiss on t’aime Melissa^^
Hey Melissa,I forget to tell you before, i’m really sorry, but i don’t write in english cause i don’t wanna do some mistakes, so i’ve writed in french, sorry, and pleeeaaaasseee, answer me Ok? because you are my last hope, naaa i’m joking, really i don’t know what i must offer to my girlfriend for St Valentine’s day,i love her so much, and i thinked that you can do something for her, it’s simple, just send to her a mail from you, and if possible a photo of you dedicaced, you send it to this e-mail adress:”natasa123@hotmail.com” ok? pleaasse save me, lol, no really, she’s a biig fan of you, when i learn her how to play “Good News”, every night before sleep she play at minimum 2 hours of Good News with her bass, she’s a bassist just like you, so please, don’t forget us,just a simple mail to her that’s all, anwser me soon, Kiss, We love you Melissa^^
In Mexico we love you!
ps I’m having a little trouble sending comments so if I do it twice please excuse me and I apologize.
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Hello youz!
Would you please consider playing the hallowed Hark to Towler (how can you resist with a bloody weird name like that?!)whenever a UK tour surfaces?
If you check our site out ( http://www.hark2towler.co.uk )I think you’ll find yourself wanting to – there are links to the adm site & everything.And everything!!!
Hope you can – it’d be the absolute pinnacle of all we’ve worked towards. We’re haunted too!
Ha! Ha!
Cheers mate
Jon (Landlord H2T)
ahhh ur awesome
i love your cd
andd i LOVED u in hole
i wish u guys didn’t break up
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