On Febuary 20th, at P.A.'s lounge, we will be playing a valentine's day themed show with Young and Old (ex-B for bronto) and Noah Britten. Submit song requests to your favorite bands along with with dedications to your sweetheart!

     When you are going on first date and you want to give him that "I'm ready" impression, it's often a good idea to dress extra sexy to let the guy know just what you want. On the other hand, though, you might not want to seem too ready lest the guy think you're a totally trashy slut. When finding the right balance between the "saint" and "whore" look, there are a lot of factors to consider, and depending on the particular guy you may want to lean more or less in either direction. The key of course is to finding the right balance for the right guy, and I, as a guy, can tell you exactly what you need to know down to the most minute detail. So ladies, get your notebooks and pencils ready, put on a sexy outfit that makes you feel confident that shows a lot of your perfectly shaped firm breasts and then call me for a date. I mean, take notes while your reading this (and also if you want to, call me for a date).

Dressing extra sexy on a first date can make you both look and feel really cute, but depending on the guy we're talking about, this could work for or against you. A more secure, and therefore idiotic, guy might think something like "Wow, this girl is really fucking hot, and she totally wants to do it with me. I rule." But get this! Many guys might be intimidated by your sexy look, and think along the lines of "this girl is too beautiful for me. She can't possibly like me. She must have some strange ulterior motive to be on this date. Maybe it's a dare. I want to kill myself again." But the worst reaction is disapproval, which might sounds something like "she looks like a fucking booty girl. I have nothing in common with this person. I should just have sex with her, and then try to find someone to date whose intelligence is equal to or greater than that of a five-year-old mongoloid." Obviously, these three reactions couldn't be more different than night and day and sundown, but but that's the crazy world of men for you. So, what on earth can you do to know how he's going to respond to your look?

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No news is good news.

This month my brother and I will be playing a great deal of shows as the Simon Brothers at various venues such as all asia, the middle east corner and P.A.'s lounge. These will be very different from double-stops shows. I hope to see you there.

The double-stops are seeking a drummer for their band. If you think you are he or she, please contact us either through myspace or by e-mailing us at btsimon@gmail.com.

Putting these blog things up is really an exercise in futility. But in case anyone cares or even doesn't care, but reads this, my brother and I are starting a electro-acoustic punk side project and we're playing with the fixations on the 27th of this month of september at the bull finch yacht club.

As you can see, there is a new song that has been added to the profile. It is titled "tell me what you want to say" for the conservation of space, but its full title is "Dont tell me the words that I want to hear (tell me what you want to say)"I hope everyone enjoys it; It is near and dear to me. There are many mistakes in this recording, but I left them in, not for artistic intent, but because i was lazy. I hope everyone's life is going well, and I'll see you at the next show.

This is truly a strange time for the double-stops. we will not play another show for a while, but why am I telling you this? Do you even exist? I am not convinced that you do. WHo has read this but me? THe internet is truly a massive, lonely place. People are so lonely. Technologies like these do not connect us it seems to me but rather alienate us from the people who we can actually interact with, but this might not be true. I am listening to the masterworks of Nobuo Utematsu right now, it's really helping me figure things out I think.

We recorded the new shit with greg and it sounds great! thanx greg!

On a sader note, the show this saturday has been cancelled, but will very likely be rescheduelled for early or mid June. Also come to the Zeitgeist every sunday 2:oo-3:3o; it will be fun; we'll be there!

Ben Simon of the double stops here! We're going into the studio with greg this thursday. The new shit will get recorded! Hey, all y'all, I know you be readin' the double stops' blog in secret, and you just refrain from posting comments and other things that would indicate your having viewed it, b/c you're shy, but regardless of how shy you are or are not YOU MUST COME 2 THE SHOW THIS SATURDAY CUS' IT'S GONNA ROCK AND CRITICS ARE CALLING IT "THE SHOW OF 2005"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is BTS signing out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!