argh, what is wrong with me? im BLOGGING about this? man...but seriously though....as someone who has smoked cigarettes for 3 years after quitting for a very long time before that i am so done with this crap. i have to say though two days ago i slipped up and smoked 2 to 3 cigs in a day and every since i have been a mess. i mean mainly emotionally a mess...coming off of this stuff is the hardest shit and its wrecking me pretty bad...has anyone in the world actually quit smoking and been ok with it? what the hell do i do? i really dont want to be an hero over this, but hell..this is almost worse than death it feels like. i guess i smoked lightly to moderately heavy off and on for 3 years, typically smoking rolling tobacco. im glad i made this decision when i did to stop smoking again, because emphysema runs in my family and i dont want to not die by that..this is just seriously rough stuff. anybody got and tips and tricks to get through this horrible feeling?

..which to me, makes me think that all the work has paid off. i feel vindicated in the sense that nintendo power is a well known magazine, i mean who hasnt heard of it? thats where we all went back in the day to get our cheats and hints. it was a very awesome thing for them to put this article in the magazine, i cant thank my boy chris morgan and matty metro for taking these pictures which they used. check itout.

NOW YOURE PLAYING WITH POWAR V IS NOW AVAILABLE! THIS RECORD TOOK SO MUCH OUTTA ME THAT I NEED TO PUT IT IN YA FOR THE HOLIDAYS! HERE'S THE WAY IT BREAKS DOWN:

01 - slalom
02 - adventures of dino riki
03 - blaster master
04 - battle of olympus
05 - arkanoid 2
06 - armadillo
07 - a reesha de ikou
08 - bionic commando
09 - air fortress slow (with spamtron)
10 - air fortress fast
11 - fire emblem
12 - esper dream 2
13 - dr mario
14 - blaster master
15 - itadaki street
16 - argus
17 - deblock
18 - donkey kong (with spamtron)
19 - fantastic adventures of dizzy
20 - fantasy zone
21 - gumshoe
22 - final fantasy
23 - toki no sugiyuku mama ni (with khonnor)
24 - gargoyles dream 2
25 - gi joe 14
26 - gi joe 18
27 - legendary wings
28 - metal storm
29 - startropics
30 - rc pro am 2
31 - spy hunter
32 - fighting golf 5
33 - fighting golf 7
34 - little nemo
35 - arkanoid
36 - link 3
37 - link 9
38 - zelda fortress
39 - smb 3 9
40 - smb 3 10
41 - booby kids
42 - ferrari grand prix challenge
43 - gyruss (with house)
44 - itadaki street (with khonnor)
45 - final fight (with ilkae)
46 - chip n dales rescue rangers
47 - isolated warrior
48 - hogans alley
49 - goonies v: datas trip to hot topic mx
50 - ice hockey
51 - smb water
52 - smb 1-1
53 - vs baloon fight
54 - wai wai world
55 - werewolf medley
56 - werewolf medley
57 - werewolf medley
58 - wizards and warriors 1
59 - wizards and warriors 2
60 - faxanadu
61 - famicom tantei club
62 - 70 - special hidden tracks aka "where i give something extra to you"

band website

additional production on this record by spamtron, housethegrate, ashane, ilkae, and khonnor aka grandma aka i cactus.

all of the songs on here with the exception of argus and toki no sugiyuku mama ni are all unreleased, and i dont even think i released argus anywhere. the record is completed, and you can get it for $5 postage paid via cash money, usps money order or regular money order, or $6 through paypal, payable to 'cmorgan (at) fakeaccount (dot) com'. sadly, i cannot accept any forms of int'l money order ie canadian postal money order, but contact me for alternatives, we'll work something out. if you send cash in the mail, please make sure you send it in a birthday card, or wrap the money in a few leafs of paper to obfuscate the outside of the envelope, or else cruddy postal workers will take the money if they see it. please write your address inside the envelope with any orders as well in case the outside gets smeared, which happens a bit.

also, please please please do not write any check of any form to 'shawn phase', because that isnt legal yet, im hoping to make that legal asap, any money orders or checks need to be adressed to 'craig jakubowski'.

there are 2 songs from this record here.

love, shawn

well...today i called a few places about jobs, which i seem to be having absolutely no luck with right now...i put applications in at 4 places and called all of them at least once, and then after waiting on the phone hear tall tales about how they're going to call me back...if they only knew who or what i was. it's a shame people have to try and exist in such foreign circumstances, this society that the massive is forced to live in can be pretty cruel sometimes.

ive done some new tunes lately which are usually involving live drums and sequenced stuff, some of them are on the i yobot album, they're at dragolf's page and thanks dragolf for mirroring these for us.

im also working on songs #2, 3, 4, and 5 from the video game cover cd today. i figure if i get 5 songs a day, i should be able to have this cd done in time for magfest this year. the magfest webpage is where you go for into about it. i hope you guys will consider going, it's around finals time for people, but it's going to be good. i'll be mcing and doing live cover sets inbetween bands, and going for the record of most video game covered at a live performance. lets hope i can go the distance.

check the webpage out as well, it's been revamped with info on getting the i yobot cd and it'll have info about the new album when thats available to me and everyone.

yours in sparks
shawn d. phase

the magfest webpage

two days ago, someone who i consider one of my most influential heroes was stripped from us. a man who has help sculpt who i am today as a musician who fatally shot and killed on stage in front of his brother, doing what he loved. everyone knows who i speak of, and i dont even want to say names, because im too upset at this point to even think about it. i just want to ask everyone to remember him and say a prayer for his family, especially his brother. these words cannot express how upset i am with this, i feel as if a part of myself is gone, and living inside of me now at the same time. i truly cant find emotions for it. i dont know why there is not a 'disguisted' mood with this blog, as thats the only thing that can come close to what im feeling. thank you for everything.

so..i am leaving for arizona in a few hours. i will be partaking in what may be possibly the best show to take place, mr pacman, i hate you when youre pregnant, osama bin sars, totally radd!!, and MY BELOVED MINIBOSSES...i will be aking a cameo appearance as well, so i hope to see some of you this weekend. hold my mail, hold your brains. becaus this is going to be the beginning of the end. hugs and kisses, shawn

the flaming hatred IT BURNS IN ME the raging passion IT BURNS IN ME your vassal and i dont remember being asked IT BURNS IN ME absurdity IT BURNS IN ME absolutism IT BURNS IN ME all the chldrens please for reasons of their own enslavement IT BURNS IN ME all the traditions IT BURNS IN ME when noone listens IT BURNS IN ME and all of those who cannot fathom such an action IT BURNS IN ME the tyranny IT BURNS IN ME it makes me scream IT BURNS IN ME trying to seperate my soul from individuality IT BURNS IN ME sisyphus' smile IT BURNS IN ME my own denial IT BURNS IN ME to know free will is right outside my brainwashed mind IT BURNS IN ME when i would pity IT BURNS IN ME my place in my home IT BURNS IN ME and wont let me not know that the gun i hold is loaded LOADED. LOADED. YOUR GUN IS LOADED

SO I CAN NOT STARVE, seriously guys..ive been eating nothing but ramen and rice (and not much of it) since the 4th of july, i've eaten maybe 8-10 meals, and you all know that's not right at all, im by all means the definitive 'starving artist'..i hope that you all can see it in your hearts to purchase such a beefy endeavor from me, this is the 4th cd ive done, and i wanted to have it out on the 4th of july, just because the name is 'the last battle of lagrange point', and all of the others have came out signifying some sort of date, but im happy to say its here, its done finally, and that i hope this disc will hold a place in all ya'lls hearts. here is the front and back cover arts, supplied by none other than neal iannone, aka nealjagaiden.

im not at liberty to discuss the tracklisting (you all know that theres hidden shit on these cover cd's, gotta be prudent), but a list of songs from games is below:

altered beast*
argus
(the last battle of) lagrange point
alfred chicken
crystalis
dragon warrior*
blades of steel*
asterix
deja vu*
faxanadu
b-wing#
friday the 13th*
goonies iv: chunk's malady
gyromite (4 song medley)
mach rider
metal gear
rygar
tecmo world wrestling
werewolf: the last warriors (4 song medley)
ducktales: moon&
zelda 2: town@
zelda: save music& and opening music[r>(and then some other morsels)

* done by request
# with sidescroller
@ with ryan8bit

availble for $4postage paid.

shawn phase
2700 christopher ave, baltimore md, 21214

thanks.

man...i feel really bloggy right now..im listening to some serious old joints that have been done back in the day and im thinking about how im going to get newer ones out there. does anyone have a cd burner? access to this sort of thing in lieu of the death of min would drastically help us in our travels any pepole within a 30 mile radius may want to come catch my set at the mojo, july 27th, i'll be playing second. tempsoundsolutions. ill also be playing with the power ups 2, a band that does video game covers as i do, which should be may entereataining. that show will be on august 12th, a thursday. also at the mojo. please keep in touch with me about events, so that i dont have to track YOU down. which i will, like some type of fucking beast. shawh phase tmpsndsltns http://www.tempsoundsolutions.tk/