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Hey kids!  First things first; we’re playing a FREE show tomorrow in Abbotsford (yes, cheapskates…it’s absolutely free)!  We’re on at 7pm at the University of the Fraser Valley for their Party on the Green.  This will be more fun than shaving a baby (which you can do here, if you’re so inclined http://i44.tinypic.com/72d1jm.jpg ), so make sure you come out and bring your mom…especially if she’s hot.  If she’s not, bring her anyway.  We’re sure she has a great personality.  This may be your last chance to see us for a while...just sayin'.

Also, we are going to be announcing some pretty mind blowing news within 2 weeks, so make sure you keep checking back… that’s all I’m going to say about that for now!

I've got a giant heterosexual man crush on all the guys from Saosin right now.  If you haven't heard their new album, go do it now.  Even if it means you need to stop working or making out or whatever the crap you're doing right now.

xoxoxxx

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Hey kids, I don’t have much time to write a thoughtful and/or witty note.   Just imagine a brilliant burst of entertaining prose and insert it here. Whatever you came up with, that was pretty much exactly what I was thinking. 

First, it’s my sister’s birthday today, and I want to wish her, well, a happy birthday.  Hey Ruth-Anne, the pony I got for you is in your backyard.  Sorry about all the pony crap.  Apparently he has a very sensitive digestive system.  The good news, however, is that he LOVES Mars bars, so just feed him a few of those and he’ll eventually stop biting and kicking.  Just make sure you’re not behind him when he lets loose.

Second…thanks to all of you who came out and showed us love at Warped Tour last Friday!   It was more fun than rolling really big rocks down giant hills (all the dudes will know what I’m talking about...), and we were stoked that we got to play with our friends in Fighting for Ithaca again.  Those guys are pretty much gold, and I’m pretty much more into them than I was into the Sears Catalogue lingerie section when I was 12. 

Third, I built a myspace page.  We’ve had the band one forever, and I thought, “hey, I don’t spend nearly enough time on the interweb, and I really have no life, so why not create more ways to waste time?”  Anyway, feel free to hit that up: http://www.myspace.com/philipandrewmaloney

Aight. I’m late for my tapdancing lesson.  Don’t go near Ruth-Anne’s house.  There’s a very aggressive pony with explosive diarrhea menacing the backyard.  Just a heads up.

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xoxoxxx

Hey kids,  it's been an awful long time.  You have no idea how bad we feel about that.  However, I'm no stranger to feeling bad, so f&@* it.  For example, I love ladybugs.  Weird, I know, but I've always found them fascinating and beautiful.  However, they are much better off without me.  I remember catching one and inadvertently smothering it.  I still feel bad about that.  So now, I admire them from a distance.  It doesn't mean I feel any differently about them; it just means that I know I am a buffoon that would just mishandle them.  Much like the toad I gave to my sister when we were kids...she squeezed it so hard the guts came out of its mouth.  Ew.  Anyway, back to the original topic...sorry for our absence.  We'll make it up to you somehow...

Oh, I just thought of how we can make up for our negligence...how about we rock your faces off at Warped Tour this Friday (the 14th) in Vancouver?  Deal?  OK. See you there...just look at the schedule when you show up to see where we're playing...and make sure you come chill with us after the show!  We're mega stoked to be sharing the stage with our very good friends, Fighting For Ithaca...

Here's some other news.  Livenation hooked us up with some insane tickets to go see Blink 182 last week.  We were less than 20 feet from the stage, so we could smell the guys' sweat.  Whether you're a Blink fan or not, Travis barker is a legend, and I'm going to blatantly rip off some of his stuff soon...I want to give a huuuge thanks to Tom for his hookup, and to Byron at Livenation. 

Speaking of Tom...sorry all you ladies....he got hitched to Sabrina last week.  Yep...Tom is married now, and I really don't have enough rad things to say about both him and Sabrina...they are some of my best friends, and I am honored to play in a band with him.  Although Sabrina is neurotic (heads up....do NOT go into a gelato store that offers 218 flavors with her...you will not escape for hours), she is hilarious and beautiful, and Tom is a very, very lucky guy.  I guess Sabrina is lucky too.

So ya, that's it for now.  I promise I'll start trying to catch up on the hundreds (literally) of emails that we are behind on.  We do read them and appreciate them, and we want to thank all of our fans for being the raddest peeps (do the cool kids still say that?) on the planet.

See you at Warped Tour.

xoxoxxx

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So, I was walking to the Roxy last night in Vancouver, and I saw a meter maid standing beside a meter that had three minutes left on, just waiting to give a ticket.  Because I’m an incredibly super guy, I put some money into the meter so that somebody would be spared the suck that a ticket is.  I totally wasn’t expecting what happened next.  This little troll of a meter maid started yelling and swearing at me!  She began to call me all kinds of names that I can’t repeat because my mother sometimes reads this blog…keep in mind this is all before I had even said anything to provoke her!  Completely bewildered, and a little amused, I thought I’d stir the pot a little more.  I told her that if she hated her job so much, maybe she should go to school and get a worthwhile career (those who know me know that I never look down on ANY career, as long as the person doing it enjoys his/her job…I just wanted to talk smack cause she was being such a boot).  Well, if I thought she was angry BEFORE…she now started turning purple and told me that she HAD gone to university (and threw in a few tasty expletives for colour).  I started laughing and said, “and THIS is all it got you?”  Wow.  At that point, she lost it, and I walked away listening to her yelling at me all the way down the block.  Weird.  I wish I was making this up.  And I thought the homeless people here were crazy…this meter maid makes them all look pretty stable.

Anyway, we pretty much blew the roof off the Roxy last night.  The place gets more and more packed every time we play there, and we want to thank all the people who came out on a Tuesday night- that’s hardcore!  There are a few people who are especially rad: Jason and Marissa- you guys come out to EVERY show, and you’re pretty dang amazing; Shannon- WTF???You took a ferry from Victoria just to see us play?  Holy Moses…impressive!; Mylle and Emine- thanks for the Unicorn…not nearly enough people bring gifts for us!; Vanessa and Derick- I wasn’t trying to be a snob, really!  I looked for you guys a couple of times and kept getting sidetracked! ; Courtney- thanks for choosing to celebrate your birthday at our show! And all the other people that packed in….you’re all sexy.   Also, huge props to Rain City Murders and A Trophy Life for playing with us- you made the night special and we have mancrushes on every single one of you!

Oh, and here’s big news (maybe)!  I had two different people contact me yesterday and today to tell me that Crocs is going bankrupt!  If this is true…..yesssssssss.  The only bad news is that they will probably be blowing out existing inventory, and all the mindless meatheads that bought them in the first place will stock up and be wearing them for years to come.  Dang.

All right, I should probably go do something productive.  And by productive, I mean play the new Punch Out game for the Wii.  Little Mac is back!

xoxoxxx

You may remember that one of my least favorite things about the summer are all the Crocs that suddenly appear on the feet of the fashion-challenged population.  Another thing I dislike about summer is that it's bird season.  Birds have been my nemesis for years.  One crapped right in my mouth one time.  Really.  It didn't taste like chicken. Another time, I had just been diving with great white sharks in South Africa, and then I proceeded to get violently seasick right over the side of the boat (much to the delight of the neighboring sightseeing boat and all the little fish that suddenly appeared and gobbled up my recently departed breakfast).  I thought things could not possibly get worse.  Then  a seagull crapped on me.  And recently, I thought somebody threw an orange peel or something at my head.  Nope.  A very enormous bird crapped on it.  They also seem to gang up on my car...often.  I think we should just dewing all those scourges of the sky and then let them go.  Problem solved.  I can handle a bird crapping on my foot.

Anyway, you may have noticed that things have been a bit slow lately.  You noticed correctly.  We have all been extraordinarily busy the last couple of months, but we are all alive. We are also still very handsome, just in case you were wondering.

Aaaaaand....because we have been so busy, we have not been booking shows for right now.  Our last Vancouver show for a least a while happens tomorrow night at the Roxy.  You should probably head on down there.  Early start, so be there at 8.

xoxoxxx

Hey Kids!

So, summer is here.  The hot weather has brought out smiles, tank tops, indie kids who insist on wearing scarves to accessorise their perpetual frowns, and.....Crocs.  For the love of everything good and holy kids, please stop wearing these abominations.  I've even seen people wear socks with them!  Note: you are not "pulling them off."  You look like a douchebag.  I am very careful not to judge (with the exception of cyclists wearing spandex when they are not in a race) what people wear, cause I rock a particular Guns n Roses t-shirt that most people think should have been relegated to a dumpster in 1989.  Sacrf-wearing indie kids, you make me giggle, but I have no problem with your attire.  Crocs, though????  There needs to be a line.  Please stand up for everything that is just and right in the world and join me in banishing this scourge, this footwear folly, from the streets.  Umm, ok.  Rant over.

We want to say a huge thank you to all the amazing people who showed up at the Bourbon the other night!  I know 8:30 is an early start time for a Friday night show, so to see so many people there was shocking and inspiring!  I have never heard Love for Money before, so I had no expectations, but I have to say this: even if my expectations were high, they would have been blown away!  Make sure you check them out here.

My friend Ryan from Ryan Keating and the Sons of Kain showed up; we used to play shows together a long time ago, and it's good to know he's still kickin' it!  You can check out his band right here!

OK, and of course, the most radtacular part of the night was Fighting For Ithaca.  You have probably heard me go on and on about these guys.  The truth is, I have an enormous heterosexual man crush on FFI.  Their music is some of the best coming out of Vancouver right now (I mean this; it's ridiculously good), they are some of the friendliest guys I have ever run across in a band, and they are sexier than Optimus Prime in a bikini (2 of my favourite things)!  They are also in the top 20 bands for CFOX's SEEDS competition this year.  I know a lot of you don't know what that is, but in short, it's a huge contest, and Fighting for Ithaca has beaten out literally hundreds of bands to be in the spot they are in right now!  Here's how you can help them out: first, go listen to them here and see for yourself how incredible they are.  Then, on MONDAY, JUNE 8th, at 8pm PST, either call 604-280-2369 or text "fighting for ithaca" to 843369 to help them get into the top ten bands.  Taking a few seconds out of your night will help them more than you can imagine, so please show them some love!

Our next show is July 21st at the Roxy in Vancouver.  This is kind of a big deal- the Fox is sponsoring it, and 7 bucks gets you admission plus a beer and pizza.  You can't even score a cheap high for a better deal, so make sure you come out!  Opening for us are Rain City Murders and A Trophy Life.  This is going to be one sick show, so make sure you hit us up early to get some advance coupons that guarantee you admission plus get you three bucks off the door!

All right, I need to go stand on the street with a sign publicly decrying Crocs.  Watch this video of a baby panda sneezing.  If you don't find it absolutely adorable, there is something seriously wrong with your black, black soul.

Peace out brussels sprouts.

xoxoxxx

Hey kids,

So I noticed something the other day: I'm a closet ginger.  I know, I know, it's a frightful time in my life, but I'll get over it.  When we were growing our playoff beards, mine definitely showed red.  I just thought I'd get that out there.  I don't like secrets between us.

OK, so shows coming up:

1) the Bourbon THIS FRIDAY with our good friends Fighting For Ithaca.  You probably don't want to miss this.  This is a Vancouver show, and it's not all ages (sorry!).  We're on right at 8:30, so don't be late!

2) The Roxy in Vancouver on July 21st.  For those of you who were at the last Roxy show, you know that these things are off the hook!  More details about this one to come soon.

And now some kinda big news.  I (Phil) submitted an audition video to be Faber Drive's new drummer.  It's not on their site for voting, so if you could pleaseplease go here and vote for me daily from as many computers as you can!  Also, if you got other people to do the same using twitter, facebook, whatever, you'd be triple awesome.  (btw, my twitter is oscphil, tom's is osctom, and the band is onestarcity ). 

Also, while you can view the video and vote right on the Faber Drive site (please do that first!), you can also help out by going to Faber Drive's youtube channel and giving the video a 5 star rating.  The video just went up late last night, and already it's #36 in the top rated videos in Canada...for realz, yo!  So if you don't have a youtube account, pretty please sign up for one and rate that suckah.  Thanks so much!  The link is here.

So, you might ask, what does this mean for OSC?  The answer is...it will make us more better.  I know it's a long shot, but if I get into Faber Drive, I will be touring and practicing and stuff, but when I'm in Vancouver, I'll still be working my butt off with OSC.  Those of you who have taken the time to talk to me know how much I love this band and the guys in it, and I won't be going anywhere!  Josh, Tom, and Greg were the first people I talked to when I considered auditioning, and like true friends, they have been completely supportive.

So ya, if you guys could all do these things for me, I would appreciate it like nobody's business.  Thanks so much, and feel free to contact us....people always seem surprised that we write back (admittedly sometimes a little late)...but yep, we'd love to hear from you.  Please spread the word about the Faber Drive thing, and I'll do my best to wash all of your cars.

xoxoxxx

**** update!  Cassandra was super cool and made a Facebook page for people to show their support....join it here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=100766182584

and also a lot of ugly ones.  Some of the sexy ones, however, are in a band called Fighting For Ithaca .  They just made it into the top 20 bands in CFOX's Seeds competition.  This is sort of a big deal.  Remember the time your mom was all happy and made a big deal out of the first time you successfully used the potty (for some, it was later in life than others...Tom completed potty training and graduated from high school in the same year)?  Ya, that wasn't really a big deal.  Your mom was just lazy and wanted to quit changing your filthy diapers.  THIS is a big deal.  Go and register, and pleasepleaseplease vote for them every day.  The FFI guys will personally give you a big sloppy australian kiss if you vote for them.

So ya, go here, sign up, and vote for them every day! 

Also, if you want to see us WITH FFI, you should probably come to the Bourbon on June 5th for our next show.  It's pretty much always a wild party.

See you there!

Oh, and if you want nightmares for the next ten years, watch this!

xoxoxxx

Wow, are we ever way overdue for a blog!  Life has been getting in the way, so life pretty much deserves a punch right in the face.  Things have been good though!

We played a couple of all ages shows over the long weekend, and I've gotta say, you guys know how to rock!  Huge thanks to Jennie for putting on the show on the 15th and to Daniel from Citizen for all your hard work for the 16th show.  Both nights were the most fun we've ever had, and all the bands killed it!  Bridges Out, Timothy, To Kill For, Death Valley River Pirates, and Citizen, we love you all like a fat kid loves McDonalds.  Maybe more.  And I know I've already mentioned Daniel, but this guy is so hardcore that he knew all the lyrics to our songs...so we figured we'd just hand the mic over to him for "The Great Escape."  Dude, you nailed it!  We were all pretty impressed.  Just like the time we saw Ryan from Fighting For Ithaca fall off the stage and somehow make people think he meant end up in the crowd.  We were pretty impressed that time too...

Our next show is at the Bourbon in Vancouver on June 5th....you should pretty much be there.  It will be more fun that a room full of balls.  Like the ones at McDonald's, sicko.

I don't have tons of time to write a lot at the moment, and yes, I am painfully aware that we are tragically behind on emails and stuff...we'll get to that soon!

In the meantime, go waste some time on this site.  It will totally be worth it.  Totally.

xoxoxxx

So, I managed to do the impossibe last night.  "What's that?," you might ask.  Well, let me tell you.  It was even more unimaginable than licking my own elbow or finding a cool rollerblader.  Here it is: I saw a movie worse than Twilight.  Or at least part of it.  My friend Mike Maddison from Kamloops was in town, and we thought we'd go see Fighting.  It was even more awful than the time pigs ate my little brother.  We sat through about 1/2 an hour, then went and asked for our money back.  I have NEVER done that, but I also have never seen a movie so terrible.  So ya, just a heads up...go see I Love You Man instead.

Our show at the Penthouse on Friday was off the hook!  So many of you showed up, and we had a rad time!  The sound was pretty terrible, and we know that, but you guys made it fun anyway!  Huge shoutouts go to Dan and Ben from Waiting for Sunday (along with the guys they brought along); the girls from Girls N Roses (I don't think I've ever seen anybody rock that hard at one of our shows); Jennie and Jessica (you guys are so hardcore it scares me....and you were also so into the strippers it was a little creepy); Eric and Wes (I haven't seen you guys forever, and thanks for reminding me WHY I don't hang out with you very often, Eric); Michelle from the interweb (thanks for dragging your brother out!); Alex from Flood of Fire (dude, it's been so long!); and Tessa and Courtney from Indigo Unleashed! (We'll do shows for you guys any day!).  I know I'm missing a lot of people, and I know this must be really boring to read, but we really appreciate the people who support us.  Last, but certainly not least, thanks to Bridges Out and Fighting for Ithaca for absolutely killing it with us!  Looking forward to playing with you guys again soon...and to all the new people who showed up and made us look good...interweb high five!

We've got presale tickets now for the May 15th all ages show in Maple Ridge!  Let us know if you want some, and we'll hook you up like a cheap junkie!

Also, if you were planning on coming to the May 16th show in Chilliwack, you may have noticed that the promoter cancelled it.  This was news to us, and we still haven't heard from the promoter yet.  However, thanks to the good guys in Lights Out, we are still going ahead with the show.  It will be at the same place, and we will still rock the daylights out of you.  It's an all ager, and it will be hotter than all of your moms. 

We're super behind on replying to emails and comments...we're fully aware of this.  We will be getting caught up soon, but in the meantime, please don't take our lack of replies as an indication of our dislike for you!  We dislike you because you wore spandex while you were riding your ten-speed bike on Granville island on Friday.  You weren't in a race buddy!  It took my entire body just to hate you.

Oh, and random story for the day...I was in Seattle recently and found myself in Denny's (I know, I know...but I'm about as white trash as they come...growing up in the interior of BC will do that to you).  So anyway, I saw on the menu they have a "barnyard in your belly skillet."  Well, it might not be called that, but it had like 27 different kinds of meat in it.  Not many of us have the opportunity to have an entire farm die in our stomachs all at once, so I guess this is for those of you who really have a hate on for all hooved mammals and want them all dead and in your gut.  In any event...absolutely terrifying.  It should probably be illegal.

OK, I think I've rambled enough.  Have a great Monday.

xoxoxxx