February 2012
3 posts
WatchMy good friend Sal is putting together a film on “bugchasing” (a slang term for the practice of intentionally having unprotected sex to heighten the risk of getting HIV). Sal has become a skilled director of short films and I encourage you to check out this project and contribute to it if you can. Here are trailers for Sal’s previous films, “Requited” and...
January 2012
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November 2011
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August 2011
4 posts
July 2011
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June 2011
4 posts
Interview: Attica! Attica!
pmpdblog:
Aaron Scott has been making his own style of punk rock in bands like De La Hoya and Marathon for over 10 years. His latest project is a solo outfit dubbed Attica! Attica! His latest album Napalm & Nitrogen was released on Black Numbers records back in 2009. PMPDblog was lucky enough to catch up with Aaron and talk about the band’s future plans.
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May 2011
4 posts
I live sweat...: "...we fall woefully short in... →
There’s a blog called I Live Sweat that has been posting a compelling essay series on sexism in punk music. I decided to submit my own essay, and it was just published yesterday. If you have a few minutes, give it a read. Feel free to e-mail me to continue the discussion.
Thanks to Andy at I Live Sweat for getting this series going. I also want to give a special thanks to those friends...
March 2011
3 posts
February 2011
4 posts
January 2011
3 posts
straightenmysox asked: okay, i missed your live video chat.
when is the next time you're plannin on doing it?
when is the next time you're plannin on doing it?
December 2010
3 posts
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
2 posts
September 2010
3 posts
Pay The Machine.
I was pulling out of the parking garage at the Hyatt in Rochester, NY. After a month of staying in the sketchiest motels on the company’s dime, decadence prevailed at the Hyatt. But unlike the Red Roof’s and Super 8’s of the world, coffee isn’t free at the Hyatt. Neither is the parking. $4.00 for an overnight spot in the parking garage. That was fine, but when I...
16.September.2010
Have you noticed the new website? I hope so. I’m really, really, excited about it. There’s still a couple kinks to work out, but you should browse around and check it out. I owe it all to Iris at Start Here Designs for putting it all together for me. Thanks, Iris! I’m also getting really, really excited for these shows coming up. All the details are in the last news item...
13.September.2010
I’ve got shows! As always, e-mail aaron@atticaattica.org with any questions.
The What About Very Old Friends Tour
19.September.2010 Rochester, NY @ The Shark Tank, 5 PM, $3 donation Pre-Show BBQ at 2 PM! w/ Josh Mordecai e-mail aaron@atticaattica.org for address
22.September.2010 Oswego, NY @ The Bat Cave, 15 Orville St., 6 PM w/ Mayflower, Ghost Robot Ninja Bear (solo)
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August 2010
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July 2010
1 post
7.July.10
I bought an accordion. I am well aware that this purchase is the musician’s version of the Nordic Track. This will not languish in the corner of the garage, my friends, oh no. The day after I bought it, I bent my finger back very, very far against a basketball. Now I cannot play my accordion. I guess that’s appropriate, since I don’t know how to play it. What I’m...
June 2010
1 post
8.June.2010
At this moment, I am looking at a big stack of money. It’s more cash than I’ve seen on my desk in a long time, and none of it’s mine. Last week, I played a benefit show for the Jake Stults Foundation. It was an average turnout for an Attica! Attica! show in Portland, and the requested donation at the door was $3-5. Perhaps you can understand, then, why I was astounded that the...
May 2010
1 post
12.May.2010
I lost a friend this weekend. He started the first band I was ever in. He was my oldest friend in Portland. The last time I talked to him, he invited me to sing for his new band. Now he’s gone. There’s a lot that I feel, but not much left to say. Except this: Here’s to Jake. The most excited storyteller, the most animated bass player, the most unpredictable van driver, and...
April 2010
1 post
15.April.2010
Despite my highly enjoyable first visit to the basement of the Breakfast and Dessert House in Philadelphia, I still did not expect this second show there to be as fantastic as it was. The ambiance of the basement is a perfect mix of dinginess and coziness, full of friends past, present, and future. Nick and company put together a good mix of acoustic music, astoundingly good considering they...
March 2010
5 posts
30.March.2010
Getting on a plane in 8 hours to go out East and see the good people. Hope to see you in NYC or Philly! - Aaron
26.March.2010
LAST MINUTE EAST COAST SHOWS! I’m playing in NYC and Philly next week. Check the shows page for the details! - Aaron
18.March.2010
Okay, the Great Facebook Experiment of Oh-10 seems to be working. I even learned about RSS feeds yesterday. I don’t mean to fashion myself as a complete nincompoop when it comes to Internet stuff, it’s just that I only care about the Internet when it can give me things I need. Like pants. I need new pants. Give me pants, Internet. You really can’t even blink without the...
15.March.2010
I just made a Facebook page for Attica! Attica! I don’t understand how it works. The Internet is making me feel like Grandpa. The Grandpa who can’t program the clock on the VCR. Er…I meant Tivo. I’m not going to beg for you to become my Facebook friend or whatever, but it would be nice if I could get more fans than the Attica! Attica! page that someone else made and...
5.March.2010
Apparently there’s a new movie in production called Attica! Attica! Attica! So 5 years from now, everyone’s going to think I got the name from this movie, no matter how accurate or inaccurate it is. I would hope that, when naming your film after a chant that is intended to expose abuse of state power, you would have a film that’s sympathetic to those whom the state does not...
February 2010
1 post
22.February.2010
Full disclosure: I’m addicted to the song “Watcha Say” by Jason Derulo. If you don’t know it, it’s probably better if you don’t look it up. While I firmly believe that autotune and over-production are out of control, I am fascinated by the major label methodology of producing hits. I enjoy seeing what maximum expenditure can (and can’t) produce in the...