a reminder

well i've been listening to this band for a long time, and all the sudden this is one of my favorite songs by them. it first hit me when we were driving to la in the van, and the song was playing while i was half asleep in the passenger seat. FUNNY HOW IT WORKS OUT LIKE THAT. i've been listening to it on repeat, pretty much exclusively, for the last week or so. it comes from the airbag/how am i driving? ep, which is splendid. scraps from the ok computer sessions, so good, i'm sure you already have it...

"a reminder" by radiohead
http://www.mediafire.com/?7gaw3mdlucw

been getting some funny rad libs, we'll give you guys a bit more time before we pick winners though. here's one in the meantime, click to enlarge:

how to let go

hey kids,

sorry for the lack of activity on here, we were in LA the past week or so. played a show at viper room on monday, beauty bar in san diego on wednesday, and spaceland on thursday. that was our first time playing in san diego, and our friend kari showed us around to all the hot spots. inspiration point, and the 24 hour mexican restaurant where all the crackheads eat. san diego was a lot of fun, but maybe that was since we were hanging out with kari, because i hear san diego sucks. LA was blastastic as usual. thanks to everyone for coming out! it's a joy being able to play more shows in LA, since you can't really play more than once a month in the bay. starting to see some familiar faces out there, which makes us very happy. we also got to take some pics with our homie hadas. hopefully we'll have some of those up soon... at home for a week, then we're heading back out to LA for a couple more shows and to work on some videos. more info on that soon.

onward and upward... i came across this old demo the other day, and since i doubt we are ever going to use it, i thought we'd post it on here. parts of it sort of resurfaced in our song "crosseyed," so you might notice some similarities. i'm going to start posting stuff more on mediafire (is this the best site for doing this?), since files tend to get lost on our ftp.

"how to let go" media fire link: http://www.mediafire.com/?eyymmnsqys1

here's a picture of joe in san diego:

rad libs contest!

heyooo,

you may have noticed this "rad lib" on our myspace page, and wondered "what the hell is that?" well, it's just that, a rad lib" but more importantly to you guys, it's a chance to win some free stuff. all you have to do is fill out the rad lib, just like you would a mad lib. take a picture of it, or scan it, and send it to us at themorningbenders@yahoo.com. write whatever you want. go wild. we'll pick the best ones, post them on our page, and send you a free copy of our soon-to-be-released 7 inch for "waiting for a war," and 2 tickets to our next show in your city (where ever that may be)!!

without further ado:

click to enlarge:

LA ba ba

CLICK THE PIX:

shoot the piano player

i have been listening to these two songs on repeat, and i wanted to share them with you all. i tend to obsess over certain songs and play them on repeat for days on end, and i haven't been able to get these out of my head. they are both from the movie "shoot the piano player" by truffaut (which you all should see if you haven't) and are composed by georges delerue. on a side note, truffaut also did "400 blows," probably my favorite movie ever made, which has a fantastic theme that i will post at some point later on. anyway, the first song posted, "charlie," is the main theme and the 2nd a variation for the finale. i think i actually prefer the finale, it's just too short! when i was at home for the holidays this past week my younger brother was learning this on piano, and because it's pretty involved, he was playing it a lot slower, and i came to like it that way more. it has this great melancholy quality to it when it's slowed down and the changes come out more, which also happens to fit perfectly with the movie. anyway, enough. more songs soon, maybe we'll post a new demo or a cover or something? what would make you all happy?

main theme link "charlie": mediafire
"finale" variation: mediafire

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

happy new years to all our friends and family and our friends' friends and family and everyone else who happens to read this blog that we hardly know. this one's for you guys:



this is a live version of "crosseyed." we filmed it in a couple spare hours we had while our buddy sisco was in town. it was shot high above berkeley near the lawrence hall of science.

everyone be safe tonight, see you in 2008!

live at youtube!

last week we swung by youtube to say hello to the good people, and play a few acoustic numbers... here's a couple of them:

the first, a cover ... "crying" by roy orbison



and second, a song off our new album ... "crosseyed"