Rollin', Rollin'

So, we're back in action! Both Amaro Dolce and King Tut have been letting things sit on the back burner for a bit, but we're kickin' it up a notch...BAM! Oh, the Emeril line never seems to get old.

Anyway, we've been trying to bump up King Tut's online presence by getting them exposure on a ton of different social networking sites tailored to music. One of which, The Sixty One, has been treating them quite well! They're currently number 2 on the hot list and have been climbing the charts immensely. Way to go, KT!

So do your part, check out the site, and listen to their music. While you're at it, you should check them out on last fm, iLike, and virb--all of which they're now a part of.

On another note, I hope everyone had a nice Friday-The-Thirteenth weekend. Josh came to visit Mariko and me in Boston, and we spent the weekend watching some amazingly awful movies--a few of which were some low-budget horror films (Hey, we had to bring in the 13th somehow!). We also got tickets to go see THE MARS VOLTA in September! I'm super psyched to see them, since I've been trying to for the past 5 years now.


Speaking of shows, if anyone's going or has gone to see some good ones lately, comment on our blog and let us know about 'em! We'd love to hear all you have to say.

Sweet summer sing-songs

Oh, geeze!
Final exams and projects has had me separated from interweb adventures, but I'm finally back! Done with spring semester 2008! I'm completely Borklee'd out.

King Tut is playing with Liars on the 10th at The Rocket Club in Asheville!
Go out and see them live-- it's well worth the 10 bucks or so for the ticket.
If you can't make it out the night of the 10th, come out the 16th for their show with The Poles!

Summer will soon be in full bloom with shows popping up left and right, and I'm so very excited!

I dunno how much you all like vandalizing otherwise everyday scenes with art, but here's a cute way to take that idea into your everyday internet grind!
Paint That Shit Gold. Just put in your favorite URLs in the "gold bar" and be the baddest vandal this side of the web.
Paint that shit gold. What a name <3
Props to Ben, interwebs PI.

It happened. I finally gave in

...and am officially a bike commuter! (Don't expect to see a chrome bag on me, ever. Saaamm.. Raaaph...)
What better day to have had my first home-to-school commute than on Earth Day.

I hope you all did something eco-friendly. Even Josh probably recycled something by accident!!

A website I tend to go to a lot is TreeHugger.com. I know, it sounds like a little much, but it really is an awesome feed for everything green. You can even pick and choose what you read by category. They've got some amazing recipes as well as products showcased, so click around-- I'm positive you'll find something to your liking.

Remember that post oh-so long ago on a game called Crayon Physics Deluxe? Well, for all of you without tablet PCs is Magic Pen.
Wasting electricity playing computer games? Hey, I gotta balance my bike riding out somehow...
Thanks to Ben M. for the tip!

birthday bash rhymes with... hash?

Mr. Arar and I have birthdays only 3 days apart, so we had a combined night of birthday fun! We had so much fun that we made ourselves stupid.
Thanks to everyone that sent us birthday love! It was much appreciated.

I went to see Autechre last night and it was a nice break from the everyday grind of school >work >homework >practice >sleep.
I wish they didn't play so much trancey stuff. Rob (?), I think his name is... Rob, I could've done with less of that. I had never seen them live up until then, so it was really neat to see 'em do their thaaang.
Their myspace is pretty awesome, by the way.
If you have a chance, check out their album "Untilted." It's one of my favorites.

Tapes 'n Tapes will be tearing it up with White Denim this Thursday at the Paradise
and Cursive will showcase some brand new songs Monday night in Providence, RI at Club Hell


Other than the shows, crickets have been chirp chirping away on the home front, but no one's complaining. The weather's pretty nice and it looks like it's only gonna get better. Things are looking up for the AD kids!!

Heyyyyy! Costume made of ballooons!!

Please, No Bloodhound Gang Jokes!

For the past month-and-a-half and some change, I have been paying attention to Isabella Rossellini's "Green Porno". It has nothing to do with environmental conservation or Greenpeace members doing the nasty nasty in Jellystone Park. In fact, its kind of entirely SFW unless your "boss" is a furry and will get offended/aroused. In which case, God Bless 'Merica.






P.S.: I'm Josh! Whats your name?

Vote Vote Vote by April 8th!

As Mark and Drew so adorably lay it out in the facebook event they've sent around:
HELP King Tut WIN $1000/ INFINITE FAME!

Being the earth-friendly boys that they are, King Tut has entered a contest for a spot at an Earth Day show at the Orange Peel.

Taken from the event page:

step by step instructions on how to vote (in case you have trouble on their site):
1. go to http://www.earthdayasheville.com (or click here)
2. scroll down the page to the section "register to vote"
3. enter your email in the box to register your email address (they won't send you junk mail I SWEARS IT)
4. check your email
5. click on the link provided in the email you just recieved
6. should be self-explanatory from here--just go to the "cast your vote" section on the homepage, fill us in, and you're set!

Also, if you have a wee bit more spare time, check out these other Asheville bands and vote for them!
EAR PWR: (IN THE LIVE ELECTRONIC SECTION)
Electropop--if you like Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, or (especially) Chromeo, you will like this band
EAR PWR myspace (suggested song: Raise Da Roof)
Menage: (IN THE ACOUSTIC/FOLK/WHATEVER SECTION)
Alt-country rock--if you like Ryan Adams, Yo La Tengo, or real awesome Oldies, you will like this band
Menage myspace (suggested song: Shrinking Gun)

It only takes a minute of your internet surfing! the added plus of it being for TWO (if not more!) good causes!

I was grinning ear to ear by the very end of it!

My trip to New York was fantastic! It was just what I needed to get away from suffocating ol' Boston.
I spent all day, every day in a different museum-MoMa and the Guggenheim- from the time it opened to the time it closed, just immersing myself in the art there. It was so inspiring and refreshing to be transmitted something other than music for a bit. Sometimes, being at Berklee, all the music you take in can be a bit much. I hope to post a few photos when I have the time! The ones I took are mostly of artwork, so those of you that are art nerds (har har) will appreciate it, I'm sure. I came back with a notebook full of ideas and thoughts and am really looking forward to implementing them.
Of course I did some other things while I was there; ate wonderful food, went to wonderful cafes, boutiques, and even to a clairvoyant! More on all this as time goes on and I have time to unfold the fun times!

...and to stay on the topic of art, here's a video of an amazing painting by an elephant!

I can't believe the technical skill! in.cre.di.ble