http://www.shapiropeople.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:11:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I bought a digital camera. It will be nice to have when we hit the road again in September. Thanks to everyone who has emailed or Facebooked us with venue suggestions or a place to sleep. You all are truly the best. A few pictures... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/john/a-few-pictures/ We have just released two new live tracks on the Ecclesiastes download card. We recorded these tracks at MACRoCk 2008 in Harrisonburg, Virginia and they were mixed by our good friend Joel Lehman. This is the first time ever the song Hiding Out has been available! If you ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/news/dan/macrock-2008-live-tracks-added/ Releasing these live tracks got us thinking about live recordings in general. We documented our reflections in a brand new YouTube video that you can view here. This is also the debut appearance of Box Head Pot Foot Man. Pretty exciting! http://www.shapiropeople.com/video/dan/silly-shapiro-live-tracks-are-for-chumps/ We have a brand new t-shirt design by our own guitarist Nathan Granofsky. This V-neck American Apparel shirt is modeled after a 1974 David Bowie shirt design. Get yours today at our store! Our "SHAPIRO 2008" design is printed on the finest V-neck American Apparel shirt. $15.00 USD + S&H Shirt SizeXS ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/news/dan/new-shirt-available-now/ I'm sitting in my room, chomping on a Freeze Pop, listening to some crunchy tunes. I am antsy to play some shows. We will have some soon.Meanwhile, I have been listening to a lot of SongSuns, my brother's side project along with Chris Hansen, a very talented friend of old. ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/john/john-lately/ hello. I went to Iceland in May. It was amazing. Had a ton of fun. A few tons actually. Saw many amazing sites. I am away from my home computer right now so here are some pictures from the internets of some of the things I saw with my very own eyes. that ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/jeremy/mad-bad-and-dangerous-to-know/  CLICK HERE to listen to me read the message below as you read! Dear Everybody, I'm listening to it. As I'm writing about it. My friend and I made it. We celebrated because of it. Go to http://www.myspace.com/songsuns and  http://www.facebook.com/pages/SongSuns/13347733373 to see it. You can buy it. What's the cost of it? You choose it. Pay as ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/nathan/sosongsuns-getuhyoo-is-it/ Wow, so I haven't posted up in here in ages. AGES. Not doing much now. Listening to the Polyphonic Spree: Fragile Army. I really really like that album. Their live show is amazing. It's like 30 people on stage playing music at once, and somehow sounding amazing at the same ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/carl/long-time-no-csea/ Saw Radiohead last night at Nissan Pavilion. What an adventure. Sold out show (capacity there is 25000), we were on the lawn, and it poured rain the ENTIRE time. The sidewalk became a river basically. But cold and windy and wet as it was, it was worth it for Thom ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/john/only-for-you-radiohead/ I'm attempting to integrate this simple philosophy into my life. My reasoning is partly influenced by my current reading of Verses From the Center. A small step in relinquishing desire, perhaps? Perhaps not? My "who cares" philosophy is also largely influenced by Adam Baber. It may be a bit nihilistic, ... http://www.shapiropeople.com/blog-entry/john/who-cares/