Mike Shay

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2008-12-06T08:10:00.004-05:00

In regards to my health it will always be a rush decision.
Things never get old, they just seem to repeat time and time again.
Nothings refreshing, it's all gone stale a long time ago.
Ageless beauty and commemorative lifestyles.
We're leading ourselves, not the future.
We hold nothing formoirselves, and keep nothing to ourselves.
Unwilling to try new things, it's all circles.
The city never sleeps although i wish it would.
Everyone needs time to rest and reflect.
It's human nature, up close and personal.
Unwilling to back down.
Never allowing.
Never forgiving.

christ ol'mighty

2008-11-13T14:52:00.001-05:00

im bored.
and this blog business is getting lame.
let's party.

Collages!!!

2008-10-25T01:52:00.003-04:00

"Ape Spectacle"

"Panda Children"

"Wrestler Atrocity"

"Hydrogen Bomb"

"Tokyo Orange"

New works of art.
enjoy!

Mike, Mike, Mike...

2008-10-17T18:10:00.001-04:00

Nobody dies like this,
not in this way,
not at this time,
not with these people,
not in this state,
not like you want.

"Lol Pop Tigero" Project

2008-10-09T12:26:00.004-04:00

This is the first album.
West Tzech

This is the second album.
Stars Are

ENJOY!

On The Horizon

2008-09-30T23:09:00.009-04:00

-Des Reves-

I've started working on and writing songs for Des Reves.

It will take a while to get everything how i want it to sound so i

will do my best with updating the progress of teh first EP (TBA).

-Plural Howl-

And as for Plural Howl me and Kim are a few songs into the new EP. It's

coming out sounding very relaxed and not too noisy. It's not really overbearing.

-Mandrill Records Website...-

The Mandrill Records website is going to be put ASAP. Once me and Andrew have the oppertunity to, we are going to buy the delux deal and things should be running smooth once the site is not under construction.

-Third Season-

The revival of noise-rock-jam band Electromagnetic Spectrum, formally (me, adam, and robbie), is now dubbed "Third Season". We have one practice so far where we've recorded two songs. It's a very rough recording but its just something to work with. With an upcoming practice on the way, and more songs being recorded, i think i will put them all up together on sendspace for anyone who would like hear them. Or possibly the Mandrill Records site, depending on the time it takes for either one to work out.

UPDATE:

2008-09-30T13:51:00.003-04:00

*haha. yes it is.*

Des Reves - Song #1

2008-09-28T22:11:00.004-04:00

We're moving upward
we're moving out
we're getting bigger
we're getting smaller

we are what we are
we're humans and atoms
we are what life wants
we're adams and eves

we've come a long way
we're far from home
you are where my heart is
and thats all i want

hello to this new feeling
goodby realitys mindsets
let's turn the tables
and see what we get

approaching the fireplace
leaving the stars
hello to this new feeling

this house is ours

-SIDENOTE-

smoke pours out from holes in the ground,
fire lights up, and fills the monochromatic sky,
the end of the world is what we've found,
gravity is nothing but fortune thats fallen.

a little time in the day with animals and color,
a lot of time in the day to love one another.

whats been going on?

2008-09-28T20:33:00.002-04:00

today i watched boiler room
with andrew and worked on art shit.
like this.
i wanna record.
so i'm going to.
real soon.

i promise.

what a find!

2008-09-28T11:49:00.005-04:00

i found this little beauty by the curb
when andrew was dropping me off at
my house. i love it so much. i'm going
to use it to record some new stuff today.
yes sir i am!

"Little Brother shall be his name"

from now on

2008-09-27T16:12:00.001-04:00

i'm going to update this more with things i find
interesting on the internet
and less personal stuff.
i'm going to make more connections
and branch out a little more.

goatees and school/ no school.

2008-09-23T17:31:00.003-04:00

made these two little beauties
while i was on the phone
with danny "dudley" grjonko.

i yelled at two teachers today.
why can't people just fuck the fuck off sometimes?

Plural Howl

2008-09-22T06:33:00.002-04:00

after school, i'm going to Kim's house.
we're going to work on a new musical endeavor.
it's going to be called Plural Howl.
a link will follow this post, so all can tune in.

hells yes.

today

2008-09-20T13:01:00.003-04:00

i'm kind of busy today.

i'm going to fiona's "sweet 16".
so i'm not sure when new art work will be posted.
i'm at my friends house now,
waiting for him to wake up and drive me home.
hopefully tonight, there will be new artwork up...

--something i found by Bruno 9li--

look what we found!

2008-09-17T20:00:00.005-04:00

i went to kim's after school.
this is what we found.

series of the masses

2008-09-16T21:02:00.007-04:00

all day it felt as if i was just floating in lukewarm water.
no drama, no shit, nobody annoyed me.
it was a fantastic day actually.
i've been working on lots of art pieces lately.
i'm gonna try and post a new piece every day. or every other.
here is a little something new just for you!

Pt. 1 "Illusion" - Pt.2 "Deceiver"

dinner bells to ring

2008-09-15T21:58:00.003-04:00

so today was going by really slow.
i got the opportunity to spend time with kim after school.
so that was extremely fun.
and awesome, and all that jazz.
i finished a new art project at her house that i began last night.
it took about 3 hours...
i like how it came out.
it's pt.1 of a two part series/ collection.
i couldn't scan the whole picture. it's the best i could do.

spooner

2008-09-13T15:03:00.002-04:00

so i stayed up all night at the spooner residence.
it was an extremely beautiful sky this morning.
i slept when i came home.
and now it feels like i'm existing in lukewarm water.
just floating around.
tired but not.

living alone

2008-09-12T17:37:00.002-04:00

its raining cats and dogs.
lets all get fucked up.
we'll dance and sing.
around helicopters in space.
put me in place.
in a car chase.
and put on your game face.
evidence #1: School Is A Waste Of Time.
You are a waste of time.
beast of burden in a happy meal.
tornado alert in the television.
refill my prescription.
burn down the crackhouse.
let's build a clubhouse.
1,2,3,4, lets have a gun war.
garbage party, landfill suburbia.
lets look through through telescopes.
lets drop some acid.
lets summon the devil.
lets get drunk.
lets yell at each other.
lets take some pills.
lets smoke some cigarettes.
lets go to sleep.

i wrote this today.
all on my own!

i'm working on some music this weekend.
kinda like NLD stuff.
but better.

i need more time on earth

2008-09-10T22:17:00.003-04:00

so i can do everything i need to.
meet the people i need to.
create everything i need to.
learn what i need to.
experience everything i need to.

lil wayne

2008-09-08T15:39:00.001-04:00

mad good at the VMA's

Oh My God!

2008-09-05T06:46:00.001-04:00

i was lucidly dreaming,
and in my dream state i screamed Oh My GOD!
and immediately after, my alarm went off.

today should be ok.

back to school

2008-09-04T15:22:00.001-04:00

i never blog.
i'm just not that interesting. i will blog more though.
i'm just always so bored.

school is really easy.
and boring.
but i'm still living for the weekends.

since christian takes so long...

2008-08-09T22:44:00.007-04:00

killing the presidents one by one.
you can be my wall.
you can be my arcade for hire.
forest fires for naughty animals.
hard at work, late at night.
your car accident is exaggerated.
sleep tight, and look the the right.
out of mind is out of sight.
everyday and every night.
my father is your father.
and were all the same.
equal rights applied to minorities.
pawn shop jewelry in your eyes.
embrace your beasts.
feed your pets.
put down money.
and place your bets.

one for bone.
and one for you.
one's alone.
i've found the clue.

the woods are on fire.
im trying for time.
everything you now own.
used to be mine.

four days later

2008-08-09T22:36:00.001-04:00

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mneyil

new album.

i've been sleeping at my friend christians for the past two nights.
and i'm going to again to night.

i got that party going off in my head right now.

bye.

Solar City Eclipse

2008-08-05T15:59:00.002-04:00

yellow lights illuminating my face.

the gutters cough up trash and take in bood.

men in suits walk into the movie theatre.

foxes foam at the mouth, gurgling PCP.

and i look at you. and you looked at me.

winning the olympics wasn't a big deal.

as long as you feed me tofu, i'll get you girls.

diamond studded animals.

totem pole traffic lights.

i see why they call you grandma loretta.

in the park they use lollipops as weapons.

car wash song birds. 1, 2, 3, 4.

video game elephants.

all for one, and one for two.

without all those drugs, we could play clue.

fake money for halloween candy.

fake honey for christmas corn dandy.

live in my closets and sleep in the trunk.

i never said that i like you better when you're drunk.

humming birds in my sleeves.

i wish you would sleep.

store bought fruit.

store bought drugs.

acoustic guitar frontman eric estrada.

sunflower fire hydrants.

senior born dollar bills.

20$ for England.

babies born for London.

fires start in the badlands.

experimental mechanics on the east side.

real choir in the sky.

be my guide, be my mother.

guess my birthday for a prize.

guess my wind and hit the chimes.

man hole frisbee, after school special.

bus driver drilling, put up the windows.

planes like these crash every day.

money trees are sometimes too cheap.

and sheep never did seem to help me sleep.

plagues and wordplay. good night friends.

Scribbles

2008-08-05T12:17:00.003-04:00

So i'm writing again.
seriously.
i'm done putting it off.
plus i now have my sisters laptop set
up in my room which is really convenient.
hopefully having the laptop here will make me wanna write more.
on this blog and for the book i'm going to start writing today.

its going to be short stories, excerpts, random thoughts, and some poems.
i'm pretty excited to start it.
and i'm pretty excited to start updating this a lot more.

fuckin its been a while

2008-07-22T02:46:00.001-04:00

staying up so late made me realize i should be writing more.
more bragging and bullshit nobody reads...
its ghood therapy.
it really is.

artwork up tomorrow. i'm done fuckin around.
g'night.

woodlands

2008-07-07T16:16:00.002-04:00

i've been up and down.
but i'm still around.
i'm trying to open myself up.
more and more.
i've discovered i like being picked apart.
i sometimes enjoy expectations.
i sometimes enjoy the time alone.
haven't written in what feels like months.
i'm waiting for something.
and i know what exactly what it is.
i just have to sit tight until its all in the same frame at once.
in the back of mind it will be soon.
you can just feel the explosion waiting and hibernating.
it will all flash before our eyes soon.
sooner than you think.

Acapulco Gold EP:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ckwwa1

chumps

2008-06-27T22:52:00.002-04:00

birthday gift to myself! i'll start writing in this thing again!

not much has been going on lately.

summers started, i've been sleeping a lot.

getting bad head aches.

yadda yadda yadda and on it goes.

anyway, im finishing up the first michael shay ep.

i think its going to be called Alcapulco Elle.

i'm still tossing around ideas.

im playing sudoku. im not so hot at it.

so im practicing.

ill talk more later.

goodbye friend.

no one except yourself.

2008-06-12T15:12:00.001-04:00

nothing big goin on. ill be putting up some art tonight i think.
nothing big going on this week. or this weekend.
almost my birthday. i dont want a party. or anything.
i just want to get out of school.

be back later.

stroke

2008-06-08T03:34:00.003-04:00

i stayed up late last night. followed that by waking up late.

after showering and eating me and my grandparents traveled

to where my Aunt Dorothy is being kept. She had a stroke and

now she mumbles everything, and when you you can hear she

doesn't really make sense. she didn't remember who i was.

she looked really mad at me, out of nowhere. it was way too

much to handle. a'll never forget that look.

its been a rough week/ weekend.

i'm up late now. again. of course.

finishing my paper for a class i'm failing.

i worked hard on it. i hope it pays off.

tomorrow i have to go to my sisters dance recital.

after that i'll probably just end up passing out.

i'm so tired. i can't keep up.

i'm going back to being a hermit for a while.

i need to hibernate again. live in my bed and in my head.

goodnight friends.

father

2008-06-06T20:53:00.002-04:00

i just got word that my father is divorcing my step mother.

"wow dad, second failed marriage.

i hope i don't end up like you. i really don't.

and i won't. you're pitiful. you're just my friend.

fuck you father. get a goddamn perspective.

get you're shit together. get you're head together.

this is why i hate you friend."

convenience stores

2008-06-03T20:16:00.002-04:00

no place to hide, just a little on the side.

fuck your guidance, please, no more rules,

i get enough of that bullshit in my days,

and in schools. with paint on my hands,

i point to the sky, toward everlasting light that bends, transends,

and later gives birth to th evergrowing green sea, that sea in a bottle with

a boat and a tree, all for me, im not giving it up,

so just move a long sir, i must be filling my cup,

its about that time.

its about the time time time,

to stick blisters on your fingers,

and make that dime. feel alive, feel free, fall down,

inbetween your loud mouth concious, and me.

its all for free if you want, its just some junk.

its nothing in particular. colors stacked up high,

moving mach five, traveling on the by and by,

just trying to glide up at night.

still reaching for that light, balloons popping, drugs pushing,

its like the bad ending on a never ending movie.

new york im loving you, just as long as you love me back.

6:00 in the morning, thats when i lose my sleep.

2008-06-02T21:37:00.003-04:00

i hate waking up.
i wanna sleep for all eternity.
i wanna hibernate the hours lost.
sellin them to the city.
i use weapons so i can support.
play fair, and enrage new york.
pride aint shit when got no fingers.
holding onto to the only feeling that ever lingers.
i wont erase, just press on in due time.
then open my chest, take a look, and see what i find.
what i found. on the ground ain't nothing to break.
you just try to relate, but with mercenaries on your back,
you turn to slack and then cap your head. laying in bed
rest your head before you shred, before you're dead.

lame ass rhymes before my bedtime.
day was dull. nights a loss.
tomorrow ill bleed and trouble will have a cost.

fuck it

2008-06-01T12:42:00.001-04:00

fuck it, fuck you.
fuck everything.
me too.

a strange week

2008-05-31T01:08:00.003-04:00

so its really fuckin late.
1:11 in the morning.
listenin to the streets.
best day ever in staten island.
chillen with josh for mad hours.

this week was really weird though.
it seemed to just drag on.

new art will posted up tomorrow.

i promise.

i'm not awake, i'm not here

2008-05-26T21:24:00.001-04:00

finishing up school this close to summer is a real bitch.
god damn. i just wanna be out and work and sleep.
i'm so tired of fucking people.
just certain people. i want a cigarette.
fucking christ. get me a cigarette and a nurse.
and a bed and some drugs and some beer.
i have school tomorrow, but im getting out at twelve for a
doctors appointment or something.
so i'm thankful for that.
i chilled with lauren this morning and cogen later on.
me and cogen went to New Hope, then we went to kims.
i met up with danny over the weekend too.
so i did actually do something.
i also worked and slept.
slept a lot actually. something like 16 hours, then 8 more, and on the
next night it was like 12.
in a period of about two days.
rediculous, i know.
i'm mike shay, nice to meet you.

late night at AAC's

2008-05-24T02:27:00.000-04:00

so right now i'm on dannys macbook.
it's 2:28 in the morning.
i haven't been up to too much in the last four days.
went looking for a job today and there was no luck in doing so.
cogens tonight is the highlight of this weekend.
i can tell already.
i've been working on a lot of new writing,
as well as some art that will be posted soon, and
i'm finishing up the new EP, "No Longer".
i just have to name the tracks and order them.
with everycopt of the new EP i handout i will be including
the first issue of MSM "mike shay magazine".
the EP will be ready for distribution on monday.
it will be free. instant message me if you want a copy.
SN= Putdown321.
goodnight my peeping toms...

release date

2008-05-20T22:15:00.000-04:00

The "No Longer" EP will be released May.26.08.

Should be a solid EP with about 20 or more tracks.

2008-05-19T14:41:00.000-04:00

Today was pretty boring.

I was lucky enough however to come into school late.

i made this in german class.

save your skunk blood for a rainy day.

the week ends

2008-05-18T23:34:00.000-04:00

this weekend was not bad at all.

everything went well.

streamlined events.

good friends.

all i need.

inside.otherside.outside.

2008-05-17T00:56:00.000-04:00

so instead of going out i stayed home.
made this little guy.
a call him GrizzlyGrills.
took about an hour to make.

Colorfull

2008-05-16T18:10:00.000-04:00

Basically i did nothing today.

Worked on some songs.

Realized to many people go nowhere.

Drew these two

hallucinations in class.

First one is my favorite.

Second is alright.

I need to get out tonight.

Im really gonna try.

waves of bark and light

2008-05-15T17:14:00.000-04:00

don't know what my plans are tonight.

should work on that new cd...

the name is going to be No Longer.

and i made this little ditty in study hall.

whatever happens... today was unproductive.

and my weekend most likely

won't work out cos' i'm mike shay.

inzombia

2008-05-14T22:20:00.000-04:00

so its a beautiful day.

certain things happened that made me very happy.

so all in all it was good.

i just need to stop sleeping in school.

i just need to start sleeping at night.

i need to figure out my future.

blah blah blah son.

ill be working on my new EP tomorrow.

its sounding pretty good.

...at least i think so...

todays not a day

2008-05-13T20:47:00.000-04:00

i passed out in german today.
and the bus ride home.
some kid woke me up at our stop.
thank christ he did cos' i wouldve kept sleeping.
life is fun.
fun as hell.
hell is fun.
fuck my life right now.
strict parents are so annoying.
drop acid.
smoke crack.

shop&andstop

2008-05-12T21:48:00.000-04:00

i have to admit...

Stop and Shop is a strange place...

new kinds of drugs

2008-05-12T17:56:00.000-04:00

lauranachronism (4:57:22 PM): you will be. eventually. in one way or another.
lauranachronism (4:57:39 PM): i'm not just saying that to like, shit on your good time or something.
lauranachronism (4:57:43 PM): it's just facts.
putdown321 (5:00:36 PM): its not true

new cd coming out soon.
ill keep you posted.

just doing nothing

2008-05-11T22:44:00.000-04:00

did nothing today. i got in some trouble and im terribly tired. be back soon