Entries from June 2005

I Want What I Want (Maine and onward)

June 30th, 2005 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

I Want What I Want (Maine and onward)

I want what I want. We all do, I guess, and I just happen to surround myself with people who are willing to admit that. On one Defiance, Ohio tour, bored in the van, we broke out the guitar and went around exchanging verses, teasing each other about the things that we secretly (or not [...]


A fake crash … and a real one

June 27th, 2005 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

A fake crash … and a real one

Before tour, I was sleeping in the tree house behind my house, my old room now inhabited by a recent Bloomington immigrant while I was across the Atlantic. It was nice to sleep up in the tree, but noisy. I would fall asleep to the sound of crickets and frogs and I would [...]


song lyrics

June 13th, 2005 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

song lyrics

I haven’t had an honest conversation in weeks and irony rolls off my tongue much more easily and I don’t think its mean but it represents a chilling disconnect from reality. And nation building nation states are captured in the acetate or filtered to our heads through the flicker of the windows on our [...]


the demise of the greyhound

June 13th, 2005 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

the demise of the greyhound

The Greyhound doesn’t come to Carlisle anymore, and I just read in the Ryder that it will soon no longer come to Bloomington. I always assumed that the fake bus pass scam would get oversaturated and become a bust, but it seems like its demise may actually be with the mode of bus travel [...]


basement shows, tall bikes, independent films …

June 7th, 2005 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

basement shows, tall bikes, independent films …

is it the cool stuff your friends are doing? or maybe this summer’s plan-it-x fest tour? no, it’s a coke ad.
Here’s some commentary that might get worked into some kind of performance …
This audio could be talking about the DIY culture that we consider ourselves part of, or even this fest in particular, [...]