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this guy gets it.

here's the story behind the album title, "Man Can't Fly."

we can do so much as a society. technology has made it so that we don't have to leave our houses in order to be entertained, educated, and connected. we can get in a plane and travel to Guam, we can LEAVE EARTH (!), and we can fix genetic deficiencies with stem-cells.

in the midst of all of this chaos, i think people are starting to lose track of the fallibility that makes us all human. without mortality, we would be robots... devoid of emotion, and lacking original thought and the capacity to innovate.

man can do lots of shit, but he still can't fly... he'll never be able to. once he can flap his arms and lift off the ground, he won't be a man anymore. but i've embraced this... technology will come and go, but we'll always have our humanity, and the beauty in our imperfections.

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in the headphones:

man can't fly - the project

"awake in the city.
a black cloud above me.
perfection of progress.
a woman who loved me.
i filled up my lungs with.
the air of tomorrow.
and coughing and choking.
and swimming in sorrow.

but its alright.
man ain't never gonna fly away."

sexteen

so i've been tweeting.

no, i'm not a fucking bird, i've just been using this pre-teen jibber-jabber thing: some call it twitter, some call it satan. ya, i know... i'm part of the problem.

check this out:


but you know what, its kind of cool to just shout into the empty cyber-universe. as for the band, we've gained another 15-20 followers this week alone (mailing list signups and blog followers) and i'm pretty sure i have twitter to thank.

look out for some info on the junky new album. it drops in t-minus 11 days.

peace,
the project (boston dot com)

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in the headphones:

soul dream - the greyboy allstars

you might recognize this track, as the horn line has been sampled by quite a few hip-hop artists, but this is nu-jazz and funk at its finest. if any of you like medeski, or soulive, etc., you NEED to hear fred wesley (james brown's slide player) and the greyboy allstars!

FIFTEEN!!!!

:: 3.13.09
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Project will be releasing their second EP, entitled "Man Can't Fly" on iTunes (worldwide), Amazon.com, and our website on April 4, 2009.

You can preview a few tracks on our myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/theprojectboston).

We're throwing a CD release party at Bill's Bar on Landsdowne St. in Fenway that night to celebrate (look for ticket info at http://www.theprojectboston.com)

Track Listing:
1. Love & Music
2. Man Can't Fly
3. Neighbor's Wife
4. Graffiti
5. Mr. Recordman (Vinyl Sound)

We're so pumped to finally have some new music for you... we hope you're ready to experience some Junky-Ass Rock (Jazz/Funky-Ass Rock).

Welcome to The Project v2.0.

Prepare yoself!

Peace, Love, & Music,
The Project :: Andrew, Shane, Phil, Sham, & Jake

P.S. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! Thanks for the support - without you guys, we'd still be screwing around in someone's basement...

numero fourteen

this weekend i drove through hampton, va to try and score some miracle phish tickets for their big-daddy reuinion shows. seeing as i'm a pretty big fan, and was denied tix in the lottery, it was kind of a no-brainer to go try my luck in the lot, and see if someone wanted to make my day.

well apparently 74,999 other people had the same idea... and the venue only holds 12,500.

anyway, this was what a band with a dedicated following should look like. there were people there who had been to over 100, some over 500 phish shows over the last twenty years.

sure, some were wookie-ass hippies, cracked-out heavy drug vendors, and dudes still flashing back to when jerry was playing in san fran... but for the most part, it was just good ol' wholesome music-lovin folk.

i dug it.

i want to thank everyone who helps build a scene like this, from the bands, to the crews, to the fans. these communities are really some of the coolest, purest things on the face of the earth.

that is all.

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in the headphones:

fluffhead - phish