Synthesis Contest Myspace!

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So Spencer recently put together a ton of contest stuff so we can give yall a bunch of free shit.  Do yourself a favor and walk (possibly click, idunnow)  on over to our contest Myspace profile to get yourself a piece of the action.

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    There are a few writers here at Synthesis who swear by Omaha noisy indie-rockers Cursive. Personally, I’m on the fence about them, having seen some hit-or-miss shows. But they’re at least worthy of a listen, and with their new album dropping this April, I plan on letting them have another shot at winning my heart.

    Cursive - Mama, I’s Swollen - CD/Digital March 10, 2009, LP April 21, 2009

    …Mama, I’m Swollen is an album brimming with the universal, questioning the human condition, social morality, and the ”Peter Pan Syndrome” of grown men. From the charging bass lines of album opener ”In The Now” to the quiet first chords of confessional closer ”What Have I Done?,” Mama, I’m Swollen is a natural progression that remains distinctively Cursive: a fluid amalgamation of the band’s sound past, present, and future – a band that both your punk kid sister and English lit grad student best friend can call their own.

    They’re on tour this March, with a stop at SXSW. You can peep Cursive’s last tour video diary HERE. There’s a lot more Saddle Creek news. Sure, you can find all this info and more at http://www.saddle-creek.com/…but you could also just check out more after the jump…which is far more badass.

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  • Podcast : Chico Punk Rock

    Chico Punk, November, 2008


    Punk Rock from Chico CA bands. Baghdad Batteries,
    Fight Music, The Serfs, The Shankers, Pintlifter

    I am sitting in the Synthesis Office on a lovely Friday afternoon and have the urge to make another locally-based podcast. It has been almost a year since we stopped the I <3 Chicobands podcasts and the more I think about it - I ask “Why?”

    Enjoy some good ol’ punkrock music from five of Chico’s bands.

    Baghdad Batteries - Retard Riot
    Fight Music - Make The Drive
    The Serfs - Rats
    The Shankers - She Shakes It
    Pintlifter - Syphilis Heights

    I don’t know if this will be a regular thing, but figured someone out there could use 20 minutes of ‘bus ride music’.

    Enjoy!

    DOWNLOAD HERE

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  • Dear Red States

    Please feel free to add your own stats and comments!

    Dear Red States:

    We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and
    we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren’t aware,
    that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota,
    Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast.

    We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially
    to the people of the new country of New California.

    To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We
    get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of
    Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get
    WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole’ Miss. We get 85 percent of
    America’s venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama .
    We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.

    Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian
    Coalition’s, we get a bunch of happy families. Please be aware that
    Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we’re going to
    want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to
    fight, ask your evangelicals.

    With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of
    the country’s fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and
    lettuce, 92 percent of the nation’s fresh fruit, 95 percent of America’s
    quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners), 90 percent
    of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S.
    low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy
    League and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.

    With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88
    percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs),
    92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes,
    90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists,
    virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones
    University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get Hollywood and
    Yosemite, thank you.

    Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red States believe Jonah was
    actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred –
    unless we’re discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say
    that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in
    9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are people with higher
    morals then we lefties.

    Finally, we’re taking the good pot, too.

    Peace out,

    Blue States

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    ParkmercedCast 1, October, 2008

    Friday, October 03, 2008 6:29 PM

    ParkmercedCast 1
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  • Portugal. The Man Streams New Album

    This band fucking rocks. Not only are they solid musicians and a great live act, but somehow they were kind enough to let us film them in a private acoustic session (see video). Now the boys are about to drop a new album on us, entitled Censored Colors, and they’ve decided to be super nice and stream the entire thing on their myspace. What do I think about it? Haven’t listened, but I’ll put some cold hard cash it’s better than Metallica’s Death Magnetic.


    Here’s And I off the new CD.

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