Everyday Likeness

2010-05-25T21:01:00.000-04:00

Soft Skin @ The Delancey Memorial Day

2010-05-25T20:56:00.002-04:00

We are going to be playing at The Delancey on Monday May 31st. Its a free show and drinks are 2 for 1 if you want it.

Photo by Adam Fithian

SOFT SKIN

2010-05-22T14:12:00.003-04:00

So after some trouble with our previous name we are now called Soft Skin. Our first show as Soft Skin is tonight at Don Pedros, 90 Manhattan Ave. The show starts at 9 and we're headlining, hopefully you can make it out!

The Delancey Sat May 8th

2010-05-07T18:09:00.002-04:00

We're playing The Delancey this saturday. Its $7 on the door but we have an unlimited guest list so if you give us your name we'll put it on the list!

2010-04-24T10:03:00.000-04:00

Photograph by Paulie Wax

Legion Friday night!

2010-04-22T19:44:00.002-04:00

We going to playing at Legion tomorrow night (the 23rd). Its one of our favorite places so it should be a good time!
Its at 790 Metropolitan / Humbolt just a couple of blocks from the Graham L stop.

Glasslands tomorrow night

2010-04-11T20:55:00.002-04:00

Tomorrow we're playing Glasslands with The Dirty Fences, Shining Twins and Horny Nuns. We're on at 9, we hope you can make it!

Union Pool this Thursday!!

2010-04-06T10:46:00.003-04:00

We're playing Union Pool this Thursday with Thunderfakers and Radical Dads. We are on first at 9, and it's $8 to get in.

The Delancey

2010-03-23T12:56:00.001-04:00

Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and made it out for our show last night. We had a great time. Look forward to seeing you soon!

Young Love (lyrics)

2010-03-10T23:32:00.000-05:00

I feel i must apologise
i feel obliged
to say these words to you
Its not very nice
and its not too kind
but it's something that i must do

Young love has died
but you never cried
it has died
oh but you never cried

You said you were fancy
so lets go out dancing
on a hillside where no one can see
Would it be so rude
i don't mean to sound crude
but i only have one desire

Still young love has died
and you never cried
it died
but you've never cried

Orange Juice - Old Grey Whistle Test

2010-03-10T23:31:00.000-05:00

TORN CURTAIN @ THE DELANCEY

2010-03-08T12:28:00.004-05:00

We'll be playing at The Delancey on Monday 22nd March. Also playing are Kava Kava, The Dandies and Bashful. Show starts at 8pm we'll be on at 9. Hope to see you there!

Downloads

2010-02-15T22:45:00.001-05:00

Click the links below to download "Nail In The Coffin" and "Oh Shirley"

Nail In The Coffin

http://www.mediafire.com/?424czffzcmz

Oh Shirley

http://www.mediafire.com/?nqikxmo2tcm

Songs Up On Myspace

2010-02-15T17:36:00.002-05:00

Check out our myspace page to hear Nail In The Coffin and Oh Shirley

http://www.myspace.com/torncurtainny

Why Do You Pretend? (lyrics)

2010-02-15T12:53:00.000-05:00

Go down to the arcade
on a Friday night
play the slot machines
then later you get in a fight

Walking home with Annie
I heard you lost your way
your father came out looking
and you know he’ll never say

Why do you pretend
why do you pretend

Is it just to make me love you
or is it just to make me hate you
how does it feel
yes how does it feel

Your mother’s always nagging
why don’t you get a job
and the one that you run with
really is no good

A cut lip was all you got
you could say that you were lucky
but love it was not
I’d say you’re pretty unlucky

Why do you pretend
why do you pretend

Is it just to make me love you
or is it just to make me hate you
how does it feel
yes how does it feel

2010-02-13T22:47:00.000-05:00

by Adam Fithian

New photo's

2010-02-13T22:38:00.003-05:00

These are a few shots from a shoot we did with our friend Donnie yesterday. You can see more of his work here :

http://www.donniemyersstudio.com/

Recording

2010-02-06T14:30:00.005-05:00

We spent the day at Seaside Lounge studio's on Friday recording Nail In The Coffin and Oh Shirley. Our friend Adam Fithian was there to take some photo's. The songs should be up soon...

You can check out more of Adams work here http://www.showponiesandoldghosts.com/

2010-01-20T15:42:00.003-05:00

Go Out And Live

2010-01-20T15:39:00.001-05:00

Front page of
the daily newspaper
headline reads
love and murder

He has killed his lover
because there was no other
life just wouldn’t
be the same

Ten o'clock news
and the greying presenter
says nothing matters
anymore

So go out and live
but its not that easy
with a hatred
strapped your heart

No it wouldn’t be the same

Some One More Important

2010-01-20T10:59:00.000-05:00

Now you're on the big screen
could you tell me
how does it feel, yes how does it feel
the only star this side
of where i don't really know

Some one more important
should have known
they should have told you
that it really leads to nothing
and yet you still crave for something

The people weep and ask you
you're the only one
can i be you, it's so good to be you
but is it really true
can you tell me if this is so?

Oh Shirley, Its Time To Go (lyrics)

2010-01-06T19:18:00.001-05:00

Some times its just better
to forgive and forget her
an unspeakable time
some false spoken lines

The last time it happened
an invisible weapon
but don’t make a scene
just make sure it’s seen

You pretend that you heard
still a lesson not learned
what if, no that’s it
please now, no don’t sit

Oh Shirley, why’d you have to do it?
Oh Shirley, no one will believe it
time to go, come on
time to go

Over the dinner
she spoke of a sinner
only, you just stare
and sit in despair

Eager to please
you’re down on your knees
could it be worse
to leave in a hearse?

Twenty years have now passed
and what’s left of the lust
has all been cast
and left in the dust

Oh Shirley, why’d you have to do it?
Oh Shirley, no one will believe it
time to go, come on
time to go

Familiar Strangers (lyrics)

2010-01-06T17:30:00.000-05:00

The day was the same
and yet so lame
so why did you even ask
yes why did you even ask

We’ve been here before
I know what I saw
who was waiting there?
you said that you wouldn’t stare

A familiar stranger
yes there’s nothing stranger
Nobody cares about you
nobody cares for you

By the edge of the river
we stood and we shivered
for the one that you missed
not the one that you kissed

Something must go
but quite what I don’t know
and if I ever get out of here
then I will call you dear

A familiar stranger
yes there’s nothing stranger
Nobody cares about you
nobody cares for you

In The Kitchen (part 2)

2009-12-31T01:49:00.002-05:00

Complications and instigations

time is not on your side

but you know you'll never hide

Complication In The Kitchen (lyrics)

2009-12-29T21:25:00.003-05:00

Is it really so hard

to speak to the one that you love

but if the words are gone

then tell me what's the use of

Lying gets so boring

and trying is worse than dying

but there is one thing

and something that only you bring

Last night in the kitchen

you pulled out the carving knife

and with a smile you said

i'm gonna take away your life

Trying gets so hard

and dying gets so boring

but there is one thing

and something that you can bring

Oi Pete...

2009-12-07T23:36:00.004-05:00

Everyday Likeness

2009-11-19T23:48:00.003-05:00

Everyday likeness
creeps up like cold and kindness

trying to use the microwave

was oh so harder from the grave

but one cold morning

when you switched on the morning news

there was a story that washed away those blues

the new one in town

without a frown

all dowsed in brown

some say he might drown

la la la you say its love

la la la hear them sing,

it's love

Song titles

2009-11-19T23:44:00.003-05:00

1. Nail In The Coffin

2. Breakfast In Berlin

3. You Once Had A Child

4. Heaven Please Spare Us

5. I Was Bold & Brave

Early January here we come. Venue to be decided soon...

Band shoot.

2009-11-19T23:40:00.005-05:00

So we had a shoot last Friday at Sandbox studios in Tribeca, and the out come is looking good. Expect to see the full set in EP's, posters, anything soon...

The Black Gardenia

2009-11-19T23:34:00.002-05:00

If your ever over that way, the small pocket of London Town know as Soho then be sure to head to the Black Gardenia on 93 Dean St. Possibly the only place left that harks back to the Soho of yesteryear. Think the Colony Room only slightly more accessible and still alive. Plenty of lovely people decked out in 40's & 50's garb making like theres no tomorrow. Next time i'm in town i'll see ya there....

Andy & Lou

2009-11-12T15:06:00.000-05:00

I love stronger than any hate ...

2009-11-12T03:59:00.007-05:00

Jean Genie

2009-11-07T20:49:00.002-05:00

If you haven't before

NYC.

2009-11-07T20:39:00.002-05:00

Stella St.

2009-11-07T19:46:00.001-05:00

Two Bad Blue Eyes (lyrics)

2009-11-07T19:32:00.003-05:00

Sometimes she comes around to stay

but she doesn't, no she's not got a name

and she didn't think that i was too kind

and she didn't like the look on my mind

so when i told her i was from the church

well she cried

Why don't you hit her like all the rest

she certainly ain't gonna get undressed

she wouldn't have done that fast

she had to take the last

and when i tried to explain to her

she passed

I think you should bury your head in the sand

she wouldn't even understand

because she thought i was here for murder

but she didn't think i would hurt her

so when i turned up on her door

well i killed her...

A novel without a plot...

2009-11-07T15:32:00.000-05:00

Oi oi Mick

2009-11-07T15:28:00.002-05:00

Can you beat it?

Back On Bowery

2009-11-04T15:16:00.004-05:00

And down in Soho

they're screaming out "oh no"

what is going on here

ah don't you know

We've been away

and we just got back from Moscow

the only thing is

that theres nothing to show

Back on Bowery

you were looking so fine

but you couldn't even

just tell me the time

2009-11-04T15:06:00.003-05:00

Purple Lace & Flowers

2009-11-02T20:44:00.003-05:00

Andy says that he doesn't understand

why it is that he's just not a man

pink and purple, lace and flowers

they stay around for hours and hours

He tries but he never will know

she cries but she never will go

Sally says that she'd really like to know

why dresses and heels they don't really go

black and blue's more attractive than

there's no other that really can

The man on the moon he can't tell no lies

he's just there till the day that the universe dies

he's seen them come and he's seen them go

but he'd much rather say just tell them no, please go

Breakfast In Berlin (part 3)

2009-11-02T18:34:00.003-05:00

Now and then i sit and wonder

was it really that much better

when i get you on the phone

you never say what's been going on

New York City is the place

and on the evening news i saw your face

breakfast in Berlin today

oh where were you when i tried to say

2009-11-02T18:29:00.000-05:00

Breakfast In Berlin (part 2)

2009-11-02T10:44:00.005-05:00

Standing at the station this morning

Mr Norris gave me a warning

the train was trying to leave

you were looking pretty nervous

you can't do it that way again he said

there's only one way to get in

by the evening we made it to London

Soho never looked so good

Don't Fuck With Chuck

2009-10-31T20:18:00.002-04:00

Happy Halloween........

Run In Furs (lyrics)

2009-10-31T20:04:00.005-04:00

He couldn't find the light
though he held on tight
and put up a fight
She was searching hard
down in the yard
but that was never enough
I, i know that you try
try to make it work
yet you still wonder why
And so, what would you do
if i said to you
that baby we were through

But here we are
you know that we can never change
time might pass
but baby we can never last

We were standing in line
going out of our minds
just passing time
The doctor, yeah he was good
you know what i mean
he didn't know if we should
but knew that we would
So he fixed you up
and gave you your shots
told you what to do
and who was who
Now the problem is
i've gotta go so we'll never know

Her Majesties Request (lyrics)

2009-10-31T19:59:00.003-04:00

I've tried and tried so many times
but its just so hard
i've tried and tried so many times
but its just so hard

Not what you say
not what you do
not where you go
nor, who you know
I'm not the second
i'm not the third
i'm not the first
and i'm not the last

Maybe you think that you've won the prize
but you're just telling lies
no-one around will help you out
there's no alibi's

When i see you standing there
i just don't care
and when i see your cards laid bare
i'll just sit and stare

So i guess thats the way
and i know that you cant say
Well wouldn't you like to know
but baby you're not around

Lou

2009-10-27T23:47:00.001-04:00

Download the Black Veil EP

2009-10-24T20:42:00.005-04:00

This is my other band - Black Veil. You can download the full EP by clicking on the links below. Black Veil have more of a psychedelic / Velvet Underground / Jesus & Mary Chain / early Stones type sound. See what you think...

1. Run In Furs
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mnnmmmzygn
2. Her Majesties Request
http://www.mediafire.com/?mngejjzlzmm
3. I Need You
http://www.mediafire.com/?bdzmm0zdmzw
4. Everyday Likeness
http://www.mediafire.com/?jz3iibztrzz
5. Hey
http://www.mediafire.com/?ognigj3yimj

I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

2009-10-24T20:12:00.002-04:00

I Don't Care For Jesus (lyrics)

2009-10-24T20:00:00.003-04:00

Hassle me you want me dead

driving me straight out of my head

looks like honey

tastes like money

And i don't care for Jesus

i don't care what they say

i wasn't free

i didn't want to be

When it's grey it feels so good

you want to cry, well i want to die

everyday is like the last

it's been & gone, you know that it's passed

And i don't care for Jesus

i don't care what they say

i wasn't free

i didn't want to be

Over the hills and far away

John and Candy go to play

nobody knows, nobody sees

you want to go but you don't want to be

drop the bomb and sign the form

you've never cared since the day you were born

with a little help from my friends

2009-10-24T19:18:00.007-04:00

David X Levine

2009-10-23T23:04:00.007-04:00

Our dear good friend David X Levine is having a show at Steven Zevitas Gallery in Boston from November 6 to December 5. If you are in the area definitely check it out. The show is entitled "Brian Wilson Loves You" comprised of David's color drawings/collage images. We hope you enjoy!

check the link to see more _

http://www.davidxlevine.com/

Sunshine

2009-10-23T22:34:00.002-04:00

sunshine to my window
early morning i wanna see
now and then we figure it out
now and then we get on out
do you find the energy in you
slowly turning into blue
\\\
Today was a slow one.
Tomorrow we practice.

R.H

2009-10-23T22:31:00.000-04:00

The Rain On The Streets

2009-10-23T21:47:00.003-04:00

Now she wants
whats not hers
so she can be
and she'll take
what she can till
you can't see

But thats the way it'll be
and thats the way it'll be

The rain on the streets
falls down hard
in my mind
but it's a sunny day
and it doesn't
look too kind

but thats the way it'll be
and thats the way it'll be

Leslie Gore - Maybe I Know

2009-10-23T21:36:00.001-04:00

You're So Plastic

2009-10-23T00:22:00.004-04:00

You ain't what you used to be

you've have four face lifts your only 23

nobody turns on the street

but there not the ones you want to meet

Oh baby you're so plastic

but ain't that fantastic

And when you want to get it on

you spread yourself wide on the lawn

but when i see you take off your pants

you send me straight back to France

Oh baby you're so plastic

but ain't that fantastic

Dressed in diamonds, some fine, fine threads

just be careful you don't wind up dead

something big is bound to come along

watch out that you're not too down

For the matinee performance

2009-10-23T00:18:00.002-04:00

Live & Acoustic for 1 night Only

2009-10-22T23:46:00.001-04:00

Play me a song you love - we take requests...

I got you babe

2009-10-22T23:40:00.002-04:00

You gotta love em!

Sit/...

2009-10-21T22:18:00.003-04:00

Back to Blighty

2009-10-21T18:52:00.001-04:00

Check this out.....

2009-10-21T18:16:00.002-04:00

An ever growing source of inspiration from our guitarist Andrew - It Owes Me A Living

http://itowesmealiving.blogspot.com

Enjoy

Breakfast In Berlin (part 1)

2009-10-21T18:15:00.000-04:00

Breakfast in Berlin today
where were you when I tried to say
waiting for a friend with you
drink and cigarette in your hand
went to pick up your prescription
I still don’t understand your diction
breakfast in Berlin today
where were you when I tried to say

Oh oh oh
this story’s really getting old
Oh oh oh
you said that I should be more bold

Something vintage

2009-10-21T18:14:00.001-04:00

In the docks we wait.

2009-10-21T00:08:00.003-04:00

Finished another rehearsal with the whole band, everyone is getting tighter, the songs are getting better.

The ship is shaping up for set sail.

Not long now hopefully!

We have good ideas and good intentions. Just wait.....

Heaven Please Spare Us

2009-10-21T00:05:00.001-04:00

It was a shock to see
and I didn’t believe
everything going so well
So when the day was done
and I called you “hun”

Oh heaven please spare us
there’s nothing between us
the days pass the nights are so long
You said it was right
but it gave me a fright

Get me back home
I’ve been gone far too long
anywhere, oh anywhere
anywhere but there

You once told me
about a no name place
we could disappear without a trace

I thought I might cry
when I saw you again
we met and nothing had changed
So I rang the bell
with a sigh said “oh Hell”

Nothing and no one
except maybe the gun
could take what we might call fun

Everyday Likeness lyrics

2009-10-20T14:27:00.000-04:00

Everyday likeness, your Royal Highness
but in body and spirit you love to hit
trampled and stamped, quite camp in pants
household chores they’re more of a bore

Lay me down, im going down
I’ve got to go

Out in the fields
tell me how do you feel?
Her Majesty said “I want him dead
off with his head I want him dead”

Lay me down, because I’m going down
I’ve got to go

So do you know what she said
when I saw her on the street and
she was wearing red, white & blue
she said to me “you know son
you ain’t never gonna be no good,
so why don’t you just move on over,
and let me on down”
Well I said, that “I’m already there”

So lay me down, I’m going down
I’ve got to go

High Plains Drifter

2009-10-19T13:29:00.000-04:00

Peter Sellers

2009-10-19T12:18:00.000-04:00

Did you ever tell your mother?

2009-10-19T12:09:00.000-04:00

Did you ever tell your mother
about the time that you had another
you told me what you wanted to be
don’t tell me though because I can see

What if we took our time
what if we learnt our lines

I have stolen and I have taken
it wasn’t a very good lesson
why couldn’t you be the one
that I read about in the Sun

You’ve been working in the grocery store
and you say that life is such a bore
you moan about the passing of time
but you never said “will you be mine”

News

2009-10-18T18:30:00.000-04:00

We have been rehearsing like mad dogs (though still without a name) for a month now, getting ever closer to our first shows. The band is Andrew Mailliard on guitar, Tom Morrill on Bass, Rea Concepcion on drums and myself singing and playing rhythm guitar. A blend of influences though mainly rooted in early eighties British bands like The Smiths, Stone Roses, Echo & The Bunnymen etc. We should have some demos to put out soon, but until then i will be posting lyrics and updates on how we are doing, so in a way this blog is mainly a forum for the band but also an insight to the forces behind it. Hears to Old England & the Revolution.

Where Do You Hide Your Heart

2009-10-17T15:40:00.000-04:00

Pete & Dud

2009-10-17T14:42:00.000-04:00

Nail In The Coffin

2009-10-17T02:50:00.001-04:00

Someone tried to tell me as I
watched the TV last night
that there’s more to life
and you can see it if you like
but oh aren’t you a sight

And why does it seem so hard
to kill the one that you love
it took me a while to work out
what I worked out
It was the nail in the coffin
that put me away
now your dead and I am laughing
from my grave
at last you had found the fame
that you once did crave

There was murder, silence
then heartbreak more violence
blood left on her sleeve
it was then that I knew
I couldn’t go

Someone tried to call me as I
switched on the radio
that there’s more to life
and you can have it if you like
but oh aren’t you a sight

You Once Had A Child

2009-10-17T00:28:00.001-04:00

Is it really such a hideous thing
to live a life in which you can win
and if no one believes in you
and if no one believes in you

Please don’t drown me in sorrow
for what you want there’s a way to borrow
I was young, I was brave, but I couldn’t say
what it was I wanted to save

I was only trying to get in
I was only trying to get in
but they told me never to begin
I guess that I’ll never win

Please don’t drown me in sorrow
for what you want there’s a way to borrow
I was young I was brave, but I couldn’t say
what it was I wanted to save

You once had a child
that came while the night was wild
but the time wasn’t right so she slept on the step
for ten years you have wept