January 2011
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Happy birthday, High Pive! →
Free download - cheers!
May 2010
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Superb weekend in the city. (Blackberry) dancing on the streets. Make-a-Wish dancing from our seats. Coffee and marmite, the give-and-take of newyork.
Happy.
J
February 2010
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Sparktionary: Manhatty-Balt Collegiate Edition
Ading: [äd-iŋ] -n. orig. Ilocano.
A younger loved one.
Blackys: [blakk-iss] -pl. n. orig. Greek
Inspirational folders assembled in groups of nine in February.
Blahsezz Fair: [ble-sā-ˈfer] -adj. or adv. orig. FR ‘laissez-faire.’
Fancy talk for “whatever”.
Hudgester: [həj-stər] -proper n. orig. The Disney Channel.
Vanessa Hudgens.
Kuya: [kü-yä] -n. orig. Tagalog.
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January 2010
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Trips
you are going to the cold cold
but not for long
when ur back
I’ll be going to the hot hot
but not for long
& when im back
we’ll have a great laugh
& a slap
& our elbows up
for
all
e-
ter-
ni-
ty
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April 2009
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Dropping hints, Dropping tings
February 2009
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widget.
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Cool ng cool
In this Googster period, I’ve noticed that digital serendipity has become so prevalent. I assume that they’ve thrown this video at me because I’ve been blacklisted for watching the Boy George cameo in this Takara Sake advert too many times. It’s a band favorite. The absurd lip-licking and the musical accompaniment - it’s just too much. This montage of Honda ads...
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Wake up, wake up! It’s the 3rd of the...
January 2009
4 posts
ALBUMDROP + MINISHOW
Sweet competence! iTunes and Amazon faithfully delivered our album to the web(kinz) on the 27th.
High Pive via iTunes High Pive via Amazon
*also available on iTunes UK, Canada and Japan
At one point on Tuesday, we were ranked #526 in Amazon’s mp3 album sales (about 500 spots behind Kala and IN RAINBOWS). The reception of the album has made this entire experience completely worthwhile....
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“It’s been a long time. I shouldn’t have left you without a dope beat to step to.” - Rahm Emanuel or Timbaland
Feeling great thangs in 2009.
On the 27th of January our album High Pive will finally be released on iTunes and Amazon.com
While driving toward sushi last week, Monica and I heard “Always Be My Baby” on what we thought to be the...
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I posted the lyrics for this song about two months...
December 2008
11 posts
What happens when a band covers “Careless...
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I know sometimes I don’t make sense at all....
“Joseph Vargas
10:21
WHAT UP G-THANGS!!! JOEY V IN YO GRILL!!!
10:21
MUCH...”
– AIM conversation
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WatchThis is the official video for “Heatdish” off the forthcoming album High Pive. Filmed in one take. *Actual onion.
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Live!
It feels good to be back. I’d like to thank Emily for her patience and persistence in keeping this bus moving. At about this time last week, I decided to purchase our official (and my first) domain. We decided to pass on SparklyAPPENDAGE.com and I felt obligated to jazz up our site a little bit. I’ve dubbed myself “Igor” - the band’s crazy webmaster and i use...
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Cheer up, sweetheart!
Cheer up, sweetheart You’ve got a lot on your plate Brand-spankin’ new Ugly and beautiful, too These things we face Are just hard to accept So cheer up, sweetheart You’re gonna make it today It’s hard to face you* When you’re ugly and beautiful too It’s hard to face you When you’re newer than new I suggest you forget it today So cheer up, sweetheart...
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Wow, I found this treasure the other day while...
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November 2008
11 posts
Giving thanks, not spanks.
early 2007 session
Thanksgiving 2008 is wrapped up in our refrigerators and and i’ve escaped the break (and the onset of post-nasal drip) without watching Bolt. Bueno. It’s an appropriate occasion to express gratitude for people and things pertaining to Sparkly Fin so honk!-honk! Here we go!
Thanks:
Monica, for introducing me to Emily
Emily, for putting up with me and continuing...
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An Introduction:
To give you guys the rundown on Sparkly Fin, we are a band of two very lucky people. About a year ago this time, our first songs were born and we’ve been making music steadily ever since.
I often tell people we are inspired by anything and everything- such as classmates from Transylvania to silly details of current pop culture like M.I.A.’s chorus of gunshots and/or the...
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Kuya's Kuya's Song
My cow has three legs
He eats grass.
My cow has three legs
He eats grass.
My cow has three legs
He eats grass.
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We’re AUTHENTIC. Yah, that’s what I...
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samples
some rooster crowing.
haleyjoelosment.
slrrrrrp!
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“Monet, Mermaid” is born.
October 2008
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We are THparkly Pin.
Emily: vocals, lyrics, owned sweet jump suit with gold stars
Joseph: instruments, sported bowl-cut for most of life
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High Pive
Listen/Purchase via iTunes Listen/Purchase via Amazon Tracklisting:
Monet, Mermaid
L’amour Des Escargots
Rose Bushes
Shema
Black and White
Year of the Rat
Heatdish
Money Money Money
Cheer Up
Weekends At Serrano
For legal reasons, this song is not on our album.
September 2008
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MONEYMONEYMONEY
I’m not homeless, yet
But I’m on my way
I ain’t got no pennies
And I lost my heart the other day
People keep swindling my ethics
I keep on trucking, living, giving and consuming
Cause that’s what I do I’m an American production $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Sorry sir, no change today
I wish I could give it all away
I know our stomachs hurt
But...
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L'amour des Escargots
Show off your style
Impress the boss
See the curves that make the stage
There’s a jellyfish tank over in the next room
What I’ve got to do is sew a new costume
A group of seaweed girls, floating in the hallway
One is missing her underwater costume
As I watch her flow through the water to the back of the stage
She’s so so graceful and beautiful…
Present your best...
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Monet, Mermaid
I am a Monet
With all the blues, purples and greys
Sails billow
and the colors are cried
The frame is sturdy but the depths are stormy
Dip your feet in the water that you see
It’s like a preview of what I hold on my sleeve
A ripple effect
A painted elect
A stroke to end a masterpiece
I am A-OK
With all the ooh’s, ah’s and hey’s
Sunshone
And the sounds are...
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Black & White or 50/50
Black & white
In the middle is a lonesome eye
Looking for another eye
Black & cream
In the center is a fearsome dream
Wondering what will be in between
Arrows & particles of dust
Plastic spheres encase your fears, a must
You’ll face the test the best when you just trust… my bust
#2
A device to be used for you
Hold it steady as I pick a hue
#2
On a blank...
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Year of the Rat
Some people say, fish in the sea
Is all I need to represent me
The colors, the gills, the speed, the scales
Ripple through the weeds and the vibrant swells
Some people stay after the party
To help put away the food and the drink
But all I can say is this place is dirty
Won’t you come here and sit with me
Mama mama don’t you tell me that
The sun goes round and my daddy is...
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Weekends at Serrano
This is goodbye
It’s been swell staying
Adieu, adieu
Down in pages you belong
No more driveway parties
Or lawnchairs in the sun
Your BBQ’s were always so much fun
Smell of chlorine
Missing front teeth
Those days in Serrano seemed like eons ago
The gate at the end of the cul de sac
Was the entrance to our secrets
At high noon we’d race
At dusk we hid
On weekdays I...
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Shema
You scare me
Phantom from the deep
I just had a day without a thought of you
Keep it that way and let me be
Haya!
Who’s gonna watch over me
So I pray the Lord my soul to keep
A man is after my soul
Please don’t come after me
A man is after my heart
It’s hopelessly exposed on my sleeve
Haya!
See your face in cement makes me curious
Waiting for you to express...
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Rose Bushes
Rosy rosy thorns in my side
They hurt my pride
You don’t even know what you’re doing to me
I’ve been spreading diseases of my fantasies
Rural DK baby, you and me
You and me summer 2003
You don’t even know what you’re doing to me
I’ve been spreading diseases of my fantasies
Cause there’s rosy bushes in my side
Rosy rosy bushes in my side
Oxygen...
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Heatdish
Heat is on my back
Dish is glowing red
So warm and cozy in my room
The sun is down
I’m looking at the BQE
All I can see looking straight ahead are bright lights in the city
Cars keep rolling, stopping, going
Always going, who knows where
Gotta keep on moving just like the cars in front of me
When I wake up
The sun is to my left
The wall is in between us
But I can feel the heat...
July 2008
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