Anberlin Blog and Journals

Music has always been a huge part of my life. It seems that since my parents took me home from the hospital to the sounds of Whitney Houston singing I Will Always Love You, to my mother singing Native American lullabies and my father chanting peyote songs to put me to sleep, fantastic music has constantly surrounded me. In the car on long road trips the stereo filled my senses with heavy metal, and 70's and 80's music, with a heavy dose of John Mellencamp and U2. Although my parents' musical tastes haven't changed too much, albeit my mother now seemingly enjoys country, the gift of an iPod has enhanced my ability to choose the type of music I listen to. In recent years I've immersed myself in music that inspires me, be it the classical masterpieces of Beethoven, or the fast paced aggressive music of the band As I Lay Dying.

As much as music brings me pleasure and comfort, attending concerts takes it to a much higher level. Since first seeing Britney Spears in Orlando with my grandparents, the excitement of hearing live performances had me hooked. The 18th, and most recent concert I've attended, was the Warped Tour at Vinoy Park in St.Pete where dozens of bands played throughout the day. The reality is that this tends to be a costly hobby for which reason I obtained my first job. However menial it seemed, my earnings allowed me to hear several of my favorite artists this past spring and summer.

All music inspires me, but one band in particular, Anberlin, has greatly impacted my life. "There's more to living than being alive."  The seven simple words penned by Anberlin's vocalist/lyricist, Stephen Christian, have had a lasting impact on my view of life and how to live it. The first time the lyrics ever passed through my speakers it seemed there was something special about them. Maybe it was the way they were sung or the music that flowed so perfectly alongside them, but at the time I wasn't able to put my finger on exactly what made them so profound. What was immediately apparent, though, was my adoration for the simple line and its message that life is not to be spent simply existing, but to be embraced and lived to the fullest extent.

I hope this is satisfactory for Miss Franklin. If not, I give up. I do not like that teacher :[

By the way, I love to write, but writing essays sucks butt.

MADE SOME THIS MORNING. I DIDNT DO LAST NAMES CAUSE IM KINDA RUNNING LOW ON THEM ( I BUYING MORE TOMORROW) SO THOSE WHO WANTED ALL TIME LOW, WILL HAVE TO WAIT :O

i try not to make them look almost alike but ehh.

and heres a anberlin bracelet.

like em? well hope everyone has a good labor day weekend!

I am dreadfully sorry to anyone I complained to about me not going to see TAI/Anberlin.
In the end, I asked my brother a week before the gig if he could take me & he said Yeah!
While I was waiting in line, Sisky & the Butcher walked passed & I turned around & said casually, "Hey Sisky!"
He said hi back and Hugh was like, "You said that like you've know him!" : D

Once I got in, I got an Anberlin poster & teeshirt. I moshed for the first time during TAI. Moshing's fun it's just the fact that Id rather listen to the music, but it was good. I was 3rd person from the barrier - a boo ya.

Set list - Not in order:
1. About a Girl
2. The Test
3.After the Last Midtown Show - they played in a different tone or something so I had no idea what it was at the beginning
4.Summer Hair = Forever Young
5. We've got a Big Mess on our Hands - My brother was excited for this song
6.Neighbours
7. The Phrase that Pays
8.Slow Down
9. Checkmarks

Hugh was amazed by Mr Bucket's dance moves (i.e. he did thriller!) & his cool swinging of microphone around his legs and face.

Anberlin came on. Fuck. So. Good.

Set list - Not in order:
1.The Resistance
2. Breaking
3. Feel Good Drag
4. A Day Late
5. Adelaide
6. Godspeed
7. A Whisper & A Clamour
8. The Undwinding Cable Car - I got teary during this
9. Hello Alone
10. Dismantle. Repair.
11. Inevitable - they said they dont really play that song so they did
Encore
12. (Fin*) - during this song, I cried because it's such an amazing song & really gets to me. While I was standing by myself, crying & singing along, Stephen Christian(lead) glanced at me a couple of times. Go figure.
A girl who was flinging her hair against my back at the beginning came up to me asking what was wrong. I was like, "It's just really good!"

& it truly was. The BEST GIG I HAVE BEEN TO. Now Im sad it's over.

Also, Buzznet aniversary on the 25th - 5 days after I saw PATD/Cobra/TAI.

Love you guys so much! : D

I like to think that my love for music knows no bounds. I love listening to all sorts of genres; from the classical masterpieces of Beethoven and Chopin to the intense sounds of Slipknot and Metallica. Every note that has passed through my ears has affected me in many different ways, but there is one album which is completely different from the rest, that means more to me than any other.

Anberlin's second album, and best in my opinion, Cities. The album includes both beautifully haunting and loud, soaring vocals. On different tracks the sharp guitar playing transforms from loud and powerful to perfectly soft seemlessly, just like the intense drumming of Nate Young.

It's difficult to describe just how the music that the five musicians create makes me feel, it just does. I think it's the raw, emotionally charged lyricist/vocalist Stephen Christian sing so perfectly. OR maybe how every song seems to flow so perfectly into the next.

So, on buzznet this is only three paragraphs long, which is true on paper, but it's over one page becuase we have to skip lines in my new english class, great. But, that's all I've got so far. I have no idea what else I'm going to do, I know I wrote a journal a while back about how much I loved Cities, haha, maybe I can just look at that.

But, opinions? What can I work on, what can I drop? Help? :]

Motionless in White will be tonight's studio guest on DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show.



The Pennsylvania hardcore band recently re-released The Whorror EP and debuted their video for 'Ghost in the Mirror' on MTV2's Headbangers Ball. Motionless in White will be touring the West Coast in late August with Bleeding Through.

Florida rockers, Anberlin, recently finished a tour with Taking Back Sunday and will be heading out to Australia in August with The Academy Is. Guitarist Christian will be calling in tonight to answer all of your questions about future videos, records, and almost anything else.


Speaking of phone calls, A Bird A Sparrow will be calling us from their home base in Texas to discuss their upcoming EP!

If you have questions for Motionless in White, Anberlin and A Bird A Sparrow, you can instant message us at the screen name DJ Rossstar 08 (AIM) or leave us a message at (818) 641-1605.

DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show airs live at 7pm PT (West Coast Time) on Stickam!


DJ Rossstar

Ok so yesterday me rabon and my mother got up at 3 in the morning and headed down to Atlanta, GA. You wonder why I suppose, well I will tell you. We went to the Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, and Envy On The Coast concert =). We arrived there at 7am! no one showed up till about 9 so it was crazy getting there early. And then about 7:30am Cory came from his apartment which was cool. But not the coolest part….

So at 6:30pm they stamped are hands and let us in the venue! I was front and center! and we all were on the barricade! Envy On The Coast played and the lead singer kept standing on the barricade in front of me while his mic cord was pretty much rapping my face! ha. And then of course Anberlin played and they were good as well….

Then taking Back Sunday came on! During songs he would step in front of my mom and push down her camera and sing to her!. Also during another song he pretty much held her hand for about 1 minute! Intense!!. And he also sang in front of me and rabon! which was amazingggggg..

Then they finished playing they’re songs on they’re setlist but we weren’t done hearing them so we all shouted ONE MORE SONG! And they came out and played 6 ENCORE songs!!!!! And they played Cut Me Up Jenny which they’ve never played in front of people till that night! We all felt special!! haha..

Then after they completely finished we stayed to talk to all the band members and we got our pictures with all of them.. And when we went to talk to Adam (lead singer of Taking Back Sunday) he gave my mom the tightest longest hug as he grabbed her from behind the neck ha. and he said to my mom “Oh sorry I kept pushing the camera down, I wanted you to look at me not like through the camera lens, but you know eye to eye” It was sooo cool. And then we all had long interesting talks with the rest of the guys from the bands. SO all in all this concert was amazingggg! I encourage everyone to go see Taking Back SUnday in concert. You won’t be disappointed! So go check out Taking Back Sunday atwww.myspace.com/takingbacksunday You will not be let down I swear!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcuuZkITlcw
-xoxo-Loren

I'm doing a last minute interview with Anberlin tomorrow in Rochester, NY.

If you have any questions for the band, please send them my way! I'd love to incorporate them into the interview if possible! :)

xoxo audio love.
- leah falkowski

Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin And Envy ON The Coast are on tour. There SOLD OUT show in Tampa, FL at the Ritz Theather is gonna be amazing...and i've got tickets. Now i have ONE EXTRA TICKET that isnt going to be used unless someone wants it. Comment and Contact if you would be interested in going to the SOLD OUT Tampa, FL show w/ Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, and Envy On The Coast!

Dark103Angel AKA-Your Ticket To An Amazing Show

Thanks to the lovely people on myspace who are The Academy Is...'s official australian street team, i can announce that The Academy Is... is coming to AUS!!!!

I cried when i found out, a bit too happy.

They are touring with Anberlin and are coming in August.

Tickets go on sale next FRIDAY June 5th so get in on this for some delightful winter fun!

SATURDAY 22 AUGUST CAPITOL, PERTH (18+)
Tickets from Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au, www.heatseeker.com.au or 78's records Perth and Mills Fremantle

SUNDAY 23 AUGUST THE GOV, ADELAIDE (LIC/AA)
Tickets from Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au & Venuetix on (08) 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au

MONDAY 24 AUGUST BILLBOARD MELBOURNE (U18)
Evening Show! Tickets from www.billboardthevenue.com.au, Ticketek on 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au , Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au and Missing Link Records

TUESDAY 25 AUGUST BILLBOARD MELBOURNE (18+)
Tickets from www.billboardthevenue.com.au, Ticketek on 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au , Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au and Missing Link Records

WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST THE HIFI, BRISBANE (U18)
Evening Show! Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300 The Hifi, Rocking Horse, Skinnys, Butterbeats, Music Mania and Kill The Music

THURSDAY 27 AUGUST THE HIFI, BRISBANE (18+)
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300 The Hifi, Rocking Horse, Skinnys, Butterbeats, Music Mania and Kill The Music

FRIDAY 28 AUGUST ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY (LIC/AA)
Tickets from Ticketek on 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Also help is needed. Perth only has an over 18's show so help them get an under 18's show so everyone can enjoy The Academy Is...'s awesomeness.

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/TAIPERTH

Please note that half this infomation has been copied off The Academy Is...'s Street Team Blog.

Love Georgia

p.S the blog is http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=156667853&blogID=491746714