Eye Spy With My Little Eye…The International Space Station
Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by spencer in Technology
For those of us on the West Coast of the United States, check the horizon this early evening to see the international space station. Or don’t; it’s your life.
Tues Jan 20: appears due west about 5:45pm, pass high to our north, then visible all the way to the NE horizon. Four minutes total.
Hell Fuck Yeah! Spencer’s Back
Posted on 03. Jul, 2008 by spencer in Chico, Music
Breath easy internet, I have returned to my blogging post. Over the last week and a half I’ve been journeying up the Pacific Coast with Bear Hunter . As it turns out, when I try and write on my laptop while in the van I start to puke all over my band mates — hence, my absence from Synthesis Blog. Over the next few days I will be recounting my harrowing journey (in between fascinating posts about pop stars getting busted for drugs, children with weird growths on their bodies [...]
Longest Scott Reynolds Interview EVAR on Synthesis.net
Posted on 03. Jun, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Music
So I just got through posting Synthesis Weekly Managing Editor Ryan Prado’s epic interview with one of his all-time favorite musicians, former ALL frontman Scott Reynolds, on the frontpage and man are my CTRL buttons tired! Check it out if you’re bored, and if you’re REALLY bored, you can also check out some of the other recently posted interview from all sorts of gangster ass motherfuckers, including The Matches, Mindless Self Indulgence and Mason Jennings, just to name a few. While you’re there why don’t you click on a few [...]
Collective Sound Band Camp: Let It Be Heard Webisode 4
Posted on 03. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Chico, Film, Lifestyle, Music
Apart from boasting a shithead college for shithead students and the world famous Sierra Nevada Brewery, Chico, California, has a thriving (if not nationally recognized) music scene. Many of the players in this scene contribute to a summer School of Rock-style band camp named The Collective Sound. Last year they decided to start putting together a documentary of the goings-on of the staff and the campers, aged 12-18. Watching it will give you that warm on the insides feeling. Please enjoy Episode 4.
Coldplay Announces Summer/Fall North American Tour Dates
Posted on 09. May, 2008 by spencer in Music
Get out your moping shoes, Brit-rock sensations Coldplay have announced their North American touring plans for Summer and Fall of 2008. The tour, which shall kick off in Philadelphia at the end of June, will be in support of their upcoming fourth full length album, Viva La Vida (nee Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends), due out June 17th on Capitol Records. You can find ticket information here or here. The band will also play a few pre-tour dates, including London (June 16th, Brixton Academy) and New [...]
ALL Reuniting For Riot Fest 2008!
Posted on 22. Apr, 2008 by ryan in Blog, Music
Fort Collins-based punk legends ALL have just announced plans to reunite for this year’s Riot Festival in Chicago, IL, being held October 10-12.
News alone of an ALL reunion is enough to bring their seething fanbase to its collective knees, even without the added bonus that the reunion is with none other than former ALL frontman and current bandleader for the Steaming Beast, Scott Reynolds (whose new endeavors you can read about very soon on synthesis.net)!
Message from Scott Reynolds regarding the reunion:
Stephen is going to jump a motorcycle over 10 flaming [...]
SXSW 2008: I Almost Cried Watching Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast
Posted on 16. Mar, 2008 by ryan in Blog, Music, SXSW
Since I was nothing but a wee boy, I’ve sat and worshiped at the altar of ALL. And more notably, their second singer Scott Reynolds has been one of my favorite vocalists of all time. So when I was tipped to a showcase on Friday at Headhunters featuring Reynolds and his new band The Steaming Beast, I pretty much dropped everything and walked myself in circles searching for the venue.
This turned out to be basically the best decision I’ve ever made (although upon typing that, I’m suddenly realizing that I’ve [...]
