The Brothers Frank: Archive

Jul 6th

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words and music by Chris Frank and Kate Eastman So long to your light heart, sweetheart You wore it well You turn and you sweat in your sleep for fear of me I couldn’t tell Oh I got a watchdog in me You brought it out The night was just quiet enough ‘til you opened your moooooouth KATE SINGS: I’m shaking my head and I’m rolling my neck and I’m deaf to the...

Jun 20th

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Just before we moved out last month, we made a little film in the Laundry Room. Shot by Drone at The Wild Honey Pie.

Jun 10th

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The song is called “Kids”. C

Jun 2nd

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Tilt-shift strikes again. -H

Apr 20th

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Show Friday, 4/23 at Sidewalk Cafe

Free, all ages, 10:00 PM. This is part of a MEISA party that starts at 8:00 PM, so show up early if you want to partake. Sidewalk’s address is 94 Avenue A, in the East Village.

Apr 18th

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Show Thursday 4/22 at Trash Bar

Trash Bar is on 256 Grand St, between Driggs and Roebling, in Williamsburg. My friends from Crazy Mary play right before us at 10:00 PM, then we play at 11:00. Also, 4/22 is Julie’s birthday. She’ll be there. Buy her a drink. - C

Apr 18th

Apr 15th

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What's Good?

Steve Jobs’ ears must be shaped differently than mine. I can’t imagine he’d allow Apple to sell earbuds that fit so badly. But I use iPod earbuds because they’re all I have, and I have just discovered something delightful about them. Or rather, I’ve discovered something odd about myself, which has a delightful consequence when I’m listening to music through earbuds. What I’ve discovered is...

Apr 14th

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Preeeetttyyyyy (both the video and the song) -H

Apr 8th

http://hypebeast.com/2010/04/the-roots-dilla-joints... →

My all time favorite beat-maker, as interpreted by one of my all time favorite bands. SCORE! Hat tip to our fantastic (vol 2) drummer, Zach Campbell. -H

Apr 7th

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I used to be an avid skateboarder, and for a while it was almost as important to me as music. Gradually, I drifted away from my board and closer to my bass. I can count on two hands the number of times I’ve gone skating in the past few years. But at least once a day—be it walking past a smooth brick embankment, or watching a kid skate down the street in total bliss—I find myself...

Apr 6th

Apr 5th

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Show 4/14 at The Bitter End

Gallatone Records showcase. Show starts at 7:00, we play promptly at 8:15. Ages 18+.

Mar 29th

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Show 4/25 at The Local 269

The Local 269 lives at 269 E. Houston Street, New York, NY. We play at 8 PM. $5, ages 21+.

Mar 29th

“I want to share with you something I’ve learned.”

– It may be a character flaw of mine that I pay more or less attention depending on who says “I want to share with you something I’ve learned.” But anyway, when Kurt Vonnegut says it I pay attention. Read the story.

Mar 24th

Mar 22nd

“INTERVIEWER: Do you enjoy it, the work? KRONE: I don’t know. I go back...”

– I have similar feelings about pop music. This whole interview is great, and here’s a link. C

Mar 22nd

Mar 16th

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Mar 9th

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Mar 4th

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Show 4/3 at Rockwood Music Hall

This will be our second show at Rockwood, the best small music venue I know. Our set is at 4:00 PM, which I affectionately call the Teatime Slot. The show is free.

Mar 1st

We're Obsolete →

http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/triumph-of-the-cyborg-composer-8507/ As long as music stays good, I’m okay with that. -H

Feb 28th

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I used to have access to a 30 story roof in Manhattan. It was an amazing place to watch city life. Sadly, some ass-heads went up there and threw rocks off, so the building management installed an alarm on the door. No more roof for me. But this video is almost as good. -H

Feb 27th

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While Asleep

Two girls are sitting across from one another, eating lunch. Chick chick chick chick chick. That is the sound of their iPhones being typed on, and it is the only sound coming from their table, because each girl is as immersed in her 3.5-inch color screen as anyone ever gets immersed into anything. Chick chick chick chick chick. I hope they’re texting each other. I know they’re not, because...

Feb 24th

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Leaving the Movie Theater

Yes, Roland Barthes has an essay called “Leaving the Movie Theater,” and no, this is not that essay. This isn’t even an essay at all. Has anyone coined a good one-word phrase for “short bit of writing on a weblog”? Is it “post”? “Post” sounds stupid. Anyway, the movie theater. Seems like all theaters have at least twice as many exits as entrances, and tonight I left by one of those extra...

Feb 18th

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This Was a Bad Idea

It’s apparently more difficult to hit a parked car than a moving one. Yes? So yesterday, after nearly getting hit by a bike, I decided to start behaving like a parked car and stop dead any time a cyclist might maybe come near me, thinking I’d be harder to hit this way. But no, I nearly got hit by a bike three times today, and at least one of the riders gave me a look like I’d insulted him. It...

Feb 16th

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Show 2/24 at Glasslands Gallery

The show starts at 8, we play at 9, and the cover is $7. Ages 21+. Glasslands is in Brooklyn, on 289 Kent Ave, between South 1st and South 2nd streets. The Tendencies play after us; they are astoundingly fun.

Feb 11th

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It's Like When

I think I can explain why I’m so excited about this, but only if I tell a very short story first. When an acquaintance of mine, a former NYU grad student, got offered a job at U.C. Berkeley, I told him he’d landed the closest thing that professional philosophy has to a major-label record deal. I wasn’t trying to explain to him the awesomeness of his situation—he knew that already. I was,...

Feb 6th

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Show 2/12 at Sidewalk Cafe

Showcase for 194 Recordings, featuring Katie Buchannan at 10:00, The Brothers Frank at 11:00 (that’s us!), and Lacrymosa at midnight. Free show, all ages, awesome. Sidewalk Cafe is on 94 Avenue A in NYC.

Jan 28th

Jan 27th

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Show 1/23/2010 at Rockwood Music Hall

Rockwood is one of my favorite places in the city to see shows. 4:00 PM is an unusual time for rock music, but don’t let that stop you. We’ll make it work. Free, 45 minute set, ages 21+, starting at 4:00 PM sharp.

Dec 29th

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LiiKkee LaSt sHoWW of oH NiinNneee OMGOMG!!!

Hey! Give me my computer back, Chris! (ensuing struggle…the sound of cracking bones and high pitched squeeling) That’s better. I should never have given him the password to this website. Uh, anyway, as Chris’ title informs you in its own special way, the Brothers Frank will soon be playing our last show of the year. It’s this Friday, 12/18, at Sullivan Hall, 8:00pm. Ten...

Dec 15th

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Mistakes Were Made I uncovered this little gem...

Dec 14th

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Show Tonight at 5:30

The schedule for tonight’s show at Webster Hall has changed, and we’re now playing at 5:30 sharp. Kate Eastman, alas, has a theatrical engagement until six o’ clock, which means she cannot grace you with her harmonies tonight. I’ve placed a call to the New York Philharmonic to see whether they can fill in, but with so little notice I’m not hopeful. Look for a show...

Nov 21st

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Noise

I see much in Manhattan I’d rather not. Litter, for instance, which, come to think of it, I also smell. It’s at least hard to hear litter, unlike taxi brakes squealing and subway trains arriving and paranoid schizophrenics and the rest of New York’s Sounds Of The Morning. I hear in other towns they’ve got bird song. Call any sensory input you wish you didn’t have to deal with “noise”. Noise...

Nov 10th

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Show 11/21 at The Studio @ Webster Hall

Gallatone Records is throwing a party, and we’re part of the entertainment. Genesis Be, Shinobi Ninka, Natti Vogel, and Analogue Transit are also on the bill, which means it’s going to be a hell of a party indeed. Show starts at 6:00 sharp, and we play at precisely 7:10. The Studio @ Webster Hall has an address: 125 East 11th St, Manhattan. It’s open to anyone 19 or older....

Nov 8th

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Quasi-show

We’ll be playing a few songs with my friends ippazzi at Rockwood Music Hall tomorrow night. 11:59 PM. I don’t know which songs, precisely, we’ll be playing, or how many, but I do know that Rockwood is a great place to see music. If you’re awake at 11:59 and in New York, you ought to be at Rockwood.

Nov 8th

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Show 11/13 at Sidewalk Cafe

The shows keep coming. Come catch us Friday, 11/13 at the Sidewalk Cafe, at 94 Avenue A, where A meets 6th St. We play at 11:59 PM, for free, and all ages are welcome.

Oct 19th

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CMJ Show 10/24 at Crash Mansion

So we’ve got a showcase in this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. Dana Billings, who you may know as the drummer from my band New Neighbors, will be joining us on drums. Yeah, you read right. REAL DRUMS. If you’ve caught one of our first two shows, or are planning to catch our third, you know we’ve been threatening to fire our drum machine some day. That day is soon. Fourth...

Oct 14th

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Oct 12th

Reminder: Show 10/17 at the Living Room

Just a reminder that we’re playing with Mary Lorson at The Living Room on Saturday, 10/17. She goes on at 8:00 and we’ll follow at 9:00 PM. This is a free show, folks, open to anyone ages 21+. Come on out. CF

Oct 10th

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We Lose Some, We Win Some

Last night we went to a great party. But before that we won the CMJ/NYU MEISA Battle of the Bands, which in fact is why we went to the party. All six other bands impressed the hell out of me, even the ones playing way outside my favorite genres. Amadeus, for example, make kickass prog metal, and I don’t like prog metal. Natti Vogel and his band do a wild part-vaudeville, part-pop,...

Oct 10th

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Oct 8th

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The Weights, yet another track from my Spring EP....

Oct 4th

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Don't write email in the Philosophy building.

M: [Various important logistical stuff that needs adressing] … Why is it, though, that no one refers to the days around Thanksgiving by their date? CF: Good question. I think dates are tools that allow two or more people to reference a particular time, so they can talk about what will happen then, meet up, etc. But to use dates, especially dates far in the future, we need yet another...

Oct 1st

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Because recreating Dilla beats in Garageband is...

Oct 1st

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Oct 1st

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Beautiful Birds. A collaboration by Jarbas Agnelli and some birds. This has nothing to do with Chris’ song Strange Birds, but both are fantastic. Hat tip to Amy. -H

Sep 29th