we are tossed aside on the line

big friends, HUGE friends, fantastic friends.

for toothache tuesday, i'm taking us back a year+ to yet another way-broken-up band, i, the magician. for some months in 2004-2005, i was way-palling-it-up with these guys and girls. didn't miss a show. partook in all band drama. carried equipment. tried to have a say in cover art and set lists. they were a hot item in detroit for a hot minute but quickly formed and re-formed and re-formed again, eventually parting ways for reasons too numerous and convoluted to even begin to pick apart. this "instrumental-with-vocals" band did, however, manage to play a bunch of shows around here, put out a full-length and make more than a bit of a stir. i, the magician is the soundtrack to a breakdown. and with respect to myself, i mean that oh-so-literally.


so here's the thing, i, the magician is [was!] the kind of band with really long, dynamic songs. soaring, totally. these two tracks are connected on the record, but because of my primitive blogging and mediocre knowledge of mp3 manipulation, these two tracks have to stay separated. BUT you can pretend by playing them one quickly after the other. and the last word: never ever have i met someone with a voice as absolutely mind-blowing as mr. lavaque. and unless i fancy to meet perhaps jeremy enigk someday, i doubt that i ever will.

i, the magician
i got xanax today...
...sixty of them
the lonely illusionist
down peninsula audio © 2005

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additionally, the constantines are going to be on last call with carson daly tonight! for us eastern time-zoners, the show comes on at 2:35 AM on NBC. little late for a school night, but totally worth it.