A Little Something

As we get closer to Christmas and the end of the holidays, I thought I would share with with you all.  A few weeks ago, my friends Jeff and Lana threw a little Christmas get-together for some friends.  Jeff, our buddy Ryan, and I all work in the entertainment industry so when you get the three of us together, we either make music, order Papa John's, or shoot short films.

This is what we did at the party.


A Not-So Silent Night from David Parke on Vimeo.

LOTB cover from this year

Here's a cover song we played at the Prop 8 Rally show we played earlier this year. Enjoy!

Scavenger Type

I recorded this this past weekend. enjoy


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you know how i know YOU'RE gay?

you're suing Coldplay over the world's most simple chord progression ever. Seriously, people? Think of "Dammit" by Blink 182. I mention this as the root song as Blink is my favorite band but that chord progression has been used in almost every green day song, Blink song, Sum 41 song... think of a Pop Punk band who HASN'T used that progression. I think SONGS are copyrightable and I think LYRICS are as well, but CHORD progressions might as well be intellectual property. I didn't pay much attention to the original case against Coldplay because i couldn't care less, but now Cat Stevens "needs a quick buck" as i read in a youtube.com comment today, and i agree! a SLIGHT resemblance to a song that came out and sucked 36 years ago does not a case make.

Here's the thing... Coldplay don't NEED to copy anyone. I think they're a great band... and because of this shit, i gave "Viva la Vida..." another listen last night and it's a REALLY good record.. .which is weird because i hated it when it first came out. Anyway, stuff like this pisses me off. They are so successful, there is no reason they would sit around listening to some shitty tunes and say, "hey, you know what? I like this riff... let's steal it". if they did, it was probably "let's make it better". now, I have done that. Listen to LOTB's "Fuck Emo" and listen to the Ataris' "San Dimas High School Football Rules". we ripped them off PURPOSELY because it was satire... but it was also as common a chord progression as "Dammit" is by blink. show me an original chord progression and ill show you my penis.

srsly

i can't NOT laugh at this...

Word up

Practice picture

LOTB Time Lapse!

Here's a time lapse I did at practice today. it's only about 10 seconds long. I took a frame every 30 seconds for about 4 and a half hours. enjoy!

Free LOTB Show April 4th!

new music from me

so i am in another band. we are called hart brake kid and we just recorded a new EP this past weekend in fresno, ca with Matty from Zebrahead and Joel from Avery Parkway. i had a lot of fun recording this record and cant wait to start playing shows soon.

Also, last off the bus has a show coming up april 4th at CSUN and another april 18th with the location TBD. ill get you more info on that sooner than later... (hint hint, rim)

so, yes. busy busy dood as of late. see yall soon -- and shit.