Best of 2009

Leave your top 10 list in the comments. Music, books, shows, movies, parties, etc. It's important to think about what a great year this was and show people how cool you are. Don't embarrass yourself by putting something lame.

New Years

What's going on for new years? I'll be home for it and I want to see everyone

A Flyer for a Live Event

Click to enlarge.

Pronunciation

Taken from the Towers blog

CONGRATS TO SHANE VICTORINO AND JIMMY ROLLINS ON THEIR GOLD GLOVE AWARDS.

Band Name Video

We've been working on this for while... its finally here!

as we speak...

i am digitalizing the tour footage i have acquired over the past 3 or so years...

i am currently watching comrad kilkin play in the be happy house basement....awesome!!!!

A Video of a Cat

lobsterhouse: the movie film! online now!!!

the one, the only, the arcane....LOBSTERHOUSE!!!

Disaster Areas second music video!

Certified Platnum rocks the set

how to play music...

dear pen pal letter to peter helmis...

dear pen pal,

i have grown 3 inches since the last time we talked. the summer has been great, is it weird where you are from? my mom says that people who stay to long in new jersey tend to get sick more. the house that i live in is very nice, i bet where you are is nice too. Do they have giraffes where you live? I wonder. Yesterday i was shown this video that made me smile, hope it does the same for you.

Greetings from Needle Point Park, NJ

Hello friends. I'm in a medical study at a place just outside of Asbury Park until next Tuesday. Please feel free to drop a line or direct my attention toward something interesting or entertaining. Hope all is well on the outside. See you soon!

Some Hot Vids

Wow!



Seriously, watch this whole thing!



You've seen it but it's great!

and...

Pat Band List

I'll make the links later when I'm at home. Right now i'll just list bands. You need to write down instruments you played too. YOU CAN BE IN ANY OF THESE BANDS I NEED MEMBERS.


Pennsbury School band

Trombone

4th grade till 10th grade!



Pat fortenbaugh 1

2005- present

Pat Fortenbaugh: guitar, bass, electric guitar, recorder, kazoo, tamborine, drums, violin, keyboard, floor keyboard, trombone, toy saxaphone, xylophone, some more I can't remember

Certified Platnum

2007- 2009

Sean Fortenbaugh vocals

Pat Fortenbaugh drums.

Peter Helmis played guitar then Robin replaced Peter, then this kid Joe replaced Robin, then we practiced with a different Pete to replace Joe. Then Certified Platnum became a rap band.


Take That

2008- present


Pop punk band, There are 7 songs I only recorded 2. The two songs have two different people drumming, i played guitar, bass and sang. I reallllly still want to do this band! I NEED a drummer and a bass player BUT A DRUMMER MORE.

uke nukem 2009- present

I bought a 4 track and recorded 8 or something songs in one day. All the songs are on the same track. It's good though! If you want to be in this band you can too!

Disaster Area

2009- present

Weird electronic. The first bunch of songs were made on a synth program for ds called korg DS 10. Then I got bored and used the cubase LE program and my 4 track. Recently I came up with a live show for this band consisting of 2 keyboards, a drum machine, and this tascam vocal trainer thing that messes with vocals. I really want to do a live band with this. The new stuff is influenced by Kratwerk if your into that sort of thing. I need someone in this too! PETER DID YOU EVER GET THIS CD?

I also jam out with my little brother donald expect to hear a recording of that soon too.

DOWNLOAD all of CRAIG's bands...PAST & PRESENT!!!

i encourage you all to do the same.. create a Mediafire account for free and make some zip files of all your bands OLD and NEW! I know I want to hear some Halfway To Holland and Antogonist and Within Arms Reach and shit... do it!

here is mine.. some of the folders are a bit incomplete.. it's hard to track down some of the stuff..

FALL ON DEAF YEARS
http://www.mediafire.com/?trq2mtghijn
1997 - 2003
greg fowler, craig woods, dan wiz (chris lledo, mary tess o, brian flannery)

THE COMBINE
http://www.mediafire.com/?ktomoikoyhz
2001 - 2003
greg fowler, craig woods, ben schorr, peter helmis, frank foley

LA CLEF
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymyrdgydz3m
2004
tank bergmann, colin mahoney, craig woods, dan wiz

D'AMORE
http://www.mediafire.com/?jnejzlozrmq
2004 - 2005
craig woods, matt gibbs, peter helmis

RYEROSE
http://www.mediafire.com/?ojziwzyzjo0
2005 - 2006
chris howell, eric, craig woods, peter helmis

TOWERS
towers.bandcamp.com
2004 - present
ben schorr, john lertch, greg fowler, craig woods (brett green, matt gibbs)

PETER&CRAIG
http://www.mediafire.com/?mihyenzzmzy
2005 - present
peter helmis, craig woods

ELDER
http://www.mediafire.com/?mjt3mymjmtm
2007 - present
craig woods, armando morales, drew juergens

KICK ROCKS
http://www.mediafire.com/?oi15nlmjznm
2008 - present
ben schorr, larry everett, peter helmis, craig woods






I think at some point, it would be cool to make some sort of a CIRCLE Y band tree... with all of the people connected to each other and bands along with links like these.. would be awesome! it'll never happen though...

New art!!!

Hey I posted some new stuff on my page, take a look jeremyjams

Dino Jr. continued

Hey,

Their new record leaked. Neatness right here.

Algernon Sike

Algernon Cadwallader on popsike.com. Neat.

Toledo, OH

If anyone ever comes around the Toledo area LET ME KNOW. I'm bored out of my mind out here. Hell, even if you're at Detroit, Chicago.. Cleveland.. let me know. I need some hanging out hombres

The Tornadoes

The Rockets

Manowar

Dino Jr.

Sonic Youth

ahhhhhhhh

damn that phillies loss is hard to swallow. bottom of the 9th losses are really hard to take. 

Briday?

Fellow fellas,

I'm in town for the night. If anyone in the area wants to stop by and hang out I'll be here. I miss you all

alien late night hockey BBQ

After weeks of Ben telling me I have to subscribe to this blog and write some things on it i decided that Friday night at quarter to 5 is the perfect time.

Tomorrow there will be a BBQ on my porch and all from the Y are invited. We are going to start around 5ish.

If you cannot attend please reply with a statement stating your reasoning for the likelihood that a hockey game between aliens and genetically enhanced cattle is or is not possible.

white racial profiling

so i was pulled over and searched today because i was a "white guy in a black neighborhood". he told me this after he found no other reason of pulling me over.
he thought I was buying drugs from black people.

that sucked

weeed jamzzzz

yo, heres a link to download the finished recording of one of my new bands. im also in the process of recording jams with erik, and im planning on recording within the next weeks with my punk band. you know it.


http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zgn5nzjolnt

new short...

so, we have been working on putting together shorts recently, and here is the first one.

the idea is a bad film that the makers have decided to sit down and place audio/video commentary over...

DJ NINJA ASSASSIN (audio commentary) from George Gross on Vimeo.

Pat Fortenbaugh 2009 edition.

It has been a while....Let me reintroduce myself. I'm still pretty nerdy, I don't really read comic books or play video games anymore, but I watch a million movies. I recently graduated college with a degree in ECE. I still have the same same apartment. I've been in the same job for over 3 years now. I play a bunch of music, usually violin, but I am in four bands( im the only member of all of them) we should chill.


PS. Peter, Jeffery Lewis is playing in Doylestown May 26, and in Philly May 27, it's $8

listening to halfway to holland

i had some halfway to holland song stuck in my head and with a little searching i found the demo of course it was in the last place i looked. this thing still holds up. mucho teen age angst from a young peter helmis. i kinda think i sorta mind it that this is the only recording i have. pete, was there another demo floating around that i dont have? i think i would ask one more time if i weren't so tired but let me know.

Some Things Never Change

Hey guys, remember how I was always paying lots of tickets and maintaining some sort of trouble with the law? Well, it recently came to my attention that there were warrants issued for my arrest in 2 states. Pennsylvania (trespassing at the LMT pool) and New Jersey (traffic violation). Both un-resolved obviously. A missed court day at Niagara Falls for climbing over the guard rails would've made a hat trick but I rescheduled and Lertch and I drove up there this winter. Just thought it might help some of you sleep well knowing some things never change.

greetings from baltimore

whats up jerks. i haven't heard from some of you in years, hope all is good. i've been living in baltimore since i've been back and having a blast. since i came back i have been playing mad music, i have 3 bands now and also joined dawn treader. i'll post some recordings when i can so you can peep the jams.the band i'd doing vocals for, pansori, should be playing at the mill creek tavern on may 17th if peter got us on that show, you should come out and have a brew. living in the barclay house is also the shit, everyone who lives here are solid dudes. other then that i have just been chilling and looking for a job down here . also for anyone who cares my new number is 267 907 3464.


peace.

this is the logo of the new team for those of you that have not seen it.

The Union is coming.

me and the bros went down to the rally  for the newly named Philadelphia Union, at city hall today with the sons of ben, a local supporters group for are soon to come major league soccer team. it was really fun and the sons of ben are pretty rowdy. They already made up songs and chants to do at the new stadium in chester. Just wanted to share a link to the sons of ben website with everyone , the main reason is because at the new stadium there is a supporters only section where you have to be a legit member of a supporters club to sit there but i can guarantee that will be the fun section. anyway check out their site here. http://www.sonsofben.net/

Dont Call it a come back...

it feels good to be back in the saddle

my first awesome post

pretty psyched to be blogging about stuff. i feel like a real 21st century person now. hopefully this will give me a chance to reconnect with alot of you guys i havent really talked to in a while. i think i will mostly end up bloging about comic books and baseball and just some life stuff. my life has had some drastic changes lately and now all you lads have to hear about it, so suck it up and read this shit. love you all.

frank

This Blog

Lots of people I know play in bands, make drawings, and do awesome stuff. For years our circle of friends has posted here. Now I'm hoping we can also post right here on this page.