Boys Like Girls

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“for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”  
-edward m. kennedy

so i typed up my most recent entry into my phone on the plane this morning with some serious haste while being overly nagged by 2 different flight attendants to “turn off all my electronic devices.” …so if you already read it, it’s now edited and i added quite a bit…but you don’t have to re-read if you don’t wanna read me preach about positive human interaction and frequent misconceptions. 

scroll below the pic in the last entry to check it out. 

P.S. KINGSTON’S QUOTE OF THE DAY IS REAL. WE DISCUSSED IT TODAY. IT’S GOING DOWN.

my new boy sir kingston and i share bling.

last night sean and i (you know what? i hate those type proper english ways to word things. screw it. let’s start this fresh.) last night me and sean went live on twitter from his hotel room and my ass got handed to me in a freestyle battle. he put me in my place—in a giant jamaican pipe and smoked. burnt! if you didn’t see it, you missed out. last night taught me a lot about preconceived notions. i had heard that sean was a dickhead, and admittedly expected it myself. we had done shows before, but never got a chance to really even meet. i guess when you see a dude with an entourage and some seriously huge dudes rolling around wearing chains worth more than a car, you assume there are egos involved. wrong. great hang. good people. i suppose if your accessing someone who lives in the spotlight it’s more interesting/fun to talk trash rather than saying ” what a great guy!” …i get pretty hurt when I hear talk of me being cocky or mean. i am so humbled by the fact that we get the chance to do what we love, humbled by the fact that people listen, and i can’t wait to start this cycle. i feel reborn in a sense. i guess sometimes you need a good hang, a few laughs, and some real personal time to judge someone’s personality. it’s time put everyone on the same playing field and not let rushed first impressions influence my judgement. you guys should try that too. who knows? maybe good karma will come creepin and someone will give YOU the benefit of the doubt ;). 

i’m stoked to have a new friend. it’s ON this christmas at the big radio shows. this time i’ll be bringing along my A game freestyle instead of my Z game. rematch.

quote of the day:
“collaboration coming on love drunk remix! kingston! boys like girls! get ready you know how we do! WAT A GWAAN!”
-sean kingston

getting pretty for hot topic. 

flying out tomorrow to oklahoma at 7:30am. had a nice day with the doc, picked up a new watch cause i obviously lost my old one, got introduced and had some great hang time with joey kramer from aerosmith (check the twitter pic!) and went out and bought his book. stoked to check it out. it seems like a heavy read. finally got a new batphone…and then immediately set my old blackberry bold on fire, threw it off a cliff, climbed down and stomped on it. then i spit on it. then i went and ate a feast in celebration of it’s demise. 

…now i’m sitting here and i can’t figure out my new phone. FML.

“a diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.”  
-robert frost

BOYS LIKE GIRLS: back in the van.

video blog includes acoustic performances…including a sneak at a new song, typical blg shenanagans, a live radio interview and more…press play.

what a great little acoustic run. had so much fun riding in the van and hanging out at some of our favorite radio stations, seeing some of our most beloved fans and meeting some amazing new ones. i’m really starting to have fun editing videos…so if you like the updates, lucky you. more to come.

“if music be the food of love, play on.”  
-william shakespeare

LOVE DRUNK: SEPTEMBER 8.

so we just launched lovedrunks.com about 2 minutes ago. think FML format, with a straight up failed relationship BLG style twist. i wanna read some real juicy “hangover” stories from you guys. we’ve already posted ours, and through the next few weeks a bunch of our friends will be posting theirs. go check it out now or i’ll shave your cat.

“i am a kind of paranoiac in reverse.  i suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”  
-j. d. salinger

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dinner theater in malaysia…paul and i can getting down, traditional style. or, something. viewers beware: this is worse than my disco dancing.

“the most valuable possession you can own is an open heart.  the most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.”  
-carlos santana

OP presents: boys like girls w/cobra starship, the maine, a rocket to the moon and versa emerge. 

oh hell yeah. it’s on.

all the lovely members of the BLG fan club heroes/heroines will have first access to pre-sale tickets wednesday at noon local time.

Oct 14 2009 Rapids Theatre Niagara Falls, NY

Oct 15 2009 The LC Pavillion Columbus, OH

Oct 16 2009 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI

Oct 17 2009 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI

Oct 18 2009 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL

Oct 20 2009 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO

Oct 21 2009 El Rey Blackfoot, ID

Oct 23 2009 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA

Oct 24 2009 Soma San Diego, CA

Oct 25 2009 Henderson Events Plaza Henderson, NV

Oct 27 2009 Club Nokia LA Live Los Angeles, CA

Oct 28 2009 Mesa Amphitheatre Mesa, AZ

Oct 30 2009 Las Palmas Race Park Mission, TX

Oct 31 2009 Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX

Nov 1 2009 Warehouse Live Houston, TX

Nov 3 2009 Rocketown Nashville, TN

Nov 5 2009 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Nov 6 2009 Bourbon Street Station Jacksonville, FL

Nov 7 2009 House of Blues Orlando Orlando, FL

Nov 8 2009 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA

Nov 10 2009 Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC

Nov 11 2009 The NorVa Norfolk, VA

Nov 12 2009 Expo Five Louisville, KY

Nov 13 2009 The Pageant St. Louis, MO

Nov 14 2009 Clutch Cargos Pontiac, MI

Nov 15 2009 Kool Haus Toronto, ON

Nov 18 2009 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY

Nov 19 2009 Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, PA

Nov 20 2009 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ

Nov 21 2009 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA

Nov 24 2009 Nokia Theatre New York, NY

Nov 27 2009 Showcase Live Foxborough, MA

Nov 28 2009 Showcase Live Foxborough, MA

soooo stoked for this. i can’t wait to get back on the road with my cobras and my mainers and meet some new friends. start shaking the trees, i want the leaves to fall faster so we can get this tour crackin’.

“what i’ve noticed is that people who love what they do, regardless of what that might be, tend to live longer.”  
-philip glass

tattooed in asia! six minutes of pain across the globe captured on film.
p.s. go check our purevolume. 

“life is too short to not get tattooed.”
-philip solomon 

tyson, oh how i’ve missed thee.

it’s pretty surreal meeting up with a band that embraced you and took you out on tour when you were still in diapers…so green and scared of it all, here, in malaysia, on the other side of the world, getting ready to share a stage again, and realizing that nothing’s changed. maybe there are new records out or coming out, maybe some have different haircuts, new clothes, new tattoos, been through different life experiences…but nothing has changed. today it was as if no time has passed. almost 3 years ago, on the first day of the AAR tornado tour, i was terrified. of the huge crowd, of every move i made or word i spoke, trying so hard to not rub anyone the wrong way, scared of tyson walking around with his shirt off like he owned the place, cracking jokes to crew and stagehands, completely relaxed and in his element, controlling the room. eventually, you start to realize how normal everyone is. people in the spotlight can be intimidating, but they are all just regular people…going about their lives, living it day by day. just like anyone else. sure there might be camera flashes, fast paced insanity and extra attention, but for the most part thats just the exterior.

sometimes i need to step back to realize how many people have affected me, inspired me, and helped me grow the confidence i need to get through this crazy lifestyle. we’re playing in front of 15,000 people in a few hours, in a country we’ve never even been to. i’ve been feeling very blessed lately. at peace with myself and with the world around me. slightly spiritual. humbled. 

“if you are really thankful, what do you do?  you share.”  
-w. clement stone

sweet vip MUGSHOTS.

ok so i lied, i’m breaking my no tattoos for a while rule and getting a traditional bamboo style knock it into my skin whole deal tattoo. tonight. it’s supposed to be quite the magical experience…i’m stoked.

“notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”  
-bruce lee

Announcing the launch of LoveDrunks.com! check out www.lovedrunks.com to read Martin, Paul, Bryan, and John's "love drunk" stories, read other fans' stories, and post your own!

my band likes to beat me during asian photoshoots. no, i’m not wearing eyeliner. no, i’m not kidding. stoked to see how these turn out on the real camera.

malaysia is crazy. loving it. we have been running around like chickens with our heads cut off for last 2 days. so much press, meeters and greeters, photoshoots, album listening parties, etc. can’t wait to play world stage in a few days. gonna be a wild show. everyone has been so nice to us, and this hotel resort thingy is a damn palace. i look around, and i feel almost uncomfortable in my surroundings. like i’m living someone else’s life. i guess i still can’t shake the smelly motel 6’s and econo lodges out of my system. that’s probably a good thing. i never want to get used to “it.” i wanna stay hungry like the wolf forever. i like the reel big fish cover of that song. go download that.

picked up those new mike dirnt macbeths and some other cool new duds. i was overdue for some new threads…i see pics online and it looks like i never change my clothes. then i realize that i don’t. yeah.

so i guess i should be feeling a ton of anxiety for this new record coming out, but i just feel so pumped up. finally we get to play some new tunes live, and show the world that we ain’t no one trick pony. i don’t really care about numbers and figures, reviews, or any of that stuff this time around. i just want people to feel as passionate about this record as we do.

my new tats are healing and my sunburn is fading and peeling, so i am going through the itchiest few days of my life. i gots the permanent heebee jeebies. i’m like a cat, i rub my back up on every wall and scratch it out.

i looked down today as i was tweeting on my phone and to the left i spot my twitter sucks wristband, proudly hanging off my wrist. i think need a quick weekend in the insane asylum.

we saw a little kid dancing and hopping around the mall last night, happy as a clam, and captain was talking about how children don’t care at all what people think. there is so much beauty in that. absolute freedom of the mind. i wish we could all dance around malls, play make-believe hopscotch in the middle of the street and talk to ourselves in public. too bad everyone grows up and becomes an insecure mess.

“all children are artists. the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
 -pablo picasso

so check it out. malaysia is sweet, but i’ll talk about that later. right now i got a bunch of BLG stuff to ramble about. here goes:

in case you’ve been living under a rock, our new record LOVE DRUNK comes out on september 8th. that’s less than a month away. mark you’re calendar. nevermind, you don’t have one…so…set an alarm on your cell phone so you don’t blow it.

were hawking off some pretty dope pre-order bundles for the new record. all exclusive shirts, posters, bags, wristbands, downloads, etc…CLICK HERE and go check it out. if you’re gonna buy it anyway, might as well get some sweet stuff to go with it.

ITUNES USERS: no, we didn’t leave you out. we have a special pre-order deal available starting TODAY, which get’s you “she’s got a boyfriend now” right away. like…this second. also, only people who pre-order get the “making of love drunk-the album” documentary video. um, go make moves.

every album has a tracklist. every tracklisting exists before the record is in stores. here’s ours:

BOYS LIKE  GIRLS - LOVE DRUNK

1. Heart Heart Heartbreak
2. Love Drunk
3. She’s Got a Boyfriend Now
4. Two is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)
5. Contagious
6. Real Thing
7. Someone Like You
8. The Shot Heard Round The World
9. The First One
10. Chemicals Collide
11. Go

…it’s a jam packed 45 minutes of all new BLG. i seriously can’t wait for you guys to hear these tunes. it’s starting to itch at me real bad. even the songs themselves are getting cabin fever after being locked up all summer. well on the “bright” side, seeing as how we live in 2009 it’ll probably leak soon, so at least that issue will be resolved. 

it’s gonna jam-packed be a hell of a month. hang tight for more news and surprises coming every day.

oh yeah, failed to mention the full US tour this fall. get involved. more on that soon.

OK, SO IF YOU WANTED TO SKIP THE SPAM YOU STILL GET A SWEET QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“go pre-order our new record now!”  
-boys like girls

…sucka.

where’s collins? gannon? we miss you in malaysia! stackin’ it mansfield style across the globe.

“it takes a long time to grow an old friend.”  
-john leonard

“argh! i want that booty! all the booty! gimmie that booty! that booty nice! look! i even got my booty hunting map and my booty hunting cane!”
-martin johnson, circa 1990

Hey everyone! Check below for the tracklisting for our new album Love Drunk, which hits stores September 8th!

Right now we have a rad pre-order for the album going on where you can order one of 4 different bundles (click here to check out the pre-order).

We've also got an iTunes pre-order deal coming up on Tuesday, so stay tuned for the details on that!!

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Track Listing
1. Heart Heart Heartbreak
2. Love Drunk
3. She's Got a Boyfriend Now
4. Two is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)
5. Contagious
6. Real Thing
7. Someone Like You
8. The Shot Heard Round The World
9. The First One
10. Chemicals Collide
11. Go

what the hell is this? someone please explain. immediately. 

i played soccer when i was little. in fact, i even went to little kids soccer day camp one year. i like soccer. soccer is fun. soccer is nice. soccer is… i don’t know but this is the best martinsays quote of all time. drumroll please:

“if god had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms.”  
-mike ditka

and 3 new tattoos.
big thanks to hiro, (the artist), who killed it tonight.

 1. “LOVE” in traditional japanese brushstroke. after i had our label rep draw the symbol in sharpe on my hand today, i fell so in love with it, (no pun intended), that i HAD to get it tattooed. stoked to get the real deal in the real country.

 

2. the entire first verse to “amazing grace” across the center of my back. hiro told me i was mentally insane for inking this over my sunburn, but it was worth the pain. i’ve been wanting this tat for a few years…and tonight it just felt right, burt or not. yes. i screamed like a baby. especially when the needle hit my spine.

3. i have hand-drawn this little star all over everything since elementary school. at some point 2 years ago, it even snuck it’s way into my autograph. i must have drawn 100 out before i got the perfect one to ink up. well…now i have a hand tat. no suit and tie jobs for me! let’s hope BLG keeps kickin till were wrinkled and that tat is faded.

HIRO: the man behind it all, stressin hard and ready to crash after a long day of work.

p.s. if you were wondering about the looks of my elbow above…i fell off the stage the other day and scraped it up. yes, i’m fine, but no i’m not mutated like it looks in that shot.

video of the whole ordeal coming pronto.

FYI: no i am not getting sleeves, neck tattoos, knuckle tattoos, or weird piercings of any kind.  i’m actually gonna take a tattoo break for a little while. i had my fair share tonight. gotta get used to these babies. 

“a work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.”  
-oscar wilde

ho ho ho, tokyo. 

“just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.”  
-irene peter

“love.” I’m bummed the sharpie sweated off so bad…but that also means that osaka rules. you make my sunburn bubble. ok, maybe that’s the heat. still don’t think i’m putting a shirt on for the rest of the day. sorry in advance to those who catch a glimpse of my concave chest. hey, it ain’t that bad. at least i know i’ll always have a cereal bowl. but seriously thank you for going insane in 105 degree weather. you guys blow my mind. video update soon? mmmmmaybe.

“it’s not true i had nothing on. i had the radio on.”
-marilyn monroe

playing that baseball stadium today on the opposite side of the globe and watching all the kids jump up and down and scream along ranks in the top 5 best moments of my life. coming to the realization that you have gone global is very humbling. i barley know how to say hello and thank you here. i used cheat sheets on stage with japanese words i still can barley pronounce. thank you tokyo. see you tomorrow osaka. i’m out of breath. what a day.

“there are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.”  
-anya seton

japan goes all out! so humbling and surreal to see my signature on someone’s body. i ate way too much tonight. my belly hurts. so does my my sunburn. at least i had brent here to rub some aloe on it. thanks bud. i know you weren’t too exited about that task. go listen to “too much” off the new ATL. been spinning it on repeat for the last few days.

quote:
“there’s no half-singing in the shower. you’re either a rock star or an opera diva.”
-josh groban

life moves faster than a speeding bullet. i find myself trapped, stuck in a hazy purgatory, not being able to appreciate my surroundings and the blessings that have struck me like lightning because i am so focused on mastering the next move. it’s all about the next move. making it perfect. micromanaging every step, sound, picture, word, note…from the belt i’m wearing, to the guitar i’m playing, to the way i looked at the person at starbucks as i ordered my coffee, and while ordering my coffee, calculating how it will effect my acid reflux and how that will effect my voice for the next 8 hours, to the way i shake the hand of an older man with rough calloused hands, to the way i grab the hands of people in the crowd, to every single lyric i have ever written and sang and how they effect me and how they will affect every listener, to figuring out who i really am other than a guy in a band…micromanaging discovering my own personality and who i’m becoming while growing older in this whirlwind of a traveling circus. constant questions. mostly questions i can’t answer. is this song perfect? am i a good role model? was that show perfect? how can it be better? is the third pick that i throw out tonight going to pass the barricade and leave me enough time to grab another one and make it to the next chord? is this entry too wordy? am i putting myself out there too much? do these sunglasses make me look cocky? every emotion has stacked up from sitting at my desk in high school staring at a sea of numbers and symbols strewn across a chalkboard all the way to staring out into a sea of blurry faces…and here i am, still equally confused. finishing this record and starting this tour has taught me a lot and humbled every bone in my body. who cares if there aren’t sugarfree redbulls in the dressing room? drink a sugared one and get another root canal or chug a water bang my head three times and maybe it’ll wake me up just as good. who cares if we didn’t get a soundcheck? don’t complain. just hit it as hard as you can. every time. who cares if i get a middle seat on a plane, stuck between an overweight man who can’t stop coughing and a older woman who can’t speak english? patience. breathe. this year i want to remove the glue from my shoes and bust out of this dazed mental middle ground. i was numb. now i’m really starting to feel something. i don’t know what it is but it feels good. i’m on my way. meet you there?

“intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”  
-stephen hawking

edit: for those who didn’t skim and don’t speak martinese, i’m not talking about changing my personality. i’m analyzing my mindframe and trying to find what it takes to let myself slow down and take it all in.

Hey guys, we put together a video detailing the making of our new album 'Love Drunk,' which hits stores SEPTEMBER 8th. Hope you enjoy the video, and if you like what you see/hear, make sure to pre-order your copy ;) Click here to pre-order!

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quote of the entry:
“poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.”  
-rita dove 

i love you too. guess i’ll have to start posting again.

bryan was talking about getting a tat of a hula girl riding a scooter today. i think i’m gonna fix up my delivered tat with either old school tattered volume knobs or f holes (the cutout f looking things on hollow body guitars) to cover up the ugly swirly things. still have to get the first verse of amazing grace on my back. i wish i was scuba diving instead of nursing my sunburn. probably going shopping later. they have the best knick knacks around here. can’t wait for that sweet $150 overweight charge on my suitcase from $2 knick knacks. god bless america. 

quote of the day:
“i have a very strict gun control policy:  if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.”
-clint eastwood

(if you are confused by that quote go rent gran torino right now. k? k.)

a picture to prove the tweet…

“i am so sunburnt it looks like i changed races. i am now 50% swedish, 50% strawberrian.” hawaii is sweet, but it ain’t gentle. scuba tomorrow? 

peep this if you haven’t yet.

as for martinsays.com…

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”  
-elbert hubbard

please pre-order our album love drunk so that paul won’t stay in hawaii forever and pursue his dreams of becoming a professional hula dancer. click here