So I thought today I might write a little blog about one of the many hiccups we had along the way in the making of the above vinyl, but I say “why talk about old problems you solved when you can talk about the new problems that are happening right before your eyes.”  Alright, I [...]

Continue reading about Just When You Thought You Were Nice: When Yesterday’s Up Becomes Today’s Down

ATTENTION:  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.  STILL THE SAME CREW, SAME MOVEMENT, SAME VINYL, BUT THE VENUE ALAS IS A FLEETING HOPE. HOWEVER, AS I LIKE TO WRITE WHAT I’M FEELING IN THE MOMENT I STILL WANT TO KEEP THIS POST UP.  I MEANT WHAT I SAID WHEN I WROTE THESE WORDS BELOW AND I [...]

Continue reading about Superior Belly Presents Spillout Series Vol. 4 w/ Progress Report and The British Knights

Whaddup my people, As I was only able to do the Midwestern leg of the Clipped Wings Tour the last show I appeared on was last night in Milwaukee.  I am writing this from my friends apartment in Chicago taking a day of rest here before I head back home to Detroit.  Yeah, I know [...]

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D. Allie on April 29th, 2010

What’s up people, So I was aimlessly wandering around the internet as I normally do and decided to stop home for a minute at http://unitedstatesofmind.bandcamp.com/ and all I see is album covers.  Sometimes I forget that we really do put in a lot of work at USM to get this music out to the people.  [...]

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it’s coming up in the next couple weeks so be on the lookout and spread word.

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D. Allie on April 16th, 2010

Hey All, I usually write all my own ish, but the homie A. Biggs over at the USM blog (www.usmdetroit.com) took the words right out of my mouth so I figured I’d just copy and paste his words over here. So here we are mid april 2010 Yes USM is gonna try to make that [...]

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D. Allie on March 18th, 2010

Whaddup People, It’s that time of year again where the Metro Times sends out their Best of Polls.  Of course these things are silly, but per usual I’m petty enough to want to win some shit so I can front to my parents like I’m making progress in this world.  And I happen to belong [...]

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D. Allie on January 15th, 2010

The Subject Line pretty much says it all but here are some added reasons 1) it’s for a good cause with all proceeds going to Gleaners 2) there’s an eclectic line up so a little something for everybody 3) i’ll be drinking (you might think this is just fun for me, but if you think [...]

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Okay.  The homie Dial81 and Intricate Dialect dropped a free project at www.SuperiorBelly.com last week and this is my fav song off the track.  I hate saying why songs are my fav and explaining art in general (it’s just how I feel) but i’ll appease you a little.  I really dig the Superior Belly camp [...]

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D. Allie on December 21st, 2009

whaddup people, if you’re just tuning in to the blog you might not know but the group I have the privilege of being a part of, United States of Mind, has released our debut album “Kill The Bullshit” as a free download. As nobody really reads this blog thankfully our good friends at our favorite [...]

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