Lucy Schwartz Debuts New Music Video for “Gravity”

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/10/10 10:20:08

A while back, I wrote a piece in our ‘Meet Our Friends’ series about the incredibly talented - and now certifiably prolific - Lucy Schwartz [Facebook, Myspace, last.fm]. No less than a month after releasing her clip for “Help Me! Help Me!”, I received this message from her on Facebook: After watching her latest video, I completely agree with her assertion; but you can form your own opinion by watching it after the jump. To read the rest of this entry, please visit a’tris HQ. Thanks! -Mason

Top 10 Musical Muppets Moments

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/09/10 13:24:59

If you read this blog regularly or follow a’tris on Twitter[/url], you may have noticed that I’m a big fan of the Muppets. Today I thought it would be fun to share a couple of my favorite musical moments from the show with you. Fair warning: if you work in an office environment, you may want to hold off on watching these until you get home. You may laugh and you may cry. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. To read the rest of this entry, please visit [url=http://atris.wordpress.com]a’tris HQ. Thanks! -Mason

New Facebook Goodness

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/08/10 19:14:40

Today, I’d like to take a moment to invite you to check out some of the things the guys and I have done to improve our Facebook page. If you’d prefer to spot the differences yourself though, feel free to go for it by clicking here. Still with me? Awesome! The first upgrade you’ll notice when you stop by is that select tweets now appear on our wall courtesy of the awesome developers at yakket. What’s cool about this is - if you choose to ‘become a fan’ - you’ll be able to read about some of the things we enjoy right in your news feed; so you won’t have to navigate away from what you’re doing to see what we’re up to. You could even like our posts, or share them with your friends if you wanted. That would be sweet Also, in case you didn’t see my post, Four Ways to Subscribe to Our Blog, our blog entries are now fully synched with Facebook as well so you can view them in their entirety when you’re checking your updates. Some of the formatting gets lost in translation, but other than that, it’s all there! What do you think of the new additions? If you have any thoughts or suggestions, we’d love for you to post them on our wall! By the way, it’s now even easier for you to visit us on Facebook. Thank to our new username, instead of having to search for a’tris to find our page, you can type facebook.com/atrismusic into your browser to go there from anywhere. Check it out! Isn’t technology cool? Hope to see you on Facebook! -Mason

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RIP Robert Parker, You Will Be Missed

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 01/20/10 10:39:13

It's twenty past one in the morning and I can't sleep. A friend of mine just sent me a news clip from the AP and I still can't believe the headline:'Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies at age 77. Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 - January 18, 2010) This has nothing to do about music so it may seem out of place here; but I really feel like you should know. Robert Parker was always a hero to me. His character, Spenser, was as tough and cool as they come and, from the moment that I read the opening chapter of the first "Spenser" novel, The Godwulf Manuscript, I knew I'd be a life-long fan. The book that started it all I discovered Parker's books just as I began attending college in Boston and I remember thinking how cool it was that many of them took place there. In fact, Spenser's office was not too far from my dorm room and, sometimes when I went for a walk, I'd think to myself that the tough-looking guy headed down Massachusetts Ave. was surely the PI in the flesh. Whenever the guys and I hit the road, I always take a backpack full of books. On our last tour, when our tires weren't exploding and when we weren't being accused of trying to rob banks, I spent a lot of my time reading Parker novels. It may seem weird to be so inspired by a series of detective stories but seriously, every time Spenser got out of a tight spot or solved a crime I felt really stoked. Trust me, that means a lot when you're stuck in a sixteen-passenger van with three other dudes for hours on end each day. On tour reading Parker's book, Mortal Stakes My heart goes out to Parker's friends and family. I can only imagine how devastated they are by his loss. While I never had the privilege of meeting him, I know that he was a good man. It would be impossible for someone without incredible character to write so honestly and eloquently. Rest in peace Robert Parker, you will be missed. -Mason