#d. riley

[sowithout]

@horrormaestro​ liked for a lyric starter from dewey riley .

  ❛   i know it’s silly .    but i really thought we had a chance .   ❜      / bang bang - danger danger 

[sowithout]

@exploraer​ asked:  “ you’re my family . ”

       it doesn’t matter how much they argue ,   really .      whether he’s unhappy with her or she’s unhappy with him .    they always end up back here eventually .    and sometimes gale ,   who is usually so mouthy and prone with attitude ,    is capable of saying the softest things .      𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 .    and looks her over for a moment .

                      ❛     you’re mine ,   too .     ❜  

[sowithout]

@finalsister​ asked: “But this is life. This isn’t a movie.”

      a half-hearted smile tugs meekly at his lips at that statement .     it’s hard to accept that everything’s come back again ,    although maybe a part of him always suspected it would .   always does .    he shakes his head .

              ❛    i'm afraid it’s both .    ❜      in a very painfully literal kind of way .    the fact and the fiction tend to get screwed with a lot ,   for one thing .      𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 .     ❛    all killers have their own set of rules ,    this one just plays by movie rules .    ❜

[sowithout]

LIKE THIS FOR INTERACTIONS WITH DEWEY RILEY .   i’ll either send you memes, write you starters, or come to talk to you and plot.

[thebicurioushalf]

She wasn’t the most sure about this. The idea of flaunting her body around in a short skirt would usually make her body crawl and make her mumble about how this sets women back to the 60s like some cheesy rom-com where the girl is putting away her own self-worth to be objectified by men. It made her cringe. But when Riley looked at her with those doe-eyes, telling her that the vixens needed more members and that she should at least try -- Audrey had a hard time saying no. 

“If Cheryl laughs in my face, I’m leaving.” She commented, arms crossed over her sweatshirt. She refused to put on yoga pants, or a skirt, even for this tryout. She wanted to be comfortable, and if that meant looking more gay than she even claimed to be, so be it. 

@artofconvincing​

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Emerging Artists Connect Presents: Behind the Mask at the Studio at Wester Hall 6/10/12 featuring Jeanne Marie Boes, Projekt Remedy, D. Riley, and You Bred Raptors?

A couple of weeks ago, Emerging Artists Connect hosted a show of local, up-and-coming music, along with a couple of local artists and burlesque dancers at the Studio at Webster Hall. Frustratingly, my 28-135mm lens -- a lens I had paid $350 -- had somehow gotten stuck with the lens extended. And then a small metal clip came out of the lens. I later found out that the lens was practically totaled. Luckily, I had a 75-300mm lens but some of the photos were bad, some of them were quite good . . . 

  As far as the show, I have to admit that the couple of times that I've seen shows at the Studio at Webster Hall, the crowds have struck me as having rather unsophisticated music tastes. I've seen crowds go wild for bands who were frankly unlistenable and boring, and not get bands that at least offered something interesting. (Personally, I think being unlistenable and boring are crimes against music -- crimes that should be punishable by someone snatching your instrument off the stage, and having someone tell you that you should consider selling life insurance. But that's just my opinion.) And much like the several dozen shows I've seen at venues like Arlene's Grocery and the old Acme Underground, the results were a mixed bag. Some bands were terrible, some looked like they may have a bright future. 

I had seen the lovely Jeanne Marie Boes do solo sets on a number of occasions and although she has a wonderful voice, as a solo artist she always struck me as being shy and sort of reticent. But interestingly, with a backing band, her material had a bit more muscle and depth behind it, and reminded me of some of the AM radio rock of the 70s. I also noticed that Boes seemed more confident than ever with a backing band. What was really odd to me was that Boes and her backing band got shafted with a very short set time, while the next two acts were allowed to play longer than usual sets. What was with that?

The next two sets that followed, Projekt Remedy and D. Riley were terrible and boring but, for different reasons. Projekt Remedy sonically reminded me of a lot of a band like Staind -- the sort of band Neanderthal jocks and bros would dig because they can headbang to the angry, aggressive stuff and simultaneously show off their sensitive side. Or in other words, like a band who has a popularity that I can't possibly comprehend. Frankly, their music did nothing for me and I spent their set looking at my watch and complaining to a friend. And somehow, the crowd -- many who may have been the band's friends -- was really into them. 

D. Riley on the other hand, was bad dance hall and techno-inspired hip hop. I wasn't impressed by his flow, and his music just sounded -- well bad. And I found his set to be as painfully long as the previous set. The only thing that was interesting about his set, was the backup singer he pulled out of the audience to do a couple of songs. 

You Bred Raptors? set was fantastic. Their sound is dense and complex, and in some way kind of sounds like dinosaurs stomping around and hunting each other -- while being funky in an offbeat way. In some odd way, I was reminded a bit of DEVO, in the sense that their humor is just as perversely ironic. As musicians, I'm certain that they were by far the most talented and accomplished of the night. 

    Most of their set seemed to be based on the material that appears on their latest effort, Hammond.  My sense was that initially there was this sensation of "what the fuck is that?" among the crowd but by the end, the crowd was clamoring for more.

Jeanne Marie Boes

Projekt Remedy

D. Riley

You Bred Raptors?

One of the night's artists painting along to You Bred Raptors' music.

The first of the night's two burlesque dancers. 

For these photos and the rest of the photos from this night, check out the Flickr set here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yankee32879/sets/72157630429551848/