Alex Jeffrey Young

This blog is an attempt to homogenize my art projects into one page. I am a musician, writer, and all around art fiend. That being said, I have found myself in a multitude of projects, successful and failed alike. As a result I hope to combine the efforts of ALL my individual projects on one page with my contribution being the constant. Enjoy!

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The last few days.

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Met a cute cat tonight

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Street cocktails in Philly with Ben Kochenderfer. And los montañas del Pennsylvania.

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Dayum.

thanks very much to our friends feels in Amherst. They rule check 'em out. www.feelsband.com

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'Lotta green.

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Slept all morning under the bright blue sky in VT. Best sleep ever.

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Vermont.

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Odd Dates promotional composition

Tonight marks the beginning of an awesome journey. For the next thirty-two days, I’ll be riding along with my friends Jeremy Dyes and Sam Padalino of Odd Dates, a local emo/math-punk band, as well as my new friend Alex Jeffrey Young of the Kalamazoo band…

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yes yes yes yes yes

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

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And off-we-go.

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28 Days Laytour with Odd Dates

9/3 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Quad 9/4 Kalamazoo, MI @ Satellite Records 9/5 Hamtramck, MI @ Paycheck’s Lounge 9/6 Toronto, ON, CA @ The Central 9/7 Montreal, QC, CA @ Casa de Popolo 9/8 Amherst, MA @ Cape Cod Lounge 9/9 Brooklyn, NY @ Friends and Lovers 9/10 Montclair, NJ @ The Batcave 9/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Creep Records 9/12 Mansfield, OH @ Relax, It’s Just Coffee 9/13 Columbus, OH @ Tightfest III 9/14 Knoxville, TN @ The 1010 9/15 Cleveland, TN @ Purp Lodge 9/16 Atlanta, GA @ The Music Room 9/17 St. Augustine, FL @ Planet Sarbez 9/18 New Orleans, LA @ TBA 9/19 Austin, TX 9/20 Ft Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill 9/21 Oklahoma City, OK @ Dope Chapel 9/22 OFF - CAMPING 9/23 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space 9/24 San Diego, CA / LA, CA @ help us book this 9/25 Lancaster, CA @ The Britisher 9/26 CA help us book this 9/27 Las Vegas, NV help us book this 9/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Loading Dock 9/29 Moab, UT @ Eddie McStiff’s 9/30 Denver / Fort Collins, CO 10/1 Kansas City, KS @ TBA 10/2 St Louis, MO @ The Livery 10/3 DeKalb, IL @ TBA 10/4 Milwaukee, WI @ TBA

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I miss this band. 

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Same story. Over a year ago. Decent take.

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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Albert Camus

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CO{nfusion EX{plained

This is my first post. It's pretty boring. Get over it. #yabitch

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This was recorded and filmed over a year ago. The song has changed since then, but this is a good take.

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Yeahyup.