"the fox the dogs couldn't reach"

My name is Todd Anderson. I'm a fan of the idea of "sub-culture" People who believe and love an idea, and express it through there creativity, fashion, and thoughts. as long as its not pushed or flaunted irresponsibly. I write music but most importantly am a fan of music. I hope to share some with you whether it be mine or others.

there is a much bigger picture.

I’ll just say this, 
there is a much bigger picture my friends. 
I will never own a fire arm for protection because I think Peace, kindness, love, and positivity breed peace, kindness, love, and positivity, and I will be here in the minority waiting for the majority who think fighting fire with fire and carrying guns like we are in the 1800’s will solve any kind of problems that plague humanity. How is being ready to kill at moments notice going to move our country in a direction towards LESS violence?? especially the violence that just happened.
we have a chance to evolve ideas! we have a chance to actually learn from our mistakes! We have a chance to construct a new way of thinking! we have a new way of changing the status quo!

I repeat: there is a much bigger picture here my friends.. if you can’t see that the allowance of being able to carry a gun in your jacket or your belt isn’t going to solve ANYTHING!
*hey! let’s cure this cancer with a syringe of cancer!
*i know you are an alcoholic, let’s get you 3 fingers of whiskey and a beer to help you get over that!
*your vision’s bad?? well try out this blindfold, you’d be surprised at how much it helps!
*a fucking lunatic went into a school and blew away innocent children, not to mention that things like this are becoming more and more common than they ever were, but here, take this hand gun! the killing, sadness and the safety of our children’s innocence rest in the breeding of more violence towards other people!
*wait major news outlets.. you want to report news to guide us in taking the right path in life and to ensure our’s and our youth’s safety??? here’s what you do, scare the fucking shit out of us by broadcasting (in all outlets of media) every single detail inadvertently glorifying mass murders and school shooting. please, absolutely no exposure to positive news. NONE. 

here’s one. you want our world to be safe with no violence? don’t carry a death machine loaded with bullets in it ready to kill kill kill at the shudder of your finger. “we are the change that we wish to see”
the sooner we stop being selfish and at least attempt to move towards a solution to the violence problem in America we are failing our kids, future kids, theirs, and so on.

We are all just blank puzzle pieces constructing the final picture as we go along. even though we are merely fractions of the puzzle we can change this picture into something amazing. REALLY amazing. 
I’m going to hold my loved ones as close and as tight as I can because let’s face it.. where would I be without my Fiance my loyal friends and my loving family. at least I will always be standing on this side of the line waiting for the momentum of positivity and love to sway this way.
hug someone today.

T 

I’m kind of pissed for not allowing myself to fully discover pearl jam when my musical mind was in its infancy.  I used to listen the Fu*k out of the vs. record though. I would swipe it from my sisters room at the ripe age of 10 when she wasn’t home almost in almost famous fasion. I always knew they existed but they kind of got lost in the shuffle with my personal and passive stereo types of the Seattle scene in the middle 90’s, and being a Metallica fan and all, they kind of just over shadowed everyone because.. well they are metallica. and metallica does that. The way that the Seattle scene was in the early 90’s is mind blowing. The brotherhood that all of them had together and the focus on creating the best musical art possible was something you really can’t find anymore.  They all blew up for a reason.  It reminded me vaguely of what we had going on in Lawrence.  It made me smile for a second hoping that any new material I have can aide in some kind of rebirth of that feeling. Cameron Crowe did an immaculate job with this rock doc. and i suggest that everyone see it.  IF you plan on watching it for the first time call me. I want to see it again so I can nerd out on music and the scene! T

I’m kind of pissed for not allowing myself to fully discover pearl jam when my musical mind was in its infancy.  I used to listen the Fu*k out of the vs. record though. I would swipe it from my sisters room at the ripe age of 10 when she wasn’t home almost in almost famous fasion. I always knew they existed but they kind of got lost in the shuffle with my personal and passive stereo types of the Seattle scene in the middle 90’s, and being a Metallica fan and all, they kind of just over shadowed everyone because.. well they are metallica. and metallica does that.

The way that the Seattle scene was in the early 90’s is mind blowing. The brotherhood that all of them had together and the focus on creating the best musical art possible was something you really can’t find anymore.  They all blew up for a reason.  It reminded me vaguely of what we had going on in Lawrence.  It made me smile for a second hoping that any new material I have can aide in some kind of rebirth of that feeling.

Cameron Crowe did an immaculate job with this rock doc. and i suggest that everyone see it.  IF you plan on watching it for the first time call me. I want to see it again so I can nerd out on music and the scene!

T

STUFF

So i am slowly but surely moving out of my current home (Chelsea Manor). I had my hesitations on how smooth the move/transition was going to be but I must say moving is a really exciting experience! sarah has already moved everything into our place and for the most part we have 90% of everything set up. the apt. is so amazing and still has a lot more personalizing from sarah and i ahead. so Its almost like i have two homes for the next few weeks until my lease is up here. this time around i get to take my time and go through a lot of the stuff i have put off throwing away and or cataloging to save for a later date, and by that i mean i get to go through music education papers, critique sheets, packets, sheet music, and everything else i accumulated through out my KU experience. I want to eventually teach private lessons for beginning brass, guitar and percussion students, so i need to save a lot of these informational guides and what nots for reference i have filed away in boxes and clutter over the past 6 years.  so. in conclusion i’ve got my beats on my ears and am ready to dive in. wish me luck.

T

So Vegas was really fun, really exciting, and exactly what I needed. Being the only group that didn’t get wasted and didn’t stay out until 6am every night was perfect. The casinos were pristine and the streets were surprisingly clean, (aside all the dudes and dudettes handing out flyers for hookers) the lights were bright and the crowds were big. Id go back, but I think I need twice the money to do more shows and more blackjack : ) back to reality…. I had a nice vacation from it.

So Vegas was really fun, really exciting, and exactly what I needed. Being the only group that didn’t get wasted and didn’t stay out until 6am every night was perfect. The casinos were pristine and the streets were surprisingly clean, (aside all the dudes and dudettes handing out flyers for hookers) the lights were bright and the crowds were big. Id go back, but I think I need twice the money to do more shows and more blackjack : ) back to reality…. I had a nice vacation from it.

quick fix.

these are lyrics i wrote for a song called quick fix.
when life started building up and i started having weird anxiety, i started to confide in whatever i could to help me from going insane.  I started reading self help books, read articles about stress management and went as far as went to a stint of therapy (just to name off a few things) I kind of started stock piling different philosophy’s and speeches my friends gave me.  anything that could help. ANYTHING. this is the song that came out of it.

here it goes again
bones that hang on clothes pins
cable cars with passengers
eager to find hope
words read with ease
feel distorted and unclear to me
stop your looks its not that easy
i was blessed with a disease
well here it goes…

can you say no
to the quick fix?
well here it goes.
can you say no
to the quick fix
well here it goes again

photographs of her and
cable cars with passengers
swayed by promised hope
words read with ease
are sounding ghastly to me
destinations always haunting
vitality pending

can you say no
to the quick fix?
well here it goes
can you say no
to the quick fix?
well here we go

play it all again
fixed in another life
she always turns out right
god turns darkness into light

i know just what i did
and i know just what you said
because none of this will end
and you’re always in my head

but i’ll burn it out again
hopes of an after life
filled with hope and meaning and
she’ll never leave you screaming

the world will sing tonight
sing! sing! sing!!
here we go.
again.

kanye west is a pussy.

so every time i die used some celebrity twitter names to jokingly promote there new dvd.  They made mock comments from justin bieber, kanye west, and p-diddy (to name about half). These joke comments thought up and written by ETID had celebrities showing a sarcastic interest in their new DVD. 

So I these guess celebs such as Kanye are filing legal action against the band for use of his twitter name to promote their dvd.  How funny is it that people as rich and privilegedas kanye and p-diddy are going to try and hurt ETID’s image and credibility because of a completely obvious joke.  WHAT A BUNCH OF PUSSIES!  KANYE!! YOU ARE A HUGE GAPING VAGINA! YOU ARE AN OVERPAID DOUCHE ASS WHOS HEAD IS SHOVED SO FAR UP HIS ASS HE THINKS HE ACTUALLY THINKS HE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

thank you.

T

starts but never finishes

I have this problem.  I write riffs all the time.  Some I remember and some I don’t.  I’m scared that if i stop writing to finish one of them, that I won’t get them all out of my system, and they will be lost.  Because this keeps going, I’m never able to sit and stew and create to where I have a FINISHED idea.  So I have about 16 half done songs.  Some could be awesome, some might not be so awesome but i’ll never know!  Some of the best advice I’ve ever gotten was from a college professor.  He said deal with one thing at a time.  Trying to multitask problems and everyday life is the worst idea ever.  Deal with one thing 100%, then move on to the next one.  He might have had better insight then what I just typed but it makes a lot of sense to me.  I think I’m at the point I need to take what I have, and vacation there.  Take some time to get to know what I’ve created and allow myself to grow and allow myself to have this little thing called follow through.  This might even spill over to everyday life before you know it.  Balance is a great word of the day.

T

totally stoked

so i skipped on over to myspace.com/thedamnedthings to hear the new single and I must say I’m fucking FLOORRRREED over the recording and the vibe of this song “We’ve got a situation here” Its like the perfect mix of old metal and new/old metal. (Not nu metal. just Newer updated metal. Not butt rock).  I’m really really stressing everyone skip on over to that myspace and check it out.  This album is going to be out in December and I can not wait for Christmas.  I’m pushing out the idea that Keith is going to be huge in this and have to do this over ETID, but I’m just hoping they both blow up even more.  Scott Ian is definitely reaching a newer generation with this!

T

social network

I just saw the movie, social network.  This movie was put together and executed almost perfectly.  It is kind of crazy how the world has changed so much in the last six years, and its almost hard to remember a world without facebook, twitter, tumblr, myspace.. its kind of a mind fuck.  I guess in these situations you can either embrace this media change or we can try and fight against the tide.  I’m going to choose to “pick my battles” and keep on movin with it.  I’ll stick to being a music snob and leave the worries about social networking to my older counter parts ; )

T

while i’m at it, i was trying to think of one of my favorite songs to play and listen to on the drum set.  Cue Danny Carey and his genius. I used to watch this video ALL THE TIME back in the day.  I remember downloading it on limewire when youtube didn’t exist.  Yeah back that far kids. Youtube didn’t exist! what a world! All I ask is that you pay attention to the crowd in little moments when you can see them.  When maynard sings “I’ll keep digging, until I feel Something” gives me a soft on and chills every time.  The crowd is just as loud as he is and are pumping there fists to the words. don’t get to see that to much these days.. I remember going to this tour actually. I saw them in wichita and KC where they killed it.  It was the first show i think i let loose really hard at and were climbing over people to try and get up to the front to study danny.  maynard took off little pieces of his leather outfit a song at a time and eventually just ended up in booty shorts and had a bra on with fake rubber boobs.  It was totally hot if you are into that kind of thing.  Enjoy, and watch the crowd.  Search for THE GRUDGE at that same show.  When danny has his solo at the end the crowd moves to his drumset like a magnet.  its insane. I might even post it.. ; )

I’m back and I have a gift for you.  This is a B-side from a little band called incubus.  I could be mistaken but it might have been on the stealth soundtrack, but i’m to lazy to do the research.  Point is. This is probably my favorite incubus song.  I know that a lot of incubus songs are like kids to me and i can’t pick my favorite, but this song recently is kind of like my kid who just graduated high school.. i’m proud of him more then the others for a moment I’m going to be treating him or her a little differently through there new life transition.  That at least made sense to me.  I want you to listen to this track and let it make you smile.  smile and look alive i would hope.  Read the lyrics.

T