a lot has happened in the last year but i don't feel like explaining any of it. either way, here is what's going on now...

protokoll is up for 4 Boston Music Awards and i would be really stoked if people took a second to vote. The categories are Local Debut Album Of The Year (self titled EP), Local Song Of The Year ("Holy Divine"), Best New Local Act, and Outstanding Pop Rock Band along side some crazy big names like Damone, Dresden Dolls, The Click 5, Apollo Sunshine, etc.
vote if you get a chance it only takes a second and you can skip the other categories (vote for Eli in blues/americana), and make sure you click the confirmation email they send you after you vote.

Boston Music Awards

I'm leaving to tour Ireland, UK, France, Germany, and Amsterdam on Tuesday so if you wanna chill this week drop a line otherwise I won't see you for 2 months!
Also, we did a music video for the new single DNR, check it out:

DNR music video on YouTube

www.myspace.com/protokoll
www.protokoll.us
(sorry for the repost from myspace)

finally, my phone broke last month so if you feel as though i should have your number for any reason at all, please give it to me. thanks!

Danny

create your own visited states map

43/50 states as of yesterday.
i just arrived back in boston after a 20 hour drive from madison, WI.
my apartment is completely empty save for my room which is in total shambles, the way i left it almost a month ago, the morning after my 21st birthday. i don't really know how to deal with being home and i feel completely disoriented. so much has changed, and i feel awkward here now. this is my last night in this place; this weekend i move down the block to 21 Aldie street in lower allston, a sweet fucking apartment with a back yard and a basement to play music in. i'm living with eli husock once again and now zak kahn. come visit.

i need to clip my toenails and take a shower.

i'm off for tour as of tomorrow.
today is my 21st birthday and tonight is my birthday show as well as the protokoll cd release/tour kickoff.
everyone who is in town should come.



after that...
august 4th - new bedford, MA - new wave cafe
august 6th - boston, MA - massart n181
august 7th - philadelphia, PA - jordan's house
august 9th - harrisonburg, PA - luigi's pizza
august 10th - memphis, TN
august 12th - denton, TX
august 13th - dallas, TX - club dada
august 14th - austin, TX - beerland
august 17th - santa fe, NM
august 18th - san diego, CA - scolari's office
august 19th - los angeles, CA - lava lounge
august 22nd - san diego, CA - che cafe
august 23rd - los angeles, CA - cinespace
august 25th - davis, CA - house party
august 26th - portland, OR
august 27th - seattle, WA
august 28th - seattle, WA - beacon pub
august 31st - minneapolis, MN
september 1st - madison, WI
september 2nd - chicago, IL
september 3rd - columbus, OH
september 4th - pittsburg, PA

wish me luck!

saturday august 6th! it's my 21st birthday and i'm booking/playing a show at mass art. it will be cheap and all ages. i really want all my friends to be there so remember the date and please come out, it will mean a lot to me.
more info later.

Date:	2005-06-03 14:15
Subject:	i drive, i'm a driver...i drive.
Security:	Public
Mood:	complacent
Music:	elliott smith

i got my license on tuesday. i took the road test in watertown and it was probably the easiest thing i've ever done. looking forward to lots of driving and hopefully buying a car of sorts this summer.

also, tomorrow were playing with world inferno. that rules. what doesn't rule is that i won't be going on tour with protokoll until august...but at least we'll have better gigs, i'll be legitimately 21, and we won't be losing tons of money.

we're hosting a live stream of the EP so that people can hear the whole thing for a few days before we press it. this will come down soon, so listen while you have the chance. if it comes down before you get to listen to it, check out the mp3s at our myspace page, or our regular site. we worked super hard on this, and so far we've had the most unbelievable responses, so i really want all my friends to hear it.

final version of the Protokoll EP streamed!

we also have a myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/protokoll

word.
also, i think i'm going to start posting in this again.
danny

Date:	2005-02-23 01:04
Subject:	'we're still alive' he said
Security:	Public
Mood:	excited
Music:	hot water music - moonpies for misfits 7"

some records i bought on ebay yesterday...i have been waiting to scoop up that first mission of burma 7" for while. color me psyched.


tonight is kathryn's birthday. people are chilling at zuzu's to celebrate and watch eli paperboy reed and co. do what he does best, we might have some people over afterward.
it looks like i might have to drop my english class this semester...i've just let myself fall so far behind that i don't think i can make up all the assignments, and yesterday i was told by my advisor that she could pull some strings for me and put in a tuition adjustment so that i would recieve a "W" but i won't have to pay for the course. a "W" without a tuition adjustment would mean me owing my parents a thousand dollars. not happening. anyways, a semester with 3 courses is more what i can handle at this time.
so my spring break is next week. i was gonna dedicate it all to making up ground in this course, but now i have some free time. what should i do? i was thinking that i want to take a ferry to provincetown with jacky or something fun like that. any ideas?
i'n the last month i've been rediscovering how much this band (hot water music) means to me, and has since i first heard them at age 14, and it feels really good.

Date:	2005-02-17 14:48
Subject:	sickness
Security:	Public
Mood:	sick
Music:	black metal on george's computer

i've been really sick the last couple days. i'm one of those people who never gets sick, so when i do, i get hit real bad. despite having a fever of 99-102, i am going to attempt to play a set with protokoll tonight at dynasty.  we have a live drummer now, and i'm really psyched on the stuff we've been writing, so people should come out tonight. here's the flyer.

we played a couple shows this past weekend as well

( mass art and reich shows )

Date:	2005-01-21 18:38
Subject:	god i want this so badly
Security:	Public
Mood:	complacent
Music:	vnv nation - solitary

it was released in 1993, most copies were given to jeff mangum's friends.  these show up on ebay very rarely...and i think i might be willing to drop $100+ on it...we'll see.



anyways...here's some silly survey.
( YOUR FRESHMEN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL )

something else that i've been up to that is worthy of its own entry has been playing bass lines for HT; max powers and wega's hip hop group.  i've been laying down tracks for max's beats since the spring, but we did most of the best stuff in november and december.  the tracks sound amazing.  wega has really stepped it up as an mc, and max's beats have gotten really tight.  they have a bunch of guest mc's, some relatives and friends and kids they met when they were living over in roxbury.  they're pressing a ridiculous amount of copies of a 20+ track mixtape to give out for free all over the east coast.  a bunch of the beats are max's, and a bunch are other people's.  this is their website:  http://www.htboston.com.  i'll post mp3s when my favorite tracks make it online, there are a couple songs on the website already, but i suggest waiting for the other ones.
i went to the studio with them last week (the beats and the bass are done at their apartment, then they bring the tracks to boston butta beats to do the vocals).  they record at the same studio as mr. lif and akrobatik.

HT shirt logo.

i have a lot of faith in this project. 

Date:	2005-01-13 15:41
Subject:	post holiday update
Security:	Public
Mood:	rushed
Music:	the pogues - dirty old town

the past month was pretty spectacular.  i had a good christmas and new years.  we had a couple big parties at the apartment for eli kessler's 21st and then for new years, at which we had turntables set up, and i got to DJ.  MH played at the middle east upstairs on the 22nd to an almost sold out crowd, so many great people were there, and we got an encore and everything.  the best part of that whole week though was seeing old friends; vinny, pat, jake gray, a bunch of others too, but namely those three who i hadn't hung out with all together since 2002.

this weekend i went to montreal with jacky, joanna, and alex.  we bar hopped and shopped and painted the town red.  now i'm back in school, taking advanced writing in a discipline; statistics in sociology; crime, class and the legal system; and the sociology of prejudice and violence with stas which fucking rules.  the only downside to my schedual is that i couldn't get any music industry classes this semester, so that will have to wait until fall.

finally,  ( i got a camera phone )

Date:	2004-12-17 06:58
Subject:	ugh
Security:	Public
Mood:	cranky
Music:	kids talking about marketing

every one is complaining about their finals so i figured i'd do the same.
people love to go on about how they have it the worst. i'm one of those people. i have it the worst.
granted, that's probably because i left a lot of lingering projects until now, but i've pretty much been working every waking minute since tuesday morning, mostly to complete my music business analysis: a semester long project that i just started this week. i finished the whole thing in about 48 hours...52 fucking pages. complete with supply/demand graphs, advertisements and analysis, completed trademark, copyright, business certificate, and copyrighted works licensing forms.
needless to say, i had to relax a bit after all that, so i drank and procrastinated with alex, then bribed him with some things i had around that were collecting dust (a copy of the communist manifesto, a copy of lord of the flies, and a strike anywhere cd) to drive me to the library at 4am to start my research methods in sociology final that is due at noon.
so i haven't slept yet, i'll be working on that for the next few hours...
i look and smell like i'm homeless. i've also been talking to myself a lot. out loud. in public.

anyways no worries, it will be over in a matter of hours. protokoll is playing tomorrow at a house in allston and mass hysteria is playing the middle east upstairs on wednesday. the info is all over the place online, email me if you need more.
HUGE thanks to eli husock who saved my ass with that project yesterday, by the way.

Date:	2004-12-02 15:14
Subject:	baby steps out of the apartment
Security:	Public
Mood:	apathetic
Music:	magnetic fields

i'm taking a vacation.
a vacation from my problems.
( a few scans )

dannys so sensitive
so so sensitive
dannys so sick of being famous
uuuuuugh

Date:	2004-11-09 19:37
Subject:	it's about time to turn the heat on
Security:	Public
Mood:	cold
Music:	my bloody valentine

i slept all day. it was kind of a waste of time but it felt so good. last night jacky and i went to a dance night downtown and saw neon spin and perform which was chill, then jacky stayed over. we had to get up at 8am so she could get to work in chestnut hill before 10am. i took the bus with her then went to borders and spent an old gift certificate on u2 - war, and my bloody valentine - loveless. i like having somewhat disposable income so i can buy lots of records and take jacky out. though i just paid rent, and i have plans to drop $500-800 this month on a new bass stack cause i've needed one forever. protokoll is recording and i need a good rig for mh shows so it's about time. i guess i won't be mr. moneybags for long.

i've had sort of a short fuse lately, mostly because i've been really stressed with so much going on and having so much responsibility. i've become somewhat of a reactionary, for better or for worse. i say for better because i feel like most of my life i've been hesitant to speak up if some one is doing or saying something that is bothering me. though admittedly it's mostly for the worse because i need to pick my battles and i fear turning into my father (over argumentative, reactionary, temperamental). however, we all have flaws, i like being able to admit mine, and this one isn't very debilitating. especially compared to my problem with procrastination.

i realized that i've never posted protokoll mp3s in here, so i will be doing that as soon as a couple of our new songs are finished/refined.

Date:	2004-10-25 01:49
Subject:	the big time
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired
Music:	new elliott smith

oh yeah also, mass hysteria was on MTV.
they played two clips from our album on the season premiere of "made" about two weeks ago.
seems like a milestone of sorts for us. i still haven't seen it, but someone i know taped it so i will soon.
pretty awesome!

Date:	2004-10-25 00:25
Subject:	in the fall
Security:	Public
Mood:	frustrated
Music:	cat power

i've had this privilege this week of attending game 5 against the yankees on monday with my brother, and last night, game 1 of the world series with my father. it's been a dream of mine since i was a kid to see the sox in the world series, as it has been of my fathers, and this was the first world series game either one of us had been to. it was really a blast, i appreciated it so much. my dad even bought me a couple beers.
what an exciting time is sports history. if this series goes to 7 games, game 7 would be played in boston on halloween. this city would burn to the ground.
a week and three days ago was jacky and i's official anniversary (1 year of monogamy and all that good stuff-even though we've been dating for longer). we saw i heart huckabees and i took her out to the north end for dinner. then we chilled at 5 higgins with many of my best friends and drank mimosas and laughed and it was brilliant. i felt like i owed her a night out and so much gratitude because it was a year ago this day that she asked me out by handing me a decorated envelope with instructions on how to inflate four enclosed balloons that each read "i hope i'm not being too forward but" - "will you" - "be my" - "boyfriend?" it was so adorable and such a testament to what a creative, amazing girl she is. i said yes, of course, and it's made for probably the best year of my life thus far. so yeah, i consider myself in debt to her.
tomorrow i am going to providence to chill with danielle fore the first time in a while. tuesday is dinner/sleepover with jacky. i have two midterms thursday. saturday and the following tuesday (oct 30th, and nov 2nd) are a couple of protokoll shows, which i'll either post about later, or you call/email me later this week for the info.

so i will post a real update soon, as i've been meaning to do for a week or so. but for tonight, all i can say is, i went to the game last night, and it was the best thing i've seen in sports history. and tonight...we came through again. game 7 tomorrow.
how can you not hate the yankees after shit like this?
a-rod you fucking asshole...

Date:	2004-09-27 18:38
Subject:	the candle burns at both ends
Security:	Public
Mood:	restless
Music:	the boss - i'm on fire

so it's been quite a while since the last update, and frankly, i just haven't had the time for livejournal.
i'm busier than i ever have been in my life, working around 20 hours a week at blockbuster, about 10-15 a week at the sox games, protokoll and mass hysteria having gigs and practices, and going to school full time. it's made me a bit unstable in a few ways, and i haven't seen my friends or jacky nearly as much as i would like to have so far this school year. so i apologize to some of you who i haven't spoken with in a while, you'll have to give me a chance to get a bit more securely on my feet, then things will be back to normal.
anyways, school is pretty rad. i'm taking...
-research methods in sociology
-american society
-intro to music
-and music industry (i just started my music industry minor, i really like it so far).
living with eli and eli has been really great. i love living in allston, just a bridge away from all my friends and the bars and restaurants. people who haven't yet- you really have to come over and see our awesome apartment and amazing vinyl filled livingroom. speaking of which i picked up a bunch of records yesterday and today...
-the new converge CD
-the best of sam cooke LP
-talking heads - 77 LP
-cody chesnutt - the headphone masterpiece 2XCD
-the skatalites - lucky seven 2XCD
-bruce springsteen - born in the usa LP
and a saves the day record (cause it was 99 cents haha) all for just over 40 dollars. though money hasn't been much of an issue for me these days, since i work so much and i'm not a big spender.
here are a few photos jeff hall took from the protokoll show on tuesday.
( ben, jose, and i @ p.a.'s lounge )
anyways, now that i've broken the ice, i'll try and post in here somewhat frequently again.

today is my 20th birthday.
apparently, it also would have been elliott smith's 35th.
i feel weird being in limbo between 21 and 19, because i'm not officially an adult, yet i'm not a teenager either. tonight i plan on chilling with friends somewhere and just having a good time, so if you feel like tagging along, or if you just want to give me a ring (no matter how late it is), do it up. 617-548-7658.

for my birthday, my little sister framed and personalized a picture of me teaching her how to play guitar. i thought i'd share.


in other big news, i signed a lease on tuesday with eli kessler and eli hussock for an apartment at 247 cambridge st., just across the bridge in lower allston, next to allston food and spirits. we move in on the 15th. my room has a small porch attached, and will soon have a french door as well. i'm ecstatic.
finally, both my bands now have myspace accounts. you should check them out/friend them.
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