Tao Lin mixtape for The Media: Very Okay

SOME OF MY FAVORITE SONGS from fvckthemedia on 8tracks Radio.

[via lizpelly on tumblr]:

a mixtape by Tao Lin for fvckthemedia.com 

1 algorythx and gurantaxtaxq by blackblack
2 teenage unity song by the miracle of ‘86
3 together again by falling for a square
4 the commuter by falling for a square
5 blue of distance by very okay
6 where you go by very okay
7 tampa bay by johnny hobo and the freight trains
8 where is my coffee? (where is it?) by johnny hobo and the freight trains
9 diana by p.s. eliot 

Thanks to Tao Lin for putting not one but two Very Okay songs on this mixtape for The Media, whom I love. I miss being in this band, and playing music with these people!

Here's some things that us Very Okay bandmates are up to now:
(me) // Angie // Cynthia // Jared

OLD BANDS, NEW NEWS

Cover art by Amos Pitsch

TWO THINGS OUT OF THE PROVERBIAL BLUE:

1. Cheeky's long-promised (and I thought potentially never to exist) split 7" with everyone's favorite Appleton, WI trio, Tenement, is now available as a co-release from Rally Records and No Breaks Records.

There are only 400 copies available so get your copy here, quick. We recorded this song during the What the Heck sessions back in 2009. I'm happy that we not only get to do a release with Tenement, but with Amos' cover art.

A lower point of 2011 was leaving my latter band, Very Okay. After graduating Sarah Lawrence and beginning an internship at Hyperallergic (while also working two other jobs) I just couldn't fit music into my schedule. Some of us have moved on to new bands, to new cities, and others of us just hope to get a dog (ahem), but people are still kind enough to give us a holler every now and then.

2. One of those people is author Tao Lin, who gave us a shout-out in his interview with friend and music comrade Jeff Rosenstock this week at Vice Magazine. Someone also made us fan art.

Another exciting post I found was from "Leftovers & Reruns" on tumblr, who uploads scans of his record collection. He scanned Cheeky's Choke on a Cheeseburger EP, which I did the art for in 2007.

VERY OKAY ON REFILTERED

Check out a new website, Refiltered, by our friend Dave Garwacke of If You Make It fame.

After years of updating If You Make It, I’ve come to realize how hard it is to promote digital releases. They are so easy to get up and distribute, but after that you need to hop on message boards, submit news and post on dozens of social media sites. You are constantly behind the ball, and posting about releases after they are already available.

Over the last couple of years a couple of awesome donation-based digital record labels have popped up, especially in the area of punk. I wanted to band these labels together somehow, and make it easier for people to keep track of our upcoming and past releases. With the advent of Bandcamp, online labels have become more akin to music curators ( I hate that word ). We distribute the music we love and Refiltered is meant to foster that.

Very Okay's "Small Loud" is featured as a Recent Album on Refiltered, where you can stream the EP on the Refiltered player (the only place where the record is streaming)! Check it out here.

VERY OKAY - SMALL LOUD

I am super excited to announce that Very Okay's first EP, "Small Loud," has finally been released (we recorded it in August 2010) on Quote Unquote records. I designed an 'album cover' and 'insert' for the digital download. The photograph was taken by me in November 2009. Small Loud was recorded & mastered by John Meredith.

>>  GET "SMALL LOUD" HERE.  <<

P.S. - I've gotten some traffic looking for 'Very Okay' so FYI, our blog is here.

DEAD HORSES

Quote Unquote Records posted a new jam from Very Okay's digital release / tape called "Dead Horses" yesterday.

You can stream the song here.

Our friends at Quote Unquote Records will be releasing our first EP, "Small Loud," in digital format, and our friends at Not Tapes Not Bombs Tapes will be releasing it in tape format.

photo by Jared

Very Okay at Stolen Sleeves by Allison Weiss. We played a fun show with SLEEPiES last night and just got added to a rad mini-fest (on a Thursday night no less) called "Girls will be Grrrls." More details to come, check out our blog for updates!

TOO OLD TO INTERN, TOO YOUNG TO CARE

That's our story and we're sticking to it.

Very Okay has a blog now.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH

Drawing by Pettibon, layout by me.

UPCOMING VERY OKAY SHOWS

Very Okay has some good shows coming up to kick of the summer with. Good pals Witches are back in town on tour, and we're playing with them next weekend. My sister's new band Lost Weekend is playing too, which is super exciting. Check out the info below! I am also posting info on our muxtape.

FRIDAY, APRIL 30TH @ 7PM
BOSNIA
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (ASK A PUNK FOR ADDRESS)

WITCHES (GA)
BACKPOCKET
BIG SODA
VERY OKAY
LOST WEEKEND

FRIDAY, MAY 7TH @ 8PM
DEATH BY AUDIO
49 S. 2ND ST. B/W WYTHE & KENT, WILLIAMSBURG

BRIDGE & TUNNEL
MAX LEVINE ENSEMBLE (DC)
MOUTHBREATHER (VA)
DEATH FIRST
VERY OKAY

SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH @ 8PM
DEATH BY AUDIO
49 S. 2ND ST. B/W WYTHE & KENT, WILLIAMSBURG

BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
HOT NEW MEXICANS
SHITTY DARKNESS
VERY OKAY

FAMOUS FRIENDS

Me, Nydia and Roz -- my two SLC besties and co-staffers of RE/VISIONIST -- are featured on the Sarah Lawrence homepage slideshow. Pretty hilarious. Spring break!

Also, Star Beat Music did a review of Very Okay's first show here, photos included.

FLIER FOR MARCH 16

You may recognize the image from above. It's kinda a cop out, but I've had a lot going on (really exciting stuff in the works!!) so I had to reuse an old image. This is the flier for my new band's first show! COME OUT!

VERY OKAY

TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2010

@ LULU'S

8PM

P.S. ELIOT (AL)

THE TWO FUNERALS (VA)

BIG SODA

VERY OKAY

113 Franklin St. & Greenpoint Ave.

Brooklyn, NY

(G train or B43 / B62 bus to Greenpoint Ave.)

My new band with Cynthia of Zombie Dogs, Jared of Get Bent, and fellow bandmate Angie of Cheeky is having our first show in 2 1/2 weeks. It's with my favorite new band, Big Soda; good friends from out of town, P.S. Eliot; and all-girl rockers, The Two Funerals.