THIS IS THE CALM, HAND-ON-THE-WALL PISS BEFORE THE SHITSTORM

[ed. note: revised standard 01-15-2009]

OH AND I just found out that i'm on iTunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rever se-causality/id150859543

"Pride" and there's a remix of it on there for all you completionists, done by a nice fellow calling himself the Peach-Stealing Monkeys... this is awesome. it was, and still is an honor to be apart of that CD, as seemingly insignificant as it was, or is. it hasn't sold at all. it's cool. it's great just to be nominated.

[+R]

P.s. [pre-script?]: oh and happy new year, btw
p.s. [now it's post-script!]: i do happen to have a new album out, of mostly Newgrounds material. this is the true Newgrounds Ross/Gunshy album, conveniently titled GUNSHY.

http://www.lulu.com/content/compact-di sc/%2bross---gunshy-%28cd%29/8085642

http://www.myspace.com/rossisnotgunshy
http://stores.lulu.com/rossallaire
http://zazzle.com/gunshy
http://gunshy.newgrounds.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ROSS/486 96261009

p.p.s.:
Times are tough all around, I know this. You can't find a job. Your parents don't have extra money. I know. Times are tough everywhere. The poorest country in this hemisphere just had one of the most devastating earthquakes in modern history. Times are tough everywhere. All I ask, all I've ever asked of this pulpit, or any, is just to give me a chance to help you. Help me succeed. Help me get a bigger audience to help make this world a better place with my music and writings and my general outlook on the world. It might not be bright and sunshiney all the time, but it's better than the bullshit that pervades our airwaves. Give me the chance to help everybody. Not just from this pulpit, soapbox, blog, whatever... from bigger ones. Success, if nothing else, grants words and emotions the chance to reach more people, more quickly. And that's anyone keeps in this life: words and emotions. They're all we really carry with us, in the end, and possibly beyond. Religion is bullshit. Politics is bullshit. Money is bullshit. They are all like weather. I really feel like if I could just get the chance to be more well-known, somehow respected more widely as an artist, to say these things out loud and articulate the argument in the heat of the moment in just such a way, I could become this mouthpiece of a generation. The things no one really seems to want to be. I think a lot of us here generally feel that way about ourselves, and possibly about my music and books. I can only hope, and try harder. But just surviving, and staying sane about it are proving difficult tasks. Times are tough all around. Some deeply personal and deeply unfair shit is going down in my life. And it's just the beginning. It's just the in-between time. So help me help you help us all get the fuck outta the rut, and get the word out about the music that I've made, the rants and stories I've written, and the fact that I exist as an artist... even if you think I fucking suck, tell people I suck and that they should check me out to see how much I suck. Thanks. And fuck you. :)

Stay classy, America.

THIS IS THE CALM, HAND-ON-THE-WALL PISS BEFORE THE SHITSTORM

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RiotFlash 2010-01-09 15:47:54

ah "the birds"
lol

your CD came today. even though I have heard every song on it besides "Helena Batshit Crazy" I still enjoyed it. I like having CDs rather than just mp3s on my iPod. Sometimes I leave my iPod places. Plus its nice to say I own every Ross Allaire CD. You own CDs and have mp3s. Sorta.

HOLY SHIT IM ON THE SLEEVE. I just noticed that.

I liked the "featured in" tidbits under a few of the songs. I didn't know that "Pride" made it into a compilation.

Anyhow, good luck with future releases. Keep churnin em out. Maybe this isn't what you wanna hear, but I think you're gonna be the next "Velvet Underground"; popular after you die.

Gunshy 2010-01-09 15:47:54 (Updated 2010-01-10 02:34:30)

ain't that the fuckin truth!

you're on the sleebe!
lol fuck it

yep, pride was on a british compilation cd sold in at least (or at most?) three stores. last time i heard. fun stuff. there's also a remix of it with vocals and guitar that this other guy did. pretty interesting take on the piece.

oh that's here: http://www.tradebit.com/filedetai l.php/1398795-ugly-nephew-records
and: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/
reverse-causality/id150859543

...under the moniker Gunshy. i hadn't yet realized there are at last 100 other bands/groups/artists known as Gunshy or some derivative of it.

how did the art come out? there's no spine text on purpose.
was the CD art lined up well?

schadow-of-an-angel 2010-01-14 10:06:01

This is a bit late but still happy new year etc. I'm looking forward to what you will submit this year.

Gunshy 2010-01-14 10:06:01 (Updated 2010-01-15 00:20:30)

thanks.

some great stuff in the pipeline, on the docket... right now i'm composing a power pop/dance/prog rock song that i think is about the last man on earth after all the icecaps melt... i want it to be the second song on the next record, right after the abrupt grunge rock ending of "chickenshit" right at its climax... look for me to post one or both of those.

there's always some more weird ambient shit...

schadow-of-an-angel 2010-01-15 10:43:01

It would be cool if you would be the new generation. The most 2000 songs are kind of meaningless. Everyone around me listens to rap,hardcore,terror and all those things but most of the songs they listen just don't make any sense. These last 10 years kind of failed so i hope you can make the next generation a better generation so we can forget about the last one. you rock

RiotFlash 2010-01-15 20:07:26

my art was pixely. i think that was a bug on the front but who knows. the CD itself looked cool, so did the Manisfest CD. The snakeskin or whatever.

About your ventures into the musical buisiness. Good luck. But you can't make it without a band. No chance in hell. So, there's a fellow named Conor Oberst of the indie scene in Omaha. You may have heard of him. I'm thinkin you should follow suite with the way he handled "Bright Eyes." It was a band centered around him. The backing band consisted of whoever was around. He had regulars, but no true band. Am I making sense here? Look it up on wikipedia or something.

You like indie music? I fuckin love it. And Grunge, too. Tis always good.
Also, whatever genre you play: "bipolar manic depressive dystopian post-grunge psychedelic metallic progresso-sludge punk funk garage power electronic rock n roll"...good stuff.

RiotFlash 2010-01-23 15:25:39

I got around to reading your book and I love it. Stephen and I are almost identical and even the random quirky moments about Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. Neil Young and The Beatles ranks I have thought word-for-word (not really but still).

And you know those moments when reading a book you start day-dreaming and have to re-read the page your on (just me?)? The language really kicks ya in the ass and makes you pay attention. In a good way. It makes even dumb details very interesting, which is also the way I look at things so it felt natural.

I've also been to every location in the book (so far; and also with the exception of NJ) so that's kinda...cool...or whatever. I noticed "Nowheresville" was in the book and for a minute I thought you got that from my userpage but I looked closer and saw the "e" between nowhere and sville as I leave that out on all of my accounts.

Anyhow that's all the thoughts I had when reading it. I'm on chapter....16? I think. I read 14 chapters today. Compelling. This is like reading the works of a reincarnated Poe for me.

Gunshy 2010-01-23 15:25:39

like neo-horror? rock.
poe is one of my favorites, too

glad you got to reading it, and like it so far :)
missing nj? then missing it all! lol, not really, you're not missin nothin here. all the main characters are from new jersey.

and just you wait! oh, man...

RiotFlash 2010-02-01 16:44:08

I finished the book!

And it was excellent. I didn't read the CODA/epilouge but I might later. The ending was enough to satisfy my hunger.

I loved it.

RiotFlash 2010-02-06 14:42:07

I had a female friend of mine, read "+Godlings-"
she said (direct quote from txt message)
"Its so mesed up and yet amazingly awesome :D haha"

Gunshy 2010-02-06 14:42:07

keep it up! :)