07.30.09 07.26.09 new self-titled ep comes out today. release party at the trunk space in phoenix. more details to come and come see me on tour this week. 03.01.09 you can follow me on twitter i guess. if you want. 10.01.08 i am the proud owner of a blog! check me out weekly. from a joke to a lifestyle 07.15.08 please go to hush records and download DECA, a double cd download celebrating hush records 10th year in being the best. download it and if you want to make a donation to the label then feel free. new unreleased novi split song along with like 20 other awesome unreleased songs. 07.12.08 just a few things here. im playing a few shows this month and you should go to that, also hush records will be releasing a new ten year anniversary compilation on tuesday. i will be putting up links for this later in the week. peace. 04.27.08 hey, i uploaded a few novi split records to lastfm.com. listen to them for free. peace. 12.27.07 holiday cd craze is over. stop calling me. 12.23.07 2007 novi split holiday CD/DVD! a gift from us to you. send an email with your address and you wont be sorry! its free. its safe. its easy! just a little something for me to do in between waiting for unemployment checks. novisplit@yahoo.com 10.08.07 new pictures and fun things on "other" page. 10.07.07 hi. im going to say this. im going to try to update my website more often as a result of some pretty nasty e-mails. im going to find out how to do website things such as putting up new pictures and videos. im also going to find a way to put more music on this piece. how about that. 8.03.07 its been a long time. tour was great. things were looking up, but now im looking broke. ive spent the last four months working and not playing much music but i think im back now. ive recorded a song for a children's comp coming out in november on tiny panda records. i've been trying to help out my good friend and life partner CMG record his debut record. and ive been trying to finish a collection of three or four "fun" songs for an EP. this is all i have right now. let me know if i should be doing something different. leaving for tour today. hope i have fun. 4.13.07 leaving for tour today. hope i have fun. 4.4.07 'pink in the sink' out on itunes. your ipod needs it bad! 3.12.07 'pink in the sink' out today my friends! order it from hush records right now. i have a feeling they are going to sell out, eventually. so get a copy before that happens. 2.09.07 pink in the sink listening party! you wont believe your mind/face. listen to this crap. 1.26.07 pink in the sink release party in l.a.! pants down. march 10th! 1.12.07 countdown still going strong. just wanted to let you know that the official release date of 'the sink' will be march 13th. for sure this time. all kidding aside. thats all! 12.24.06 the novi split top 20 bootleg countdown is now on. every few days or so ill update a new song. click here! 12.14.06 as of today, everything that is 'the sink' has been sent to the cd manufacturer. shit seems to get done a little bit faster when it is out of my hands and out of control. chad crouch over at hush records has been very patient with me and my speed of work. check out this novisplit page on the hush website. it all feels so real to me now. 10.11.06 hello people. just a few bits of news. i just got back from finishing the last song for new record. the mastering happens next week. its on! now that i have free time, i've been doing a books on tape series. enjoy! 8.16.06 back in brisbane. melbourne was cold and damp and everyone dressed like monkeys. lets leave newcastle to the eskimos. that towns a little bit too rugged for you and me bad girl. had the best time ever at the medical record showcase though. my new friend sarah played violin for me and it was an eye opening experience. thank you sarah. im ready to take on the soob festival. it all comes down to saturday night. you only get one chance to blow. the music. the moment. the music. the music. the moment. the music. 8.11.06 australian tour. day 6. this place is like narnia. right when i stepped onto the plane i met a doctor on route to a genetics convention with a licence to prescribe and an overwhelming urge to party. a few days in brisbane sleeping it off. took a flight to newcastle to experience toboggan hill park. now its off to melbourne to shut down the southside. 7.25.06 new shows posted for august! 7.13.06 hurry! bird carnival 7.6.06 a brief note over here. the release of 'the sink' is being pushed back till january. the record has more of a winter vibe so it wants to be released then. dont argue with what the record wants. 6.17.06 holiday dvd fun is over. see you next year. 5.14.06 remember like a year back when i gave away free holiday cd's. boy, that sure went over well and was a lot of fun. im not gonna do that this year. because this year its HOLIDAY DVD!!!!!!!! step into the future. in the spirit of holidays im giving out......lets say around 15 holiday dvds. all you have to do is email me at novisplit@yahoo.com and tell me what your favorite holiday is. when i find the 15 lucky boy or girls i'll post another news flash saying you're too late. but i dont see that right above this post yet so write me. 4.27.06 it took me four months to update this but here is what i decided. the new record will come out august 15th. it will be called 'pink in the sink.' it will come out on hush. it will rule. another reason you havent heard from me in a while i cause ive been working on finishing a record with the band ill lit. and now its finished and you should go listen to a few of those songs on myspace. im very proud of it. other than that i think im going to tour the u.s. when 'the sink' comes out. thank you for being a friend. 12.27.05 thank you to jon hershfield for letting me into his studio. heres what happened. RADIO SHOW 12.02.05 just to let you know, im playing a few shows this month in california. but im also doing jon hershfield's radio show at KILLRADIO.ORG. you can hear it around the world. december 22 @11:00am. my time. you need to figure out your time. its going to be a few live songs and a lot of cussing. 11.15.05 herb moves. enjoy. 11.04.05 just a reminder that "in the red" from the kind of like spitting band comes out on hush records this week. i lost my damn mind trying to make this record. one of my most favorite songs ever is on this record. theres a shark on the cover. 08.23.05 kind of like spitting will be releasing an ep called 'Learn: the songs of Phil Ochs' on hush records september 6th. this record consists of ben and i covering our favorite Phil Ochs songs in hopes that you might love them as much as we do. 08.22.05 i just wanted to say that before braille and facing new york are great people to tour with. if you want to go on tour, you should probably go with them. 07.12.05 new song. actually a cover. i forgot how to upload songs so listen to it on myspace. 06.23.05 novi split on tour. july and august. blame before braille and facing new york for asking me to come along. 04.14.05 let's take care of this update right here. im recording some new songs right now. which really just means i've been hitting the andre twice as hard. 02.27.05 so last night was the last show of the tour. it was an amazing moment. the moon was out. the box wine was flowing. a backyard full of "outdoor" types sitting on blankets, sweating, braiding hair and softly rubbing each others shoulders. so the tour ended just like any other tour. passed out on the hood of someones car spilling goon on my favorite shirt. 02.24.05 no one can miss a plane like i can miss a plane. by five minutes. so the show in melbourne is cancelled and im back in brisbane. the good news is that we watched tons of this t.v. show called "black books." and we even have a new show set up for this saturday at rick's. and if that wasnt enough, i start recording with lawrence english on monday for a split with my brisbane roommate ben. so i have three days to write a new song. 02.23.05 after a total of four days in sydney/newcastle... we made $20. lost $30. slept in a bude. saw an opera house. went swimming at huggins hole. and now nick is in our hotel room moaning sick with food posioning. tomorrow we fly out to melbourne to play the "austrailian's only pride festival." it's this festival where australians get together to hate all music that isnt from thier country. nick thought it would be a good idea to book the show during the festivities. i've been told to prepare for the worst. what a country? 02.17.05 so the second show was held at a church that turned into a strip club that turned into the venue. i also got drunk and acted like an asshole again. im ruining our rep. and i went to the sunshine coast and swam today. then i spent 7 hours at the emergency room at the hospital. seven hours. this lady got so pissed waiting for a doctor that she picked up the trash can and walked out with it. that'll show em. 02.16.05 i played the first show on the tour last night. i've never felt so drunk and completely welcomed before in my life. everybody was so great and i really didn't deserve it. now i know how the arcade fire feel. 02.13.05 i saw randy newman the day before i left for australia. someone give that man a trillion dollars. he certainly deserves it. i didnt think he'd to "i think its going to rain today," but then boom. second encore. 02.08.05 AUSTRAILA TOUR DATES. i don't know why or how its happening but here are the dates so far. i just did this interview with this guy over there. one of the first questions he asked me was something like, "how the hell do you think you can tour australia when you dont even have a decent fan base in your own country?" 01.27.05 its a new year. i'll be in austrailia for the last two weeks of feburary if anyone is interested. you know, the place where the sun shines. tour dates will be posted shortly. 12.27.04 the west coast tour is over. id like to thank mike d and bob nanna for a wonderful time, and to those who could show up. now its back to the lab. 11.24.04 hi. im playing guitar in the band ill lit for their tour. it starts tomorrow. 11.24.04 yo. check the fly shit, son. a new SPLIT EP is ready to drop for the "city on film / novi split" - west coast tour. 999 made. 7 hot tracks. 5 bucks. 11.03.04 CITY ON FILM / NOVI SPLIT. WEST COAST TOUR DATES. Nanna and i have sunk into a horrible post-tour depression. here is the cure. 10.25.04 tour is coming to an end. everyone has gone away. fall is now almost gone. goodnight chicago. goodnight st. louis. goodnight little van with gas mixture problems. goodnight little mike kevich who's beard remains just as majestic as the day we met. goodnight knee-ko's roommate's answering machine. goodnight bob nanna. goodnight springfield and my little man nathaniel carroll. goodnight megan who's kindness could one day melt away my ice cold heart. goodnight to the dreams of nashville. goodnight to the trash burning on every corner in the city of detroit. goodnight to all the pumpkins that lay dead on suburban streets. goodnight suitcase full of drugs. goodnight to all the ice cold coffee shop women. goodnight free drink tickets. goodnight 21 pound cat. goodnight tour. 10.24.04 i've got two words. 1. hand 2. cock. we went and saw the city from the 96th floor of the handcock builing in chicago. mike and i were left breathless. it was so romantic. we just sat there and watched. we didn't even need to say anything to eachother. and for a moment, we were totally connected. mike then pawned me off at megan's house where i slept though two lifetime original movies. then it was off to the show. we were late. so i got drunk in under two mintutes and i fucking blew the last show. i cried myself to sleep once again. 10.23.04 tonight i made plans to dress up like a pirate and sail a small boat from ventura to san pedro, california. now, that's around an hour drive or so, but a sailboat goes about 8 miles an hour. i can't do the math right now, but i'm sure it's a journey that will last well into the twilight hours of the night. i'm bringing two other people with me: dan, the captain, and robert "first mate" sebez. we live off of what we catch. it's all worked out in my head. every last detail. and that paints an accurate picture of how i felt about tonight's show. it left me having pirate fantasies. 10.22.04 not much to say about this show. i think i'm having health issues. the gleam in my eyes is looking very dim. my face ain't looking any younger. we met some great friends. 10.20.04 tonight in st. louis, bob's dreams of doubling the tour money were crushed. all the casino hotels were booked because of some kind of baseball game. mike slept in the van and i got a spot under some girls dining room table. we were totally crushed. 10.19.04 i think tonight was the best show on tour. the crowd got a kick out of watching me drink. i got a kick out of beating the shit out of some local halloween displays. overall, it was all pure magic. 10.18.04 last night i went through bob nanna's refridgerator to find that he lives off condements alone. in the end, i ate a slice of salami and one slice of cheese. after a series of nightmares, i woke up to bacon and potatos and eggs and toast and orange pineapple juice and sour cream. its just like, where the fuck was all of this shit last night, bob? i'm forced to believe that nanna is holding out on me. today were heading off to reckless records where mike says he can score us a discount. oh, and i guess there's some kind of show going on. 10.17.04 tonight is the first night of tour. mike kevich is asking to be mentioned (twice) and bob nanna has stolen my thunder. i sold a cd and kids seem to be sympathetic. the women seem to get increasingly "ice cold" as we get closer to america's heartland. only seven days to go. 10.10.04 novi split tours the midwest with city on film starting october 16th. 10 days, 8 shows, 3 dudes, and 1 all rush mix tape. come see us if you can. tour dates 10.1.04 ok. limited edition, hand-made, hand sewn, screen printed, and embroiderd cd-r's. the adrian fortress/novi split split cd on generic equivilent records. a collection of songs that i never thought i'd ever release. only 100 made. and only like ten copies left i'm sure. 9.29.04 the novi split has been up for days now. two new split releases with the adrian fortress and the city on film. plus a tour of the midwest with the city on film. its too much information for me to handle. let me get my shit together and i'll update in a day or two. this was premature. 8.18.04 novi split and kind of like spitting live on the net at kuci.org. august 28th for kind of like spitting and september 4th for novi split. both shows are at 12pm california time. tell a friend. 8.14.04 the good people at redder records have agreed to help distribute "keep moving." i really would like to take a moment to thank them in public. also if anyone has a chance, they should write a letter to redder and let them know what a bad buisness decision this is. 8.11.04 The holiday CD craze is over. finished. stop calling me. 8.1.04 hey, do you know that one guy hugh? he writes for that one website called un