But, of course, we can’t be that serious bidness about it all. We also like to use the “tags” to make each other laugh and see if the other notices a joke or a jab. And that is when magic happens. Our random tags bring us the most random internet searches, which is cool, because it’s new people hopefully finding new music…but sometimes…yeah, sometimes it’s just ODD to see what people search. And then I have to gchat Amber with a “SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR, go look at our search page!”.

So, today I give you some of the best we’ve seen the past month. Yes, this is only from the last 30 days. One of these days, I will sit down and make an All-Time search list because man, there are some doozies, but for now, here’s a short sample. Italics are my thoughts while reading them. Enjoy!

want to make shirts with our faces on elf bodies- uh…who doesn’t?

shack my soul- is that a euphemism?

bobby home sex videos- it’s call incognito browsing. learn it. use it. you’re welcome.

animaniacs hello nurse holly conlan- yesss…let’s be friends!!!

jib jab sam bradley christmas- hahahahahahhaaha

ingrid michaelson hot- duh.

happy birthday porn- the gift that keeps on giving.

who is bobby long’s girlfriend- not you.

that awkward moment in hawaii- when you dive in the water and come up and realize your bathing suit top is missing a few seconds too late? oh. that didn’t happen to you? yeah. me either.

has marcus foster toured the us- GAH. it’s been so long, people are forgetting whether it was real or not.

boy bobby long- um..as opposed to girl bobby long?

wife points- easy. buy her sam and marcus cds. duh.

sam conlan- wait. did we miss something?

bobby long fanfiction- yeah. not going there again. ever. 

drunk jason segel- is there any other kind?

marcus foster there- nope. he’s here. next to me.

marcus foster drunken fun- ::sigh:: i wish.

tracyvanhorne boob- james, is that you??

“bobby long” stripper- i…uh…what??

www mexican butt shack show .com- lili’s got bills to pay. don’t judge.

bobby long girlfriend fan fic- now you’re just being weird.

marcusclub- this is it! join us! we have shirts!

who makes marcus sport coat- hopefully not the peeps who make his pants. no? anyone?

creepy gifts for women- unless she’s your wife, anything that requires batteries is creepy.

greg holden nice hair- you spelled sam bradley wrong.

funny waffle quotes- wait, what?

canadian bands with xylophones- send me what you find. no really. 

bacon butty- mmmmmmmmmmmmm

when is marcus fosters bday- oh wait. that was us. cause we forgot. again. but no worries. we made him a card:

So there you have it. Just a small peek into the goodness that we see on our stats page everyday. It’s pretty much the only reason we keep this blog going. Well, I mean, other than the fact that we love Sam and Marcus. Obviously.

what? i don't see anything....

Yeah. So, you all noticed. You are onto us. There is one less name up there on that ol’ nav bar and one less floating head over there on the right. We honestly didn’t think the twelve readers we have anyone would notice.  But you have. And you have let us know that you have. Whether it be in DMs, emails, texts, discussing it in forums….you’ve all had the same question for us– what the FU….no, I kid….there was no cussing.  But a number of you guys have wondered the same thing so we figured we’d go ahead and address it here.

Let’s just get it out in the open, shall we?

Why did we remove Bobby Long from the site?

Well, to be honest, it wasn’t a big “OMG-let’s-dump-Bobby-cause-we-hate-him-now” thing. We just felt it was right. Like the equivalent of dating a REALLY nice guy and then realizing that there really isn’t any chemistry there, even though you have TONS of fun together, you just know deep down they aren’t the ONE. And then you break up and your friends all bombard you with, “BUT y’all were PERFECT! What HAPPENED?”

Nothing happened. At all. Bobby didn’t do anything wrong. We didn’t stop loving his music. We just realized that we wanted to focus on Sam and Marcus.

When we started this blog last year, we did it as a way to continue fangirling over the three guys we saw over a kick ass weekend in Dallas. Amber and I met for the first time, bonded over our fangirl squeeing and we didn’t want it to end so to speak, so we decided to start a blog.  We knew there was already support out there for the guys, by the way of the Land of Dreamers, but we weren’t looking to horn in on their “territory”, aka creating street teams and such. Really we just wanted a way to make fun of our own fangirliness.  So we went a different route– one where we could share news concerning the guys but also have a bit of fun too.

And then not too long ago, a new site opened, i.e. Music Bobby Long which was pretty kick ass if you ask me. Amber and I were like WHOA, and then we were jeal cause we wanted forum too but we were (and still are) too poor to do anything but have this free hosted blog. We still went with posting Bobby news cause that’s what we did, however, it quickly became apparent that we couldn’t keep up. I mean, there were two of us posting on three guys and something was always getting missed. So, after some chatting, we decided that it would be better to have any Bobby news come from them. We just didn’t want it to seem like we were “competing”, yanno?

So that was it. We deactivated his pages (but didn’t delete them– it’s like keeping our “couple” pics around hidden deep in a drawer somewhere) and decided to just keep on posting like nothing happened. We were like, no one will notice. Boy were we wrong.

And there you have it. No big dramz. No crazy sordid stories. Although, Amber and I did have fun coming up with fake stories on why we “broke up” with Bobby.  And then we imagined it going down just like this– except in a breaking up sort of way.

Amber is Maverick and I am Goose. Naturally.

Now, it’s your turn. Are you disappointed we broke up? Did you have a theory of why we “dumped” Bobby? Let us know…come on….DO IT!

featuring

Jay Rodger

Photos from Jay Rodger’s Myspace

Okay. Confession. I first came across Jay here while looking at some recent Bobby Long videos. He has a pretty dang good cover of Crooked Sky that popped up in a search:

So naturally, I went looking for more of his works and I came across his myspace where he has a few original songs posted for a listen. I knew pretty quickly that I would like to feature him here on Mix Tape Monday.  Especially when I started reading his blog entries.  He made me laugh at his self-deprecating ways.

It’s sweet when I’m in the music, like really feeling the song I’m playing and the rest of the world gets lost around me. It’s a great feeling when the audience links to the song, and at the end when I open my eyes I can see people daydreaming all around the room….

Or maybe I’ve just bored them.

We’ll go with the first yeah?

Source

Um, yeah. He sounds like my kind of people. And others seem to agree that he is definitely someone to watch.

From Studio 49:

In amongst the theatres, tourists, students & building sites that currently reside in a small town known Stratford-upon-Avon there lies a single singer / song writer by the name ‘Jay Rodger’. Jay, taking influences from a range of musical greats brings it all together in a unique style of songs that can only be described as ‘Groovesum’. Think Bob Dylan meets Imogen Heap – sailing melodies that glide over delicate guitar playing, catchy hooks & an entrancing style of performance – Jay has it all.

All videos from dh130i’s youtube channel.

Want more?? You can find Jay on myspace, twitter and reverbnation.

And now it’s your turn to talk….what did you think of ol’ Jay here? Yay, nay? Let us know!

Download (yes, I said DOWNLOAD, as in you can put it on your iPod and listen FOREVER!) at Fearless Radio!

Unfortunately, real life has been kicking both me and LiLi’s behind lately, and, um, we haven’t gotten to listen yet. We are SO going to, as soon as either of us can stick our heads up out of the water for more then 3.25 seconds and breathe. So, in the mean time we decided you all should listen to it, write a brief summary (500 words or less) on what Bobby said and be sure to include at least 3 quotes that equate awesomeness from the Bobster.

Please and thank you!

Oh, can’t forget this! Best summary gets a superly awesome prize… this VIDEO of Bobby on Fearless!

Wait, I guess I shouldn’t have given you the prize before you did the homework. DAMN!

featuring Matt Pond PA!

This week, we chose Matt Pond PA as our featured band. And we didn’t just pick them for this picture that makes me think we should all be a little worried, or that are the most brilliant band I know! I mean, seriously, who has an axe?!? These guys!

Many of you are going to be seeing these dudes up close and personal very soon, since Bobby Long will be supporting them on their tour starting in May.

From their Facebook page:

From a cabin in the woods outside of Bearsville, NY–where there’s nothing much to do but watch the grass grow up with the coyotes, deer, turkeys, and yes, bears–Matt Pond let go of all those studio entanglements and hacked off a piece of his own fate. Trusting in the flicker at the end of the tunnel, he gives us The Dark Leaves, due April 13th 2010.

In this era of technological advancements, it’s remarkable that something can be repaired the old-fashioned way — dismantling the gears to put it all back together again. After almost giving up on the world outside the woods, Matt Pond, with the invaluable aid of Chris Hansen (engineer, co-producer), returns with The Dark Leaves. It’s a record about surrendering and not, about being done with darkness and having something to sing about it.

Also available from these cabin sessions are the digital, nine-song EP Auri Sacra Fames (currently available exclusively online) and coming soon is “The Threeep,” a set of three 7″, three-song singles with as many songs each (three A-Sides, three Instrumentals, three B-Sides), which conveniently clip together into a cube. Contributing to these sessions are Eve Miller on cello, Christian Frederickson on viola and Dan Crowell on drums. The first installment of the limited-edition vinyl series is available for purchase HERE and on iTunes, with the final two being released in early 2010.

“Starting,” the first single from the “The Threeep,” features the following tracks:

Side A: “Starting” (from The Dark Leaves)
Side B: “Stopping” (non-album track)
Side B: “The Colour Out Of Space” (non-album track)

Personally, this song stuck out the most for me. Why? First, the kick ass video looks like it came from an era of time when all videos were kick ass… the 80s! Being transported back to my childhood FTW! And secondly, come on! This could be LiLi and I’s theme song! For reals.

Of course, these guys got all the social media stuff going on! Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and their very own website! And most importantly, get on over to the tour page and get your tickets! A great opener and a great headliner?! How did we get so lucky?!?

Dood. He has teeth!

I feel like this pic might have been the part of the show where an unnamed guy (who might have been identified but LiLi here wasn’t paying attention) started shouting that he loved Bobby. It totes caught him off guard and he started laughing. The whole thing was pretty hilar.

Sidenote: if anyone got video of that part of the show, please to be sending it to us!

Check out the rest of Becky’s pics (clicky to enlarge):

Were you also at the show that night? Do you have any pics to share? Or maybe you know who the bald head belongs to in some of these pics– if so let us know!

Thanks again Becky for all the great pics! <3!!

Also, sorry for the twitter teases yesterday.  Amber and I stumbled across the motherload and wanted to post today but we are still, um, “researching” and “gathering evidence”. We hope to post tomorrow, so be sure to follow us on twitter so you’ll know when we post all the awesomeness.

Without further ado, here are some Bobby vids from his show at Poor David’s Pub, in Dallas, on Tuesday:

My personal fave of the night, where he dedicated “Who Have You Been Loving” to Tiger Woods, FTW! I might love him a bit more now for that.

Both videos were found on lisawentzel’s YouTube. She’s got a few other Bobby and Sam videos posted so be sure to check out them out as well.

These last few are courtesy of @Valleegrl. She was gracious enough to not only save me a seat that night (cause this supa fangirl didn’t realize the show was at 7pm and not 8– whoops) but to also video a few songs for us too. Thanks Val! You rock!

And, as promised, Bobby’s new song, I Give Her Love:

So what did you think of the new song? Yay, Nay, Still thinking about Tiger Woods?

Well, that’s it for this Saturday’s edition of Saturday Morning Concert! Thanks for joining us!

Do you have any videos from recent, or even not so recent, concerts that you would like to share for Saturday Morning Concert? Send ‘em to us here!

Ohaithere Mr. Long!

Just got home from the Bobby Long show here in Dallas. It was a really great show. I have only seen him like 3 times now, but this was his best, in my opinion. I have pics and even some vids coming in but can I be honest with you a minute? We are in the trust tree right? Well, here it is: this old lady little blogger is ti-red. Really. I am exhausted. I can’t hang like I used to and I ain’t skeered to admit it.

So, please forgive me as I go on to night-nights with the promise of pics and vids tomorrow– including Bobby’s new song, which some of you have already heard but this chick hadn’t.

So full review tomorrow– or as I look at the clock on my lappie– later today.

<3!

LiLi

PS– If you want to check out the live pics I took from the show, via twitter, check out our feed here. Otherwise, I will be an uploading fool tomorrow.

First from Sam, one of my more recent faves, Lights (Fucking Lights)!

From Bobby, an older video, but love In the Frost! I just like how it looks like the recorded him playing on a sidewalk!!

And wrapping up your Saturday, some Marcus!! Way, Way, Way on the keyboard! Hells yes! (Plus, he drops the “f” bomb and I giggle!)

Yep, I like this. Videos may have to become a new Saturday tradition!!

Photo: guitarinstructor.com

Seems Bobby has been mighty busy while Amber and I kept hitting the ol’ snooze button on our blogging alarm clock!

He’s back in America, as his recent blog entry on myspace states:

Arrived back in America this morning and its really good to be back. It was really nice to have time in London and im really pleased with the time in the studio and to have an opportunity to work with all the amazing musicians and with a producer like Liam Watson. Everyone worked together and i really feel like we have put together a great sound and something that will make people stand up and listen. As i said before i recorded 18 tracks and i cant wait pick the ones that are gonna be on the album and design the art work.

You can read the full entry here.

Is it weird that the world seems right again when Bobby is back in the States? It does. Okay, I never wrote that then.

Anyhoo- he’s got a lot on his plate the next few days, starting on Friday the 12th with a radio broadcast from Philadelphia’s World Café Live.  This broadcast is part of Philadelphia public radio station WXPN’s Free@Noon broadcast. You can find information about the show here, including the option to register for it if you are in the area and can attend.

To follow up the radio show, Bobby will also be playing a show the next night at the World Cafe Live. Ticket info can be found here.

The whole of March will find Bobby on the road, including a much anticipated stop at this year’s SXSW. Now, as a former Austin resident, I can say that this is a very big deal. I know that SXSW is now widely known throughout the country but I remember it when it was just a music festival that did pretty well.  Now, I am amazed at not only the international recognition the festival receives but also the recognition it provides those that play there. So, I am pretty freaking stoked that Bobby will get a chance to be apart of something so amazing!

Check out all of Bobby’s upcoming tour dates here or on his myspace page.

Last but certainly not least, it has come to the attention of this little stalker blogger that Bobby is now the proud owner of his very own Wikipedia page. I mean, you haven’t made it until you’ve got a Wikipedia page, right?? So, congrats on that feat, Bobby! And I say feat because it looks like a real pain in the ace to create a new entry– so kudos to whoever had the time and patience for that.

And now a really important question for Bobby, since I just know that he reads this site. (Duh.) It says in the Wiki entry that you were born in Wigan, close to Manchester. Um. That leaves a burning question in my mind.  Are you a Wigan Athletic fan? Or a ManU supporter? I mean, you can’t be a ManCity kind of guy– cause that would be a deal breaker as a Red Devil myself and I refuse to believe that is even a choice.

Okay, so he doesn’t read this blog– but does anyone know the answer? Or better yet, I need someone to ask him when they see him play next. Cause we all know that LiLi won’t have the courage to next week when he’s in Dallas.