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July 2012

74 posts

You should check out this really great article written by my friend Jen, about Gold Motel, and it has great pictures from the show! → examiner.com

Jul 31, 20121 note

#Gold Motel #article #share #examiner #not mine #Greta Salpeter #Greta Morgan #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski

Jul 30, 201229 notes

#Gold Motel #live #concert #reblog #Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski

Jul 27, 201226 notes

#Gold Motel #not mine #photo #Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski

Jul 26, 201228 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Salpeter #Greta Morgan #live #concert #in store #reblog #not mine

the give away it's for USA only?

Oh, excellent question, I’m glad you asked!

The contest IS OPEN to international people! In my experience it really isn’t that expensive to send stuff over seas, so if my winner is from out of the country I will send it anyways!

Thanks and good luck! xo

Jul 26, 20121 note

So... when you say keep the ask box open for the giveaway... does that mean anon on?... If not... I didn't even know you could turn the ask box off. o_O

Well people can disable their ask box…basically when the winners are picked I will contact them via their ask box, so it would be silly if you want to win and have it so I can not send you a ask…

And the winner will be expected to answer privately…I won’t have time to monitor winner’s pages to check to see if they got the message!

Hopefully that made some sort of sense…I posted the contest after I got home from the GM show at 6 am. haha

Jul 26, 2012

Jul 24, 201210 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Salpeter #Greta Morgan #live #concert #picture

Jul 24, 201216 notes

#Gold Motel #picture #live #Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #music #concert

It is time for a contest...

I had been thinking that I hadn’t done a contest in FOREVER and with the Gold Motel show approaching in my life, it seemed as good a time as any to do it…

So I made some arrangements and I got my hands on some things at the show last night to give away for y’all! For this contest there will be TWO winners which will be picked at random with an online number generator.

The first winner picked will win:

An autographed copy of Gold Motel’s new self titled album! As you can see in the picture, this is signed by Greta, Dan, Eric, and two of their touring members.

The second winner will receive:

This poster that was autographed by the band and the boys who played with them at the show.

So, what do you have to do to win these fabulous prizes? I’m glad you asked!

As per usual STM rules for contests:

1. You MUST be following Stealing the Moonlight

2. You must reblog, and can do so as many times as you want and ‘like’ the photo as well.

Pretty simple stuff, right?

The winner will be picked Monday August 20th! You will be notified via your ask box SO KEEP YOUR ASK BOX OPENED!

Good luck!

Jul 24, 201273 notes

#Gold motel #contest #music #free #give away #poster #album #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski #stealing the moonlight #reblog #follow #Jammin Java

Keep an eye out....

I got my hands on some goodies tonight at the show which will be part of a giveaway that I will be announcing TOMORROW!!!!!
Get excited!

Jul 24, 20121 note

#Gold Motel

Jul 18, 201211 notes

#Eric Hehr #picture #new #not mine #Gold Motel #reblog

Jul 18, 20126 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta morgan #Greta Salpeter #live #concert

Jul 18, 201220 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Salpeter #Greta Morgan #live #concert #music

Jul 18, 20128 notes

#Eric Hehr #concert #gold motel #live #music

Jul 18, 20126 notes

#Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #Gold Motel #music #live

The Gold Motel tour starts TODAY!

Please remember if you go, to please submit your photos, setlists, and stories with us!

Jul 17, 20121 note

#Gold Motel #tour #live #music

Is Chris Faller playing with Gold Motel now?! Or was it just for that show?

Word on the street right now is Chris was just filling in on that show. Minxy may be back but it sounds like Brien is staying as the drummer. Chris is still in Company of Thieves!
This is what I’ve heard from people who were at Summerfest. I see GM in three weeks and when I do I am going to see what I can get in the way of an official word on the lineup of GM.

Jul 7, 2012

Jul 7, 20123 notes

#Dan Duszynski #Gold Motel #live #stream #concert #music #Summer FEst #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 2012

#ERic Hehr #concert #live #music #summer fest #saudade photography #Gold Motel

Jul 7, 2012

#Chris Faller #Company of Thieves #Gold Motel #music #live #concert #Summer Fest #stand in #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20125 notes

#Eric Hehr #concert #live #music #Gold Motel #Summer Fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20122 notes

#Dan Duszynski #Gold Motel #live #music #stream #concert #Saudade Photography #Summer Fest

Jul 7, 2012

#Eric Hehr #concert #live #music #Gold Motel #Summer Fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20122 notes

#Dan Duszynski #Gold Motel #live #music #concert #summer fest #saudade photography

Jul 7, 20125 notes

#Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #concert #live #music #saudade photogaphy #summer fest

Jul 7, 2012

#drummer #Brien #music #live #concert #Gold Motel #Saudade Photography #Summer fest

Jul 7, 20124 notes

#Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #music #live #concert #Gold Motel #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20121 note

#Eric Hehr #concert #live #music #Gold Motel #Summer Fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20121 note

#Eric Hehr #live #concert #music #Gold Motel #Summer Fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 2012

#Eric Hehr #Gold MOtel #concert #live #summer fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20121 note

#Greta Morgan #Greta salpeter #Gold Motel #live #concert #summer fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20123 notes

#Chris Faller #Gold Motel #Company of Thieves #live #stand in #Saudade Photography #music

Jul 7, 20122 notes

#Eric Hehr #Gold Motel #concert #live #music #summer fest #Saudade Photography

Jul 7, 20123 notes

#Greta Morgan #Greta SAlpeter #Gold Motel #live #concert #photo #saudade photography #summer fest

Jul 7, 20121 note

#Dan Duszynski #Gold Motel #live #concert #summer fest #saudade photography

Jul 6, 20124 notes

#Dan Duszynski #Gold Motel #live #photo #saudade photography #concert #summerfest

Jul 6, 20125 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Morgan #live #photo #Greta Salpeter #Summerfest #Saudade Photography

Hilary Saunders of Paste magazine also wrote this excellent review on the album... → pastemagazine.com

Jul 4, 20121 note

#Paste #Gold Motel #Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski #review #musicn #new

Check out this great review of the new album "Gold Motel," over at Type in Stereo! → typeinstereo.com

Jul 4, 2012

#Gold Motel #album #music #Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski #Type in Stereo

When I talked to them about their lineup they said that Chris wasn't staying with the for the tour but Matt and Adam are out for now.

That really bums me out, both about Chris and the fact that Matt and Adam are gone…I had a feeling about then but I did not want to report anything until something had been said from Greta or such…
Thanks or the info, Pozo! :)

Jul 4, 2012

Jul 4, 201227 notes

#Gold Motel #Eric Hehr #chris Faller #Dan Duszynski #summer fest

“Once upon a time, Greta and I were both talking about Bowie’s lyric writing process for “Moonage Daydream,” which consisted of a collage of random words and phrases that he pieced together. For “Leave You In Love,” we took a notebook I had that was filled with a bunch of unused lyrics and poems, selected various couplets and stanzas from a handful of them, and pieced them together to form the verses of “Leave You In Love.” The lyrics in the bridge/outro are lyrics I had written years ago and never used, and when we added those in, they thematically unified the song together into a story of youth, lost love, and nostalgia” —Eric Hehr on the writing process of “Leave You in Love.”

Jul 3, 201212 notes

#Eric Hehr #Gold Motel #Greta Morgan #Greta Salpeter #Leave You in Love #David Bowie #Moonage Daydream

“This was one of the first songs we had for the new album. Eric brought it to the table soon after we had played one of our most fun shows ever at The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz — this tiny little bar/restaurant that had the kindest staff, the nicest audience, and… you guessed it… the most delicious crepes! Anyway, all the boys in the band met beautiful women from the town, but we had to leave right after the show. I think they all wondered, ‘What could have happened if we stayed a little longer in Santa Cruz? Maybe I’d have married her?’ Eric was the one who chose to express that idea and turn it into a song.” —Greta Salpeter on the writing process of “Santa Cruz.”

Jul 3, 20128 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Salpeter #Greta Morgan #Eric Hehr #Santa Cruz #The Crepe Place #quote

“This was one of Greta’s ideas that we wound up tracking towards the end of the recording sessions for the album. At the time, we were in the midst of a Chicago winter without any heat at the studio. Most of the tracking was done in winter jackets, gloves, and scarves. We were running small space heaters and heat lamps in the “control room” to stay warm, and in the bridge section of this song you can hear the sound of the heat lamp being bumped into. It sounds like a guitar being plugged in, but it’s actually a heat lamp being bumped. We left it in the final recording.” —Eric Hehr on the writing process of “At Least We Tried.”

Jul 3, 20127 notes

#Eric Hehr #Gold Motel #quote #At Least We Tried #Greta Salpeter #chicago

“This is my favorite song on the album, and was another idea that came to me late in the process of recording. The band brought it to life in a really beautiful way — Eric’s guitar playing is beautiful and Dan’s engineering choice of adding the delay on the drums and vocals in various parts gave it a strange effect — there are moments where I feel like this is a song that could be playing in the next room of a haunted mansion.” —Greta Morgan on the writing process of “Counter Clockwise.”

Jul 3, 20123 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Salpeter #Greta morgan #Counter Clockwise #Eric Hehr #Dan Duszynski

“When we were writing and recording this song, it was by far my least favorite song we had. Once we got the final mixes back, this quickly became one of my favorite songs on the album. I think the bridge section is one of the better sections of music in the whole Gold Motel catalogue.” —Eric Hehr on the writing process of “Always One Step Ahead.”

Jul 3, 20121 note

#Eric Hehr #quote #Gold Motel #music #Always One Step Ahead

“This lyric had a funny origin — I had brought a rough demo to the guys and we all started playing together. The original hook lyric was, “Are you in on your own joke?” for the chorus, but Eric had misheard it and said, “Are you sleeping with your own ghost?”. It was such a cool accident and we all liked how ambiguous the phrase was, so we kept it.” —Greta Morgan on the writing process of “Your Own Ghost.”

Jul 3, 20125 notes

#Greta Morgan #Gold Motel #Your Own Ghost #quote #Eric Hehr

“Cold Shoulders” was the first song we worked on post-Summer House. I don’t quite remember who contributed what, but I do know we put that song together as a band. To me, this song has a lot more personality than a lot of our other material, and I think that’s because the song itself is made up of five distinct personalities. The synth we used on this song is called the Solina String Ensemble, which is often referred to as the ARP String Ensemble [the defining string machine of the late 70’s disco era]. It’s the same synth Joy Division used on “Love Will Tear Us Apart” — one of my favorite sounds in all of music.” —Eric Hehr on the writing process of “Cold Shoulders.”

Jul 3, 20126 notes

#Eric Hehr #Gold Motel #Cold Shoulders #quote #Talking fiction #Joy Division #Love Will Tear Us Apart

“This song came to me after having just moved back into my childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago as an adult. There’s a quiet stillness to everything there — huge elm and maple trees, neighborhood block parties, garage sales, morning joggers, lots of church goers — but there’s also this sort of underlying unease when strange things happen. The phrase “Slow Emergency” as a way of describing that sense of anxiety when everything around you looks perfect and serene. The title is a play on the book “Long Emergency”, which my brother had read in high school and had a huge impact on him.” —Greta Morgan on the writing process of “Slow Emergency.”

Jul 3, 20128 notes

#Greta Salpeter #Slow Emergency #Long Emergency #Greta Morgan #writing #quote #Gold motel #Talking Fiction

“This song started with that melodic line on the bells. Once I put a chord progression behind it that was heavy on minor chords, this playful melody line took on a bittersweet tonality, and “bittersweet” is a huge trigger word for me in music — I’m constantly chasing after that feeling. Greta and I wrote the lyrics together and tracked it for the album. The original drum loops I sculpted for the early demos of this song made their way into the final recording, which we A/B-ed with the real drum take.” —Eric Hehr on the writing process of “In Broad Daylight.”

Jul 3, 20123 notes

#Gold Motel #Greta Salpeter #Eric hehr #In Broad Daylight #quote