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this is one of my faves from our album. we wrote it when it was freezing in the mountains and the world was covered in snow. and listening to this makes me remember the sun shinning through the frosted windows, and imagining the days of summer that were about to be upon us… .

but seriously -  What the fuck happened to summer? Is it really gone already? Because I don’t really remember it being sunny. And now it’s over. Really? That’s it? Fuck that. Fuckin’ bullshit. What a shitty summer. But looking back, we had some fun times, even though the weather sucked balls.

So here is our last hurrah: a collection of some of our fondest memories from the past few months, set to the tune of “Wet Hot American Summer,” imagining ourselves blasting “Regulators” as we cruise in Nate’s Jeep. Enjoy your last few days of freedom and t shirt weather before all the bullshit starts back up and you dust off that purple hoodie you’ve been sick of.
Thanks for an awesome summer
Xo
Gabe

i just read through this post and i’m really bummed. like you guys, i wish i had a perfect solution. but i honestly am at a loss.

on one hand i want to do right by the people who got us to where we are. and on the other hand i want our band to be welcoming and non-discriminating of new fans (after all, i remember being the really geeky and excited kid with a horrible wardrobe waiting behind roseland to catch a glimpse of my idols).

and to make things more complicated, we keep getting busier every day. which of course is a blessing; to have cobras take off in other parts of the world and have to travel there, and do interviews, and get a chance to introduce kids to our band across the globe - it’s a dream. but every day we have less and less free time. less time to devote to people on an individual basis.less time to answer emails. less time to communicate with you guys ( and also less time to devote to our families - this definitely takes a toll on our personal lives as well..)  and it sucks to go back to a town and not have the time to hang out with people you know because you have more shit on your plate. but at the same time i want as many people as possible to hear what we do. it’s a beautiful thing to work really hard for something and to get appreciated for it. but i also don’t want to disappoint the people who already have their ears to our wall; who have already been supporting us.

and i guess i’m kind of going in circles.. kind of like all the points being made on the post: they’re all valid, but i cant seem to find the solution.  and i certainly don’t have the answer. so please, if you have an idea, help me. and if you think we should just pull the plug , let me know. because i don’t give a shit about having a fan club if our fans are not happy.

if having a fan club is killing what was happening organically on LJ, then maybe it’s not worth it. if both can;t exist, i’d rather have the one that feels more real. the invisible hand of cobra fans.

sorry if this is a bit out there. i’m totally jet lagged and exhausted,…

xo

gabe

The unedited Cobra Cam Season Finale!!!

the censors made us take a lot of really funny shit out.

but i don’t roll like that. sue me.

here is the original cut in all of its nastiness.

Also, cobras4life.com is up and running!!! sorry for the delay

Here’s the (tl;dr) thing: I’ve never been a great singer, and I’ll never be a great singer. I was just a kid who loved music and had to figure it out. I wasn’t lucky to be born with talent and great pipes. But I was lucky to be born with something that I value more than natural ability: I’ve got heart, willpower, and an intuition that if I put my mind to something, I can accomplish anything. And guess what? I did.

I wanted to sing. Not because I could, but because I loved making music. Listen to the first Midtown record. My voice was HORRENDOUS. I really had no clue what I was doing. But along the way, it got better. I had to figure it out. And through the years I got better at it. Never great, but enough to get by. Because my point in being a singer was never to be a “singer,” but it was to be able to have a way to express my ideas and my emotions (oftentimes shouting them at the top of my lungs). My voice is just a vehicle. A vehicle that just needs to get me from point A to point B. Some people are lucky to have BMWs to get them to point B. I have a Volkswagen. It’s not pretty, but it does what I need it to do.

But then my Volkswagen had to go into the shop this year because she got a cyst. And that put her out of commission for a bit, but I got her back up and running. She never ran great to begin with, and now she runs a little worse. But she still runs, and I love her. And if YOU love her too, you don’t love her because she’s the most perfect thing in the world. You love her because she’s real.

I will never sing perfectly. But I will always be awesome. Even when I fuck up. I’m awesome because I am not afraid to fall nor ashamed to stumble. Because I never wanted to be beautiful, and I never pretended to be.

Now, on to the less dramatic part:

Estelle: she was dope. She did the song her way. She changed it up and made it her own. It’s not gonna be like Leighton nor like Victoria. And I back her for that.

Notwithstanding all that shit I just said about my voice, I think I did a pretty damn good job. Especially compared to the last time we were on Conan (which I really was embarrassed about). Have you guys seen other bands perform on TV? It always sucks. It’s not the same as seeing them live and it doesn’t sound like it even sounds in the studio audience. It always sounds like shit. It’s compressed as fuck because it has to be broadcast through the air and sent to your tv speakers. Unless the artist is lip-synching and/or using auto-tune (which we don’t), it always sounds weird.

Again, it’s not about being perfect. The beauty of a live performance are the imperfections.

Conan was fucking awesome. We’re just a bunch of dudes who got a chance to play on a show we’ve been watching since we were kids. We had a blast and we were real. And it was a personal milestone for us. I couldn’t ask for anything more.

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just found these – fucking awesome!

So we spent hours going through all the suggestions and votes. I can’t believe the response! Thanks to everyone who gave their input.

I got to check out a TON of awesome new bands and I wish we could take out more than one, but the winner is ……. ***drum roll***  The Audition!

We haven’t even told them yet, so if you Audition boys read this – congrats! ;)

We’re looking forward to having these guys on the tour. In all honesty, Ryan’s been hitting me up about touring together for almost 2 years now, so I’m glad we finally get to go out. Plus they’re shredders at Halo 3.

Go pack your bags boys!

Now before I go and pack mine, I got one more thing I need input from you guys on:

So for the past year we’ve been getting pressured by the suits to start a fanclub. I’ve always said no because every time a band starts a “fanclub,” kids get pissed. It just seems like the band is taking advantage of the kids who support them the most. And it just seemed corny to me.

The suits told me I should stop being such a hater, and told me that if I actually took the time to see how some clubs ran, I would realize that fanclubs can actually be a good thing for the kids. They told me about all the special perks; the pre-sale opportunities, the early admission to shows; the limited-edition goodies, etc, etc.

But I was still not convinced.

The truth is, that anybody who actually GOES OUT and purchases a CD in this day and age of digital singles and illegal downloads, in my opinion is already a die-hard fan and should be automatically given these perks. So I told the suits, “if you’re willing to give everyone who buys the CD a free membership to the fan club, I’m willing to give the fan club idea a try.”  If it sucks, and it seems like a sham, then the kids will just not stay in it. But at least you wont have felt cheated or ripped-off.

But I want to hear from you guys what your thoughts are:

Does this deal I made make sense? Do you back it? Or should I go back to the suits and tell them to fuck it?

If we have a fan club, what kind of stuff would you guys like to see? What perks?

What are your favorite things from other clubs? What do you hate about other clubs you’ve joined? etc etc

Hit me up with your thoughts in the comments!

Thanks guys!

Xo

gabe