The FAQ page

Seeing as my site is pretty much about my band, i will tell people that the site is going to be about my band. my purpose is simple: to achieve a nice grade on project 3 for my english 303 class and to get the word out about my band so that i might get people to listen to our music. i will say that it started out as a very raw, text only website for my first project. the text itself, which already exists, will take another approach to tackling the word history by discussing the actual history of the band itself. i will follow my professor's suggestion when including my contact information, because spam is a drag. make sure to take a look at my homepage which now includes a spiffy animation.

What to Expect: Lots and lots of information about my band; how we started, who are the members, what and who our influences are, and a detailed song by song breakdown of our soon to be finished very first EP.

Purpose and History: again, to achieve a good grade for my project 3 assignement in English 303 and to get the word out about my band. I am michael l withrow, a senior history major at WVU and founding member of the local band The Getaway. i like music, television, cigarettes, warm weather, and cake. i have a girlfriend named amy who is way better than the last girlfriend i had. i do not like olives or dog shit on the southpark bridge.

i cannot wait to get home and make a turkey sandwich. then i have to go record nick's drum tracks. but its ok because there will be free beer.

Things and stuff to do

In order to extend my website, which is about my band, I have decided to, in coordinance with the soon to be conclusion of the recording of our first EP, give a song by song description and story. That is to say that I am going to add a new page dedicated solely to this new EP and then I am going to explain how each song was written, what each's influence and inspiration is and my overall feeling about the quality of the song. I am excited to being posting pictures on this website because I have literally hundreds of pictures that have been taken of us since we have formed, nearly all of them from Fuel of course because we are trapped there. However, I am excited to announce that we will be playing at the ThunderBird Cafe in Pittsburgh on March 31st and at 123 Pleasant St on April 5th. So we are finally making strides towards getting out of our unofficial contract with Bob and his Bob bar. Which brings up another idea: I would like to, if i have time, add an upcoming shows bulletin to my website. I already have a reference on the homepage to our myspace page which has such a bulletin, but why not have another. In conclusion, listen to the new Modest Mouse album because it is awesome, and make sure to give our EP a listen as soon as it is posted on myspace, which should be no later that just after spring break. I am hungry, that is all.

st. patrick's day was complete nonsense. i was a victim of roomate inconsideration, sleep deprivation, intoxication and vandalism. i am glad that stupid holiday is over. my band has been recording our 5 track EP all weekend and we hope to have it available just after spring break. when we open for one foot in the gravy april 5th at 123 pleasant street we will be selling it for a very fair price, and the only reason it will not be free is because we have to eat. but then again, today my bass player kyle and i went to taco bell in westover and the cashier gave us 41 coupons for free tacos. that equals 41 free tacos! i'll have another mandatory post up soon. peace.

First Entry

today it is about a million degrees. but that has nothing to do with this third project for English 303. apparently we will have to greatly elaborate on our originial index homepage that we created at the very beginning of the semester. we will have to include some pictures, which could either be a great deal of fun or a gigantical hassle. since my site is about my band, i will probably discuss our influences, style, direction and general happening in more detail. after this assignment is complete, i expect i will be much more skilled at creating detailed websites. looking forward to it, chap.