We did it!

The results are in and So Long, Pluto placed 1st (to be honest, they only announced the top five bands, but they said our name first, which is good enough for me) in this years Movin' On Battle of the Bands! The competition was really fierce, and all the bands that came out to play were fantastic. It was announced that we would be opening up on April 4th for The Spill Canvas. The concert is an all day event, is free to everyone, and will take place on the HUB lawn. So feel free to come out and have a blast with us!

And an extra-special thanks to all of you guys who came out fist-pumpin', lyrics-screamin', and shirt-wearing! We couldn't have done it without you, and we owe much more to all of you then you owe to us.

xoxo,
Matt

Matt's High-Five Fridays!

Well, it's Friday, time for my high-five! I missed the past two weeks because of Spring Break and vacationing, so this is going to be my high-five from the past three weeks!


1) Clear Water




I was fortunate enough to be able to go on a cruise with my family over Spring Break down to the Bahamas. It was a fantastic trip, filled with 86 degree weather, ritzy food, tanlines, out-of-shape people in hot tubs, duty-free shopping, gambling, and inside jokes (good morning!). However, one of the best parts about the whole trip is how spectacular the water is! I mean, you can look into the shallow ocean and see sand; it's fantastic. This is especially true given that the New York harbor's water is a greenish-yellow tint. I mean, don't get me wrong, I understand St. Patrick's day was coming up, and they were most likely just dying the harbor's water in lieu of that, but still I'd take clear water over the shamrock bay any day.




2) Spring Weather




After making my triumphant return to State College, something incredible happened. I didn't have to dress for the Arctic Tundra to go outside. It was actually warm! I just had to grab one of my rag-tag hoodies (and yes, I've wanted to use the word rag-tag for a while) and go outside. You see all sorts of wonderful sights. People walking dogs, girls sunbathing (it's called Happy Valley for a reason, you know), kids throwing the old frisbee on the HUB lawn (seen above), and kids with acoustic guitars sitting under trees. It's finally starting to feel like spring. It's the kind of weather that makes people want to skip and do cartwheels! If only I could do a cartwheel..




3) John McClane




My god, is this man something else! For those of you who don't know, John McClane is the main character of the Die Hard series. Played by Bruce Willis, McClane is a New York City Cop (or Los Angeles Cop in Die Hard 2: Die Harder) who is always at the right (or wrong, in his perspective) place at the right time. This no-nonsense, straight-shootin', back-talkin', badguy-killin', snowmobile-drivin', helicopter-flyin', son-of-a-gun certainly drinks his coffee black. Our apartment actually watched Die Hard 1 through Die Hard 4 in a span of four days. What's better than four days of Die Hard? Trick question; nothing. And you might ask yourself, "But Matt, you said in your one high-five Friday that you needed Samuel L. Jackson to make a week complete." And that's very true! Good thing he co-stars with Willis in the third installment, Die Hard with a Vengeance.




4) Lunch Meat




It's a little known fact about me that I am a sandwich fiend. I mean, whoever came up with the idea of putting different meats and cheeses in between slices of bread really is pure genius. A little bit of a back story to this high-five. About two weeks before spring break, I ran out of all the lunch meat that I brought up to college. Now, this left me with quite the predicament. I found myself ordering out far more than I should have, which really caused a strain on my pocket (and health). Now, a very beautiful fact about coming back to school is all the food I bring back with me. And I brought back pounds upon pounds of lunch meat! I'm the sandwich king, now.

Matt's Classic Turkey and Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients:
2 Slices of Bread
Healthy Choice Turkey
Mozzarella Cheese
Mustard
Potato Chips

Take two slabs (eyeball it) of healthy choice turkey and two slices of mozzarella cheese and tower it on one slice of bread. Cover the bread with a healthy bed of mustard. On top of the mustard, load the sandwich with mounds of your favorite potato chips (I prefer Nacho Cheese Doritos.




5) Reunions




Today is a really great day. It's Friday, the sun is shining, and today is the day the cronies (Dan, Matt, and Chet) come to Penn State for our show tomorrow. It's going to be so nice to see them! We get along so well even off the stage; it's really what gives us such good chemistry on the stage. Tonight is going to be full of fist-pumping and bro-hugs, that's for sure. They're some of my best friends, and I can't wait to see them!


That's it for this week. I hope you all had fantastic weeks, too! Keep your feet on the ground and your heads in the clouds.

xoxo,
Matt

Movin' On Battle of the Bands!

That's right, kids. For those of you who don't know, SLP has been invited to play a battle of the bands at The HUB-Robeson Center at Penn State Main Campus this upcoming Saturday, March 21st. The battle starts at 9:00 p.m. and So Long, Pluto will take the stage at 11:00 p.m. The top 5 bands will be invited back to open for a national act, which hasn't been announced. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Britney.) We've got some stiff competition, so we'd love it if you came out and supported us in your SLP shirts, if you've got them (the amount of people that attend for us gets factored into the voting.) Plus, the show is 100% free, so it's the perfect excuse to come check out So Long, Pluto if you haven't already! We'll see you all there on Saturday!

- Murphy

There = Their = They're?

It's been a while since I had to write a paper for an English class, and thankfully the amount of papers I'll be writing at this point are probably numbered, but whenever I think about English papers I always think back to elementary school and the incredible difficulty I had distinguishing the words "there," "their," and "they're." Now, I'd like to preface this all by saying that I am no rhetorician by any means, and that I butcher the English language on a daily basis. I mean, I speak well enough to order in most restaurants without making a fool out of myself (with the exception being those high-brow restaurants that put all those fancy words on the menu), or be able to ask for directions to the local tuxedo rental shop because I was given two different colored socks and my cousin's wedding starts in two hours (hypothetically speaking, of course). With that being said, back in the day I couldn't write more than a few sentences without using the word "there" correctly and having my teachers time and time again correct me. Now don't get me wrong, I understand the importance of using it accurately and by this point in my life I (usually) use it correctly, but I still can't help but feel that when the English language was first being created this whole there/their/they're problem was just a conspiracy to trick little (or big, depending on eating habits and family history) kids into getting worse grades on papers. I can just imagine it now,

Aristotle: "Hey Plato, do you want to make three variations of the words 'there' and make children for the next two thousand years miserable."
Plato: "Would I ever, Aristotle!"
Socrates: "That's a really great idea guys!"
Aristotle: "Be quiet, Socrates, nobody asked you."

And yes, in my fantasies Plato and Aristotle both spoke and created the English language, and were forced to hang out with Socrates because of there parents. And I just used the incorrect variation of the "their," I hope you were paying attention.


xoxo,
Matt

Support SLP for The Weekender's Readers' Choice!

Hey all,

SLP needs you! It's just come to our attention that The Weekender is having a poll for the "best of NEPA." We'd love your vote for "best local original band." You have to vote for a couple of things in order for your votes to count. So, why not support Michael Straub Photography, Art Rage Ink, The Afa Gallery, and The Vintage Theater, too? Here's the link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HLSpkzLt1GN_2fa7_2b9edULXA_3d_3d

Remember to stop-by some upcoming shows and talk to us! We love meeting new people and chatting with friends.

Thanks everyone.

- Murphy