In the Beginning

In the beginning, there was….. nothing. A void was upon the land (if it’s actually possible for a void to be on top of anything.)

In reality, there was a little bit more than a void; for there was Carissa! But, saying there was a void upon the land except for Carissa, just kicks the shit out of this dramatic statement. Indeed, she was there, but she’s rather small and difficult to see. Perhaps a more accurate description would be…
In the beginning, there was almost nothing but this really tiny singer chick. So, it appeared there was a void upon the land, (if it’s actually possible for a void to be on top of anything) even though there was technically something extremely unvoid-like present.

I hope this clears it up.

Then there was Craig’s List. And the list begat Jason (drums), Dan (Bass), Dong (guitars), Kent (completely other guitars) and eventually (actually right at the last minute) there was Juan on keyboards.
So this merry band of jongleurs assembled in the Oaks of Sherman and began to make sense of lyrics with highly suspicious chords wound through them. Soon, sounds were brought forth and the singer (the aforementioned and very diminutive Carissa) brought glorious voice to the lyrics, which were not nearly as suspect as their brethren chords.

And there came a moment when this assemblage would be called “Discount Romance” and it was good. Well, yes, pretty good.

This blog will follow our merry band through the very moments of their rise to greatness, drug addiction, flaming descent, dissolution, penury, prostitution and eventually reality television.

Let the games begin!