Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Oakley the Troubled Runaway a.k.a. Royal 87's LiveJournal:

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Thursday, April 7th, 2005
2:12 am	shows coming up: shoe. cd release party this friday @ the new dodge lounge in hamtramck 4.16 @ TBA in Kalamazoo 4.20 @ Hastings Street Ballroom, "Legalize it" Jam session featuring shoe. 4.21 @ the coffee beanery in ferndale, 8 30 $5 donations (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 1st, 2005
5:01 pm	phredley SHOW in ann arbor TONIGHT SHOW TONIGHT @ HALF WAY INN (HALF ASS) IN EAST QUAD W/ ALEXANDER ROBINS, CHRIS BATHGATE, THE DARDANELLES AND URBAN FOLK COLLECTIVE. 6 BUCKS, 9:00 SHOW, BE THERE SUCKAS!!! phred (Comment on this)
Monday, March 28th, 2005
2:54 am	shows this week.. Wednesday, March 30th at Ravenwood in Kalamazoo, MI with Alexander Robins, 9:00 show Friday, April 1st at Halfway Inn in Ann Arbor, MI with Urban Folk Collective, Alexander Robins and Chris Bathgate (sorry if that's the wrong last name) Time TBA, $5 and next week.. Friday, April 8th @ TBA in Ann Arbor Time TBA shoe. cd release party : Friday April 8th at the New Dodge Lounge in Hamtramck, MI with RMB3, Cowboy Messiah and Innerphonic (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 17th, 2005
1:19 am	ethan makes the good point that there is some good in my having a livejournal. i can put shows here. 3.18 @ Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, MI following the opening performance of "Usher," play at 8:00, set @ 10:00 3.26 @ Espresso Cafe in Ann Arbor, MI with Alex Robins, 7:00 show 3.30 @ Ravenwood in Kalamazoo, MI with Alex Robins, 9:00 show 4.1 @ Halfway Inn in Ann Arbor MI, time TBA 4.16 @ TBA in Kalamazoo, MI, time TBA shoe. cd release party 4.8 @ The New Dodge, 9:30 wsg RMB3, Cowboy Messiah, Innerphonic, $15 w/cd, $10 w/o cd (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 4th, 2004
12:39 pm	alright fine, i'll post about the election too. ok, yes, fine, i understand. you're shocked/pissed/appalled because captain america will be staying in the white house for another 1500 days or so to fight for freedom, justice and the american way. it sucks. maybe none of us saw it coming, maybe we were all wrapped up in our wishful thoughts of everybody calmly putting down their bibles and joyously accepting marijuana and rainbows back into their hearts. i think i'm at the point where i could really give a shit about the election, because this is what's depressing to me. an idiot gets re-elected and all of a sudden, "hope is lost." i'm sitting here on the internet and reading quotes in profiles wondering if i missed the apocalypse. ok everybody, just go home, the show's over, they got us again, there's nothing we can do. this is the most terrible/strangely comedic part of it all. this is the first thing i've written to express myself about the election. i sat down at the computer and wrote in this little white box about whatever intensity i was feeling from whatever the fuck happened. no, i haven't written a letter to my congressman, senator or president yet... (by the way, george bush IS your president. he was elected your president in 2000. he's been your president ever since. he was even your president on election day, even if you didn't vote for him. The day after election day, the polls were in and I'm sitting at jimmy johns in ann arbor looking out the window at a sign that says "george bush is not my president." funny enough, on that day he was more your president than he's ever been, because not only is he your president now, but he's scheduled to be your president for the next 4 years.) ... so here i am on the internet, looking at what people have written in their e-diaries about the election in the same place that they indirectly tell their friends who they have a crush on, how lonely they are or what sex position quizilla.com says they would be. I don't mean to sound so cynical about all of this. but most of us are considered adults now. this is the first time we've had the opportunity to vote which is awesome, but we also have a voice. and posting your genuinely intelligent views is great, even if they are next to the personality test you gave yourself so you could talk about yourself a little more. but i'm gonna try and make up for the time i wasted writing this stupid livejournal entry by writing a letter to a politician in an actual attempt to affect social change instead of sitting here and talking to nobody about it, or standing at intersections with a sign that says "bush likes anal." Current Mood: cynical Current Music: jimi hendrix (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 1st, 2004
8:26 pm	i'm goin to new york tomorrow to play music. i'll back november 1st. awesome. i'm in ann arbor tonight. if you read this before 1:30, come find me at sigma phi. i have my ep recorded, it's five buckos, i'm trying to make a little money for this trip. peace. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 25th, 2004
6:05 am	six in the mo'nin, feelin alright. come to my show on sunday. 2:00 is when i play, at the abreact performance space in greektown, on lafayette between beaubien and brush. i appreciate it. i'm gonna be in new york in 7 days, for the following 31. i've never been there. sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssSTOKED. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 9th, 2004
2:06 am	grilled cheese hash browns orange juice is it good? yes. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 7th, 2004
1:33 am	update thank you to ian, ryan and ethan for taking care of me this past weekend. thank you to beer and jungle juice for 5 nice hours followed by over 30 terrible ones. thank you fall for looking better than summer. i'm headed to new york in about 3.5 weeks with a band i'm playing with named shoe. we're going to be the house band for a musical--THE night of the living dead. NOT to be confused with the movie, NIGHT of the living dead. but still, sweet. hopefully i can get some hookups out there, do some cool shit. and when i get back, it looks like i might be gigging in detroit with some newfound friends of mine. kickass. YES. john mayer is still the shit, i don't know how many of you listen to me, but as a capable musician, i will tell you that john mayer is one of the most gifted musicians playing music right now, period. i'm not fucking joking. just listen, and listen close. don't touch me Current Mood: obsessed Current Music: who do you think, punk ass motherfuckin bitches? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 11th, 2004
8:13 pm	OH MY GOD i'm playing a show tomorrow at xhedos cafe in ferndale, 8:00. 5 bucks, opener is Ryan Creamer from ohio. come see, it'll be great! i hope to see most to all of you there. and then sunday i'm playing at danielle degain's graduation party, that one's free. come see me again!! everyone who comes both nights will get a complementary HI-FIVE!!! yes. Current Mood: all over the place Current Music: practicing (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 18th, 2004
10:24 pm	today i made my debut as assistant coach of southfield/southfield lathrup consolidated girls soccer team. (i'm not officially a coach, but the head coach is out on baby, so i stepped in and helped coach the game today.) i had a lot of fun, it was awesome to be on the sidelines and communicate with players, then give a little talk at half time, and i got pretty in to the game in the second half, pacing up and down the sidelines with the play. and my sister's on the team, so it was cool to be there and help her too. maybe i could coach little kids or something in rec leagues, that'd be awesome. i'm going to help out with practice tomorrow too. ed would be proud. still no job for me life would be great with money but i'm too lazy Current Mood: silly Current Music: hendrix/jack johnson (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 13th, 2004
2:25 pm	you know john mayer's good when he can motivate me to write in my livejournal... which reminds me, i have a mix to finish. many days go by not a single job have i my girlfriend has two come and see manny and the mirror, a rock opera showing for two more weekends at hastings ballroom in hamtramck, shows are at 8:00 fridays and saturdays, and 6:00 on sundays. it's a really fun show. update livejournal zone out looking to the sky no revelations Current Mood: stopped Current Music: outside in the underground - john mayer (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 30th, 2004
4:37 pm	wednesday night sara and i went to the new way bar in ferndale for a blues jam. some of my friends from manny and the mirror (the rock opera i'm in right now, check my website out for details.) anyway, i played in what ended up being a 12-person blues jam--piano, drums, bass, 2 guitars, harmonica, 1 alto saxophone, 2 tenors, 1 baritone, 1 trumpet and i played trombone. it was so much fun, and we all took solos. i was pretty nervous because there were so many guys, mostly guys twice my age, and they were all amazing. but i could hang with them, and it felt really good. it was probably my coolest musical experience ever. i was really glad sara came with me, she was really happy to see that, and it was great to be playing and be able to look out and see her smiling at me. haven't been playing guitar a lot because of rehearsals all the time... that and i've been spending a lot of good time with sara. i think it's time for a nap. Current Mood: tired (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 18th, 2004
2:59 pm	last night i played at a benefit concert for freedom house... ooh was it nice. it felt so good to play again... i need to stop looking at my hands so much though. i have it on video tape, and i think it's digital so maybe we'll be able to put clips on my website. basketball games are going to be on from 1 til midnight today. what am i supposed to write here? Current Mood: sad Current Music: not myself - john mayer (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 17th, 2004
2:24 am	happy birthday aaron. for the first time in about 7 years, aaron and i hung out thursday. i drove over there (it woulda been faster to walk) and talked to his family about school, music, theatre, my life. it was really good. hopefully we'll hang out more and i start to feel like i have friends. norton antivirus has saved the day, my computer was going under, and now it's back. and i'm back. i'm living at my house now... for real. it's alright, i forgot how awesome my mom is, she gives me anything and everything i need, at the drop of a dime. album, shows, theatre, shows, demo, shows... and a life in between. one day it's just gonna be so so good. Current Mood: okay Current Music: jack johnson (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004
9:23 pm	www.phredley.com has been updated. check it out. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: live - all over you (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 7th, 2004
6:17 pm	thank god for bruno and ethan. i was feeling like shit because i made sara mad while we were hanging out and it ended up in me coming home about 15 minutes ago. i've been sitting here wanting to call her and apologize. moments later i read comments my friends left, and it just made me feel so good. i didn't feel like i had done something terrible anymore. i just knew that sara wanted some of my corn salad, and i guess i wanted to keep it but if i didn't share, i woulda felt bad. it's just hard to share all the time, you know? so i shared, but i told her how i was feeling just to be honest, and she got mad at me. and wouldn't let me share my orange juice with her because of it. so then i asked her if she wanted to take me home and she said yes. sara and i also got subway today, and after we left she realized she didn't get her change so we had to go back. once she went inside, i secretly took a bite of both my veggie wrap and hers, and then rewrapped them and put them in the bag, hoping she would later open it up to find a huge bite was taken out of it, and maybe laugh. she's had a really bad week though, and she never ended up getting her $10 of change left, so i felt really bad caus the timing was spectacularly bad. it was just fucking corn salad. i love you guys so much, i can't wait til you're home. i really miss having such good ass friends around all the time and i never feel judged around you. summer is so soon. i can't go til after may 23rd if we're gonna do a weekend, but if we go during the week, that'll be straight. best friends, greatest enemies Current Mood: better Current Music: wonderboy - tenacious d (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 5th, 2004
10:22 pm	run of the mill update dear journal, this is what i did today. nothing, and drove. i did manage to sit down and kick out an entire song, which is rare, maybe unprecedented. pretty happy about that. then tonight i went to starbucks and talked sarah's face off for an hour and a half--thanks sarah, it really helps to talk and be heard. i don't really get to talk to a lot of people face to face, and you made me feel very comfortable, i deeply appreciate it. other than that, i'm gonna watch the second half of the college basketball championship, and try to feel good until i wake up tomorrow. so far, so good. Current Mood: okay Current Music: out of me - wesley keith (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
1:43 pm	weird science i've come to another point where i need to find a job. i got a metro times and a real detroit with the intention of looking at the classifieds for jobs. i'll probably just look to see what shows are coming up, and then bullshit a little bit, kind of like what i'm doing now. i was driving around in huntington woods with my friend aaron, and for a second it just felt like the entire world was taking a couple weeks off. like there was nowhere i had to be, nothing needed to be done, no laws or feelings to abide by. i hate that i have to be doing something all the time. or that everybody else is so busy all the time. how many people would rather be doing something else right now? how many people are too tired to do what they want to be doing? there are 168 hours in a week. 120 in a business week. imagine spending 40 hours working. then let's say it takes you an hour or an hour and a half to get to wake up, shower, eat breakfast and drive to work everyday. averaged to an hour and fifteen minutes on both sides of your work day, that's 2.5 hours a day, 12.5 hours in a five day week. So in a 120 day week, you concern yourself with work for 52.5 hours. now out side of that you gotta sleep... 8 hours a night? 40 hours a week? 120 - 92.5 hours a week... you've got 27.5 hours to enjoy yourself. give yourself an hour for dinner everyday... 22.5 hours a week? that's less than a day. i don't ever wanna live like that. do what you love, love what you do. Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: collective soul - the world i know ( lame ) (Comment on this)
Monday, March 29th, 2004
1:03 pm	break on 3... ok, here is the plan. i'm gonna call ethan, get jamaal's number, and talk to him about recording an ep. maybe 6 songs, almost all of them full band. meanwhile i'm assembling a POWERHOUSE band, and we're gonna rock. hard. between all this, i'm writing new songs, caus my old ones are overworked and underpaid. the only problem is it seems that i may have misplaced my passion... Current Mood: skeptical Current Music: incubus - nice to know you (2 Comments |Comment on this)