Square Tire Music - I Give Up

Albums

I Give Up Introduction

This band was formed by Mike TV, Eric Summer, Dave Palamaro from Get Set Go and Shmed from Secret Powers. It is the first of many side-projects we have planned.

Biography

"People are stupid and I hate them" -- Shmed

Formed in 2009, I Give Up was a concept originally conceived by Mike TV of Get Set Go.

“I wanted to write a record that captured exactly what I was going through at the time that I was recording it. Despondent, feeling like an utter failure, having had a tiny amount of success only to drop back into obscurity. And feeling like I try and I try and I try, only to fail.” -- Mike TV

"Making it in music was always more about good looks, rich parents, lots of money, and connections. Now that the industry is (falling apart) it brings me much joy to know all those spoiled brats and evil A&R guys are losing their jobs and hopefully jumping out of high windows" -- Shmed

“The songs on this album had a special resonance for me. I’ve come close to giving up playing music more times than I can count (seven). Crippling depression and emotional paralysis are kind of my thing.” – Eric Summer

So, Mike began penning the

Blog

Eric Gives Up On… His Morning Fruit Cup

I’ve recently self-imposed a diet, just out of curiosity. Specifically, I’m curious as to whether or not I have abs. So for breakfast, I usually just have one of those cups of sliced fruit you can get in the produce section of Ralph’s. Mostly grapefruit, sometimes peach.

Anyway, in order to get at the delicious grapefruity or peachy [...]

Eric gives up on… Every TV show that isn’t “Top Chef: Masters”

I was gonna do some stuff over the weekend. I had all these grandiose plans about the doing of stuff. But really, what I mostly did was watch Top Chef.

They made stuff out of vending machine food! There was molecular gastronomy! There was a wild boar sous vide! It was glorious. Really, why can’t every [...]

Eric gives up on… Hollywood AGAIN

Thanks to my well-placed sources, well-connected minions, and network of informants, I was able to find something very very interesting. It’s an assignment Michael Bay did in his freshman English class in high school, and seems to be a sequel to the poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens. It’s…well, I’ll [...]

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