11.17.2007
4.01.2007
haha blog.
Shit. It's been forever. I've actually written some blogs but never posted them. I had some great ideas but I never had the time nor interest to really write anything.
So, what has made me post now? A shit ton of things. Dipthong is breaking up. We are planning our last show.I got a mac and I'm writing this on it now! Joey and I have been writing songs more. Michael left Hour-Past and has started a new band. He wants me to play bass. I'm not sure how I feel about it. So yeah all that stuff.
Shit a pang of lazy just hit me. Looks like this blog ends here.
So, what has made me post now? A shit ton of things. Dipthong is breaking up. We are planning our last show.I got a mac and I'm writing this on it now! Joey and I have been writing songs more. Michael left Hour-Past and has started a new band. He wants me to play bass. I'm not sure how I feel about it. So yeah all that stuff.
Shit a pang of lazy just hit me. Looks like this blog ends here.
2.04.2007
The Influence of Fiction.
Here is a blog i wrote back in Feb but it looks like it was never published. I think I was gonna make it better. Oh well. PUBLISH POST.
Fiction has this incredible influence on the world around us. I'm currently knee deep in three different works that have inspired and irrevocably changed me.
The first is House of Leaves. I'm not going to into detail on the plot except to say it is about darkness. There is a story within a story within a story and I feel like I'm a part of it. I feel like I have to read it in the dark. This particular book has inspired one of my favorite bands and it has inspired me. I feel like including the themes and characters in my music with whatever band I end up in!
The second is The Prisoner. It is a television show from the late 60's. The main character is known only as No. 6. He was some kind of government agent that resigned from his post. He was then taken to The Village. They try to extract information from him and at the same time make him conform to the "sameness" of The Village. The whole idea of him fighting for his freedom and his own individuality give me this charge! "I am not a number! I am a free man!"
The third is The Bush Administration. As evidenced by the events of 1.31.2007 we live in constant fear. This fear is completely fictional. It is a tool used by those in power to stay in power. Vote for us or you will be bombed. There was a bomb scare over some "lite brite style" advertisements! The whole city of Boston was shut down.
Fiction has this incredible influence on the world around us. I'm currently knee deep in three different works that have inspired and irrevocably changed me.
The first is House of Leaves. I'm not going to into detail on the plot except to say it is about darkness. There is a story within a story within a story and I feel like I'm a part of it. I feel like I have to read it in the dark. This particular book has inspired one of my favorite bands and it has inspired me. I feel like including the themes and characters in my music with whatever band I end up in!
The second is The Prisoner. It is a television show from the late 60's. The main character is known only as No. 6. He was some kind of government agent that resigned from his post. He was then taken to The Village. They try to extract information from him and at the same time make him conform to the "sameness" of The Village. The whole idea of him fighting for his freedom and his own individuality give me this charge! "I am not a number! I am a free man!"
The third is The Bush Administration. As evidenced by the events of 1.31.2007 we live in constant fear. This fear is completely fictional. It is a tool used by those in power to stay in power. Vote for us or you will be bombed. There was a bomb scare over some "lite brite style" advertisements! The whole city of Boston was shut down.
12.28.2006
Top 10 of 2006
2006 was (in my humble opinion) a great year for music. As you can see from my previous post there were more than 30 albums all vying for a spot on the top 10. So, without further adieu: Matt V's top 10
Converge - No Heroes
After their last, relatively disappointing, album "You Fail Me" I had thought Converge was all done making incredible records. In my mind they couldn't possibly follow up the masterpiece that is "Jane Doe". Well this new fucking record blew me away. It has everything I love about this band and things I never thought they would do. I love this album and will surely listen to it for years to come.
Jesu - Silver
I discovered Jesu with their debut full length probably at the end of last year. When Hydra Head announced this EP I jumped! I ran to the record store and bought it at midnight. When I got home Hydra Head posted a preorder package! So I did what any true fan would do and bought it again. The limited edition American Apparel T-Shirt was just too cool to pass up. This album is heavy, sludgy, dense, dark, and hopeful. Silver is just another gold. I definitely can't wait for 2007's Conqueror and seeing them open for ISIS.
Young Widows - Settle Down City
I was at the Middle East Upstairs a few months ago to see Mouth of the Architect and These Arms Are Snakes. Luckily I had gotten their nice and early and got to see this incredible band. The sound coming off this stage totally blew me away. I can barely describe it. I bought the album immediately and I like it more each time I listen. The production is lo-fi while still sounding amazing. I totally love this band!
Russian Circles - Enter
This was a band I randomly discovered on Myspace. I spend a bunch of time going to band's sites and listening to bands that they are friends with. I really enjoyed the song on their site so I picked up the disc. After listening to it once I kicked myself in the ass for not going to see them play with Minus the Bear. This is instrumental rock at it's finest. Great memorable songs, great production, great performances. I can't get that first riff out of my head!
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
I had heard of this band a while back but never bought anything by them. When I started to do this top 10 I did a quick look around to see if there were any albums that I didn't get. This one stood out. After a little research I found that this album came with a limited 7" single with a Smashing Pumpkins cover on it. I decided right away that I needed to own this. The music is very "NeurIsis" which I totally love. It's heavy, it's progressive, it's awesome. Reminds me of Panopticon without clean vocals.
ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
ISIS' anticipated new album certainly did not disappoint. Although it isn't my favorite ISIS record (Oceanic owns that title) it is an excellent record and certainly worthy of this list. ISIS has quickly become one of my favorite bands and this album is excellent proof why.
The Sword - Age of Winters
Do you like Black Sabbath? Do you like awesome, sludgy, 70's style rock? Well this band is all that and more. I first saw this album and I thought "wow, that's probably terrible" I couldn't have been more wrong. I can't get enough of it!
Battle of Mice - Day of Nights
Front-woman Julie Christmas put out albums with 2 bands this year. This one and the also very amazing Made out of Babies' Coward. I discovered both bands on a Red Sparowes split and was immediately blown away by her voice. I prefer this to Made Out of Babies mostly for the guitar work (the guy from Red Sparowes and Neurosis' visual artist is awesome!)
Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind
I read a review on The PRP for this record and was intrigued. It described it as being very heavily influenced by Neurosis. I thought that sounded bad-ass so I picked it up. The more I listen to this record the more I hear. There is so much going on in each song and it gets better every time. They also put on an excellent live show (even though they only had enough time to play 3 songs!)
Versoma - Life During Wartime
Rounding out the top 10 is a band that I've seen twice this year. They've lucked out and opened for both ISIS and Red Sparowes. The first time I saw them they were a little sloppy but the heavy use of delay and the good songs made me want to buy their record. ISIS describes it best : "noise and melody never sounded so sweet" This last spot was the hardest to pick with great albums from Mono, Red Sparowes, Tides, Mastodon, Making it Right, Pearl Jam, Switchblade, Grails, Disappearer, Jeremy Enigk, and 5ive all fighting for the spot. I just think that this one will last a bit longer in the old CD player or on my Zombie iPodito.
If you don't own any of these releases I urge you to go and listen! There is something for everyone I think! Well maybe not everyone.
Converge - No Heroes
After their last, relatively disappointing, album "You Fail Me" I had thought Converge was all done making incredible records. In my mind they couldn't possibly follow up the masterpiece that is "Jane Doe". Well this new fucking record blew me away. It has everything I love about this band and things I never thought they would do. I love this album and will surely listen to it for years to come.
Jesu - Silver
I discovered Jesu with their debut full length probably at the end of last year. When Hydra Head announced this EP I jumped! I ran to the record store and bought it at midnight. When I got home Hydra Head posted a preorder package! So I did what any true fan would do and bought it again. The limited edition American Apparel T-Shirt was just too cool to pass up. This album is heavy, sludgy, dense, dark, and hopeful. Silver is just another gold. I definitely can't wait for 2007's Conqueror and seeing them open for ISIS.
Young Widows - Settle Down City
I was at the Middle East Upstairs a few months ago to see Mouth of the Architect and These Arms Are Snakes. Luckily I had gotten their nice and early and got to see this incredible band. The sound coming off this stage totally blew me away. I can barely describe it. I bought the album immediately and I like it more each time I listen. The production is lo-fi while still sounding amazing. I totally love this band!
Russian Circles - Enter
This was a band I randomly discovered on Myspace. I spend a bunch of time going to band's sites and listening to bands that they are friends with. I really enjoyed the song on their site so I picked up the disc. After listening to it once I kicked myself in the ass for not going to see them play with Minus the Bear. This is instrumental rock at it's finest. Great memorable songs, great production, great performances. I can't get that first riff out of my head!
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
I had heard of this band a while back but never bought anything by them. When I started to do this top 10 I did a quick look around to see if there were any albums that I didn't get. This one stood out. After a little research I found that this album came with a limited 7" single with a Smashing Pumpkins cover on it. I decided right away that I needed to own this. The music is very "NeurIsis" which I totally love. It's heavy, it's progressive, it's awesome. Reminds me of Panopticon without clean vocals.
ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
ISIS' anticipated new album certainly did not disappoint. Although it isn't my favorite ISIS record (Oceanic owns that title) it is an excellent record and certainly worthy of this list. ISIS has quickly become one of my favorite bands and this album is excellent proof why.
The Sword - Age of Winters
Do you like Black Sabbath? Do you like awesome, sludgy, 70's style rock? Well this band is all that and more. I first saw this album and I thought "wow, that's probably terrible" I couldn't have been more wrong. I can't get enough of it!
Battle of Mice - Day of Nights
Front-woman Julie Christmas put out albums with 2 bands this year. This one and the also very amazing Made out of Babies' Coward. I discovered both bands on a Red Sparowes split and was immediately blown away by her voice. I prefer this to Made Out of Babies mostly for the guitar work (the guy from Red Sparowes and Neurosis' visual artist is awesome!)
Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind
I read a review on The PRP for this record and was intrigued. It described it as being very heavily influenced by Neurosis. I thought that sounded bad-ass so I picked it up. The more I listen to this record the more I hear. There is so much going on in each song and it gets better every time. They also put on an excellent live show (even though they only had enough time to play 3 songs!)
Versoma - Life During Wartime
Rounding out the top 10 is a band that I've seen twice this year. They've lucked out and opened for both ISIS and Red Sparowes. The first time I saw them they were a little sloppy but the heavy use of delay and the good songs made me want to buy their record. ISIS describes it best : "noise and melody never sounded so sweet" This last spot was the hardest to pick with great albums from Mono, Red Sparowes, Tides, Mastodon, Making it Right, Pearl Jam, Switchblade, Grails, Disappearer, Jeremy Enigk, and 5ive all fighting for the spot. I just think that this one will last a bit longer in the old CD player or on my Zombie iPodito.
If you don't own any of these releases I urge you to go and listen! There is something for everyone I think! Well maybe not everyone.
12.22.2006
A change would do you good.
Change is in the air today.
Joey and I have written 2 songs together. We have decided to name our band Sound Film. Hence the change in the blog. The old address works too but only has posts from forever ago. It did have a picture that good ol' ding ding took when Dipthong played in New Jersey though.
Dipthong is officially no more. We are changing the name and style. We have started work on one song so far. Kyle has been busy during this merry season so we haven't really been able to get much done. We'll see how it goes. I'm cautiously optimistic.
I've discovered 2 more albums that I would like to hear before the year end top 10. I think that both bands have a shot and I'd hate to get the records next year and know that the top 10 isn't what it should be. So far the nominees are:
*Ambulette - The Lottery
*Battle Of Mice - Day of Nights
*Boysetsfire - Misery Index: Songs from the Plague Years
*Converge - No Heroes
*Disappearer - s/t
*Jeremy Enigk- World Waits
*5ive - Versus
*Grails - Black Tar Prophecies 1, 2, & 3
*Gregor Samsa - 55:12
*Helmet - Monochrome
*Intronaut - Void
*ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
*ISIS/Aereogramme - In The Fishtank 14
*Jesu - Silver
*Making It Right - Don't Forget to Write
*Mastodon - Blood Mountain
*(the) Melvins - (a) Senile Animal
*MGR - Nova Lux
*Mono - You Are There
*Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind
*Pearl Jam - s/t
*Red Sparowes - Every Heart Shines Towards The Red Sun
*Russian Circles - Enter
*SUNN0))) & Boris - Altar
*Switchblade - s/t
*The Sword - Age of Winters
*These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
*Tides - From Silence
*Versoma - Life During Wartime
*Windmills by the Ocean - s/t
*Neil Young - Living With War
*Young Widows - Settle Down City
I know how everyone is always like oh Matt all you listen to is bands on Hydra Head. Well only one album on this list was released on Hydra Head proper. Neurot Recordings has 3 on the list. Ipecac, Robotic Empire, and Jade Tree all have 2 on the list. 4 major label releases (Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Mastodon, Ambulette). 1 not on any label (MIR). 4.5 bands not from the US (Jesu, Neil Young, Switchblade, Mono, Boris). 9 instrumental. 8 have some connection to Boston.
The 2 missing are Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway and This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain. What do you think? Did I miss your favorite? Probably. I probably think it sucked.
Albums by bands that have previously dominated in top 10 contests that didn't this year: Tool - 10,000 Days, Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist, Incubus - Light Grenades, The Mars Volta - Amputechture. Work a little harder next time would ya?
My predictions for best albums next year: Smashing Pumpkins, Zozobra, Jesu, Explosions in the Sky, Pelican, Architect, The_Network, Clouds, NIN, Neurosis, and Cursed. Hey that's 10! Next year is all set!
Joey and I have written 2 songs together. We have decided to name our band Sound Film. Hence the change in the blog. The old address works too but only has posts from forever ago. It did have a picture that good ol' ding ding took when Dipthong played in New Jersey though.
Dipthong is officially no more. We are changing the name and style. We have started work on one song so far. Kyle has been busy during this merry season so we haven't really been able to get much done. We'll see how it goes. I'm cautiously optimistic.
I've discovered 2 more albums that I would like to hear before the year end top 10. I think that both bands have a shot and I'd hate to get the records next year and know that the top 10 isn't what it should be. So far the nominees are:
*Ambulette - The Lottery
*Battle Of Mice - Day of Nights
*Boysetsfire - Misery Index: Songs from the Plague Years
*Converge - No Heroes
*Disappearer - s/t
*Jeremy Enigk- World Waits
*5ive - Versus
*Grails - Black Tar Prophecies 1, 2, & 3
*Gregor Samsa - 55:12
*Helmet - Monochrome
*Intronaut - Void
*ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
*ISIS/Aereogramme - In The Fishtank 14
*Jesu - Silver
*Making It Right - Don't Forget to Write
*Mastodon - Blood Mountain
*(the) Melvins - (a) Senile Animal
*MGR - Nova Lux
*Mono - You Are There
*Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind
*Pearl Jam - s/t
*Red Sparowes - Every Heart Shines Towards The Red Sun
*Russian Circles - Enter
*SUNN0))) & Boris - Altar
*Switchblade - s/t
*The Sword - Age of Winters
*These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
*Tides - From Silence
*Versoma - Life During Wartime
*Windmills by the Ocean - s/t
*Neil Young - Living With War
*Young Widows - Settle Down City
I know how everyone is always like oh Matt all you listen to is bands on Hydra Head. Well only one album on this list was released on Hydra Head proper. Neurot Recordings has 3 on the list. Ipecac, Robotic Empire, and Jade Tree all have 2 on the list. 4 major label releases (Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Mastodon, Ambulette). 1 not on any label (MIR). 4.5 bands not from the US (Jesu, Neil Young, Switchblade, Mono, Boris). 9 instrumental. 8 have some connection to Boston.
The 2 missing are Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway and This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain. What do you think? Did I miss your favorite? Probably. I probably think it sucked.
Albums by bands that have previously dominated in top 10 contests that didn't this year: Tool - 10,000 Days, Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist, Incubus - Light Grenades, The Mars Volta - Amputechture. Work a little harder next time would ya?
My predictions for best albums next year: Smashing Pumpkins, Zozobra, Jesu, Explosions in the Sky, Pelican, Architect, The_Network, Clouds, NIN, Neurosis, and Cursed. Hey that's 10! Next year is all set!
12.01.2006
Heavy Duty Rock & Roll
So I missed like the first 5 shows on my list due to lack of funds, lack of concert going companions, and band stuff. I'm going to deftones tonight and probably converge sunday, but I'm gonna miss Jeremy Enigk and 27 next week. Bummer! I really wanted to see both of those shows. Oh well.
Top 10 albums is coming along nicely. 51 new albums last year have been narrowed down to just over 20. I'm determined to let no record be left behind this year. Last few years I do a top 10 and then January comes around and I discover all this music I missed out on. I know it's not possible to own everything, but I've done a decent job this year. If CD's cost $10, I've spent $510 on just new releases this year. Now tell me that the internet is hurting record companies. Sure some of them weren't $10, some were more, some were less. I also didn't buy all of them myself. Some were gifts. I also bought plenty of back catalog records last year. The 51 also doesn't count compilations, splits, re-releases, and live albums. I'm definetly gonna cut back in 2007. There are several great releases coming up that I'm very excited for, but I'm gonna try and keep it to the albums I need.
Explosions in the Sky tickets go on sale in 10 minutes. March 21, 2007! Middle East Downstairs! FUCK YEAH.
Top 10 albums is coming along nicely. 51 new albums last year have been narrowed down to just over 20. I'm determined to let no record be left behind this year. Last few years I do a top 10 and then January comes around and I discover all this music I missed out on. I know it's not possible to own everything, but I've done a decent job this year. If CD's cost $10, I've spent $510 on just new releases this year. Now tell me that the internet is hurting record companies. Sure some of them weren't $10, some were more, some were less. I also didn't buy all of them myself. Some were gifts. I also bought plenty of back catalog records last year. The 51 also doesn't count compilations, splits, re-releases, and live albums. I'm definetly gonna cut back in 2007. There are several great releases coming up that I'm very excited for, but I'm gonna try and keep it to the albums I need.
Explosions in the Sky tickets go on sale in 10 minutes. March 21, 2007! Middle East Downstairs! FUCK YEAH.
11.24.2006
CRAP my computer crashed and my post went with it
For some reason blogger wouldn't recover my post. I'm in no mood to retype it. Here is a quick paraphrase. Thanksgiving sucks. If you know me you know that. Blah blah blah we're fat let's fucking eat and make you feel uncomfortable or not welcome or not part of the group we're fat and selfish and ignorant and blah blah blah. Fuck that. End of the year. End of the year top albums list. Big fucking deal who cares. I've got about 45 albums on the list that I'm going to narrow down to 10. It'll be rough. Bitch bitch bitch moan moan moan. Woe is me. Where for art thou romeo. Change is good.
11.23.2006
ISIS JESU ZOZOBRA
When Isis returns from Oceania they are doing a tour of the good ol' us of a. I knew they were bringing Jesu which is so fucking incredible but the word today is that they are bringing ZOZOBRA too! The only thing better than that would be OLD MAN GLOOM! They should just bring Converge with them and do a set of Old Man Gloom. It'll be Zozobra, Jesu, Converge, Isis, OMG. Best show ever.
11.22.2006
Shows Past, Shows Present, Shows Future.
Went to some more shows last few weeks including Ani, Imogen, Stephen Brodsky, and Humanwine. A good time was had by all.
Tonight Dipthong plays at the Skybar. Night before Thanksgiving is a big night out I hear so hopefully turn out is good. Afterwards I have to pick up my little sister because she is home for the holiday.
Upcoming rock and roll events that I would like to attend include:
Sa. 11/25 - Middle East Downstairs - Clouds, Piebald
Mo. 11/27 - The Paradise - Amanda Palmer
We. 11/29 - The Paradise - Dinosaur Jr.
Th. 11/30 - TT The Bear's - Stephen Brodsky
Fr. 12/01 - The Avalon - Deftones
Su. 12/03 - Club Lido - Converge
Mo. 12/04 - The ICC - Jeremy Enigk
Th. 12/07 - Great Scott - 27
Sa. 12/09 - The Palladium - Seemless, The Sword
Fr. 12/15 - The Linwood - 5ive
2007
Tu. 01/16 - Bill's Bar - Tides
Fr. 01/26 - The Brickhouse - The_Network, Architect
Th. 01/28 - Cambridge Elks - The Hope Conspiracy, Clouds
Tu. 01/30 - The Avalon - Incubus
Mo. 02/19 - New York - Explosions in the Sky
Tu. 02/20 - New York - Explosions in the Sky
Th. 04/12 - Middle East Downstairs - Mono, World's End Girlfriend
wow lots of rock.
Tonight Dipthong plays at the Skybar. Night before Thanksgiving is a big night out I hear so hopefully turn out is good. Afterwards I have to pick up my little sister because she is home for the holiday.
Upcoming rock and roll events that I would like to attend include:
Sa. 11/25 - Middle East Downstairs - Clouds, Piebald
Mo. 11/27 - The Paradise - Amanda Palmer
We. 11/29 - The Paradise - Dinosaur Jr.
Th. 11/30 - TT The Bear's - Stephen Brodsky
Fr. 12/01 - The Avalon - Deftones
Su. 12/03 - Club Lido - Converge
Mo. 12/04 - The ICC - Jeremy Enigk
Th. 12/07 - Great Scott - 27
Sa. 12/09 - The Palladium - Seemless, The Sword
Fr. 12/15 - The Linwood - 5ive
2007
Tu. 01/16 - Bill's Bar - Tides
Fr. 01/26 - The Brickhouse - The_Network, Architect
Th. 01/28 - Cambridge Elks - The Hope Conspiracy, Clouds
Tu. 01/30 - The Avalon - Incubus
Mo. 02/19 - New York - Explosions in the Sky
Tu. 02/20 - New York - Explosions in the Sky
Th. 04/12 - Middle East Downstairs - Mono, World's End Girlfriend
wow lots of rock.
11.08.2006
A Whole New America
So, the democratic party has picked up a majority in the House of Representatives. It looks like they are picking up the majority in the Senate and picked up several govenorships. For the first time in my adult life I have faith that good things are going to get done. I'm going to try not to be cynical and think politicians are all evil and corrupt. Let's fix this broken democracy! My conversation with Jen this morning touched on the hope that instead of looking to point blame for the administration's missteps they move ahead and get great things done. We have the potential to be the world's greatest nation. Let's do this! Good work to everyone that voted. Even if you voted for the other side.
The Genders are the best band from Israel. They rocked the Abbey Lounge last night. Rock and Roll.
I did end up seeing Grails and Ocean Sunday night. Again I went alone and again it was awkward. It was definetly worth it though. Kayo Dot didn't play and Panda & Angel sucked so I was beginning to think that it was going to be a shitty night. Grails took forever to set up. They borrowed most of Ocean's gear, including both guitar amps, bass amp, and drums. They set up very sloppy with cables and gear all over the stage. I was irritated actually because for some reason that shit bothers me. Well it looks like I'm a total dick because they blew me away. Just an awesome band. I'm glad I went. I bought their album and I enjoy it a ton. Ocean was DOOM. Exactly what I expected. The cool thing was that they never stopped playing. It was just constant DOOM for 45 minutes. Sucked when the guitarist broke a string and was never able to change guitars because they never stopped. Good times.
I'm currently listening to Sonic Youth's Washing Machine album. I think it might be my favorite record by them. It is equal parts expirimentation and pop. Washing Machine and Diamond Sea are 2 of the best songs ever written. Right up there with Bull in the Heather. Great band.
I purchased Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum last night. I'm not sure if I like it yet. It's like 60's pop meets Cave In's space rock. Like if Cave In covered the Beatles. Or if Kyle and his dad got together and recorded an album of songs, mostly acoustic, and then I went and added laser gun and crazy delay on top.
The Genders are the best band from Israel. They rocked the Abbey Lounge last night. Rock and Roll.
I did end up seeing Grails and Ocean Sunday night. Again I went alone and again it was awkward. It was definetly worth it though. Kayo Dot didn't play and Panda & Angel sucked so I was beginning to think that it was going to be a shitty night. Grails took forever to set up. They borrowed most of Ocean's gear, including both guitar amps, bass amp, and drums. They set up very sloppy with cables and gear all over the stage. I was irritated actually because for some reason that shit bothers me. Well it looks like I'm a total dick because they blew me away. Just an awesome band. I'm glad I went. I bought their album and I enjoy it a ton. Ocean was DOOM. Exactly what I expected. The cool thing was that they never stopped playing. It was just constant DOOM for 45 minutes. Sucked when the guitarist broke a string and was never able to change guitars because they never stopped. Good times.
I'm currently listening to Sonic Youth's Washing Machine album. I think it might be my favorite record by them. It is equal parts expirimentation and pop. Washing Machine and Diamond Sea are 2 of the best songs ever written. Right up there with Bull in the Heather. Great band.
I purchased Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum last night. I'm not sure if I like it yet. It's like 60's pop meets Cave In's space rock. Like if Cave In covered the Beatles. Or if Kyle and his dad got together and recorded an album of songs, mostly acoustic, and then I went and added laser gun and crazy delay on top.
11.04.2006
"Party Everyday" or "Rock and Roll All Night"
So since the These Arms Are Snakes show it seems I've done lots of music things this week. Sunday was TAAS; Monday was band practice; Tuesday I saw Bury The Needle, Indian, Raise The Red Lantern; Wednesday was band practice pt.2; Thursday was Death Cab for Cutie. Ear plugs 5 nights in a row! Sunday night I might go see Grails, Ocean, Kayo Dot, and Panda & Angel. Kayo Dot wasn't very good last time I saw them. Grails is very cool, and Ocean is DOOM. Michael told me about Ocean because they are from Maine! I've never heard of Panda & Angel but they are on Jade Tree and that's a pretty cool label so we'll see. Too bad nobody wants to come to the show. Everybody has shit to do. Ghey.
Smashing Pumpkins are the greatest band ever. That is all.
Smashing Pumpkins are the greatest band ever. That is all.
10.30.2006
"Yeah I might come, I'll call you" or "One is the lonliest numer."
So I went and saw These Arms are Snakes, Mouth of The Architect, Young Widows, and French Toast last night. I couldn't find anyone to come so...I went alone. It was a bit weird but I know I wasn't the only one alone. This one kid with a Ted Leo and The Pharmacits was defintely alone haha. I did end up seeing 2 guys that used to work at Newbury Comics. They seem to be at a lot of shows. Anyways here is the quick rundown of the show that I sent to Lark:
The first band was Young Widows. They were awesome! They had tons of cabs all set up nice and symmetrical. Starting from the left there were 2 vertical sunn 4x12 cabs, then an 8x10 with 2 heads on top. All with a vintage sunn style grill cloth. It was the same on the other side. They started playing and the 2 outermost sunn cabs didn't have speakers, they had lights! It was very cool. They were like noisy grungy rock. Lots of delay and stuff. They were fuckin awesome. I guess that the guys are 3/4 of breather resist. But it's a totally different style of music. I bought their disc and enjoy it a ton!
The second band was Mouth of The Architect. They were amazing. They had some home made road cases that said MOTA in the metallica font haha. The singer, who was obviously the band "leader", was super young and a really nice guy. When I told him that his band was great and that I loved their album he thanked me very genuinely. The stage was packed with people: 2 guitarists, bassist, keyboardist, and drummer. The guitarists both used Marshalls, with the singer using a JCM 800 into a newer 1960B cab and the other guitarist had a modded Plexi into a Sunn looking 4x12. American tele and SG respectively. Boss DS-1, Boss Delay, Line 6 DL-4., the usual stuff.
The first 2 bands both said French Toast was supposed to play but had to cancel at the last minute. To my surprise it was some kind of inside joke because French Toast went on next. They were all 40 years old playing like garage rock with tons of delay. They were a 3-piece and they rotated instruments like 5 times. So they all sang lead they all played bass, they all played drums, and they all played guitar. They weren't that great though.
Then These Arms are Snakes came on. I didn't realize the lead singer was a "daughters-style" asshole. He wasn't nearly as bad though and the music is actually good. He just did the whole run around like a dick and jump in the crowd and knock over monitors and shit like that. The guitarist was very good and used more effects than I thought. The bass player was fucking awesome. Great huge bass tone. Great set. I just wish the singer wasn't an ass.
Afterwards I stopped by the teen center and watched the end of Killer Clowns from Outer Space. What a terrible movie. I came home, corrected Rebecca's science homework and went to bed! The End.
The first band was Young Widows. They were awesome! They had tons of cabs all set up nice and symmetrical. Starting from the left there were 2 vertical sunn 4x12 cabs, then an 8x10 with 2 heads on top. All with a vintage sunn style grill cloth. It was the same on the other side. They started playing and the 2 outermost sunn cabs didn't have speakers, they had lights! It was very cool. They were like noisy grungy rock. Lots of delay and stuff. They were fuckin awesome. I guess that the guys are 3/4 of breather resist. But it's a totally different style of music. I bought their disc and enjoy it a ton!
The second band was Mouth of The Architect. They were amazing. They had some home made road cases that said MOTA in the metallica font haha. The singer, who was obviously the band "leader", was super young and a really nice guy. When I told him that his band was great and that I loved their album he thanked me very genuinely. The stage was packed with people: 2 guitarists, bassist, keyboardist, and drummer. The guitarists both used Marshalls, with the singer using a JCM 800 into a newer 1960B cab and the other guitarist had a modded Plexi into a Sunn looking 4x12. American tele and SG respectively. Boss DS-1, Boss Delay, Line 6 DL-4., the usual stuff.
The first 2 bands both said French Toast was supposed to play but had to cancel at the last minute. To my surprise it was some kind of inside joke because French Toast went on next. They were all 40 years old playing like garage rock with tons of delay. They were a 3-piece and they rotated instruments like 5 times. So they all sang lead they all played bass, they all played drums, and they all played guitar. They weren't that great though.
Then These Arms are Snakes came on. I didn't realize the lead singer was a "daughters-style" asshole. He wasn't nearly as bad though and the music is actually good. He just did the whole run around like a dick and jump in the crowd and knock over monitors and shit like that. The guitarist was very good and used more effects than I thought. The bass player was fucking awesome. Great huge bass tone. Great set. I just wish the singer wasn't an ass.
Afterwards I stopped by the teen center and watched the end of Killer Clowns from Outer Space. What a terrible movie. I came home, corrected Rebecca's science homework and went to bed! The End.
10.26.2006
Yikes blog
Yay new case! The picture is kinda dark but you get the point. It was totally worth the money and the 4am drive to Connecticut. Too bad Chuck had problems with both of his cases. Notice the white rice, ear plugs, laser gun, and vibrator. All integral parts of a rock musician's life. Chopsticks rule! I think I'm going to get an Emperor cabinet to go with the Marshall head. Further down the road though. I've got a 3-year plan. In 2 years I need my debts paid off. Pamela Macleod. All of them. Well, I'm not sure about college loans. After that I can get rid of the gay van, buy a real van, and tour non-stop. By then the band should be big enough to do that. I'll be 26 going on 27. Still young enough to rock.
Converge. They rule. Their new album is very good. Very very good. Ryan Traynor got me all worked up over Stephen Brodsky singing on it but he doesn't. There is a guy singing but it's not good ol' Stephen.
Since the last post I saw ISIS 3 times! Easily my favorite current band. They opened for Tool 2 of the times and only got to play for 30 minutes. The third time was in Providence, Rhode Island at the Living Room. What a shit hole. Downshaft even played there haha. There wasn't that many people there and it was very cool. New album next week!
Lots of cool shows coming up. Death Cab, These Arms are Snakes, Mouth of The Architect, Octave Museum, Bury The Needle, Indian, Raise the Red Lantern, Deftones (new record next week), Grails, Ocean, and much much more! Love that rock & roll music.
I have a million things to say but I'm just gonna go watch Lost.
9.15.2006
"Night of the Living iPods" or "3249 Tunes Later"
My iPod has returned from the DEAD. When there is no more room in Best Buy electronics walk the Earth. The genius at the Genius Bar revived it like Frankenstein and his monster. It's ALIVE! It is nice to have it back. Carrying all those CDs around was a pain in the ass!
So I'm currently on the 5th disc of the first season of Lost. For the first several discs it was all character but we've finally gotten some plot in there. I just noticed another parallel in the dialogue. 2 people have told Jack: "I know you made a promise, but I'm letting you off the hook." Yikes child birth is gross! Anyways, I'm enjoying it so far and it only seems to get better. Bummer that Ian's character dies in this show too. He had the best uni-brow on Smallville. It was kind of like out with one character in with another.
Dude ISIS. They are playing a few headlining shows outside the Tool tour. One is at the fucking Living Room in RI. I cannot wait to go! Plus they are doing a free screening of their DVD upstairs at the Middle East! What a fucking awesome band!
I think that's all for now.
So I'm currently on the 5th disc of the first season of Lost. For the first several discs it was all character but we've finally gotten some plot in there. I just noticed another parallel in the dialogue. 2 people have told Jack: "I know you made a promise, but I'm letting you off the hook." Yikes child birth is gross! Anyways, I'm enjoying it so far and it only seems to get better. Bummer that Ian's character dies in this show too. He had the best uni-brow on Smallville. It was kind of like out with one character in with another.
Dude ISIS. They are playing a few headlining shows outside the Tool tour. One is at the fucking Living Room in RI. I cannot wait to go! Plus they are doing a free screening of their DVD upstairs at the Middle East! What a fucking awesome band!
I think that's all for now.
9.12.2006
"Tour de Salem" or "I'm freakin exhausted!"
Haven't written anything here in a while. I kind of got freaked out that so many people were reading it. Anyways... I think I'll work my way back in time!
I just got home from work. I decided that I wanted to take a bicycle to work because I hate cars. When I was a kid I rode a bike or walked everywhere. There wasn't a place in Tewksbury that I couldn't walk to. The minute I got my license that all changed. Shit we take our cars to the corner store. So when I decided I wanted to sell my van, people asked, how will you get around? Well in my smart ass way I replied: "I'll ride a bike." Everyone skoffed at the idea but it made me think. I don't work too far away. I could ride my bike to work. I came up with the idea to put the bike in the van on the way to work. Then I could ride it home. That way I could see how long it would take. See if I could pull it off. Well I'm here and I'm alive. It took me about a half of an hour to do it. I used my step-dad's bike which totally sucked. The seat hurt my ass and it was too tall! I also had a hard time going up hills because of the gears. When I got home I felt like I had died! I'm gonna do it again tomorrow though. I'm excited! It's part of my whole self betterment thing I've got goin' on lately. How very Fredrick Nietzsche of me.
So just now I returned home from an impromptu visit to Newbury Comics. Ryan Traynor called with some car problems so I went to help out. After giving the car a jump start it died again. So we called up AAA and got him a tow. So we stopped into Newbury where I found the Red Sparowes Grails split 12" that I've been looking for! I was hoping they had it back when I saw them but they did not. For helping him out Ryan bought me the new Made Out of Babies album. I told him no but he insisted. I'm listening to it right now. Julie Christmas is very cool.
My guitar sold this week. I want to buy Making it Right's van but I think I'm just gonna get cases for my stuff like I had planned. I need to take care of my van before I can go buy another one. I will probably miss that guitar...
This past weekend I saw Mastodon and Converge. Both are bands that I love. Lark, Keith (ex-SBC), Joey Campbell, and Johnny (SBC) all came. It was an excellent time. Afterwards we met up with All Hands on Deck at Lark's favorite restaurant IHOP. Pancakes and obscene conversations were had by all. I also started to watch LOST. Erik and Lark love it and I'm enjoying it so far. I'm not super deep into it though. I'm going to try and finish the first season this week.
The weekend before I went to New York with Ryan Traynor and Joey Campbell. We had an incredible time. It was the Temporary Residence Limited 10th Birthday party. Explosions in the Sky put on an amazing show. Mono was phenominal. Some of the other bands were cool some of them sucked but those 2 made up for it. I was able to pick up a bunch of Mono vinyl and the Explosions vinyl that I didn't have. On the drive home Ryan, Joey, and I had a conversation about our "other" band. Ryan and Joey both can't commit to the band. Ryan wants to do it just as a fun jam thing every once in a while. Like his several fake bands. Joey has too much other shit going on. I am pretty disappointed because I was hoping to have a second serious band outside Dipthong. A band where I could do very different music. I had the idea that I would be able to tour like every other month. Each band would play in a very different scene with very different kids. I'd get twice the experience, learn a bunch more shit, and make way more contacts. Plus have tons of fun playing music all the time. I'm not sure what to tell Keith because I know he was really looking forward to being in a band again. Maybe we can find some other dudes. What are the chances we can find people like Ryan and Joey though...
Dipthong also played that Friday. We played well and there was a decent turn out. The other bands were horrible. Terrible horrible disgusting. Just shitty shitty bands. Awful. Bad. Sucky. Lark's friend Alex wasn't able to come inside because she was underage. I feel really bad because I told her we could get her in. I thought it would be fine. I didn't get carded when I got there. If only she got there a little earlier. Lame.
I've got lots of new music to listen to. New Mastodon and Mars Volta both kick ass. Sparrows Swarm and Sing is very cool. I was listening to Mouth of the Architect for the first part of this post (before I left to help Ryan). I've got Made out of Babies on now. Knut's terraformer is awesome. Torche's self titled rocks so hard. Better than Floor I think. The new Seemless is also very good. I've been so busy with the other stuff though it hasn't gotten much play. All that new Mono vinyl rules. Explosions in the Sky is awesome. Disappearer is great! I hope they get a new drummer soon (maybe Tom Campbell!). Red Sparowes is always great. The split is very cool. Not super into Grails but I've got to give it some time. Here is a link to my spreadsheet!
"Without art we would be nothing but foreground and live entirely in the spell of that perspective which makes what is closest at hand and most vulgar appear as if it were vast, and reality itself." ~Fredrick Nietzsche
I think I'll end my blog here. Good night.
Oh yeah here is a cool cell phone pic of some of my gear.
I just got home from work. I decided that I wanted to take a bicycle to work because I hate cars. When I was a kid I rode a bike or walked everywhere. There wasn't a place in Tewksbury that I couldn't walk to. The minute I got my license that all changed. Shit we take our cars to the corner store. So when I decided I wanted to sell my van, people asked, how will you get around? Well in my smart ass way I replied: "I'll ride a bike." Everyone skoffed at the idea but it made me think. I don't work too far away. I could ride my bike to work. I came up with the idea to put the bike in the van on the way to work. Then I could ride it home. That way I could see how long it would take. See if I could pull it off. Well I'm here and I'm alive. It took me about a half of an hour to do it. I used my step-dad's bike which totally sucked. The seat hurt my ass and it was too tall! I also had a hard time going up hills because of the gears. When I got home I felt like I had died! I'm gonna do it again tomorrow though. I'm excited! It's part of my whole self betterment thing I've got goin' on lately. How very Fredrick Nietzsche of me.
So just now I returned home from an impromptu visit to Newbury Comics. Ryan Traynor called with some car problems so I went to help out. After giving the car a jump start it died again. So we called up AAA and got him a tow. So we stopped into Newbury where I found the Red Sparowes Grails split 12" that I've been looking for! I was hoping they had it back when I saw them but they did not. For helping him out Ryan bought me the new Made Out of Babies album. I told him no but he insisted. I'm listening to it right now. Julie Christmas is very cool.
My guitar sold this week. I want to buy Making it Right's van but I think I'm just gonna get cases for my stuff like I had planned. I need to take care of my van before I can go buy another one. I will probably miss that guitar...
This past weekend I saw Mastodon and Converge. Both are bands that I love. Lark, Keith (ex-SBC), Joey Campbell, and Johnny (SBC) all came. It was an excellent time. Afterwards we met up with All Hands on Deck at Lark's favorite restaurant IHOP. Pancakes and obscene conversations were had by all. I also started to watch LOST. Erik and Lark love it and I'm enjoying it so far. I'm not super deep into it though. I'm going to try and finish the first season this week.
The weekend before I went to New York with Ryan Traynor and Joey Campbell. We had an incredible time. It was the Temporary Residence Limited 10th Birthday party. Explosions in the Sky put on an amazing show. Mono was phenominal. Some of the other bands were cool some of them sucked but those 2 made up for it. I was able to pick up a bunch of Mono vinyl and the Explosions vinyl that I didn't have. On the drive home Ryan, Joey, and I had a conversation about our "other" band. Ryan and Joey both can't commit to the band. Ryan wants to do it just as a fun jam thing every once in a while. Like his several fake bands. Joey has too much other shit going on. I am pretty disappointed because I was hoping to have a second serious band outside Dipthong. A band where I could do very different music. I had the idea that I would be able to tour like every other month. Each band would play in a very different scene with very different kids. I'd get twice the experience, learn a bunch more shit, and make way more contacts. Plus have tons of fun playing music all the time. I'm not sure what to tell Keith because I know he was really looking forward to being in a band again. Maybe we can find some other dudes. What are the chances we can find people like Ryan and Joey though...
Dipthong also played that Friday. We played well and there was a decent turn out. The other bands were horrible. Terrible horrible disgusting. Just shitty shitty bands. Awful. Bad. Sucky. Lark's friend Alex wasn't able to come inside because she was underage. I feel really bad because I told her we could get her in. I thought it would be fine. I didn't get carded when I got there. If only she got there a little earlier. Lame.
I've got lots of new music to listen to. New Mastodon and Mars Volta both kick ass. Sparrows Swarm and Sing is very cool. I was listening to Mouth of the Architect for the first part of this post (before I left to help Ryan). I've got Made out of Babies on now. Knut's terraformer is awesome. Torche's self titled rocks so hard. Better than Floor I think. The new Seemless is also very good. I've been so busy with the other stuff though it hasn't gotten much play. All that new Mono vinyl rules. Explosions in the Sky is awesome. Disappearer is great! I hope they get a new drummer soon (maybe Tom Campbell!). Red Sparowes is always great. The split is very cool. Not super into Grails but I've got to give it some time. Here is a link to my spreadsheet!
"Without art we would be nothing but foreground and live entirely in the spell of that perspective which makes what is closest at hand and most vulgar appear as if it were vast, and reality itself." ~Fredrick Nietzsche
I think I'll end my blog here. Good night.
Oh yeah here is a cool cell phone pic of some of my gear.
9.08.2006
8.25.2006
The Four of Us are Dying.
I am laying in the dark, in my room listening to Jesu(pronounced YAY su) very loudly. I finally recieved the vinyl after ordering it like 2 months ago. The vinyl has a different mix than the CD to take advantage of the different sound of the format. It is amazing. Perfect music for drifting off. Maybe it's the weather but I just feel kind of sludgy/doomy today. Well I actually feel sludgy and doomy quite often. Doom rules.
The other band jammed last night again. I had a great time. It was very different without Ryan Traynor. Harder to change dynamics I think. I can't wait to get that Distortion pedal that I want. With 2 different gain stages I can just go a bit heavy or all the way heavy. It'll be great! We really have something cool going on and I can't wait to really start writing songs.
I made a spreadsheet on google spreadsheets with a list of albums I need to purchase. I figured it would be an easy way to alphabatize the list I had going. I hate going into the record store and having no idea what I want to buy. This list will hopefully alleviate that. I feel like Kyle doing a spreadsheet though. I know there are more albums to add to the second column (albums coming soon) but I can't seem to think of them haha. I don't really need help with those though. The list is all about walking into the store and forgetting what I want to buy. New stuff stands out and usually warrants a special trip to the store. Midnight sales and all that.
If you want to see my amazing spreadsheet give me your e-mail address and I can share it with you. For those of you who don't know, google spreadsheets is like excell that runs from your web browser. It saves the spreadsheets on the internet and allows you to share them with anyone in the world! It kind of makes me think about the future. There are 2 new movie formats now: HD-DVD and BluRay. I think that we are getting to the point where media shouldn't be on these little discs. Everything should work like iTunes. Although I love buying albums for the art work, I don't buy DVDs for the art. I buy them for the movie! In the future I think every electronic device will be all networked together. Then I can buy a multi-channel hi-resolution album or movie on my computer but it will be playable on my home theater, in my car, on my iPod, everywhere. They should still make vinyl though because vinyl rules.
Blah blah blah. Susan is still here and she is crazy. I think I'm done blabbing for today. Be well, do good work, and take care.
The other band jammed last night again. I had a great time. It was very different without Ryan Traynor. Harder to change dynamics I think. I can't wait to get that Distortion pedal that I want. With 2 different gain stages I can just go a bit heavy or all the way heavy. It'll be great! We really have something cool going on and I can't wait to really start writing songs.
I made a spreadsheet on google spreadsheets with a list of albums I need to purchase. I figured it would be an easy way to alphabatize the list I had going. I hate going into the record store and having no idea what I want to buy. This list will hopefully alleviate that. I feel like Kyle doing a spreadsheet though. I know there are more albums to add to the second column (albums coming soon) but I can't seem to think of them haha. I don't really need help with those though. The list is all about walking into the store and forgetting what I want to buy. New stuff stands out and usually warrants a special trip to the store. Midnight sales and all that.
If you want to see my amazing spreadsheet give me your e-mail address and I can share it with you. For those of you who don't know, google spreadsheets is like excell that runs from your web browser. It saves the spreadsheets on the internet and allows you to share them with anyone in the world! It kind of makes me think about the future. There are 2 new movie formats now: HD-DVD and BluRay. I think that we are getting to the point where media shouldn't be on these little discs. Everything should work like iTunes. Although I love buying albums for the art work, I don't buy DVDs for the art. I buy them for the movie! In the future I think every electronic device will be all networked together. Then I can buy a multi-channel hi-resolution album or movie on my computer but it will be playable on my home theater, in my car, on my iPod, everywhere. They should still make vinyl though because vinyl rules.
Blah blah blah. Susan is still here and she is crazy. I think I'm done blabbing for today. Be well, do good work, and take care.
8.22.2006
New look?
ehhh it's okay. I'll probably try a few things change it around a bit. Lark has a list of shows she is going to so I figured I would do something similar. Red Sparowes was last Thursday and totally amazing by the way. I stood at the same spot I stood for ISIS and it was perfect. The only disappointing thing was they had no vinyl for sale. I was hoping to pick up some stuff I couldn't find. Oh well i guess that's why we have the internet.
September 1st- Dipthong with some shitty bands at the Worthen in Lowell
September 2nd- Temporary Residence Limited Party with Explosions in the Sky in NYC
September 3rd- Temporary Residence Limited Party with MONO in NYC
September 9th- Mastodon with Converge in Worcester
September 29th- TOOL with ISIS in Mansfield
October 3rd- TOOL with ISIS in Manchester
October 11th-19th- Dipthong on tour.
October 20th- Dipthong back home with Fantom Frequency (NYC) at the Brewery in Lowell
November 10th- Ani Difranco in Boston
November 22nd-Dipthong at the Skybar in Somerville
Hopefully somewhere in there the "other" band will have a show or two. Possibly between the tour and Thanksgiving. We jam on Thursday I belive. Possibly without Ryan Traynor though. He's actually the loudest and most noisy. My noise is very controlled and only in small doses haha. We shall see.
I was on the "Tewksbury Scene" myspace group and saw that Jamie Laird was in the top 8. Oh that Jamie Laird. He was a guitar teacher at Daddy's in salem and now runs his own studio. He's a nice guy and a great jazzy guitarist. Maybe he'd like to lay down a nice guitar solo in the "other" band haha.
Susan is in the next room talking to herself. She is more than retarded, she is crazy too.
Currently listening to: Logh, Disappearer, The Melvins, live Red Sparowes, new ISIS (on their myspace!), new Deftones (on their myspace!), Bjork's Post in 5.1 surround, and more!
September 1st- Dipthong with some shitty bands at the Worthen in Lowell
September 2nd- Temporary Residence Limited Party with Explosions in the Sky in NYC
September 3rd- Temporary Residence Limited Party with MONO in NYC
September 9th- Mastodon with Converge in Worcester
September 29th- TOOL with ISIS in Mansfield
October 3rd- TOOL with ISIS in Manchester
October 11th-19th- Dipthong on tour.
October 20th- Dipthong back home with Fantom Frequency (NYC) at the Brewery in Lowell
November 10th- Ani Difranco in Boston
November 22nd-Dipthong at the Skybar in Somerville
Hopefully somewhere in there the "other" band will have a show or two. Possibly between the tour and Thanksgiving. We jam on Thursday I belive. Possibly without Ryan Traynor though. He's actually the loudest and most noisy. My noise is very controlled and only in small doses haha. We shall see.
I was on the "Tewksbury Scene" myspace group and saw that Jamie Laird was in the top 8. Oh that Jamie Laird. He was a guitar teacher at Daddy's in salem and now runs his own studio. He's a nice guy and a great jazzy guitarist. Maybe he'd like to lay down a nice guitar solo in the "other" band haha.
Susan is in the next room talking to herself. She is more than retarded, she is crazy too.
Currently listening to: Logh, Disappearer, The Melvins, live Red Sparowes, new ISIS (on their myspace!), new Deftones (on their myspace!), Bjork's Post in 5.1 surround, and more!
8.14.2006
"Frustrated at the world" or "People who post blogs every day are ghey"
Yet another blog. I actually like writing them. I'm in a shitty mood. Things aren't working out like I had planned. I just want to tour. Every night that I sit at home is a night wasted. I should be out on the road doing it right now. I'm 23 and I'm not doing anything. I'm just sitting in my room playing bass listening to The Gersch. It's a decent record. More Bryant Clifford Meyer stuff. After this I'll probably listen to his Windmills by the Ocean. I've already listened to plenty of Red Sparowes. He won't be playing with Red Sparowes this week because the guy from Pelican will be. Pelican kicks ass. Rebecca better not fucking move into the room next door. What a pain in the ass that would be.
Ding Ding took that picture while I was changing strings before our New Jersey show. It was a decent show even if that other band was horrible. I love that guitar. Funny it's just sitting in it's case in my room. Not being played. Fuck it even has a broken string. I haven't changed it because I haven't needed it. I've done very minimal playing since it broke. Somebody's got a case of the Mondays....
Ding Ding took that picture while I was changing strings before our New Jersey show. It was a decent show even if that other band was horrible. I love that guitar. Funny it's just sitting in it's case in my room. Not being played. Fuck it even has a broken string. I haven't changed it because I haven't needed it. I've done very minimal playing since it broke. Somebody's got a case of the Mondays....
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