So, what's been up ( Read more... )

It turns out that the $100 is a one time fee since this is my first time getting meds outside of my old HMO, and that after this I'll just pay $50 a month, which is still three times what I paid in WA ( Read more... )

If anyone knows anything about this, I need help quick ( Read more... )

So far, we've got a singer (me), guitar player, and a few songs written. Primary influences of the songs written so far include: Los Olvidados, Gauze, Minor Threat, JFA, Adolescents, Poison Idea, the second side of "Family Man" and everything else Flag did, MRR's "Not So Quiet on the Western Front" comp, The Stooges's "Raw Power" record, Koro, ( Read more... )

I am bored and am going to write faux-reviews of notable stuff I've recently picked up ( Read more... )

Columbus Day Parade in Baltimore today. Lots of stop and go traffic downtown. Traffic signals have no meaning.

Why a parade TODAY? Isn't the damn holiday tomorrow?

And do I even need to say that he didn't discover America?

I have a crush, I hope it's requited.

Cloak Dagger has surpassed Direct Control as my favorite current band. I'd try to describe their "Pinata" 7", but nothing I could say would do it justice. It's a couple of people from Count Me Out, including the same singer, and retains the urgent and cathartic energy of that band while trading in the modern youth crew for a sound that's ( Read more... )

I update this thing way too much for someone who doesn't have a working computer ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was at Celebrated Summer Records, and motherfucking HR walks into the store, He gives Tony (the owner, who he had never met) a hug and talks about H.R. wanting to play in Baltimore. In typical Dan fashion, I didn't realize it was him until he left, but the image of this shortish Rasta dude giving someone he just met a hug is forever ( Read more... )

It is so goddamn good to have a bike again, even if the thing is super inefficient and I need to build my stamina back up, I've loved even just riding to work and back. The leaves have also started to change colors and I am excited for my first East Coast fall, though this is literally overshadowed by all the grey and rain as of late. Not that ( Read more... )