Seriously, if ever you get the chance, witnessing the Boredoms play music should become a top priority. Had I known then what I know now, it would have been more important to me that I get a ticket than that I fed myself.

Boredoms: a spectacular shake-fest for me, exhultant to drum-shamans, watching the lights, transforming into. I am effected.

Should I go to Maryland Deathfest this year? Should I really? REEAALLY?

Also, I'm going to see Boredoms on Saturday.

FUCKING BOREDOMS!

Also, my ex-girlfriend [I just typed grillfiend by mistake; Grillfiend would be a great name for a BBQ-themed metal band) wants to be my facebook friend. That is weird for me.

“At first, I thought, ‘Crap! There goes my credibility!’ They’ve worked with some brilliant people, but also people who are hardly artists at all,” she says. “But if people buy the record, that’s all the credibility I need ( Read more... )

In honor of Nathan's blog-scab wing doodle that is now, I have this to say: I hate capitalism, and I hate freedom. Capitalism is a false profit, and the freedom is a superstition.

So I've been trying to put a band of Berklee folk together all semester. I want to play Slow Crushing Music. I've tried associating with all the metal heads I can, asking everyone I know, putting up flyers (thereby opening up the gate to whomever) and found that only one dude seems interested. One out of multiple thousands of people in a school FOR ( Read more... )

Sheldon Brown died on Feb. 3. Brown was a revered authority on cycling, and maintained the best website on the subject that there is. I don't have a tremendous amount to say about him, save that I value his contribution to cycling, and also the spirit in which he made it. If you have any interest in bikes whatsoever, look up his name on google.

I'm going to see the Boredoms. THE FUCKING BOREDOMS!

SO! I'm finally getting a band together. I have this production project next semester for which I am allowed to self-produce. I initially wanted to do slow, super-heavy covers of Camp Songs (like We All Come From The Goddess played by Black Sabbath). But I'm thinking I might want something with more longevity. I'll have to see who turns up. I'd ( Read more... )

J Ro owed my fifty bucks! That means I'm going to see fucking Mastodon open for Neurosis! WOOOOO!