I just got home from the Rancid show. The lineup was supposed to be Rancid, the Planet Smashers, and my friends/local ska-punk band Soapbox Paradox. We learned early on that the Smashers were stopped at the border and weren't playing. It was Soapbox Paradox playing direct support for Rancid! Soapbox played sooo good. They're insansely tight ( Read more... )

So I've got these friends, right? And they've both been major assholes to me for the last month or longer. And now they're both being even major-er assholes this weekend. And they don't even bother faking politeness to try to save face. They're being bluntly condescending and disrespectful to me and I seriously cannot figure out why. I have ( Read more... )

This summer has been ridiculous. My dad had his thing towards the beginning of summer, which was scary. My mom's mom has been in a nursing home since a little after that after having a stroke, and we're already making plans for her funeral it's that bad. Today when I woke up, my mom said she was off to see my other grandma in the hospital, ( Read more... )

I played a show tonight and it was kinda shitty. Some of my friends came out to see me, so that was cool. I don't get friends coming to shows a whole lot, and when they tell me they enjoy my set and I can tell they mean it, it's really great. There are a lot of people I know who are far less than supportive of me, and it feels really good to ( Read more... )

Tonight I went over to Windsor, Ontario, to see the Fad, among other bands. It was my fourth time seeing them in the Detroit area in four months. We drank quite a bit on the roof of the venue before and after their set, and after the show was over, me, Brian, and Doyle and Cody from the Fad went to Casino Windsor. After a way-too-long wait to ( Read more... )

Night was busy and I was behind almost the whole night. But I managed to come out a winner. Check it out ( Read more... )

Warped Tour stopped in Detroit yesterday. Ten and a half hours before the gates opened I got a phone call from Jay Tea of ASOB telling me he could get me a band wristband, get me in for free, and get me a slot on a stage. Nothing like advanced notice ( Read more... )

So the Summer of Ska preshow I played kinda sucked. There were few people there, and it was just lame. I did my thing and people didn't really care. The '72 Dolphins did sweet, and I was kinda stoked to finally play a show with them. More are in store, I'm thinking. Texas Pete were good too. Dealey Plaza was the last band, and uh... no. They ( Read more... )

The show last night was an interesting one. I have to say at least it's unlike any show I've ever seen/been a part of ( Read more... )

So while I'm on the topic of how awesome I am, I just want to say that I am really glad I started doing Babylon Party Machine. It's not even about the genre of techno-ska anymore. I just love doing new shit with music. I like making a song that might sound like some other recorded piece of music, but no piece of music I've ever heard. I also ( Read more... )