Harold
Brian
Milton
More photos for your enjoyment.
Brian
Milton
More photos for your enjoyment.Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
One Hand On The Wheel by san angelus
One Hand On The Wheel by san angelus
San Angelus, the spawn of ex's of Sparkmaker, Shift, Pelican and Undertow. That said, you can hear the Sparkmarker influence over all and Larry from Pelican's drums are awesome. Can't wait for the full record to come out. Seems like there's a lot of cool stuff going on right now. A resurgence of eve bands making cool music, getting back to thier roots after seemingly caving in and giving up. Being beaten by life until there's no time to create or collaborate and the music lives "somewhere back then". Or maybe burnt out on the industry and commercialization of a once vibrant scene where bands were taking deals that were too good to be true from labels and ending up in contractual obligations and bullshit that made it just not that fun anymore.
San Angelus, the spawn of ex's of Sparkmaker, Shift, Pelican and Undertow. That said, you can hear the Sparkmarker influence over all and Larry from Pelican's drums are awesome. Can't wait for the full record to come out. Seems like there's a lot of cool stuff going on right now. A resurgence of eve bands making cool music, getting back to thier roots after seemingly caving in and giving up. Being beaten by life until there's no time to create or collaborate and the music lives "somewhere back then". Or maybe burnt out on the industry and commercialization of a once vibrant scene where bands were taking deals that were too good to be true from labels and ending up in contractual obligations and bullshit that made it just not that fun anymore.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Photos
Promise Ring
Mineral
I used to fancy myself as a photographer. It's such a bullshit artform though, you just need to know a little about composition and you're in there. Regardless, I wasn't really good at it but thought you might like the bands in the photos. It's always fun seeing band photos you've never seen (for some reason).
I will say this, that mineral photo is probably my favorite photo I've ever taken.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
NEW CHAMBERLAIN!
Sweet Hayzues Christo... At long last. Do you know what this means!? And they're touring with Gaslight Anthem, probably opening for them and being unappreciated by stupid fucks.
"No self deprecation" can easily turn into "No self defecation".
I've been battling sickness and travel for work the last few weeks, which is why the updates are few and far between. But here's a thought...
"No self deprecation" can easily turn into "No self defecation". But seriously, why is it that some of us are so hesitant to be proud of what we create or do? "Hey I made this song but it's not very good" is uttered with every new piece when the work is actually pretty good. To some it's modesty or trying not to seem like a boastful egocentric jerkoff (there's definitely merit in not being an egocentric jerkoff).
I know artists are most critical of their own work, it's easy for them to find the faults in them. But I think it's important to know your ability and where you're at in relation to others and be proud of what you've created. Be it music or surfing or whatever...
So here it is, I know my music and surfing can be sophomoric but I have fun and I'm damn proud of it.
Another thought, I got $250 ebay cash for my birthday from the in laws. Which is a super rad and generous gift. The problem is it's burning a hole in my pocket and I'm not sure what to do with it. I've bid on a 8" DW tom to add to my kit, I'm just hoping I can hold on for the duration with a $210 bid and the $40 shipping... ugh, shipping. Other than that, Line 6 guitar pod x3 with vocal effects because I can't sing worth a damn. No self deprecation there, just knowing my limitations. Or I could save it for my dream guitar. Or a vocal microphone for my limited vocals. Or various small items I'd never normally buy like t shirts from bands or new Rays jerseys. Wish me luck on the auction, if I don't get this drum I'm going to fall back into this malaise.
"No self deprecation" can easily turn into "No self defecation". But seriously, why is it that some of us are so hesitant to be proud of what we create or do? "Hey I made this song but it's not very good" is uttered with every new piece when the work is actually pretty good. To some it's modesty or trying not to seem like a boastful egocentric jerkoff (there's definitely merit in not being an egocentric jerkoff).
I know artists are most critical of their own work, it's easy for them to find the faults in them. But I think it's important to know your ability and where you're at in relation to others and be proud of what you've created. Be it music or surfing or whatever...
So here it is, I know my music and surfing can be sophomoric but I have fun and I'm damn proud of it.
Another thought, I got $250 ebay cash for my birthday from the in laws. Which is a super rad and generous gift. The problem is it's burning a hole in my pocket and I'm not sure what to do with it. I've bid on a 8" DW tom to add to my kit, I'm just hoping I can hold on for the duration with a $210 bid and the $40 shipping... ugh, shipping. Other than that, Line 6 guitar pod x3 with vocal effects because I can't sing worth a damn. No self deprecation there, just knowing my limitations. Or I could save it for my dream guitar. Or a vocal microphone for my limited vocals. Or various small items I'd never normally buy like t shirts from bands or new Rays jerseys. Wish me luck on the auction, if I don't get this drum I'm going to fall back into this malaise.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Bad Karma?
I'm not sure why this happens to me all the time, it seems like most of the flights I'm on I lose terribly at seat mate roulette. I'm sitting there watching the other people board and thinking, "you're ok, no please not you, you're ok, not you, ok, not you... no I said NOT YOU, NO!
They say "I'm on the inside there..."
I don't respond, I just get up and move and let them in.
My wife thinks that maybe I'm exaggerating this but my standards are pretty fair. My standard is: IF YOU CAN'T FIT IN YOUR SEAT AREA AS DETERMINED BY WHERE THE ARM REST IS, YOU'RE TOO FUCKING BIG TO SIT NEXT TO ME. All I ask for is that they stay contained within the parameters assigned by the seat rest.
There is not reason I should have to slump over the opposite direction just so that I can avoid touching you in 5 different places. So I end up slumped over, uncomfortable and they're still touching me somewhere somehow. But I've mitigated the damage, it's only 1 place now as opposed to 5 if I hadn't given up the arm rest and a couple inches toward my side of it.
I'm not sure how I can really explain how much this frustrates me. I hate people touching me that I don't know, call me crazy. Shit, I really don't like being touched by people that I know. (I've made touchy feely people upset with me for dissing their stupid hug attempts that were totally unjustified in my opinion). I just don't want someone I don't know touching me at all, brushing my arm or leg. Don't bother apologizing, I've done nothing wrong to deserve this, I'm bitter about it.
Maybe it's all of the wrongs I've committed coming back to get me manifesting in the way that is most annoying to me. Repaying my debts for whatever I've done which is now unbeknownst to me.
I could recount the worst one of all in detail for you but I'll give you this brief synopsis. Flight from Orange County CA to Atlanta. The overweight man sitting next to me was rocking front to back the entire trip while reading the bible. Just looking at this guy you knew he was a little off and probably not in innocent ways. "HEY!, the bible is annoying enough but do you really need to rock like that the entire fucking trip? It's like 3k miles, relax, we've got over 3 hours."
Good thing karma is made up bullshit to make people feel like there's some justice in this random chance, unsympathetic world. I have hope for the Atlanta to San Antonio flight...
They say "I'm on the inside there..."
I don't respond, I just get up and move and let them in.
My wife thinks that maybe I'm exaggerating this but my standards are pretty fair. My standard is: IF YOU CAN'T FIT IN YOUR SEAT AREA AS DETERMINED BY WHERE THE ARM REST IS, YOU'RE TOO FUCKING BIG TO SIT NEXT TO ME. All I ask for is that they stay contained within the parameters assigned by the seat rest.
There is not reason I should have to slump over the opposite direction just so that I can avoid touching you in 5 different places. So I end up slumped over, uncomfortable and they're still touching me somewhere somehow. But I've mitigated the damage, it's only 1 place now as opposed to 5 if I hadn't given up the arm rest and a couple inches toward my side of it.
I'm not sure how I can really explain how much this frustrates me. I hate people touching me that I don't know, call me crazy. Shit, I really don't like being touched by people that I know. (I've made touchy feely people upset with me for dissing their stupid hug attempts that were totally unjustified in my opinion). I just don't want someone I don't know touching me at all, brushing my arm or leg. Don't bother apologizing, I've done nothing wrong to deserve this, I'm bitter about it.
Maybe it's all of the wrongs I've committed coming back to get me manifesting in the way that is most annoying to me. Repaying my debts for whatever I've done which is now unbeknownst to me.
I could recount the worst one of all in detail for you but I'll give you this brief synopsis. Flight from Orange County CA to Atlanta. The overweight man sitting next to me was rocking front to back the entire trip while reading the bible. Just looking at this guy you knew he was a little off and probably not in innocent ways. "HEY!, the bible is annoying enough but do you really need to rock like that the entire fucking trip? It's like 3k miles, relax, we've got over 3 hours."
Good thing karma is made up bullshit to make people feel like there's some justice in this random chance, unsympathetic world. I have hope for the Atlanta to San Antonio flight...
Thursday, July 1, 2010
bleed them dry
I've put the bleed them dry ep up for free download. I hope you enjoy it... let me know how you feel about it. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
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