Monday, August 15, 2005

"Summer has come and passed...

...the innocent can never last. Wake me up when September ends."--Green Day


3 things that have given me chills in the past 7 days:

1) "Wake Me Up When September Ends" video...all 7:08 of it....

2) Finding that PERFECT song to open/close a really good compilation cd.

3) Listening to "Fix You" by Coldplay on headphones after seeing the concert....these fucking lyrics are amazing--and they're positive, which is a new thing to popular music....relatively...

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel soo tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose somethng you can't repalce
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try, you never know
Just what you want
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
and there you have it....go get chills.
be good, or die.
ROCK!

Friday, August 12, 2005

"Your shit's like chocolate cake...

...your ass smells like a rose" exerpt from LOVE DUMP by Static-X


so....

Green Day/Jimmy Eat World 8/10: great show--J.E.W. was a bit thin sounding vocally, but was a good solid set, nonetheless. Green Day: WOW! great set, starting w/ the opening song "American Idiot" which b/c of B.J.'s antics, was a 7min rendition! Great frontman and not just for a few songs, but the entire 2hr set!!! He got the kids going from the first downbeat to the last audible frequency of the set. They played some hits, and some not-hits...."King for a Day" which is always fun, "Knowlege" the OP-Ivy cover they did on Kerplunk! and they picked kids out of the crowd to play the instruments for the last verse...and they played a bunch of stuff from American Idiot....many cellphones/lighters in the dark auditorium for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Blvd. of Broken Dreams"........their final encore song was "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", so made my way back to the 'VIP' area (free beer and munchies)....if they'd played "Macy's Day Parade" , i'd have stayed.....and did i mention the PYRO?!!!

311--8/11...that looks weird.....what a fun show..and the rain held out! i've come to the conclusion (again) that i need to pick up the middle 3 albums (Soundsystem, Chaos A.D., and Evolver)...i have the first4 albums and the greatest hits, and now the new one Don't Tread on Me which is really fuckng good, though its short--37min....but great....

i'm sleepy....damn tryptohan!!!!

suggested listening:

Trivium "Ascendancy"
Green Day "American Idiot", "Dookie", "Insomniac", "Nimrod", and "Warning"
Jimmy Eat World "Clarity" and "Futures"
311 "Don't Tread on Me"
Tool "Lateralus"
Mastodon "Leviathan"
E.L.O. "All Over the World: The Very Best of E.L.O."
Shout Out Louds "Howl Howl Gaff Gaff"
Rise Against "Siren Song of the Counterculture"--->congrats to them, #1 on Billboard's Top New Artist chart!!!!

ROCK!!

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

"tell me why....

...you feel alright but still I don't" -exerpt from Lombardy St. by Avail

so....
what the hell have i done recently....well....

saturday (aug. 6th) went to my very first OZZFEST up at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI...

HOT TOPIC/2nd Stage:
..missed a few bands i'd wanted to see (the haunted, black dahlia murder, bury your dead), but caught most of the other ones....

Trivium--fuck me they're AMAZING! lots of energy
A Dozen Furies--they sounded good, i wasn't really paying attention....
Mastodon--these guys are going to rule the world, that's all i've to say....
As I Lay Dying--they're pretty energetic--i was kinda buzzed, but i liked what i saw...
Killswitch Engage--i always love seeing these guys play, the guitarist is a lot of fun....
Rob Zombie--holy buttnugget! A) he looks WAY different, he lost the "al jourgenson-esque" look, and went w/ his own self--major plus. B) how fun--he's super energetic, totally not what i was expecting, i loved it.
*note: all of the above bands, w/ the exception of rob zombie, trivium, and a dozen furies, were seen from the stage BEHIND the band (MAJOR DEVIL HORNS to JASON @ Heavy Hitter, Inc. and his lovely wife--the amazing A.J.--i love those 2!)--what a different perspective, especially for Mastodon, Brann, the drummer is fucking amazing--he's like a heavier-hitting, moderner, bad-asser Neil Peart--and Vinnie was drooling at the technique and precision....he was standing behind the drummer during every band possible, and his favourite was mastodon.

Main Stage:
In Flames--they were okay. i'd seen em open for Soulfly and Slayer a few years ago at the Riviera.
Black Label Society--never seen em--they were pretty good, and Zakk Wylde kicks ass on guitar, there were moments where it seemed a bit self-indulgent, but it still rocked nonetheless.
Shadows Fall--these guys kick fuckin' ass--Brian Fair, the singer, has these amazingly long dreads, and gets up on a block on stage and swings em everywhere...badass *note: i was talkin w/ brent, guitar (stage right) of mastodon, and brian came up--he's not very tall and his dreads are past his knees.
Mudvayne--WOW--lots of energy, not too bad, i needed caffeine at this point, but it was a strong set...the bassist is really fucking good.
Iron (fucking) Maiden: HOLY SKELETON METAL!!! they only played songs from the first 4 albums, and that was fine by me...these guys are amazing, bruce dickinson, the singer, has so much fucking energy, i thought he was gonna jump right into the crowd a few times....and eddie kicks ass!
Black Sabbath: ok, the thought of leaving after a few songs in order to beat traffic HAD indeed crossed my mind, but i'll admit that was definately a premature notion. once they started playing, i was in awe...taken back to my early teens, as an aspiring guitar learner...my first 2 or 3 songs i learned to play all the way thru were "War Pigs" and "Iron Man" and quite possibly "Snowblind"...needless to say Tony Iommi had back then become one of my top 5 guitar heroes...and after seeing them nearly 12years after i first picked up a guitar, i was reminded that he still does reign as one of my top 5 favourite guitarists of all time. SO fluent, SO precise...it was amazing....and OZZY....WOW! Ozzy was not as stuttery and incoherint as he normally seems....he was like a little kid again, running around stage throwing buckets of water on the crowd....waving his arms....at one point he heaved a waterbottle off the stage and it nearly hit me in the head (yes we were that close--thanx to mr DAVE, one of my fantastic bosses--and i happened to be oggling at a female walking past--oops--but you can't blame me, isn't the "SEX" first in the 3 most important things in life? "SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK & ROLL"?!)....
..so all in all, my first Ozzfest was a success, and i'll most likely be going back next year...assuming the bands are ones i'd like to see......tentatively, Vinnie and I are intending on riding our 'hogs' up there (i'm aiming at gettin one come late winter/early spring) and spending the night......

ROCK!!!

next up--Green Day/Jimmy Eat World @ Allstate on WEds (8/10)

some music i've been rockin' to in the past few days:

Mastodon "Leviathan" (currently)
Avail "Over the James"
Green Day "American Idiot"
Air "Virgin Suicides (original motion picture soundtrack)"
The Falcon "God Don't Make No Trash (Up Your Ass With Broken Glass)"
Misfits "Collection I"
Motion City Soundtrack "I Am the Movie" and "Commit This to Memory"
Mudvayne "Lost and Found"
Burn the Priest "Burn the Priest"
Lamb of God "As the Palaces Burn" and "Ashes of the Wake"
Neil Young "greatest hits"
Jeff Buckley "Live Al' Olympia" and "Live at Sine"

that should do it for now......enjoy.


ROCK!

Monday, August 01, 2005

Dr. Feelgood

here's some feelgood lyrics to start your week/august off right:

Take this razor sign your name across my wrist so everyone will know who left me like this.
"A Synonym for Acquisce" by Bayside
Put a pillow over your face, suffocate you, rip into your chest and pull out your heart. To see i you bleed like I do. Tripping over my words, now you're trippin on me. Isn't that funny? Couldn't you just laugh until you choke? I wish you would. And your face could match your eyes, cold and blue and lifeless. How could I ever fall for you?
"Cold And Blue And Lifeless" by Bayside
have a great week. =)

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

It's Been a while....

...ok, i'm not quoting STAIND....but it happened to fit, so fuck off.

It indeed has been some time since i blogged my lil fingers off.....a lot has been goin on since Feb. 05, when i last updat'd this lil bitch.

ok here goes.

feb--nothin special happend-it was fuckin cold in Chi-town.
march--went to VEGAS for my grandma's 75th bday---good times, i won some loot, got silly on vodka-tonics, and got to see my munchkin-head niece....she's bigger now than she was in march...that's usually how that works though, seeing as she'll be 2 in sept.
april--interviewed and got the hell out of the Q....i'm now in my nifty career---i'm the assistant to the REGIONAL MARKETING MANAGER at Warner Bros. Records!!! started 4/26, and loving every effing second of it!!!! got LOTS o music, seen some decent fuckin shows....paid off the credit card, and now i can afford to SAVE money!!!! havent' done that in like....well, never.
may--kinda bleding in to everything else....nothin really stands out....mum's b-day.....acquiring MORE cd's (for free)....mmmmmm thats bout it...more concerts.
june--same as last month, but dad's b-day this time....
july-- well....its fuckin hot, and it finally rained a shitload....more shows, more cd's, more booze....(i think i forgot to mention the booze part last few mos.)

Shows i've been to recently (from feb. 05-present):
Secret Machines (2/4)
Sno-Core (feat. Helmet, Crossfade, Future Leaders of the World, Strata) (2/12)
Disengage (amazing band and they played w/ a decent band called Made Out of Babies--too bad the snow storm kept more people from comin out) (sometime in feb??)
The Last Vegas (fuck me what a great fuckin band---if you have the opportunity, i HIGHLY suggest you see them) (sometime in Feb)
Dimebag Darrell Benefit (feat. Disturbed, Anthrax, Soil, Drowning Pool, and other guests) (2/23)
Taste of Chaos (feat. Used, My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage, Underoath, and more) (3/9)
Subliminal Verses Tour (feat. Slipknot, Lamb of God, and more) (3/11)
Q & A w/ Kevin Smith (i know this isn't a "concert" but it was cool as shit) (4/3)
Queens of the Stone Age (4/5)
...And you will know us by the trail of dead (4/22)
Papa Roach (5/1)
New Order (this was fuckin cool b/c they only did 4 or 5 US shows--and did like 3 Joy Division tunes) (5/3)
Nine Inch Nails (w/ Dresden Dolls--and i was impressed by their live performance---NIN fuckin rocked --once they got a new soundboard in--the digital console fried and they had to cut 3 songs from the set -boo--but the show killed and i loved em) (5/6)
Machine Head (w/ Devildriver) (holy shit what a fuckin great show!!) (5/14)
Rilo Kiley (one of those shows i HAD to go to for work...to quote vince, "i'm going to die where i sit") (5/16)
Dark new Day (first performance in chicago and they filmed a DVD here too--good ol' metro!) (5/20)
Local H (w/ The Giraffes---fuckin great show--the giraffes kick ass--and Local H played audience requests)(5/29)
Q101 Block Party (QOTSA, Interpol (eh.), Hot Hot Heat) (6/3)
Q101 Block Party (A Static Lullaby (eh), Unwritten Law (eh.), Rise Against (fuck me what an amazing show!!! watched from the side of the stage and when they played 'Give It All' it started POURING rain--they should'a played 'dancing for rain'), Sum 41 (eh...they almost didn't go on b/c of the lightning) (6/4)
Head Automatica (wow! great show--sold out @ bottom lounge---live show reminds me of Elvis Costello & the Attractions---Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw-fame) rocked his ass off--almost collapsed (he's got chrons disease, so that's dangerous) but rocked the fuck out---if you get the opportunity to see them, i highly suggest it, as well.) (6/21)
Tyler Hilton (lots o'girls...this dude is pretty fun, he likes to party....that's bout it.) (6/22)
Local H (w/ Giraffes---kick ass show, again. Local H, once again played audience requests) (6/26--i think)
Billy Corgan (cool light show, thats ABOUT all i can say that's positive) (7/6)
Sounds of the Underground (feat. Lamb of God, Chimara, Gwar, Devildriver, Clutch, and more) (7/8)
Team Sleep (eh--live version of the album...w/ scenes in background of bad porn and shitty films such as "Clash of the Titans" and the opening band Idiot Pilot is pretty good.)(7/13)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (w/ Black Crowes--who i missed due to shitty parking attendants--took 2hrs to get in the fucking parking lot--goddamn tweeter!) (tom petty kicked ass--more hits than i remembered--and they played a traveling wilburys song)(7/15)
Esthero (7/16)
Dark new Day (7/16)
Static-X (never seen them before and they're super fuckin cool--one of the first shows in wisconsin i've seen where the crowd responded appropriately)(7/19)
Corrosion of Conformity (w/ Fu Manchu)(holy shit what a great show--never seen COC before and they're fuckin amazing--last time i saw Fu was @ abbey pub, so this show was TOTALLY kickass!)(7/21)
Warped Tour (feat. Offspring, Transplants, Avenged Sevenfold, My Chemical Romance, and more) (i didn't get to see as much as i'd have liked to due to the fact i was working....MCR was great, but the sound was shit. Transplants were okay, way overhyped, but they did WHITE RIOT by the clash and i think i was the only person who knew what it was. Dropkick Murphys fuckin brought it as usual. Offspring was fun as they usually are...i missed Throwrag due to my curiosity of transplants--hindsight says i should've gone to throwrag instead. Atreyu kicked my ass. Lordz of Brooklyn were amusing at best. I'm pissd i missed Strung Out, they rock balls. but the highlight of the day was Avenged Sevenfold. holy rock n roll, i was BLOWN AWAY by their performance--even though it was only about 5 songs---wow! brought my lil cousin on the bus and got her a poster signed...had a shot w/ the boys n got some guitar pointers from SYNYSTER GATES....waxed intellectual (on the topics of vocal coaches, rock n roll, and fishing) w/ M.SHADOWS, and watched ZACKY VENGENCE walk back w/ a bottle of booze and 2 hot blondes to the "private area". good times)(7/23)
Hot Hot Heat (hot hot venue---wow it was fuckin sweaty ass hot in the metro that night, but the show was nothing short of incendiary)(7/25)
Static-X (w/ Bloodsimple and American Headcharge---fuckin a! chicago is the static-x city. bloodsimple rocked heavy as fuck and they're super cool dudes, as are static-x---best part of that day was before the show went record shopping w/ Static-X....wow!...american headcharge (eh) their first album was ok, but now i'm not too big on em.)(7/26)

that's it for now---this friday i'm goin to see THE LAST VEGAS and THE CHERRY VALANCE...Double Door..BE THERE!!!!!

What i'm listening to today:
The Black Dahlia Murder---wow! great "WAKE MY ASS UP NOW" album.
Backyard Babies---fuck me --why've i just gotten this album, and why've i NEVER seen these fu ckin swedes?!!!
Alkaline Trio--upon the request of andie, i'm tryin to give them a try...not too terrible, i s'pose.
Bayside--thanx to UNCLE GORDON aka MR. GORDON for gettin me into these guys, theyre great!

here's a pic to show you how i'm doing......







i'll be back later...(and a shorter frequency than this blog since last)

ROCK

Monday, February 28, 2005

"There is a place that still remains....

...it eats the fear, it eats the pain/The sweetest price he'll have to pay/the day the whole world went away."~ The Day The Whole World Went Away (Nine Inch Nails)


Show me the music!

So the month of february has been musically neat-o!
shows i've been privy to see.

Feb 4th: Secret Machines @ Metro
Feb 12th: Sno-Core (feat. Chevelle & Helmet) @ Congress Theatre
Feb 19th: Rise Against/Tsunami Bomb/Alexisonfire @ Metro
Feb 20th: Rise Against/Tsunami Bomb/Alexisonfire @ Metro
Feb 23rd: Dimebag Darrell Memorial Show (feat. Distrubed, Anthrax, Drowning Pool, & Soil)

not too shabby for a short month....and now that i'm also working @ double door, i get to see some decent/okay shows while i work......

Some shows to checkout:

March 3rd: Hot Hot Heat @ Bottom Lounge
March 4th: Monkey Paw @ Double Door
March 8th: Flogging Molly @ House Of Blues
March 9th: Flogging Molly @ House Of Blues
March 9th: Taste Of Chaos (feat. The Used, My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage, Senses Fail, A Static Lullaby, Underoath, Saosin, and more) @ Aragon Ballroom
March 10th: Motley Crue @ Allstate Arena
March 11th: Subliminal Verses Tour (feat. Slipknot, Lamb Of God, Shadows Fall, Devil Driver, American Headcharge, & From Autumn To Ashes)
March 12th: Tossers & Arrivals @ Bottom Lounge
March 13rh: Thick As Thieves Tour (feat. Atreyu, Norma Jean, Unearth, & Scars of Tomorrow) @ House Of Blues
March 19th: Motorhead & Corrosion of Conformity @ House Of Blues
March 19th: Longwave @ Double Door
March 23rd: Disengage w/ Knife of Simpson @ Double Door
March 26th: Methadones, Arrivals, & Phenoms @ Bottom Lounge
April 8th: Ash @ Metro
April 30th: Reverend Horton Heat w/ Supersuckers & Murphy's Law @ Metro
May 4th: Mastodon w/ Death By Stereo & Cult of Luna @ Bottom Lounge
May 6th: Nine Inch Nails w/ Dresden Dolls @ Congress Theatre
May 7th: Nine Inch Nails w/ Dresden Dolls @ Congress Theatre
May 7th: Built To Spill @ Metro
May 8th: Built To Spill @ Metro
May 11th: Killers @ Riviera Theatre
June 20th: Oasis & Jet @ UIC Pavilion

Monday, February 14, 2005

sex and violence....

sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. sex and violence. THE EXPLOITED ("sex and violence")

so i've been ass busy lately.....can't recall what i've really been absorbing musically. got a copy of WARRANT'S 1989 Opus "DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH" from a friend @ sony, it was a re-release.....man what an awesome album!!!! classics like "DOWN BOYS", "D.R.F.S.R.", "RIDIN' HIGH" and not to forget the monster ballad "HEAVEN".........

.....i also recieved "OBSESSION" by Eighteen Visions. not what i'd expected. their older stuff was WAY heavier, this album is a bit more polished, modern, in that radio-ready sense.

*side note: I LOVE LIVING IN THE CITY (by FEAR) just came on!!!!

Another cd i was privied to attaining from the almight POZ, is "DANCE OF DEATH" the 2003 release by IRON MAIDEN, w/ a short-haired Bruce Dickinson.....what can i say, its fucking MAIDEN. nothing new to report.

so i was at the WINTERFRESH SNOWCORE 2005 show @ the congress theatre on saturday which featured CHEVELLE, HELMET, CROSSFADE, FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD, and STRATA:

Strata--the 1 song i saw, wasn't terrible, but wasn't great...i'll have to listen to the promo-cd i got of theirs from work.

F.L.O.W.---well what can i say, they LITERALLY put me to sleep. i'm sure they're good---they have a song on the radio, its okay, nothing to write home about---it is a familiar feeling that i hope goes away--think NICKELBACK circa 1999 w/ "LEADER OF MEN" what a boring track....ugh...now look at em---i hope this doesn't happen w/ Future Leaders, b/c they're obviously current followers of the trend.

CROSSFADE--so we make fun of their single at work all the time and if you didn't think it could get any worse, it does.....you can't tell from the single song (probably b/c its not utilized in it) but the band has a "Turntable-ist"---fucking CREED w/ a DJ!! if it wasn't bad enough....and the "turntablist" is a backing vocalist--how......LINKIN PARK of them.

now to the 2 bands that fucking mattered:

HELMET: holy goddamn! (a pre-emptive: the empty bottle show nov. 6th was WAY better) what an amazing set. while they were playing it occurred to me that the crowd wasn't really gettin into HELMET as i would've been had i been on the floor (and 4 years younger---shit even 2 years younger) HELMET is an older band, and unfortunately the fanbase at the snowcore show was all suburban-mtv-chevelle fans (that apparently don't read much) and weren't feeling the helmet groove--helmet even tried helping by playing songs that the hot topic ailed crowd may've heard such as an AMAZING version of "JUST ANOTHER VICTIM" which appeared on the Judgement Night soundtrack (they were accompanied by House Of Pain on that track--but didn't do the 'rap' segment/breakdown at the end at the show) "MILQUETOAST" which appeared on The Crow soundtrack, "IN THE MEANTIME" and "UNSUNG" 2 of their biggest singles, and "IN THE MEANTIME" was actually covered by SOULFLY on their latest release Prophecy. All-in-all, helmet was amazing.

CHEVELLE: well, i've seen these guys so many times. they had a solid set and i really can't expand on that much more. clever stage setup/lighting. straightforward really. nothing out of the ordinary. i still wish they'd play "Open/Point #1" again live, those were awesome, as was "MIA"---some more tracks from Point #1 live would be appreciated. the track "Forfeit" from Wonder What's Next was good, as was "Comfortable Liar".

to sum it up, the only bands worth seeing were HELMET and CHEVELLE, which was my original thought......next week RISE AGAINST/ALEXISONFIRE/TSUNAMI BOMB/METHADONES @ Metro........fun fun.

OH:
last friday saw SECRET MACHINES @ metro---excellent show--i got silly drunk which was nice. they had Radiohead's lighting guy for this tour doing the lights which added very well.


5 Thoughts to leave you with (so you'll not be bored till my next blog)

WORLDS APART by AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD kicks ass.

i'm thoroughly entertained by the track CIGARO by System of a down--its.....heartattack inducing.

the movie VAN HELSING is a waste of time.

Tylenol 3 (basically tylenol + codine) doesn't really pay off---i dunno if it eases my pain but they constipate--it may also just be the codine.

FUCK valentine's day. come to punk night w/ us single folk (who regardless have no desire to buy into the whole "hallmark holiday" spectacular) for $1 beers and shots of jameson!!!!

thats all for now, kids.
play nice and i'll see you again real soon.
~the great Jordini

ps the chicago auto show sucks my left nut. (that was a bonus thought)

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Sunday, January 23, 2005

"do you like, do you like, do you like.....

do you like my body tricks?-The Lawrence Arms from "Porno And Snuff Films"

ok.
-so a lil excitement lately....sorta. Got, yet ANOTHER contact for my list o' contacts at record labels.....was called from a guy @ Geffen regarding something work related, he was misinformed as to my position, but i was nonetheless, flattered. So I'm dealing w/ him a little bit, which is good.
-I interviewed for a promotion to a full-time/salary position at work, hopefully something comes of it..i've also got some other irons on the fire......if you know me, you know that to be a pretty constant thing.
-I made some badass chili yesterday while stuck at home in the fucking blzzard of 1997, er what year is it?.........and then i got picked up and went to a nice lil pub n got blitzed on half-a-dozen pints.........mmmmmmmmm.......

(for the record , i don't know why i'm blogging, this should all be related to music.....)

HERE GOES:

Picked up Panopticon by ISIS, and holy fuck is it amazing. It was put out under IPECAC, Mike Patton's (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, etc...) label. It's thick, creamy, and full of Instru-Metal goodness.......some vocal wailing at times....but this reminded me of some other bands...PELICAN, which all i own is the 4-song ep, and its kick nuts heavy.....they've a newer one under HydraHead, which is a label responsible for other Hardcore/Instru-Metal greats as BOTCH.......so i popped those out too, for good measure...amazing, just amazing. If you've the means i HIGHLY suggest you pick up an album by BOTCH, probably their last one An Anthology Of Dead Ends

NEXT UP:

i have been REALLY getting into the LAWRENCE ARMS as of late.........all i have is their latest, i'm awaiting the first couple.....i do like the song which i quoted for the subject--Porno And Snuff Films. its excellent and F-U-N to sing along to......
i was given a copy of THE FALCON cd which is Lawrence Arms, Rise Against, and Alkaline Trio........it takes a couple of initial listens, but SHIT its GREAT!!! GOod ol' chicago grit....Arms vocalist...i really enjoy his voice----something about that Chicago Rock Gravelly Vocal.........(see: Land Of The El Caminos)
i was also privy to a copy of Reinventing Axl Rose by AGAINST ME!
goddamn, i really like it........i've heard em, and everyone is raving about em........figured it give it a whirl and its just fun and angry and everything rolled up into a little punk-burrito......makes you feel alive.......or at least makes ME feel alive.

side note: i also wrote 2 songs on the guitar........yay me. (er well 1-1/2 songs, i'm still workin out the kinks (no pun intended) from the 2nd song.)

Shout-outs for the week:
MR. GORDON---thanks for the music and a great fuckin radioshow on friday (www.allagesradio.com)
and JACKSON---for support and pushing my buttons---and beating my ass in bowling---and all that other friend stuff.....
ANDIE---dunno if you read this ,but thanks for puttin up w/ my sick ass at punk night last week--i owe you some jamesons and beers--you're a doll.
uh........i think thats all i can think of fer now.

oh yeah, PAT--hang in there, snow will stop soon......weds is coming and we'll get messed up on $1 miller pints.

ROCK!

Sunday, January 09, 2005


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Saturday, January 08, 2005

i might be wrong.

i've found the world's most upliftingly DEPRESSING song....

God Only Knows by the (fucking) BEACH BOYS......"the world can show nothing to me, so what good would living do me?" FUCKING PET SOUNDS!!

ok next really depressing "oldie"
For No One by the (fucking) BEATLES..........what the kicker is, is the fucking french horn.....i think in my brain when i hear the transition, i brace myself.....my brain goes "cue french horns. cue tear ducts. WE HAVE FRENCH HORNS!! WE HAVE FRENCH HORNS!!! CRY BASTARD CRY!!!" i weep like a fucking baby.........

and thinking about that--------the ending instrumentation to Layla by Derek and the Dominos is a tear jerker --- i think it shows the true feeling of the song--yeah the main riff is rockin, but the song is depressing, and heartfelt--it's Eric Clapton professing his love or whatnot to George Harrison's WIFE....shit, to want what you cannot have--total rock n roll paradigm...and i think just that instrumental at the end says it all, its gorgeously painful.

and imagining all these makes me think of the scene in The Royal Tennenbaums that Elliot Smith's Needle In The Hay comes on..........oooh, shivers.

ok, now i'm going to beat myself into unconsciousness now---i can't sleep anymore........

and i posed an interesting thought to Uncle Gordon, (who is back from ALLAGESRADIO--great show t'nite, btw)---it scares me that my biggest accomplishment for the year so far, is not having a drop of alcohol since saturday last. what's even scarier is that it's a struggle......

In closing, i pose this question to anyone willing to answer it coherently.
What is worse:
wanting what you cannot have, or having what you do not want?
ok unconscious, here i come.

Friday, January 07, 2005

I am still bleeding you....

...from wounds you've never known. Ghosts Of Past Failures by Shadows Fall

ok, so instead of posting AFTER listening to something, I think i'll try something new. I don't know what sort of 'mood' i'm in seeing as i'll be in a loaner-car for 1-2 weeks (a nice grandpa car--2005 toyota camry, and if that's not enough, it's that 'grandpa' gold colour....i think it's like CHAMPAGNE or some crap like that) and not my car (i had a name for it for about a week when i got it and realised it was stupid and i'm a HUGE dork, but can't bring myself to refer to my car by a name other than 'my car'. i hate relying on such, dare i say, technology (it really is technology, we're stuffing the power of many horses into a metal block, thus bringing us from point a to point b in a matter of minutes, seconds, blah blah blah) ....i'm sidetracking....so anyway, my car [glenn--named after glen danzig] is sick. something about a bad component in the cam or some crap....all i know is its waranty work, so ha!....moving on w/ my blog--my car is sick and there is no nifty sound system in the grandpa cruiser, so i must choose wisely.....
...yesterday was Psychadelic Furs, which i must say, they kick massive ass.....tracks like Into You Like A Train which i find (for obvious reasons) to be a superior version in comparison to--without taking kudos from--Jawbreaker's version on Dear You.

today i think i may bring in some Radiohead....perhaps How Am I Driving EP, Kid A, Amnesiac, and perhaps Hail To The Theif...basically post-OK Computer (w/ the exception of the EP)....

i'll let you know how it goes.........
...lastnight i went to sleep w/ MORENO in the cd player---goddamn what a fantastic band (RIP). amazing chicago band--only saw em 4 or 5 times,but loved every show---especially the xmas show where they came out and went right into a stunning rendition of Little Drummer Boy, featuring 5 drummers (all of which were in chicago bands, i can't recall all of em, but i know Scott (drummer from moreno), the drummer from evil beaver, and 3 others--all drumming on snares like a bunch of post-drumcorps burnouts.........it was neat) and a HUGE guitar sound from Sean's stereo-chorus/bi-amplified unit....bogner and matchless amps.......mmmmmmm yummy creamy thick spacey sound.....ok. (small bit of info, Sean, the singer/guitarist of now defunct MORENO, works at MAKE N' MUSIC, an amazing guitar store in the city....w/ clientelle including but not limited to Trent Reznor (and touring NIN), David Bowie--i think--, and more....and me, i shop there when i've money....

k thats it.
i'm out.

I want to show you sometihng...

...like joy inside my heart. Seems I been living in the temple of the dog/where would I live if I were a man of golden words/or would I live at all/words and music--my only tools/communitcation/so on her arrival I will set free the birds... Man Of Golden Words by Mother Love Bone
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OK...so i'm made a playlist while i rip my SIGUR ROS into my hard drive.....

Mother Love Bone:
Man of Golden Words
Gentle Groove
U2:
Original Of the Species
One Step Closer
City Of Blinding Lights
Miracle Drug
Guns N Roses:
Estranged
A Perfect Circle:
The Noose
3 Libras
The Nurse Who Loved Me
Sum 41:
Slipping Away
Oasis:
Don't Look Back In Anger
Stop Crying Your Eyes Out
Champagne Supernova
Filter:
Miss Blue
A.F.I.:
The Leaving Song
Nirvana:
Pennyroyal Tea
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So i'm super excited for sunday: DISENGAGE is coming to the bottom lounge...I first saw them @ SXSW about 4 years ago--and i LOVED em!!!! Saw Disengage again @ double door about 2 years ago, when i was FINALLY old enough to get in to see em--bought their album and Jason, the singer after talking to him for a bit and offering to buy him a beer, gave me a disengage t-shirt...how fucking cool of him...so i've been waiting for them to come back, and i emailed em about 4 months ago, and asked when they were comin back....'sit tight, we're workin on a tour' was basically the response---and alas, they're comin!!!!
i highly suggest seeing them.....
i do believe next thursday @ bottom lounge, PELICAN is playing, and i think i'd like to go.
that's all for now.....
piss off.

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

"ziggy played guitar.....

....jammin' good with weird and gilly, and the spiders from mars." Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie

ok, so I've learned, as I do MANY times over--not to say that I forget--how important it is to a movie to have a KICK ASS soundtrack. Prime examples of directors/writers that RELENTLESSLY have amazing soundtracks to go w/ their STELLAR motion pictures: CAMERON CROWE and WES ANDERSON.

SINGLES
ALMOST FAMOUS
VANILLA SKY

RUSHMORE
THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

I was reminded by this necessity after seeing Wes Anderson's latest opus, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.
DAVID BOWIE through the entire movie, the only catch: it was sung in Portuguese. Iggy and the Stooges "Search And Destroy" added a rather anarchic element to an already anarchic scene. And at the most beautiful moment in the whole movie, the pinnacle moment, where silence would suffice: "Staralfur " by Sigur Ros.

Inspired, I decided to put in The Royal Tennenbaums...Packed full of musical goodness, "Judy Is Punk" by the Ramones, "Hey Jude" by The Beatles (Paul McCartney), "Needle In The Hay" by Elliott Smith, "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" by Paul Simon....Amazing.

and every Wes Anderson film's score was done by DEVO's own Mark Mothersbaugh.....fun.


now I feel like watching something else...........w/ good music....possibly High Fidelity

damn what a great book......Nick Hornby is a fantastic writer, and has excellent music taste....I always (well, actually just recently) thought that it'd be great for Nick Hornby to write a book and Cameron Crowe direct it..........it'd be the ultimate!!!!!