sex and violence....

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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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