Nobody's perfect. No one should even strive to be absolutely flawless because your blemishes make you who you are. They make you unique. Accept your limitations and your imperfections because they provide internal motivation to grow and explore who you can be, what you can maybe change within and around you in order to somehow make things feel better.
Don't be afraid to say what you mean and express yourself in a way that makes sense to you. Art and expression isn't about pleasing everyone or catering to the interests of anyone else; that's just entertainment. Everyone has the potential to be an artist if you believe in yourself and do whatever it is you do honestly to what you mean to do.
Never give up your passions just because your temporal situations fluctuate or things in your life variate from how they used to be. Only stop doing something because you actually stop loving it or when you truly feel that you've achieved whatever you goals were. For many things, neither of those sentiments will ever apply so don't let the world limit your dreams. Just keep being yourself for yourself and the things that you believe inside will stay with you for the rest of your life if you want them to.
With that in mind, this is a short life that we are living and most people spend much of it in a state of Constant Horror. Tell the people you love that you love them because our mortality is real. Biology is real. Rock n roll will never die, but you will.
Family is one of the most important things anyone can have, but you don't always have to be blood to be family. Your true friends and those who make up the parts of your life you cherish beyond words, those people are your family too. Even when things change in circumstances or locations or obligations, these relationships are the real beauty of life.
Once a Gravity, Always a Gravity.
DRIVE SAFELY.
Dedicated to the entire extended \_/ family past, present, and future.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
SATIRE: Band Members Confident Ex-Bassist Will Mention Them As A (Previously From...) Reference For Interviews With His Much More Successful Current Band
(TEMECULA, CA) Sources have indicated that long-running yet completely obscure Southern California band The Fitness are excited to see the new interviews their ex-bassist Kelvin will be doing for many regional newspapers, blogs, and magazines concerning his new, much more relevant and active band of a completely different style. Regarding this recent success, the vocalist for The Fitness, Ivan, said "I'm stoked to see our name out there, I know he'll be throwing it around. I mean, he's got to, right?"
Former members of the band range from thrash-metal kids to emo kids and there has never been a cohesive lineup for The Fitness so when asked about his relationship to the group, Kelvin was at first taken aback. "I thought I was just filling in for a show! That guy just can't keep things together. I was in Suicide Silence for a few shows too. Use that instead."
Ivan closed out his interview by mentioning that he had an upcoming bar show in Corona and the line-up was yet to be announced. Kelvin will be playing with Foster The People at The Palladium on Febuary 5th.
Former members of the band range from thrash-metal kids to emo kids and there has never been a cohesive lineup for The Fitness so when asked about his relationship to the group, Kelvin was at first taken aback. "I thought I was just filling in for a show! That guy just can't keep things together. I was in Suicide Silence for a few shows too. Use that instead."
Ivan closed out his interview by mentioning that he had an upcoming bar show in Corona and the line-up was yet to be announced. Kelvin will be playing with Foster The People at The Palladium on Febuary 5th.
BAND INTERVIEW: Woodruff @ The Dial 12/19/15
NOTE: As is the oftentimes the case when I interview whole bands all at once, sometimes the voices become jumbled together so I apologize in advance if any of the quotes here are mis-attributed. You all sound the same.
IAN: Alright this is Ian, I'm talking with Woodruff; What were your names and what do you do in the band?
JEFF: I'm Jeff Waber, I play guitar and sing
ADAM: I'm Adam Packard and I play the bass
WESTON: Weston Bowers, drums
MARCO: I'm Marco and I play guitar
I: Word so I just saw you here at The Dial and you were talking about, this was your second show...How long have you guys been playing?
M: I think, like, 3 months?
J: We started in what, October? September/October.
I: Cool. I mean, you guys sound real refined for being that new of a band; Have you guys already been in other projects before?
W: Yeah, I play in a post-punk group called Moonpool from San Diego
I: I've heard of you guys, actually
W: Really?
I: Yeah I think I listened to your demo
W: Yeah we play like the Soda Bar and stuff like that down there
I: Yeah, it's that post-punk stuff
W: Yeah, almost like 80s goth-rock, almost new wave
I: Cool, I didn't even realize [the connection]
M: And then, me and Adam, we play in a band called Contradictory Me that's kind-of on hiatus right now
I: Again, I feel like I've heard of that name\
M: We've played a couple times here. And then Jeff and I, we've known each other from like, coffee shops
J: Yeah, we met in like 2008 or so. I have a solo project called Aplombed, I've been doing that for a long time.
I: Cool. Well, as I mentioned [to you guys] after your set, to me you gave off a '90s grunge - but like, soft-grunge - [vibe] like Built To Spill, Pavement, those bands
M: Jets To Brazil
A: Yeah, the '90s punk-pop Bay Area stuff like Jawbreaker
I: I feel like a lot of [that scene] remains kind-of unknown to much of our generation and overly-venerated by another patch like ourselves
J: Yeah, nobody ever knows what I'm talking about
I: So you said this was your second show, where was your first show?
J: We played the Bancroft, it's in Spring Valley. It's a wonderful little place, really. I thought it was gonna be a little dive bar and my expectations weren't high but when we got there, it was a great environment
Others: Yeah, great environment
I: So you guys have a couple songs on SoundCloud, do you have plans to record a new demo or an EP or...?
J: Yeah, I think we're up to 8 songs now, maybe 10 if we polish a couple up, and then we're gonna record. We're planning to record an album.
I: That's what's up. So, places like this, The Dial etc., is this the kind of place you're used to playing [with your past bands]? Like, what are your expectations [for this project]?
J: I mean, I used to do a lot of acoustic stuff in environments like this; I honestly don't have much experience in a full-band environment, but I know Weston certainly does, and Adam and Marco do too.
W: Well, [I appreciate] pretty much any place that gives us a chance to play, you know, get our music out there. Also, the more we play the more we support venues like this...we were here [at The Dial] when it went downhill and it disappeared for awhile, which was a very big change.
M: There's really nowhere between San Diego and L.A., it's all very scattered
J: Finding new places and meeting new bands...
W: I mean,. the next place closest to this is the Che Cafe
I: And that almost got shut down too!
W: But they're starting to have shows again
J: Yeah we're talking to them about doing something
I: Yeah I played a show there right when they were getting shut down and it was like, emotional, you know? But now they're back in business, you know, gotta keep it going strong. But, alright, I'm gonna kinda wrap it up here; you said you've got a new album in the works|
M or A: I think we should definitely have some stuff by March
I: For a second show, you guys were really, really strong. The way I always close out interviews, just to kind-of get people's take on things, [is]: what would you say is your favorite breakfast food? I'm gonna go one-by-one here
J: Juevos Rancheros
A; Just some scrambled eggs
W: Just eggs over-easy and a couple strips of bacon
M: Eggs in a basket
I: Okay, what does that entail?
M: The way I make them, I cook some toast, cut a hole in the middle, pour the egg over that, and then you let it brown.
[Miller Stehle enthusiastically enters the circle because eggs in a basket are his go-to breakfast as well]
I: Alright now we got my buddy Miller here, he's very excited about that
[Laughter all around]
Well thank you for the interview, Woodruff!
J: Thank you!
http://woodruff.bandcamp.com/releases
IAN: Alright this is Ian, I'm talking with Woodruff; What were your names and what do you do in the band?
JEFF: I'm Jeff Waber, I play guitar and sing
ADAM: I'm Adam Packard and I play the bass
WESTON: Weston Bowers, drums
MARCO: I'm Marco and I play guitar
I: Word so I just saw you here at The Dial and you were talking about, this was your second show...How long have you guys been playing?
M: I think, like, 3 months?
J: We started in what, October? September/October.
I: Cool. I mean, you guys sound real refined for being that new of a band; Have you guys already been in other projects before?
W: Yeah, I play in a post-punk group called Moonpool from San Diego
I: I've heard of you guys, actually
W: Really?
I: Yeah I think I listened to your demo
W: Yeah we play like the Soda Bar and stuff like that down there
I: Yeah, it's that post-punk stuff
W: Yeah, almost like 80s goth-rock, almost new wave
I: Cool, I didn't even realize [the connection]
M: And then, me and Adam, we play in a band called Contradictory Me that's kind-of on hiatus right now
I: Again, I feel like I've heard of that name\
M: We've played a couple times here. And then Jeff and I, we've known each other from like, coffee shops
J: Yeah, we met in like 2008 or so. I have a solo project called Aplombed, I've been doing that for a long time.
I: Cool. Well, as I mentioned [to you guys] after your set, to me you gave off a '90s grunge - but like, soft-grunge - [vibe] like Built To Spill, Pavement, those bands
M: Jets To Brazil
A: Yeah, the '90s punk-pop Bay Area stuff like Jawbreaker
I: I feel like a lot of [that scene] remains kind-of unknown to much of our generation and overly-venerated by another patch like ourselves
J: Yeah, nobody ever knows what I'm talking about
I: So you said this was your second show, where was your first show?
J: We played the Bancroft, it's in Spring Valley. It's a wonderful little place, really. I thought it was gonna be a little dive bar and my expectations weren't high but when we got there, it was a great environment
Others: Yeah, great environment
I: So you guys have a couple songs on SoundCloud, do you have plans to record a new demo or an EP or...?
J: Yeah, I think we're up to 8 songs now, maybe 10 if we polish a couple up, and then we're gonna record. We're planning to record an album.
I: That's what's up. So, places like this, The Dial etc., is this the kind of place you're used to playing [with your past bands]? Like, what are your expectations [for this project]?
J: I mean, I used to do a lot of acoustic stuff in environments like this; I honestly don't have much experience in a full-band environment, but I know Weston certainly does, and Adam and Marco do too.
W: Well, [I appreciate] pretty much any place that gives us a chance to play, you know, get our music out there. Also, the more we play the more we support venues like this...we were here [at The Dial] when it went downhill and it disappeared for awhile, which was a very big change.
M: There's really nowhere between San Diego and L.A., it's all very scattered
J: Finding new places and meeting new bands...
W: I mean,. the next place closest to this is the Che Cafe
I: And that almost got shut down too!
W: But they're starting to have shows again
J: Yeah we're talking to them about doing something
I: Yeah I played a show there right when they were getting shut down and it was like, emotional, you know? But now they're back in business, you know, gotta keep it going strong. But, alright, I'm gonna kinda wrap it up here; you said you've got a new album in the works|
M or A: I think we should definitely have some stuff by March
I: For a second show, you guys were really, really strong. The way I always close out interviews, just to kind-of get people's take on things, [is]: what would you say is your favorite breakfast food? I'm gonna go one-by-one here
J: Juevos Rancheros
A; Just some scrambled eggs
W: Just eggs over-easy and a couple strips of bacon
M: Eggs in a basket
I: Okay, what does that entail?
M: The way I make them, I cook some toast, cut a hole in the middle, pour the egg over that, and then you let it brown.
[Miller Stehle enthusiastically enters the circle because eggs in a basket are his go-to breakfast as well]
I: Alright now we got my buddy Miller here, he's very excited about that
[Laughter all around]
Well thank you for the interview, Woodruff!
J: Thank you!
http://woodruff.bandcamp.com/releases
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Playlist for January 2016
This is a list of all the albums, EPs, demos, and singles that I listened to in their entirety during the month of January 2016, along with lists of the things I watched, things I read, and things I saw live during the same time period. Notes regarding all follow afterwards.
MUSIC
1/1/16
Megadeth - "Fatal Illusion" Japanese CD single
Hello Penelope - "Winona Ryder" b/w "Mother Mary" digital single
Blonde Redhead - "23"
1/3/16
The Ghost Inside - "Dear Youth"
CoolSide - "Freedom" digital single
Gorilla Biscuits - "Start Today"
1/4/16
Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp A Butterfly"
1/5/16
Surfaced - "Shrines"
Counterblast - "Nothingness"
1349 - "Tornado" single-sided 7"
Joann Falletta & The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - "The Mystic Trumpeter: Orchestral Fantasy After Walt Whitman" / "Forever Ten Million" / "Endymion's Narrative"
Willie Mitchell - "That Driving Beat" b/w "Secret Home" 7"
Cowboy Junkies - "The Caution Horses"
Set Your Goals - "This Will Be The Death Of Us"
1/6/16
Merchandise - "Children Of Desire"
The Flaming Lips - "At War With The Mystics"
Maw - "Uber Nano" digital single
Deftones - S/T
Lifetime - "Tinnitus" EP
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band - "Outer South"
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - "Global-a-Go-Go"
Sixx:a.m. - "The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack"
Rachel Platten - "Wildfire"
Spacemen 3 - "The Perfect Prescription"
1/7/16
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Freaky Styley"
Bullet For My Valentine - "The Poison"
Escape The Fate - "There's No Sympathy For The Dead" EP
Tiger Army - "The Early Years" EP
The Nothing - "Scream n Cry" b/w "Uniformz" 7"
Foo Fighters - "There Is Nothing Left To Lose"
Beastie Boys - "Hello Nasty"
The Spores - "Meat Biproduct" EP
E. Town Concrete - "Time 2 Shine"
Taake - "Kulde"
Limerent Dance Machine - "Dream A Reason Why"
Nodes Of Ranvier - S/T
Snobb Slakt - "Anti-Disco" cassette
No Red Alice - "Ebony & Ivory" EP
Fetty Wap - S/T
1/8/16
Blonde Redhead - "Misery is a Butterfly"
Grimes - "Art Angels"
NOFX - "Punk in Drublic"
Alligatoah - "Musik Ist Keine Losung"
Blink 182 - "Cheshire Cat"
Dragonforce - "Maximum Overload"
Gossimer - "Across That White Plain (Remixes)"
Four Minute Mile - "Self Depriving // Cast Away" EP
Flag Of Democracy - "Love Songs" EP
Bayside - "The Walking Wounded"
At The Drive-In - "In/Casino/Out"
1/9/16
see through buildings - "applebee the cat & friends"
Converge - "You Fail Me"
Armored Saint - "Delirious Nomad"
Cannibal Corpse - "Butchered At Birth"
Agent Fresco - "Destrier"
The Carrier - "No Love Can Save Me" EP
Counting Days - "Liberated Sounds"
John Newman - "Revolve"
1/10/16
Rat Boy - "Sign On" b/w "Left 4 Dead" 7"
Seizure - "All Hail The Fucking System" EP
Crossfaith - "Xeno"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Mini Album Thingy Wingy"
M A T H - "face up" digital single
Lifetime - "Background"
The Chili Banditos/Hit Me, Harold! - "Taco Cat" split EP
Bogsey & The Argonauts - "Skinned Knees"
Rammstein - "Reise Reise"
Lost Cause - "The World Is Yours" demo
Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova - "One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels" split EP
Seaons - "April Fool's" digital single
1/11/16
David Bowie - "Best Of Bowie"
Soul Power - Demo
Major Lazer - "Peace is the Mission"
1/13/16
Simon & Garfunkle - "The Essential"
Revision - Demo 2014
Logan Greene Electric - "Dead Formats" EP
Cruelty Code - "No Light" digital single
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "A Joyful Noise" EP
Proletariat Youth - "Chin Check" EP
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Uplift Mofo Party Plan"
1/14/16
Aura Noir - "Black Thrash Attack"
Colombian Necktie - "Twilight Upon Us"
E. Town Concrete - "The Second Coming"
1/15/16
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich - "Krupa and Rich"
The Vision Bleak - "Witching Hour"
1/16/16
Death Comes In 3s - Demo CD
Van der Graaf Generator - "Pawn Hearts"
Pollution People - "Future Trash" EP
Midnight Parade - "Living Room" demo
Snobb Slakt - S/T EP
Dark Haven - "Your Darkest Hour" EP
Odesza - "Summer's Gone"
Reel Biog Fish - "Turn The Radio Off"
Mumford & Sons - "Wilder Mind"
1/18/16
The Twilight Singers - "Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers"
Suicide Machines - "A Match & Some Gasoline"
Skunk Anansie - "Anarchytecture"
Blood Has Been Shed - "Novella of Uriel"
Life Or Death - 2-song promo CD
Mudvayne - "Lost and Found"
Ghost Noise - "This Is The Next Part Of Your Dream"
Astral Projection - "Dancing Galaxy"
Killswitch Engage - "As Daylight Dies"
1/19/16
Youth Of Today - "Can't Close My Eyes" EP
Deeds Of Flesh - "Gradually Melted" EP
Suicidal Tendencies - "The Art Of Rebellion"
1/20/16
Morphine - "Cure For Pain"
Best Coast - "California Nights"
The Toy Dolls - "Dig That Groove Baby"
Capitol Punishment - 1982 Demo
Northlane - "Singularity"
Heaven Shall Burn - "AntiGone"
1/21/16
The Pocket Rockets - S/T EP
Appollonia - "Dull Parade"
Enslaved - "Eld"
Saosin - "Translating The Name" EP
1/22/16
Akira Takasaki - "Ki"
Shojo Winter - "Somewhere Else" EP
1/23/16
Mogwai - "Rock Action"
Adriatique - "Playground" EP
1/24/16
Gai - "Extermination" EP
Obituary - "Cause Of Death"
1/25/16
The Buzzcocks - "Singles Going Steady"
Set Your Anchor - "Regret" digital single
Fort Hope - "Courage"
Parov Stelar - "The Demon Diaries"
Slaves - "Hey" EP
Eagles Of Death Metal - "Heart On"
Motive - "Demigodz present: Mo-Linium: The Takeover Begins"
The Black Angels - "Passover"
Trial (SF) - S/T EP
Wreckage - "This Cunt Fucked My Late Husband" EP
1/26/16
Korn - "Follow The Leader"
Jamie xx - "In Colour"
CoolSide - "Own The Zone" EP
The Avalanches - "Since I Left You"
Stevie Wonder - "Innervisions"
The Chainsmokers - "Bouquet" EP
1/27/16
The Commodores - "Anthology" Disc 2
Merit - "The End Of Everything" EP
OCD - "OCD2" EP
Bassnectar - "Cozza Frenzy"
1/28/15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Requiem in D Minor"
Bliksem - "Face The Evil"
Deeds Of Flesh - "Trading Pieces"
Capitol Punishment - S/T EP
Pete Seeger - "If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope and Struggle"
1/29/16
Negative Approach - S/T EP
The Hurt Process - "Drive By Monologue"
Mogwai - "Happy Music For Happy People"
Vanna - "Curses"
1/30/16
Avi Zahner - Summer 2009 CD-R
Atreyu - "A Death-Grip On Yesterday"
Dying Regret - 2-song demo CD
Slayer - "Divine Intervention"
Bloodhound Gang - "Hooray For Boobies!"
The Gravitys - "Nutrition"
Ground Up - 4-song 2008 demo
1/31/16
Roni Size/Reprazent - "New Forms" Disc 1
The Mars Volta - "Live" EP
The Oculist - "Principles"
Calavera - "Resurrect The Dead, Celebrate The Living: The First 10 Years 1996-2006"
Corp D - 4-song demo CD
MUSIC NOTES
- Favorite "new finds" of the month: Surfaced, Fetty Wap, Agent Fresco, Proletariat Youth, Appollonia, Akira Takasaki, OCD
- Holy shit I forgot how much of a fuckin banger "Hello Nasty" is from start to finish
- "My [homies] make their money just to spend it, cuz when you die you cannot take it with you."
- New albums by Fetty Wap, Grimes, Gossimer, Merit
- Man I forgot how badass "In/Casino/Out" was...absolute gold
- I did a review for that see through buildings album that was ambivalent at best, and the dude Ben who makes the music for the project decided to use my text as the cover art for his album, which is both flabbergasting and flattering...check it out here http://youshouldneverhaveopenedthatdoor.blogspot.com/2016/01/album-review-see-through-buildings.html
- Worst of the month: John Newman
- Rest In Peace David Bowie
- "Pretty girls, pretty boys, have you ever heard your mother say, Noise Annoys?"
- Yeesh that Bloodhound Gang album is atrocious
LIVE
1/2/16: The Coltranes/Pilgrims/Shojo Winter/(The Gravitys) @ The Dial
1/9/16: Little George @ Luke's
Old Skool Rocks @ Public House
1/11/16: Lost Cause/New Gods/Misery Ritual @ The Dial
1/30/16: Shojo Winter/M A T H/Cruelty Code/Wreckage & Black Cat @ The Dial
LIVE NOTES
- That was a great way to start the year, even if it was a fairly sloppy set even by Gravitys standards..."May all acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind"....
- Both those cover bands we saw in Old Town on the 9th played "Sweet Child O Mine" and neither of the singers came even close to hitting that ending wail "sweet chiieyieyieyiehald of miiiyeeiian"
- Interviews with Lost Cause, Misery Ritual, Wreckage, and Black Cat all coming soon
MOVIES/SHOWS
1/5/16: "Dead Hands Dig Deep"
1/7/16: "Ant-Man"
1/9/16: "Dead Hands Dig Deep"
1/13/16: "sex, lies, and videotape"
1/18/16: "Lord of the Flies"
1/25/16: FINISHED "24 Hour Party People"
1/26/16: "The Last House On The Left"
1/28/16: FINISHED "Metropolis"
1/29/16: "Ted 2"
1/30/16: "Stevie Nicks Live At Red Rocks"
1/31/16: "Irrational Man"
MOVIE/SHOW NOTES
- I thought "Ant-Man" was gonna be ridiculous in the worst way possible but it was actually ridiculous in a very cool way; Very enjoyable.
- I wrote a retrospective about my late friend Dustin because of how "24 Hour Party People" depicted Ian Curtis...check it out here if you want. Not fun stuff. http://youshouldneverhaveopenedthatdoor.blogspot.com/2016/01/good-show-reflections-on-dustin-marine.html
- Wow "Metropolis" truly is a work of art, a silent movie more interesting all the way through than half of the more entertainment pieces I watch
- "Ted 2" is like an extended commercial for a bunch of shitty media products and it's like not even funny
- That Stevie Nicks live performance LOOKS like cocaine
- I'm gonna have to re-watch "Irrational Man" cuz I fell asleep towards the end and then woke back up during the final scene so its all kind-of a blur
BOOKS
1/20/16: J.G. Ballard: Conversations edited by V. Vale
BOOK NOTES
- Maybe J.G. Ballard's thoughts were forward-thinking in the 70s or something but they are laughably, almost offensively behind the times now. Fool doesn't understand the Internet and multiple times basically defends pedophilia. Sorry, nerds, but just cuz he wrote some cool sci-fi back in the day doesn't mean he's not a fucking dipshit.
MUSIC
1/1/16
Megadeth - "Fatal Illusion" Japanese CD single
Hello Penelope - "Winona Ryder" b/w "Mother Mary" digital single
Blonde Redhead - "23"
1/3/16
The Ghost Inside - "Dear Youth"
CoolSide - "Freedom" digital single
Gorilla Biscuits - "Start Today"
1/4/16
Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp A Butterfly"
1/5/16
Surfaced - "Shrines"
Counterblast - "Nothingness"
1349 - "Tornado" single-sided 7"
Joann Falletta & The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - "The Mystic Trumpeter: Orchestral Fantasy After Walt Whitman" / "Forever Ten Million" / "Endymion's Narrative"
Willie Mitchell - "That Driving Beat" b/w "Secret Home" 7"
Cowboy Junkies - "The Caution Horses"
Set Your Goals - "This Will Be The Death Of Us"
1/6/16
Merchandise - "Children Of Desire"
The Flaming Lips - "At War With The Mystics"
Maw - "Uber Nano" digital single
Deftones - S/T
Lifetime - "Tinnitus" EP
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band - "Outer South"
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - "Global-a-Go-Go"
Sixx:a.m. - "The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack"
Rachel Platten - "Wildfire"
Spacemen 3 - "The Perfect Prescription"
1/7/16
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Freaky Styley"
Bullet For My Valentine - "The Poison"
Escape The Fate - "There's No Sympathy For The Dead" EP
Tiger Army - "The Early Years" EP
The Nothing - "Scream n Cry" b/w "Uniformz" 7"
Foo Fighters - "There Is Nothing Left To Lose"
Beastie Boys - "Hello Nasty"
The Spores - "Meat Biproduct" EP
E. Town Concrete - "Time 2 Shine"
Taake - "Kulde"
Limerent Dance Machine - "Dream A Reason Why"
Nodes Of Ranvier - S/T
Snobb Slakt - "Anti-Disco" cassette
No Red Alice - "Ebony & Ivory" EP
Fetty Wap - S/T
1/8/16
Blonde Redhead - "Misery is a Butterfly"
Grimes - "Art Angels"
NOFX - "Punk in Drublic"
Alligatoah - "Musik Ist Keine Losung"
Blink 182 - "Cheshire Cat"
Dragonforce - "Maximum Overload"
Gossimer - "Across That White Plain (Remixes)"
Four Minute Mile - "Self Depriving // Cast Away" EP
Flag Of Democracy - "Love Songs" EP
Bayside - "The Walking Wounded"
At The Drive-In - "In/Casino/Out"
1/9/16
see through buildings - "applebee the cat & friends"
Converge - "You Fail Me"
Armored Saint - "Delirious Nomad"
Cannibal Corpse - "Butchered At Birth"
Agent Fresco - "Destrier"
The Carrier - "No Love Can Save Me" EP
Counting Days - "Liberated Sounds"
John Newman - "Revolve"
1/10/16
Rat Boy - "Sign On" b/w "Left 4 Dead" 7"
Seizure - "All Hail The Fucking System" EP
Crossfaith - "Xeno"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Mini Album Thingy Wingy"
M A T H - "face up" digital single
Lifetime - "Background"
The Chili Banditos/Hit Me, Harold! - "Taco Cat" split EP
Bogsey & The Argonauts - "Skinned Knees"
Rammstein - "Reise Reise"
Lost Cause - "The World Is Yours" demo
Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova - "One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels" split EP
Seaons - "April Fool's" digital single
1/11/16
David Bowie - "Best Of Bowie"
Soul Power - Demo
Major Lazer - "Peace is the Mission"
1/13/16
Simon & Garfunkle - "The Essential"
Revision - Demo 2014
Logan Greene Electric - "Dead Formats" EP
Cruelty Code - "No Light" digital single
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "A Joyful Noise" EP
Proletariat Youth - "Chin Check" EP
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Uplift Mofo Party Plan"
1/14/16
Aura Noir - "Black Thrash Attack"
Colombian Necktie - "Twilight Upon Us"
E. Town Concrete - "The Second Coming"
1/15/16
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich - "Krupa and Rich"
The Vision Bleak - "Witching Hour"
1/16/16
Death Comes In 3s - Demo CD
Van der Graaf Generator - "Pawn Hearts"
Pollution People - "Future Trash" EP
Midnight Parade - "Living Room" demo
Snobb Slakt - S/T EP
Dark Haven - "Your Darkest Hour" EP
Odesza - "Summer's Gone"
Reel Biog Fish - "Turn The Radio Off"
Mumford & Sons - "Wilder Mind"
1/18/16
The Twilight Singers - "Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers"
Suicide Machines - "A Match & Some Gasoline"
Skunk Anansie - "Anarchytecture"
Blood Has Been Shed - "Novella of Uriel"
Life Or Death - 2-song promo CD
Mudvayne - "Lost and Found"
Ghost Noise - "This Is The Next Part Of Your Dream"
Astral Projection - "Dancing Galaxy"
Killswitch Engage - "As Daylight Dies"
1/19/16
Youth Of Today - "Can't Close My Eyes" EP
Deeds Of Flesh - "Gradually Melted" EP
Suicidal Tendencies - "The Art Of Rebellion"
1/20/16
Morphine - "Cure For Pain"
Best Coast - "California Nights"
The Toy Dolls - "Dig That Groove Baby"
Capitol Punishment - 1982 Demo
Northlane - "Singularity"
Heaven Shall Burn - "AntiGone"
1/21/16
The Pocket Rockets - S/T EP
Appollonia - "Dull Parade"
Enslaved - "Eld"
Saosin - "Translating The Name" EP
1/22/16
Akira Takasaki - "Ki"
Shojo Winter - "Somewhere Else" EP
1/23/16
Mogwai - "Rock Action"
Adriatique - "Playground" EP
1/24/16
Gai - "Extermination" EP
Obituary - "Cause Of Death"
1/25/16
The Buzzcocks - "Singles Going Steady"
Set Your Anchor - "Regret" digital single
Fort Hope - "Courage"
Parov Stelar - "The Demon Diaries"
Slaves - "Hey" EP
Eagles Of Death Metal - "Heart On"
Motive - "Demigodz present: Mo-Linium: The Takeover Begins"
The Black Angels - "Passover"
Trial (SF) - S/T EP
Wreckage - "This Cunt Fucked My Late Husband" EP
1/26/16
Korn - "Follow The Leader"
Jamie xx - "In Colour"
CoolSide - "Own The Zone" EP
The Avalanches - "Since I Left You"
Stevie Wonder - "Innervisions"
The Chainsmokers - "Bouquet" EP
1/27/16
The Commodores - "Anthology" Disc 2
Merit - "The End Of Everything" EP
OCD - "OCD2" EP
Bassnectar - "Cozza Frenzy"
1/28/15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Requiem in D Minor"
Bliksem - "Face The Evil"
Deeds Of Flesh - "Trading Pieces"
Capitol Punishment - S/T EP
Pete Seeger - "If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope and Struggle"
1/29/16
Negative Approach - S/T EP
The Hurt Process - "Drive By Monologue"
Mogwai - "Happy Music For Happy People"
Vanna - "Curses"
1/30/16
Avi Zahner - Summer 2009 CD-R
Atreyu - "A Death-Grip On Yesterday"
Dying Regret - 2-song demo CD
Slayer - "Divine Intervention"
Bloodhound Gang - "Hooray For Boobies!"
The Gravitys - "Nutrition"
Ground Up - 4-song 2008 demo
1/31/16
Roni Size/Reprazent - "New Forms" Disc 1
The Mars Volta - "Live" EP
The Oculist - "Principles"
Calavera - "Resurrect The Dead, Celebrate The Living: The First 10 Years 1996-2006"
Corp D - 4-song demo CD
MUSIC NOTES
- Favorite "new finds" of the month: Surfaced, Fetty Wap, Agent Fresco, Proletariat Youth, Appollonia, Akira Takasaki, OCD
- Holy shit I forgot how much of a fuckin banger "Hello Nasty" is from start to finish
- "My [homies] make their money just to spend it, cuz when you die you cannot take it with you."
- New albums by Fetty Wap, Grimes, Gossimer, Merit
- Man I forgot how badass "In/Casino/Out" was...absolute gold
- I did a review for that see through buildings album that was ambivalent at best, and the dude Ben who makes the music for the project decided to use my text as the cover art for his album, which is both flabbergasting and flattering...check it out here http://youshouldneverhaveopenedthatdoor.blogspot.com/2016/01/album-review-see-through-buildings.html
- Worst of the month: John Newman
- Rest In Peace David Bowie
- "Pretty girls, pretty boys, have you ever heard your mother say, Noise Annoys?"
- Yeesh that Bloodhound Gang album is atrocious
LIVE
1/2/16: The Coltranes/Pilgrims/Shojo Winter/(The Gravitys) @ The Dial
1/9/16: Little George @ Luke's
Old Skool Rocks @ Public House
1/11/16: Lost Cause/New Gods/Misery Ritual @ The Dial
1/30/16: Shojo Winter/M A T H/Cruelty Code/Wreckage & Black Cat @ The Dial
LIVE NOTES
- That was a great way to start the year, even if it was a fairly sloppy set even by Gravitys standards..."May all acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind"....
- Both those cover bands we saw in Old Town on the 9th played "Sweet Child O Mine" and neither of the singers came even close to hitting that ending wail "sweet chiieyieyieyiehald of miiiyeeiian"
- Interviews with Lost Cause, Misery Ritual, Wreckage, and Black Cat all coming soon
MOVIES/SHOWS
1/5/16: "Dead Hands Dig Deep"
1/7/16: "Ant-Man"
1/9/16: "Dead Hands Dig Deep"
1/13/16: "sex, lies, and videotape"
1/18/16: "Lord of the Flies"
1/25/16: FINISHED "24 Hour Party People"
1/26/16: "The Last House On The Left"
1/28/16: FINISHED "Metropolis"
1/29/16: "Ted 2"
1/30/16: "Stevie Nicks Live At Red Rocks"
1/31/16: "Irrational Man"
MOVIE/SHOW NOTES
- I thought "Ant-Man" was gonna be ridiculous in the worst way possible but it was actually ridiculous in a very cool way; Very enjoyable.
- I wrote a retrospective about my late friend Dustin because of how "24 Hour Party People" depicted Ian Curtis...check it out here if you want. Not fun stuff. http://youshouldneverhaveopenedthatdoor.blogspot.com/2016/01/good-show-reflections-on-dustin-marine.html
- Wow "Metropolis" truly is a work of art, a silent movie more interesting all the way through than half of the more entertainment pieces I watch
- "Ted 2" is like an extended commercial for a bunch of shitty media products and it's like not even funny
- That Stevie Nicks live performance LOOKS like cocaine
- I'm gonna have to re-watch "Irrational Man" cuz I fell asleep towards the end and then woke back up during the final scene so its all kind-of a blur
BOOKS
1/20/16: J.G. Ballard: Conversations edited by V. Vale
BOOK NOTES
- Maybe J.G. Ballard's thoughts were forward-thinking in the 70s or something but they are laughably, almost offensively behind the times now. Fool doesn't understand the Internet and multiple times basically defends pedophilia. Sorry, nerds, but just cuz he wrote some cool sci-fi back in the day doesn't mean he's not a fucking dipshit.
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