IAN: Alright this is Ian, talking with Sarah, and I'm sorry, I just saw you perform but what was your [project's] name?
SARAH: My solo noise project is called Wreckage
I: I just saw you perform with Black Cat
S: Yes
I: You guys are very confrontational, especially for a harsh noise act...alot of [acts] are very solo-oriented [to the point of being isolating] but you guys are right in people's faces. Is that a Wendy O'Williams thing or where do you think you get your approach from?
S: Where I get my approach from? It's basically...[pause] I'm sorry...
I: No, I mean obviousely [you're not influenced] by just one thing...
S: Yeah, it's a combination of a lot of different thing, it's combining my love for putting mysticism and ritual with a lot of people who have problems, you know, and seizures and things like that, and [they] can't really hide that. So when you're in a situation where you're at school or something, or something happens where you can't really hide what's happening to you, usually people kind-of laugh at you or whatever. So I like to be able to turn that concept into performance art where no one's laughing, but it's very art-oriented and it's not uncomfortable.
I: That I can definitely see; I don't think anybody's laughing at what you're doing. I really appreciate the way that you approach people in a confrontational yet almost comforting manner. What would you say to that effect?
S: I assess people differently depending on what kind of vibes I get off them. When they seem very uncomfortable and they start trying to giggle or something like that, then I'm more aggressive with them to shut them down immediately. People who look really timid and nervous, I try to be a lot more comforting to them.
I: I saw that, [there were moments where] you hugged people in a way that [made you] seem very approachable; but then there's also that element of unapproachability as well.
S: That's something I deal with a lot in real life. There's the mentality where you love everyone but you don't really like anyone.
I: You don't even know them, but at the same time you've got your heart open
S: Yeah
I: [to Black Cat aka Jimmy] So what I wanted to ask you - you're there behind [while] she's doing this very bold performance. Do you feel in any way overshadowed by that? Obviously you know what you're doing
JIMMY: The way I like setting up is, I kinda do like a back-up soundtrack on purpose. I set I set the mood so you can hear her scream louder than she might actually be. It doesn't end up affecting it but I still get the highs and the lows. I like that ability to have dynamics. I like the [fact] that she doesn't have to use a mic with anything. I make it as easy as possible for her to do that cuz she ends up being the sole [point of] attention, with me being a backing track to it.
I: Right, so are you gonna do anything like a joint release with both of you, or is this more of a live thing?
J: We're doing a release of what we used to do, for the most part live, which is still kinda what we do; the central, kind-of soft-track is passed over. But we don't really have anything other than that planned.
S: We were planning on doing something where we have this set order and routine as to what we do and which songs, where we choose what we play like pretty often, and then release that as an album, and then completely change it.
J: The way I like to view it, I like having a lot of structure in how we do our shows. It's not really improvised, for the most part, because we do have structure with it, which is something I try alot with because [sometimes] we switch over really fast, between completely different sets.
I: So you know what's what [as it changes]
J: Usually we have one more ambient-style thing switching into that softer [style], kind-of just her over a backing sample and then going back into a more monotone piece [which] usually has like a matching beat behind it. It really depends on what we're able to do with the venue.
I: So I'm gonna kinda cut things out right here; I really appreciate you guys taking time to talk with me real quick; the thing I always like to ask people before we're done here - what's your favorite breakfast food?
S: My favorite breakfast food would have to be cake
I: Cake! Any particular type of cake?
S: Well, I really like it when somebody has a birthday in my house or, like, in my dorm, wherever I am. There's always, like, refrigerated cake the next morning. That's like, the best feeling.
I: That does sound good [Laughter] And then Black Cat, I'm sorry, what was your name again?
J: Jimmy
I: For some reason I want to call you Alex, I don't know why
J: That's a first. Usually it's like, Steven, or something like that.
I: Breakfast foods?
J: Pancakes.
I: Pancakes?
J: Particularly the chocolate pancakes they offer at IHOP
I: Oh those are good. Well thank you for your time, I'm gonna include this on my blog and again, great performance. Keep doing what you're doing.
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Monday, April 25, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Playlist for March 2016
This is a list of all the albums/EPs/demos/singles that I listened to in their entirety during the month of March 2016, along with lists of things I watched, read, and saw live. I spilled vodka all over my notebook and I write in different colors every day so everything that was in red ink got all splotched and as a result some of the things I wrote down are unintelligible. I'm sure you're all very upset but we gotta make do and mend.
MUSIC
3/1/16
Of Monsters And Men - "Beneath The Skin"
Crazy P - "Walk Dance Talk Sing"
Desert Dwellers - "The Great Mystery"
Pearl Jam - "I Want You So Hard (live)" b/w "I Love You All The Time" digital single
Modern English - "After The Snow"
Incantation - "Mortal Throne Of Nazarene"
Iron Maiden - "The Book Of Souls" 2XCD
3/2/16
Vader - "De Profundis"
Future - "Purple Reign" mixtape
Testament - "Practice What You Preach"
Nine Inch Nails - "Ghosts I" EP
Nine Inch Nails - "Ghosts II" EP
King's X - "Gretchen Goes To Nebraska"
Where My Bones Rest Easy - "Exercises in Futility"
Matchbook Romance - "Voices"
Metallica - "Master Of Puppets"
iamerror - Demo 06
Poison The Well - "I-II" EP
Poison The Well - "The Tropic Rot"
3/3/16
Mercy Ties - "Proper Corruption"
Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm"
Ground Up - 2008 4-song demo
Lost Sounds - S/T
George Michael - "Faith"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Machine" EP
Barrington Levy - "Too Experienced: The Best Of"
Prong - "Cleansing"
Where The Sidewalk Ends - "Blame The West Coast" EP
Vader - "The Ultimate Incantation"
Dogs - "The Ongoing"
3/4/16
Quarrels - "Admit"
The Home Team - "Letters From A Friend" digital single
Kississippi - "We Have No Future, We're All Doomed" EP
Dio - "Diamonds: The Best Of"
Earth - "Angels of Darkness, Demons Of Light"
Joanna Newsom - "Divers"
Enslaved - "Isa"
Of Mice & Men - "Restoring Force"
Deorro & J-Trick/DJ Shoot/Marnik, Lush, and Simon - "Rambo"/"Swap"/"Orion" EP
Cannibal Corpse - "The Bleeding"
Agnostic Front - "United Blood" EP
Sheer - "Uneasy"
3/5/16
All That Remains - "Overcome"
Bestial Mouths - S/T
Myotonia - S/T
Culture Abuse - "Spray Paint The Dog" EP
Dream Theatre - "Metropolis 2: Scenes From A Memory"
3/6/16
Roisin Murphy - "Hairless Toys"
Dimmu Borgir - "In Sorte Diaboli"
Avatar - "Hail The Apocalypse"
Eric Clapton - "The Cream Of Clapton"
3/7/16
Bob Dylan - "The Essential"
iamerror - "Super IAE 2" EP
The Clash - S/T
A$AP Rocky - "At.Long.Last"
Vader - "De Profundis"
3/8/16
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell"
AlunaGeorge - "You Know You Like It" EP
Nicolas Jaar - "Fight" digital single
Wiz Khalifa - "Taylor Alderdice" mixtape
Sixx:A.M. - "This Is Gonna Hurt"
The Chemical Brothers - "Born in the Echoes"
Flo Rida - "My House" digital single
Black Tiger Sex Machine - "The Kannihalen Anthem" EP
Slipmott - "Maximum Hardcore" Disc 3
3/9/16
Clutch - "Earth Rocker"
Poison The Well - "The Tropic Rot"
Josef Mystivec - "Cello Concerto in C Major"
Wayne Kemp - "Harlan County" b/w "I'll Leave This World Loving You" 7"
Loco Dice - "Underground Sound Suicide"
Capitalist Casualties - "Disassembly Line"
Grimes - "Kill v Maim (Little Johnny Urine remix)" digital single
The Last Shadow Puppets - "Bad Habits" digital single
Jr. Thomas & The Volcanoes - "Beware"
Ed Solo & Stickybuds - "Smoke The Weed" b/w "Joker Smoker" 12"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "This Unruly Mess I've Made"
Wiz Khalifa - "Kush & OJ" mixtape
Homewrecker - "Circle Of Death"
Syzslak - "When Demons Ride Angels"
Big Whup - 5-song EP
Helsott - "Folkvangr" EP
Tool - "Undertow"
The Victioriana - "Ornamental (Marchesa)" digital single
3/10/16
Kanye West - "Late Registration"
Blood Orange - "Cupid Deluxe"
Nuclear Assault - "Pounder" EP
Crystal Castles - "Frail" digital single
Brothers In Law - "Raise"
Low Culture / Needles//Pins - split EP
The Temptations - "Ultimate Collection"
Bad Cop/Bad Cop - "Boss Lady" EP
Trivium - "Ascendency"
Tonight Alive - "Limitless"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Is Is" EP
Letters To Catalonia - Demo
V/A - "This One Goes To Eleven" NoiseFest XI compilation
Sustains - "Lucero" b/w "What Comes Today" EP
Agnostic Front - "Victim In Pain" EP
Somewhat Ace - "spacesinbetween" EP
3/11/16
Doubter - "The Hits" EP
Slow Code - "Marketable Skills" EP
DJ Shadow - "Endtroducing..."
XTC - "Fossil Fuel: Singles Collection" Disc 2
Knots - "Heartbreaker" b/w "Action" 7"
Good Riddance - "Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit"
Wintersleep - S/T
Ikkashinju - "Slow Down" EP
Stoned Jesus - "Stormy Monday" EP
Natalie Prass - S/T
Condemned To Death - S/T EP
Ink. - "Flock and Flee" digital single
Kississippi - "I Can Feel You In My Hair Still" EP
Wovoka - "Saros"
3/12/16
The Melvins - "Houdini"
3/13/16
Dizzy Gillespie - "Dizzy Atmosphere"
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr"
The Animals - "Complete" Disc 1
3/14/16
iamerror - "Trout Yogurt"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication"
Misery Ritual - "Become" EP
Dogs - "Inquire Within" digital single
Mayday Parade - "Black Lines"
PopEvil - "Up"
Delta Heavy - "Oscillator" b/w "Fun House" digital single
Thrice - "The Alchemy Index"
3/15/16
Depeche Mode - "Violator"
Stevie Wonder - "My Cherie Amour"
All Time Low - "Nothing Personal"
Kerri Chandler - "Kaoz Theory" mixtape
Paul Kalkbrenner - "7"
Banners - S/T EP
Birdy Nam Nam - "Can't Do Me" digital single
Ty Segall - "Mr. Face" EP
King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King"
Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell"
3/16/16
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Take Them On, On Your Own"
Gamma Ray - "The Best Of" Disc 1
Thrice - "The Illusion Of Safety"
Jamie xx & Four Tet ft. Romy - "SeeSaw (Club Version)" digital single
Smut Peddlers - "Failure"
Janelle Monae - "The Electric Lady"
Claptone - "Charmer"
3/17/16
Primus - "Miscellaneous Debris" EP
Lusty - "XTC" digital single
Der Weg einer Freiheit - "Stellar"
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - "Le Sommeil d'Ulisse"
Agnostic Front - "Cause For Alarm"
The Barleycorn - "The Winds Are Singing Freedom"
Verbal Abuse - "Just An American Band"
Purity Ring - "Another Eternity"
Sparks - "A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing"
Ibeyi - S/T
Devo - "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo"
The Coltranes - first demo
3/18/16
Lowest Priority - "Golden & Violet 14" demo
Tiger Army - "Music From Regions Beyond"
Motion City Soundtrack - "Panic Stations"
The Replacements - "Pleased To Meet Me"
The Funk Hunters & DJ Wood - "Nasty" digital single
Bleep Bloop - "10 Watt Lazers" EP
Halsey - "Badlands"
Gusgus - "Sailor Kid" digital single
Jidenna ft. Roman GianArthur - "Classic Man" digital single
Paradise Lost - "The Plague Within"
Million Young - "Replicants"
The Smiths - "The Best"
3/19/16
John Coltrane - "Ken Burns Jazz"
3/21/16
Dave Matthews Band - "Crash"
Goo Goo Dolls - "A Boy Named Goo"
3/22/16
The Nobles - "Pitfalls of Earth Living"
3/23/16
Moving Picture Show - "Frame By Frame"
Black Cat - "Death In Sleep"
The Yardbirds - "Ultimate" Disc 2
Falling In Reverse - "Just Like You"
Agnostic Front - "Something's Gotta Give"
Green River - "Come On Down"
3/24/16
Hank Williams - "40 Greatest Hits" Disc 1
American Nightmare - "Background Music"
Panic! At The Disco - "Death of a Bachelor"
Avicii vs. Conrad Sewell - "Taste The Feeling" digital single
Arch Enemy - "Wages Of Sin"
Blink-182 - "Dogs Eating Dogs" EP
Zombie Nation - "Absorber"
Enter Shikari - "Redshift" digital single
Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - "The Trouble With Us" digital single
Eric Dahlman - "Glacier"
The Academy Is... - "The Academy" EP
Scale The Summit - "Scaling The Summit"
3/25/16
Circle Jerks - "Wonderful"
Phobia - "Cruel"
Stevie Wonder - "Talking Book"
Asking Alexandria - "The Black"
Lecherous Gaze/Hot Lunch - split 7"
Buildings - "It Doesn't Matter" EP
Shamir - "Ratchet"
Pixies - "Complete B-Sides"
Rogue Rats - S/T EP
3/26/16
The Cheyenne Line - "You Can't Close The Sky" demo
The Slow Death - "Turnstile Comix #1" EP
Sparks - "Propaganda"
Blind Guardian - "A Night At The Opera"
Deadless Muss - "I Will" EP
Ensiferum - "Dragonheads" EP
3/27/16
Degenerics - "Generica"
3/28/16
Decent Criminal - S/T
Arsonists Get All The Girls - "Portals"
3/29/16
The Skulls - "Therapy For The Shy"
3/30/16
Scale The Summit - "Carving Desert Canyons"
The Gravitys - "Nutrition"
3/31/16
Dave Matthews Band - "Crash"
MUSIC NOTES
- I listened to "You're Not Good Enough" by Blood Orange like every single day this month to the point where I had to teach myself rudimentary funk guitar so I could learn how to play the main riff...I've been at it for like 2 weeks and I'm still not playing it entirely correct and no way can I do vocals over it but DAMN that's a dope riff...honestly his whole "Cupid Deluxe" album kicks ass but that song in particular is just the banger
- Favorite "new finds" of the month: Crazy P, King's X, Mercy Ties, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Quarrels, Kississippi, Sheer, Letters To Catalonia, Slow Code, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Eric Dahlman
- Why "Mystery" isn't on Dio's greatest hits album really is a mystery
- Myotonia was only around for like a split second but they kicked fucking ass; when I saw them at the Showcase back in like 2007 it was like I was slackjawed at how badass they were
- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are alright I guess but how in the fuck were they so popular for awhile? Not entirely my bag
- After all these years of seeing their patches on crusty kids's jackets, that was the first time I think I ever listened to Capitalist Casualties...a bit generic but alright
- I interviewed Somewhat Ace when \_/ played with them but then I lost my phone like 2 days later so don't look out for that one...sorry guys
- Never been a big fan but after "Behind The Sun" I think "Easily" is probably my favorite RHCP song
- "Fuck you, that's why."
- "How do you say 'I miss you' to an answering machine?"
- Bigmouth Strikes Again. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others.
- I listened to Dave Matthews Band more this month than ever before and you know what, they are a genuinely great band. Fight me.
- Looking at this list you would think I was way more into Agnostic Front than I actually am
- I really liked that first Panic! At The Disco album back in high school and my god this new album has absolutely none of the things I liked about them...I mean, what the hell happened?
READINGS
3/3/16: FINISHED San Diego Union Tribune, Sunday January 24th issue
3/4/16: "I Heart Technology" issue 1
3/10/16: FINISHED "Savage Henry" issue #63
3/12/16: TokyoPop Sneaks Vol. 1 - 2004
READINGS NOTES
- I forgot how many fucking sections are in a Sunday newspaper
- That TokyoPop Sneaks thing really made me dislike the concept of manga
MOVIES
3/4/16: "Sinister 2"
"The Diary Of A Teenage Girl"
3/11/16: "WWE: The Attitude Era"
3/19/16: "Casino"
"The Victory Show Vol. 5"
3/22/16: "Pineapple Express"
3/25/16: "Daddy's Home"
3/27/16: "Thor: The Dark World"
MOVIE NOTES
- "The Diary Of A Teenage Girl" is kinda fucked up but also pretty good
- "Oh my god, he's got a steel chair!"
LIVE
3/12/16: Dogs/Bedbugs/[The Gravitys] @ White Oak Music & Arts
3/19/16: [The Gravitys]/Happy In Hemet/Somewhat Ace @ The Dial
MUSIC
3/1/16
Of Monsters And Men - "Beneath The Skin"
Crazy P - "Walk Dance Talk Sing"
Desert Dwellers - "The Great Mystery"
Pearl Jam - "I Want You So Hard (live)" b/w "I Love You All The Time" digital single
Modern English - "After The Snow"
Incantation - "Mortal Throne Of Nazarene"
Iron Maiden - "The Book Of Souls" 2XCD
3/2/16
Vader - "De Profundis"
Future - "Purple Reign" mixtape
Testament - "Practice What You Preach"
Nine Inch Nails - "Ghosts I" EP
Nine Inch Nails - "Ghosts II" EP
King's X - "Gretchen Goes To Nebraska"
Where My Bones Rest Easy - "Exercises in Futility"
Matchbook Romance - "Voices"
Metallica - "Master Of Puppets"
iamerror - Demo 06
Poison The Well - "I-II" EP
Poison The Well - "The Tropic Rot"
3/3/16
Mercy Ties - "Proper Corruption"
Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm"
Ground Up - 2008 4-song demo
Lost Sounds - S/T
George Michael - "Faith"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Machine" EP
Barrington Levy - "Too Experienced: The Best Of"
Prong - "Cleansing"
Where The Sidewalk Ends - "Blame The West Coast" EP
Vader - "The Ultimate Incantation"
Dogs - "The Ongoing"
3/4/16
Quarrels - "Admit"
The Home Team - "Letters From A Friend" digital single
Kississippi - "We Have No Future, We're All Doomed" EP
Dio - "Diamonds: The Best Of"
Earth - "Angels of Darkness, Demons Of Light"
Joanna Newsom - "Divers"
Enslaved - "Isa"
Of Mice & Men - "Restoring Force"
Deorro & J-Trick/DJ Shoot/Marnik, Lush, and Simon - "Rambo"/"Swap"/"Orion" EP
Cannibal Corpse - "The Bleeding"
Agnostic Front - "United Blood" EP
Sheer - "Uneasy"
3/5/16
All That Remains - "Overcome"
Bestial Mouths - S/T
Myotonia - S/T
Culture Abuse - "Spray Paint The Dog" EP
Dream Theatre - "Metropolis 2: Scenes From A Memory"
3/6/16
Roisin Murphy - "Hairless Toys"
Dimmu Borgir - "In Sorte Diaboli"
Avatar - "Hail The Apocalypse"
Eric Clapton - "The Cream Of Clapton"
3/7/16
Bob Dylan - "The Essential"
iamerror - "Super IAE 2" EP
The Clash - S/T
A$AP Rocky - "At.Long.Last"
Vader - "De Profundis"
3/8/16
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell"
AlunaGeorge - "You Know You Like It" EP
Nicolas Jaar - "Fight" digital single
Wiz Khalifa - "Taylor Alderdice" mixtape
Sixx:A.M. - "This Is Gonna Hurt"
The Chemical Brothers - "Born in the Echoes"
Flo Rida - "My House" digital single
Black Tiger Sex Machine - "The Kannihalen Anthem" EP
Slipmott - "Maximum Hardcore" Disc 3
3/9/16
Clutch - "Earth Rocker"
Poison The Well - "The Tropic Rot"
Josef Mystivec - "Cello Concerto in C Major"
Wayne Kemp - "Harlan County" b/w "I'll Leave This World Loving You" 7"
Loco Dice - "Underground Sound Suicide"
Capitalist Casualties - "Disassembly Line"
Grimes - "Kill v Maim (Little Johnny Urine remix)" digital single
The Last Shadow Puppets - "Bad Habits" digital single
Jr. Thomas & The Volcanoes - "Beware"
Ed Solo & Stickybuds - "Smoke The Weed" b/w "Joker Smoker" 12"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "This Unruly Mess I've Made"
Wiz Khalifa - "Kush & OJ" mixtape
Homewrecker - "Circle Of Death"
Syzslak - "When Demons Ride Angels"
Big Whup - 5-song EP
Helsott - "Folkvangr" EP
Tool - "Undertow"
The Victioriana - "Ornamental (Marchesa)" digital single
3/10/16
Kanye West - "Late Registration"
Blood Orange - "Cupid Deluxe"
Nuclear Assault - "Pounder" EP
Crystal Castles - "Frail" digital single
Brothers In Law - "Raise"
Low Culture / Needles//Pins - split EP
The Temptations - "Ultimate Collection"
Bad Cop/Bad Cop - "Boss Lady" EP
Trivium - "Ascendency"
Tonight Alive - "Limitless"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Is Is" EP
Letters To Catalonia - Demo
V/A - "This One Goes To Eleven" NoiseFest XI compilation
Sustains - "Lucero" b/w "What Comes Today" EP
Agnostic Front - "Victim In Pain" EP
Somewhat Ace - "spacesinbetween" EP
3/11/16
Doubter - "The Hits" EP
Slow Code - "Marketable Skills" EP
DJ Shadow - "Endtroducing..."
XTC - "Fossil Fuel: Singles Collection" Disc 2
Knots - "Heartbreaker" b/w "Action" 7"
Good Riddance - "Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit"
Wintersleep - S/T
Ikkashinju - "Slow Down" EP
Stoned Jesus - "Stormy Monday" EP
Natalie Prass - S/T
Condemned To Death - S/T EP
Ink. - "Flock and Flee" digital single
Kississippi - "I Can Feel You In My Hair Still" EP
Wovoka - "Saros"
3/12/16
The Melvins - "Houdini"
3/13/16
Dizzy Gillespie - "Dizzy Atmosphere"
Blitzen Trapper - "Furr"
The Animals - "Complete" Disc 1
3/14/16
iamerror - "Trout Yogurt"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication"
Misery Ritual - "Become" EP
Dogs - "Inquire Within" digital single
Mayday Parade - "Black Lines"
PopEvil - "Up"
Delta Heavy - "Oscillator" b/w "Fun House" digital single
Thrice - "The Alchemy Index"
3/15/16
Depeche Mode - "Violator"
Stevie Wonder - "My Cherie Amour"
All Time Low - "Nothing Personal"
Kerri Chandler - "Kaoz Theory" mixtape
Paul Kalkbrenner - "7"
Banners - S/T EP
Birdy Nam Nam - "Can't Do Me" digital single
Ty Segall - "Mr. Face" EP
King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King"
Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell"
3/16/16
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Take Them On, On Your Own"
Gamma Ray - "The Best Of" Disc 1
Thrice - "The Illusion Of Safety"
Jamie xx & Four Tet ft. Romy - "SeeSaw (Club Version)" digital single
Smut Peddlers - "Failure"
Janelle Monae - "The Electric Lady"
Claptone - "Charmer"
3/17/16
Primus - "Miscellaneous Debris" EP
Lusty - "XTC" digital single
Der Weg einer Freiheit - "Stellar"
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - "Le Sommeil d'Ulisse"
Agnostic Front - "Cause For Alarm"
The Barleycorn - "The Winds Are Singing Freedom"
Verbal Abuse - "Just An American Band"
Purity Ring - "Another Eternity"
Sparks - "A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing"
Ibeyi - S/T
Devo - "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo"
The Coltranes - first demo
3/18/16
Lowest Priority - "Golden & Violet 14" demo
Tiger Army - "Music From Regions Beyond"
Motion City Soundtrack - "Panic Stations"
The Replacements - "Pleased To Meet Me"
The Funk Hunters & DJ Wood - "Nasty" digital single
Bleep Bloop - "10 Watt Lazers" EP
Halsey - "Badlands"
Gusgus - "Sailor Kid" digital single
Jidenna ft. Roman GianArthur - "Classic Man" digital single
Paradise Lost - "The Plague Within"
Million Young - "Replicants"
The Smiths - "The Best"
3/19/16
John Coltrane - "Ken Burns Jazz"
3/21/16
Dave Matthews Band - "Crash"
Goo Goo Dolls - "A Boy Named Goo"
3/22/16
The Nobles - "Pitfalls of Earth Living"
3/23/16
Moving Picture Show - "Frame By Frame"
Black Cat - "Death In Sleep"
The Yardbirds - "Ultimate" Disc 2
Falling In Reverse - "Just Like You"
Agnostic Front - "Something's Gotta Give"
Green River - "Come On Down"
3/24/16
Hank Williams - "40 Greatest Hits" Disc 1
American Nightmare - "Background Music"
Panic! At The Disco - "Death of a Bachelor"
Avicii vs. Conrad Sewell - "Taste The Feeling" digital single
Arch Enemy - "Wages Of Sin"
Blink-182 - "Dogs Eating Dogs" EP
Zombie Nation - "Absorber"
Enter Shikari - "Redshift" digital single
Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - "The Trouble With Us" digital single
Eric Dahlman - "Glacier"
The Academy Is... - "The Academy" EP
Scale The Summit - "Scaling The Summit"
3/25/16
Circle Jerks - "Wonderful"
Phobia - "Cruel"
Stevie Wonder - "Talking Book"
Asking Alexandria - "The Black"
Lecherous Gaze/Hot Lunch - split 7"
Buildings - "It Doesn't Matter" EP
Shamir - "Ratchet"
Pixies - "Complete B-Sides"
Rogue Rats - S/T EP
3/26/16
The Cheyenne Line - "You Can't Close The Sky" demo
The Slow Death - "Turnstile Comix #1" EP
Sparks - "Propaganda"
Blind Guardian - "A Night At The Opera"
Deadless Muss - "I Will" EP
Ensiferum - "Dragonheads" EP
3/27/16
Degenerics - "Generica"
3/28/16
Decent Criminal - S/T
Arsonists Get All The Girls - "Portals"
3/29/16
The Skulls - "Therapy For The Shy"
3/30/16
Scale The Summit - "Carving Desert Canyons"
The Gravitys - "Nutrition"
3/31/16
Dave Matthews Band - "Crash"
MUSIC NOTES
- I listened to "You're Not Good Enough" by Blood Orange like every single day this month to the point where I had to teach myself rudimentary funk guitar so I could learn how to play the main riff...I've been at it for like 2 weeks and I'm still not playing it entirely correct and no way can I do vocals over it but DAMN that's a dope riff...honestly his whole "Cupid Deluxe" album kicks ass but that song in particular is just the banger
- Favorite "new finds" of the month: Crazy P, King's X, Mercy Ties, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Quarrels, Kississippi, Sheer, Letters To Catalonia, Slow Code, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Eric Dahlman
- Why "Mystery" isn't on Dio's greatest hits album really is a mystery
- Myotonia was only around for like a split second but they kicked fucking ass; when I saw them at the Showcase back in like 2007 it was like I was slackjawed at how badass they were
- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are alright I guess but how in the fuck were they so popular for awhile? Not entirely my bag
- After all these years of seeing their patches on crusty kids's jackets, that was the first time I think I ever listened to Capitalist Casualties...a bit generic but alright
- I interviewed Somewhat Ace when \_/ played with them but then I lost my phone like 2 days later so don't look out for that one...sorry guys
- Never been a big fan but after "Behind The Sun" I think "Easily" is probably my favorite RHCP song
- "Fuck you, that's why."
- "How do you say 'I miss you' to an answering machine?"
- Bigmouth Strikes Again. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others.
- I listened to Dave Matthews Band more this month than ever before and you know what, they are a genuinely great band. Fight me.
- Looking at this list you would think I was way more into Agnostic Front than I actually am
- I really liked that first Panic! At The Disco album back in high school and my god this new album has absolutely none of the things I liked about them...I mean, what the hell happened?
READINGS
3/3/16: FINISHED San Diego Union Tribune, Sunday January 24th issue
3/4/16: "I Heart Technology" issue 1
3/10/16: FINISHED "Savage Henry" issue #63
3/12/16: TokyoPop Sneaks Vol. 1 - 2004
READINGS NOTES
- I forgot how many fucking sections are in a Sunday newspaper
- That TokyoPop Sneaks thing really made me dislike the concept of manga
MOVIES
3/4/16: "Sinister 2"
"The Diary Of A Teenage Girl"
3/11/16: "WWE: The Attitude Era"
3/19/16: "Casino"
"The Victory Show Vol. 5"
3/22/16: "Pineapple Express"
3/25/16: "Daddy's Home"
3/27/16: "Thor: The Dark World"
MOVIE NOTES
- "The Diary Of A Teenage Girl" is kinda fucked up but also pretty good
- "Oh my god, he's got a steel chair!"
LIVE
3/12/16: Dogs/Bedbugs/[The Gravitys] @ White Oak Music & Arts
3/19/16: [The Gravitys]/Happy In Hemet/Somewhat Ace @ The Dial
Monday, April 4, 2016
My top 3 fears
Everyone is afraid. Some people live in a state of Constant Horror. I'm afraid and skittish almost all the time, even if sometimes I try to bro-core it off. Angry dogs, actual criminals, natural diasasters, etc...Life gives you many things to fear. This is a list of the things I fear the most.
3. Dying in a car
I was in a terrible car crash in 2006 that my friends and I are almost unrealistically lucky to have survived. People that drive me around probably think I'm a schizoid when minor traffic things happen cuz I grab the door and put my foot down as though I had a brake myself. But dying in a car is terrifying to me...it's too unnatural.
2. Breaking my hands and being unable to write or play guitar anymore
This one is also car-related. When I was a kid I almost always had my hand hanging out the passenger window when my parents drove me around. One day a car kinda came close and I had to pull my arm inside. Ever since that day in like 6th grade I've had the thought in the back of my mind that if I lost my hands I would lose everything. If I couldn't scribble in my notebook or jam on the guitar I would lose all meaning, all purpose, all.
1. Finding true love and happiness
I have this terrible feeling that one day I'll finally find someone and life will start to turn around and that's when I'll finally be diagnosed with irrecovable cirrhosis. It's probably my most lingering thought. It keeps me up at night. I almost want to wallow in lonliness and semi-despair for the rest of my life because I don't want to let anyone down more than I already have.
Rock n roll will never die, but you will.
DRIVE SAFELY
3. Dying in a car
I was in a terrible car crash in 2006 that my friends and I are almost unrealistically lucky to have survived. People that drive me around probably think I'm a schizoid when minor traffic things happen cuz I grab the door and put my foot down as though I had a brake myself. But dying in a car is terrifying to me...it's too unnatural.
2. Breaking my hands and being unable to write or play guitar anymore
This one is also car-related. When I was a kid I almost always had my hand hanging out the passenger window when my parents drove me around. One day a car kinda came close and I had to pull my arm inside. Ever since that day in like 6th grade I've had the thought in the back of my mind that if I lost my hands I would lose everything. If I couldn't scribble in my notebook or jam on the guitar I would lose all meaning, all purpose, all.
1. Finding true love and happiness
I have this terrible feeling that one day I'll finally find someone and life will start to turn around and that's when I'll finally be diagnosed with irrecovable cirrhosis. It's probably my most lingering thought. It keeps me up at night. I almost want to wallow in lonliness and semi-despair for the rest of my life because I don't want to let anyone down more than I already have.
Rock n roll will never die, but you will.
DRIVE SAFELY
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