Saturday, November 19, 2016

INTERVIEW: Ryan from Frustrated and Seance 9/20/16

This interview was conducted in between bands at Awakening Church 9/20/16. To inform what much of our conversation is about: During Frustrated's set I was in the moshpit and apparently ran into a girl behind me or something, and it all almost turned into a big scurfuffle. I was frankly surprised at what was going on because I didn't feel like I touched anybody at all but half the crowd was against me and others also didn't see the problem. We also talk about music and stuff too. Much like my interview with Lost Cause, there are other cast members to this interview and there was a lot of noise in the background so I apologize to anybody if I got their name or anything wrong. It spirals into heavy breakfast talk at the end.

IAN: This is Ian, who am I speaking with right now?
RYAN: This is Ryan from Frustrated and Seance
ROJELIO: Rojelio Barro, Road Dawg
I: Alright, so let's go over what just happened during the mosh pit right now, from your point of view
R: Just inconveniences, really. I don't really know. To me it doesn't really matter that much because shit's bound to happen but in all honesty, just people got pissed and shit escalated way too much. I feel like it's all misconstrued bullshit. Like, from what I understand - I didn't really see anything happen - but someone said that a girl got hit. I mean, girls know what they're getting themselves into by going to shows and shit. Like, it's not new. Girls just as much as guys or anybody who identifies as anything different knows, if you go to a show you're gonna get hit
I: I feel like somehow I was the guy swinging my arms I guess [but] I didn't mean to hit anyone. I didn't even realize I had hit anyone. So from that point of view, like, how do you make reconciliation?
[Female voice from background, later identified as TAYLOR]: Just, if you hit someone, and you feel that you've hit someone, then stop
I: I didn't feel that I did
T: Okay but lets say that you did, you just kinda look back and see who it is, kinda tap'em on the shoulder
I: Well thats normally what I would do, of course. I didn't even know that I had even tapped or run into anyone. So I don't know who it was [that I hit] but...what was your name just so I can properly identify you in this interview?
T: Taylor
R: Yeah, I mean, from my point of view - I didn't see what happened - but you were just moshing and shit and I really appreciate that coming from, like, the musician side of things
I: I was just trying to rock out
R: No, I'm totally all for that shit. That's what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to feel the music
I: So, I feel bad if in any way I would have disrupted anybody. I'm glad I was able to talk to you, I don't know who it was maybe I should [apologize] to
R: I mean, you and I both know it wasn't intentional. You just felt the music, which is what we're here for, you know? This shit is about getting out your aggression but you're also having fun with the music. Some people go and, like, target people at shows, which is bullshit. In those cases, whatever chip is on your shoulder, deal with it on your own time. But if you're just moving and having fun , I don't see why people would get pissed over that. You're just enjoying yourself. You didn't mean to hurt anybody
I: No, no, not at all. Well I'm glad you agree with me on that point. Thank you for talking with me. Do you have stuff coming up, like any records or anything
R: Yeah we're releasing a 2-song promo tape on October 11th with Hyperjoint [sic?] Records. It's gonna be 2 songs off our new 10-inch called "I've Lost Myself" which will be out next year. That's 7 new songs.
I: Word. What's your favorite breakfast food?
R: French toast. All the way
I: French toast?
R: I've been a breakfast head since day one. Anybody who says breakfast is just for the morning is a fucking liar. I'll eat breakfast at 6pm, I'll eat breakfast at 3 in the morning
[Male voice from the background, later identified (I think) as ROY: Anybody who says "girly" breakfasts are only for girls are idiots cuz I fucking love pancakes with strawberries
I: Wait, wait, what's your name?
ROY: Roy
I: [To Rojelio] And what's your favorite breakfast food
ROJELIO: Uhhhhhh...
ROY: Pussy
ROJELIO: I don't know
ROY: I always get strawberry banana pancakes
[Ruckus begins in the background as next band starts up]
R: You got any other questions for me?
I: Really I just wanted to clarify that I didn't assault anyone
R: No you didn't you were just having fun
I: Alright well as long as we're all good. Again, thank you for your time
R: Thanks for talking with us man
I: Do you guys have any plans on playing around town more or going on tour or anything
R: We were supposed to tour this year but a lot of us have work and shit and we're busy writing records so we're taking a break from touring for the rest of this year but next year....
[Background music becomes too loud to talk any further]

https://frustratedxxx.bandcamp.com/
 https://seanceca.bandcamp.com/

Playlist for September 2016

This is a list of all the things I listened to, watched, or read in their entirety during the month of September 2016. Afterwards are my notes regarding each. Enjoy!

NOTE: I was fucked up on mollies for like 2 full weeks in September so I apologize in advance for not having more cohesive notes. I know you guys really look forward to those ;D

MOVIES/SHOWS
9/2/16: "Jon Stewart: Unleavened"
9/4/16: FINISHED "The Turning Point"
            "Kingdom of the Spiders"
            "Child's Play 2"
9/5/16: "Daniel Tosh: People Pleaser"
            "Meet The Feebles"
9/7/16: FINISHED "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
          : "Keanu"
9/13/16: FINISHED "The Girl Can't Help It"
9/14/16: "Colin Quinn: Long Story Short"
9/15/16: FINISHED "Thank You For Smoking"
              "Moneyball"
9/20/16: FINISHED "The Day Of The Animals"

MOVIE/SHOW NOTES
- I watched the old noir "Turning Point" not the 70s ballet "Turning Point" that my mom loves
- Wow "Meet The Feebles" would be a really fucked up, disturbing movie even if it wasn't starring only warped Muppet-esque creatures...the song at the end, "Garden of Love"....an evil classic
- "Plan 9" wasn't nearly the piece of shit I thought it was gonna be, it wasn't great but I feel like I've seen movies from that era that were way stupider and poorly filmed that are seen as classics now
- Now "The Day Of The Animals" and especially "Frogs," those really do deserve their worst-of-all-time distinctions purely for being too boring even to laugh at

MUSIC
9/3/16
Westward - "This Moment" digital single

9/4/16
Bassnectar - "Unlimited"
Tears For Fears - "The Hurting"

9/5/16
Agression - "Don't Be Mistaken"
Social Distortion - "Prison Bound"
Amon Amarth - "Jorgsviking"

9/6/16
Grace Jones - "Hurricane"
V/A - "Spawn: The Motion Picture" OST
Soundgarden - "Down on the Upside"
Battalion Of Saints a.d. - "Cuts"
Safe And Sound - "Embers Still Remain"
Crab Legs - "Friday Night No One" digital single
Mars Moles - "Fimme Some Melody"
The Haven - 2-song promo CD
Ian Anderson - "Thick As A Brick 2"

9/7/16
Zomby - "Ultra"
seethroughbuildings - "From One Point To Another"
Luscious Jackson - "Fever In Fever Out"
Dennis Ferrer - "The World As I See It"
Kikeiji - "Plastic Scandal" EP
V/A - "Casa de Diversion Vol. 4"
Interpol - "Turn On The Bright Lights"

9/8/16
Thy Art Is Murder - "Holy War"
Chance The Rapper - "Coloring Book"
Tyrannosaurus Zebra - "T.Z. Lite Vol. 1: Milo Goes To Otis"
The Knife - "Deep Cuts"
Misery Ritual - "I Hurt Because I Must"
Pier Damiano Peretti - "Nicholas de Grigny's Ave Maris Stella"

9/9/16
Black Sabbath - "Master of Reality"
Black Sabbath - "Vol. 4"
Primal Scream - "Chaosmosis"
Hatebreed - "The Rise of Brutality"
Hatebreed - "Perseverance"
R.E.M. - "Around the Sun"
Ordinary People - "Nothing New"
Pavlov - S/T EP

9/10/16
Hothouse Flowers - "Home"

9/11/16
Gorilla Biscuits - "Start Today"
Kettle Cadaver - "Horronomicon" CD single

9/12/16
Los Olvidados - "Listen To This!"
Xpulsion - "War Is Imminent"
Caulfield - S/T EP

9/13/16
Benny The Jet Rodriguez - 4-song demo CD
Crisis Arm - 6-song demo CD
Tan Dollar - "Rats"
Nirvana - "MTV Unplugged In New York"
DevilDriver - "The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand"

9/14/16
A Wilhelm Scream - "Mute Print"
Neil Young - "Old Ways"
Allegeon - "The Elements of the Infinite"
Rogue Wave - "Asleep at Heaven's Door"
The Drums - "Partamento"
Light Light - "Breakfast/Overwhelmed" CD single
Prince & The New Revolution - "Diamonds and Pearls"

9/15/16
The Fighting James - S/T
Jethro Tull - "Minstrel in the Gallery"
Led Zeppelin - "IV"
Axxis - "Paradise in Flames"

9/16/16
Aerosmith - "Nine Lives"
Laura Muela - "Sing to the Man"
In Spite - Demo 2016
Tori Amos - "Under the Pink"
Frontguard - "No Love" demo
Castaway - "No Comfort"
Life Moves On - "Remedy" EP
Jimmy Buffett - "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
The Coltranes - "The Cat of Nine Tails" EP

9/17/16
Alicksy Vianna - "plays Sergio Assad: Solo Guitar Work"
Rubicon - "Resurface/Repair" EP
Rubicon - "Beacon" digital single
Yakuza - "Amount to Nothing"
Young Guns - "Echoes"
Fats Domino - "They Call Me The Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings" Disc 3
Irviner - "rest"

9/18/16
Guru -"Jazzmatazz Vol. 3: Street Soul"
Dream Theater - "Metropolis II: Scenes From A Memory"
Marvin Gaye - "Greatest Hits"
Ice Hockey - "The VAN Hall" digital single
Ernest Street House/The Happy Birthdays - split EP
The 1975 - "I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It"
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Time Out"
Reproacher - "Nature's Bastard"
Castaway - "Casket" digital single
Gang Green - "Another Wasted Night"
Francesca Caccini - "La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral"

9/19/16
Centertown Insurgents - S/T EP
Burning Spear - "Jah Is Real"
Johung Raducanu - "Jazz in Tara Mea"
Frontguard - "No Love" demo
Generifus - "Solstice Songs"
Terry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers - "Greatest Hits Encore"

9/20/16
The Flatliners - "Ahead By A Century" single
HK - S/T EP
Roger Waters - "Amused to Death"
Rival Sons - "Hollow Bones"
Prophets Of Rage - "The Party's Over" EP
A Better Hope Foundation - "Trading Heroes For Ghosts"
The Angry Brians - "We Came To Fight"
Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith, and Patti Smith - "Killer Road"
Jethro Tull - "War Child"
Jethro Tull - "A"
Kanye West - "Late Registration"
Born Guilty - S/T EP

9/21/16
Scale The Summit - "Carving Desert Canyons"
Opeth - "Heritage"
The Gravitys - "Nutrition"
Youth Of Today - "Can't Close My Eyes" EP
Gorilla Biscuits - "Start Today"

9/22/16
Doro - "Classic Diamonds"
Akala - "It's Not A Rumor"
Walter Gray - "What a Bliss" promo
V/A - "Dead Ant Records Compilation"
Breathing Problem - "Bed of Sexpit of Tar"
Will Downing - "Soul Symphony"
Morrissey - "Southpaw Grammar"
Pepe Aguilar - "Por Mujeres Como Tu"

9/23/16
Takemitsu - "A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden"
Jean-Michael Jarre - "The Essential"
Dwight Yoakam - "The Very Best Of"
Stick Figure - "Set in Stone"
Unchained - demo CD (twice)

9/25/16
Protest The Hero - "Fortress"
Death By Stereo - "Day of the Death"
Careless Days - discography CD

9/26/16
Oasis - "Be Here Now"
Elliot Reed - "Hearthworm"
Dogs - "Prologue: The Death of Old" EP
Joni Mitchell - "Shine"
Yefim Bromfman - "Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (Live)"
The DeRita Sisters - "Ain't Street"
Birote The Musical - "That Weird Boy Lorenzo"

9/27/16
James Bay - "Chaos & The Calm"
Paper Route - "Real Emotion" deluxe edition
Hazmat - 3-song promo CD
Sledding With Tigers - "Not The Beatles Yet (A Brief Introduction)"
Etta James - "The Definitive Collection"
Star Club - S/T EP

9/28/16
Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Skeleton Tree"
Paul McCartney - "NEW"
Job For A Cowboy - "Demonocracy"
Suicide Silence - "The Black Crown"
Die Kolner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Williams - "Johann Mattheson's 'Der Liebreiche und Geldudige David"
Salt n Pepa - "Very Necessary"

9/29/16
Bryan White - "Between Me & Forever"
Chasms - "Bad Evolution" digital single
Phil Woode Quartet - "Gratitude"
V/A - "House: Original Television Soundtrack"
Manic Hispanic - "Mijo Goes to Jr. College"
Audacity - "Power Drowning"

9/30/16
Xpulsion - "Pizza Incision" EP
The Bangles - "Greatest Hits"
The Civil Wars - S/T

MUSIC NOTES
- New releases from Amon Amarth, Crab Legs, Zomby, Thy Art Is Murder, Chance The Rapper, Misery Ritual, Allegeon, Castaway, Rubicon, The 1975, Patti Smith & Co, Dogs, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- The soundtrack for "Spawn" was so much better than the movie itself...the remix of "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is like the best track in Metallica's entire catalog, not to mention the stellar "No Remorse (I Want To Die)" collaboration between Slayer and Atari Teenage Riot or Orbital and Kirk Hammet's "Satan":...badass all around and has aged well with time surprisingly
- "Down on the Upside," much like its title, is a very internally confused and contradictory record, and not necessarily in a good way
- Favorite "new finds" of the month: Crab Legs, Mars Moles, Thy Art Is Murder, Allegeon, Castaway, Rubicon, Takemitsu
- Luscious Jackson is much like The Verve Pipe in that they really only have like 2 good songs but somehow milked a semi-successful 90s rock career for a couple years before being justifiably forgotten by everyone
- "Master of Reality" is by fat the best Christian Rock record ever made
- That 90s Prince album kinda sucked
- Prophets Of Rage doesnt live up to the sum of its parts but honestly what was to be expected
- Although my acoustic project is nothing like any of the artists they work with, Dead Ant Records put my cover of "I Remember" by Deadmau5 & Kaskade on their awesome compilation...Check it out at deadantrecords.bandcamp.com and check out their other artists as well its cool, diverse stuff
- "Be Here Now" would have been alot better if every damn song wasn't 6 minutes long


LIVE
9/3/16: Chromeo/Mimi Zulu @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
9/17/16: Castaway/Life Moves On @ Awakening Church
9/20/16: Safe & Sound/Born Guilty/Modern Love/Frustrated/Slow Decay @ Awakening Church
9/24/16: Black Sabbath/Disturbed/Megadeth @ San Manuel Amphitheater (Ozzfest)

LIVE NOTES
- Holy shit Chromeo fucking killed it, one of the best sets I've seen in awhile. That main singer dude can really wail on guitar, for real those dudes are underrated as musicians. Even if you're not too into their style of music, if you have a chance to see them live, take it. They are great. "Old 45's" is still like my #1 song right now.
- I missed the first 2 bands of that Awakening show unfortunately
- During Frustrated's set I apparently knocked into a girl and a bunch of people got in my face and a bunch of other people had my back but I interviewed the singer of the band who watched the whole thing and said the people getting pissed were the ones in the wrong so there's that...but it almost got gnarly up in that church
- I fucked up and missed almost all of Ozzfest but I bought my ticket for Black Sabbath and they did not disappoint. Just amazing, better than I was expecting it to be by a longshot. They might be old as fuck but they put on such a good show. For the first time I was one of the firepit people in the crowd and as toxic as those fumes are, it was quite the experience

(MAGA)ZINES
9/15/16: FINISHED "Rolling Stone" July 2016 issue
9/16/16: "The Stranger & A Gun" by Mable
9/17/16: FINISHED "KYEO Speaks 3"
9/28/16: FINISHED "Rolling Stone issue 1271