A Bag of Teeth?

All I have been doing lately is watching Desperate Housewives. Right now I am on disc one of season 4, and it's unbelievably intense. I would never have imagined that this show would be so addictive.
School starts again on Tuesday, I've been looking forward to it for a while and I am glad the semester is starting soon. I don't like summer, vacations, and all that; I like going to school. I feel like I am doing something productive when school is in session. I would say that working makes me feel the same, but we all know that would be a lie.
Speaking of working, I haven't been lately. All of the tech people at my work apparently are mentally retarded because I still cannot use any of the programs I need to do my job, so I have been going home early almost every day (keep in mind I only work 4 days a week too.) It's begining to become less of a treat and more of a frustrating/ infuriating situation being that my spending habits require a good amount of money. I hope they get it together soon and I may even go into work tomorrow and just hangout, on the clock of course. After all, it's not my fault they can't fix a simple problem, I shouldn't be the one who is punished for their laziness.

Smash Your Enemies!

I saw Hatebreed last night at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, AZ. I'm a little ashamed to admit but it was my first time seeing Hatebreed. I have to say it was really awesome, no matter how many nu-metal idiots love them I still think they're a great band. They played everything I wanted to hear except for "You're Never Alone" I was a little bummed, but whatever they still played a great set.

Gold Country

Chuck Ragan is by far one of my favorite musicians. His new album, Gold Country is outstanding and a great follow up to his last release with Austin Lucas, Bristle Ridge. Whether you love Chuck Ragan or have no idea who he is you need to get this album. Unfortuanetly, the pre-order for the vinyl is not available yet. However, if you pre-order the CD you will receive a limited edition 7" picturedisc that is only available through the pre-order with Side One Dummy Records.


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RIP John Hughes

John Hughes died this morning from a heart attack in Manhattan. He directed a lot of great comedies and will be missed for sure.

Hardcore and Straight Edge.

Cassidy kept talking about how awesome True Life is, so I decided to watch a few episodes the other day. I watched one episode called, "I am Addicted to Meds". It wasn't that awesome at all, it was actually kind of sad, the opposite of what I expected. The episode focused on two young adults, one in Flordia and one in California, who are addicted to pain killers. The guy in California said he didn't take pain killers to be cool or rebellious, he took them because they give him a feeling of escape from all of his problems in the real world. After he admitted the reason behind his addiction I began thinking that going to hardcore and punk rock shows is my escape from my real world problems. For the 20 minutes a band is playing it feels like all my problems and negative emotions go away and all I focus on is having fun. Going to a show and singing along and dancing definitely gives me an adrenaline rush nothing else can, like this guy and his pain killers.
I felt bad for him because he is addicted to pain killers when all he wants is just to have something he can turn to relieve him of his problems for a while. I'm really glad that hardcore, punk rock, and straight edge has had a positive influence on my life.

"Sound and Fury....Is Anybody Feelin Me?!"

I got back last night from my Sound and Fury trip. It was really fun and I had a pretty good time in and outside of the show. We left Wednesday afternoon and stayed the night at Emily's sister's house in Phoenix. The next morning we drove to Oxnard, CA, checked into our hotel, met up with a friend who lives in Oxnard, went to the beach, got pizza at a great place called Toppers, hung out with our Tucson friends at our pool, then saw Funny People at midnight.

The next day we went to Sound and Fury. The line to get in was so long, I'm pretty sure we waited in line for about two hours. The bands I was excited to see that played on day one were The Carrier, The Mongoloids, Trapped Under Ice, Mother of Mercy, Downpresser, and Blacklisted. The only thing that sucked about day one was there was no re-entry at the venue, which at a fest is the stupidest thing ever.

Day two of Sound and Fury was much better, there was re-entry and no line to get in. Good bands that played that day were Bracewar, Title Fight, Cold World, Swamp Thing, Mind Eraser, Bad Seed, and of course, Floorpunch. Floorpunch was amazing and everything I hoped it would be. It was incredible to finally see them since I never thought I would.

Day three of Sound and Fury was way stupid. We went to the venue when it opened only to buy merch then left to get Starbucks with our friend from Vegas. We returned to the venue, saw Shook Ones and Reign Supreme then left. Shook Ones were amazing as usual. It was my first time seeing Reign Supreme, I thought they played great and they even covered "You Vandal" by Saves the Day.

The next day we drove to LA, checked into our hotel, then went to a billion streetwear boutiques in the area. Then we went to the Beverly Center mall. A lot of great suprises came from going there. I found a Marc jacobs polo I had wanted for so long but was sold out everywhere online and I had my first drink from Coffee Bean, which was wonderful and I'm bummed Tucson doesn't have one. Later that night we saw Whatever Works then went to Fatburger.

Tuesday we drove home and stopped by some outlets so I could go to Burberry and David could get Nikes and Columbia jackets. We arrived home around 7:30 then I went straight to see Mother of Mercy, Title Fight, and Foundation at the YMCA.

It was a great weekend, I'm really glad I went.

Ten for $10

Yesterday I went to the Ten for $10 show in Phoenix. It was pretty fun, the bands I wanted to see played really well. Terror, Madball, This is Hell, and Bane had awesome sets. I've seen Madball three times this year and their set last night was the best out of all three. I wish I would have seen Trapped Under Ice but we made a stop at In n Out Burger which I wasn't bummed about at all, I would rather miss Trapped Under Ice then feel terrible/ hungry the whole show. I bought a nice Bane longsleeve, I tried to buy the new Trapped Under Ice record but I waited too long and they were already packed up by the time I went around to buy some merch. I'll be seeing them soon in California anyway, so it's not a big deal. All in all, the show was a lot of fun.