"how about you punch this into my face"

We finally get internet on the bus. I was a retard and forgot how to update this thing from my phone before. Nothing crazy has really happened in the last week. Kind of bummed on that. So far the best thing was the world's drunkest dude last night. He told me to punch him in the face and pour a beer on his head, asked me what I thought about Asians and then told me he'd drink his own piss all in a row. The punch in the face would have been tempting if he wasn't the most entertaining thing going on at the time.

I've rediscovered why I hate going to Indiana after doing two days there in a row. If you're from Indiana there's a 99% chance that you look fucking weird. I don't know what happened to that state to make every single person look like a freak of nature. And the few that look normal have the same look in their eye that a retard person has. I'm glad I've never spent more than 3 days there.

Tonight is Niagara Falls, NY in the middle of a ghost town. Should be fucked.

two days and one book down

A couple days into things now. I think I have the worst luck in the world with flights. This time on the way out my first flight got delayed, my second flight had to return to the Atlanta airport because of a computer problem and then after sitting on that plane for an hour while they "fixed it" they switched us to another plane. And I can't forget to mention that I sat next to a lady with a baby who, not only changed her baby in the seat twice, but also talked to the lady behind her about her daughter's PSYCHIC POWERS! I can't even make this shit up. This flight also featured a guy in a Hawaiian shirt who was trying to start a polka radio station in Alabama and a guy who looked exactly like the cowboy from The Big Lebowski.

Had a good day of hang in Minneapolis. Hung with Andy Hart and Brutal Chaz. Had some sweet Indian food, scored a hook up on some used CD's, scarfed Pizza Luce and team FERN held a solid second place spot in bar trivia. Can't ask for much more.

when it comes to buying First show was nuts. 3,200 person sold out show. That guy Lizard Man is out MC'ing the tour. I'm surprised how big of a production this whole thing is. I guess alcohol companies have a lot of cash to float. And drunks dudes have a lot of energy to expend getting caught in a mosh. Stone Sour fans love to pogo. I think they have it down to an artform after all the System Of A Down and Disturbed concerts I assume they've attended. The most surprising part is somehow the majority of the people at the show knew how to read signs and coherently get across the point of what item they wanted. The rest of the world could learn a lot from Minneapolis manrockers about buying merch and jumping up and down.

Today is Lauryn's birthday and we're in Milwaukee. I finished reading Babylon By Bus this morning. Pretty good read. The Dahmer hotel is across the street and the bums are out in full force as usual. I already scored a Brand New shirt with some zebras on it (no homo). Seems like another normal day. Sorry for the lack of hilarious pics.

news you can use

Just a few last minute things I needed to share before I head out. I will not make the fact that I just saw 3 super sweet owls a real news item.

The Black Dahlia Murder, after close to 5 months, finally have a new drummer. Shannon Lucas formerly of All That Remains will be filling the spot Pierre left after the "Monsters Of Mayhem" tour last November. Check out his first show with them at New England Metal Fest at the end of April. New record on Metal Blade this Fall. Doing it real big.


My main man Myles Karr is no longer at Bowery Tattoo (R.I.P.) and can now be found at Flyrite Tattoo in Brooklyn. If you need a non-traditional tattoo in NYC, this is the man to go to.

FLYRITE TATTOO
492 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY
between Union and Rodney
L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan
(718)599-9443

He can also be reached at...
(917)822-7458
myleskarr@yahoo.com
www.gloriousdeep.com

Pulling Teeth and Ruiner, Baltimore is hot in '07. Pre-orders are up for the new Pulling Teeth & Frightener split 7" on A389 Records. There's also a pre-order for the gatefold 10" re-issue of Pulling Teeth's 'Viscous Skin'. If you haven't heard Pulling Teeth yet get on it because they are (without exaggerating) one of the best hardcore bands going right now. They'll be on tour for the next couple months in North America and the UK, so get with it.

Other than that I still leave for tour in the morning and still want to beat the shit out of my neighbor's kid. Jah bless.

last 21 hours in town

Getting ready to leave for tour tomorrow morning. I'll be out doing merch for Lacuna Coil from March 22nd through June 8th. First we do 6 weeks with Stone Sour and Shadows Fall in the US. Then we do a headlining tour across the US and Canada. Within Temptation, The Gathering, In This Moment, Stolen Babies and Kylesa will be supporting different legs of the headlining tour. Pretty stoked for the week Kylesa does since I love those dudes/dudette. I'll keep all the dates posted on the top of the site and update this whenever I can with dumb shit that happens.


Lacuna Coil will be doing a series of instore acoustic performances during the tour. If you're a superfan, here's the info:

03/24 : Kenosha, WI @ Music Center Of Kenosha
04/03 : Enfield, CT @ Falcetti's Music
04/04 : Boston, MA @ Daddy's Junky Music
04/07 : Trenton, NJ @ Russo Music
04/10 : Olney, MD @ Rocketeria
04/12 : Marietta, GA @ Ken Stanton Music
04/21 : Mesa, AZ @ Milano Music
04/22 : San Diego, CA @ Guitar Trader
04/25 : Santa Monica, CA @ West LA Music
04/26 : Tuscon, AZ @ Guitars Ect.
04/27 : Albuquerque, NM @ Grandma's Music
05/02 : Omaha, NE @ Dietze Music

Please don't send me weird messages about how you think Cristina is hot or about how you want to "do her". Enough random weirdo who either look like rejects from Hook or have tucked in pants tell me about it on a daily basis at the shows.


I like that after having toured for this long it takes me about 15 or 20 minutes to pack for a 2 or 3 months tour. So I'll be putting that off til later. Reading list for the tour looks like it's going to be A Wild Sheep Chase and Babylon By Bus until the new Murakami (After Dark - May 8th) and Palahniuk (Rant - May 1st) books come out. I need to pick up that World Collapse EP to cause it seems like it will make my work day fly by and annoy Josh Grbdn at the same time. Into it.

Alright I'm out. Hopefully I can keep this thing updated. Bangarang.

PS: My subscription to Juxtapoz just ran out if anyone wants to get me a new one so I don't have to try to keep up buying new issues on tour. Pleaz.

"ain't your kind of white"

My roomate is in the other room singing Blood For Blood while she vacuums. Just figured everyone should know that apparently she just can't hate enough.

The God Delusion

Barney from Napalm Death just sent me this link to the Richard Dawkins website to check out. Figured I would share for anyone who's not down with all the JC's, Allahs, Buddhas and Vishnus in the world. I'm not gonna say I completely endorse this dude, but he does have some valid points and interesting things to say on the topic of science and religion. Or lack of a need for religion as it would be.

"Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting about it. It is also incompatible with magic, but that also is not worth stressing. What is interesting about the scientific world view is that it is true, inspiring, remarkable and that it unites a whole lot of phenomena under a single heading."

Check the site, make your own opinion. Because like everyone else he still has his own personal motives and in this case a book to push (The God Delusion)...


...and the flyer is even a little cheesy for me. But like I said think for yourself about it.

Along With The HBIC

Just got my first DVD from the Yokai Monsters series in the mail today. Well actually I got the last in the series (Along With Ghosts) in the mail today, but the first to me. Yokai Monsters was a series of 60's Japanese childrens movies that were based on the hundred demons parade. Saying these are kids movies is kind of misleading because if I was a kid and saw this I would be terrified after seeing a hypercephalic ghost killing some evil henchmen. But I guess the Japanese are more well adjusted than us.

If you don't know the hundred demons parade is a legend about how at night all the demons, spirits and ghosts get to walk among living people for the night. In Japan hundred doesn't actually literally mean 100, but just a large amount. There was also a game samurai used to play based on this legend to prove their courage. A hundred (or a bunch) of candles are lit and each person in the room tells a ghost story. After each story is told a candle is put out. As more stories are told the room gets darker and the stories get grimmer until the last story which is supposed to be the most terrifying.


Anyway the demons in the case of these stories are helping out the children heroes fight back against their tormentors. Imagine Sid and Marty Krofft meets Kwaidan and Yojimbo. If you haven't seen any of these movies go check one out for possibly the weirdest childrens movie you'll ever see. Also they're more proof that puppets and suits will always be better than CGI.

I think the ghosts from these movies must have been helping answering my prayers of getting Real kicked off I Love New York because it finally happened tonight. Now it's just down to Chance and Tango and the season finale should be outrageous. Too bad we have to wait two weeks to see it. This gives everyone who hasn't been keeping up an extra week to go back and catch up on what they missed. If Chance loses to Tango I might lose all hope in the human race. At this point how can you not want the Stallionaire to win against the TMNT for the heart of the HBIC.


I mean look at the dude, what's not to love? I rest my case. Just try to ignore his "fruity pic". And until anyone can give me a definition of HBIC I'm assuming it means "head bitch in control". Which may be my new favorite term to come out of New York's mouth.

That's it. Go pick up the new Mum - 'The Peel Session' EP and listen to more Napalm Death. Spring break, fuck a horse. Peace.

too punk to fuck

this picture was included with the Mellakka 7"s on 7inchpunk

I wanna strangle you

If you're at SXSW go see Bastard Saint (Minneapolis stoner rock, ex-Martyr AD) at the Side Bar and get Charlie extremely drunk and ask him about "night pigeon" or "ham on cookie".

If you're at the record store pick up the new Die Young (TX political hardcore), The Geeks (Korean straight edge core) and/or Totalitar (too punk for the internet) records. Or order them from RevHQ if you don't get out of the house much.

If you're at home check out this Spoons (Canadian synthpop) fansite where you can download ALL the records. Start off with 'Arias & Symphonies'. Girls will be all over you.

If you're at Ocean Walk tell Segway Cop to get fucked.


If you're in NYC go to Brooklyn and strangle Meghan Williams (Pat Benatar boot wearer) for me. She just moved there from Daytona and needs to be mugged immediately.

How bummed would you be if that was the last face you say before you died?

I am currently dogsitting this stoner

"there's not even a "B" in my name!?"

Just found out Josh Grden (or Grbdn if you're like me) is gonna be out doing merch for Shadows Fall on the Stone Sour tour. Which of course has me stoked because he filled out the trifecta of me, Chowdah and him on our Ozzfest '05 offdates (Shadows Fall, Black Dahlia Murder & The Haunted). Come out to the shows and bring presents for both of us. I will take all toys and vegan food, Josh will take all alcohol and pirate related items (as he also plays bass in Scurvy). The dates are listed at the top of the page. Get into it, backed, end of thread.

vegan power... metal?

Just wanted to give a shout out to my buddy Jsin of Icarus Witch for promoting the vegan lifestyle in the metal community. It seems like a thing no real metal bands in the US are doing currently. Even though the entire band isn't veg, it's rad to see him speaking up on the subject.


Jsin used to own a record store in town that I worked at in high school and is pretty much responsible for giving me all the initial info that made me decide to go vegan (and showed me I didn't have to be stuck doing a job I hated). Big ups and all shall witness a day that Babylon shall fall... or something.

Here's the quote...

You also were at NAMM and on the Icarus Witch message board I asked you how that went. While I won’t ask for you to recap everything again, I do have a follow up question. In your response you mentioned going out to eat at vegan friendly restaurants. Is it hard to find a restaurant that caters to customers such as yourself? I would think that in LA there should be plenty of choices, but what about Pittsburgh? Are vegan-friendly restaurants plentiful or do you usually end up cooking for yourself most of the time?


L.A. is one of the best places to find restaurants of every kind. Being vegan when I lived there was simpler due to the overall health conscious mentality of California. Pittsburgh is a much smaller city obviously & more of a blue collar place in general, so there aren’t as many places with “Vegan” in the title, but I’m pretty resourceful in terms of finding places that cater to the non flesh consumers. There seems to be an increasing amount of eateries & healthy stores here that are offering cruelty free fare. But I don’t go out as much when we’re not on the road because I’ve surrounded myself with all of the creature comforts at home.

Here are the links...
Living For Metal interview
PETA2 blog
Icarus Witch blog

PS: I just made like 6 pounds of vegan mashed potatoes and figured I might as well throw that info out there.

Jello Biafra vs. Planet Terror

Looks like there's more Dead Kennedys drama. This time between Jello Biafra and the rest of the band for licensing "Too Drunk To Fuck" to the new Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature Grindhouse. Here is what Biafra had to say about it, with spoilers:

"The scene is actually in the "Planet Terror" film directed by Rodriguez. Tarantino himself is pointing a gun at a disabled amputee woman's head yelling "Dance, Bitch!" as the Nouvelle Vague cover of "Too Drunk to Fuck" plays from a boombox. The terrified woman later "wins" by killing Tarantino, but that excuse does not rescue this at all. I wrote every note of that song and this is not what it was meant for. Some people will do anything for money. I can't help but think back to how prudish Klaus Flouride was when he objected to H.R. Giger's painting on the "Frankenchrist" poster, saying he couldn't bear to show it to his parents. I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall when he tries to explain putting a song in a rape scene for money to his teenage daughter."

edit: The rest of the band responded to Jello with this today:

"In his statement, he included the preteen daughter of one of the other band members. His public comments show that he is more interested in casting himself as a martyr rather than having any regard for women's or children's rights. It also shows that he has no regard for the safety of a child. As usual, it's all about Jello.

In his statement, he included the preteen daughter of one of the other band members. His public comments show that he is more interested in casting himself as a martyr rather than having any regard for women's or children's rights. It also shows that he has no regard for the safety of a child. As usual, it's all about Jello.

Contrary to Jello claiming all the writing credit for himself, East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro also contributed to this song. Jello did not write “every note of that song," that was proven in a court of law, when he was found guilty of fraud, and strains credibility.

On a final note, JELLO is getting paid EXTREMELY WELL, and we challenge him to put his money where his mouth is and donate his share to a woman's cause, if he is truly concerned with the issue."

Drama for your mama.

Meltdown is destroying

Got the Meltdown design sent of today. Kids in Cali be on the look out for this and pick one up! Ridiculous oversized mythological print is in.

FRONT

BACK

Also pick up the new record 'Demolition' on Malfunction Records. Here are the dates:

Meltdown, Lion Of Judah, Justice & Ability
03/22 : Long Beach, CA @ The Nugget
03/23 : Lynnwood, CA @ 12115 Wilson Ave. (w/ Lewd Acts, Finnish Him & Dog Pile)
03/24 : Santa Barbara, CA @ Casa De La Raza (w/ Rad)
03/25 : Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory (LA Murderfest)

"I can't believe, today was a good day"

I have nothing funny to say today. Here's a brief rundown of my day for anyone who feels the need to live vicariously through me.

Meltdown - I worked on a new shirt design for Meltdown some today. I'm pretty stoked with how it turned out. Hopefully they use it. It's possibly the most ignorant shirt I've ever done besides The Distance black metal jam. Full front print of Medusa's severed head. Pics when I finnish it. Yeeaahhhh.

Scrabble - Bad game. The board was too crowded and I kept pulling vowels. I obviously did not win. I did use the word "dope" though. Looks like all that book reading is paying off.

Ponce Inlet - Went down and did the nature trail. Hit the observation deck. Saw a dude that had a prison tattoo that said "kiss my ass" as a tramp stamp. Walked around the beach and saw a dead stingray. Can you say "karma"?

Aloha Pizza - Delicious as usual. Layed into a soysauge, broccoli, black olive, onion & carrot pizza with vegan cheese. This place is the best thing to ever happen to being vegan in Daytona Beach.

I Love New York - So depressed! Watched my man Whiteboy get kicked off because New York didn't want to be his rebound (sorry West Coast, you'll see in 30 min). Some people don't understand my love for Whiteboy, but if you pay attention all his commentary is golden. Best dude on the show next to Boston (R.I.P.). I was pretty surprised at how Real came out of his shell... and proved to be a total douchebag. At this point in the game I'm hoping Chance wins just because I don't want his brother or the broke ass Ninja Turtle to win it.

300 - Ehhhhh. I'm gonna go ahead and be the devil's advocate and say it wasn't that great. Sure it looked crazy, but you can't deny the story (or lack of) sucked. I mean it was what I expected, 2 hours of half naked dudes doing some crazy fighting (no homo?). I could have lived without seeing the deformed harem, but the redheaded oracle was pretty hot. The theatre was full of college bro's on Spring Break. Glad I'm leaving in a week and don't have to deal with them for the rest of the month.

I'll just finish this off with a quote from the immortal Ice Cube:

"Just waking up in the morning gotta thank god
I don't know but today seems kinda odd
No barking from the dogs, no smog
And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog
I got my grub on, but didn't pig out
Finally got a call from a girl I wanna dig out"

I think that pretty much sums it up, minus the god and mom parts. And now I will go to sleep because I have to go to the dentist in the morning. Peace!

Tommy the Dog

Tommy (aka Manchest of the B9) in action. Ruh roh. I can't even begin to explain this video or how it came about. Just watch and see that being bored and straight edge can sometimes be far dumber than being drunk.

edit: Now with pics courtesy of Cool Chuck...

stare into the eyes of madness

17,065 points love New York

I just cashed in my Trip Rewards points for Amazon.com gift certificates. The mail should be pretty sweet next week:

Books

• A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
• Babylon By Bus (Ray Lemoine & Jeff Neumann)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Book (Deirdre Dolan)
• Kwaidan: Ghost Stories And Strange Tales Of Old Japan (Lafcadio Hearn)
• Punisher MAX: From First To Last
  

CD's

• Meneguar - 'I Was Born At Night'
• Mum - 'Peel Sessions'

DVD's

• Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
• Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts
• Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
  

All that for a total of 28 cents out of my pocket. Trip Rewards/free stuff rule.

Other than than scoring that haul my night was spent eating some delicious Thai mango curry, scoping the Bike Week happening at The Last Resort (where Aileen Wuornos used to hang), remembering why I hate leaving my house during tourist events, hanging with Wild Bill and catching the latest episode of I Love New York.


In all honesty I do love New York and would probably actually date her if ever given the chance. I also love how VH1 went from classy to trashy over the past few years. I hope this show and trend results in a spin of series staring Boston and Whiteboy. Obviously since Boston is eliminated I'm now rooting for my man Whiteboy to win. Even though I'd be willing to accept a victory by Chase (even if he did knock Boston out). Here's to hoping Real gets kicked off in the next episode and that New York flashes her butt more.


Oh yeah, and in case you missed it the first time...

today I talked shit to a stingray

We went down to Turtle Mound today and were walking on the beach and some punk ass stingray tried to chase me. I thought those things weren't supposed to be aggressive? Seriously first time in my life I've ever had a stingray step to me. I had to put my foot down (not literally on him) and show him who owns the ocean. These bastards have been getting cocky since they upped their kill rate a million percent when they killed Steve Irwin and that old dude in the same week. I mean I'm all for animals striking back, but not against me. Apparently he hasn't been listening to enough Vegan Reich and doesn't know who the enemy in this war is. No respect.

"Now is not the time for sleeping, now is the time for hanging out!"

I am probably the best roommate ever. Today I woke Jessica up from her nap by stage diving onto her off the edge of the bed, drunk punk moshing and yelling, "Dude! Why are you asleep in the middle of the mosh pit?! Crowd surf me up to the front!" Wake up confusion x 1 billion. Between this, my constant dancing around the house and the songs I make up about what I'm currently doing I don't know how she hasn't hit me yet. If I lived with me, I would hate myself.

"I am the walkin'dude!"

It's a beautiful 73 degrees out right now. And this is what's on my mind before I go out and bask in the glory that is Florida...

1) I've realized that trying to get my roommate to sing Anthrax songs with me is a completely futile effort unless it's the "cry, cry" part in "Indians". I really don't think expecting a little "follow me or die" backup is too much to ask for. How disappointing.

"Scott plays stickball and likes to skate"

2) Off the topic of Anthrax, this brilliant idea is probably the only time you will ever hear me say I wish I lived in Baltimore. Black Sabbath/Black Flag cover show. Genius.

Damaged, Bloody, Damaged

3) Just so you know, raking leaves is my least favorite thing in the entire world. It seriously seems like such futile effort to me. Especially while I'm raking them and look up to just see more falling from the tree. The worst part about buying a house in the same town as my mom is that not only do I have to rake my own yard, but I have to go and rake hers to make up for that whole 18 years of supporting me. Good grief.

raking: not as fun as this cow would have you believe

4) Lastly, I feel the Ruiner "ERASE THE HATE" campaign need to be brought into full effect. Shit is ridiculous. Stop hatin'...

sadly this is not a real shirt.......... yet

...Time to go enjoy the sun. I'm out. Peace in the Middle East.

congratulations Ruiner and Bridge 9

I love when my friends get together to do great things. Congrats to Ruiner for signing with Bridge 9 and to Bridge 9 for signing Ruiner. The new LP is going to be off the hook. If you don't already have their 7" swing by the Grave Mistake Records webstore and pick it up. June 19th - 'Prepare To Be Let Down'. Can't wait.

Chowdah Luv's quote of the day

Chowdah Luv just delivered the quote of the day to me:

"Oh man. Last night at work, I realized I'm really attracted to dudes dressed as women."

He works the door at a gay bar and thought the only two attractive patrons that night were real girls. Afraid not. I can only imagine they were chubby since he also has much love for the big ladies of the world. Keep in mind dude is engaged (to a real girl) and has a baby on the way. I was wondering how the now monogamous Chowdah would keep up the hilarity. Apparently through gay men. Always classic.

vegan straight edge

Does anyone know where I can track down this shirt? Or some version of the design below it was a shirt?

go vegan, live sober

Yeti, The Associates & Bad Brains

I still can't figure out podcasting. Here you go though...

Yeti - 's/t'
I just uploaded this to sendspace for my friend Danny Sober who was looking for it, so I figured I would put it up for anyone else who might be interested. Yeti was a black metal band from Florida in the late 90's. We used to go see them in Orlando and they were the real deal, wearing armor and shit. This was their first and only real CD. They put out another demo after this and signed to Pluto Records (yeah figures everything has the Christian connection), but then kinda dropped off the face of the earth after that. Enjoy.

Yeti - 's/t' (1998/Skaught Records) download

1. Intro
2. Foretold Gathering
3. The Awakening
4. I Walk Among The Dead
5. When Darkness Fails To Fall

The Associates - "Even Dogs In The Wild"
I also uploaded my current jam of the week:

The Associates - "Even Dogs In The Wild" download

Somewhere deep in the night
There's a child on his own
And his pulse isn't there
And the house is aglow
With the light from outside
Well the house is aglow.

There's a mattress downstairs
Full of brown peppered holes
And the horse hair is coarse
Not as coarse and as rough
As the rash thoughts that never heal sores.

Even dogs in the wild,
Even dogs in the wild,
Even dogs in the wild,
Even dogs in the wild,
Even dogs in the wild,
Even dogs in the wild.

Dogs in the wild in the wild
Dogs in the wild in the wild
Dogs in the wild.

Even dogs in the wild
Could do better than this
Even dogs in the wild
Will protect and will care for
Whatever means most to them.

Even dogs in the wild
Could do better than this
Even dogs in the wild
Will care for
Whatever means most to them.

I'm not really sure why I can't stop listening to to this track. The Associates came out of the 80's "new romantics" scene and are defiantly looked over far to much. They wrote stark, minimal pop songs with really great lyrics. Their singer, Billy Mackenzie, committed suicide by overdose in a garden shed. Depressed dudes write great songs.

Bad Brains - "House Of Suffering" (live)
...And if metal or new romanticism isn't your thing here's a sweet video of Bad Brains playing "House Of Suffering" during Daytona Beach Spring Break '88. I wish the Bandshell was still this sweet.

Clevo Scene Report: Winter 2007

It seems like so many bands in hardcore are jocking the 90's Cleveland scene right now. So I figured it was only fitting to get a report on how the Clevo scene is doing 10 years after the hype. Who better to fill me in than Cleveland's native beer delivery driver, Above This Fire singer and former tourmate... Andy Pants.


So whats new in the Clevo scene man? I hear a new Integ record this year, new Ringworm. Big year, putting Clevo back on the map.

Yeah the guys are writing the new Integrity record here while Dwid is in Belgium. Ringworm won best hardcore band.

Dwid, literally, in Belgium

Obviously man, you guys are my friends and all, but Ringworm is Ringworm And they're basically the best band in hardcore period.

This is true. They win every year.

the best band in hardcore: Ringworm

What else is going on in the home of American pride? Give me a Clevo scene report. Pretend I'm MRR and people who shower actually still read me.

Hahaha... um... we're playing tomorrow. Should be a lot of real young kids, and older guys at the bar. Dead Even, if you remember them, broke up. The immortal Tony Erba (9 Shocks Terror, Amps II Eleven, Gordon Solie Mother Fuckers, Stepsister, etc) has a new band called Cheap Tragedies. Not only is this man a stand up cable guy, he also can hold down the vox in his new band. Skeletonwitch signed to Prosthetic Records (Skeletonwitch formerly featured Courage Crew's Jimi Britches on bass). I have never seen them live but everyone I talk to says they rip really hard. Keelhaul does play occasionally here. I really like that band a lot and my girlfriend is buddies with Aaron the guitar player. One of these days I gotta see them. Chimaira is still the biggest band here. I have not yet heard their new record but I heard kids with sick tribal tattoos and Mudvayne shirts are thrilled to hear it's coming out. The Gluttons, HF's (Human Furnace) side band where he plays guitar and sings, still plays around. One of the best rock and roll bands I have seen in a long time. Ringworm is writing a new record and it'll be awesome because Aaron from Keelhaul is still in the Worm. Chris Dora is back playing for Ringworm now.

Skeletonwitch minus Britches

I heard 3 Gun (Integrity, Ringworm, Terror, Hatebreed) is helping write the record too?

Indeed, that's the rumor. Spudmonsters reunion in May. Hopefully followed by a Run Devil Run reunion.

Spudmonsters reunion: May 19th @ Peadody's

Oh yeah I saw a flyer for Spudmonsters. I used to feel that band way hard. I completely forgot about them til I saw the flyer. Run Devil Run I never liked. I always got them confused with Kill Devil Hills. I know I booked a show for one of them 5 years ago.

Yeah. We got offered The Spuds show, but Oliver is graduating. Talk about lame.


Tell Oliver to get with real life. Is In Cold Blood putting out a new record too? They should.

I will. No, the singer was in Mushroomhead and runs a record label now.

most masked band in Cleveland: Mushroomhead

Do you guys have any good new bands?

Cheap Tragedies are really good, other than that not really. I mean we have some good young bands, but we gotta wait and see.

Cheap Tragedies

How's the edge doing? I picture it being weak in Clevo.

I'm out of the game. I think Don Foose still walks it. He works in construction up here and can be seen at any local Home Depot.


I picture your veg being even weaker with your multiple Buffalo Wild Wings locations.

Nah, that mess is strong. We got some decent veggie eats around here.


Any other pertinent area news?

You still haven't seen our new place. which is a 5,000 sq foot loft apartment. This month I only paid $267 in rent. You still haven't seen the 5-6 story poster of Lebron James. It's on the side of a wall. Other than that, Dwid last I heard is still in Belgium. No One Life Crew reunions have been rumored. And you can still get tattooed by HF at one of his fine tattoo establishments around here with the simple call on the telly. That's your Cleveland Scene Report. I'll be here every 2 months.

the chosen one

Did Derek Hess do some fucking scribbling on your wall yet?

No, but he did draw a picture of me and LT standing next to each other.


I imagine that to just looks like a scribble of an overweight giraffe.

It came out nice. I think it's on my myspace. I forgot to mention nothing from Bone Thugs camp either. Like no one off shows and I've been to E 99th and St. Clair numerous times and have not seen them. My beer route is down in the ghetto and I never hear or see anything about them.


It seems like this could be the year Cleveland makes a comeback. I'll check in with Andy again in a couple months and see how it's coming along. Check all the links and go to a Mushroomhead show... they wear masks.

spotted 90's cartoon characters

Tonight I learned that I had Bonkers and Marsupilami confused as the same character. I guess I can see how it happened. They're both hyperactive spotted 90's Disney cartoon characters. Except one was a long tailed jungle dwelling creature and the other was some sort of urban cop cat. As far as I remember both took part in the same type of hilarious hijinx. Except one was buds with a fat cop and a little kid and the other was buds with a fat monkey and a little kid. Sometimes I even surprise myself with the dumb crap I remember from my childhood. I think it's just because we didn't have a TV for a couple years when I was a kid and when we got one again I went into full scale cartoon overload to make up for all the lost time. At least I cleared up my confusion on this subject. Hopefully I didn't have Camp Candy and Wish Kid confused too.

strike TWO and THREE!!!

The tranny loving community is seriously on a roll here. I had not one, but TWO tranny hunters get busted lurking my myspace today. I wonder how bummed these dudes get when they find out I am not, and have never been, a chick with a dick. Here's today's two gems.

First is 28 year old Joe from Orlando, FL. He's a fan of tattoos, S&M, vampires... and obviously also trannies. This dude was on the hunt for "transexual florida". This dude at least looks like a guy who would be stalkin' trannies. Check out this seductive pic:


The other dude unfortunately didn't have a pic. He must be in serious pantie dick lurk mode. Gary was looking for some love a little further away because he was searching for "indiana transexual". At least it looks like all his friends are trannies. No shame in his pictureless game.

Sorry to disappoint you fellas. I'm gonna be kinda bummed when they comment about the trannies is off my main page because I'll lose all this joy in my life. I sent both these dudes the same message I sent the last guy. Hopefully I get a response this time.

Also for reference if you have no clue what I'm talking about right now go back a couple weeks for the post when I caught my first tranny hunter on spyspace.

3 things I am currently into...