Tuesday, December 16, 2008

I love school work that is actually interesting...

"That government is best which governs not at all." - Thoreau

Dear Editor,

After reading Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, I have come to a conclusion that I proudly agree with his statement. “That government is best which governs not at all,” is a bold statement, but a true one. A country without a government would be a much purer country. The justice system is now so corrupt that there is now way of knowing whether the guilty are truly guilty and that the freed truly deserve freedom. Without laws this country would be just as well off, if not better, than it is now.

Anarchy; When most people hear this word, they think chaos. When I hear this word, I think freedom, and peace. I can’t think of a country in this day and age where there is someone in office that I am actually proud of. And I can’t see this ever being accomplished. With no government, there comes equality and justice for everyone. All decisions would be made together, and not by an all powerful dictator. Food and things necessary for life would all be shared and no monetary system would exist.

By doing so, our lives would be free from competition, discrimination and all class systems. Everyone would be on equal levels, and no one would be excluded. Sure there are some setbacks to this approach, but they are all minor. All weapons would be prohibited and there would be no army to speak of. Most weapons that are acquired by street gangs are stolen from the homes, and cars of people that think they need guns and knives for protection, such as my relatives who make their daughters carry guns to school for protection.

The justice system has put many people in jail that don’t belong. Our prisons today are so overcrowded that they have people sleeping on the floor and as many as 5 people to each 2 person cell. Obviously our government isn’t doing a good job of rehabilitating these criminals. If there were no laws prohibiting the use of marijuana and other popular drugs, then our prisons would be free of at least 50% of its inmates. Of course, with no government, there would be no prisons. This is a direct result of their being no laws, and no monetary system. Drugs would be provided to those with addictions, and would be used as a means of slowly separating them from their addiction. If the drugs are provided to the addicts, then they have no reason to steal and kill for money to buy the drugs. Eventually, all drugs would be disposed of.

Some may think these views are too radical and unrealistic, but in my mind this could be accomplished if everyone had some sense, and were willing to fix our troubled ways of thinking and acting. You can find a wrong in everything, but there are too many rights for this to be tossed aside and forgotten. Like Thoreau said, “Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”

p.s. If anyone knows where I could obtain a job, it would be greatly appreciated because I have to buy new cymbals. All mine are broken.

Thomas

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Past Few Days

I got home from tour/punishment thanksgiving on friday, and have been having a horrible time so far. Yesterday and today I applied for jobs at the shittiest of shit places you could think of:
1. Bowling Alley
2. Long John Silvers
3. Burger King
4. Taco Bell
5. K-Mart
plus many more

I recently downloaded some music from these bands which are awesome and I wish I would have gotten into them sooner:

Snapcase
Voorhees
Avail
End of A Year

I suggest you check them out...NOW!

In other news, my next issue of Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks will be much much thicker, and full of more interviews, reviews, cool stories, a whole day worth of vegan recipies, and many more articles. It will also be the only way to get a hold of my new bands demo tape with Porcell (Youth of Today, Judge), yes, that's right. Looking forward to it.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Home early, well sort of...

Due to some altercations with a certain manager of a Giant Eagle grocery store and the Ohio police department, I was forced to take a bus home from Toledo, OH to Albany, GA to meet my dad and other family for thanksgiving. I will be back in Deltona on Friday. I will be posting a journal of my exciting 27 hour bus ride in the next few days, so look out for it.

The show in Ohio was good. Defeater and End of A Year are awesome, and super nice dudes. This girl Jane that we met at the show let us stay at her house, and we ate all of her food that what vegan/vegetarian, and made fun of her extreme obsession with unicorns.

Eric from DEA and NO EXCUSES is taking over my seat on drums for the rest of the tour. Luckily he went on this tour or we would all be fucked, instead of just me.

Greetings from Albany a.k.a. the town of nothing, GA
Thomas

Monday, November 24, 2008

Winter Tour: Part 4

So much shit to go over. I'll just make it quick.

We got to Albany, Ny a little early and got to check out Equal Vision Records, and MerchNow. They gave us literally arm fulls of t-shirts, hoodies, cd's, tapes and 7 inches. Jack and Eric got Trial windbreakers, and I got a long sleeve Floorpunch shirt which rules. We also got some siq Alesana booty shorts to sell on ebay when we get home.

After The Fall is a great band and Man Without a Plan made me want to start a band like Fugazi.

Canada was fairly easy getting into, and the shows in Canada ruled even harder.

The show with forfeit ruled, and those dudes are super nice, and kids moshed their little arms off to them.

We stayed at this awesome dudes house in Sarnia Ontario and his mom cooked us like huge bowl fulls of vegan chilli and oatmeal, and we worked out a little on his high tech weight bench and I rode a few miles on his 40's era stationary bicycle.

Some dude was circle pitting to a band before us in Sarnia and a fucking lame ass scene kid didn't like the way he looked and kicked him in the chest. I wanted to kill that stupid scene kid for doing that. Just because someone doesn't look like you, doesn't give you the right to beat the shit out of them.

Anyways, when we crossed over back into the u.s. through Michigan, I guess they thought we were terrorists, because they made us get out of the van and take off our jackets and shoes and empty out our pockets, and they searched our van and stole some of Charles cliff bars. Fuck the police, fuck the police, fuck 'em.

the show tonight was alright. Some good bands, and I sold 4 zines. My other ride cymbal is cracked now so I have to buy all new cymbals once I get home with the little money that I will have saved from easy grocery stores.

Tomorrow we don't have a show, but we are trying to get one. My throat hurts pretty bad, and it's freezing. I don't have any food left, and I have about $30 to last me the rest of 4 weeks. It's going to be fun.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Winter Tour: Part 3

So, after staying at Chuck's (i'm pretty sure that's his name) house, we headed out towards baltimore, md. Our GPS has been fucking up lately so we just used mapquest on eric's phone. We got lost for a few minutes then miraculously found our way back to the highway. It was about an 8 hour drive and I finished the bukowski book.

We met up with Lighten Up which we haven't seen in about a year, and those dudes are awesome. Aneurysm Rats was playing also, which they rule super hard as well. It was going to be a fun show. As we were waiting to play I found a zine by the singer of Die Young in the Charm City Artspace zine library. It was one of the best zines i've ever read and I really want it.

All the bands played awesome, and Aneurysm Rats played a Ram & Ox song which was cool because that band broke up and they were awesome.

We stay at Ev from Mindsets house and "buy" some groceries from a nearby Shoppers. I haven't spent any money on this tour so far, and I've actually made like $7 from selling my zine. Ev is a super nice dude, and so is everyone that lives with him.

We wake up around 10 and goo back to the Shoppers for some more food. Great success! then we checked out the harbor and sang the pokemon theme song, and threw dried cherries at ducks.

We left for NJ around 12. The show was at a place called the Meatlocker, and we had never been there before, and we didn't have our GPS so we were kind of screwed. We drove around for at least an hour looking for it. And at one point we were actually standing outside the venue but didn't realize, and then we drove around for another hour looking for it and calling friends to see if they knew where it was.

We finally found the locker of meat (vegan of course) and loaded in. There was about 3 people there that weren't in bands but our set went well. We got paid $80 so we didn't complain.

We met RJ that is putting out "Escape" on vinyl, after the show. super nice dude. Got a G2 from CVS and headed over to this dudes house for sleep tonight. Supposedly he was going to bring Ari Katz from lifetime to come see us, but he didn't. Weired because we did a lifetime cover! haha

I just did a shit ton of school work, and now it's time to sleep, and get ready for the show tomorrow at Albert's house. NES and siq vegan food is about to go down.

"The man's a goblin!"

-Thomas Bahama-Danger-Albert Cantwell

p.s. I wish i had a camera to take pictures of sexy stuff

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Winter Tour: Part Tu

The show in Spartanburg was awesome. A bunch of kids knew the words and everybody had fun. We ended up staying at this random girl from the shows house. We get to the house (which is in the middle of no where) and I immediately smell cigarettes. There are about 3 ashtrays full of butts and ashes on every seat and leg rest. It was disgusting. Se didn't tell her parents we were staying, so we expected to wake up to yelling and fighting. I was wrong.

As I was dreaming of eating food other than moldy dumpster bagels, I hear a voice off in the distance. It reminds me somewhat of George W. Bush or Bullwinkle. As I try to ignore the annoying southern accent, I focus on the food: stacks of fresh hot pancakes covered with syrup, and mounds of mashed potatoes. Mhmm...I could almost smell it, then I felt a sudden burst of wind on my face, and the smell of vomit and cat urine. I open my eyes to find both parents in reclining chairs smoking cigarettes in their pajamas and they have just blown smoke directly into my eyes.

The father gives me a friendly "howdy fellas" and goes back to watching the tv. Which is apparently a blind man getting jerked off by a woman without a shirt on. Classy. So the mom makes us sausage and eggs, but we decline due to the vegan/vegetarian factor, and we get the hell out of there.

The show in Raleigh, NC is up next. We arrive in Raleigh around 5. The show doesn't start till 9 so we have some time to kill. We walk to Jimmy John's and get some free day-old bread. After about an hour, Jack, Charles, and I hear about an abandoned building near by. Of course we have to check it out.

It looks like an old factory that produced something that required many different sized roofs with ladders, and a large metal door. Jack managed to climb onto one of the roofs and go gallivanting. He is too scared of monsters to look around inside. We head back to the show and watch some bands. After a refused cover and a fugazi cover (both done horribly bad) we set up and play.

The show space is in a basement with a dirt floor covered in plumbing and spider webs. There were about 50 kids in there and it was awesome. We played really well and people were into it. I sold some zines and read some Bukowski that I nabbed from a bookstore.

We stayed at the house that we played at, which was a bad idea. We ended up just getting ready to go to sleep around 2. Drunk butt holes and dude bro's kept yelling and stepping on us so we didn't end up sleeping until around 4. (rock band is the worst game ever invented)

We wake up around 12 and get ready to leave. My brother and I have a moldy bagel fight with the bagels that are too far gone to eat. I lose and we proceed to drive away.

Our show in Richmond, VA got canceled but we managed to hop on a house show in Charleston or something. We got some food from a Trader Joe's and head over to the show. We get there around 6 and the show doesn't start till 9 again so more time to kill. We load up and fuck around for 3 hours. Some bands play and we play, and Charles almost breaks his knee on a speaker (he can jump really high). I sold some more zines, and we pack up and get the fuck out. The dude from Nightbear (one of the bands at the basement show) gave us a place to stay. He apparently lives with a guy in Between the buried and me, and I just met the old drummer of Kingdom. We all watched the Trial reunion DVD together and I did some school work.

More to come!
-Thomas

p.s. cats fucking suck!! (not really, I'm just allergic to them)

P.s.s.s.s.s. I have pictures but it's 3:01 and I am too cold to get the camera out of the van or move at all. good night.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Winter Tour: Part 1

Show last night was awesome. It was in Tallahassee at the Shed with Kids Like Us and The Mongoloids. A good amount of kids showed up and it was a lot of fun. The guy that lived next door kept coming out and smoking blunts and shoving people, but other than that it was a pretty sweet show.

We stayed at Jacks house that night and got about 100 dumpster bagels from Atlanta Bread Company, which is our food for the next few days. We drove 8 hours to Spartanburg, SC this morning, and showed up around 5. This venue is awesome, bands like Fugazi, Danzig, and Earth Crisis played here to name a few. Oh and Ted Nugent. There aren't many people here but it looks like it will be a fun show. Tomorrow is a house show in Raleigh, NC.

Keep it edge!
-Tommy the Turtle

Monday, November 3, 2008

Blackbox, Red Jumpsuit Aparatus, and The Fest

This weekend was full of awesomeness. First No Harm Done had a show at the Black Box Collective with Shook Ones, Ramming Speed and In Defense. All of which ruled incredibly hard, especially Ramming Speed. I picked up an In Defense tape and a Ramming Speed compact disc. That night we all ate at the hospital, which has an amazingly awesome fruit salad bar, and I slept at Charles house with Jack, Shook Ones, and In Defense.

Woke up the next morning and we ended up getting an after Fest show at some warehouse in Gainesville. So No Harm Done drives to gainesville on Friday and we get there around 9. We wait around for a few hours hanging out with dudes. Our show doesn't start until 2 am, so we have to waste some time. We find out that after all of the Fest shows are over at 1:30 Paint It Black is going to play out of a u-haul trailer in the parking lot outside of The Venue.

And of course at 1:30 we all head over to the parking lot and sure enough we see a u-haul pull up. Our group starts walking towards it and the other 200 people outside of The Venue follow. So there is this huge mob of punkers walking towards the u-haul. The door opens and Paint It Black starts setting everything up. They turn on their generator and start playing "Past Tense, Future Perfect." After about 5 seconds the generator shuts off and it's just the drums and about 200 people singing along. They keep playing and it is still pretty awesome. People are jumping off the top of the u-haul into the crowd. They finish that song and then cops on horse back show up. They start blowing their whistles and shining their flashlights into people eyes. So the crowd disperses, and we head back to our van for the warehouse show.

We get to the warehouse to find about 50 people huddled outside. After a few minutes some more bands show up including Paint It Black, Trash Talk, Smartbomb, and No Trigger. Charles calls the dude that has the key to the warehouse, and he said he fell asleep and will be there in a few minutes. After 20 minutes of confusion and galaventing pass by the dudes in Trash Talk start trying to break the lock on the door. Then charles gets a text from the kid saying that he isn't comming. So we all leave with soft penises.

That night we stayed with two of Charles friends at some shitty motel and get even shittier food from stake n shake.

The next morning we drive to St. Petersburg for some lame show with Red Jumpsuit Aparatus. There are about 20 people there in a field that they hold the warped tour at. We get free vegan food, and drinks which is the highlight of the whole day. Jack boxes Tom Stevens, and some metal bands dressed up as wolf's play. I filled in for Change of Ideas for this show and like 3 other shows which is fun because they have some really awesome songs to play on drums. Then No Harm Done plays and some kids are into it. We get some more free vegan food then watch fallen from the sky cover Marylin Manson. We end up leaving around 8.

I stayed over at Charles house again because Jack, Charles, and I plan on seeing the Ergs on Sunday.

We wake up around 12 and watch Seinfeld. I got vitamin C from publix because I became sick over the weekend somehow. After consuming large doses on Seinfeld, pasta, vitamin C, and anal sex we head to Gainesville. As we are driving we smell burning rubber. Jack pulls over and realize that his tires are extremely bald, and have large rips in them. So he gets his tires replaced and we continue our trip to G-ville. We get their around 7, just in time for the ergs. This guy sneaks us in through a back entrance and we catch them a few songs into their first set. They play mostly songs I've never heard, but then announce that their second set (due to Dead To Me dropping off) is going to be DORKROCKCORKROD in it's entirety. This is the only cd I listen to religiously. Of course their set was awesome, and they even played two descendents covers including "Bikeage".

Since I was already sick, and due to the repeated kicks, and punches to the head, I wasn't feeling to well. I decide to not join Jack and Charles in their vegan hot dog meal. They take me home and I have a banana, some OJ, and vitamin c pills, and am off to bed.

This weekend was one of the best in a few months. Tour starts November 12th, and it will be my last one for a while since I have to go back to DSC to finish high school. The man is a goblin!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Walking...walking...walking

So, today I had to return some stuff to the library. I ride down there and do my thing, come back out and start riding back towards 17-92. I look down and see that my front wheel is wobbling. Some how from the 5 minute span of me returning my library items a big section of my front wheel was bent. I don't know how it happened, but I was pissed because I only have only had the bike for 4 days so far.

I ride very carefully to goodwill and pick up a $1 charger for my old phone since my new one just broke. I head over to tyler's to see if he could do anything with my wheel. But the wheel was to damaged to tweak on our own, so then I was off to Jc's.

Took the votran to deland, and arrived at JC's bike shop. He said he needed to fix the spokes and realign the wheel, and that would take about 3 hours. Since I didn't have my bike I couldn't go far, so I went to steve's and hung out for about 30 minutes. I didn't have enough money to get my tire fixed and buy a cd so I left. I headed to the comic book store to see if they had any good selections. But it was closed, at 1 o'clock. WHY!?

Walked back to JC's but it wasn't done yet, so I walked to taco bell. Got some food and waited until 2:30 to walk back. The bike was finally done, and it was only $13. Caught the votran back to orange city and rode home.



This is No Harm Done's new guitarist. Get ready for bowel moving solo's.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Success!

I finished my messenger bag today thanks to tyler and my mom for sewing assistance. It cost absolutely nothing! Be jealous.





On another note, I should be getting my fixed gear in a few more days. No more shitty girl's bike for me!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Faith No More

Haven't posted in a while. Not really anything to talk about.

I got some siq new music incuding but not limited to: Faith No More, Isis, Pelican, Cruel Hand, Agent Orange. I finished my plastic bag messenger bag. it came out way too wide, and not tall enough. I basically know how to put one together with ease now. Next step is too cut and sew my vinyl sign into one. This one should turn out better.

On another note, I printed my zine out on wednesday! It looks awesome, and I shipped out 15 orders yesterday, and got 5 more this morning from England and Canada! Since I know how to actually put together my own magazine now, the next issue will be MUCH better put together. Although the comic book background rules pretty hard.

My new favorite movie is Midnight Cowboy. I suggest you check it out. Dustin Hoffman made me want to become a bum in new york.

Have Heart show comming up! No Harm Done leaves for a month and a half long tour in november. Time for some more dumpster food, and possible free tattoos!

-Thomas Bahama Cantwell

p.s. Order "Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks" here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=495978

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Lately, I, Thomas Bahama Cantwell, have been extremely busy. I have been working on the finishing touches of my zine. I have been constructing a messenger bag for bike related traveling supplies. And have also been stocking up on my movie collection, thanks to Goodwill and their amazing selection of classic VHS tapes.


To start off, my zine is almost done! I only need one single piece of artwork from mastermind Perry, and it will be off to the local office depot for printing.
I'm only selling it for $1, and $2 if you want it shipped to you, so don't be a george costanza and buy one please.



Second. I have been constructing a messenger bag. I have been waking up every morning for the past 4 days at 7am, and iron plastic bags all day. I am using plastic bags as a trial run. If it works out, I am going to use this siqq vinyl sign I "found" in the K-Mart plaza. This is a very fun project. It opens up your inner Martha Stewart.





Last but not beastly, my movie collection has been considerably growing the past few weeks. This picture only displays half of the incredible movies I have obtained from Goodwill and/or Hospice aka "Dead People Store"


DEMO TAPES & EDGE BREAKS is going to be EPIC!!!!!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks UPDATE!

Check out the blog for my magazine "Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks" here

http://dtandeb.blogspot.com/

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Friday Night Frenzy & Park Hopping

It's been a while since I last posted, but a lot has been going down the past few days.

I have been trying to get my zine finished as fast as I can, but it's a little hard when people don't respond in less than 5 days. But it's coming along slowly, but surely.

On Friday, I met up with Nathan, and some other cool dudes, and we hit up some bike trails and gas stations for a few hours. It doesn't seem like a lot of riding, but we probably rode about 30 miles. It's only the first of many awesome rides to come.

On Saturday, I wanted to see Static Radio at the Black Box Collective, but no one wanted to go with me, and downtown Orlando is too ghetto for an untrained 16 year old, so I just stayed home and watched some Seinfeld.

Today I hung out with Sierra for the first time in over a year. We partied at blue springs for a while, and tried finding cool places to hang out. We pretended to shop at Winn Dixie, and left a cart full of groceries in the store, and ended up visiting almost all of the parks in orange city, and deltona, minus a select few. Somehow I came home with two nerdy looking fish, and a new appreciation for grandma's that race pick-up trucks and draw nude women. AWESOME!

Tomorrow I get my passport, and hopefully a new bike seat. Onward and Upward!

p.s. Hospice steals dead people's belongings. That's how their prices are so low...

Monday, September 22, 2008

Zombies vs. Jedi

Yesterday I rode to De land with Tyler and we hung out with some cool dudes: Chris and Bailey. I ate at Moe's for the first time, which makes the best burritos in the land. Then we just cruised De land and Chris got caught stealing Oreo's at a 7-11. Tyler and I ended up heading home at 7. My brother came and picked us up against our will. It took him 40 minutes to come, so we could have just rode home. I got home at 9 o'clock and ate a left over Cliff Bar from Wal-Mart's free section.

Today, I started my day with a nice heaping cup of coffee, and headed to my local comic book shoppe. I picked up #2 Issues of Beavis & Butt-Head, and Return of The Jedi. On my way back it started to rain, so I booked it home. Made myself a BBQ Tofu sandwich and watched some Seinfeld re-runs. I got my Gray Ghost 10" in the mail today, and it rules way harder on vinyl. I played drums for a while, and tuned my snare.

I still need a job, so if you can help me out with that, it will be much appreciated.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Resurrect to Destroy

Today was a very busy day for me. Woke up around 8 to get a head start on the day. I didn't feel like doing schoolwork, so I didn't. I had a HUGE cup of coffee, and tried to get some more bids on my ebay items from the b9board. Luckily Charles helped me, and he bid on some stuff to get the prices a little higher. What a nice guy! I sold most of the stuff.
Then I remembered I had to go to the library to return some Cd's, and books. I got about half way down Saxon Blvd on my bike when I ran over a nail, and it went through my tire and tube and was sticking out the other side. I had one of those Fix-A-Flat cheap tube fixer-upers in my back pack, so I used that hoping it would get me to the library and back. Unfortunately, it didn't work at all. it just got greasy white foam all over my shorts and hands.
I ended up walking my bike 2 miles back to my house. I got on my Dad's shitty mountain bike and headed for the all mighty Wal-Mart. It took me a while to get there since that mountain bike wasn't near as fast as my road bike. But once I get there I realize I didn't have much money with me. Luckily, they were having an awesome sale: If you put stuff in your pockets when we aren't watching, you get to have it for free! I got a 27" shit brand tube, and a tube repair kit, which would have done me good earlier. I am successful at being undetected on my way out of the store with my pockets full.
I figured since I am out already, I might as well ride to the library like I was planning. Bad idea. The mountain bike is horrible at tackling the hills ahead on Saxon, and 17-92. It took me forever to ride about 3 miles to the Debary library, but 108 helped pass the time. I return my almost overdue books, and to my surprise I find a Dinosaur Jr. cd! I go to check out, and the bitch at the front desk tells me I owe $8 on stuff I definitely returned about a month ago! I tell her to double check that shit, which she does, and finds out that the computer was wrong, and I don't owe anything. I took my Dino Jr. cd and get the fuck out. I listened to 88 Fingers Louie on the way back and it wasn't as bad as getting there, except for the huge hill in 17-92 that was covered in sandbags, and drainage pipes.
I got back to my house, and changed the tubes, and now everything is Perfecto Padia.
Time to go make me a BBQ tofu sammmmmich!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks

As some of you know, I am starting a zine. There is no particular reason for me doing this except I need something to occupy my time, since I can't find a job. The magazine will be called Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks. There will be a tape consisting on songs from bands around Florida, or just band that people should know about, included with every magazine. Interviews from some sweet bands, and some reviews of some of my favorite new albums. There will also be many articles focusing on subjects such as animal rights and hardcore in general. Keep on the lookout for Demo Tapes & Edge Breaks!

-Thomas

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Failure and Boredom

Today was just like any other day. Woke up, drank some coffee. Did some schoolwork. Then I proceeded in riding my bicycle to orange city, to pass the time. I ended up at Goodwill for the third time in four days. I found a Will Ferrel shirt with "More Cowbell" on the front, and Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger. I rode around to the back to scour the dumpster for something, and realized I left my sunglasses in the dressing room! So, I went back, and luckily they we still there. I then rode over to Publix and checked their dumpsters for anything special. I found nothing, so I went to Hospice Thrift Store in the K-Mart plaza. Found an Alien Workshop trucker hat, and a Danny Devito/Judge Reinhold movie which looks hilarious. I met up unexpectedly with my brother Matt, and we ate at Taco Bell. Then I headed home, and almost got hit by 4 cars on the way.

My sexy bike Julia:




My Florida State Seminoles Tank-Top was soaked in sweat and man odor, so I threw it in the drier for a few minutes. I decided to make some homemade Seitan with a BBQ recipe I found on the internet. I didn't have gluten flour, so I just used regular flour, and it turned out really soft. I put it in the fridge for 15 minutes, and it was still really soggy, so I threw it away. What a failure.

Listened to the Big Rats demo(myspace.com/bigratsfl) until my dad came home and told me to turn it off. He is now making drunk chicken. That's where you take a whole chicken, set it on top of a beer can (preferably Coors) and grill it until the chicken is done and the beer has evaporated into the chicken. TASTY!!!!



Spirituality: The last refuge for a failed human being. It's just another way of disguising yourself from who you really are.
- G.C.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays

So, today I woke up and did some schoolwork for a few hours. Then I rode my bike and went to Goodwill, and Big Lots for a little while. Then I hung out with Tyler and ate a Souper Meal, and watched A Haunting.

We sat around until 3, then rode to Half-Off-Books and then it started to rain, so I rode home.

As, I was approaching my house, I was passing these dude-bros playing football in the street. They threw the football right at me, and it missed by a few inches. I couldn't do anything since there were 10 of them, and they were buff and bigger than me and my wimpy body. So, I just ignored them and went home.

Muscles suck, football sucks, dude-bro's suck, and dude-bro's with huge muscles, playing football suck. Go, listen to Rival Schools.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

"You can't just eat food out of dumpsters, and live out of a van for the rest of your life!"

Hardcore and punk is undefinable. If you aren't a part of it, you will never understand. So many things that are deemed unacceptable in society, are common courtesy in the hardcore and punk community. Your father wouldn't let someone he just met 10 seconds ago sleep on his floor, and use his shower, and eat his food, would he?

It kind of makes me mad that people don't understand the whole concept of it. But, then again, I'm glad that people don't understand, because it makes the whole idea of being a "family" and helping out people when they really need it more personal. Sure there are idiots and insane people in the hardcore scene and people that couldn't give two shits about where the bands go's after a show, but there are also people that give money out of their own pockets to bands that were screwed out of a show, or people that let bands stay at their house for 3 days because their van was hit by a drunk driver. Even if you aren't in a band: You volunteer to carpool with someone to a far away show, or even pick someone up that fell while singing along.

I would just hate to see the hardcore/punk scene fall to fashion and popularity like every other genre of music out there today...

Friday, September 12, 2008

Computer vs. Typewriter

Woke up, drank 2 cups of coffee. Rode my bike to the De Bary library. And found these two works of art hiding on the shelf.




Didn't eat at all today. If Denny's had non-dairy creamer, I wouldn't need to own a house. Time to watch Seinfeld.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

"Sorry, not at the moment."

So, I spent the WHOLE day applying for jobs. So may rejections, and three applications received. I also applied online for a million different jobs. In all I probably filled out 20 applications. There has to be one opening somewhere. I don't even care if I clean up shit all day for $2.34/hr. I just need money.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

United by Fate

I rode my bike 20 miles round trip today, to Steve's Downtown music in De Land. I bought Rival Schools - United By Fate, and Shutdown - Something To Prove. Some dude bro came in while I was purchasing these works of art wearing a full jean outfit, including cowboy boots, and bought three, count em, THREE INXS Cd's.




As I was on my way back, three blocks away from my house, it started pouring down rain. I got soaked, and when I went to use my brakes at an intersection, they wouldn't work, so I had to pedal really fast and go into the grass to avoid a UPS delivery truck.

Monday, September 8, 2008

The nerd in me

So, I found some old G.I. Joe and Captain America comics in my room yesterday, and have decided to get back into comics. I bought Star Wars and Beavis and Butthead first issues today. Here's what I have so far:







I am also thinking about starting my own zine. I was thinking either a hardcore comic book with sketches about cliche hardcore and punk situations, or just a regular interview zine with some funny articles. Opinions are appreciated.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Marine Scientology

I got new tires and tubes for my bike, and a fancy cup holder for long rides. That took a good amount of space out of my wallet since I don't have a job. I also got the Youth of Today Disengage 7" from Danielle yesterday (which rules super hard by the way).

No Harm Done didn't go on their last tour due to some disagreements. No Ambitions, Dead Hearts, or Grey Area shows. But we are doing a full U.S. tour from November 12th to December 16th which is siqqq!

I've got no food, I've got no job, my pets heads are falling off!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Tour: Day I

I got my appendix taken out yesterday. Now I leave to go on tour for 26 days. Tonight is in Tallahassee @ the Beta Bar so get ready for some F.U.N.!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Disconnecting

8 more days till I leave again. I wish I could tour non-stop for the rest of my life. 25 days just isn't enough for me. Tour = food and I'm a 400 pound chef. I do love coming home and getting to listen to my records.

I will have to get a job again after this tour. Hopefully I do something like stock shelfs or cashier, and not busboy or dishwasher. I hate cleaning up after people.

I sent Henry Rollins a letter with an Interview for my online school. I hope he responds, that would be awesome.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

6/19 - 7/13

We leave for our first leg of the summer tour next Thursday. I can't wait to get out of this city.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

"Escape" and New England Shows

We just finished recording our new full-length "Escape." It was one of the most fun times I have ever had. Jim Siegel was an awesome guy, and his dog Dave was just as awesome.



As for the three shows after...those are another story all together.
Here are just some of the pictures.






This is why I love hardcore/punk shows.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Recording..

We'll be heading up to Boston, MA tomorrow to start recording our new full-length record. It's going to be boss! Check back for more updates.

In the Van Again