Also, we got a new rat today. His name is Wagner.
10 years ago
Saturday, May 30, 2009
The Week of Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Went to see Wolves in the Throne Room, Krallice, A Storm of Light, and Forensics last night. Two of the bands were boring and dissappointing, but two played excellent sets. Overall, it's been a pretty excellent week and I'm looking forward to summer continuing at this pace. I'm finding myself feeling a lot more comortable and happy every day. It should be mentioned that I went to the pool beforehand, which was fun as hell.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Scored some good stuff used today.
Anthrax, Among the Living (How you gonna pass this up for $5?)
Darkthrone, A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Possessed, Seven Churches
S.O.D, Speak English or Die (The Re-Issue with all the live shit.)
... all for about $20. Stoked.
The weather's been really nice lately. Today was perfect for driving around and listening to Endtroducing... (which apparently Alicia is already familiar with?)
Got a lot done today, which always feels good before heading back to work. I'm missing the Fight Amp and Moutheater show tomorrow though, which sucks, and likely Rotten Sound on Tuesday. I hope to compensate for this by heading up to Wolves In the Throne Room in Richmond with some friends next week. I could use some dude-time.
I missed out on a chance to hang out with an old friend today, which was a bit of a bummer, but I caught up with my dad, which only happens every few months for some reason or other, so I was happy for that.
Lately I feel like I measure my satisfaction with life by my ability to accomplish things that might not be necessary, but are helpful. Working on the car or yard, organizing something around the house that had been in disarray, shit like that. I think it's indicative of either feeling like I don't control my circumstances enough or feeling like I haven't accomplished enough in life through some other means.
Anthrax, Among the Living (How you gonna pass this up for $5?)
Darkthrone, A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Possessed, Seven Churches
S.O.D, Speak English or Die (The Re-Issue with all the live shit.)
... all for about $20. Stoked.
The weather's been really nice lately. Today was perfect for driving around and listening to Endtroducing... (which apparently Alicia is already familiar with?)
Got a lot done today, which always feels good before heading back to work. I'm missing the Fight Amp and Moutheater show tomorrow though, which sucks, and likely Rotten Sound on Tuesday. I hope to compensate for this by heading up to Wolves In the Throne Room in Richmond with some friends next week. I could use some dude-time.
I missed out on a chance to hang out with an old friend today, which was a bit of a bummer, but I caught up with my dad, which only happens every few months for some reason or other, so I was happy for that.
Lately I feel like I measure my satisfaction with life by my ability to accomplish things that might not be necessary, but are helpful. Working on the car or yard, organizing something around the house that had been in disarray, shit like that. I think it's indicative of either feeling like I don't control my circumstances enough or feeling like I haven't accomplished enough in life through some other means.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The Week of May 17th, 2009
Saturday, May 16th:
Iron Lung/Lords of Light - Split 7"
Akitsa, Goétie
Iron Lung/Lana Dagales - Split 12"
Pig Destroyer, Terrifyer
Protestant, As Dead As We Look
Noah's birthday party today. It was fun. The girls and I were exhausted afterwards, so after they fell asleep I got a cherry limeade from Doumar's and dropped off the Such Hawks, Such Hounds DVD for Josh.
Sunday, May 17th:
Men's Interest, Demo 2008
Alliterate, Demo 2008
Jesu, Sun Down/Sun Rise
Dead Kennedys, Give Me Convenience, Or Give Me Death
mewithoutyou, [A--->B] Life
Ruiner, "Still Smiling" Demo 2005
Agents of Abhorrence, Covert Lobotomy
Wolves In the Throne Room, Malevolent Grain EP
Weakling, Dead As Dreams
Mastadon, Lifesblood EP
Down In Flames, Three 7"s on One CD
Roadside Monument, Eight Hours Away from Being a Man
Made Out of Babies, Coward
Dropdead, Dropdead (1998)
Integrity/Mayday - Split 7"
U2, The Joshua Tree
Burzum, Filosofem
Suffocation, Pierced from Within
Slint, Tweez
Anodyne, Lifetime of Gray Skies
pg. 99, Document #09
pg. 99, Document #07
The Cure, Head On the Door
Ocean, Here Where Nothing Grows
Burzum, Det Som Engang Var
Monday, May 18th:
Jesuit, Jesuit (Hydra Head)
Nirvana, Bleach
The Misfits, 12 Hits from Hell
Breathing Fire, Years of Lead
Muse, Black Holes and Revelations
Wasted Time, Futility LP
pg. 99, Document #07
Say Goodbye, Misanthropy 7"
Noisear, The Red Tape Agenda
Dinosaur Jr, Just Like Heaven EP
Leatherface, Mush
Dropdead/Totalitar - Split 7"
Septic Death, Crossed Out Twice
Versoma, Life During Wartime
Neurosis, Through Silver and Blood
Bathory, Bathory
Void, Condensed Flesh
Boris, Heavy Rocks
The Wipers, Is This Real?
Pulling Teeth, Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions
Unbroken, It's Getting Tougher to Say the Right Things
Devour, Devour
Primus, Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Sex Positions, Demo 2002
Sirens, Demo 2002
Tuesday, May 19th:
Obituary, Slowly We Rot
Coalesce, Functioning on Impatience
Count Me Out, Permanent
The Swarm (aka Knee Deep in the Dead), Parasitic Skies 10"
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Soul Swallower, Soul Swallower 7"
Mayday, Stapelegun 10"
Knives Out, Heartburn EP
Beastie Boys, Ill Communication
Hatebreed, For the Lions
Metallica, ... And Justice for All
Spanish Bombs, "Brown Bag" Demo 2006
Butthole Surfers, Locust Abortion Technician
Mayday, Lost in the Sabbath 7"
Ice Nine, Discography
Reversal of Man, Discography
No Comment, Discography
Swing Kids, Discography
T. Rex, Electric Warrior
The Hope Conspiracy, Cold Blue
Jesuit, Jesuit 7" (Resevoir)
Municipal Waste, Waste 'Em All
Some Girls, The DNA Will Have Its Say EP
Kittens, Bazooka and The Hustler
The Birthday Party, Junkyard
The Jesus Lizard, Down
At the Gates, Suicidal Final Art
Headed back to work after being off for wife's surgery last week... not the most excited about that. This week I'm trying to get the first screen of patches printed, and looking into some leads as to where I might be able to distro some vinyl regularly. It'll be easier to get shit done when Wife is off of painkillers and more functional, but for the time being it's nice to spend time with the girls.
Tuesday (May 26th) Rotten Sound, The Endless Blockade (blog), Catheter, Magrudergrind, and Maruta are playing Richmond. I don't see myself getting off work to go, but shit - that show sounds awesome. I am trying to head up for Wolves In the Throne Room, Krallice, A Storm of Light, and Forensics on the 29th though. If I have to miss Rotten Sound again, at least I can catch WITTR, right?
Caught up with some old friends from swimming on FaceBook this week. Scott Rhodes says he lives in Norfolk and wants to come to some metal shows with me. Sounds awesome.
Also - I'm trying to play drums more. Anybody wanna jam? Wednesdays through Saturdays I'm free and we can play in my garage.
Iron Lung/Lords of Light - Split 7"
Akitsa, Goétie
Iron Lung/Lana Dagales - Split 12"
Pig Destroyer, Terrifyer
Protestant, As Dead As We Look
Noah's birthday party today. It was fun. The girls and I were exhausted afterwards, so after they fell asleep I got a cherry limeade from Doumar's and dropped off the Such Hawks, Such Hounds DVD for Josh.
Sunday, May 17th:
Men's Interest, Demo 2008
Alliterate, Demo 2008
Jesu, Sun Down/Sun Rise
Dead Kennedys, Give Me Convenience, Or Give Me Death
mewithoutyou, [A--->B] Life
Ruiner, "Still Smiling" Demo 2005
Agents of Abhorrence, Covert Lobotomy
Wolves In the Throne Room, Malevolent Grain EP
Weakling, Dead As Dreams
Mastadon, Lifesblood EP
Down In Flames, Three 7"s on One CD
Roadside Monument, Eight Hours Away from Being a Man
Made Out of Babies, Coward
Dropdead, Dropdead (1998)
Integrity/Mayday - Split 7"
U2, The Joshua Tree
Burzum, Filosofem
Suffocation, Pierced from Within
Slint, Tweez
Anodyne, Lifetime of Gray Skies
pg. 99, Document #09
pg. 99, Document #07
The Cure, Head On the Door
Ocean, Here Where Nothing Grows
Burzum, Det Som Engang Var
Monday, May 18th:
Jesuit, Jesuit (Hydra Head)
Nirvana, Bleach
The Misfits, 12 Hits from Hell
Breathing Fire, Years of Lead
Muse, Black Holes and Revelations
Wasted Time, Futility LP
pg. 99, Document #07
Say Goodbye, Misanthropy 7"
Noisear, The Red Tape Agenda
Dinosaur Jr, Just Like Heaven EP
Leatherface, Mush
Dropdead/Totalitar - Split 7"
Septic Death, Crossed Out Twice
Versoma, Life During Wartime
Neurosis, Through Silver and Blood
Bathory, Bathory
Void, Condensed Flesh
Boris, Heavy Rocks
The Wipers, Is This Real?
Pulling Teeth, Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions
Unbroken, It's Getting Tougher to Say the Right Things
Devour, Devour
Primus, Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Sex Positions, Demo 2002
Sirens, Demo 2002
Tuesday, May 19th:
Obituary, Slowly We Rot
Coalesce, Functioning on Impatience
Count Me Out, Permanent
The Swarm (aka Knee Deep in the Dead), Parasitic Skies 10"
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Soul Swallower, Soul Swallower 7"
Mayday, Stapelegun 10"
Knives Out, Heartburn EP
Beastie Boys, Ill Communication
Hatebreed, For the Lions
Metallica, ... And Justice for All
Spanish Bombs, "Brown Bag" Demo 2006
Butthole Surfers, Locust Abortion Technician
Mayday, Lost in the Sabbath 7"
Ice Nine, Discography
Reversal of Man, Discography
No Comment, Discography
Swing Kids, Discography
T. Rex, Electric Warrior
The Hope Conspiracy, Cold Blue
Jesuit, Jesuit 7" (Resevoir)
Municipal Waste, Waste 'Em All
Some Girls, The DNA Will Have Its Say EP
Kittens, Bazooka and The Hustler
The Birthday Party, Junkyard
The Jesus Lizard, Down
At the Gates, Suicidal Final Art
Headed back to work after being off for wife's surgery last week... not the most excited about that. This week I'm trying to get the first screen of patches printed, and looking into some leads as to where I might be able to distro some vinyl regularly. It'll be easier to get shit done when Wife is off of painkillers and more functional, but for the time being it's nice to spend time with the girls.
Tuesday (May 26th) Rotten Sound, The Endless Blockade (blog), Catheter, Magrudergrind, and Maruta are playing Richmond. I don't see myself getting off work to go, but shit - that show sounds awesome. I am trying to head up for Wolves In the Throne Room, Krallice, A Storm of Light, and Forensics on the 29th though. If I have to miss Rotten Sound again, at least I can catch WITTR, right?
Caught up with some old friends from swimming on FaceBook this week. Scott Rhodes says he lives in Norfolk and wants to come to some metal shows with me. Sounds awesome.
Also - I'm trying to play drums more. Anybody wanna jam? Wednesdays through Saturdays I'm free and we can play in my garage.
Friday, May 15, 2009
The Week of May 10th, 2009
Sunday, May 10th: (Mothers' Day)
Danzig, "Mother"
Jesu, "Mother Earth"
The Devil and The Sea, "Mother Furnace"
The Beatles, "Mother Nature's Son"
Today Is the Day, "Mother's Ruin"
Ceremony, "Mothers and Fathers"
U2, "Mothers of the Dissappeared"
No Comment, "A Mother's Crime"
Backstabbers Imc, "Sometimes Mothers Look Like Lambs Being Led to The Slaighter"
Celebrity Murders, "My Grandbother, The Race War"
Helmet, Strap It On
No Comment, Downsided 7"
Beastie Boys, Ill Communication
Jawbreaker, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Scott Walker, The Drift
Reversal of Man, This Is Medicine
v/a, We Reach: The Music of the Melvins
The Endless Blockade, Come Friendly Bombs 7"
mewithoutyou, I Never Said That I Was Brave EP
Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come
Hatred Surge - Insect Warfare - Split 7"
EyeHateGod, Dopesick
A Storm of Light/Nadja - Split LP
Sunn O))) & Boris, Altar
Dead Kennedys, Plastic Surgery Disasters
Massive Attack, Mezzanine
The Cure, Concert
Panic, Circles
Cough, Sigillum Luciferi
Darsombra, "Nymphaea"
Saturation, Saturation
Monday, May 11th:
Alicia's surgery today. Spend most of the morning cleaning and getting the house ready for her release from the hospital.
Got some stuff in the mail this week:
- Pig Destroyer, Terrifyer 2xLP (1st Press; /600 Black, 180g)
- Rotten Sound, Cycles LP (1st Press; /500 White, 180g)
- Rotten Sound, Exit CD
- Rotten Sound, Murderworks CD
- Tombs, WInter Hours LP (1st Press; /100 Clear)
Pretty stoked on Rotten Sound and TOmbs right now. Also, been spinning Enemy of The Sun more than usual this month.
Recently:
Boris with Michio Hurikari, Rainbow
Deadguy, Fixation on a Co-Worker
Neurosis, Enemy of The Sun
Neurosis, Times of Grace
Rotten Sound, Murderworks
Rotten Sound, Exit
Rotten Sound, Cycles
Texas Is the Reason, Do You Know Who You Are?
Tombs, Tombs EP
Tombs, Winter Hours
Saw the Such Hawks, Such Hounds documentary last night. Matt Pike blew my fucking mind in the first minute and a half. It was pretty good after that too. If you haven't heard of it, it's a documentary about "The American Hard Rock UNderground," or essentially the (so-called) stoner, psychadelic, and desert-rock scenes. It has interviews and live footage Pentagram, Kyuss, Melvins, Sleep, Om, Wino, Dead Meadow, Bardo Pond, Pearls and Brass, Earthless, and more. I highly recommended it (Har, har, har.)
Danzig, "Mother"
Jesu, "Mother Earth"
The Devil and The Sea, "Mother Furnace"
The Beatles, "Mother Nature's Son"
Today Is the Day, "Mother's Ruin"
Ceremony, "Mothers and Fathers"
U2, "Mothers of the Dissappeared"
No Comment, "A Mother's Crime"
Backstabbers Imc, "Sometimes Mothers Look Like Lambs Being Led to The Slaighter"
Celebrity Murders, "My Grandbother, The Race War"
Helmet, Strap It On
No Comment, Downsided 7"
Beastie Boys, Ill Communication
Jawbreaker, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Scott Walker, The Drift
Reversal of Man, This Is Medicine
v/a, We Reach: The Music of the Melvins
The Endless Blockade, Come Friendly Bombs 7"
mewithoutyou, I Never Said That I Was Brave EP
Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come
Hatred Surge - Insect Warfare - Split 7"
EyeHateGod, Dopesick
A Storm of Light/Nadja - Split LP
Sunn O))) & Boris, Altar
Dead Kennedys, Plastic Surgery Disasters
Massive Attack, Mezzanine
The Cure, Concert
Panic, Circles
Cough, Sigillum Luciferi
Darsombra, "Nymphaea"
Saturation, Saturation
Monday, May 11th:
Alicia's surgery today. Spend most of the morning cleaning and getting the house ready for her release from the hospital.
Got some stuff in the mail this week:
- Pig Destroyer, Terrifyer 2xLP (1st Press; /600 Black, 180g)
- Rotten Sound, Cycles LP (1st Press; /500 White, 180g)
- Rotten Sound, Exit CD
- Rotten Sound, Murderworks CD
- Tombs, WInter Hours LP (1st Press; /100 Clear)
Pretty stoked on Rotten Sound and TOmbs right now. Also, been spinning Enemy of The Sun more than usual this month.
Recently:
Boris with Michio Hurikari, Rainbow
Deadguy, Fixation on a Co-Worker
Neurosis, Enemy of The Sun
Neurosis, Times of Grace
Rotten Sound, Murderworks
Rotten Sound, Exit
Rotten Sound, Cycles
Texas Is the Reason, Do You Know Who You Are?
Tombs, Tombs EP
Tombs, Winter Hours
Saw the Such Hawks, Such Hounds documentary last night. Matt Pike blew my fucking mind in the first minute and a half. It was pretty good after that too. If you haven't heard of it, it's a documentary about "The American Hard Rock UNderground," or essentially the (so-called) stoner, psychadelic, and desert-rock scenes. It has interviews and live footage Pentagram, Kyuss, Melvins, Sleep, Om, Wino, Dead Meadow, Bardo Pond, Pearls and Brass, Earthless, and more. I highly recommended it (Har, har, har.)
Friday, May 8, 2009
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Mothers' Day is Sunday (I work), then Wife is having surgery on Monday and recovering over the next week (I do not work). Just getting everything lined up so that week has as little stress as possible involved.
Swag Swap is two weeks from tomorrow. Hmmm...
Friday, May 8th:
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Nina Simone, Anthology
The Wipers, Is This Real?
Nirvana, BBC Sessions
Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me
Terrorizer, World Downfall
Napalm Death, Utopia Banished
Metallica, Master of Puppets
Tombs, Winter Hours
Swag Swap is two weeks from tomorrow. Hmmm...
Friday, May 8th:
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Nina Simone, Anthology
The Wipers, Is This Real?
Nirvana, BBC Sessions
Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me
Terrorizer, World Downfall
Napalm Death, Utopia Banished
Metallica, Master of Puppets
Tombs, Winter Hours
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Week of May 3rd, 2009
Sunday, May 3rd:
Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
GZA, Liquid Swords
Kiss It Goodbye, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Surroundings, Monument in Ruins 7"
Fight Amp, Hungry for Nothing
Dropdead, Discography (1991-1993)
Neurosis, Enemy of the Sun
pg. 99, Document #13
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Insect Warfare, World Extermination
Cursed, Two
Neurosis, Through Silver and Blood
Thelonious Monk, Blue Monk
Craft, Terror Propaganda
pg. 99, Document #02
Modern Life Is War, Modern Life Is War 7"
Jesu, Silver EP
Portishead, Roseland NYC Live
Galaxie 500, On Fire
Leatherface, Mush
Tombs, Winter Hours
Bad Business, Bad Business
Weezer, Weezer (Blue Album
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Unbroken, life. love. regret.
Monday, May 4th:
The Hope Conspiracy, Death Knows Your Name
Black Flag, Slip It In
Sex Positions, Sex Positions
Nirvana, Unplugged in New York
Panic, Panic 7"
Coffins/The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God - Split
Quicksand, "Thorn in My Side" Single
David Bowie, The Platinum Collection
Paint It Black, Paradise
Rorschach, Needlepack
Bathory, Bathory
Modern Life Is War, Witness
Say Goodbye, Say Goodbye
Fight Amp, Hungry for Nothing
Black Flag, My War
Ceremony, Still Nothing Moves You
pg. 99, Document #06
Bone Awl, Not For Our Feet
The B-52's, Time Capsule
Fight Amp, Ugly Kids Doing Ugly Things 7"
Coffins, The Other Side of Blasphemy
Nirvana, With the Lights Out Box Set
Count Me Out, Few and Far Between EP
Suffocation, Effigy of the Forgotten
Morphine, Cure for Pain
Prideswallower, Lifeswallower EP
Buzzov*en, Sore
Tueasday, May 5th...
Boris, Pink
Caspar Brontzman Massaker, Home
Leatherface, BBC Sessions
Wolves In the Throne Room, Diadem of 12 Stars
Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream
Lurker of Chalice, Lurker of Chalice
Black Flag, Everything Went Black
Karp, Self-Titled LP
Kittens, Rhinoceros Love
The Clash, London Calling
Jeff Buckley, Grace
Carry On, A Life Less Plagued
Botch, We Are the Romans
Mannequin, Yr Aching Tooth (Unreleased)
Dropdead, Dropdead (1998)
Napalm Death, Utopia Banished
Method Man, Tical
Minsk, Burning EP
v/a, Fear of Smell Comp (I missed a copy of this for $.99 on eBay last month. Just forgot to bid on it. What the fuck, right?)
EyeHateGod, Dopesick
Human Remains, An Admiration Most Deep and Foul 7"
Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
GZA, Liquid Swords
Kiss It Goodbye, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Surroundings, Monument in Ruins 7"
Fight Amp, Hungry for Nothing
Dropdead, Discography (1991-1993)
Neurosis, Enemy of the Sun
pg. 99, Document #13
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Insect Warfare, World Extermination
Cursed, Two
Neurosis, Through Silver and Blood
Thelonious Monk, Blue Monk
Craft, Terror Propaganda
pg. 99, Document #02
Modern Life Is War, Modern Life Is War 7"
Jesu, Silver EP
Portishead, Roseland NYC Live
Galaxie 500, On Fire
Leatherface, Mush
Tombs, Winter Hours
Bad Business, Bad Business
Weezer, Weezer (Blue Album
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Unbroken, life. love. regret.
Monday, May 4th:
The Hope Conspiracy, Death Knows Your Name
Black Flag, Slip It In
Sex Positions, Sex Positions
Nirvana, Unplugged in New York
Panic, Panic 7"
Coffins/The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God - Split
Quicksand, "Thorn in My Side" Single
David Bowie, The Platinum Collection
Paint It Black, Paradise
Rorschach, Needlepack
Bathory, Bathory
Modern Life Is War, Witness
Say Goodbye, Say Goodbye
Fight Amp, Hungry for Nothing
Black Flag, My War
Ceremony, Still Nothing Moves You
pg. 99, Document #06
Bone Awl, Not For Our Feet
The B-52's, Time Capsule
Fight Amp, Ugly Kids Doing Ugly Things 7"
Coffins, The Other Side of Blasphemy
Nirvana, With the Lights Out Box Set
Count Me Out, Few and Far Between EP
Suffocation, Effigy of the Forgotten
Morphine, Cure for Pain
Prideswallower, Lifeswallower EP
Buzzov*en, Sore
Tueasday, May 5th...
Boris, Pink
Caspar Brontzman Massaker, Home
Leatherface, BBC Sessions
Wolves In the Throne Room, Diadem of 12 Stars
Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream
Lurker of Chalice, Lurker of Chalice
Black Flag, Everything Went Black
Karp, Self-Titled LP
Kittens, Rhinoceros Love
The Clash, London Calling
Jeff Buckley, Grace
Carry On, A Life Less Plagued
Botch, We Are the Romans
Mannequin, Yr Aching Tooth (Unreleased)
Dropdead, Dropdead (1998)
Napalm Death, Utopia Banished
Method Man, Tical
Minsk, Burning EP
v/a, Fear of Smell Comp (I missed a copy of this for $.99 on eBay last month. Just forgot to bid on it. What the fuck, right?)
EyeHateGod, Dopesick
Human Remains, An Admiration Most Deep and Foul 7"
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