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It's been a long time

Posted by Bob • March 16, 2008

Last night my band played with Souvenir's Young America, City of Ships, and Monolith at Siren Records in Doylestown, PA; it was a fun time all the bands played real well and were enjoyable to watch. It isn't often that my band gets to play shows that every band on the bill is exciting for me to watch (I have a weird taste in music); not only that, but they were all super friendly to boot. I was able to talk to them (I have several social anxiety issues and have a hard time just talking to people so this was big to me and I am sure Graham from Souvenir's got tired of me talking to him about Infest).

I know I am not making too much sense, but I had a great time last night. Siren records was great too. All the people were super nice as well and make a great venue for shows. I can't wait to play there again.

You should check out all the bands that played with us as they were all great. I am going to include my band as well in a bout of shamless self promotion I am in Gholas and this was order of the bands from start to finish (except switch City of Ships and Souvenir's do to my tired technical issue.

www.myspace.com/gholas

www.myspace.com/wearemonolith

www.syarva.com/

 www.myspace.com/cityofships

 

 

 

Bob • March 16, 2008

We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Posted by Michael • February 12, 2008

If you didn't hear the news, Roy Scheider died this week at the age of 75. Jaws is one of my all-time favorite films. I am extremely sad.  I fully intend to mourn the loss by watching this film multiple times.

Michael • February 12, 2008

I'm deleting my blogs because

Posted by Cory • February 2, 2008

They could make me look not so good to certain people.  Nobody read them anyways.

Cory • February 2, 2008

In Remembrance of Kid Kilowatt

Posted by Bob • January 29, 2008

So, back when Cave In's Until Your Heart Stops dropped on the hardcore masses several years back, I had the chance of catching the band at Middlesex County Community College. Those who live in or went to shows in Jersey know about this place. Anyway, being the music nerd that I am, I asked Steve Brodsky about Kid Kilowatt (which was just featured in a news byte in Second Nature fanzine mentioning the band changing its name from Ester of Wood Rosin); he said if I mailed him a tape he would send it back to me with their demos on it.

So I did just that and waited a while before it popped in my mailbox. I listened to this tape for years hoping to see a full album from the band (remember, Cave In had not gone all Space Rock or Indie Rock on us all yet so Kid Kilowatt was kind of their softer alter ego except with guys from Piebald and Converge helping out at times). I got teased with a version of the Scope on the first Hydra Head sampler.

Finally several years after the fact...the Hit Single 7" record came out. And I played the hell out of that as well. It had 2 songs not on the demo so it was the closest to new I thought I would ever see from the band. A couple of years following that the LP version of the record came out. I played the hell out of this record until the CD came out. I was psyched about this because it finally had "Tug of War" on it which was one of my favorite songs from the demos.

I still love Kid Kilowatt to this day.

check out their only CD Guitar Method if you ever get the chance...it's good stuff

Bob • January 29, 2008

Oh Gehenna...how you make me smile

Posted by Bob • January 8, 2008

I broke out my CD for the Gehenna- The War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness and saw something that always made me smile. Allow me first to preface who this Gehenna is. These guys were a desperate batch of dudes who were rumored to be homeless vagabonds that made some of the most ragged and ruthless bands to ever play the hardcore/ punk scene. There recorded music is incredibly raw sounding but worth checking out.

The following is a tract that came with the CD, I do not endorse these activities and am posting this because it is funny to me

These Activities will enhance your enjoyment of Gehenna's music:

-  Being paraded before press photographers by the FBI after a 10 week standoff at your Montana bunker

- Saving your urine in bottles to defend your squat when the pigs come

- Stealing a car to rush your girlfriend to the hospital after she has been shot in the head

- Finishing your root beer before attempting to set your broken nose bar-handed

- Spending an evening walking up and down the street looking for a place to shoplift dinner

- Shaking the roaches out of your clothes in the morning

- Smoking your last cigarette

These Activities may interfere with your appreciation of Gehenna's music:

- Taking communion

- Consulting a Lawyer

- Trimming your lawn

- Balancing your checkbook

- Shampooing and conditioning your hair

- Joining a video buyers club

- Becoming an officer of the peace

- Eating

Bob • January 8, 2008

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