December 2008
8 posts
What a good time to do the year round up music wise, eh? Hope everyone is having a good night tonight, even if you’re staying at
home like me or getting hammered or sniffing paint.
10: Bayside - Shudder
Bayside come through with another great release, although it doesn’t compare to 2004’s Sirens and Condolences (which I
completely fell in love with by the way.) It has its strong and weak...
I prefer it over going out, I’m not that drunk. I’m in a safe, secure place. And i have music to accompany me into the night. Fuck the haters, there’s a Best Of Saturday Night Live on TV, and it’s funny as shit.
Seeya in 2009.
Much like Thrice’s other work on the elements ep, they all build up to something in their own right, or collectively to form a grander piece. Firebreather stood out for me, in the sense that it builds up in its own right, and not without help for the rest of the Fire ep.
The Part where Dustin repeats “tell me are you free, tell me are you free, in word or thought or deed, tell me are you free.”...
The first one is the showiest. I sit in the empty upper balcony of the hotel theater, set up between tables where tan old ladies would be sitting if anybody real were playing, count ceiling tiles through fake Frankie Valle and fake Bobby Darin. Then the big guy comes out, in early period costume. Wonder if the hair is real. Doubt it. Wonder if he would do costume changes as he progressed through...
I always get shitty at this time of year. The consumerism of people is astounding. I’m all for hanging out with family, but i see my family every few days, it’s not like we’re distant.
Back to consumerism. I don’t see the point of buying shit people will never use. I have nothing from a previous Christmas that i have used for maybe a month or so after and then discarded away in a drawer or a...
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Sitting alone reading a magazine, aiming so truly. Up and under. Disappear.
Wipe the “slate” clean. No mess.
The end.
