:)

I was going to write a whole big post up about Vice and the hatred I feel towards the whole culture that surrounds this magazine/site, but I feel the need to post about more positive things. So here goes:

• - This coming friday, Gravemaker are playing. I am sure the flyer is down there somewhere, but here is a link to it again. Shows going to be awesome. Come down.

• - Pressurefest tickets for the June edition are onsale and I am the UK rep selling them. Shows going to be awesome. For more info, please go HERE.

• - Ryanair. This time last year, Ryanair charged £16 for the privilege of having airport check in and luggage stowed in the hold. This year, they are charging £40 for the same privilege. Is that even legal? My love affair with this airline is fast ending, and I feel i am going to be looking elsewhere for my trip to Germany this summer.. Understandable that costs for flights have gone up since the credit crunch, but this should be explained as opposed to implementing charges such as THIS. To add insult to injury, while I am aware that the pound isnt currently that much stronger than the euro, they are still charging 40€ for the same service they are charging £40 to provide us. I am currently looking into flying back to Heathrow, getting a meal on my flight and being able to put my bags in for £20 more.. and at least I know that oxygen masks will work.

• The amount that dentists charge is extortionate. The amount I am going to have to pay next week is worrying me, and I have no idea where im going to get it from.
  

Social Distortion

July 8th 2009. Shepherds Bush Empire. Tickets go onsale on Friday.

Get This Right Zine

Dave Heck was the first person I interviewed in this blog. Steller dude.

He has put a bunch of his zines up on Blogspot.

You should read them here.

He has also taken that pic i had linked to his myspace off. damnit, now i have to find another one.

Spotify

To say I love music is an understatement. Its my life.

I recently discovered Spotify.

This programme has made me ridiculously happy. While I will actively go and look for hardcore or bands i want to listen to, I am lazy in every other genre.

Spotify has solved this problem for me. While the hardcore library on there isnt terribly extensive, I have found every single song I have been looking for all evening.

In addition to this, you can make collab playlists with fellow friends on Spotify.

Genius. Pure Genius.

Skinheads.. Skinheads rule.. Skinheads..

The internet is failing me today. I have become somewhat obsessed with this picture, and want to know more about the subject, but all I can seem to find out is what book the picture is in and nothing about him.

The book is called "Skinhead" and its "author" is Nick Knight (I use the quotation marks as its a series of photos of EastEnd Skins from the late 70s and early 80s).

Thats all I have got. Help.

Israel from the other side.

Recently, hardcore band "Hello Bastards", based in London, but with members from all over the world, played a couple of shows in Israel.

One of their friends that travelled with them wrote about it in his blog.

You should read it.

"There is a new blog on the Kurohata profile regarding our recent visit to Israel/Palestine. There are 2 reports, part 1 was written in Israel part 2 was written on our return.


Enjoy!

Pt 1

http://blogs. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog. view&friendId=308381685&blogId=473904133

Pt 2

http://blogs. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog. view&friendId=308381685&blogId=473904623 "

"and if its ok, i'll grab my shit and leave.."

I dont know why i ever bother posting that I want things as i never get them.. haha I mean, I didnt even get birthday presents off anyone other than Kev but that is a different story for a different bitter entry altogether.

ANYHOW. I REALLY WANT ONE OF THE SUPER7 GORILLA BISCUIT MODELS. Last time they went onsale, they sold out in minutes and I am determined to get my hands on one at the end of march. Unless someone has the first "press" that they want to sell me.

So fucking good... click on the pic to see the blog entry on it.

Tell me what have I done to deserve this?

My taste in music has always been questionable to say the least. From the fact that I can sing any NKOTB song off by heart, to the fact that when I was a child, I was convinced that I was going to marry Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys because I thought they made such beautiful music. The day I found out he was gay, I was crushed. haha.


I loved the finale of The Brits this year.





Anyhow, apparently Terrorvision are reforming to celebrate the fact that "How to make friends and influence people" is 15 years old.

This band were AWFUL. I knew they were awful. Looking back on their videos now, I am totally reminded of that... But fuck I loved them.

Apparently, they are going to play the entirety of the album, in chronological order..


How bad they are doesnt mean that I dont really want to see them on the 12th April at the Shepherds Bush Empire, haha.

How to make me happy

There are few things in life I love.. My family, my friends, Hardcore, New Found Glory, and NKOTB.

One of my greatest loves, and equally as big guilty pleasures, is Nu Metal. Granted, this love is focused on Nu Metal circa 1993-1997, but still. Its nu metal.
I can sing all of Korn songs pre-"follow the leader" (and im pretty sure i can sing a bunch of those too.).. I know all the words to wait and bleed by slipknot. I know all the words to ALL Limp Bizkit songs up to Chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavoured water.

I do not care that people think im sad because of this....Seriously.

I am so psyched about Download this year, its untrue. Its going to be like I am 16 years old again!

so, here you go. What i have spent the last hour of my life doing. Watching Nu Metal music videos..
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(I AM GOING TO DOWNLOAD IF IT KILLS ME).




(SERIOUSLY. LIMP BIZKIT ANNND KORN? . DOWNLOAD 09 FOR TEH [SIC] WIN. )



(NOW IF THEY ADDED DEFTONES, IT WOULD BE PERFECT)



(maybe not so much. but it would amusing).



(OMG ITS LIKE BEING AT THE DOME!!!)

and finally.. this was later on. but he does the nu metal dance so it needs a special mention.

PaPa RoAcH - LaSt ReSoRt
by MiKaEl94

I love nu metal.

I should be sleeping

Someone found this blog via searching "Nathan Bean SxE" on google. I found this highly amusing. People find it usually because of xsheepx and Dave Heck (you would not even begin to imagine how many people google these names from all over), but I have not been as amused as someone searching for Nate... purely because it was so random.

Anyhow, hes in a band called Rot In Hell who are pretty good. You should check them out..

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* Twitter, BBM, MSN, AIM, Myspace, Facebook, email..

What have these mediums of communication done for friendships? Granted, they are terribly useful for my close close friends who live abroad, but for all the people I dont know that well, have maybe spoken to a couple of times? Do I REALLY need to know what you had for lunch? And what has it done to my real life friendships? I think all of you should ask yourselves that.


Sadly enough, I wanted to have a "communication free week" sometime this year.. The furthest I would allow was texting. Unfortunately, this is not possible as every week i looked at, there was some reason when i would need at least one of the above to get in contact with someone about something (shows im putting on, fests im flying out to, hols im planning, running riot fest...).

* Pressurefest, part 2..
Pressure Fest - August 8th and 9th
Location: TBA
Ticketprices: TBA



Line up comfirmed so far:

AYS (DE)
H2O (US)
Iron Age (US)
xKingdomx (US)
Madball (US)
Reign Supreme (US)
xRhinocerusx (US)
RZL DZL (US)
This is Hell (US)

More bands to be added soon, news following...



Party hotel is booked for mark 1 (literally, this will be the party hotel).. Summer is shaping up awesome.

* RunningRiot Fest booking has officially began. I have booked 3 bands out of the 20, that is not including BOTH break bands. If you want to get on the fest, drop me an email to runningriotfest@gmail.com. Bribes accepted but do not guarantee a slot on the fest.. HAHAHAHA.


* i love Lolcats.com.