Is it worth risking eternal happiness in heaven for a fleeting happiness on earth.

Bitter End are playing in a couple of weeks. You should come.

Hardcore.

Its not about who you know. Its not about what you do. Its not about how much you have done.

The reality is that noone in hardcore is "cool". Go out on the street, and ask anyone if they know you, know your band, know what you do, and they would look at you like you are insane.

It has always been about respect... being able to voice an opinion (and God knows, I have been crucified for this).. being stood in a room where you feel safe... at home.

You aren't a legend. You aren't John Joseph. You arent Henry Rollins. You aren't Ian Mackaye. These people earned it. They are smart. Intelligent. Never bullied people into respecting them.

You are nothing. A nobody. Don't ever forget that.

I've been getting away with it all my life.

Electronic- Getting away with it.

This track is possibly one of my favourite songs ever written.. and the beauty of it is that its a track that isn't too well known. The song was released orginally in 1989 by the side project band, Electronic, which featured Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys, Bernard Sumner from New Order and Jonny Marr, who used to guitar for the Smiths.

While none of the bands other releases interest me at all, this track will, at least once a week, stick in my head for at least a day.

Apparently, according to its WIKI page, it has only ever been performed live a handful of times and only reached number 12 in the UK charts (when the UK charts actually meant something unlike today).

(make sure you click to the right song as there are a bunch of videos on this one)


Electronic TV on MUZU.



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Lady Gaga was on Jonathan Ross on Friday night. It was possibly one of the most uncomfortable interviews I have had the misfortune to watch, and for the first time in my life, my heart went out to Ross. One word answers and coy glares at him. You arent mysterious, your music is rubbish, and you are odd looking. And it fucking sucks that your latest song is one of the catchiest songs being played EVERYWHERE at the moment.

I want to punch you in your po-po-poker face.

Football songs.

Like, never a good idea. But this one has always been my favourite. I mean, not only is it New Order, but its also got the John Barnes rap. THE BEST.

Susan Boyle

Can someone please explain to me how this woman has become such an icon?

She turned up to a talent show, was not the most normal looking lady (i am saying this because other blogs/newspaper articles have been pretty harsh about her.. calling her ugly.. so when i heard the story, i was expecting a beast..) who has never been kissed, and lives with cats.

And she can sing. Well.

She proved people judge based on looks alone.

I could have told you that in 30 seconds.

It is pretty cute though. You should watch it:

I need your help

Insomnia. Its a fucking bitch.

I would like to hear Todd Jones band, Nails, and google is not co-operating.

They must have some music up SOMEWHERE. HELP. ME.

Also, hardcore bands you should be checking out right now as they are fucking awesome:

- Trapped Under Ice
- Cheap Thrills
- The Ice
- Cold Snap (the uk band not US band)
- Gravemaker
- Freeze up
- Cold Ones

Podcast number 5 is done and should be online soon. Keep an eye out on http://www.totalrock.com and if you havent, download the other four (except the first as that one kinda sucks).

In desperate, dire need of a cheer up list

In no particular order:

:)

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..

..

* 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.

Weird

I didnt think it was possible to read about someone that trusted everyone around them less than i did.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I thought I would include awesome updates today as to make everyone as happy as I am right now.

1. Pressurefest has been announced. The boys at Alveran have decided to hold two this year, a smaller one in Essen on the 27th and 28th June, and a larger scale one in August. I was pretty sceptical when I first heard this but the more I think about it, the better an idea it is.
The venue in Essen,JZE Papestrasse, is smaller, has no barrier, and is the perfect place to hold the show.

The line up so far is as follows:

Betra​yed
Cheap​ Thril​ls
Dead Vows
Death​ Threa​t
Have Heart​
xKing​domx
The Mongo​loids​
New Moral​ity
Nineb​ar
No Turni​ng Back
xRepr​esent​x
Rise and Fall
Shipw​reck AD
Stren​gth For A Reaso​n
Suffe​r The Livin​g
+ more to be confirmed.

Im psyched.
Summerfest season is going to be great.
Groezrock, Pressure, Fluff fest, Pressure and Ieperfest (hopefully, Chris will put something else on this year to replace deadfest).

Hotels have been booked. Mail me for details.

2. http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/- Link stolen from Guav DNAs blog (which is terribly interesting by the way. You should read it).
Is it wrong that I look at some of the food on that site and think "FUCK. THAT LOOKS SO GOOD."? Probably. No care ever though.

-Revelation Records are doing a collab with Adidas.


These trainers are currently limited to 150, all being given to artists that feature on Rev's 150th release, a compilation of hardcore bands covering other hardcore bands.


The tracklisting for the comp is as follows:

1. Sick of It All- Warzone- 'As One'
2. Terror- Side By Side 'Friends'
3. Ignite- Youth of Today- 'Disengage'
4. Death By Stereo- Youth of Today 'Break Down the Walls'
5. Set Your Goals- Gorilla Biscuits 'Forgotten'
6. The Twilight Transmission- Quicksand 'Clean Slate'
7. Ambitions- Bold 'Running Like Thieves'
8. Down To Nothing- Judge- 'What It Meant'
9. Countdown To Life- Insight Out 'Burning Fight'
10. Bold- Supertouch 'Searching For The Light'
11. Damnation AD - Gorilla Biscuits 'Hold Your Ground'
12. Capital- Burn- 'Out Of Time'
13. Backlash- Bold 'Wise Up'
14. The Mediam- Civ- 'Et Tu, Brute?'
15. Triple Threat- No For An Answer- 'Without A Reason'
16. The Scare- Battery- 'Brand New Place'
17. Mikoto- Texas Is The Reason 'Back and To The Left'
18. Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand- Sick of It All 'Pushed Us Too Far'/'Friends'
19. Ignite The Will- Shai Hulud- 'For The World'
20. This is Hell- The Movielife/Civ medley

There is talk that Adidas may release them out to the market, but chances of them doing small people sizes= 0.

I really desperately want a pair though.

Thanks to www.crookedtongues.com for the info.

3. If you twitter or BBM, leave me info in the comments. I will not make the comments public if you do not want them to be.

4. and finally, im on a boat, motherfucker:

Hope you are having a lovely day with your loved ones!!

Gravemaker

This band have completely blown me away.. moreso than any band in a long time.

Check them out HERE and then come to this show:

Women (now contains edit)

GO

SEE

THIS

MOVIE.

(edit. i wrote a whole spoiler on this movie but have hidden it.

but the last thing i said was "all women should see this film, especially the romantics, then maybe the ones that keep insisting that "love" actually exists will shut the fuck up. haha")

Not bitter. Just a realist :)

If someone could explain..

How i lived so long without a blackberry in my life, that would be good, because right now, i dont know how i could live without it and its awesome little applications.

and BBM. God, i love BBM.

Things that make me smile.

This Cyanide and Happiness strip:

Disney (OH SHUSH YOU.).. Especially Aladdin.. ("WAKE UP AND SMELL THE HUMOUS!):



New kids on the block.. and being this close to new kids on the block:






(above pic taken from the Hammersmith apollo where i was one row back. ONE FUCKING ROW BACK.).

I could go on forever but that is enough happiness for one entry.

Snow

when they said it was going to snow, i thought it would be Londons regular snow feature.. you know, less than an inch, which quicky turns into black ice, causing many old ladies to break hips.

Little did i know that i would wake up to what only can be described as a winter wonderland.. enough snow hitting my face to feel like a million kisses, and inches of the white stuff that go halfway up my calves.

I love the snow. I love snowed in days. And i love sleep more than anything. Best life.