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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.. .
(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.
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..
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 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:
Betrayed Cheap Thrills Dead Vows Death Threat Have Heart xKingdomx The Mongoloids New Morality Ninebar No Turning Back xRepresentx Rise and Fall Shipwreck AD Strength For A Reason Suffer The Living + 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!!
(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")
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.
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.
If someone had told me 17 years ago when I was 13 years old that I would be going to see New Kids on The Block, not once, but twice, I would told them they were crazy.
If someone had told me that, as I stepped onto the escalator at the O2 last night to go the highest level of the arena furthest away from the stage, that Char, Davey and Lynne would be stopped, and our seats would be upgraded to seats pretty much on the floor, I would have not believed them (TWO THOUSAND AND MINE!!!!)
I sang, I screamed, I cried, I felt like a 13 year old girl. One of the best nights of my life, and I was so happy to spend it with two of my best friends (even though I think that they thought I had lost my mind about 10 times last night).
Updating a blog that isnt personal is not as easy as it looks, and many music blogs, ESPECIALLY hardcore blogs, start out so well, but then trail off into oblivion where the authors lose interest. Believe me, I know.. I update this one far more than London Calling (which will have an update tonight, by the way).
World Moves Fast, started up by a bunch of dudes from Boston, is the "Heat magazine" of hardcore blogs. Short posts, lots of pics and to the point. The blog is regularly updated, usually a couple of times a day, with a vast array of content, links to articles, links to videos on you tube.. everything you could want. The site also has a number of interviews which you might be interested in.
Go check it out. It doesnt disappoint.
Oh and i really want that trife life shirt that mission merch are doing. Damn the pound being so shitty. I have to wait to get stuff. Urgh.
One of the aspects of hardcore that I was most attracted to when I went to my first couple of shows in '97 were that bands had something to say. They were politically minded, knew the wrongs that were happening in the world and weren't afraid to be vocal about it.
Rarely do I meet a hardcore kid these days who I can have a real conversation about politics with.
Rarely do I see bands who have ANYTHING to say onstage other than "straight edge".. "not straight edge".. "fuck shit up".. etc etc etc.
YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE IN YOUR HAND AND A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE LISTENING TO YOU. Utilize this!
I stated today that if I could sing, I totally would be in a band that talked about important issues.
Its an article by The Times newspaper (unbiased media) about what the Red Cross found when they went into Gaza.
Please note the most important part. There were FOUR CHILDREN SAT NEXT TO THE CORPSES OF THEIR MOTHERS.
All the internet warriors can defend all they like.
What is happening in Gaza is a complete atrocity, and if you do not believe this, you are an awful human being..
The situation has been declared a humanitarian crisis.
Over 600 Palestinians have been killed. Thats 600 people who will have mothers, sisters, fathers, brothers and friends. That is 600 people who will have funerals, 600 people who will be mourned for. Children are included in this number.
All media is being denied the right to report from inside of Gaza since NOVEMBER, when the conflict began but was not reported widely.
But there are pictures from BOTH sides here.. I will post the one that struck me the hardest:
