So, I feel an update is in order, condisering it's been quite a while since my last one! And, because you'd expect nothing more, it's going to be order in the random way it tumbles out of my head.
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is very very very good, go do it. I had an amazing week and met some really cool people. Props to Lucy, Anna, Robin, Sparks, Jason, Henry, Ben and all the other that madse the trip as sweet as it was. From three legged handstands, to drunken air off the hotel kicker, harry potter scars, two jews (not just the one this year!), cuddleparties, hardcore d-rinking rules, stupid off peiste, amazing off peiste, bad rocks, coke-blak. and shit loads of other stuff I can't remember
Christmas
Good to see the brothers n all that, and of course spend some time with dad. Only got to have one pasty, which is lame. I wanted to bring a load up this time, but no. Damn shop was shut! So, turkey sandwhichs all the way! Got some cool presents from my brothers as well, although there was proof again that only my brothers have any idea who I am. I got alcohol again... gave it to my dad!
Relationships
Well, that's enough of that one :P things have changed, that's all you need to know ;)
NYE
AT ANARCHY! see you there motherfuckers!
EDIT!
yeah, so there's some new cool people in my life, so I thought I'd give them some props as well... Yeah, I said props, what you gunna do about it? Forx - known for a long time, but recently are closer, he's cool. Knows lots about stuffs. Johnny, awesome awesome drummer and fellow straightedger, bit of a dancing legend too. Lucy - not talked to anyone in a long time the way I talked with her. It was... good. Sam V - Forx's mate, planned to be pulling partner and rather crazy at dancing as well.
I see 2009 be a fucking cool year!
28/12/2008
11/12/2008
Blessed by a Broken Heart
So, I went to a gig last night, it was very good!
I wrote a review for Birminghamlive.com so it should be up there soon. But because I know you're all too lazy to go looking I'll post it here as well, at the end of this post.
Yeah, so me and Emma went, while watching Fei Comodo we met two member of I Am Ghost, then met another one before they went on. Met most of Fei Comodo while Lennon/Devils Gift was on and they are lovely guys. Hopefully a band of mine will be supporting them when they come back to brum in March. After I Am Ghost we met the rest of the band (expect the lead singer who was ill :( but all the others) Emma is a huge fan so got autographs n photos... So BBABH were fucking great, stupid music, stupid hair, amazing live band. More like a party than a gig! Met some of them as well, and have photos to prove it!
So we're hanging around at the merch stand at the end of the night, I bought myself a BBABH tee. We're just standing about, chatting to random members of the bands and being cool like that (wishing I wore my nike high-tops, then I'd have been really cool) and Lennon, Suicide girl and singer tells me to buy a cd. So I'm like "I'm not sure I can afford it" knowing too well that I can, but I didn't want to, so she knocks it down to £5 and I'm feeling mean for not buying anything from her, and then she offers a t-shirt as well. So I fell well bad. But then Emma says she wants to see the suicide girl boobs. She's quite good looking, so, I ask like you do, and there we go, she pulls up her top, and the boobs look weird, all squished and nasty looking, then down comes the bra, and she has these freaky tits! Like a food bag half-filled with sand stapled to her chest! It was a sight I'd rather forget! She even kept them out for much longer than you'd Anyway, she got her tits out and I bought a cd and tee for £6, all good! Then, as expected from a drunk girl who just got her tits out, she wanted to see Emmas (far far nicer!) I think Lennon felt a bit sad when she saw Emmas awesome rack!
Damn it was a great night... shame on you for not coming! Oh, and just incase you think this might me think brum is any good. NOPE! hardly any people to see awesome bands, fuck you brum!
Review!
Blessed By A Broken Heart, I Am Ghost, Devils Gift, Fei Comodo
It's rare that I queue for a gig, but with a Line-up this good, I didn’t want to miss a thing. While I'm not the only one, the queue is very short, and the moving of the gig to the main barfly room meant the lack of people was very noticeable.
First on are Fei Comodo, probably most famous for the 'Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers' theme tune they did a few years ago. Now with a full length album and second single on the way the band have stepped things up a notch. They performed very well, the Essex boys bouncing all over the stage, the most impressive being the lead singer, jumping down to the barrier to sing along with the few diehard fans. His voice is incredible, pitch perfect and very powerful, a true front man. However while the band play good songs and put on a great show, there's the overwhelming feeling that this has all been done before, a lot. It's good but the band really aren't pushing any boundaries, this is solid emo/hardcore but it's nothing groundbreaking. Even so, I'll be back to see them in March, and I think you should be there as well.
Next on was supposed to be Devils Gift, but (as she put it) the band wussed out, leaving only the female lead singer to do her solo material. While she can certainly sing, the set was really a massive come down after the high energy stuff of Fei Comodo. Lennon is a suicide girl, which caused some heckling, mostly "Get your tits out!", but she held her own - accusing the worst culprit of being a virgin. But this was not enough to forgive 30 minutes of bland, un-dynamic piano/vocal pop.
I Am Ghost were pretty big about a year ago, with lots of Kerrang! play, so it was a really surprise that the room was still so quiet, the gothic-punk styles of 'Our Friend Lazarus Sleeps' having made waves in the UK. The band have lost their female vocalist/violinist so were using a laptop to recreate her parts. It was a little odd to hear her voice coming through the speakers while the whole band is guys. Unfortunately the sound was not great so most of the songs sounded very similar, and with the lead singers flu most songs were hard to recognise. They still managed to create a truly epic feel at times though, every band member singing, adding to the huge harmonies. Even through sickness the band looked like they were enjoying themselves, definitely worth seeing again.
Blessed By A Broken Heart come on stage, with the room still hardly half-full but this doesn't dampen their spirit. They're an odd band, taking modern hardcore and mixing it with 80s' hair metal and cheesy pop. Think Motley Cru, sleeping with Tina Turner’s synth player, Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon all covered in grated cheese. While the lesser known tracks are easily forgotten in a haze of constant shredding and double bass drum pedal, and the PA struggles to keep any definition in the rhythm section, songs like 'Show Me What You Got', 'Blood On Your Hands' and the ultra cheesy 'Move Your Body' really show off what BBABH are about. Only one band could scream, 'Throw your hands up' and 'Do the robot' and this is them! It's hilarious, but it's obvious that they are in on the joke. It's explained that bassist and second vocalist Tyler was arrested the previous night in Glasgow for defending a fan from a bouncer, which explains the rather nervous appearance of the stand-in guy, his movements minimal, especially in comparison to the rest of the band. As I watch from the balcony there is a guy beside me, joking with the guys from Fei Comodo, and when the band leave the stage a mic appears in his hands. "Guess who's free!" he shouts down, then running down to the stage to join his band mates for the ridiculous song that is 'Mic Skillz 2' A 10 minute epic, no structure, just awesome riffs, brutal screaming ("COOKIE MONSTER!") and stage invasion by members of I Am Ghost and Fei Comodo. Whether you love or hate the music this band makes, you will love them live. An amazing party atmosphere and an amazing show.
I wrote a review for Birminghamlive.com so it should be up there soon. But because I know you're all too lazy to go looking I'll post it here as well, at the end of this post.
Yeah, so me and Emma went, while watching Fei Comodo we met two member of I Am Ghost, then met another one before they went on. Met most of Fei Comodo while Lennon/Devils Gift was on and they are lovely guys. Hopefully a band of mine will be supporting them when they come back to brum in March. After I Am Ghost we met the rest of the band (expect the lead singer who was ill :( but all the others) Emma is a huge fan so got autographs n photos... So BBABH were fucking great, stupid music, stupid hair, amazing live band. More like a party than a gig! Met some of them as well, and have photos to prove it!
So we're hanging around at the merch stand at the end of the night, I bought myself a BBABH tee. We're just standing about, chatting to random members of the bands and being cool like that (wishing I wore my nike high-tops, then I'd have been really cool) and Lennon, Suicide girl and singer tells me to buy a cd. So I'm like "I'm not sure I can afford it" knowing too well that I can, but I didn't want to, so she knocks it down to £5 and I'm feeling mean for not buying anything from her, and then she offers a t-shirt as well. So I fell well bad. But then Emma says she wants to see the suicide girl boobs. She's quite good looking, so, I ask like you do, and there we go, she pulls up her top, and the boobs look weird, all squished and nasty looking, then down comes the bra, and she has these freaky tits! Like a food bag half-filled with sand stapled to her chest! It was a sight I'd rather forget! She even kept them out for much longer than you'd Anyway, she got her tits out and I bought a cd and tee for £6, all good! Then, as expected from a drunk girl who just got her tits out, she wanted to see Emmas (far far nicer!) I think Lennon felt a bit sad when she saw Emmas awesome rack!
Damn it was a great night... shame on you for not coming! Oh, and just incase you think this might me think brum is any good. NOPE! hardly any people to see awesome bands, fuck you brum!
Review!
Blessed By A Broken Heart, I Am Ghost, Devils Gift, Fei Comodo
It's rare that I queue for a gig, but with a Line-up this good, I didn’t want to miss a thing. While I'm not the only one, the queue is very short, and the moving of the gig to the main barfly room meant the lack of people was very noticeable.
First on are Fei Comodo, probably most famous for the 'Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers' theme tune they did a few years ago. Now with a full length album and second single on the way the band have stepped things up a notch. They performed very well, the Essex boys bouncing all over the stage, the most impressive being the lead singer, jumping down to the barrier to sing along with the few diehard fans. His voice is incredible, pitch perfect and very powerful, a true front man. However while the band play good songs and put on a great show, there's the overwhelming feeling that this has all been done before, a lot. It's good but the band really aren't pushing any boundaries, this is solid emo/hardcore but it's nothing groundbreaking. Even so, I'll be back to see them in March, and I think you should be there as well.
Next on was supposed to be Devils Gift, but (as she put it) the band wussed out, leaving only the female lead singer to do her solo material. While she can certainly sing, the set was really a massive come down after the high energy stuff of Fei Comodo. Lennon is a suicide girl, which caused some heckling, mostly "Get your tits out!", but she held her own - accusing the worst culprit of being a virgin. But this was not enough to forgive 30 minutes of bland, un-dynamic piano/vocal pop.
I Am Ghost were pretty big about a year ago, with lots of Kerrang! play, so it was a really surprise that the room was still so quiet, the gothic-punk styles of 'Our Friend Lazarus Sleeps' having made waves in the UK. The band have lost their female vocalist/violinist so were using a laptop to recreate her parts. It was a little odd to hear her voice coming through the speakers while the whole band is guys. Unfortunately the sound was not great so most of the songs sounded very similar, and with the lead singers flu most songs were hard to recognise. They still managed to create a truly epic feel at times though, every band member singing, adding to the huge harmonies. Even through sickness the band looked like they were enjoying themselves, definitely worth seeing again.
Blessed By A Broken Heart come on stage, with the room still hardly half-full but this doesn't dampen their spirit. They're an odd band, taking modern hardcore and mixing it with 80s' hair metal and cheesy pop. Think Motley Cru, sleeping with Tina Turner’s synth player, Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon all covered in grated cheese. While the lesser known tracks are easily forgotten in a haze of constant shredding and double bass drum pedal, and the PA struggles to keep any definition in the rhythm section, songs like 'Show Me What You Got', 'Blood On Your Hands' and the ultra cheesy 'Move Your Body' really show off what BBABH are about. Only one band could scream, 'Throw your hands up' and 'Do the robot' and this is them! It's hilarious, but it's obvious that they are in on the joke. It's explained that bassist and second vocalist Tyler was arrested the previous night in Glasgow for defending a fan from a bouncer, which explains the rather nervous appearance of the stand-in guy, his movements minimal, especially in comparison to the rest of the band. As I watch from the balcony there is a guy beside me, joking with the guys from Fei Comodo, and when the band leave the stage a mic appears in his hands. "Guess who's free!" he shouts down, then running down to the stage to join his band mates for the ridiculous song that is 'Mic Skillz 2' A 10 minute epic, no structure, just awesome riffs, brutal screaming ("COOKIE MONSTER!") and stage invasion by members of I Am Ghost and Fei Comodo. Whether you love or hate the music this band makes, you will love them live. An amazing party atmosphere and an amazing show.
06/12/2008
BIRMINGHAM IS FUCKING LAME!
I hate this town. it sucks
I would go into details but...
I already have. I'm actually annoyed that I've already blogged about this shitty city.
anyway.
Read my blog bitches!
I would go into details but...
I already have. I'm actually annoyed that I've already blogged about this shitty city.
anyway.
Read my blog bitches!
05/12/2008
Allucinere Website now up and running!
It's here!
More thanks than I can say to Forx - the most awesome guy ever.
There will be more stuff added as there's new news and shizzle, and a flash player with 'da toons' but for now, have fun reading some stuff I wrote last night :)
www.allucinere.com
More thanks than I can say to Forx - the most awesome guy ever.
There will be more stuff added as there's new news and shizzle, and a flash player with 'da toons' but for now, have fun reading some stuff I wrote last night :)
www.allucinere.com
04/12/2008
I want these shoes!
I have a pair already, but they're knackered! (not naked) and they're almost impossible to get in this country. So if anyone can find them, or a way to get them to me. please please please, let me know. I want them for x-mas!
just a link will do. so Go minions go!
also. Circa Survive = good
Saosin = good
Envy on the Coast = also good
go listen to them.
finally, Em is ace.
EDIT: These Shoes!
the end.
I'll rant about something I hate soon, probably my fucking coursework DX
just a link will do. so Go minions go!
also. Circa Survive = good
Saosin = good
Envy on the Coast = also good
go listen to them.
finally, Em is ace.
EDIT: These Shoes!
the end.
I'll rant about something I hate soon, probably my fucking coursework DX
01/12/2008
Subculture is undeniably shit.
Saterday was amazingly bad.
It was 'Ladies Night' so all girls dressed as slags got a free shot (pretty sure that that was for the guys...) and they had the UK Dream Men on stage... 2 things very wrong with this.
1. Guys performing choreographed strip routines is not, and never will be, sexy. It's very homo-erotic, and I'm sure the subs girls loved it, but after 3 minutes the comedy value wore off, for a lot of the girls as well as the boys. Yet those pricks were up there three times in the night, each time for about 20 minutes. Time wasted that could have been spent with decent music; bringing me to
2. Woefully poor playlist. Barely anything good all night, just the god awful subculture 'classics' if you've been more than once, you'll know what these are... there's the metal tunes that everyone's bored of (Disturbed, Slipknot, 36 Crazyfists...) there's the poppy shite that everyone's bored of (Feeder, Foo Fighters...) there's the emo shit no-one even liked in the first place (Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy) and then... there's the hip-hop/dance section which is new. BUT EVERYONE HATES IT... EVERYONE HATE HATE EVERYONE HATE HATE EVERYONE HATES IT. I think I made my point there.
It's funny, because the week before, which was the New Found Glory after party, was awesome. A good hour of punk and ska right at the start, including actual real BRITISH PUNK BANDS :O then a good mix of metal, hardcore, emo even a touch of DnB (even if it was pendulum again) I barely went to the bar that night!
It just goes to show that the guys behind subs do know how to put on a good mix. They just don't want to...
Which reminds me of another thing.
LEARN TO MIX YOU TWATS! A real DJ actually mixes songs together, you know, like playing both at once in time with each other in a way that sounds good. NOT pressing play on CD deck two when the song on CD deck one is over. And stop playing boring songs all the way through. Sure it's nice to hear some metallica, or Beastie Boys but we don't like it so much that we need to hear the middle break and last chorus. Just skip it! Please! Just play the next song and keep the attention!
I've not seen many good DJs in my life, but one was the legend that support Enter Shikari on their last tour. Mixing DnB with alt tunes and real classics, just a pity it was a shitty atmosphere for dancing...
go listen to DJ Pdex
Saterday was amazingly bad.
It was 'Ladies Night' so all girls dressed as slags got a free shot (pretty sure that that was for the guys...) and they had the UK Dream Men on stage... 2 things very wrong with this.
1. Guys performing choreographed strip routines is not, and never will be, sexy. It's very homo-erotic, and I'm sure the subs girls loved it, but after 3 minutes the comedy value wore off, for a lot of the girls as well as the boys. Yet those pricks were up there three times in the night, each time for about 20 minutes. Time wasted that could have been spent with decent music; bringing me to
2. Woefully poor playlist. Barely anything good all night, just the god awful subculture 'classics' if you've been more than once, you'll know what these are... there's the metal tunes that everyone's bored of (Disturbed, Slipknot, 36 Crazyfists...) there's the poppy shite that everyone's bored of (Feeder, Foo Fighters...) there's the emo shit no-one even liked in the first place (Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy) and then... there's the hip-hop/dance section which is new. BUT EVERYONE HATES IT... EVERYONE HATE HATE EVERYONE HATE HATE EVERYONE HATES IT. I think I made my point there.
It's funny, because the week before, which was the New Found Glory after party, was awesome. A good hour of punk and ska right at the start, including actual real BRITISH PUNK BANDS :O then a good mix of metal, hardcore, emo even a touch of DnB (even if it was pendulum again) I barely went to the bar that night!
It just goes to show that the guys behind subs do know how to put on a good mix. They just don't want to...
Which reminds me of another thing.
LEARN TO MIX YOU TWATS! A real DJ actually mixes songs together, you know, like playing both at once in time with each other in a way that sounds good. NOT pressing play on CD deck two when the song on CD deck one is over. And stop playing boring songs all the way through. Sure it's nice to hear some metallica, or Beastie Boys but we don't like it so much that we need to hear the middle break and last chorus. Just skip it! Please! Just play the next song and keep the attention!
I've not seen many good DJs in my life, but one was the legend that support Enter Shikari on their last tour. Mixing DnB with alt tunes and real classics, just a pity it was a shitty atmosphere for dancing...
go listen to DJ Pdex
http://www.myspace.com/djpdex
well go see him, it's pointless listening to him unless you're gunna dance your tits off.
well go see him, it's pointless listening to him unless you're gunna dance your tits off.
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