your scene sucks

http://www.yourscenesucks.com is put out by Rob Dobi who I mentioned while ago. Its his new project and its quite entertaining. Head over there for a good laugh and to see his new T-shirts.

I highly recommend

Also, i am waiting around for the Almost's album to drop, granted i could have gotten it earlier but its important to exercise self control.....

Right?

Thursdays (or in this case) Fridays are for finding old friends

Oh well, I love you, gal

Yes, I love you Peggy Sue

Buddy Holly not only influenced a generation of teen'ie bopers but he has also become a cultural reference point for many of the EMO fore runners, namely Rivers Cuomo who immortalized him in one of the most popular Weezer songs of all time.

The early story telling aspect and catchy rhythms are what put Buddy on the map and to this day there are few in the business as skilled over all as he was. His horned rimmed glasses are still popular and can be seen in most coffee shops across America.

Unfortunately he was taken from us to early and we are left with a career that while brilliant was significantly shortened. If you for some reason haven't heard of him before you really need to get out there and listen to his stuff.

Peggy Sue.mp3

haha...oh...god.....

Read this first, and scroll to the about the last 3 comments on the page...

Note this one in reference to the song "Alive With the Glory of Love."

"I have a really long, beautiful infatuation about this song. so i've been grounded. for about two months. and this boy i've been snekaing(sic) out wiht(sic) sends me snippet sof(sic) this song in texts rather often. i am his bonnie and he is my clyde. i am the belle to his serbastian(sic). and i told him im on the holocaust diet (lots of soup) and so we always play up the nazi camp story, how was the soup today, the factory was rather cold, etc. and i love this song for it. and it describes my situation perfectly. "

You would think that someone around the age of 16 would be able to know the difference between her puppy love crush and one of the worst things that has ever happened in this world. I nearly spat I Cheereo's all over the computer the first time I read that. Here parents ought to be a ashamed of them selves.

Here is what my friend Chris had to say:

skatetopunk182: "i cant F*&ck my boyfriend for a month.. this is totally like the holocaust"
skatetopunk182: "my parents are nazis cause they wont let me date my 24 year old boy fiend bruce"

play2win1986: i know
play2win1986: honestly
play2win1986: how did she think that was a good thing to say?

skatetopunk182: dude i would seriously put my daughter back in the womb
skatetopunk182: and take my wife to the clinic
skatetopunk182: if she said shit like that

Hope that made you laugh a bit and put your world into perspective, check the song if you have been living under a rock for the last year and a 1/2.

Alive with the glory of love.mp3

This is how we know!...

I went and saw The Thermals over break and it was every bit as exciting as i had hoped.

My friend and fellow Denver blogger Luke took me to the show on a lark, and even though i was far more familiar with the local acts Hot IQs and Lion Sized I was looking forward to hearing Sub Pop's latest darling.

Both Lion Sized and Hot IQs played decent sets, and had a lot of energy. My only down side to these bands was the lack of enthusiasm they were able to get out of the crowd. For two highly touted dance bands, the crowd was surprisingly still, though it did pick up at the end of the IQs set. Go get the IQs new EP here.

The Thermals took a hell of a long time to get on stage and the lead singer seemed a bit out of sorts for the first few songs but soon got his act together (with the help of a few beers he killed quite quick i might add).

The music was fast, furious and quite witty. Through most of the show I was reminded of Johnny Rotten and other punk greats by the lead singer. The rest of the band was there but all eyes were on him and his wildly gesturing hands, I know I was captivated. In fact I think every person in there was danceing and thats sayin something since there was about 150 people there. The music its self was hard to describe but i would put it somewhere between Ted Leo, The Strokes and the Sex Pistols. So if you like your punk like my shoes (indy) then I think you may like them.

The set stretched over the 50 min mark which was nice, but after a while all the songs sounded about the same to me. Though that may have been because my ears were hurting by that point. All in all it was a great set, at an interesting venue and the fact that all three bands impressed me made it all the better.

A Pillar Of Salt.mp3 -one of their better numbers and its free at their myspace
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Buy something from them and their awesome record label.

TheCastingOut

The Casting Out are the spin off band for Boysetsfire.

That should be enough for you to want to check these guys out, but the added incentive of getting a demo from them for the price of postage and handling should make your little punk hearts tremble.

While there are members of BSF, the sound is in a whole new direction. Its a hell of a lot more melodic and as far as i can tell much less political. Both of which i can live with because of the great potential shown in these four songs. For now think of them as BSF vocals and Elvis Costello/REM rythm....yeah...think about that...

While they are just demos i am very excited to see what this band can do once Boysetsfire completes their last hurrah with a tour in Europe.

If you want a demo send a request to the band.

In other news I got my power cord for my computer so I can start posting from home and with my music collection. I hope that wasn't to long of a delay for the 20 visitors I get a day.

If you have time you should read this. For those of you not paying attention, the first guilty plea ever was submitted in Guantanamo Bay recently and the Bush administration is using it justify the base's continued operations. As always I plead with you readers to write to your congressman and tell them how upset you are with the conditions and policy's of the camp. This is not a partisan issue, its a human rights and civil liberties issue for all of democracy to consider.

...in the warm california sun

Computer is dead

ill get you some new posts soon as i get it back

for now enjoy this picture of Santa Cruz and ill be back as soon as i can

Little Red Corvette.mp3 -Prince

So now its over and i feel out of touch, but now i wont complain...

Found this sign and felt it was funny, but my friends didn't. Am i just weird....or....

Anyways lets talk about a band called Eight Fingers Down. I mentioned them ages ago and they are still one of my favorite bands of the last couple months.

You would best recall them as the band with the lead singer that proposed to his girlfriend on the main stage of warped tour this last summer, though I humbly suggest you now think of them as the new standard barres of SoCal skater punk.

The best way to describe them is California punk in the vain of NOFX, No Use For a Name and Blink in the 90s. The only difference here is they are just a young band playing to 12 kids at a time on any given night, trying to break out the grass roots way. They seem determined to climb to the top and make them selves known and i think they may well be on their way. The guitars are spot on and vocals bring me back to a less polished time in punk rock, when the voice wasn't the point...the words were. All of that gives me a warm and fuzzy about their future

If you like your punk quick and vaguely poppy i highly recommend these guys and if they come anywhere near you get to a show, I hear they are great live.

Severance Check.mp3

More Mp3 and info at http://www.myspace.com/eightfingersdown

The big dance is killing me

I had it all...then Florida decided it could actually play again. How can you like a team that turns its self on and off like that? There are very few teams I hate but seriously, Florida drives me nuts. The other losses i have i can live with, but that was a hard one to watch.

Anyways...my teacher showed me this site called Regret The Error and its mildly funny. This one in particular made me laugh and i felt it was worth sharing.

Im going back to the TV watch my Wild Cats play KU, hope that one at least goes my way.

P.S, the back of that bus has a sticker that reads "I had to beat up four hippys for this thing"

Just for the record the weather today..slightly sarcastic...

My parents are planning on moving to Ft. Collins in a while and they took me to look at some houses today. As it turns out it was quite boring...except for a few street signs I found.

Apparently the developers get to pick what the streets in the neighborhoods are going to be called and they take this as a chance to show their inner creativity.

This one, featured at left, was probably my fav. because it was obvious he had no clue it could be read "Stop Bush." I laughed about this one for like 10 mins and got more then a few odd looks as I posed, EMO style, for the picture, I think it turned out rather well. I kid you not, the streets ran "Wine cup", "Third", "Regan boulevard" and "Bush ave." How can anyone look at that road map and be like, "well, i think my work here is done"?

The next sub-section was even funnier, apparently this developer had a "thing" for Indians. Every street was named for something from that culture...only it wasn't "stone red court" or something... to my horror the first one i saw was "Fire Water way" fallowed quickly by "Ambush st."

I sat in the car and thought about how wrong that was and how i hoped it was only one social gaff. The whole time expecting to see "Peace Pipe Ct" and "Red man's Sorrow" on the next corner. As i turns out they got a little better but I thought "Custer Blv." was a bit out of place.

Then again...i where this T-shirt to school all the time

...so who am i to judge...

Wind Below.mp3 - Rage Against the Machine

Thursdays are For Finding old Friends

American Hi-Fi can probably be put in that ever growing pile of "bands that were fun during the summer, but got old real quick once the main stream media played it 3 times a day every day." That being said, when i found my roomate's copy i was giddy to hear it again.

I think they did some of their best work on this album. Everyone knows the single "Flavor of the Weak" but almost every song on this album is quite entertaining and it really is sad that they could never get over that first hit. On the one hand its nice to be able to say you had that moment of fame but you have to keep that stuff going. As it stands they are one of my favorite one hit wonders.

American Hi-Fi released two more albums after this one but neither had any success and no song from their last release in 2005 even made it to the charts. They were last seen on the superman sound track but there is not much past that. Currently the members are working on separate side projects but there is a rumor that a new album is in the works but that was supposed to happen back in 2006, so read into that however you want.

Personally I would love to hear some new stuff...

Flavor of the Weak.mp3

The EP For My Life

I'm dying to know

do you do you like dreaming of things

so impossible or only the practical

or ever the wild or waiting through all your bad bad days

just to end them with someone you care about

and do you like making out

and long drives and brown eyes

and guys that just don't quite fit in

yeah do you like them

So yes, I'll see you there.

Dashboard has always been one of my favorite bands since I first heard "Vindicated" on my friends stereo. From there I tracked them back to this EP which fit my freshmen year of college so perfectly it was scary. Never had I felt so connected to a piece of music.

The EP is one continuous story spanning four songs and outlining a relationship Carrabba had when he was just 16. The songs are at once touching and beautiful crafted. I connected to it almost instantly and with all my heart. There was a time when Carrabba wanted to do all four of these songs in a row for shows, but logistically it didn't work because of pacing and the tradition of having "Hands Down" as the closer. Also, I think the deep emotional attachment he has with his material was a problem...every show is an emotional fix for him, and there is a point when the fix isn't worth the pain.

While he has gotten bigger then i could have imagined, I do not hold it against him...I am happy I had my time with him and that he is getting to sing to ever bigger crowds. This album helped me a lot and if you do not have it i suggest getting it any way possible.

So Impossible.mp3- Unplugged

she said... Ba bap baa ababbbbaaaddaaa

Just finished a guest blog at Luke's page some to love music and i think it turned out pretty cool. So if you want new material past this you better get over there.

Here is a few things for you:

Cursive (pictured left) will be on tour with Against me! and Mastodon come this spring. Thats going to be an interesting show. I may go just to see who shows up.

i guess im floating has Ted Leo covering Curtis Mayfield among other things. Though I'm sure you guys check that site daily. Either way Ted Leo is hitting the road, and I'm told soda Jerk will be bringing him to Denver.

Ironically this video owns my life right now. I may head to TRL to vote for them (j/k), but seriously this is good stuff. The best part is this is like version three of Jet and Franz Ferdinan, i wounder what number 4 will be like?

Spring break is coming up on Friday for me, ill be going home so i don't expect a large break in the blog. Stay tuned for a full write up of something after Wednesday i think.

...to drench the world all in gasoline, and then when you light the match you realize that this story's not a dream

The Arms of Orion are not well known...and im sure they accept that. For now that's alright, but I'm pretty sure these guys could be the next big thing. They have all the ingredients: a catchy guitar rift, interesting and deep lyrics and a pretty cool image.

I heard about them recently when they intentionally leaked their new album "The Book Wa So Much Better" on their myspace. On top of all that most of the tracks are available for download through their purevolume account. That's a pretty sick and smart move for such a low key band. In my book that made them worth a listen, and I was very happy i did.

In some ways they remind me of a less polished but far more poppy version of Armor for sleep and an offshoot of some of the older Fall out Boy material. Even the vocals are distinct in their own way as the singer is not always smooth, but somehow manages to hit all the right notes and convey a sense of urgency. My favorite track is "Your Favorite One", which was a nice change up to tall the Taking Back Sunday i was listening to, and a welcome accompaniment to the warm weather we are getting out here. I could honestly see these guys on Drive Through or maybe even Vagrant in a few years.

All in all its insanely catchy and very definitely a summer time band at heart. If you are a fan of Mae, Fall out Boy or even Park this band could really be good for you. Especially if you are over the same generic pop stuff over and over...

Head to their myspace page to check out the album or to pick up a single, and see these guys soon. I know i will if they ever get my way.

Tour Dates

Mar 15 2007
7:00P
REXS with MONEEN
west chester, Pennsylvania
Mar 21 2007
7:00P
NorthStar Bar
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 24 2007
6:00P
QVCC w/ A Loss For Words
Worcester, Massachusetts
Apr 1 2007
6:00P
1619house
williamstown, New Jersey
Apr 19 2007
6:00P
Maryland/VA w/Capitol Risk
book this, Maine
Apr 20 2007
7:00P
North or South Carolina.. W/ Capitol Risk
book this, South Carolina
Apr 21 2007
6:00P
Georgia w/Capitol Risk
book this, Georgia
Apr 22 2007
8:00P
VA Beach/Delaware w/ Capitol Risk
book this, Delaware
May 10 2007
6:00P
*acoustic set* The Living Room
Providence, Rhode Island
May 11 2007
6:00P
*acoustic set* Norwood American Legion Hall
Norwood, Massachusetts

Guest Blogger: Luke Hunter. Title of Blog: This Lover Calms the Darkness

My name is Luke Hunter, I have a blog called Someone To Love More Than Music, and love me some Indie-Folk. Top 9: The Mountain Goats, Thao Nguyen, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Langhorne Slim, Paleo, Anathallo, Pee-Pee, Porlolo. Paleo, however is climbing the charts of my heart-strings at an alarming rate.

Paleo is quite the amazing man, if ya didn't know. He's taken up quite the task too. Paleo, my friends, decided to write a song everyday for a year, from easter to tax day. Quite the journey.

Anyone can just write a song a day, but, in my opinion, it takes a real musician/artist to make something of any amount of worth. What I find even more fascinating is that he is doing it completely for himself, meaning that, at this point, he has no plans to make money off of these songs (other than performing them). What this ultimately means is that our man Paleo has hosted every song he has done so far free of charge, and "if there's no post on a particular day, [he's] probably just searching for a connection (just like everybody else). " (from Paleo's site)

Here is are a few that I really enjoy:

Paleo - 20060419 (This Lover)
Paleo - 20060616 (The Bees & The Birds)
Paleo - 20060710 (For a Woman I've Never Met On her Birthday)
Paleo - 20060719 (This Just In)
Paleo - 20060721 (Exploring Drains)
Paleo - 20060724 (Bloodless War)
Paleo - 20060725 (Wide Open)
Paleo - 20060803 (Animals Animals Animals)
Paleo - 20060804 (When Money Talks)
Paleo - 20060814 (Love Song For Liza)
Paleo - 20060916 (The Dead of Summer)
Paleo - 20060926 (Years Young)
Paleo - 20061020 (Birdshade)
Paleo - 20061024 (Lets Just Drive Until The Wheels Catch Fire)
Paleo - 20061026 (A Heart For Her Return)
Paleo - 20061027 (Over & Gone)
Paleo - 20061031 (The Golden Diamond)
Paleo - 20061104 (The Nevered Mind)
Paleo - 20061202 (The Aristocrats) [This actually is a variation of the old joke]
Paleo - 20061226 (Louder Than Words)
Paleo - 20060227 (Hey Is For Horses)
Paleo - 20070307 (O Adi Da)

This man is coming to a small venue near you, so see him, and encourage him :). If you didn't all ready know about him, go to his site, download all his songs, and pretend like you knew all the while.

If you just want to hit a random tune , click here (it's a random Paleo song generator)

-Luke Hunter (feel free to visit me)

Question...is there wood on the island?

It's Saturday and im not really feeling like blogging. And yet...here we are...

Just a couple things for your day:
Charlie the Unicorn- go whiteness this and marvel at how simple and still funny this thing is..

Paris Hilton did something....something....I cant think straight...

My Kats just don't want to win this year if they can help it...

Arms of Orion leaked their new album themselves? yeah i thought it was weird but its a great album. Read the blog on it...

I fought the Law, and The Law Won.mp3- Joe Strummer Live

"That girl over there just yelled 'Kidnap me'...sorry we cant cuz then i would have to write a clever ransom note, and that could take weeks"

TBS was great last night, despite the crowd being a mixed crew. There were straight edgers, metal heads, preppy chicks and most importantly of all...me.

Armor for sleep (pictured at left) started the night and managed to stretch all 4 of their singles a B side and a new song into a 1/2 hour of playing. While it was bit drawn out at the end i though they played a nice set for a band that hasn't been in the studio since 2005. I'm looking forward to the new material that should be coming out at the end of this tour.

UnderOath on the other hand killed as expected. I had seen them twice before and was still unable to describe the experience to my friends pre show...something about the combination of energy and showmanship makes it one of the best shows i have ever seen. They took the stage in dramatic fashion and went right to it, playing like they were the headliners. Aaron Gillespie and crew hit hard with "In Regards to my Self" and continued on with a set that clocked in around the hour 15 mark. It was an interesting set from them, as they did not do any of their "singles" or very old material, but the set was instead populated by B sides and new favorites. All in all i was contented and got a sick shirt to commemorate my first indoor experience with them.

Taking Back took the stage in a pretty timely fashion and were as thrilling as i had hoped. I had heard many storys about Lazzara's antics on stage, and none of this was over hyped. He is incomplete control of crowd from beginning to end and with every move I was reminded of a young Mick Jagger. Although the best line he had all night was when a fan asked him to kidnap her...hence the title of the post. Classic stuff, if he really talks like that i want to be his friend desperately....

My only knock on their set was the lack of "Tell all Your Friends" material. I understand that two of the members from that group are gone now, but did you really have to cut out "their is no I in team" and ""Timeberwolves at new Jersey"? I was happy with it none the less and it was a good show over all, i just wish i had seen the original line up back in the day...ah well...

you're so last summer.mp3

Thursdays are for finding old friends

You always come close but this never comes easy

TBS has always been one of my favorite bands, and ill never forget how I got that first album of theirs. I, and all my naivete, had heard about a band that was supposed to change the world with their new album "Tell all your Friends." This new band was loud, fast and had a crazy lead singer that everyone and their mom was talking about.

I went and bought the album and i have to be honest...i didn't get it at first. It was my first experience with EMO and i was still to immature to really get what they were talking about. But as it would happen i kept listening to it and was drawn in by interchange of Vocals...when i hit high school...it all clicked.

Tonight I head to Denver to see them for the first time, with Armor for sleep and UnderOath and I'm pretty thrilled about it. In fact all the cool kids at my school are headed that way, so I'm sure there will be an after party of some sort.

Only down side is the test in media planning on Friday...that's lame sauce...guess i will worry bout that later.

Great Romances of the 20th century.mp3

Timber wolves At New Jersey.mp3

New Tiger Army

Listen to the winds at night You may hear me call your name

I once felt so alone but now I'm home

And I know that there is something... beyond

Tiger Army is one of my all time favorite bands and because they come from my home state of California they get extra props.

If you have never heard their music before its a bit hard to describe but they were one of the pioneers of Psychobilly.

Psychobilly is basically all the swagger and style of Elvis Presley plus the quick rifts and meaning full lyrics of punk rock. The other main component is the use of the stand up base instead of the traditional electric variety. In my opinion it originated in California but I'm definitely not a scholar of the craft by any means do feel free to enlighten me.

Tiger Army has been laboring in the background for many years but they are about to put a new album out that i think may put them on the map. After all, when your producer just got done making AFI's wildly popular new album and you just got a top spot on this summer's Warped tour things are bound to go your way.

I like the single, it doesn't stray to far from their roots but i think it will be far more accessible to the main stream audience. But with a fan base as rabid as this you can't really go wrong...right?

Live show- "Rose in the Devils Garden"
New single-After world.mp3
Old single- Ghost Fire.mp3

Last night my teeth fell out, like ivory typewriter keys...

...and all the monuments and skyscrapers burned down and filled the sea....

Is it to much to ask for people to hold the door anymore? i was honestly 3 steps away and this girl looked right at me and kept walking.

Who does that?

Where were these people brought up? I though everyone learned to hold the door no matter what.

But apparently, if you are a blond who thinks she is prettier then she really is its all good...

Anyways, my teacher started a new blog and I'm linking to it now. Check out the "Northern Colorado Blogs Do it better Section" for that link and more to come because I think some of my other friends up here will be hitting that up soon. Also the Wizard started his own blog and its shaping up pretty well.

tests this week so pardon the short posts.

I'm Finding it harder to be a Gentleman everyday.mp3 -White stripes
Bill Gates Must Die (live).mp3 - John Vanderslice

haha

My friend alerted me to this site married to the sea which is about the funniest thing i have read in the last two weeks.

As far as i can figure out this guy takes old wood carvings and adds other parts and captions to them to make a daily comic, and the humor is so smart and so odd.

Me and my roommate have been quoiting them for a while now and there is a face book group that is pretty much the coolest thing ever. Go hit that up.

Margie's is having a show this Thursday at 6:30 for everyone in the Greeley area, apparently my friends at UNC radio are putting it on, so go out an support that. Ill be in Denver for TBS but im sure it will be a great show.

Hey Jude.mp3 - (live) Tom Jones courtesy of "Ape shall never Kill Ape"

I just saw a bunch of things on TV I didn't know existed, but now desperately need

I was in the market for a few new T-shirts yesterday and my friend pointed me to a few locations I'm sure all of you would love to learn about.

The first is threadless.com which is a store frequented by the cast of Scrubs, many bands (A Change of Pace, Driving in silence) and some of the hipest kids at your school.

The designs come from people like you and me and are voted on by the guests who visit the site. Which ever T-shirts get the most votes are printed up and made available for purchase. I just ordered two, so i will tell you how they work out for me.

The other site that I frequent for T shirts is called fullbleed.org and it is run by a guy who originally did work for bands but soon moved on to his own side project type thing, making conceptual shirts for all to enjoy. His shirts and posters are always interesting and surprisingly cheep compared to some of the other sites out there.

I do not get anything out of recommending these artists, i only write about them here to make sure that they stay in business. Cool things need to be talked about to be kept around.

and we all know...

Art is Hard.mp3 -Cursive

Going home

Kentucky basketball continues as they make their way though the SEC tournament and then hopefully on to the big dance. Me and my dad will be huddled around the TV watching as much as we can this weekend.

It's almost time for march madness, and facebook has started an option that lets you join a pool with your friends. I would love to play with you guys so find me on facebook and send me an invite asap!

Alright, time to hit the road.
Have a good weekend everyone.

When you were young.mp3 -Taking back Sunday cover of the killers

96 Tears.mp3 - Question mark and the mysterions

Washington.mp3 - The midnight Society (guitar player for Gym Class heroes)