catching up before fest.

saturday i worked for most of the day. the measure came by my job and i made them all free lunch. then they left for awhile. i worked a few more hours then went over to the show at dads haus (my last show for the fest seasons, and last show for awhile). got there first, then bands began showing up. i dont remember ALL of the night, but i do remember a lot of parts. i know the order was, paramedic (charlie solo (first and last time)), lavis blake, the measure [sa], glocca morra, kite party and the menzingers. i know charlie was pretty great solo, then lavis blake was really great. the measure were the last band i remember entirely, who were very awesome. new album rules very much. then i have zero real memory of glocca morra playing, other then jp blew out matts bass amp and he was sorta mad. then i have absolutely no memory of kite party at all, just the menzingers showing up and being really psyched that they were actually going to do it, and play a secret set at my show. then all i really remember is them playing a very packed show. i think it was like 5 songs, about. and all i really remember, only from the scab, is somehow i cut my forehead/eyebrow and bled everywhere. totally worth it. very good night. also, randomly, corey oneil, ben aneckstein and alex mctigue were all there, all very unexpectedly. after that show i was obviously way to drunk and rode my bike with a flat tire to laurens where i slept.
sunday i woke up late, went to oregon diner with lauren then we went to some random stores then went back to her house and napped until about 4, when i went home and watched the office with mary and scott why luther practiced. then met lauren at her house and rode to the fire for another awesome show. finally got to meet the guys in carpenter, who were all fucking awesome. everyone everywhere opened up the show, and they ruled, and they rule for getting me into the show for free. then carpenter played, and were awesome as well, high kicks included. then laura stevenson played, and i didn't watch her at all, i just sat at the bar with lauren arik and talked to pat o as he bar tended. then cheap girls played and i didn't watch them either. didnt drink much at the show, but after wards i rode home and ordered 5 pizzas and andy bought a bunch of beer and carpenter gave us a bunch of jargermeister and i drank that and rum and beer and ate pizza and we hung out all night long and had a great time.

the next day we all took showers and walked to cantina and got nachos and then those guys left and i took a nap and then drove up to the ox in laurens car to see another (my last pre fest show). holy mess opened it, i got there early and stood around forever and just hung out. holy mess were good, they were tight, nothing happened during there set, or anyones really, cause the ox is to fucking big and to far away. i hate that place. then night birds played and were great. such good dudes. mike hunchback gave me a free hunchback record, and joey erg 1.knew my name 2. hugged me 3. asked if I was going to the ergs! reunion show 4. complimented me on my new glasses (made the night worth it). then no friends played and me and rob went for a walk to get pizza. then dead to me played, were very tight, just weird with a new lineup. all in all a eh kinda night, was more just burned out then anything else. went home and did some things before going to manny browns to pick up lauren and go back to her house and go to bed.
tuesday i worked at cvs in the morning, got out and went home and napped cause i was begining to feel sorta sick and wanted so badly to not get sick before fest. eventually woke up, watched x files with andy, then went and got pizza and ate it at laurens. then we watched Taking Wookstock, which was pretty good. probably my favorite ang lee film. didn't sleep well.
today i worked truck (the bane of my existence). after work i got home and began to prepare to leave tomorrow. watched some parks and recreations with andy and amanda, but all in all had a pretty low key day. the next 4 days are going to be absolutely nuts. i am stealing pat o's idea of timed updates through twitter to remember when i get home what i did.

Mayflower - I Never...

counting down the days

last saturday after work i rode straight to dads haus for the show i booked there. got there and a bunch of friends were there which was pretty cool. um, connor played first, thanked me for setting up the show way to many times. after him was seasons and parks, didn't watch to much of them, after them was communipaw, didn't watch to much of them either, they were all pretty big dick heads to me and in general. definitely not booking shows for strangers anymore. after then lavis blake played and were pretty good. wasn't to into being at a show in general, was still hungover from friday. after lb the eeries played and were suprisingly very good. i showed everyone else in lb my tattoo and they all were into it. after the show i just went home and had a pretty low key night. lauren came by later on and slept over.
sunday i woke up and went to the coffee shop and me and my boss loaded up her car with a ton of things and went to an art show in fishtown. we thought it was an adult art show, turned out to be a arts and craft show for children. we didn't fit in at all, and made almost no money. but at least there was free beer. after that we drove home and i rode over to laurens. we went to best buy and then got pizza hut for dinner and watched point break. after that i went over to dads haus again to hang out wiht miller and madden. got there right in time to see fleshtemple, who were fucking insane. didn't watch street pizza, just hung out upstairs during there set. watched don't wake up, who were suprisingly good, and then rode back to laurens, where i told her i was not going to sleep over, but passed out pretty quickly.
monday i worked at cvs, after work i showered and ate dinner and watched some of the state, then went over to the litterbox for a show i booked. tv dinner played first, didn't watch them, then break the habit from u.k. played, didn't watch them either, then spraynard played and were awesome, covered 2000 light years away by green day. everyone everywhere finished up the night and were also great. it was a good turnout, menzo dudes came, danielle, brian and kyle, pretty good group of friends came out. afterwards i went over to the menzos with kyle and hung out there until pretty late with tom greg joe collin danielle greg k mike k johnhenry and tony. eventually left and went to laurens house and slept there.
tuesday i had off from work for the first time in a very long time. i took laurens car to flemington and picked up a bunch of things i needed, like winter clothes, a nightstand (which i didn't technically get really), n64 games, and some other junk. saw my dad for a little bit and stopped by my moms job and ate lunch with her, and was back in philly pretty early. got home and watched the menzos record drums for there acoustic record. played some videos games, made dinner and picked lauren up from school. had an altercation between us and the neighbors that day, cops were involved, it all turned out very well. lauren came over kinda later that night and slept over.
wenesday i worked truck at cvs. after work i went home and took a nap, hung out with the menzos again while they recorded, and did a bunch of nothing really. lauren came over later on and i made her dinner and we watched Zack and Miri Make A Porno. then we went upstairs and watched some East Bound and Down, tried 3 times now and still havent finished the first episode, only because we keep falling asleep, the show rules.
thursday i had off again. i did some shit around the house in the morning after lauren left. when andy got up we went to old navy and bought pizza costumes and then got cheese hoagies and hung out and watched News Radio and Greg The Bunny. then we began watching A Serious Man, a Coen brothers film i never saw, andy left before it was over for class, and i finished it without him. wasn't so great. afterwards i took a nap and then went over to crystals and hung out with hollis and bernie for a little bit, then came home and was tricked pretty hard by nick into thinking everyone was bailing on me, but then found out andy bought everyone 40s and we were gonna hang, so we drank and did nothing else, began watching the Sixth Sense but andy and dan fell asleep and i decided to go over to laurens house for the night.

friday i worked again, and after work i went home and showered and made some dinner and bought a 24 pack of natty bo with andy and watched the new office. then i got ready for my show, and the first in a very long weekend of shows leading up to fest. rode over to dads haus with andy nick and lauren, stopped on the way cause we ran into pj bond. got there and only like half of great explainer was there and pacer. eventually everyone showed up.the drug war played first, i didn't really watch there set cause i was watching the door and making people pay. static radio nj played second, and i watched them and they were pretty great. played every song lauren knew, so that made me happy. after them the arteries from whales played and were very excellent, everyone liked them. pacer followed them and after that great explainer rounded out the night. i didn't watch much of the other bands but the show was all in all a pretty good success and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun. i then did an interview for chunksaah records, cause they're shooting a documentary about going to fest. after the show and after everything was wrapped up and done i went home, got more beer and got my pizza costume and went over to the halloween party at augustas. was very proud that me and andy both completely copied danielles halloween costume exactly, except i wasn't wearing a shirt under my pizza. had a lot of fun there. was very drunk. still not feeling all to swell almost a day later. but there were a lot of people there, and it was all in all a very good time. after the party me and lauren went to dunkin donuts (very bad idea) and then back to her house and went to bed. woke up feeling pretty crappy today, but we pulled through.
the rest of this weekend, including tonight until like monday is going to be nuts. i can not wait. i can not wait for fest. i'm pretty stoked on life right now.


Carpenter - Mean Things

i age but don't get old

okay so last sunday i closed the coffee shop. jesse visited me. afterwards i went home for a little bit, then rode over to laurnes house and played with the new kitten dan found. then me and dan rode over to south philly tap room for steve o's birthday. saw steve o, rayna, tom, mike schwartz, augusta and leo. was only there for a few minutes. then went back to laurens and went to bed.
monday i worked (i worked every single day this week) after work i went home and played Golden Eye with dan for awhile and drank whiskey and went to bed pretty early. watched the original Inglourios Bastards before bed, and lauren came over.
tuesday i worked, and after work i tried to have a somewhat productive day, dropped off my frames to get my new glasses rolling, got the second swamp thing and book 5 of sin city from barnes and noble, visited zack at urban, and did some food shopping. after that i made some dinner for myself and then watched In The Army Now with andy and lauren. after that went to laurens house for the night.
wenesday i worked and after work i began watching Parks and Recreations. then went out to dinner with brian at royal tavern. he told me he liked the tempeh club they have there. he also liked my lavis blake tattoo. after that i went home and showered and then greg k met me at my house and we went over to the menzos house and drank a bunch of beer and fourloko and scotch. had sorta a crazy night. i went to laurens house after that and slept there that night.

thursday i worked and after work i rode home in the rain and it sucked a lot. ate pizza and watched south park with andy then went over to the acoustic show. got there while madaline was playing. she was okay. she's just like a notch below laua stevenson or hop along in my opinion. then kite party played acoustic, didn't dig it at first but grew on me. then three man cannon played acoustic and it was alright, but they unfortunately totally blew a mountain goats cover of no children. total bummer. then some weird band played. then tom may played, did a dead kennedys cover, i messed him up by switching the order of the lyric sheets he printed out for that song (*note, by this point of the show everyone was very drunk, but it was only like 9). the rest of his songs were great, did some old acoustic menzos songs no one hears anymore. then greg barnett played, was also very good, played a bunch of really great new songs and then played my friend chris and i was born (also decided it was okay to laugh during the "i didn't do it" part of my friend chris and to sing the end of my friend chris over him during the end of i was born (im an asshole)). after that we hung out for awhile, there were tons of people there, lots of friends, lots of great food, ate pasta and cupcakes and brownies. it was a very cozy show. could of been something great if it wasn't ruined with the 48 natty bo's me and tom bought. after the show i went home to my house with lauren and went to sleep. friday i worked a longer shift, but after work i picked up my new glasses! then went home, showered and went to see JACKASS 3D with lauren!!!!!!!!!! and it was fucking amazing.

i can't even begin to discuss how great it was. but i haven't laughed so hard in a very long time. after the show me and lauren went to her house to drink some rum and cokes. bryce mary and dan were there and brian walked over and met us there. then he borrowed my bike, i rode dans old bike and we went to my house and then to the show at the dollhouse (there would be a flyer for it here, but it was just so bad i refuse to post it). missed Kids and Cop Problem. then didn't watch the next band. watched one win choice. heckled them the entire time to cover New Noise, they did and i basically just took the mic from the singer and crowd surfed the entire time and sang all of the words. it was pretty fucking amazing. i was very happy that brian was there for that cover. everyone lost there shit. i want to sing for a band so badly, and doing that only sealed it in my head for me. then glocca morra played, and everyone was very stoked and they played one song and the cops came. everyone left after that and i went home for a hot second and then went to the after party and zack/jp/tims new place. lots of people were at that, had a lot of fun, smashed my head into a lightbulb in the ceiling, didnt hurt but i bled. eventually passed out on the couch, had a weird experience with JP's girlfriend, threw up in the alley and went home with lauren. discovered i cut my hand badly too as i entered my house. don't know where that came from, oh well. went to bed.
today we woke up and rode to laurens house and she made me breakfast, brian brought my bike back and then went home. i then took a shower and went to work, and here i am.  fest is coming up soon, gotta save more money. the next few weeks are going to be crazy.

Iron Chic - Cutesy Monster Man

another stupid update

last saturday night Marc came and visited. he come to my job at the coffee shop and Lauren met us as well. we went back to my house after work and got some pizza and watched some power puff girls and the movie Everything Is Terrible. eventually me and marc went to the dolphin and saw a stripper with a cane. after that i went home and went to bed.
sunday i worked at the coffee shop again. after work my mom came into the city and she saw the house and then took me and lauren out to lunch at a nice itailian restaurant. after wards she went home and me and lauren watched the office all night long at my house with mary. eventually me and lauren went to her house and went to bed.
monday i worked at cvs and got out somewhat early. after work i made dinner and hung out with andy and nick and watched a lot more office. aound midnight i went to the menzingers house and got to see tom joe and greg, and hung out with danielle, dj, zack and leo. lauren met me there too. eveuntally left and went home with lauren.

tuesday i had off from work. woke up and got some stuff done, then went and got cheese hoagies with greg and hung out at his house with him and eric and collin, and eventually tony. went home later on and sat around the house and watched some more of the office. andy came home and hung out for a bit, then the menzingers were doing some stupid videocast thing, so me and andy tuned in, and as there were lots of other people trying to get in who had real actual questions for them, we keep getting in and were saying nothing important, then eventually we preteneded to still be there and got on our bikes and rode to there house, ya know what, just watch it   The Menzingers on Yowie   after that i went to Laurens and slept there.

wenedsay i worked again and blah blah blah. after work i went home and watched more office, then met briand at black bird pizza for some dinner. after that i went to the litterbox for a show. all pretty good bands, got to see ltos of people, overall pretty good night. went back to my house with lauren and watched some MORE office, but fell asleep while watching.
worked thursday again, after work i met lauren at royal tavern for lunch, after that we went back to her house and took a nap. after that i went home and watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and then some more office. Andy eventually came home and we went over to Gregs and drank some beers and watched some of the new its always sunny and then the 100 most shocking moments in rock and roll. pretty 'eventfull' night. rode home and went to bed.
friday i worked AGAIN, worked way to much this week. after i got out of work at 2 i went home and relaxed. didn't really do to much all in all. watched some more office and sat around. eventually went over to josh and megans house for joshs suprise birthday party. was a lot of fun, got real drunk, played with puppies, had an all around good time. 

saturday i worked a double. opened at cvs and trained some new kids there until about one, went home and showered and then closed at the coffee shop. will mcandrew came down and visited me at work. and then zack schwarz and jp came and visited too. after work i went to siri's tattoo shop and me and josh got tattooed and then went to manny browns then went and checked out zack and jp's new house, which is fucking awesome, and then after that went home and fell asleep for a little bit then went over to laurens house.
today so far i went for a walk with lauren, then went home and watched some office and 30 rock with andy and nick and then came to work at the coffee shop, lauren visited me at work and now i'm about to close. i think some heavy drinking is on board for tonight.


The Soviettes - Blue Stars

i never (09)

made a best of 09 list. so here it is,

 

1. Cheeky - What The Heck

2. Screaming Females - Power Move

3. Pissed Jeans - King Of Jeans

 

 

 4. House Boat - Delaware Octopus

5. Jeff The Brotherhood - Heavy Days 

6. GDP - Realistic Expectations

7. Kudrow - Lando

 

8. Black Kites - Advancement To Ruins

9. Lighten Up - Absolutely Not

10. Teenage Cool Kids - Foreign Lands

the layout of this post is retarded, but i give up.

Foo Fighters - Big Me

shows...

....from the past year (that ruled (and i have flyers for))

a lot fo other really great shows happened, i just can't either find the flyers for them, remember them, or there are simply just no flyers made for them. anyway, last year was a great year for shows

also, check these out

Paint It Black @ Terrordome

The Loved Ones @ Terrordome 

Big Soda - I Know You

recap: the dolphin

last saturday night ended up being crazy. went home and hung out with nick dan connor christian dj and zach. then went over to the GDP show and got really drunk really fast. before he played, matt dj zach and andy and i went to the dolphin to bring strippers back to the party. were not sucessfull. GDP was awesome. after that i went and got my bike and went to gregs for his party. saw a bunch of people and had a lot of fun and got home real late.
sunday i had to open the coffee shop, so it was a rough morning to say the least. after work i went to dickinson square and met lauren there and worked out things with her and then we went and checked out grindcore house. pretty cool place. check it out. went to circle thrift with lauren too and i got a 50 cent sweater. after that we went to my house, and ordered some pizza and hung out with andy and nick and set up the netflix for the tv and had a very lazy night.
 monday i had off from work. didn't really get much done. watched a lot of netflix with nick, including man vs food, arrested development, Airheads, the office, the Goods, and some other stuff. then nick dan and i had a family trip to target to get some junk. i bought nothing, but me and dan stole some nice flannels. went home, nick made burritos, which were delicious, and then we watched Crank 2. i slept at laurens that night.
tuesday was my last day off. i once again completed almost nothing. went on a bike ride with andy. ot cheese hoagies, went to target again, then to best buy and then the dollar tree. then we went home and sat around and watched some more of the office. i slept at laurens again that night.
wenesday i went to work real early only to find out i missed work on tuesday and was sent home and i thought i was going to be fired. but my boss got in at noon and called me and told me to come in and work the rest of the week (scorrre). so i worked kinda late that night. after work i....i'm not sure what i did after work that night.
thursday i worked pretty early again. it was raining so lauren drove me to work, and alex picked me up. me and him went to my house and ate burritos and watched The Love Guru, then jenni came over and andy came home and we all went to the royal tavern and then to jennis old roommates appartment then back to my house. jenni went home and lauren came over. we watched Copout when we got home, and by watch i mean alex and lauren watched and me and andy slept. oh well.
friday i worked again, boring day of work. after work i went home and finished season 5 of the office with andy and amanda. then i went to 12 steps down with dan to meet lauren there for emilys art show. dudes from everyone everywhere were there and so was laurens brother nick, very good to see all of them. after that lauren dan and i went to my house and then walked to the dollhouse for the show. we got there real late and had missed all but one band, ceasefire, and i didnt even watch them. after the show a bunch of people came back to my house and hung out and drank. around midnight we decided to all go over to the dolphin and watch strippers, not the best idea, but whatever. after that i went home and went to bed.
today ive just been cleaning and getting things done and whatnot, then i worked 2 to 8 at the coffee shop, actually i'm here now. wonder what i'll do tonight.

also, a whole post with no pictures to prove any of it actually happened. oh well.


The Measure [sa] - Hell, I'm No Daniel Craig