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Thursday - June 26 - 9:36am l
FRANK
“SKIP” CANDELORI OF TURNING POINT FOUND DEAD
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Turning
Point is one of my top five all time bands...and one of the first
bands to really drive Straight Edge home for me.
My high school band would play 'The Few and The Proud' from their self-titled
7" over and over in my parents basement. The entire 7” was like
our mantra. In fact, at one of our only live shows we played more Turning
Point covers than original songs. Musically and lyric wise, they were
everything we wanted to be. I remember freaking out when I saw their 12"
'It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn' show up in the New Releases bin
at SMASH! in DC. I wore the
record out. I was also one of the lucky few to witness their last ever
DC show. Starting off with a Public Enemy cover, they ripped through almost
every song with more people on stage than on the floor. My friend Tom
won the 'stage-dive contest' (jumping off the bands half stack onto an
empty floor) and walked off with their hand written play-list of the night.
I still listen to Turning Point at least once a month, and was so stoked
on the release of their discography
on Jade Tree (I had everything on CD anyway, buying imports of the
7" and live material).
It saddens me that one of the people so crucial in keeping me away from
drugs, fell victim to an overdose. Although many dismiss bands like Turning
Point and Straight Edge in general as a short-lived fad for middle class
teens, the impact for some has been great. Listen to any emo-core band
today and you'll hear the band's direct influence. And although few kept
the Straight Edge lifestyle, its impact did change lives.
It changed mine.
l Tuesday - June 25 - 4:29pm l
My new favorite show is Monster
Garage featuring custom motorcycle builder Jesse James. Just amazing.
Motorcycle
Mania 2 just scratched the surface of his talents. The guy not only
builds bikes from scratch, but transforms cars as well. Monster Garage
just flat out rules...turning a VW into a Swamp Buggy, a Ford Explorer
into a custom
trash truck?!
The Discovery Channel is back with
a vengence...makes me proud to be an alumni.
l Sunday - June 23 - 7:26pm l
Kato is limping for reasons unknown. We'll be taking her to the vet tomorrow.
Yesterday while walking on Upper Haight I spotted a MV
Agusta. It was just parked on the street. For a split second I pictured
myself jumping on it and flying off into traffic, no one the wiser. Maybe
I'll just buy
one. I mean, life is short, and health insurance, rent, and my other
bills can wait...
l Friday - June 21 - 11:26am l
Take a look at Bryce Kanights Photography
the new site I designed and built for my friend BK. Amazing photos to
say the least. Gonz
at Alcatraz, Ice-T,
and Bob Burnquist
to name a few...
It's too bad about England
and the US...I would have liked a few upsets.
l Wednesday - June 19 - 4:46pm l
Updates may become few and far between, as I'm very busy now...which is
good.
Some links...my dog,
video
game porn, Pac-Man
fever,and just plain amazing.
The
feature piece is a website documenting
the entire process of a full sleeve tattoo. So damn cool and very interesting.
Machine Gun could turn
into a very cool magazine.
l Tuesday - June 18 - 8:52am l
Seen at wilwheaton.net
'It seems that Bush was speaking at Ohio State University's graduation.
The students were told that they were expected to provide a "thunderous"
ovation and if they disrupted
the ceremonies in any way, they'd be arrested.
That's right. At a public college,
the students would be arrested and expelled if they expressed their
unhappiness with George W. Bush.'
Visit the links. The general public needs to know things like this go
on. Is America a police state? Can we not show disapproval of our leader,
and his horrible policies? Turning your back is against the law? Something
must be done.
-
From revelationrecords.com
'We are sad to announce the death of longtime Revelation recording artist
Tony Bono, bassist extraordinaire from Into Another. He was only 38 and
died suddenly after band practice on May 24. Everyone at Revelation sends
our deepest condolences to Tony's family, girlfriend, and friends.'
I had received my used copy of Seemless
that I rebought in the mail an hour before I saw this post. In the mid-ninties,
Into Another were one of my favorite bands. Hardcore meets metal with
a completely different sound. I saw them live over a dozen times...each
show was completely amazing.
l Monday - June 17 - 1:27pm l
'The
$250 Million Skate Punk' Yet another Tony Hawk article. My favorite
line:'Neil Young could earnestly shun the soft-drink companies; the skate
punks were more than happy to be bathed in corporate logos.'
l
10:57am l
Pixelsurgeon has posted some
very interesting interviews with two different web 'designers'...Jacob
Nielson (self proclaimed usability guru) and Todd
Purgason (Juxt Interactive).
l Sunday - June 16 - 3:17pm l
I saw Episode II again last night...this
time it was shown using digital
projection. It was almost like watching an entirely different movie.
The quality was amazing...breathtaking really. Yoda looked 100% better.
Yes, the directing still stunk, but I did enjoy the film more on second
viewing. If you are going to see this movie again (or for the first time)
make it the
digital version. This is the future of film folks...and it looks good.
l Friday - June 14 - 9:25am l
Everyone
should read this.
Not everyone in America blindly follows Bush and his policies of revenge.
I agree with this 100%. (Notice this is on a UK website...my guess it
that it will never make any sort of US news...think about it. Freedom
of speech?)
Also,
check out the Feature piece for VERY interesting facts... for example,
the fact that Bush has only left the US THREE times in his life.
l Wednesday - June 12 - 8:36am l
A
few things of note today...
- "After
11 years, jury vindicates Earth First pair
FBI, Oakland officers must pay $4.4 million for civil rights abuses."
This is an amazing story...FINALLY the truth is seen and justice is done.
- Ted Nugent...a
true American. And by American I mean a totally ass-backwards ignorant
ape. He thinks Bush is a great environmental leader, REALLY hates the
Osbournes, and had his
kids shooting guns at 4 years old and killing deer at 5. "God, Guns,
and Rock n' Roll!".
- Paul
McCartney has an all vegetarian wedding.
- One of the funniest things
I've ever seen.
l Monday - June 10 - 9:42am l
I
took CalTrain to work this morning.
Well, to be more specific I took my motorcycle TO CalTrain TO a shuttle
TO work this morning. Quite a commute.
Some fool had stored a Razor scooter on the metal luggage shelf. It rattled
SUPER loud on and off the entire trip. I kept trying to move it to stop
the noise. Each time I moved it various passengers stared at me with daggers,
as if it was my stupid scooter. One stop before mine a business guy (bad
tie, loafers) sitting right next to me got up, grabbed the Razor and shuffled
off the train. Did he not notice the noise or me getting up several times
to silence it?! I guess pushing
to his office on a child's toy is punishment enough...
l Thursday - June 6 - 2:16pm l
First
Joey, now Dee Dee. Dee
Dee Ramone Found Dead in L.A.
I
guess rockers will continue to die of drug overdoses no matter how many
of them bite the dust. What a bunch of idiots.
l Wednesday - June 5 - 11:34am l
JUSTICE!
"McDonald's is coughing up $10 million to vegetarian and Hindu groups,
in order to resolve the flap over beef flavoring in their fries. They've
also formed a vegetarian advisory group, to help keep the company out
of similar blunders in the future."
Screw McDonalds! Vegan power!
l
10:18am l
If
there was a way I could go back to art school, any art school, it would
be the Hyper Island School of New
Media Design in Sweden. I've been getting applications from various
students enrolled in Crew 7
inquiring about internships at the now dead THREAT.
It makes me sad...
On that note, I never mentioned one of the last THREAT projects to go
live...MK Sportswear. Very simple
site for a friend who is a clothing rep. Von
Dutch make some of the best jeans ever, not to mention the man behind
the name is
a legend...a true original and a hot rod genius.
l Tuesday - June 4 - 9:12am l
Work
wise I went from 0 to 60 work in the past few days. From doing nothing
to having three places call all at once. Yikes. I may be a bit light in
the update department for the next week or so.
Check out the trailer for the new JACKASS
movie...looks pretty funny but they need to do more than just copy the
TV show.
l Sunday - June 2 - 7:18pm l
We
returned from Clearlake at around 3pm. Not bad...the resort was nice,
but the town needs some serious work.
I got some good books for my birthday (thanks Jess and Kevin)as well as
some CDs (thanks Kevin) and some much needed sunglasses
(thanks Jess). Very nice day indeed.
Back to *gasp* work tomorrow.
