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Sunday, October 22nd, 9:11pm +
The weather this weekend has
been as close to perfect as I've ever seen in Portland. Amazing
fall days that are warm yet crisp.
Yesterday we decided to check out the Cornfield
MAiZE at Sauvie Island.
It turned out the rest of the state of Oregon had the same idea.
An hour to get out there and TWO PLUS HOURS to get off the island.
The worst traffic jam I have ever been involved in. Left at 2:30pm
and got home at 10pm.
My wife took some great photos between the time spent sitting
in the car. And that was pretty fun. Take
at look at the photos here.
+ Thursday, October 19th, 8:54am +
Shaun
Of The Dead was great and Spaced
is one of my all time favortie TV shows...so I can't wait for
Hot
Fuzz to hit theaters. The teaser
trailers have been posted.
+ Wednesday, October 18th, 9:10am +
I've
been busy with work, trips to Northern California, house guests,
getting my office set up and a single test drive. I guess it's
nice to be busy, but I do miss the slower pace. In any case...onward.
I did get a chance to see the fantastic documentary film Who
Killed The Electric Car? It's the amazing story of electric
cars in the US focusing on the GM/Saturn EV1
electric car. A friend of mine had one of these cars and I
am lucky enough to have had the opportunity to drive it. Man,
what a car. The pick up was insane, the design was great and it
was so easy to charge. The film reviews the history of the car
and investigates why they were then taken off the market and destroyed
by GM. It's coming out on DVD soon and worth a rent.
In addition, here's what GM
had to say about their use of the technology developed from
the EV1. Yeah, well GM still sucks. I'll never buy an American
car. And check out the
original one sheet poster for the film.
Speaking of documentary films, Food
Fight will be presenting FREE screenings of Earthlings
on November 2nd and Behind
The Mask on November 16th. Both at the Hollywood Theater in
Portland. Make a note of it.
+ Monday, October 9th, 2:06pm +
There are a lot of stupid people out there pushing religion
on the masses, but there's something special about Stephen Baldwin
and those like him.
This
is a great article from Salon about Baldwin and his new book,
The Unusual Suspect. It points out just how truly foolish (not
knowing the Ten Commandments?) and hateful (efforts to end
global poverty and violence are just the sort of "stupid
arrogance" that incur God's wrath) Baldwin really is.
What's really awful to me is 'Stevie
B' using skateboarding and 'extreme' lifestyles to suck kids
into his religious and political bullshit. I would think kids
would be smart enough to put the pieces together. Figure out that
this washed up actor turned druggie is only using a current trend
to get them involved with his way of thinking. If it was another
sport that was more popular with outsider kids that would be his
tool. He doesn't give two shits about skateboarding. He never
skated. And just like other pieces of trash like Ryan
Dobson and Jay
Bakker, Baldwin fakes his new hip/alternative skate stance
just to recruit young white males. 'Check out my earrings and
killer tats dude, and by the way...gays are evil, abortion is
murder and George Bush is always right'
Yes, Baldwin is a 'cultural advisor' to President Bush. Why am
I not surprised?
There have always been people using youth culture to sell their
religion but I thought that skaters would be smarter than that.
That's why I'm most bummed by the pro skateboarders who support
Stephen Baldwin and his message. Christian Hosoi fits the profile.
He was a drug addict. Now Jesus is his drug. A criminal who has
now turned to God for a fix and validation of his crimes...understood.
But Ray
Barbee and Lance
Mountain?! Yeah, I know you go to church...fine. Glad it works
for you. But being
part of an evangelical skate film? Really? You support using
skateboarding to push Baldwin's radical right message? I guess
I gave you guys too much credit.
+ Sunday, October 8th, 11:19am +
- Yes, I've got the new Converge. Yes, I like it a
lot.
It's hard for me to even give a 'review' of a Converge record
at this point. They are one of my favorite bands of all time...could
be my all time favorite. Like number-one-on-the-list-favorite.
Regardless, this album is fucking great. It's been said in every
review in the last few years, but they really are the band that
everyone follows. I'm proud to say that before metalcore was on
Mtv, all teenagers had tattoos and there was a bandwagon I was
a fan.
If you like Converge, this album will not disappoint.
- If I had a spare 20K lying around I would be buying
this car TODAY. If fact, if anyone has an idea of how I could
gather a quick 20K I'm all ears. Need some really quick, expensive
design work done? Come on...
- Is It Really
So Strange was pretty much a let down. I was hoping for some
interesting interviews or at least some decent Sweet
& Tender Hooligans footage. Nope. It was over an hour
of standard Morrissey facts told to you by boring fans that seemed
to know less than I do. And that's not saying much. Boring really.
I could gather more interesting people to talk about Moz.
+ Tuesday, October 3rd, 10:49am +
The show last night was loud. Holy shit was it loud.
I'm very thankful for ear plugs.
Yes, it's not very metal of me, but I wasn't familiar with Celtic
Frost enough to truly enjoy them. They did put on a pretty good
show. I was hoping for more
leather and spikes and less
wool hats and pea coats but I suppose people get older, looks
change and hair is lost.
1349 were OK. Yes, they
rocked the corpse paint but they had a pretty terrible sound mix
and that fat guy on the drums certainly wasn't Frost.
And past the music the reason I like black metal so much is just
the whole image package. The evil logos, the anti-society evil
hate filled force and being SO undergound you dismiss popularity
in every way. The church burnings. The satanism. The complete
story. These bands should barely be human. The same reason I liked
KISS as a kid. For example, I like Xasthur more because I'll never
see a person but just the evil
photos, the incredible music and that
logo. That being said, here are some flaws in 1349 (or any
true grim black metal band) putting on a live show:
1. Throwing the horns - Yes, it's metal...but for goodness sake
EVERYONE holds up the horns these days. Once it's been done by
Kid
Rock and
Avril
Fucking Lavigne it's lost all credibility. It's certainly
not at all evil anymore. Someone needs to kill that crap completely.
2. Audience Interaction - These guys are dressed as corpses...surely
they shouldn't be going into the crowd and shaking hands with
people?! They hate people, they hate their fans. They hate everything
and everyone. WTF?!
3. A Light Show - Unless the lighting is provided by fire in chamber
pots on either side of the stage OR are burning torches carried
out in mock battle...forget it.
4.
Hand clapping - Similar to number one. This is the most terrible
and gut wrenching music on the planet...let's all start a little
clapping rally! Not very grim at all.
5. Drinking water, taking breaks, using towells, acting human,
etc. - This one was brought up by Chad
and I agree completely. Let's face it, you don't see the characters
at Disneyland break the wall. I expect the same from black metal.
You're an inhuman hell spawn we all fear...but you need to take
a drink of water due to the heat and cool off? How non-demon of
you.
I'm going to take a break from black metal for a bit...or at least
until I get the new
Xasthur in the mail.
+ Monday, October 2nd, 1:45pm +
- Fall is my favorite season hands down. It's nice
to really feel it here in the Pacific Northwest. I'm not looking
forward to the rain, but it is nice and crisp outside and it feels
nice.
- And speaking of cold and crisp...in preperation for the 1349
show tonight I've been listening to some very black metal. Playlist
as follows:
Lurker Of Chalice - S/T
Leviathan - Verrater
Throne Of Katarsis - Unholy Holocaustwinds
Funeral Mist - Devilry
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Xasthur - Telepathic With The Deceased
And check out these Xasthur
and Leviathan
quotes. Very hatefilled and evil. Nice.
- Kato's stitches are out and she's looking good.
- I just got a new addition for my office, the
holy grail of arcade machines.
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