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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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2:54 am
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Also, what's with the really eerie marketing that's going on in music right now. anything catchy and fun and remotely head bobbing is AUTOMATICALLY marketed to kids, ages 13-19. Take this band Hey Monday(formerly Blake) http://www.myspace.com/heymonday for example.
The average age of their "fans" on myspace is 15. no lie. I did a bit of math.
Their music is SO catchy and fun and I hear it and want to sing and be happy, but I will NEVER go and see this band again because the average age of their concert goers is like 16 and it's really annoying to deal with that and not feel awkward and out of place in that setting.
Am I not suppose to like happy music because i'm well into my 20's? NO ONE I know my age likes "happy" music like this band, Hey Monday, or even We The Kings. Their fan base is ridiculously young too, even though almost all of those guys are over 21.
Are people in their late 20's and early 30's supose to listen to angry and dark "rock" music because they should realize that life is awful and that they're no joy in anything?
Since when was music marketed like food during cartoon hours?
Simple and disturbing answer? Record labels et al know that these kids' parents have money, and will spend it for entertainment, because they're certainly not buying houses these days...
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2:33 am
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OH and concerning my last post, this is what playing in Tampa, Port Richey, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater will get you. METAL \m/
And bands like stained. Obviously, from a place with 2 to 1 more cars than people.
I HATE FLORIDA!
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So my band was added last minute to a show, a show that I was going to go to any how but now the promoter wants me to play, and I'm going to. Cool right?
Automatic Loveletter is amazing, I think you should go listen to them right now, www.myspace.com/automaticloveletter
So naturally as i'm prepairing for the show I'm also checking out the other local bands that are on the bill...
So.. the headliners, check...
Southside Serenade, I was leary after seeing their name, but they're like acoustic driven college rock, and even though they get "funky" and name drop "tampa bay" in a song, they're not awful.
Chairnorne, they're like a junior version of the headliners, so that's okay..
then Still Life, gave them a listen, 3 piece girl band that play grungy NIN type songs, wtf? how does that fit a power pop headliner?
now on to HOLES AND HEARTS, they're name set off a red flag.. so I gave them a listen. I didn't have to listen to realize that they're two CHILDREN, brothers probably 12 and 13 who play rock metal complete with screaming, breakdowns and long blonde hair... check the out www.myspace.com/holesandhearts
are you JOKING?!
This is what i'm going to drive 2 hours to play with? UGH!
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| Sunday, August 24th, 2008
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5:50 am
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What Pseudo Historical Figure Best Suits You?
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| You scored as O.J. Simpson While the beauty of infidelity is not recognized by many...neither is the beauty of a recently murdered spouse. Money and muscle doesn't equate to romantic loyalty but hey, hard to cheat once your dead right?
You will always be a free man, and you will always have some admirers, but one nagging question will always haunt you...
"If I had been convicted, would the city have gone up in flames?"
Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 58% | O.J. Simpson |
| 58% | Dante Alighieri |
| 50% | C.G. Jung |
| 50% | Hugh Hefner |
| 42% | Adolf Hitler |
| 42% | Mother Teresa |
| 42% | Miyamoto Musashi |
| 33% | Jesus Christ |
| 33% | Elvis Presley |
| 33% | Charles Manson |
| 25% | Stephen Hawking |
| 17% | Steven Morrissey |
| 17% | Sigmund Freud |
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| Thursday, August 21st, 2008
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12:37 am
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Let not conscience make you linger,
Not of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.
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| Saturday, August 16th, 2008
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9:02 pm
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| Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
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11:52 pm
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All's quiet, except for this song.
So maybe while I'm not together I can feel like I'm not alone.
And somewhere off in the distance, rapidly advancing, is an onslaught of sorts.
Young sirens wail in a skewed sense of glory.
And the lions in the cages roar at the memory of fight.
And there's a joy, a joy in all I can see.
A joy, in every possibility.
And all around us is a great, great failing.
American rockets red-glare in a most
disgusting triumph.
And in passing I am asked "Do you believe in a God?",
I shrug off the answer, continue to get high
in this terror of no explanation.
I am looking for a faith.
My panic is an only reason.
There's a joy, a joy in all I can see.
A joy, in every possibility.
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| Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
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11:58 pm
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i've been on summer vacation for the past 9 days and now i have to go back to work tomorrow.
bummer to the max.
i just want to ride my bicycle and feel safe riding it. fuck a car.
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| Friday, August 1st, 2008
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6:29 pm
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Sometimes is still hurts. You know how
it is, man. I mean, each day you think
about it less and less. And then one day
you wake up and you don't think of it at
all, and you almost miss that feeling.
It's kinda weird. You miss the pain
because it was part of your life for so
long.
... for the same reason you miss her.
You lived with it so long.
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| Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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3:00 am
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today i biked almost 100 miles. then drove my car to gainesville to party and bike more.
went to a party with LOTS of chill people and had several good conversations.
i have not been this drunk in over a year.
im lovin' life.
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| Friday, July 25th, 2008
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9:55 am
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tonight i leave to ride my bike to gainesville. it's about a 200 mile trip.
i hope i don't get lost.
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| Monday, July 7th, 2008
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9:49 am
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So I've worked at Whole Foods Market for over a year and one thing that I've noticed in that time, which horrifies me is this. People who are obviously poor and have bought this myth or scam or belief that certain foods or product will heal them. And OF COURSE this product is way to expensive for them to afford realistically. It makes me so sad, i wish i could go into this deeper but i just don't want to.
Also, why is it so expensive to live green? Solar energy, Wind turbines, all of these things cost more than my entire yearly wage.
Why does the elite hold everything good, healthy, wholesome and natural over our head like a farmer dangles a carrot in front of a mule?
I hate the world, but I JUST got my stimulus check!
Also might i mention i hate when people shop at whole foods with their fucking food stamps, why would you willingly spend more of the money given to you when you could shop somewhere cheaper and get more for your money, christ.
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008
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7:31 am
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here's how sassy(and sleepy) i can look at 7 in the morning!
i'm making a short video about this rubber ducky that i found.
also, you don't know how great it is to browse the internet using two computers side by side, it's truly grand.
current music: The Ataris - San Dimas Highschool Football Rules
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| Friday, July 4th, 2008
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9:51 pm - i miss casey welch
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such a good song.
it's the fourth of july, cool. i'm just hangin' with my dog listening to JEW.
i worked a lot today.
i feel alright, my girl is sick and i'm reading cool books and i got new furniture.
it's cool that one band can fit almost any mood for me, i've got a few bands that do this for me, Jimmy Eat World is one of them.
i want to say so much more about what i think of Jim Atkins and his lyrics and what he was thinking in the late 90's but i won't, you don't want to read that. i'll just say this,
"I'll stop now.
Just enough so I can hear you,
I stay up as long as it takes..."
current mood: clarity
current music: Jimmy Eat World - Just Watch The Fireworks
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| Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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10:54 pm
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so i have to say that i miss this band, The Heathens.
Moreover i'm concerned with myself, that being attached and wanting to marry and having a live in girlfriend will hold me back from alot of various diy things that i'd like to be involved in, like bike races and and craft projects and anything that involved a community atmosphere with combined like minded individuals that is outside of my home.
there's a "scene" i want to be involved in and i'm afaid that being grown up will automatically dis involve me from this scene and or lifestyle. for lack of a better term, i'm afraid that i will miss the revolution and i will have to watch it on television, ironically.
all this to say that i DO love my girlfriend and i DO want to marry her but i just want to have cake and also eat it. it happens.
current music: The Heathens - Dirty Jeans
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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11:41 pm
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i created a video blog, check it out, and let me know what you think.
it's meant to be kind of funny, but it's really not funny, unless you think i'm funny when i'm trying to be funny, haha.
anyways, enjoy! '
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| Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
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11:22 pm
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you ever see a photo of yourself from a long time ago and wish you were there and were that person again?
i just saw a photo of me from when i used to live in gainesville and i got really sad and wished i lived with travis again and worked at cabana cove and wished i was that same kid all over again.
i just want to see jon caswell everyday and eat tacos with travis and go to the atlantic and durty nellies.
fuck.
hear me out now.
current music: automatic love letter - parker
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12:35 pm
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one thing that bothers me about people is this, they'll say that they would do something if they were somewhere else, but refuse to do that thing where they are.
things like weather, money, circumstances, people and my physical condition will no longer hold me back from doing what i want to do with my life when i want to do it.
i am going to be happy where i am, physically and then when the good lord brings me to a new place i will continue to be happy there as well.
if you read this comment, because i want to know where my friends are, also check out www.twitter.com/michaelwaskom it's a neat gadget.
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| Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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10:09 am
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i'm disappointed to find out that some of my favorite Fall Out Boy songs i hear on the radio are actually Panic At The Disco songs.
sometimes life can suck.
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| Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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10:45 pm
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been watching the office a lot with the Mrs. and it's so hilarious.
got a ymca membership with the lady as well, which is pretty badass and i'm stoked to get fit again.
how are you guys doing?
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