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Good evening! It appears the the supposed birthday of our lord and savior Jesus Christ is almost upon us.  Hope you brought cake! I haven’t been to church on Christmas in forfuckingever, but do they have cake when you go? Or do you just praise? I vote they should have cake. Send me to hell if necessary.

Another cool thing about this period of time is that a lot of bands that my friends are in are doing things. Let’s talk about the first one, since this person is probably the least of my friends(but I act like they’re the most of it). VersaEmerge just came out with a music video for their song “Whisperer”. I know I’m always acting like Sierra’s my girl and shit, and she is, she will get me into her shows for free and stuff, but we’ve really only ever seen each other twice. So if I can in a way admit defeat, this is it. Don’t think I’m giving up though. I’m just waiting on E.V.A. to get signed so that she can feel like we’re in similar places in life….or something.

Up next! This band from Charleston called “Barriers”. Let me preface anything I say by saying that I really like the name of the band. One word band names always get me. My friend Tyler, from my fave band Ophira decided to ‘prank’ call me and ask me if I wanted to do vocals for this band and I was very confused. The fact of the matter is that the vocalist that they have now….is not very good. They are super duper heavy and the songwriting is amazing. I love everything….except the vocals. They sound so forced, like he’s trying to push something out that isn’t actually there. Take that phrase how you want, but it just seems like a lot of work for something that should come out super seamlessly. Whenever these guys start to play shows, I’m moshing. See you there.
www.myspace.com/barriersband to check it out for yourself.

Next up! Fucking Rawhide. Another Charleston band. The actual “friend” of mine is Alex, the vocalist. Super cool dude. Anyway, they ALSO just got out of the studio and have some tracks up on their MySpace. My initial response was that they weren’t going to be very good. The thing about Rawhide is that they need a second guitarist…really fucking bad, so I was expecting it to sound empty. It actually all turned out pretty good. It’s all pretty well put together. Just loud and fast and pretty good. They call themselves “blashcore”, which means: blackened, thrashy, hardcore. That’s a pretty good description of the band. Hope you guys enjoy it like I did. I also hope they get a second guitarist.
Peep: www.myspace.com/rawhiderawhide

Back in the days of this electronic hardcore thing I was doing called “Robo Reptar”, I made friends with this kid Jonny who was doing vocals and making beats for this other heavy electronic thing called “The Browning”. The Browning is fucking….fantastic. He’s still doing tracks, and it’s so fucking good. Take a quick second and listen to this shit: www.myspace.com/thebrowningproject. So fucking good. ANYWAY! He’s now the vocalist for As Blood Runs Black. They just posted an instrumental version of the song he made the band to. Here’s a video of him on tour with them last month:

How sick is that?

Also, Ophira is looking for a vocalist again. Who’s it gonna be?

Last one! This band is looking for a vocalist too! My friends here in Chucktown have a powerpop band they’re looking for a vocalist. It’s not bad at all. Slightly boring, but also very powerpoppy. Not bad though. They’re called “Averylane”. One word. Anyway, just listen. Powerpop isn’t my forte. www.myspace.com/averylaneband

Anyway, go praise Jesus and wait on presents and we’ll speak later.

Good morrow! How does the world turn for you guys today? Hopefully at it’s same ol’ pace. You know when you’re having a shitty day, or even a fucking awesome day, and time moves at a weird pace? Hopefully neither of those things are going on, because a day at a normal pace is long enough, and a day that went by too quickly is a wasted day. Mind games are bullshit.

You guys remember that band that I’m in that you always try to make fun of? We’re the shit. Our EP, The Manifest DestinEP, is getting pressed currently, and we have more tee designs on the way. In case you haven’t heard us to make fun of us yet, here’s a link: http://www.myspace.com/evah8. I mean, I’m just sayin’.

You know what my favorite letter of the alphabet is? J. It’s J. You know what letter I want to write about on here? Fucking Z. Z is such a sick letter. The reason I can’t down with z is because it doesn’t have enough followers. When niggas were making words, they were like, “All the vibration on my tongue from the zZzZzZ sound make my tongue numb, and that shit ain’t cool.” Apparently once the ceremony was over, people were starting to notice that they have a whole page of text without a Z in it. It’s pretty ridiculous.

Speaking of ridiculous, no one should ever say “ridonkulous”. Thanks. For all of you who are unsure what that means, I got my good friend UrbanDictionary.com to help me out:

Ridonkulous

An adjective to describe something that is worthy enough to be called exceedingly preposterous that is deserves an even more absurd name than ridiculous.

Person 1: Oh my god! Did you hear that Ashley Olson is dating Lance Armstrong?
Person 2: That is absolutely ridonkulous, he’s got cancer! Who the fuck wants to date someone with cancer?

I edited the example a little bit. Whoops.

Speaking of cancer though, my boy Carlos, aka Gran, rapped over a song I’ve never listened to and shit is hot. Link? You’re looking to listen to it? I got that! He’s the second dude on this track: Fed Up(Freestyle).

Do any of you guys listen to powerpop at all? I fucking don’t, but I have some friends, mostly girls, who do. I’ve been to many a powerpop show and the people there are so friendly and you’re never sure if the girls there are flirting with you or not and there’s always that one fat girl who’s really tight with the band and thinks she’s really hot but actually isn’t and the dudes who are there and sing along like they are feeling the fuck out of whatever the guys in the band are saying when nine times out of ten they were previously in a failed hardcore band and just want to try to make money or hop bandwagon then they remain local forever and their lives suck and on top of that…ON TOP OF THAT…I have some friends who just recorded a song, I guess they’re in a powerpop band and are looking for a vocalist. So if you love any of those things or think that I’m ridiculous for posting such a run-on sentence, or actually like the music and can sing…fucking listen to it and hit them up. The band is called Avery Lane and here’s their MySpace link: CLICK HERE!

So here’s a little recap of the post today: E.V.A. Gran. Z. Avery Lane. Ridonkulous. Why aren’t you listening to Brand New? Totally rhetorical. Don’t answer.

Alright. Later.

OH FUCK! Here’s a picture of @SierraVE. It’s not that new…she’s been a bit busy, so she hasn’t been able to send me awesome exclusive pictures to use lately. Still love you, Si…but……………………..step it up. Show me your hearts, babygirl. Uhhh…what?

Later.