BlackDave.org – Divide and Conquer

First thing’s first. I can’t look at this picture without laughing. Really hard:

Alright! Now that that’s all finished, let’s talk about something else. Do you guys remember when I was really excited about Oceana getting back together and whatnot? I really like using the word whatnot. Well, I managed to cop their new EP. If you’re a fan of prebreakup Oceana, you’ll be really disappointed, but you may still enjoy this music. Also, if you did not like old Oceana, you may enjoy this a lot. I love how Rise Records bands either get softer or change labels. It’s a lot more music focused than vocals in this album. The lyrics are worth a damn though. Here’s a song called “Barracuda, Capital of the World”:
Oceana- Barracuda, Capital of the World

I’m also really into just hopping on to the train of random websites the moment I hear about them:

I remember getting my G1, Bruno the G Uno, and people not being too stoked about it. Did you guys hear in the news today that android phones are outselling iPhones? That’s right mother fuckers…more than iPhones. I was on the android train first. Front row. Is that a good row to be in? How about that I was the first one to pick my seat? I’m with that.

Other random websites I have adopted, whether early or late:(feel free to click and join up):
flavors.me/blackdave
foursquare.com//blackdave
virb.com/blackdave
blackdave.tumblr.com
formspring.me/blackdave
myspace.com/blackdave
twitter.com/blackdave
facebook.com/blackdave
artst.com/blackdave
last.fm/davonecurry

Early adoption is what the fuck is up.

PS – If you can’t get enough of me, then look at my tumblr: CLICK HERE!

So I’m chillin out, watching the Simpsons, trying to find a girl to hit on on MySpace, and I come across a bulletin by this band I’m really into called Oceana. They broke up recently, but the news has arrived that they are back together! I was so excited that I took a print screen of the bulletin and I’m posting it here now:

So long story short, I love South Florida, aka SoFlo. Why you ask:
1. Oceana.
2. Taylor Stradling/Sierra Emerge (picture coming soon).
3. The Miami Dolphins.
4. I’m kidding about 3.
5. Bobby Shell, who doesn’t actually live in SoFlo, but is still the shit.

Truthfully, number 2 carries this list all by herself. But there’s 5 reasons why I love South Florida, and maybe when I update again, I’ll tell you some stories or something. But until that time, here’s a video from Oceana’s first last show:

P.S. – DJ Hero is siq as fuq. And if you have twitter how about putting “#bjhero” at the end of your tweets?

Hey. I don’t have much to say. Just want to tell you about some things that I think are dope right now: 1. Business hugs:

2. TayStrad still being short and hot:

3. Birtheater bein so fucking good

4. E.V.A. being so fucking good.

5. Not sleeping, apparently.

And you guys, have a good day.

Hey guys.

Let me start this post by saying that my band, E.V.A.(@EVAmmh8) is a bunch of fucking rockstars. We played a show the other night with many much other bands and amidst the many much problems during our set, we had many much fun and you guys were many much fun. Good ol Rainbro(@Rainbro) broke their mic and good ol EmDray broke his guitar whilst being awesome. Good ol me(@BlackDave) couldn’t ever get the backing tracks to work. I’m gonna start putting stories about how I’m a rockstar in the “Swagger” category, and guess what? You can’t argue with me because this is the fucking internet.

…and arguing on the internet is like the special olympics…
even if you do win, you’re still retarded.

On the subject of music, my friend’s band, Ophira(@weareophira), put two new songs on their MySpace page. I’ll give you a link: OPHIRA. I just want to talk about it, their drummer wanted me to speak a little on it, as did their old bass player. Well, last time, they sounded exactly like Oceana did on The Tide, and it was beautiful. NOW, they sound like bonus tracks on Birtheater, Oceana’s second album, which I did review. Birtheater is a fantastic album, I didn’t originally like it, but it is superb. Oceana isn’t a band anymore, so…no more new songs. Long story short, Ophira’s vocalist is a nice guy, but his screaming abilities aren’t as awesome as the band’s musical ability. I like his singing, and Ophira learned that during the first time that he wasn’t strong in the throat department, so they worked it out, and he stepped his game up so that the music isn’t too scream heavy, but still heavy. It sounds really good, I’m thoroughly impressed with it, but having jammed with these guys before, I really think that they could do better. So, here’s to a better @weareophira in the future! But they are actually good enough for most of you guys already anyway. I just know they have more to offer @BlackDave personally.

I don’t know what the name of the band means, but while we’re talking about names of bands, let me tell you what a “one upper” is, courtesy of UrbanDictionary.com:

One Upper n.

An annoying person who responds to hearing someone else’s experience or problem by immediately telling a similar story about themselves with a much more fantastic (or terrible) outcome.

Person: I got to meet James Hetfield before the concert and I got his autograph.
One Upper: Yeah? Well my cousin knows the head of security for Metallica, and he got us front row tickets to the show and then we went backstage and met the whole group. Then they invited us back to their hotel room and we partied with them all night.

Person: I have a a dislocated knee.
One Upper: Yeah? Well last summer I broke my leg in four places and had to have a steel pin inserted. I also had to have surgery done on my knee to repair the torn ligaments. I was on crutches for almost two months.

So if you know what Ophira means or stands for, spill it.

I slept for 11 hours last night, and I recall two dreams…one was a fantastic idea for a movie or video game, and the other was about this really distressing love triangle that I’m actually not involved in, nor is it a true love triangle. But it is about dudes who play in hardcore bands loving girls who sing in pop bands…and guess what? THAT IS FUCKING IMPORTANT.
So my boy @rainbro would probably not be upset if he were given a chance to be with @lightsnoise, who is currently dating @xcadaverx or The Devil Wears Prada fame…and that’s the love triangle. My love triangle, which isn’t actually a triangle, because my twitter using female band front doesn’t even have a boyfriend, is a little simpler. I just want @sierraVE. That’s not new news? Damn. So this whole paragraph was uninformative? Damn. Well, here’s a couple pictures of Sierra in her more recent travels. I pilfer them from easy to find places, so don’t think that she and I have some super awesome connection. She’s not even following me on twitter anymore! How useful that would have been when she wanted to get me into warped tour but actually couldn’t because she wasn’t following me on twitter anymore and was trying to message me so that I could meet up with her. You should prolly just slide me them digits anyway, Sierra. I dig out of town girls, and I bet:
a) You’ve never been with a black man
b) Dig out of town dudes as well.

SO…moral of the story…Sierra is a cutiepie who needs to refollow me on twitter(@BlackDave).

PS – Here’s a little promotion for everyone I’ve written about today:
OPHIRA! – @weareophira
ME! – @BlackDave
Ryan Rainbro – @rainbro CLICK HERE
E.V.A – the hardcore band Rainbro and myself are in – CLICK HERE
Valerie Poxleitner – @lightsnoise – LIGHTS(her music)
Daniel Williams – @xcadaverx – THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Sierra Kusterbeck – @sierrave – CLICK HERE – VERSA EMERGE

PPS – I really hate when you’re on the internet trying to choose the next girl you’re gonna creep out with that “Hey, you’re hot and we should get together” MySpace message and their about me is all intelligent and shit and they’re fucking idiots. I know you’ve had that problem. I’m definitely one of the creepier dudes in my City, so this happens to me often. Not only is the girl hot and highly sought after, but is dating an ugly dude and cheating on him, and fucking stupid. So…if there are any intelligent girls residing in the Chuck looking for a man, holla!

PPPS – That was another paragraph right there.

So, I’m chillin out watching the BET Awards, and at the same time, Digsby, the multi-chat/social network program I use, is going off with all of these people talking about the show on twitter. Y’all niggas need to focus on something else.  While I’m watching it, I feel like music isn’t progressing, but not regressing. Definitely a standstill. Music isn’t getting any better, but it’s not getting any worse. No rappers on the show are changing my outlook on hip hop, no singers are hitting me like “she’s gonna change the game”, and everyone is sort of just on the same page at the same time. In a book as big as music, why is everyone on the same page right now?

So, I decided to listen to Birtheater, by the band Oceana, that just broke up. I was also disappointed by that. I think the thing about it was that I was expecting a Tide 2. When everyone was ranting and raving about how exceptional it was, no one was saying, “Oh, this isn’t actually heavy,” so I wasn’t prepared at all. It was a good album, it just wasn’t like their debut. No overly delayed guitars, not too much agression or super duper awesome out of nowhere but right on time breakdowns. Just…a really unique post hardcore album. That’s what it was. A really unique post hardcore album.

So, I am telling you guys to buy it. Don’t expect the Tide. Don’t expect to ever see them play if you don’t catch them on tour this year(if they’re still even playing those shows). Don’t expect anything. Just take it in and enjoy it.

So, upon that disappointment/not really disappointment, I decided to listen to Godspeed You! Black Emporer, and now I don’t know where I am anymore, because their songs are 20 minutes long and just a bunch of ambient style sounds. Sometimes there are instruments I’ve heard before.

A few of my friends and I are working on a magazine and it’s almost finished. More info later.

Peace.