BlackDave.org – Divide and Conquer

Yo! What’s poppin!? I’m keeping this short, but I’m putting a ton of shit in this.

Firstly! I’ve apparently mastered the Sierra Emerge lurk. This year though, I’m gonna be her date for at least one day of Warped Tour this year. You just go ahead and text me or whatever it is that you do to communicate with the cute boys(that’s me) while you’re out all busy and shit. I saw you were in AP shawty. Lookin right!

Second! SkyEatsAirplane put out a new EP and it’s really good. It’s called “The Sound of Symmetry” and I pilfered a track to put on here for you to listen to/download.
SkyEatsAirplane – The Sound of Symmetry

Part C! Beamer Benz or Bentley is such a good song. On Fabolous’ mixtape with DJ Drama aka Barack O’Drama…the track is present. Here it is, also for listen/download.
Fabolous – Beamer Benz or Bentley feat Juelz Santana

LASTLY! Ophira broke up, but I like the instrumentals for their songs. Here’s one:
Ophira – Teachings(Instrumental)

SO MUCH MEDIA! PEACE!

P.S – Summer goals: Make out with @SierraVE, @TayAllDay, & @OfficialKat…and then promptly commit suicide. A nigga can’t get any higher than that, so time to die! At least, a nigga like me can’t get higher…since I don’t get high and all…

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.

Hey guys.

I know I’m always posting bullshit, but I think I’m going to post something worth talking about today. I know I’m always talking about how I love Trophy Scars and whatnot….well, the other day, I acquired some old shit, and it’s so good! Another thing that is really good is Frito’s. Only the regular kind though, the flavors suck pretty hard.

Lately, I’ve been trying to hang out with some people, especially people on the female persuasion, and they, for some reason, always give out a pretty similar excuse. They’re all too busy. Too busy with school, too busy with life, work, supporting themselves, and everything the fuck else. I’m not sure if they’re making an excuse, and if you are making an excuse and don’t want to tell me, just say “I’m really not interested in hanging out, Dave”, or something similar. I can take it. Niggas have been calling me a creep for years. The point of this preface is for me to state my confusion with the idea of people being too busy to have friends. In my mind, you can achieve anything you want, be whatever or whoever you want to be, and still be able to enjoy the little things. What’s blowing me right now is how these people don’t even have time for their best friends or girlfriends/boyfriends anymore. All I want to know is what kind of goals are you trying to achieve that actually leave you friendless? At the end of the day, is that what you want? “The road was hard, unpaved even, and I lost a lot of friends along the way, but it was worth it.” Maybe I value friendship too much, or maybe it’s not irrational for someone to want to take a small break from the world to have another person tell them a few jokes and eat a god damn burrito. I didn’t know success was worth the loss.  For everyone who doesn’t like me, I know you’re like “Stop whining, you’re a pussy, a creep, and girls hate you”, and I just want to tell you that you probably need to reevaluate your life.

I was way ready to post Ophira videos from their show last week, but I can’t embed it. Their loss:

http://www.youtube.com/user/OphiraBand

Go check it out. The intro is so good.

I guess I should post a picture:

I love @SierraVE no matter what team she’s on. If you guys have been thinking I haven’t been showing her love lately, fear not! Love is shown on all accords!

Hey. How’s everyone doing? I hope that all is going well. I’m listening to Mogwai, and you should, too.

Lately, I’ve been noticing that a lot of people are beginning to acquire Android phones. Android is an operating system made by google that has been put on a few cell phones recently, such as the G1, HTC Hero, and the Droid. All of those phones are Android phones and fucking sick and I would advise you to get one over the iPhone. All I need is for google to come out with something like BlackBerry Messenger, I’m gonna call it “Android Messenger”, and I’m gonna drop Sandy Silverberry and use Hiro all the time. I’m glad for that. What I know I’m gonna be sick of is when people see my phone, they’re always gonna be like “Is that the Droid?” or “You have the Droid, right?”…I have an ANdroid phone, but not THE Droid. Fuck you, but in a polite…ish way. If you have an Android device, feel free to add me on GoogleTalk, davonecurry@gmail.com is my email address. And for those of you who have BlackBerries, feel free to add me on BBM with my pin: 20A5A896.

E.V.A played a show on Saturday night. I’m sure you figured that out, based on the flyers that I had posted. We killed it, of course. Rollin’ by Limp Bizkit was our cover. Cover album coming soon? Naw. Anyway, let me tell you about some of the other bands that played. Ophira did an outstanding job, especially for their first show. They had a pretty hefty light setup that went well with the vibe of their set. Outside of that, they were really tight and well put together. You know one of those sets where all of the songs just flow into each other? Would it be redundant for me to say that that’s what they did, after I asked about that type of set? Probably, so I won’t say it. Asking Alexandria has a lot of breakdowns. They also took all of my underaged girls from me. Damn Europeans. Do girls in Europe go crazy for American dudes? Probably not. Long story short, Aki Hoshino.

Continuing onward. Someone should tell me about some really good bands or albums that have dropped recently that I should probably listen to. Also, if anyone knows where I could cop a MacBook Pro for mad cheap, that’d be dope as well. I really want to make the switch to a Mac, but I just haven’t had the funds. I feel like that’s a problem many people face. And to anyone who has a PC and can afford a Mac, you’re a fool if you don’t cop one. Don’t get the iPhone though. That’s unnecessary.

For everyone who is STILL hopping on the Twitter train, follow me: @BlackDave.

What I need for you to take from this entry is that I am STILL searching for an Asian girl who likes good music and sneakers. Aki Hoshino is 30 and doesn’t speak very much English, so that won’t be a fun relationship. Still love her though.

Hey.

It’s the first day of November. How exciting, right? I’m excited. November is legit as fuck. Every month is, really…except August. No holidays. My birthday though is in August, though. I’m super down with September-November because of the weather. I’m down with being cold and then getting hot and then doing it again, and every Sunday being cool and breezy. That’s Charleston weather. High of 80, low of 45, and 70 all day on Sunday with a decent breeze. Who the fuck wouldn’t like that? People who get sick, I guess…..

Speaking of being sick, are people seriously still getting the swine flu still? Can I call it that? Is my shit gonna get censored to say “H1N1″? That’d be lame. But basically, fuck y’all….swine flu is stupid and everyone who has it should know how the fuck to avoid it by now. I know you’re like, “Damn Dave, you’re harsh.” That’s fine.

Halloween was last night. It should be called, all girls should dress slutty and all dudes drink themselves into a coma and ugly girls stay home…day. Because all of those things should be in effect. Charleston in general is littered with many a fine female, and many a keg drinkin male, but some people….some people!…just aren’t as in those demographics as others. And I don’t hate you guys, dressing slutty just isn’t in your cards.

I guess I can start shamelessly promoting my 2 shows I have coming up. Firstly, FIRSTLY! November 14th! EVA is puttin’ it down at The Oasis in good ol’ James Island!!!!!!! JAMES ISLAND! THE OASIS! NOVEMEBER 14th! EVA! We’re playing with Ophira for their first show, and In Regret, this super legit hardcore band from Columbia, SC. Atop that, we are also playing with a new Charleston band called Cavalry who I can’t say anything about because I’ve never listened to them. I guess the bands that matter or whatever you wanna call it, the reason for such a great lineup for a show, are Asking Alexandria(who I’ve also never heard) and For The Fallen Dreams. So, come out and fucking mosh and watch me fight someone.

OH, and by the by, I purchased myself a new BlackBerry. Her name is Sandy Silverberry. Her pin number, which is also located on my sidebar is: 20A5A896. So think of this as a Bye-bye to Bruno and a Hello to Hiro and a Salutations to Sandy!

At the end of today, I want everyone to remember that it’s fucking November and none of the shit you do today will matter in December, so have fucking fun.

Peace.

PS – if you listen to hardcore and live in South Carolina, go here and sign up: www.southcarolinahardcore.com

PPS – new Taylor and/or Sierra pics coming up soon. I know you both read my shit, so this is me continuing to profess my love for both of you. Sadly though, first come, first serve!