These days

So I'm pretty much exhausted all the time. I've overexerted myself in every way. Arabic is killing me, and I refuse to pass up any opportunities to be in bands and shit. I'm playing shows with three different bands this weekend, starting today, Thursday 9/29.

Anyway, not a whole lot else is going on, except...
A lot of shitty, shitty things have happened this year. I've been depressed for almost all of it, and for most of the time I haven't been depressed, I've been setting myself up for even greater levels of depression. At my lowest I had a "moment" with a band I just saw on Monday... oh, their name? EYEHATEGOD.

Fuck fuck fuck it was phenomenal. Best show of this year.

Anyway, while I'm excited about all the music I'm playing with all the bands I'm doing, the one that stands out is called POLLUTED BITCH-HOUND. I play skins, Quinn yells and twangs the six-string, Ian plucks away at the four-string. We have some songs which I will provide links to. They were recorded in my basement on a computer mic on different days. The sound is pretty uniform except that I think my drumming improves on each successive one. I forget the order though.

POLLUTED BITCH-HOUND - HOME DEMOS

Only "High Atop the Mountain" is a finalized name. Enjoy especially if you like Deep Purple and that kinda shit.

HMM

I feel like observant people may be able to see the direction this blog's moving in.

Been a month

Exciting

I'm at Bard now and the house is nice. I'm in the library sort of doing Arabic homework but I just wanted to share something with you quick.

THE BRONX- EL BRONX












I really like this. I'm not a big fan of the Bronx's other stuff; that "school" of hardcore never really appealed to me, although I guess it's all right for what it is. This record (El Bronx) really showcases what good musicians these guys are. This is a legit mariachi record, which, while a bit of a novelty, really comes through as a good album. I probably wouldn't be posting this if I didn't have a song on here to really latch on to, but the opener, "Cell Mates," is a fantastically great song. The vocals kind of sound like the dude from Beirut and there are horns and everything, so it honestly could be Beirut, but I don't really like Beirut and I can dig this and still be "punk." Whatever dude, just give it a listen.

End!

In a little while I'm going to go finish painting the house in Westport. I am owed like $400 and it's going to be awesome. Leaving for Kinderhook tomorrow morning, and then to Red Hook on Thursday with bed, pots, pans, rug, bike, etc. in tow. Nobody else will be around (I think), but this summer is finally ending.

Improvements: more skilled at painting houses (obv.), playing the guitar, BBQ.
Regressions: you know.

H8 Kinderhook