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Haha jesus, it's been 2 months since my last confession, forgive me father.
Barricade got signed to Blackout!, recorded a 10 song full length, due in stores in Oct. That's probably all you missed.
We played a fun nutbox show in Lansdale last weekend. This sweet band from FL called Barriers now Bridges played, came to the BRO DOWN at zig's afterwards, then crashed in my bandroom that night. My stepmom/stepsister made pancakes for them in the morn, it was decent. Hopefully they'll hook Brrrcade up when we're in FL on tour.
Oh yeah, I'm going on tour from July 22nd-August 13th. On one hand I'm super fucking stoked to see places I've never seen before and rock out for 3 weeks, but on the other, I'm bummed because as of now we don't have a bassist. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW WANTS TO PLAY BASS FOR BARRICADE, GET AT ME DAWG. I think we're looking for a crucial merch dude too. Inquire within. Grano will be leaving the band because he's joining the carpenters union and going full time with his career so he won't have time for the band. Best of luck to him, he's still our brother, no hard feelings. Really sucks this is happening so soon before tour, but what can ya do.
Also last weekend I saw the Explosion/ Paint It Black/ the Souls. Fucking ruled. Went with Flamini, Adam, Drew and Nick. True Believers, all the way. The explosion did a Descendents cover. Awesome. Finally got to see PIB. So good.
This weekend there was a continuing theme of southern takeover in my band room. We played @ bankshots in DE on Friday, and this band called Your Loss from GA played with us and ended up crashing at my place. Again, hopefully the tour gods will smile upon us while we're out on the road.
Tonight we played at the Sterling hotel with DiehardNJ, War Torn Life, CDC and fucking Turmoil. It was a great show. We played pretty well, sold some junk, made a little gas money, and achieved some decent mosh and singing along. The show was really hot and long though.
I'm going to NY for my aunt's wedding this coming weekend, then visiting my cousins in DE for a day when i get back, then heading down to fuck up Mike's senior week for a couple days. nice.
In the meantime, I fucked up a good thing. I really am such a turd.
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| burn away, burn a black hole straight through me |
[21 Apr 2006|01:54am] |
Marie was right, LJ is kind of a beat scene anymore, but I feel the need to keep ya'll niggas in the know forreals.
I work, play shows, go to shows and sometimes even find time to study. That's basically all. Tonight I went to see Avail and The Draft (3/4 of hot water music) at the Church with Owen. The Draft was fucking awesome, I loved every second of it. Especially the part during their set when I yelled out for them to cover Rooftops, at which point Chris Wollard told me to "shove it up my ass" because I had "missed the boat." Dude was piss drunk, it was hysterical. I shook hands with him and George Rebello, so I can die a happy man.
Next week is going to be ridiculous for me. Barricade is playing tuesday and wednesday with ringworm, then the oi fest friday, and in milton on saturday. My life is pretty decent. I wish I didn't have to take off work so much, but I guess I'm still livin.
I'm done with this shit hole on may 10th. then get ready for summer 06 takeover.
true believers
touring
mad shows
hopefully tattoos
fitness quest
shit's off the hook. now if only i had a plunger.... jesus.
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| Is anyone out there, is this thing on? |
[14 Mar 2006|01:38am] |
Spring break came and went. I worked like 35 hours. made it up to brooklyn<3 for a night. got to walk around central park, it was really nice out. god i love that park. got to see some of the crucial dudes, played a little halo. Barricade played in p-ville with hostages and BI/BO. i left after hostages and spent some time with sweets.
Last night I ended up going to see None More Black and the Loved Ones at the church. I had a pretty damn good time. The Loved Ones had a ton of energy and reminded me of HWM, which obviously rules.
I'm getting fat and weak, but can't seem to find the time or motivation to get back to the gym. Barricade has a lot of shows coming up. And I'm going to Saves the Day on the 30th, which will hopefully rule.
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| maryland or bust |
[27 Feb 2006|12:00am] |
Friday night, Barricade played a pretty lousy show in OCMD. It was a ton of fun just being in that town though and driving by where I was for senior week. Haha when we arrived at the show, they asked us if we brought a PA system, so you know already that's a bad sign. On the downside, we didn't get paid, there were a couple of drunk white trash idiots, and we used a really shitty PA system that some douches brought. On the upside, Grano made out with a MILF, the other bands were good dudes and we had fun just goofing off in the hotel room and on the beach and shit.
We got offered to play at the Sidebar in Baltimore the following night with Spit on your grave, bringing back the glory, redtops (who were all on the previous night's show) as well as scheduled beating and Wisdom in Chains. I was supposed to work Saturday, so I called my work and told them our van broke down and I wouldn't be able to make it in. So anyhow, we played really fucking tightly and again got a great response. People are really digging our new material and we got a bunch of compliments after our set, so that was sweet. Baltimore seemed to have a pretty large skinhead (SHARP) crew down there too, which was good to see.
They also had a large amount of heroin addicts who were doing this creepy sleepwalking/ tai chi looking shit on the streets. They looked like they would just fall the fuck over if you blew on them. It was pretty hilarious.
Overall, I can't fucking wait to tour this summer. Motherfuckers got hollered at and dildoed on the road, and we just had a blast monkeying around. Everyone check out Barricade's myspace(myspace.com/barricade) to see our sweet shows coming up.
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| don't you tell me about your cheap thrills, 'cause i know mine are better |
[20 Feb 2006|03:48pm] |
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I work pretty much 5 days a week now. It's really kind of getting to be too much. I got bills to pay though, so I guess it will continue.
Shit with Barricade is going awesome. Tom, our new guitarist, writes awesome jams and is totally dedicated and really just fits in well with us. We played our first show with him in Altoona on Saturday with Unreal City, Red Tops and Nerve Gas Tragedy. We got the best reaction of the night, played nearly flawlessly, and made like $100, so it was a damn good night. Chloe came with and took some hott pix, and Trad came along and drank Tom's pee.
Partied in the chester on Friday, and it was good to see all of my mans. I definitely could never live there though, I wanted to pummel every drunken retarded bro we passed on the sidewalk.
my heart is somewhere between Brooklyn and Sevilla. Still trying to get my head straight.
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| New car |
[24 Jan 2006|01:31am] |
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black 2001 saturn SC1. nothin flashy, but god it's nice to have a car with fully functional windows, heat and AC. It's automatic, but i'm fine with that. it's so much easier driving in the city/ 76 rush hour bullshit on the way to work.
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| awesome night |
[18 Jan 2006|11:36pm] |
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Yesterday, my shifting started feeling really sticky and bad. Today, on the way to work on 76, it pretty much stopped working. I'm pretty sure my clutch is fucked. Replacing that will run about $700 or $800 I think. Awesome. There goes saving for a downpayment for a new car by next fall. I'm definitely thinking I need to get a well-paying job over the summer. Anyone got any leads, let a brotha know.
Goddamn this sucks. So I'm getting it fixed, hopefully I'll have it back by Friday. Ugh
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hey everyone. my phone is actin a fool. i seem to be able to receive texts alright, but making and receiving calls and sending texts works about one out of four times. not that anyone ever really talks to me anyway haha.
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| Here's to 2007 |
[02 Jan 2006|05:19am] |
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My New Years Eve was the worst to date. And that's saying a good bit considering last year I got cheated on. Listen, I'm not gonna bore you all with details, I've stewed over it enough. However, if it was any indication of how '06 is going to turn out, I might as well throw in the towel now.
Working too much, sleeping not enough. My fucking teeth hurt something fierce. My friends are sick faggots but I'd still kill for them. I look really good right now, I wish people were awake and around to see this. Not working on Monday thank god. I'm sleeping from dawn til dusk, do not disturb.
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| new york state of mind |
[27 Dec 2005|08:24pm] |
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Hey.
@ Grandpa's in New York til Thursday. I'll be home by 6:30 I think, then we're having band practice. I'm addicted to ripping CD's to the iPod (black 30 gig, so sweet). The pod was all I asked for for Christmas, and I got that plus a heap of cash, so life is good.
I need to cuddle, real hard. Anyone have any plans for New Years?
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| the boys are back in town |
[21 Dec 2005|01:47pm] |
Last night, ?uestlove, the drummer for the roots came into urban. The dude next to me got to ring him up, though. He was really tall. He signed an autograph for Ajay, the other cashier, which included a small caricature of himself and the words "one love".
The mall is a terrible place to be this time of year. I ring nonstop from the time i get there til the mall closes at 11. I never see the end of the line. I'm working 30 hrs this week.
This break is going to be fucking sweet, i know it. My brother's home, it's nice seeing him. Tonight, barricade is playing in west chester with CDC, one last enemy, five across the eyes, and at the wake. check the myspace for info.
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this insomnia is getting worse and worse. you really can't put a price on fresh snow and dead silence though. surreal.
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| barricade shows this weekend! |
[07 Dec 2005|04:22pm] |
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LAST TRAPPE SHOW PROBABLY EVER. COME GIVE IT A PROPER SEND OFF
SATURDAY December, 10 2005 at Trappe YMCA/ Hard Response
29 East First Avenue, Trappe, PA 19426
Cost: 8 Bucks
Wisdom In Chains-Oi influenced Hardcore
Hard Response-DE Oldschool
Union Made-Montreal Skinhead Hardcore
Barricade-Schwenksville's Pride
Spit on Your Grave-ex Fighting Chance From MD
Lighten Up!- Fast philly Hardcore
Time: 6PM
SUNDAY December, 11 2005 at Prince of Peace W/ Good Clean Fun
434 Aldrich Road, Howell, NJ 07731
Cost: 10$
Good Clean Fun
CDC
Barricade
Years Spent Cold
You Lose
Sky Set Unfold
IF YOU'RE A GIRL OR A REASONABLY ATTRACTIVE YOUNG MAN I'LL TOTALLY MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE!
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| Thanksgiving break rules |
[26 Nov 2005|04:52pm] |
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I went to the Black My heart/ Hoods/ Necktie/ Donnybrook/ Shattered Realm show last Tuesday. I had an awesome time. On Wednesday, I drove up to New Hampshire with my mom for Thanksgiving dinner at my Aunt and and Uncle's house. Dinner was off the fucking hook. It was also great seeing my grandma and some other family that I haven't seen in years. Nick picked me up Thursday night on his way home from school. The drive was long (and ended up being a little longer than it should have been) but we had some good talks so it went by quickly. We ended up in the best chester 6 AM Friday morning.
I saw the Souls Friday night and they played a good number of old jams which was awesome. After the the show, there was a great high school reunion at nick's. I had a fucking blast and got to see plenty of old faces. Not sure what's going on tonight. I'm being passed over in favor of a psychotic, pathetic, fucking burnt out loser, but that's not gonna keep me down. I got my boys, I need little else in this world.
What do you know about True Believers, motherfuckers?
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| Absolut Straight Edge |
[15 Nov 2005|04:36am] |
The ironic thing about this whole black eye scenario is that I've been seeking comfort and relief in a bottle of vodka...
to hold on my eye to keep the swelling down because it's the coldest thing in my apartment. lolz.
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| what are you, gay? |
[15 Nov 2005|12:47am] |
Really good weekend. Drunken mayhem and carnage on Friday night. A chill party saturday. Sunday I went to see Boysetsfire in Lancaster with the girl who had the party, Caity. There were tons of faggots there to see From Autumn to Ashes, but we left before that gayness. However, during the last song of BSF's set, I got punched really good in the eye. I had to sit for like a half hour before I could drive. I was still basically half blind for the drive home, but we made it. It's swelling up and sorta bruised, and will probably be black by tomorrow. Neat. Come to this show:
Lansdale VFW
W.Second St & Cannon Ave.
6pm, $6
MARMADUKE (what?)
AT THE WAKE (first show in a long time, drummer is my boss)
BARRICADE (i smell men)
FOREVER I BURN (last show with buckley i think?)
NINE ORDERS OF THE ANGELS (NEPA nugs holdin' it down)
CDC (who will play in the band this time? come see!)
HOW IT ENDS (minus a van-crashing college student, plus a stripclub-loving negro skinhead)
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i'm so fucking done with people whose lives revolve around drinking and smoking. get fucking real.
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| jesus fucking christ |
[28 Oct 2005|03:40am] |
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10/29- Barricade, Hostages. FREE, Wismer lounge at ursinus.
11/5- Out To Win, Wisdom in Chains, Dead And Buried. $8?, Trappe
11/11- Barricade, Dead Again, other faggots. $5, Grand slam in Malvern
11/17- Sick of It All, Pennywise. $15, Troc
11/18- Barricade, CDC, Forever I Burn, How It ends. $6, Lansdale VFW
11/22- Hoods, Donnybrook, Shattered Realm. $10, FU Church
11/30- MADBALL. $12, FU Church
12/1- Against Me!, Smoke Of Fire. $12, Troc
12/4- The Loved Ones, Zoloft. $8, FU Church
12/8- Dillinger, The Bronx, BTBAM. $12, FU Church.
12/9- Strike Anywhere, Paint It Black. $10, FU Church
ridiculous. And I can't go to Piebald/ HRC on 11/23 because i'm gonna be in NH. Likewise with the Souls on 11/25. Anyone going to any of these?
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| so this is the difference between living and not living |
[18 Oct 2005|01:00am] |
Friday night, it took me an hour and forty-five minutes to get from Philly to KOP for work. Average speed: 15 mph. Awesome. After work, I chilled in the Best Chester. A good time was had by all. On the way home, I got pulled over for swerving like a drunken maniac. The cop realized that it was 4 in the morning and I was tired as fuck and let me off. I rule.
Saturday, Barricade ended up playing a super fun show at the Lansdale Y. I played pretty tightly and had a great time during all the other bands' sets. I'm glad we got to play. After the show, I hung out at the Flamini residence, and we had as much fun as was legal and reasonable in the borough of Collegeville. This included trips to Wawa, Redners, and then back to Wawa. Good times.
Sunday, had band practice. We have 2 new, unreleased songs nearly complete. That's fucking sweet. Sunday night, I started out on the road back to school like every Sunday night. Only this time, my brakes didn't work. I went back home and found out there was a hole in my brake line. Awesome. Dad drove me back to school. Luckily today I got a ride to work from Dave, and a ride to the 69th St. terminal from this girl with whom I work.
If you ever wanted to get made out with, now is the time to tell me. I guess I'll try and do homework now.
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| wow this song just fucked me up |
[12 Oct 2005|04:56am] |
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let's just forget
everything said
and everything we did
best friends, better halves, goodbyes
and the autumn night
when we realized
we were falling out of love
there were some things
that were said
that weren't meant
like we never did
not to be
overly dramatic
i just think it's best
cause you can't miss what you forget
so let's just pretend
everything and anything
between you and me
was never meant
did they fucking write this for me or what?
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