November 2009

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• music

  The Saddest Landscape + Trophy Scars Split 7″

  11.30.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The Saddest Landscape absolutely rips on this split.  Their singer has one of the most interesting voices in this genre of music.  He delivers his lyrics with a quivering yell that shakes and breaks up from how hard he’s pushing his vocal chords – it’s very reminiscent of the vocal styling that City of Caterpillar was known [...]

• video

  Fixed Gear Ballet

  11.29.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I can’t imagine how much balance and concentration some of these maneuvers must take.  I would assume they’re using an almost 1:1 gear ratio.

• links, music, photography

  Music, Photos, Links

  11.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  + These photos from the National Geographic International Photo Contest are too good.
  + New Beach House – Teen Dream (via Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright)
  + If you’re into screamo you may be into this rip of the Cry Me a River 2009 DVD (via The Difference Between Life and Music)
  + Big Box Stores are going to [...]

• video

  Metal as Fuck

  11.23.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This guy is working hard for the money.

• music

  A.A. Bondy – When the Devil’s Loose

  11.18.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Lucky me; I wasn’t aware that A.A. Bondy’s new album When the Devil’s Loose was released yet but apparently it is – and it’s getting great reviews.
  “Like few singer-songwriters before him, A. A. Bondy captures that unease, that deep, pitch-black loneliness (there are people around, sure, but they don’t know you) that Dylan explored on his [...]

• art, music, video

  New Jeremy Geddes Painting

  11.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is the final painting submitted by Jeremy Geddes for the 3A HK Venture show in Hong Kong.  So awesome.  I posted about some of his other work that’s in a similar vein HERE.
  + Steve Albini Interview HERE.
  + Risky Business Fail

• music

  Defeater – Lost Ground

  11.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m on my first listen through and so far it fucking rules.
  Snatch it HERE.
  Buy the vinyl HERE.  (Nice patriot swirl btw)

• music

  Suffix – Bannon’s Fucking Dead

  11.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Suffix has posted 2 new songs from their upcoming self-titled full length.  I predicted in an earlier post that this album was going to be awesome and these songs are a good indication that I was right.  Check out their new material HERE.
  Download Suffix’s Demo You’re Wearing Me Out HERE.
  Watch a video of Suffix playing Oh; [...]

• shows

  quick update

  11.12.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  + Saturday: Baltimore:: 7 pm::: @ CCAS
  Ruiner
  Seasick
  Alarmed
  Pianos Become the Teeth
  Disciples of Christ (please let this be the band)
  Destined For Nothing
  (*edit* link fixed)  thanks garrett!
  + NANOWRIMO
  November is National Novel Writing Month.  30 days to write a novel.  That’s roughly 50,000 words in a month; so 1,666 words a night for the next thirty nights – that [...]

• art, people

  Fat Head

  11.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Graphic Designer Eric Testroete decided to build a big-head paper craft costume for Halloween this year.  Eric says has was inspired to build the costume by the big-head mode found in many video games.
  Man, I’m really jealous of this.  I’m glad this guy was able to pull it off so well though and didn’t just half-ass [...]