denali

tomorrow

denali's final reunion show is at the echoplex tomorrow. be there y'all
Lose Me (live acoustic on Y101)

apparently no age almost walked out on performing on the late late show with craig ferguson. randy wore an obama shirt for the performance, but was asked to remove it because it "went against the fcc rule of equal time". he changed it, but the new shirt reads: "free health care". the show should air in about two weeks. no age on television. exciting.

...and i would only wanna make a film if it was in french; and i don't speak french

awesome

legendary actor portraying Ian:

Sir Ben Kingsley STOMPS into the shoes of Minor Threat's Ian MacKaye from Mean Magazine on Vimeo.

so the dodgers beat the cubs. I'm kind of still on the fence on this one. I don't know whether to be excited or bummed. I was definitely looking forward to the cubs going all the way, but then again, there's a part of me that wanted to see LA go through to the series. It's kind of funny because I don't really get into sports until around playoffs. It's like skipping the dialogue and story line of Home Alone, just to watch the part where Macaulay Culkin actually sets up those traps around the house. You know that was the best part and the main premise. Post season is definitely where it's at.
My parents went to see Iron & Wine and the SwellSeason a couple of days ago, which was kind of random when I found out. I knew it was definitely something my dad wanted to see, but my mom? I remember back in high school I used to try to get her into music that I liked. She liked rilo kiley, but she never could remember their name. She referred to them as "that band with the girl you like." I don't know how my dad got her to go, but she did....and enjoyed it. She recently gave me her vinyl collection, which she had since she was a kid. It was like a time capsule filled with 60's pop music: from obscure, one hit wonders, hits, and spanish pop songs (which is kind of funny considering that she was only like ten when the 60's came to an end). With her being the type who isn't a real hardcore music listener, I was really thrilled when she handed over her records and introduced me to her favorite music as a youngster.

silver tiles

At the Show: Matt & Kim [FYeah Fest at the Echoplex] from Spaceland Recordings on Vimeo.

bad veins

Oct. 4

we are in need of a place to throw a show this saturday (pretty sure it won't conflict with the Eagle Rock music fest). The bands that are Nodzzz (from frisco) and Gun Outfit (ppm records). We're looking for anything/anyplace. a house party would be perfect. If you can help, hit me up here or shoot an e-mail to sean at ihatebutlovela@gmail.com
cool!

High School Record

High School Record is featured on pitchfork.tv for one week only. I highly recommend you watch it. This came out about three or four years ago and features everyone who is involved in music in Los Angeles. Just about. But yea, watch it here

two more weeks!

the show at the Echoplex is in two weeks! October 11.

Ian MacKaye - Entitlement from Joachim Wemel on Vimeo.

6th street warehouse

let's save the warehouse:
here's what happened

a benefit show is currently being put together. stay tuned!

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so my goal in life is to attend a taping of Chic-a-Go-Go. Who's down!?

cubs win!

before

Oxes - Whartscape 2008 from Justin Blemly on Vimeo.

after

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hit me up if you want to open up for denali, or if you know of any los angeles area bands that would be great for the show. thanks

friday

house show this friday (sept. 12) in echo park at midnight with team robespierre and the strange boys. message me for more info.

well...

so the f yeah fest came and went. I think it was a huge success; the line never got any shorter and the echo was always packed with people. I think I actually saw only five bands the whole day, which was kind of a bummer since there were so many great acts playing, but I still had a great time just hanging out with those at the fest and running around all over the place trying to find people. The scavenger hunt/show was also a success, even though the show was moved to another warehouse as a result of the 6th street warehouse getting shut down. I've never seen strike anywhere play, but I was real excited to see them play at the warehouse show since they were from Virginia. dan deacon flew in from Ireland to play that show too, so that was really cool of him to do. But really, I think the best part of the fest was gearing up for the actual day. The whole experience could be summed up with: Drives to Anaheim every other day to pick up flyers, posters, shirts, etc. for the fest. I'm really glad that part is over. Nevermind LA traffic, have you ever heard of OC traffic? Burritos. me, sean, donovan, anthony, and luis giving david liebe hart a ride home after the Radiohead show (weirdest night ever. maybe i'll write something about it in the future). Missing the drama that unfolded at the second Radiohead show the next day. hardcore kids at the dillinger escape plan show getting super stoked about hearing that dan deacon was playing the fest. "dude, he's playing!? it's going to be like summer camp!" vegan ice cream. Painting ping-pong balls for No Age's set. sean throwing those balls into the crowd during "Everybody's Down". realizing how sad it actually looked. Collectively agreeing that more balls should have been bought. re-discovering 7/11 slurpees with sandy, ben, and damien from Fucked Up (apparently there's no dr. pepper slurpees in canada). guitarist from yeah yeah yeahs getting asked to play the fest while simultaneously getting invited to go watch the fest. fugazi shows that were in the works. realizing that it's too late for the idea. downtown la at 3:30 in the morning. Keys that won't leave the ignition. microcosm publishing. etc. etc. There's so much more that went down, but yea, don't really want to type. Thanks to all that came out to the fest and to those that helped out. It was fun.
Also, I'm really happy to be lending a hand to these guys for the next few months. Hopefully everything works out with it. really really really excited.

If There Was A Time

Fireside post vol.4

rainer maria (1997):
a song from probably my favorite album ever. I can't really explain it, but Past Worn Searching has been with me for almost a decade just spinning away. I never actually liked the album at first, but something about it just resonated with me. I guess it was a high school thing/trying to identify with something. I don't know. But still, this album gives me chills every time I listen to it.

strike anywhere