Greeeeeeetings, Transylvanians. It's a gloomy, overcast afternoon here in Cap City of Canada, and some dude on another computer just kicked my feet, so please excuse me while I go exercise my Pimp Slap. *brief silence* Okay, taken care of.
Last night I almost forgot - remembered just in time - that Killswitch Engage were in town alongside From Autumn to Ashes, Eighteen Visions and 36 Crazyfists. I rolled downtown to the Capital City Music Hall and almost paid the obscenely marked-up price of $28.75 at the door(tickets were sold for twenty even) before some kind lad sold me his ticket for twenty straight up. So: whoever you were, you're rad. Thanks brah. The show featured solid sets from all four bands(18V have changed a lot since I last listened to them years ago, but dang if they don't know how to write a breakdown), particularly FATA and Killswitch, both of whom simply wrecked everything. Good times.
So in keeping with The Live Shows And How Much Rear End They Kick: tomorrow night The Bled will be in town; it's sold out, so if you don't have a ticket, best be finding out who wants to sell theirs. It'll be dope. I'll be chilling with Katie, She Who Has Red Hair. She's dope too.
I'm gonna take heat from Ryan for doing this, but I do like the newest from Taking Back Sunday even though the single does say "I've got a bad feeling about this" approximately 5734778824 times, so here's a review of the record. Word.
Some sad news to pass along, though it's well-known already: Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone died yesterday at the age of 55 after a five-year fight with cancer. R.I.P. [aversion]
As well, guitar innovator Ernie Ball(believe me, you know the guy's name and the company) died last week at the age of 74, also after a long battle with illness. Man. Depressing.
Essential Listening for today, September 16th, is Derek Webb's late 2003 live album House Show. Webb is ex-Caedmon's Call, one of my favourite acts ever for their intelligence, skill and ability to change the way I felt with a simple word or chord. This guy is gold. Find the record. Listen to the record. Be changed by the record.
I don't really advocate such things, but the new record from Green Day(the first single's so rad) is online over here. You didn't hear it from us. [noisetheory]
The world is ending: in the last seventy-two hours, Burnt By The Sun, Poison the Well and Between the Buried and Me all either lost or kicked out various members. What the frig!
Posted by mike at September 16, 2004 03:38 PM