tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20361409114202446232024-03-13T18:24:37.999-07:00Voice of DissentAn alternative perspective to life in Fucked Up.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-68520540710083768182009-09-09T13:46:00.001-07:002009-09-09T14:02:08.967-07:00Hardcore Lives?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFse71GHGtXnTquGfxG7fh6kEnP3uBsT1C2LyeNhqR5klOs2m2ZIV11l6fuz4REZYMDgYEW18erlolTHfF2_Od_NPTmg9dDLL3WFyugyX2h4_BmPni2Q0YqaKKF-IJbw3COuj9MTv-FA/s1600-h/Ben+and+wes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFse71GHGtXnTquGfxG7fh6kEnP3uBsT1C2LyeNhqR5klOs2m2ZIV11l6fuz4REZYMDgYEW18erlolTHfF2_Od_NPTmg9dDLL3WFyugyX2h4_BmPni2Q0YqaKKF-IJbw3COuj9MTv-FA/s400/Ben+and+wes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379572101139760914" border="0" /></a>Here we have Wes Eisold aka Wes Nighmare of American Nightmare fame talking with Ben Cook aka Cooker NWC of No Warning fame. They were overheard discussing plans to do a joint tour with their reunited bands... you go guys.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-30187634478322489412009-08-07T01:54:00.000-07:002009-08-14T20:58:02.653-07:00How I Spent My Summer Vacation...I discovered that Nu-Metal dudes are chill...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DamianCory.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 432px;" src="http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DamianCory.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>(this is the singer from Slipkont... no, not the good one on Rev)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/John.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 567px;" src="http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/John.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>(This is the singer of Korn)<br /><br />Let me also add some other realness:<br />- lookingforgold is a cesspool.<br />- If your entire record collection has been purchased off ebay: you are not a record collector you and simply someone with too much credit.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-90038093410145125422009-07-13T18:31:00.000-07:002009-07-13T18:36:48.457-07:00I Got An Owee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBX8G4CHBKj5maSIhl-lpM3Y2oOzEn_cvalr6r16MLeJQVDLoaCRyktIumI6_bWCwHt2NIjDRrHskVbJkUessM9JCsLu9eZSo2twYPFJC00i2pizcOQJBipLEY2SWc9gfEdQtmKGxF8lo/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBX8G4CHBKj5maSIhl-lpM3Y2oOzEn_cvalr6r16MLeJQVDLoaCRyktIumI6_bWCwHt2NIjDRrHskVbJkUessM9JCsLu9eZSo2twYPFJC00i2pizcOQJBipLEY2SWc9gfEdQtmKGxF8lo/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358123041313709938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvJBt9N_OfqJvygOM8hXfDBQuR12-RVAQ6_UtGr2h_-OPL0-yThIL5790P6L_PAoLt1dUHENEASCBMT1mgi6he6KnDMSC_psayuNugZVMtMSZUeY0bjfK2eOeOYMZYKsJOfYxo-MLS60/s1600-h/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvJBt9N_OfqJvygOM8hXfDBQuR12-RVAQ6_UtGr2h_-OPL0-yThIL5790P6L_PAoLt1dUHENEASCBMT1mgi6he6KnDMSC_psayuNugZVMtMSZUeY0bjfK2eOeOYMZYKsJOfYxo-MLS60/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358122887075518754" border="0" /></a>This is the first time I have actually hurt myself with a razor blade... it really hurt. I literally wound up leaving a part of myself in Serbia... the top right side of my left thumb.... in the hotel hathroom... along with a pint of blood.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-40669167977948188102009-07-09T08:50:00.000-07:002009-07-09T09:11:03.539-07:00Brammy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTWQ1tuNvvbb4QSP-W49GQfKh9HPorZ07xmx6OxyaAOCZ974zTG4YdHvWpBsvSQTB7hZmynXDw5js2igp5tjcLC10lQW1BKNCOzu4pMmErIxsnkSmXMzCHw6t9nQesCfrE5bNo5bb4Kw/s1600-h/IMG_1232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTWQ1tuNvvbb4QSP-W49GQfKh9HPorZ07xmx6OxyaAOCZ974zTG4YdHvWpBsvSQTB7hZmynXDw5js2igp5tjcLC10lQW1BKNCOzu4pMmErIxsnkSmXMzCHw6t9nQesCfrE5bNo5bb4Kw/s400/IMG_1232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356493049404191202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Bram. For the past two weeks we have been tormenting him as we worked our way from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_5pori6nY">fest</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofkCy0XYhbw">fest</a>. We have learned a few things about his Flemish ass along the way:<br />- he has beautiful "i"s (and eyes).<br />- he likes the band Vogue a little bit.<br />- he loves weeds.<br />- he thinks that Mika Miko are better then the Stooges (or a least he thinks the sax parts are better but he does admit that the Stooges are "even sexier then Mika Miko).<br />- he like touring with No Age, The Vivian Girls, Mika Miko and Vogue more then us.<br />- he has only ever toured with: No Age, The Vivian Girls, Mika Miko and Vogue.<br />- he really likes Red Bull.<br />- he doesn't know that it is not cool anymore to like Gang Of Four.<br /><br />We love you buddyPink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-87190185511912024342009-07-01T08:04:00.001-07:002009-07-01T08:13:16.124-07:00How low can a punk get?I'm in a skate park in Belgium and In searching the internet for something to read I stumbled upon the following list of topics of on a certain "punk" message board:<br /><br />-JAPAN!<br />-pixies vans<br />-First time you ever jacked off<br />-Want to do a DEATH METAL band in the NYC/Brooklyn area?<br />-Mainstream shit you hate<br />-If you could only listen to one album for life<br />-what is your favorite color<br />-wet dreams<br /><br />Ben and I thought this was hilarious and he said I should post it... and now I have.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-88107001421214374922009-06-28T10:03:00.000-07:002009-06-29T10:44:07.785-07:00On the road again...We are out on the road again, this time in Europe playing Festivals and the odd real show. As you may have read <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/fucked-up/45727">on the ol'NME site</a>, I have become some what of a video-o-grapher. Here is the first excerpt from my documentary about playing huge festivals. If you look closly you can see the poo on this guys leg. Part of me feels bad about getting such enjoyment out of the dudes humiliation but the other part of me doesn't so I guess I'm conflicted.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PwGx11n5OBw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PwGx11n5OBw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-62355684600281851942009-06-15T13:45:00.000-07:002009-06-15T18:05:23.747-07:00What Are You Dudes Doing On Wednesday Night?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/ccr/blog/prostitute.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 313px;" src="http://www.stanford.edu/group/ccr/blog/prostitute.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Well, if you are free I will be DJing, for what will only be really my third time ever, at the Drake as part of the <a href="http://blog.citysonic.tv/2009/06/05/city-sonic-nxne-party-june-17-at-the-drake/">City Sonic launch party</a>. I can assure you that what I lack in technical aptitude I more then make up for in obscurity of the stuff of what I'm playing. I can safely say with the exception of one or two crowd pleasers (ie. songs for the poseurs) none of this stuff has ever been played in a DJ set in Toronto. What does this all mean? Well, most probably that no one will be dancing (or paying very much attention). I'm listening to records now and planning it out and it will be very power-pop/ poppy-punk heavy. So if you are around come keep me company.<br /><br />If you can't make it to that then the next day, starting at about 6:00pm, I will be hosting the <a href="http://www.ydsquare.ca/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=122&extmode=view&extid=157">Myspace Dundas square show</a>. It is a free show at Dundas and Younge with the Black Lips and Melisa Auf Der Maur (no, it was the other one that was in Janitor Joe) as well as a wack of other bands.<br /><br />Finally, if you still want to hang out I will be handing out free ice cream at the corner of Queen and John on Sunday starting at 1pm.<br /><br />Why am I doing this you might ask? I am broke and hate tel-a-marketing and these people have been nice enough to invite me to do stuff for them and for that I thank them.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-60428068838322994482009-05-29T21:05:00.000-07:002009-05-29T21:08:12.228-07:00SAY WHAT????So I flew into Spain this morning, turn on my computer and find out that I have chosen to work for Fox News.... that truly is news to me.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-24158621986757018432009-05-27T09:43:00.000-07:002009-05-27T10:09:57.765-07:00...when I got the music I got a place to go!So this past Monday, bright and early, I took the subway down to the CBC building and appeared on "Q". It was a ton of fun and you don't have to take my word for it, here is a you tube video of it.<br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SkxVvIR4RYE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SkxVvIR4RYE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br />Also, if you like the interview so much that you want to listen to it again and again, <a href="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/qpodcast_20090525_16108.mp3">this is a link to a podcast version</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3778/55/0/28101848/n28101848_48198508_5070170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 453px; height: 604px;" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3778/55/0/28101848/n28101848_48198508_5070170.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-25963885824902158602009-05-26T18:31:00.000-07:002009-05-26T18:53:11.551-07:00I guess the Chain Of Strength shirt is the new Motorhead shirt...Do you remember a few years back when all of the sudden you started to see random people rocking Motorhead shirts?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.celebnewswire.com/haylie%20duff%20motorhead.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 470px; height: 600px;" src="http://www.celebnewswire.com/haylie%20duff%20motorhead.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was a really weird feeling because you knew that there was no way they were listening to Bomber when they got home... Now we have to ask ourselves: "Is Chain the next band that this is going to happen to?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2009/05/the-hundreds-hardcore-series-00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 620px; height: 413px;" src="http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2009/05/the-hundreds-hardcore-series-00.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.thehundreds.com/"><br />The Hundreds</a> have announced the release of the above shirt as well as a few other "<a href="http://hypebeast.com/2009/05/the-hundreds-a-tribute-to-hardcore-t-shirts/">Tribute to Hardcore Shirts</a>". Now before we gather the <a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/">pitchforks</a> and torches, I should point out that, first off, some of the shirts (not the Johnny Cupcakes one) look pretty cool. Secondly, <a href="http://d15l6r3vpsfl7c.cloudfront.net/production/uploaded/style/7576/SW6_white_shop.jpg">they are not the first to pee on consecrated ground</a>. And finally, they are also pretty cool for actually reppin' hardcore on the reg. That being said... it is still make me feel weird.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-1586175004707712362009-05-24T17:48:00.000-07:002009-05-24T18:00:03.608-07:00Radio, Radio, Radio, Radio, Radio, Radio, RadioTomorrow morning (or today depending on when you read this) at 9:00 am est, I will be interviewed on "<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/q">Q</a>" on CBC Radio One. For those of you who are like"Hmm, that's sounds familiar," well it maybe from this moment of infamy a few weeks back:<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IJWS6qyy7bw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IJWS6qyy7bw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />You can listen live <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/">here</a>.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-82487156738704187032009-05-18T19:37:00.000-07:002009-05-21T22:24:38.849-07:00It's beginning to feel a lot like Edge day...Good news! <a href="http://www.punknews.org/article/26063">Edge Day</a> is less then five months away. And in honor of this this here is a short documentary on one of the greateast sXe bands ever: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_%28band%29">Judge</a><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VGgRLyAoxoo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VGgRLyAoxoo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />And remember you only have a few short months left to decide what <a href="http://straightedgeink.com/gallery2/d/1056-3/face+tattoo+for+the+vegan+edge+band+earth+crisis">you are going to dress up as</a> and to buy those last minute <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/466574140_b70056c89a.jpg?v=0">edge day gifts</a>...<br />and as an early edge day gift, here are the top three straight edge records according to the us here at VoD:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTLOeUaVLz-mJ4rcLmhZSs1arBi2lbw79taJIeXqtAvxm360rWuua5wcDWasIHe5tBMY7xA8gmCe0jWdOeDr11C-1A6Q6oNrRaw2Xu6VInW-SWqBbH8V6Ye6-31o38RI4xYbjOXyOpiU/s320/bhood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTLOeUaVLz-mJ4rcLmhZSs1arBi2lbw79taJIeXqtAvxm360rWuua5wcDWasIHe5tBMY7xA8gmCe0jWdOeDr11C-1A6Q6oNrRaw2Xu6VInW-SWqBbH8V6Ye6-31o38RI4xYbjOXyOpiU/s320/bhood.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />1: Brotherhood: No Tolerance For Ignorance<br />Before Gregg Anderson of Sunn 0))) discovered pot and boring music and before William Goldsmith discovered terrible college rock in Sunny Day Real Estate and the Foo Fighters, they were the axe-man in the greatest and bass-tard in the Greatest Edge band ever. Cool harsh vocals and illest gang vocal part ever: "More then music... IT'S A WAY OF LIFE!!!"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ethisispunkrock/ps/ushc/2/turningpoint1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ethisispunkrock/ps/ushc/2/turningpoint1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>2: Turning Point: s/t<br />Once again the harsh vocals make the record. As a young edge kid nothing hit closer to home then the lyrics to few and the proud... fuck it as a 29 year old edge man they still hit:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Because I'm straight</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">It's a trend to you</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">How could that be</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">When we number so few</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You've always criticized us</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Saying we do wrong</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You just feel threatened</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Cause you don't belong</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">There's nothing to fear</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">In our existence</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I'm reaching out to you</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You keep your distanc</span>e... then they start to suck.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.popsike.com/pix/20061004/190037974516.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 256px;" src="http://www.popsike.com/pix/20061004/190037974516.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />3: Confront: s/t: This record makes it a gruff vocals trifecta. Harsh, fast and Clevo... the three greatest words in the english language. So what if they became the OLC... I mean Crime Ridden Society is a killer record as well.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-50286517897978290042009-05-15T22:09:00.000-07:002009-05-15T22:33:40.353-07:00Fox HuntRecently.... actually, a couple weeks back, I made a return appearance on Fox News' Red Eye. This time I was actually in the belly of the beast itself: Fox News Studios. Unfortunately, I didn't get to meet <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJjNVVwRCY">Bill O'Reilly</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGScugues3A&feature=related">Glenn Beck</a> but I had a good time and managed to nearly give some of the behind-the-scenes people a heart attack when I gave Greg a "Support Our Canadian Troops" shirt on air. You can read about it <a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/632667">here</a> and watch the clip <a href="http://media2.foxnews.com/042709/042709_red_fedup_W700.wmv">here</a>.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-30382931246193732272009-05-12T00:17:00.000-07:002009-05-12T01:25:48.822-07:00Correction...Do you remember that reference in the last post about Fucked Up not being liked by African-Americans (as evidenced by <a href="http://www.mediatakeout.com/2009/32193-some_of_you_white_folks_do_the_darndest_things_warning_-_post_contains_extreme_nastiness.html">the reaction our Coachella set recieved on mediatakeout.com</a>) ? Well, not only did it come off sounding a little, unintentionally, racist but it is also not really true; as illustrated by the rapper <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/arts/music/10play.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=mos%20def&st=cse">Mos Def putting Fucked Up in his playlist in today's New York Times</a>:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"You know how you hear something and you just relate? They rock. I like the title of their album too: “The Chemistry of Common Life” (Matador). I think I found out about them on the Net, I saw their name [unprintable in this newspaper], I said, “I’m game, I want to see what they’re about.” It’s raw, but it’s elegant. It’s intelligent, hardcore rock. It’s like Bad Brains, Minor Threat and Fugazi. A lot of people will call it punk, but it’s rock. It’s got good melodies. I listen to them on the road a lot. A lazy Sunday is a good time to listen to them. I would chill out to this music, read a book like “Animal Farm” and listen to this."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is cool for multiple reasons. Firstly, because I have been a fan of his since I bought <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEc9jouaI8etoKT7iDogszG-npkga5uJnAG6Cb8TiRQu07_0K4GHr8HwLTwZivhdCPvqiHDX8uvubEIWexNm1xfuviYmcMlQH-4oQ9klqhFXXmVj611zu68W4nsOdaW4aL3b95bqJIDc/s320/Soundbombing1.jpg">Soundbombing</a> in '97. Secondly, when the record "<a href="http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/m/mos-def/album-black-on-both-sides.jpg">Black On Both Sides</a>" came out I had this fantasy that one day I would get do the punk part of "Rock N Roll" with him on stage. Thirdly, this video....wow:<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvO5kD4yr1Y&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvO5kD4yr1Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></div></div>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-81558135472830656622009-05-05T13:24:00.000-07:002009-05-08T14:46:39.177-07:00Baby, Baby, Baby...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgFM37ZBD8lsl6Ca5qYXC836vFO2YqTnI1CL76oDPLkECHWN7V2rJSbtnn_3dz4fdaa-5ctH7gqeYjYDryVXPEUSInI8-hiEq_Wetx7pptJ6o7TwDHFJTPhggFnvLHi242zQXZahYc2U/s1600-h/damian+bw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgFM37ZBD8lsl6Ca5qYXC836vFO2YqTnI1CL76oDPLkECHWN7V2rJSbtnn_3dz4fdaa-5ctH7gqeYjYDryVXPEUSInI8-hiEq_Wetx7pptJ6o7TwDHFJTPhggFnvLHi242zQXZahYc2U/s320/damian+bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333569999418001138" border="0" /></a><br />First off, thanks to everyone for their kind wishes for our new little family. We are all still doing well and I have come realized that I don't actually need or like sleep that much.<br /><br />Secondly, I just got back from Coachella and I had the time of my life down there. For those of you who don't know what Coachella is, it is a festival held each just outside of Palm Springs. "Big fucking deal,"right? WRONG! It was chill as fuck and here are some musings about the weekend:<br /><br />Twitter is so stupid: All weekend I would overhear people talking about it and then it made me have to sit through M.I.A. set (the worst thing I saw all weekend by the way) because she was twittering about how Lil Wayne was going to join her on stage. Well, in the end he didn't and she sucked... but it did give me an idea for a new arthouse film: "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-LV9s-_maw">White People Dancing to MIA</a>".<br /><br />I could have been the whistle-blower on that: Last week the news broke that <a href="http://www.starblogs.net/archives/2009/05/david_hasselhoff_taken_to_hosp.html">David Hasselhoff had fallen off the wagon</a> and this blog could have totally had the scoop on that story because the Hoff was wandering around the backstage of Coachella like a drunk kid at Jr. Prom. I swear on the life of me child that this will not happen again. So everyone start bracing yourselves for the news that a certain <a href="http://rissabela.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/kristen-dunst2.jpg">female co-star of Spiderman</a> can, again, no longer sing-a-long to her Project X record without feeling a little bit silly.<br /><br />Best Set: Throbbing Gristle. Never did I think that a stage full of<a href="http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/coachella-2009-sunday-photos/120/"> high school art teachers</a> would be so menacing.<br /><br />Your Joking Right?: <a href="http://images.cdn.thefashionspot.com/article_imgs/reese_witherspoon.jpg">Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon</a> looking legit shook when <a href="http://musicalknowledge.org/pics/hank_ian.jpg">Henry Rollins and Ian Mackaye</a> walked by them.<br /><br />I bled a ton:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrML5xhZhOpvdsz6l_-R3o4IZQm1Ys4C-qUNR3jmlT3vQC80m_gT1LJWSQJbojlOX9yw0HBOwDWTxSfy83qgT96rsLZyLUB2NQ4Tx3DLT8fejpM5kCYehKBUNrq_8VngrtmYoYNM4jpY/s1600-h/IMG_5287.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrML5xhZhOpvdsz6l_-R3o4IZQm1Ys4C-qUNR3jmlT3vQC80m_gT1LJWSQJbojlOX9yw0HBOwDWTxSfy83qgT96rsLZyLUB2NQ4Tx3DLT8fejpM5kCYehKBUNrq_8VngrtmYoYNM4jpY/s320/IMG_5287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333570302460216130" border="0" /></a><br />and <a href="http://www.mediatakeout.com/2009/32193-some_of_you_white_folks_do_the_darndest_things_warning_-_post_contains_extreme_nastiness.html">it did nothing to help Fucked Up's African American Fanbase</a>.<br /><br />so chill...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJDbe3zeQwGXFtZOs9ep7B6Jynfb3VPVZ_lrcumD9eJ-16uQ-Bec1jdKn48EhAIjeqzQcGPGyXiqday31mpXeT8tXLvBIgcM2IFqZp_G_xBq7iMunz7xwyn250pZozcPGBZQrH2u5H-g/s1600-h/IMG_5341.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJDbe3zeQwGXFtZOs9ep7B6Jynfb3VPVZ_lrcumD9eJ-16uQ-Bec1jdKn48EhAIjeqzQcGPGyXiqday31mpXeT8tXLvBIgcM2IFqZp_G_xBq7iMunz7xwyn250pZozcPGBZQrH2u5H-g/s400/IMG_5341.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333570896284480930" border="0" /></a><br />I have to change a diaper... more soon.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-76866279310332640792009-04-30T18:00:00.000-07:002009-04-30T19:00:05.994-07:00Kids Do the Darndest ThingsWell I'm going to keep this brief, today at 12:16pm Lauren and I welcomed Holden ford abraham into the world. All parties involved are doing fine but very tired. Please expect a large post in the next featuring a full Coachella wrap up loaded with gossip (no beth ditto), shit talk, celebrities at their worst, blood, name dropping and tons more. As well as a blow by blow of my day at fox news and the usual bad spelling and typos... And baby photos!Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-81113368979409193112009-04-10T19:40:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:52:09.755-07:00Not Just Your Average Mark (or How I learned To Stop Caring and Love Pro-Wrestling)I came late to the world of pro-wrestling. While I certainly watched it and enjoyed as a youngster as I got older the shame of liking it became too much and I convinced myself that it was stupid and put it behind me. I was, in reality, lying to myself as I would find myself watching one program or another of it weekly. But I never really fully enjoyed it. I found it relied too heavily <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6c7VuErLw&feature=rec-HM-r2">on hoacky angles and lame characters</a>. It wasn't until I started working with a man by the name of Glen Salter (a sort of culture guru for me) that I was shown the light and truly embraced my love of the sport. Glen showed me that wrestling wasn't all WWF or the, then recently, defunct WCW. I was shown the glories the were <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTmm_icx8Bc">ECW</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBP9uoMlK1M">Smoky Mountain Wrestling</a>, AWA, the insanity and brutality of Japanese feds like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCtB14LZNAQ">FMW</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kMCJTlsbUM">New Japan</a> and amazing new small federations known as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8AlSe5Kq-I&feature=related">Ring Of Honor</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkAdEmsO0mc&feature=PlayList&p=6C2633C18880B314&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2">Combat Zone Wrestling</a>, both of which this year received increased profile by the prominent role they played in the film<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-GFxjTyV0"> The Wrestler</a>. And yes: I know it is staged, and yes: I can see the homoerotic qualities of it but I also see that it is amazingly fun to watch. And recently Fucked Up has received, what is in my opinion, the ultimate honor: OUR SONG "GENERATION" IS BEING USED AS ENTRANCE. The wrestler the American Dragon Bryan Danielson, arguably: the greatest wrestler alive, now enters the ring to "Generation". How insane is that? He enters here at about the 30 second mark but watch the whole match it is amazing.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_eL1qoGtTPA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_eL1qoGtTPA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-57041246391472594162009-04-08T17:16:00.000-07:002009-04-09T00:44:27.673-07:00Round Two: FACE TO FACE (no Fat Wreck)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3382138761_cc60e42804.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3382138761_cc60e42804.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(those are deep fried bees in that photo)</span><br /><br /><br />To bring you all up to speed, a few months ago <a href="http://10000marblessucks.blogspot.com/2009/01/seriously-fuck-mike.html">I was on a Fox News show called Red Eye</a>. Afterwards they asked me to come back on and do a whole hour and talk, not just music this time but, <a href="http://rushprnews.com/Obama.jpg">politics</a>. I accepted their challenge and then <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/03/23/redeye-soldiers-mocking.html">all this happened</a>. And now Red Eye is <a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/2009/03/24/8865586.html#/comment/editorial/2009/03/24/pf-8860906.html">the most vilified show in Canada</a>. I'm so pumped for this! If you are also pumped: it goes down on April 21st at 3am est and if you can't stay up that late I will post a link on here.<br /><br />ps.Obviously, I was joking about the "Normals" thing. My mom is a normal so that makes me half-normal.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-78423115374332260182009-04-07T16:50:00.000-07:002009-04-07T17:52:48.066-07:00It's Been A While...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ii9BAjcKR4B0cxFld9V8eJgeL3VlDpSKxA-Og9bHw-_00dSkGRqFYJyfD-0tooQ1sK4BIsJJ8-otY_Gf41JnO7nw2dveyDMCxzQHfzS2wMxnMx51PquO-iRy-ghhVqpqeed653ocZFI/s1600-h/IMG_0193.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ii9BAjcKR4B0cxFld9V8eJgeL3VlDpSKxA-Og9bHw-_00dSkGRqFYJyfD-0tooQ1sK4BIsJJ8-otY_Gf41JnO7nw2dveyDMCxzQHfzS2wMxnMx51PquO-iRy-ghhVqpqeed653ocZFI/s400/IMG_0193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322106486733043458" border="0" /></a><br />First things first, congratulations to the winner of our first annual "Why Mike Sucks..." essay contest: Rick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Haliechuk</span>. Young Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Haliechuk</span> won the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">opportunity</span> to spend the day with the editor of this fair blog. As you can see from the photo above, fun was had be all that day.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Secondly</span>, yes we were back from China... but now we are on the road again.<br /><br />If you wanna come and hang out here is where and when:<br />04-08 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club<br />04-09 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Winnepeg</span>, Manitoba - Royal Albert Arms<br />04-10 Regina, Saskatchewan - The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Distrikt</span><br />04-11 Calgary, Alberta - Royal Canadian Legion No. 1<br />04-12 Edmonton, Alberta - The Pawn Shop<br />04-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Biltmore</span> Cabaret<br />04-15 Seattle, WA - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Neumo's</span><br />04-19 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Indio</span>, CA - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Coachella</span> Festival<br /><br />and if you come out to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Coachella</span> you can hang out with my boy <a href="http://www.virginmedia.com/images/paul_mccartney-gal-embarrassing.jpg">Paul McCartney</a> too.<br /><br />Thirdly, our good friends at <a href="http://mishkanyc.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Mishka</span> have just opened a store in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Brooklyn</span></a> and you can buy this shirt there:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/swampmop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 360px;" src="http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/swampmop.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">arguably</span> the coolest looking shirt ever.<br /><br />Fourthly, I was sorting through my computer and found this stuff. It is a bunch of list I did for various places for the end of last year:<br />Top Ten Things I didn't Do In 2009 That I Should Have Done...<br />10) Try "Drank"<br />9) See Dark Knight in the Theatre<br />8) Hear "Chinese Democracy"<br />7) Play "Grand Theft Auto IV"<br />6) Lose money in the stock market<br />5) Get a pizza from that new place on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Ossington</span><br />4) Watch Rage Against The Machine<br />3) Start watching Saturday Night Live again<br />2) Fall in love with / totally hate (insert band name here)<br />1)Vote for Obama (I'm Canadian)<br /><br /><br />My Top Ten Shocking Moments of 2008<br /><br />10) Winding up in a mental hospital in Denmark<br />9) Becoming a sex symbol for bears<br />8) The decline in the morality of certain members Fucked Up<br />7) Standing on stage with my penis tucked between my legs in front of 10,000 people<br />6) Winding up in a hospital in Calgary with half a pint glass stuck in my head.<br />5) Doing a photo shoot with Terry Richardson.<br />4) Getting a bill for $5000 from MTV after our live set.<br />3) Accidentally shaving my beard off the night before the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">NME</span> cover shoot.<br />2) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Moby</span> claiming he saw us with Youth Of Today six years ago (never happened)<br />1) Finding out I'm going to be a dad.<br /><br /><br />Mind Eraser - Conscious/ Unconscious<br />The prospect of finding a way to make a great ten minute power violence song is daunting enough let alone doing it twice on the same record but leave it to Mind Eraser (the reigning kings of nu-power violence <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">tm</span>) found away. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have entered the mannerist stage of power violence.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Nodzzz</span> - st<br />Once in a blue moon you find a record that makes you wish you were still in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">highschool</span> just so you could have the pleasure of sticking it on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">mixtape</span> for that special someone; this is that record. Sunny <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">punky</span>-pop that manages be witty without coming off smug and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">naive</span>. without being contrived.<br /><br />Lil Wayne - Carter III<br />All the hype placed on this record, which will no doubt turn into a backlash at any moment, will not detract from the fact that this is one of the most enjoyable records of the year. Sure it has some problems (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Busta</span> Rhymes' verse, too many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">RnB</span> songs, etc.) but you can't argue with that flow.... and how great is Fabulous' verse?<br /><br />Cold World - Dedicated To The Babies That Came Feet First<br />Nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever be able to cleanse the negative connotations that surround the mix of rap and aggressive music but that isn't Cold Worlds fault and that isn't going to stop them from trying to take a different approach to this highly toxic mixture. While it is debatable whether or not this is the truly great record they are destined to make, it is a major step towards it.<br /><br />Vogue<br />I have only heard this record once at this point, on the first day of this seemingly unending European tour that I'm currently on, but I am so sure that this is one the best thing I have heard this year that I am willing to put it on this list. Hardcore by kids but for adults.<br /><br />Fifthly, my wife and I went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">pre</span>-natal classes and it was the first time in ages that I hung out with normal people in a long time and now I am finding myself sharing <a href="http://stereogum.com/archives/vivian-girls-hate-your-coworkers_039101.html">the opinion of the Vivian Girls on normals</a>. But I must stress not their opinion on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">TGI</span> Fridays which I finally was taken to by the young men in the Bronx and it rules so hard.<br /><br />Finally, now that I am on tour again I will be posting on the reg again so check often.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-6740717022010502772009-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:002009-03-19T23:20:03.434-07:00BALLS! BALLS! BALLS!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_56x2VjvDsIfOQISNADjSIEVWIPnuy1p25xNYYetizbWwfrCIqScQprldJtovei4UIuEThCDKTj4UJkDP5aswiIIg2e68PXTN1EIqdvjlJifiIUw6mGw9mz97CApOn_EmeTDnXEXIYM/s1600-h/nice+nuts,+homo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315149571888585970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_56x2VjvDsIfOQISNADjSIEVWIPnuy1p25xNYYetizbWwfrCIqScQprldJtovei4UIuEThCDKTj4UJkDP5aswiIIg2e68PXTN1EIqdvjlJifiIUw6mGw9mz97CApOn_EmeTDnXEXIYM/s400/nice+nuts,+homo.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On tour you have a lot of time to wonder about things, like: What is Chinese Josh up to? Why is there a tv channel in China that just shows people playing video games? One thing though that I don't have to wonder about anymore is what Mike's <a href="http://www.wrestlingasylum.com/images/balls-mahoney.jpg">balls</a> look like.</div>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-83516407520356591882009-03-16T20:45:00.001-07:002009-03-16T20:51:09.777-07:00Look what I made...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRVUCy_3eE-p4A6lHzciMCk30gyqZ7qbfFHCP29883S-tW-kAt8k5Bw77vqPuVeIr3362B1whQgdsBB1g6ml0B7FrNOtydts02kpN3fhjW26NWzILJ8hcOSrDrINyGBTVYpMOMVcwuTQ/s1600-h/ultrasound32wks4days2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRVUCy_3eE-p4A6lHzciMCk30gyqZ7qbfFHCP29883S-tW-kAt8k5Bw77vqPuVeIr3362B1whQgdsBB1g6ml0B7FrNOtydts02kpN3fhjW26NWzILJ8hcOSrDrINyGBTVYpMOMVcwuTQ/s400/ultrasound32wks4days2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313998056996286626" border="0" /></a><br />Singer, blogger and now breeder..... TRIPLE THREAT. And before you are all like: "What the fuck is up with the side of his face?" That is the placenta... he is hiding like a ninja.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-24324189656840688182009-03-16T04:46:00.000-07:002009-03-16T05:01:12.386-07:00Introducing....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPfFhixFf2aGjBFxXp7JqYYKiE-l8Cw7FXsWJZXwmffKUH_xwAB_Y2JZwgd-PZeD-1AgXAuxtsjJXaobl3_vSaTQoERJZrsfZ8Kj4LYM2jJ5ftJPWPCQ7wYzFW1H8viULDB2Ts8XwJAw/s1600-h/josh_lookalike_small.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313751017133532386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPfFhixFf2aGjBFxXp7JqYYKiE-l8Cw7FXsWJZXwmffKUH_xwAB_Y2JZwgd-PZeD-1AgXAuxtsjJXaobl3_vSaTQoERJZrsfZ8Kj4LYM2jJ5ftJPWPCQ7wYzFW1H8viULDB2Ts8XwJAw/s400/josh_lookalike_small.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;">Chinese Josh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br /><p>The picture falls to truly capture the likeness but it was uncanny. Also I'm not being racist I am now in China not Japan.</p><p></p><br /><br /><br />Also as much as I love all the people that like Fucked Up... I would trade you all for this kid:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XOKAts2cBzU&hl=zh_CN&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XOKAts2cBzU&hl=zh_CN&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />ps. yes, he is singing into a phone charger.<br /><br />pps. For the final word on the moshing debate:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KfIlsA3UM74&hl=zh_CN&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KfIlsA3UM74&hl=zh_CN&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-53027412071930539862009-03-12T04:49:00.000-07:002009-03-12T05:33:26.044-07:00I Know, I Know, I Know...you're all like: "Dude, you haven't posted in like a week! What the fuck is up?!?"<br />And I'm like: "Everything's great."<br />and then your like: "Well, where the fuck have you been then?"<br />And then I smile: "A magical place that is more perfect then anywhere else I have ever been."<br />And now you're pissed: "Tell me where it is already!"<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"JAPAN!!!"</span><br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg757dcP1irqWMMXnEk9mYq_SrjdBeAsHMIF_hfreP-LQY3tTixgg0R_BiBOG9MrgbIdc2uNlccuw7fezKAaX62uBHbn7SyJapuEsJClAkizQUP8_ZEUWL1Goc_NNXdDOGDOoQIUvOAQ1c/s1600-h/n591450744_1640402_1227013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg757dcP1irqWMMXnEk9mYq_SrjdBeAsHMIF_hfreP-LQY3tTixgg0R_BiBOG9MrgbIdc2uNlccuw7fezKAaX62uBHbn7SyJapuEsJClAkizQUP8_ZEUWL1Goc_NNXdDOGDOoQIUvOAQ1c/s400/n591450744_1640402_1227013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312273415703273922" border="0" /></a>It is everything and more that I hoped it would be. Food: amazing, record stores: everywhere, people: cool as all get out, it truly is the Valhalla I had thought it would be. I have no idea where to begin... so I'll leave it here for now.<br /><br />ps. If you guys can't play nice I won't post anymore funny videos. As far as this blog is concerned: moshing is cool but not the type displayed in that video.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-74944607672537511182009-03-05T18:50:00.000-08:002009-03-07T03:26:41.752-08:00Where They Were Then?Yesterday I did a photo shoot with my good friend <a href="http://www.benrayner.com/">Ben Rayner</a> (not to be confused with our other friend <a href="http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/94639">Ben Rayner</a>). And it got me thinking about his transition from geeky straight edge kid to fashion photographer superstar and then I remembered this video...<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aWtv-9HNNPU&hl=" fs="1" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.viceland.com/wp/2007/05/london-our-version-of-the-star-wars-kid/">I'm not the first to post this video</a> but this thing needed to be posted at least one more time.Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036140911420244623.post-82465284183105104742009-02-28T19:03:00.000-08:002009-03-02T14:10:40.967-08:00Where are they now?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeuNosnYxNRsL1VGT0dQnf1gVqwHJ9Vh3eGR_5VLK48FH13UBLoVdfjq3mzt9Au_raEHrdwwbFTGiuFr-nlk0YVFJwDewNvBiDzZrEMLFK-GE1NgQwgw38JyWm0Z0yaF0A2uThsG2xY4/s1600-h/1325065007_cc7369ab75_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeuNosnYxNRsL1VGT0dQnf1gVqwHJ9Vh3eGR_5VLK48FH13UBLoVdfjq3mzt9Au_raEHrdwwbFTGiuFr-nlk0YVFJwDewNvBiDzZrEMLFK-GE1NgQwgw38JyWm0Z0yaF0A2uThsG2xY4/s400/1325065007_cc7369ab75_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308716277876442130" border="0" /></a><br />Many of you have surly wondered: whatever happened to the Beav? Well, we here at <a href="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PYREU/PP31037-EU%7EMuhamad-Ali-I-Am-The-Greatest-Posters.jpg">Voice of Dissent</a> are happy to report that the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/urbanblight">Urban Blight</a> front man/ much maligned singer for Fucked Up on the first European tour is doing well and apparently fronting some kind of <a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_04/bowieREX3008_468x349.jpg">David Bowie</a> cover band. Way to go Beav!!!!<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ht4iTbhaCbo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ht4iTbhaCbo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />(in all seriousness: Urban Blight has ju</span><span style="font-size:78%;">st finished recording their long-time coming 12", It will be out shortly on Slasher and it will be ill)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Oh and by the way, for all those that thought <a href="http://10000marblessucks.blogspot.com/2009/02/do-you-like-film.html">my last post about Slumdog Millionaire</a> was out of line (like my wife): well it appears that at least one <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/28/salman-rushdie-novels-film-adaptations">literary giant agrees with me</a>.</span>Pink Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549654554620469809noreply@blogger.com2