JSIN and DieXannas Excellent Adventure

Yeah I know this is late but I've been busy. But me and DieXanna went to the Wiltern last Friday night to see Tiger Army(thanx to Uncle Horse). They kicked ass-played a bunch of good tunes. Also playing that night was Combichrist and The Creepshow. The Creepshow was good psychobilly fun! But Combichrist was a little weird. They wernt totally bad but just s freak show. And they mashed up hardcore/metal/techno. It really was quite a weird band and they had speacial guest guitarist Wes Borland(he of Limp Bizkit fame{if you can call it that}). I saw kids with glowsticks like it was a fucking rave(I shit you not). And the lead singer reminded me of that tool Micheal Graves(you know the guy who paints a skull on his face and sang for the Misfits for a minute{after the REAL Misfits broke up and Jerry Only milked a good thing dry). I guess mainly because the whole band painted their faces like skulls(and I don't think it was a Oct./Halloween thing they were doing). But anywho it was a good time and the first time going to the Wiltern(which was not that great a venue). We got the Larry Arms coming up around the corner and that should be fun. But first comes All Hallows Eve~Taking little Sophia trick or treating up in Santa Clarita and having a little party for her and her friends. Should be fun. Until next time......Happy Halloween!!!

Here's To 25 More Years Of Fun!

Hey Hey Kids! I went over to my brothers house last night for a little celebration of his birthday! We had a good time. It's been a while since we hung out due to our work schedule. Uncle Horse was there as well so the party was on. He had "The Johns" over too. They are a couple of cool dudes that are my bros neighbors. Also were our girls. We got "Jaked On Green Beers" and had a great time. A couple more of his friends stopped by as well. DieXanna really tied one on and we had to get a ride home(better safe than sorry). That was fun 'cause she rarely drinks with me. A good time was had by all. What else? Oh yah, I went to Amoeba to get my bro a couple CD's and didn't get my self anything!!! That's not entirely true I did get Sounding The Seventh Trumpet by A7X for DieXanna. I got him Life Wont Wait by Rancid and S&M Airlines By NOFX which he already had :P And they gave me a cool little goodie bag for him with stickers, buttons, magnets, and a cool little case with earplugs in it. It's cool I didn't pick anything up-a lot of records are coming out online soon. Buttsweat & Tears is almost out(yay). But I heard via BadSandwichCronicles that TLA will have 100 copies for the 1st 100 people @ the 10th anniversary show on exclusive color vinyl that will not be released anywhere else(not yay). Oh well Black vinyl is the new ....uhhhh....Black(?). Also I am excited about NOFXs new 2x7" coming out Nov. 24. My Orphan Year and Cokie The Clown. Looks great-cant wait. Check out the cover art http://www.fatwreck.com/ Fat Mike as Pennywise(the clown not the band) and him and his Dad. So that's whats up for now. Cool Beans Steve McQueen. Until next time~ The JSIN

Clever Songs By Canadian Punks or Anarchist Punks Crime

All right I finally purchased the new Propagandhi album "Supporting Caste". Also picked up Against Me!s Crime 7". I have been meaning to pick up the Propagandhi album for a while now but haven't been to Amoeba in a while. I am stoked on the new album-good songs. It came in a 2x12" LP set. Cool. No color vinyl but still cool. Starting listening to it I was first a little wary because the first song sounded familiar. It seemed a lot like the songs off of "Potemkin City Limits". Chris' singing pattern was the same and guitar riffs similar. Then that song passed and the rest of the album kicked my ass. Glad to hear The Rod screaming some songs. I really liked the interlude between The Funeral Procession and Without Love. Without Love is a great song as well-good summary of life. And the final song Last Will & Testament is an epic song. Love the way the song rocks out for like three minutes before vocals kick in! Great! Worth the wait for sure. As for the Against Me! 7" it was good. Nice to hear a couple songs I haven't heard from them before. Yall Don't Wanna Step To Dis is a new personal fav for me now. Still awaiting the new Larry Arms 7"-just a little over a month before Buttsweat And Tears is available. Got my tix to their show at the Troubadour on Nov 7th-YES-can't wait. Still need the new Rancid(it can wait{come on it's not like it's gonna be their best}) Will probably pick it up next paycheck. Other than that not much in music news~SO-Until next time-In the words of Bill and Ted "Party On!"

Sounds Like A Robot

Things. Dripping from a hole in your head. What? Wait. There it goes all the values you made us believe you actually had. No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Not any more-now you are a systematic automaton. Built to be complacent. A product of the system__________THIS SOUNDS SO CLICHE' But it's true. As one walks the streets of a modern American city you can see it on the skyline. No one will pry themselves away from what is slowly draining the life from their very essence. I try to look into the eyes of a fellow human being as we walk down the cracked sidewalk, but indeed they are trained not to show feeling. Do not socialize-Work-Eat-Sleep-REPEAT! Where has humanity gone? We pretend we care for others than ourselves but when you look at the fleeting society in which I am exposed to you see the dirt under the fingernails-the skeletons in the closets if you will. The blackness of the hearts of a nation of egos
swells in the underbelly of a quiet storm. Rise up! Repent! Try the flesh of the simple. It's tender! Go to church-school-work-Grab a gun and KILL for Uncle Sam! Or if you are so sluggish and lazy you can't do that-THAT'S FINE-We got a place for you too-CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME!!! Buy our goods-Eat our food-You'll be fine. The shadows fall from the sky and rain injustice on people who just want to breath. It will not be you who walks in their line that falls-No, no, no. It will be those who choose not to comply that will burn! Then after they weed them out you will be free to buy/sell/DIE! What a wonderful time to be alive.

Let's Talk Music

So I decided that since I started this thing intending for it to be a blog mainly about music and I never really blog about music that today I will blog about music(Yay!). So in recent news Brenden leaked the title to the new Lawrence Arms 7" out sometime in the near future on his blog(if you don't read it GO CHECK IT OUT!!!!!! badsandwichchronicles.blogspot.com) The title is "Buttsweat and Tears". Brilliant right? Well I will be awaiting the release of that record. They are also coming out to Hollywood to play the Troubadour(our fav place to see 'em) in Nov. That should be fun. I'm gonna try to get tix soon before they run out. What else???............Oh yeah, I went into Amoeba Music today for the first time in a few months and they rearranged the set up. It's cool though now the Cd's and Lp's aren't mashed together. I seen a couple things I need to pick up but could wait cause they'll be there next time I go or are readily available online. But there was one golden nugget I found today-a Tiger Army record. The second album limited to only 1300 copies on Moon-Yellow Vinyl. Tiger Army II: Power Of Moonlite- a good album in great condition(sealed[that's right never been opened!!!]). Now here is the tricky part it was the most expensive record I have ever bought to date. But I couldn't let it slip away! I have too many times not picked up a record cause I thought it was too expensive or that it might be there next time when I have more $$ but it never is. And most times I never see it again or it is at some outrageous price on ebay that is only gonna get higher if anybody else sees it(which they will). So I picked it up this time. $50-fifty bones-that's what I spent on one record. Now there are a lot or record collectors that might think "Oh dude that's nothing!" But that's a lot of cheese for me my friends. But it was worth every hard earned penny let me tell you. There is nothing like the smell of opening a new sealed vinyl. And this record is from 2001 so it's been ageing for eight years. Getting ripe for me to pick. It's nice to be the first person to put a needle to this record eight years later! So the other records will have to wait until next time I make it to Amoeba(oh well). How was that? Was that cool? I did it a blog about music! Ya!

Just A Gripe!!!

O.K. So this is just going to be a HUGE bitchfest so if you don't wanna hear my rant about how uncontent I am with the parking situation in L.A. STOP READING NOW! O.K. Nuff said-you still here then listen up cause this is gonna be good. So I am a regular victem of the unjust institution known as the Municipal system. They're the fuckers that run parking patrol and courts right? I belive so if not correct me in the comments area. Teach a dumb ol' fool. Back to the point-what was it-OH YEAH! Those fuckers are always giving me tickets. For years I've dealt with this Bullshit in L.A. And except for one vehicle(out of 6 or 7 cars all of which had their fare share of parking tickets) I paid ALL my parking tickets. So I've been reemed by the "Parking Enforcement Agency" often. But this morning I'm just pissed! Yeah I was parked in a spot where you need to move by 7:00am and I would happily pay the ticket cause I over slept but those Fuckers towed my car. That's right they fucking hauled off my shit cause it was in their way. Not just a ticket but a $250.00 impound fee. YEAH!!!!!! Great way to wake up in the morning. The city is fucked. They don't realize that in my neighborhood there are a lot of apartments with a lot of people which means...............you've guessed it A LOT OF FUCKING CARS ASSHOLES!!!!! Also there are lots of spots painted red that aren't by fire hydrants and really should be spots. Not only all that B.S. but this is L.A. home of the most full of themselves jerkoffs that are complete idiots and don't know how to park and make two spots into one by parking like a mindless, thoughtless, inconsiderate, waste of space, sorry excuse for a human being!!! Fuck Em All right?-Pay the shit and move on right?-I could bitch until I grow a vagina but that's not gonna help anybody now is it. So then what was the point of this whole bitchfest??? I dunno-But I sure do feel better now :)

Great Night For Late Night!

Last night I stayed up and had a couple beers so I could watch Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon. Both hosts had great guests. Coco had the all mighty Hank Azaria(of Simpsons fame) and Jimmy had on Adam Sandler. What a good night for late night. I usually fall asleep around ten pm because I work Sat. morning. But I knew I had to stay up for this one. Soooooooo.......I grabbed a couple beers and made sure I was awake for the shows. Conan was hilarious, and Hank Azaria added a lot to the show. What a great guest. He even did numerous Simpsons voices which was fun to see. Jimmy Fallon was good as usual. Backed by the greatest band in late night THE ROOTS(sorry Max). And Jimmy and Adam were sooooooooooooooo funny together I couldn't stop laughing my ass off.(the beer may have helped) Adam had on a cool Zoo York T-shirt. I can't wait to see Funny People that shit looks hilarious. Oh yeah and the singer of drunk Jimmy Buffet was a guest and performed "Margaritaville" with The Roots. Glad I stayed awake!