DMX, American Idol

Not that I expect everyone to be and stay politically active, but I think this next US presidential race is setting big precidents in terms of deconstructing long held traditions in American culture and government. Even if the dems don't win, the fact that a woman and a black man could fight each other for a nomination (and the black man essentially winning), you'd think everyone, whether they agree or not would have a basic clue as to what's going on.

And then, DMX goes and proves me wrong. When these are the guys that our youth are looking up to, I suppose nothing about the state of the nation should surprise me anymore:


Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.

You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!

Barack Obama, yeah.
Barack?!

Barack.
What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?

Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
Barack Obama?

Yeah.
What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.

You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
I ain’t really paying much attention.

I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black…
Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his fuckin’ name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, “Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit” [laughs] “That ain’t your fuckin’ name.” Your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack.

Patriotism at it's worst.

Suck my dick, cookies.

Boz Bar Bar

This is a myspace bulletin I'm just posting here because the bulletins aren't working right now and I don't want to lose all this now that I've typed it:

The shit is finally hitting the fan. Tonight we'll play our second to last show at Bar Bar with Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire and Tarrustbleedingskindirtskygasoline. On Saturday, we'll play our final show (ever? EVER!?!?!) at the Larimer Lounge with La Columna Quebrada, Wake of Suffering, and Tarrushbleedingskindirtskygasoline.

The show tonight will start around 9:00. There will be a small admission at the door. Bar Bar is about a block from the old location of Monkey Mania/KOD on 21st and Champa (I think). Look for the degenerates hanging about.

Plus, our act is finally getting together with new offerings. Tonight we'll have special 2 sided shirts for our final shows. We printed a very limited amount of these and will be selling them tonight and Saturday (if there's any left). Here's a peek:

FRONT:


BACK:


As well, Saturday will double as our record release show! Over a year in the making, headache after headache, we've finally finished our 5 song record, NAZARENE HALLUCINATIONS. We'll be making a limited amount for our last show only, and will be hand numbered little nuggets of future nostalgia. Sorry kids, these won't be ready for tonight, so Saturday will be the day! Here's a little sneek peek at the cover art:



See you tonight!

Boz shirt

I had new Bosnia shirts made for our last shows. As per all of our visuals, I did the design work. I'm pretty proud of how they came out.

Cage/MMA Fighting

I'm seriously obsessed with it.

Flea Market

We braved the heat today to go to the Mile High Flea Market. Hadn't been there in about a year, and usually only go when we're looking for something specific. I didn't have any finds in mind, but picked up this gem for $1.00. ONE FUCKING DOLLAR. Probably about a late 70's JVC. Besides cleaning a couple decades of grime off of it, it looks to be in good condition, save for needing a new stylus.

At no extra cost, I got my very own copy of Stacy Lattisaw's Let Me Be Your Angel:

Krista's Graduation

Krista graduated a few weekends ago with a cumulative 4.0 GPA. Congratulations to her!

Seattle/Vancouver

A month ago, Krista and I went to Vancouver, by way of flying to Seattle and driving up to Vancouver for my brother's college graduation.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves (which are all out of order), but it was a great trip. Vancouver was way more crowded and "big city"ish than I was expecting and thus a little let down. The only promising record store I could find was overpriced and thought Relapse Records was as underground as it got.

I hadn't seen my brother or sister in 2 years, so it was great to finally see them. As well, I got to meet my brother's girlfriend, whom he has been living with.

We went to see my his grad film (he was an animation major) and have a big fancy family dinner.

We drove back down to Seattle early in the day so we could take in the city.

Seattle was fantastic. The weather was perfect. Found a good record store, but couldn't find anything I wanted. Walked down to the waterfront and took in Pacific waters for the first time in my life. We got a really nice hotel room and spent probably the most I'll ever spend on room service.

We've wanted to leave Denver for awhile. I always thought that if it was 100% up to me, I'd want to move back to the east coast (because that's where I grew up and I love New England). Seeing Seattle changed that.

shows

This will be a good summer for live music:

July 22 - At The Gates
July 25 - Boris / Torche
August 2 - Alkaline Trio
August 22 - NOFX

I never go to shows anymore, but I'll be bummed if I don't go to those.

Sage fewing

I'm watching cagefighting while sewing.

I am a human oxymoron.