There are no words for this.

Awesome, maybe. Definitely an epic vista.

photo by victrolysis

Asheville, the new Portland

The Brilliance of Charles. His pamphlet promoting Asheville to hipsters was just a glimpse of his writing skills. Enjoy this long lost treasure.

Fifteen years ago today

Here's a pic from the archives. Me and Mixmaster about to devour our meager meal of bean burritos, stew, mashed potatoes + gravy, and what looks like a pie cooling on the loft in back. Click on the pic and peep Mixmaster's plate. It's one he made as a runt, it's got his damn name on it. And don't let the expansive loft seating fool you, it was a friendless feast.

Only hours after this peaceful setting was captured a shithead named Dave knocked on the back door asking for a ride. I offered to help him out and got fingered as an accomplice to his petty thieving ring that resulted in a forty-five minute car chase around Greensboro. Nothing like redlining a three-cylinder Chevy Sprint through red lights on Thnxgvng night to protect someone you wanted to kill… but hell, that's another story.

New York's alright if you like Saxophones

A little bit of punk in all of us

FEAR 10-31-81 

 The show's director originally wanted to prevent the dancers from participating, so Belushi offered to be in the episode if the dancers were allowed to stay. The end result was the shortening of Fear's appearance on TV. They started their second performance by saying, "It's great to be in New Jersey," drawing boos from S-N-L's New York live audience. Fear played "Beef Bologna," "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones," and started to play "Let's Have a War" when the audio and video of the telecast faded into commercial. During the performance the slamdancers left ripe pumpkin remains on the set and stage speakers. Shortly after the 1981 Halloween SNL appearance, which resulted in $20,000 in damages, some clubs chose not to hire the band. -wiki

$14.00 sq ft for the 30ft yurt =dirts in yurts

i could get with this who else ?

Best 10 minutes of your day, fuckface

JC died for us, dude.

Maggotbrain and I recently unearthed a grip of flyers from back in the day chronicling the time when we hosted shows in our living room. Starting at the end of this year and running through 2011, I will be posting said flyers and stories, pictures, maybe some video, and (if I can figure it out) audio tracks of some of the bands.  What would be glorious is if any of you esteemed viewers had any stories or pictures from that era (1993-1997), please send them to me (via email). I will do my best connect the dots of past shows and you's people's stories. This will be a year long project, but don't wait, holla at me if you gotta the funnies.

Apparently a last minute show, there's no date. You don't see many colla-bro-tive flyers these days. This one has CRCKT's collage, Maggotbrain's and my handwriting. Team Work. The rumor on the street is that Assfactor 4 never made it to this show. 

The Faces of Gate City

Had a great week hanging with familiar faces. Miss you guys already, I'm tipping a glass of whiskey to you right now.

What Weddings are for?

Friends are sometimes the most important part of getting together for Weddings. Some of us have just given up on work and life.When you have given up, this is all you got at weddings to entertain yourself. If your gonna fall, fall hard.

NO DUDE IS AN ISLAND

Last week SF hit the low 70's more days than not. One of those days I was lucky enough to get over to Angel Island SP. Up to that point I had never been to AISP and the little news I could get wasn't so positive. From the TWO people I could find that had actually been there I heard it was cold as fuck, foggy, and mediocre and JC offered that the one time he had been there he had heard a lot of drumming (I can only assume performed in a circle)...he denies taking part part but im not so sure...

Showed up (via ferry) at around 10:30 am and was informed by the ranger that in 5 hours (after the last ferry out) I would have the Island to myself. Assumed she was shitting me...she wasn't. Apparently people don't like freezing their asses off on a foggy island and the segway rentals stop on November 1st.

The next 24 hours included desolate beaches, epic ruins, decommissioned nuclear launch pads, more deer than I could count, birds out the ass, NO HUMANS, about 3 hours of sleep, and mice ate all my food....RAD. wish yall where there...

Pipe Dreams

For the past 10 years, a posse of us have been gathering for New Years. We mostly go to the beach, but from time to time we go elsewhere. Topsail Beach 2006 was an especially sweet year. Beautiful sunsets, bitchin' house, amazing company. I'm gettin' ready for 2010/2011 for it's gonna be awwwwsome.

One of these four are doing their own thing

 Golden Beach of Winter

The many faces of Darnel

I guaran-damn-tee ya that these photo's have yet to be developed.

Metal Murray graces us with his presence, which is never long enough

Tumor and Twobacca

High as a kite

 The best seal of approval you can get.