Yes! After having been mysteriously lost for over three weeks, the postal service finally found my package with perfume oils from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab yesterday! I thought I'd never get them so I was excited to try out scents with names such as Nosferatu, Debauchery and Voodoo. They smell divine and make me feel pretty evil. (Win/win.)

The other night some friends and I went to see Lil' Wayne which was hilarious. Dude sure can put up a show but he can't play guitar for shit! It was definitely unplugged and he didn't really play a single chord so I'm not sure what the point even was other than to look cool. Anyhow, I don't go to a lot of hip hop gigs but have fun checking one out every once in a while.

In case you've ever wondered why I haven't mentioned school in some time, that's because I haven't been going in over a year. I decided to go back and pick up where I left off so I can get my degree in International Music Management after 5+ years and go on tour full-time for a while. We'll see how that goes. Either way, my thesis proposal (a research paper on the popularity of vinyl records) has been approved(!) so that's a big step in the right direction.

Here are some brand new albums I've been listening to lately... Check them out, these are all great bands/people that deserve your support.

Baroness - Blue Record
Converge - Axe To Fall
Rise And Fall - Our Circle Is Vicious
Sights & Sounds - Monolith

In other news, I'll be submitting another set to Member Review for your viewing pleasure in the near future so keep your eyes peeled for that, but until then you can let them wander...

I'm back in Brooklyn chillin' hard, seeing Foundation in Long Island later tonight. Should be good. The hardcore fest last weekend was really great, so many friends! Oh yeah, I saw my girlfriend Vivid the other night for the first time in half a year! This is how we do, haha.

February '09 party time in Vegas...


September '09 NYC reunion!!


PS. Here I am going on zero sleep in a hotel room after an epic show in Boston.

hey friends, i'm currently kickin' it in Brooklyn, my favorite place in the world. i just spent a month's rent that i don't really have on stuff i don't really need in two days, but i'm happy and love every minute of being back in New York. my roommate now lives with his girlfriend in Manhattan so i have his apartment all to myself this trip which is awesome. the other night i went to see my friends Paint It Black play with Naked Raygun, they were amazing. get that new 7" if you can. they're touring the UK the next couple of weeks so don't miss out on that if you're in the area. anyway, on thursday i head over to Boston for the Great American Hardcore Fest and i'm fucking stoked! i might also have to go to Jersey at some point to visit some family. but for now i'll leave you with a picture of what i look like in the morning with no make-up on sitting at a coffee shop.

see ya later punks, i'm off to the US of A! and yes, i'm flying to JFK on 9/11. fuck you. i am stoked to see: brooklyn, vivid, manko, albertine, daria and probably some other babes. cloak/dagger killed it last night by the way. so underrated. go check them out. and i'm a redhead now.

"Fat Elvis, James Dean, dead Ramones save a place for me, I'll be there soon."

Okay, fiends. I'm off to Belgium early tomorrow morning to go Ieperfest to see some sick bands like 108, Trash Talk, Lewd Acts, Rise And Fall, and Soul Control. The five-hour trip is sort of going to be a pain in the ass but I haven't seen 108 since I toured with them in 2007, aaand Trash Talk are coming back to Amsterdam with me to hang out 'til Tuesday! So I'm stoked about that and hopefully we'll be in time to check out Municipal Waste on Sunday in Eindhoven, too. Some friends from overseas that I never get to see will be there so that will be rad. More on that when I get back after the weekend, I'm sure.

Hello! I just posted a feature in the newswire: Them Crooked Vultures Swoop Down on Amsterdam.
It's Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Dave Grohl's (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) new band and they are incredible. Check it out if you're interested and please leave a comment on the article and not just this blog if you feel so inclined. Thanks, friends!