“And what of the children?
Ignorant of it’s weight.
Blind to it’s worth.
Something is terribly amiss
when the beauty and the miracle of new life
is nothing but a burden.

This burden is a life
This burden is a child.

Men without dedication
speaking of truth and loyalty.
Women without conviction
teaching respect and compassion.
No.
And what of the children?”

CONVERGE in 5 days.
that’s seriously gonna be here so soon!

Thanks mom and dad, now gramma and granddad!
happy birthday to me.

…and thanks CHARIOT!

Training for Utopia -  New York City is Overrated

syillustration:

Here’s a snapshot of how things are goin’

Pretty fun!

-Seth Young

(Source: sethyoungprocess)

this song… top notch

“The Pride That Kills” by No Innocent Victim off ofThe Crazy Engler Brothers.

-I bought this 7” for my birthday last year, and it did not disappoint.  NIV never could.

I’ve probably shown these guys before, but they are super rad.  At the risk of stealing any originality from their sound, this is what you would get if you crossed Zao and Converge.

Even if it seems like it’s nothing necessarily “new,”  you at least get a solid album full of songs in a style you like.

The Secret - “Funeral Monolith” from Disintoxication.

This is one of those albums that I bought because of the cover art (Bafabeyiga side).
It’s OK. 

Bafabeyiga Split with Acts of Sedition 12”

I think I like Acts of Sedition better, but the other art is cooler.

today at Extreme Noise, I got the Force Fed Glass split 7” with The Fall of Leningrad, and a couple free Deathwish stickers.
And then after a quick hop over to savers, I picked up Zao’s “Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest!” All in all, a pretty stellar couple of hours.

Thank God There’s More to Life Than This

Yesterday’s Extreme Noise purchases!  all of them successes.

Give Up the Ghost - We’re Down Til We’re Underground (CD)

Overcast -Reborn to Kill Again(CD)

Dead Beat - The Innocence of Nihilism(LP)

and then my buddy and I got free LPs from this band called Teargas - The Way of All Flesh.  They said they were warped, but they played fine.  However they just came in the white paper jackets, so we didn’t get that awesome artwork. c’est la vie… 

and that Dead Beat album was one of those instances where I buy music based solely on the art.  Really professional grade design, and and AWESOME almost zine- like insert.
I’m really pleased with it.  But there’s no digital download, and it’s really hard to find any links for this online, so I might have to rip the vinyl at MCAD’s library.

Check these guys out!

Hessian - “Blood of Elijah” off of their self titled ep

I’ve always liked these guys. It’s not too surprising that not many people have heard of them, but, come on… they’re pretty great.  check em out, they’ve got four albums I think.

Down I Go - “Poseidon” off of Gods

Extol

Coalesce

Converge

Living Sacrifice

Zao

-these guys are the real deal