Bringin' it down

The last ADIH show left me more than a little pissed.On one count cause it was the last time id get to play those songs with those guys which im really glad i got to experience.Some crucial individuals there.The other reason i was pissed has to do with the show itself.

This may make me sound like a bit of a dick but why dont people go off for regular shows?

I know there are people up front singing at a lot of shows for local bands but never to the same degree for say Barntowns(RIP) last show.

Question:Why the fuck not?

I dont want to come across as a complete tool(more than usual) or some sort of authority on hardcore(im far from that) but i want people going apeshit when local hardcore bands play.

I know theres not many of them but if people are that into the music they should be up front spitting the words back at whoever is singing them,jumping off shit and fuck knows what else.

Im not saying go to gigs of bands you hate and feign interest just be honest.If you like a band show some fucking interest.This scene is only as good as the people who are into it.

That was more of a preachy rant than i intended but it has been on my mind a good bit.I guess its being at an event like Sound & Fury and seeing amazing crowd participation,Minus the idiots of course and there were a fair few of them at it,it really made the show.Going to this made me feel better after the last show bullshit.I felt i owed it to myself.

Having never been to the states before i was stoked.Flying over was grand thanks to awesome Robot Chicken on Lauras laptop and watching Cloverfield three times.

LA was pretty cool.I nearly saw David Duchovny but burritos took precedent.I thought id see Nick Jett roaming the streets being a scumbag but alas i did not.I didnt even see any Juggalos i was outside like two Hot Topics(Hot Topic is not punk rock).Being a tourist was class.

Santa Barbara ruled lots.Mostly cause of Sound & Fury being three days of awesome.The venue was a bit too big and kinda felt like a wedding post party with the ceiling decorations going on.

Highlights were:

Swamp Thing

getting free shit from Six Feet Under and xWords Of Warx records

Cold World playing twice.FUCK YOU MAC KELL

Guns Up! pile on

Nellys super extra bonus Canadians

records for one dollar!!!!

da da da dada da AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

Bitter End

mosh to dives

seeing Underdog even though they had no original members

Blacklisted

Bracewars entire set

circle pits

BARGS ROOTBEER

Lowlights were:

idiots being idiots in my general area

Soul Control cause their new singer sucks ass

missing out on the Have Heart record cause of a fucking q and Swamp Thing were playing

people selling the Trash Talk record on Ebay the next fucking day.

I think thats it on the bad things.Far outweighed by the good anyway.

San Francisco fucking ruled so much.For one i got to go on a segway!!!

Clearly one of the raddest things to happen to me in my lifetime.I seriously want to own one.I also saw where the SF level in Tony Hawk 3 was based on and it was pretty much exactly as it is in the game.I was awestruck.Coming home to this shitty country was the second hardest thing ive had to do.Going back to work was the hardest.Some very awesome people were on this trip and i vow revenge on Andy for destroying me on Pong

peace

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