Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot ... i wish i was cool enough to attend that.

www.alternet.org/story/40344/
This is ridiculous. It's a little un-nerving to know that people like this exist all over the world. Maybe they exist more densley in area's such as the area the cotenxt of the article is based on. but still, i mean its a gun. It's sole purpose is to violently tear through human flesh with the intent of killing or severly injuring the individual lucky enough to be shot with one. Maybe its just a cultural thing. I just think guns are useless, but then again if i lived in a constant state of fear and accepted a government that whole heartedly embraces and exprots violence to all corners of the world, maybe i would be a little "gun crazy" too. Alot more can be said on this issue, but i think the article deos fair enough justice.

Gorillia Biscuits/Comeback Kid

This show was rad. The stage was at least four feet high making for some insane stage diving. Kids were clearing what looked like ten feet off the stage and landing in the middle of nowhere. I really enjoyed CBK's set Andrew is really doing a good job taking over vocals. I lost it when they played "False Idols" musically it probably isn't their best song but the lyrics hit home with me more than any other songs they play live. As for GB they were amazing i stood back and watched everything it was cool to see how much those guys mean to people, seeing them live helped me understand the true impact they had and continue to have on hardcore punk music. My favorite song by them was definately "Start Today" it's been my favorite GB song since i started listening to them so it was nice to see them perform it live.

Im missing some really good shows this month Iron Age and Spanish Bombs tonight, and then im missing Go It Alone on the 24th which sucks i've been looking forward to seeing them as long as they've been around.

Unbreakable

21.. i feel so old.. haha. my birthday was last sunday. Everyone keeps asking me how it feels to be 21. It feels good knowing i have my whole life ahead of me. I feel optimisitc but at the same time i'm my own harshest critic so im not taking anything for granted. its frustrating seeing people wasting their lives away on nothing, especially those closest to you. Being so young and having all the opportunity i could ask for it would be ignorant and selfish of me not to reach for the sky. I think its more a matter of finding who you really are and finding your passion, something that drives you like nothing else can. For me it's music and a desire to see the world change. those two things are so often intertwined that it becomes sort of cliche. But i still think that there are few things more powerful than music with a compelling message. In light of that, i got a preview of the new Have Heart "The Things We Carry" One of the songs is titled "The Unbreakable" and it's amazing:

He was a kind hearted man in a hateful world. And he caught everything that life ever hurled. Like the oldest mountain he always stood so tall. Forever showing what it means to be unbreakable. Paycheck to paycheck, three jobs a day. He's the ransom for his family's pain. In the coldest world with the warmest heart. He puts to shame what you consider hard. He's the man that you don't see in the mirror. While the world was screaming death, he chose a different song to hear. He's the band that's playing while the ship sinks. The song of hope forever sings. He taught the sun to shine. Now please teach this son to shine. How can this world never break your warm heart in this frigid fucking place? You're like the river: always flowing and growing, never changing, rearranging. How can this world never take your solid stance in these turbulent times? You're like the tree in the burning forest that never was burned down. And what he said to me was this:"Just love the world that won't love you back" Old man take a look at my life, I'm nothing like you are. Take a look at my life, I'm so very fucking far. From the person I aspire to be. Unbreakable.