come as you are

lately ive been listening to all eras of nirvana. mostly in utero however. on repeat. i read "come as you are" by michael azerrad and i don't know why but its severely depressed me. it sounds overly dramatic to say that but it's true. the countless "blow my head off" references made by cobain throughout the interviews  literally made my stomach turn. i cannot imagine or begin to understand the physical and mental pain he was going through, but knowing that his only relief was opiate induced is just straight depressing. it makes me appreciate my position and standing in life a bit more. i liked nirvana before, when i was younger. everyone did. my first band "jammed" on come as you are and smells like teen spirit, just like every other band has. i don't want to pose that i'm some long time nirvana diehard, but at the age of 24, in 2008, i cant stop listening to and thinking about them. they couldve been anyone from anywhere in the world. cobains voice is more distinct than anyone in our generation. it is impossible to duplicate. i'm just straight disturbed by nirvana right now. the unplugged record is almost too sad to listen to at all. i know i'm 14 years late on the subject but i guess that goes to prove the test of time theorem. who is the kurt cobain of 2000-beyond? will anyone ever have that impact on culture and society again? "i miss the comfort..."

vegetarian?

myself and shawn foley have both fallen victim to the poisoning of chicken at subway. it hit me about 24 hours ago. we played in tacoma,wa. i ate a 12" oven roasted chicken breast sandwich. lettuce tomato only. plain jane. about 5 hours later i felt like there was a cannonball in my stomach. that night we played and then went to green river community college to record some tracks for a live radio gig. when we got back to the house we were staying at i was full blown screwed.. i woke up at 4 a.m. rushed to the bathroom and began violently vomiting. i ended up sleeping in the bathroom that night. this lasted through portland,or where we played and afterwards i sprinted for the bathroom for round 2. after a 10 hour overnight drive to orangevale, i woke up in the back of the van feeling better.  a bit relieved. i hadn't thrown up since my freshman year of high school. i'm not a big fan of it..i actually hate it more than anything. today im at about 50%. about 4 hours ago shawn started getting hit with it as well. he ate the exact same thing as me at subway. he is currently going through it heavy. we had to cancel our gig tonight. yeah it's that bad. 

and no big deal, just playing two shows tomorrow in so-cal, then driving back to san francisco to record a video. why would we all be healthy? that would make wayyyy too much sense.

love ya.

serve the serpents

this picture was taken in syracuse after our show there. we needed to send the booking agent for our australian tour a "press" photo. here goes one that was snapped. my personal favorite. we're about 10 days into a 41 day u.s. tour. currently we are roomed at a super 8 (our hotel of choice, strictly because of some discount card we get). today we played minneapolis,minn. the show was fantastic. before the gig we went to willie's american guitars in st. paul. this is easily the coolest guitar store i've ever been in, in my life. (www.williesguitars.com) i found the guitar head that i've been on the prowl for, for a great price...a 1986 marshall jcm800 2203, 100 watt, in fantastic condition.
along with that purchase, bean got 2 new pedals and an orange guitar cabinet. i felt like i was a little kid again..the only feeling i could compare it to was being 8 years old and getting my first pair of air jordans..the air jordan 8 in 1993, black and aqua. i was so excited to own those that i slept in bed with them. when they were re-released this past year i acquired 3 pairs for nostalgia exclusively. the shows collectively have been great. it's refreshing for blacklisted to finally be able to play material that we can all 100% get behind. not to say that older blacklisted has less meaning or is not important...but it's just a totally recharged emotion. a new feeling. i've been road doggin/giggin/hangin with bl since day 2. and this is something that's just exciting to be a part of. chemistry, physics, biology, all that shit. that's all i can really say. if you haven't, please pick up heavier than heaven, lonelier than god. www.myspace.com/blacklisted for tour dates. our cds are available at record stores/best buy/hot topic..whatever.
thanks for reading. sorry for the lack of updates. i just got a new computer but it's at my mom's office. i will be posting much more when i get that. black macbook. stoked.