Saturday, December 26, 2009

every synapse is a different note

So a few years ago I got bored and made a list of all the shows I had been to, here it is. This ridiculous list will be updated constantly, not that it matters but I have a thing for making lists.

2003 shows:
- stavesacre, embodiment, philmore. (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- dogwood, lonely kings, second chance (Anaheim, chain reaction)

2004 shows:
- converge, between the buried and me, bleeding kansas (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- intro5pect (Aliso Viejo)
- beautiful mistake, before
 today (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- bleeding through, loftus (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- pixies, mars volta, thrills
 (Irvine, verizon ampitheater)



2005 shows:
- intro5pect (Mission Viejo, saddleback college)
- intro5pect (Newport, houge barmichaels)
- Intro5pect (Fullerton, santa fe caf..)
- xiu xiu, dead science (Pomona, glass house)
- used, my chemical romance, saosin (Long
 Beach, long beach arena)
- bleeding though, xdeathstarx, as hope dies (Pomona, glass house)
- dillenger escape plan, horse the band, between the buried and me, hella
 (anaheim, chain reaction)
- underoath, hopesfall, fear before the march of flames, chariot (Los Angeles, henry fonda theater)
- 3 inches of blood, agony scene (Corona, showcase theater)
- atreyu, unearth, norma jean, scars of tomorrow (Anaheim, house of blues)
- underoath, the offspring, transplants, bled, thrice (Salt Lake City, warped tour)
- agony scene, esoteric, scars of tomorrow (San Diego, epicenter)
- stick to your guns, every second counts (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- stick to your guns, final fight, mother speed, the mistake, broadway (Mission Viejo, Saddleback College)
- zao, fear before the march of flames, agony scene (Pomona, glass house)
- danzig, agony scene, himsa (San Diego, soma)



2006 shows
- circle takes the square, comadre, graf orlock, junius (Northridge, theater 13)
- circle takes the square, comadre, graf orlock, junius (Clairemont, some college campus)
- circle takes the square, comadre, graf orlock, junius (San Diego, che caf..)
- circle takes the square, fear before the march of flames, Portugal. the man, fire when ready (San Diego, epicenter)
- young tender hooligans (smiths cover band) (Los Angeles, club London)
-fab four(beatles cover band) (Costa Mesa, Orange County Fair)
- comadre, graf orlock, rhino charge, the helm, iron lung (Anaheim, unitarian church)
- comadre, graf orlock, lordz, ed gein (Santa Monica, workman's circle)
- comadre, graf orlock, ed gein, bravo fucking bravo (San Diego, che caf..)
- intro5pect (Laguna Beach, some church)
- mister loveless, jesus makes the shotgun sound (Santa Ana, sol art caf..)
- comadre, graf orlock, zann, this flood covers the earth (Los Angeles, workman's circle)
- comadre, graf orlock, zann, this flood covers the earth (San Diego, che caf..)
- final fight, graf orlock, a life long tragedy (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- circa survive, Portugal. the man (Los Angeles, henry fonda theater)
- odd project, rebel fever, prisoners dilemma (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- converge, a life long tragedy, the mistake (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- alexisonfire, moneen (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- make believe, tsk tsk, ecstic snshn (San Diego, che caf..)
- tely (Fullerton, santa fe caf..)
- modest mouse (Anaheim, grove)
- comadre, this flood covers the earth, colossus of roads (San Diego, che caf..)
- comadre, this flood covers the earth, colossus of roads, maladie, los adixion (Tijuana, casa de la 9)
- comadre, graf orlock and this flood covers the earth (Riverside, Parkview)

2007:
- this flood covers the earth, colossus of roads (Santa Monica, qwesi)
- graf orlock (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- timmy red, ghost town jenny (Long Beach, the portfolio)
- this flood covers the earth, maladie, colossus of roads, caravel(san diego, che cafe)
- this flood covers the earth, colossus of roads, maladie, caravel(tijuana, casa de la 9)
- pink moon (anaheim, chain reaction)
- Junius, this flood covers the earth (san diego, static lounge)
- mohorrom atta, me & him call it us, Junius, this flood covers the earth, and collases of roads (san diego, che cafe)
- anti-flag, alexixonfire and set your goals (anaheim, chain reaction)
- collases of roads, landmine marathon, rogues of state (escondido, jake's house)
- rocky votolato (hollywood, troubadour)
- blood brothers, mika miko, and celebration (Pomona, glass house)
- blonde redhead and annuals (Pomona, glass house)
- xbxrx (LA, the smell)
- pretty girls make graves, kill me tomorrow, and moon rats (Pomona, glass house)
- maladie, l'antietam, colosus of roads, this flood covers the earth, and cuneyt arkin (tijuana, arte & rock cafe)
- l'antietam, this flood covers the earth, colosus of roads, and trifle tower(san diego, che cafe)
- ghostlimb (Irvine, Hellfish werehouse)
- portugal. the man, the photo atlas and tera melos (Anaheim, chain reaction)
- this flood covers the earth(LAST SHOW), daniel striped tiger, and colossus of roads (san diego, che cafe)
-blonde redhead, midnight movies (san diego, house of blues)
- comadre, graf orlock, trainwreck, horse the band(anaheim, chain reaction)
- comadre, graf orlock, maladie, trainwreck, the flex(san diego, che cafe)
- graf orlock, bleeding kansas (irvine, hellfish warehouse)
- Morrissey (hollywood, palladium)
- yeah yeah yeahs (lake forest, etnies skate park)
- Mt.Eerie(sand diego, che cafe)
- Morrissey(Hollywood, Palladium)
- blonde redhead(anaheim, house of blues)
- these arms are snakes, colossus of roads, and lanterns(san diego, che cafe)
- circle takes the square, thursday, portugal the man
- circle takes the square, thursday, portugal the man
- Moving Units(hollywood, the echo)
- ghostlimb(irvine, hellfish warehouse)


2008 shows:
- graf orlock, ghostlimb, dangers, owen hart, maladie, and growing pains(san diego, che cafe)
- graf orlock, ghostlimb, dangers, and owen hart(irvine, hellfish warehouse)
- neon claws, young favorites, 88 mph, judas, and english work standard(riverside, some house)
- the liars(LA, the wiltern)
- the locust(san diego, che cafe)
- graf orlock(anaheim, chain reaction)
- mt. eerie(uci campus, irvine)
- mt. eerie(LA, the smell)
- graf orlock(anaheim, chain reaction)
- ghostlimb, maladie, rogue state(riverside, back to the grind)
- lanterns, scarlet symphony, and daysleeper(san diego, che cafe)
- graf orlock, maladie, ghostlimb, marrow and fischer(irvine, hellfish warehouse)
- seven generations(irvine, hellfish warehouse)
- graf orlock, glass and ashes, bleeding kansas, dogs of ire, and restrained(riverside, red planet records)
- trap them(corona, showcase theatre)
- Ghostlimb, Teenage Widows, Weekend Warriors, ...Who Calls So Loud(Anaheim, Henry's Bar)
- Converge, Red Chord, Baroness, and Genghis Tron(Glasshouse, Pomona)
- Graf Orlock, Neon Claws, and Young Favorites(Showcase Theater, Corona)
- Comadre, Loma Prieta, Furnace and Capsule(San Francisco, Bike Kitchen)
- Comadre and Ceremony(Half Moon Bay)
- Neon Claws, Young Favorites, Island Eater and Teenage Widows(Long Beach, DiPiazzas)
- Maladie and Jehova's Fitness(San Diego, Che Cafe)
- Graf Orlock, Furnace, Capsule and Rogue State(Irvine, Hellfish Warehouse)
- Red Sparowes and Dogs of Ire(riverside aka riversketch, the barn)
- Mike XVX, Jehova's Fitness and Jesse Williams (Mission Viejo, Heidi's House)
- Graf Orlock, Touche Amore and Ghostlimb(Newhall)
- Tragedy and Blowback (Rowland Heights)
- Tragedy and Blowback (San Diego, Che Cafe)
- Christoper Wakefield, Open Grave Culture and Cache Armonia (Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo Dance Center)
- Ampere, Loma Prieta, Touche Amore, Ghostlimb and Rogue State (Riverside, Red Planet Records)
- Ampere, Loma Prieta (San Diego, Che Cafe)
- Tobias (?,The Spread)
- Pygmylush, Caravels and Restrained (Riverside, Pharohs Den)
- Pygmylush, Caravels and Moldar (Los Angeles, Westborough Auditorium)
- Touche Amore and Blues (Anaheim, Hector's House)
- Graf Orlock, Graff and Arctic Choke (Anaheim. Hector's House)
- Limp Wrist (Rowland Heights, AWS)
- Thou and Leech (LA, The Smell)
- Die Young, Restrained and Touche Amore (Pasadena, 580 House)
- Antilles and Straight, No Chaser (Los Angeles, The Smell)
- Not Thou and Leech (San Diego, Sewer)
- Khonsu (Long Beach, House Show)
- Your Yellow Dress(San Clemente, House Show)
- Khonsu (Long Beach, Seaport Hotel)
- Arctic Choke and DogsHolyLife (Pasadena, 580 House)
- Marrow, deepen the wound, salt the pillars and rogue state(Riverside, Pharoah's Den)
- Portraits of Past (San Francisco, Cellspace)
- Portraits of Past, La Quiete, Phoenix Bodies and Comadre (Berkeley, Gilman 924)
- La Quiete, Phoenix Bodies and Touche Amore (Pasadena, 580 House)
- La Quiete, Phoenix Bodies, Graf Orlock and Touche Amore (LA, Mountain Bar)
- La Quiete, Phoenix Bodies, Graf Orlock, Touche Amore and Rogue State (Pharoah's Den)
- La Quiete, Phoenix Bodies and Touche Amore (San Diego, Che Cafe)
- ...Who Calls So Loud, Khonsu and Weekend Warrior (LA, The Smell)
- ????????? (Long Beach, House Show)
- Khonsu (Long Beach, DiPiazza's)
- Graf Orlock, Arctic Choke and Cathedrals (Pasadena, 580 House)
-Tafkata and Crystal Antlers(Long Beach)
- Tafkata, Arctic Choke, Khonsu, Graf and Restrained (Anaheim, David's House)
- Graf Orlock, Zann, Lewd Acts and Rogue State(Riverside, Pharoah's Den)
- Graf Orlock, Zann, Lewd Acts and Rogue State(San Diego, Che Cafe)
- Ceremony (San Diego, Che Cafe)
- Japanther (UCI, Irvine)
- Khonsu, Obi Juan Kenobi and Moldar (Mikey's House, Long Beach)
- Comadre, Graf Orlock, Zann, Dangers, Punch, Lewd Acts, The Separation and Over Vert(Half Moon Bay)
- Khonsu (Long Beach, Mikeys House)
- Graf Orlock, Lords, The Fucking Wrath and Blues(Riverside, Red Planet Records)
- Graf Orlock (red planet records, riverside)
- Graf Orlock, Final Fight, Lewd Acts and Seven Generations(Anaheim, Chain Reactions)
- Graf Orlock, Dangers, Ghostlimb, Restrained and Worship(Lemon Grove, ?????)
- Punch, Arctic Choke and Cheap Art (MotionLA, Los Angeles)
- Portraits of Past, Dangers, Drowning With Our Anchors and Glaciers(the smell, Los Angeles)
- Arctic Choke and Female Snake (Victor Manor, Anaheim)


2009 Shows:
- Deers!, Obi Juan Kenobi and Trails (Victor Manor, Anaheim)
- Comadre, Dangers, Ghostlimb and CTL (Hickey Underworld, Long Beach)
- Comadre, Dangers, Ghostlimb and Restrained (Pharoahs Den, Riverside)
- Comadre, Ghostlimb, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Jehova's Fitness and Ryan (Che Cafe, San Diego)
- Comadre, Ghostlimb and Touche Amore (Motion LA, Los Angeles)
- Moldar, Calculator and Obi Juan Kenobi (some idiot fucking high school)
- GZA (Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa)
- Gold Digger, Bad Parents and Ghestapo Khazi(Prospector, Long Beach)
- Aids Wolf (Alex's Bar, Long Beach)
- Comadre, Have Heart and Shook Ones (Che Cafe, San Diego)
- Comadre, Have Heart, Shook Ones, Trash Talk and Restrained (Pharoah's Den, Riverside)
- Comadre, Gorlock, Shook Ones and Joyce Manor (The Hickey Underworld, Long Beach)
- Burn Idols, Obi Juan Kenobi, Currents and Moringside (house, Lakewood)
- TV on the Radio(Glass House, Pomona)
- Shoot it Up(some bar, Garden Grove)
- Suedehead, Restrained, Morningside and Abandon(Pitzer College, Clairemont)
- Unbroken, Portraits of Past, Swing Kids, Undertow and Crime Desire (Che Cafe, San Diego)
- Unbroken, Portraits of Past, Swing Kids, Threadbare, Undertow and Festival of Dead Deer (Glasshouse, Pomona)
- Gorlock, Lewd Acts, Rouge State, Final Fight, Morningside and Tidemouth(Chain Reaction, Anaheim)
- Gorlock, Dangers, Lewd Acts and Maladie(Che Cafe, San Diego)
- Ponytail (UCI, Irvine)
- Jail Weddings, Ghestapo Khazi and Goldiggers ( Que Sera, Long Beach)
- Suedehead, Morningside, Badmouth, and Currents(Cabin Show, San Juan Capistrano)
- Loma Prieta, Touche Amore, Burn Idols and CTL(Hickey Underworld, Long Beach)
- Restrained, Moldar, Rogue State and Time for Change(Back to the grind, Riverside)
- Moldar, Dohrn and Burn Idols (Human Resources, Anaheim)
- French Quarter, Foot Ox and Bri White (Hickey Underworld, Long Beach)
- Comadre and Touche Amore (Music Trader, San Diego)
- Comadre and Touche Amore (Nomad Gallery, LA)
- Judas, Dogs Holy Life, Burn Idols and CTL (Hickey Underworld, Long Beach)
- Three Mile Pilot and Optiganally Yours (Echoplex, LA)
- 1994!, Spires, Rogue State and Red City Radio (Shit House Drunk/Back to the Grind, Riverside)
- 1994! and Spires (Music Trader, San Diego)
- Touche Amore, Bokanovsky, Maladie, 1994! and Spires (Hickey Underworld, Long Beach)
- Hop Along (Pink House, San Francisco)
- 1994! and Spires (Some bar, Chico)
- 1994! and Spires (Satyicon, Portland, Or.)
- 1994!, Spires and Carry On Spring(some basement, Portland, Or.)
- Comadre, Punch, 1994!, Touche Amore, Spires, Dead to Me and Broadway Calls(KLAF, Half Moon Bay)
- 1994!, Spires and Loma Prieta(Yellow Room, Oakland)
- Teenage Cool Kids (Le Keg, LA)
- Jay Reatard (Fingerprints, LA)
-  Boyfriends, Spires and EdCohuli (Warehouse, Philly, PA)
- Apeshit!(Brooklyn, New York)
- Algernon Cadwallader and Malegoat(Stolen Sleeves Collective, Brooklyn, New York)
- Algernon Cadwallader, Malegoat, Teenage Cool Kids, Elder, Daniel Striped Tiger and 1994(Be Happy Fest, Philly, PA)
- Algernon Cadwallader, Malegoat (Baltimore, MD)
- !994! and Spires (Baltimore, MD)
- Hop Along (Brooklyn, New York)
- Blackbird Raum and Warscroll (Fort Rodolfo, Laguna Hills)
- Comadre, Dangers and Color Chromatic(the half, Inglewood)
- Ghostface Killah and Mayer Hawthorne (canes, san diego)
- Daniel Johnston (canes, San Diego)
- Pixies (Palladium, LA)
- Mum (yost theater, Santa Ana)
- Russian Circles, Red Sparowes and Helms Alee(San Diego)
- Jonah Matranga (Alex's Bar)
- Gehnna (Unity Church, Long Beach)
- Ghostlimb, Fischer, Rogue State and Forming (Unity Church, Long Beach)
- Gorlock and Dangers (Esco House, Escondido)
- Foot Ox and Golden Ghosts (Acrobatics Everyday, Irvine)
- Ghestapo Khazi (Prospector, Long Beach)
- Deers!, Ordstro and Burn Idols(Fort Rodolfo, Laguna Hills)


2010 Shows:
- Deers!, Ordstro and Burn Idols (East Side Joe's, Las Vegas)
- Maladie, Deers!, Ordstro and Burn Idols (Music Trader, San Diego)
- Shoot it up and inazuma(boat show, Long Beach)
- Death Sentance Panda!(Acrobatics Everyday, IVC)
- Vivian Girls(Acrobatics Everyday, IVC)
- Tristeza (UCR Barn, Riverside)
- Dangers, Planets (McWerlds, LA)
- Death Sentence Panda and Foot Village(Smell, LA)
- Zoo (Long Beach)
- Shoot it Up(Taco Beach, Long Beach)
- Xiu Xiu, Noveller and Tuneyards (Casbah, San Diego)
- Narrows and Dangers (The Smell, Los Angeles)
- Dangers and Dogs of Ire(Pitzer College, Clairemont)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Raise the red flag so the mailman knows.


Today I got a letter. It isn't so much as a letter but a statement from the bank informing me of the activities in my accounts. I already know the whereabouts of my money and who I willingly give and take money from. Like every other statement it only reveals the same implications of me simply scraping by every month.

Everything else I found in our mail box is junk mail with ads promising me better sleep by buying their mattresses or a coupon that would save me a dollar to be another burger closer to a heart attack. In this stack of rubbish however I did find another letter directed to the former tenants who used to live in this house. We've been receiving their mail for the past 2 months now(this reminds me, rent is due on Saturday. Check.), I wonder why these people haven't been informed of their friends new living situation. Something tells me that I should let them know by writing back to them, Im sure they're waiting for a response.

When we were children we have always been told "It is better to give than receive" and how we should not expect anything back. Quite frankly I think situations like this should be exempt. Whenever I write letters I always look forward for a response, like a potential widow with a husband at war.

Writing letters is a dying act of friendship and writing back is practically flat-lining.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Pleased to meet you.

I am a man enjoying my youth and reveling in my terrible taste in all I find pleasurable.