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New album launch: “Alfalfa Males Once Summer Is Done Conform Or Die”
July 16, 2010 – Annandale Hotel

Look! The Hard Ons!

And Mondo Generator!

Coming soon… REGULAR UPDATES.
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The highlights are so high and lighty that they’re nearly impossible.

Desert Sessions @ the Annandale Hotel – a fantastic night of stoner rock at which Nick Oliveri ripped the roof off singing Green Machine without an acoustic guitar stuck to him:

Photo Set Here

Monster Session @ the Manning Bar – an event to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis:


Photo Set Here
Monster Session Myspace

And finally:
I had the privilege of working with Nick Oliveri and the new Mondo Generator line up at a rehearsal.


Photo Set Here

Until next time squirrel friends… and remember if you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love someone else? Can I get an Amen up in here?

Photos (click on them to see bigger)!

Mum and I went on a holiday – to this:

I also went and watched my two uncles do beach sport things. There are actually two people in this photo:

And then this is another photo of Blood Duster because they’re fantastic:

And then Slaughterfest 2009 @ the Sando, Newtown.
Boonhorse:

Summonus:

Looking Glass (swoooooooooooooooooon LOOKING GLASS!):

Ebolie:

Pod People:

And that is all for now

There are no photos of Immolate. Me and Metz sat drooling over the merch table. They’re not exciting.

Blood Duster fucking rock.


(Clickity)

The Dwarves are genius

Nick and Michele

So in previous posts I have discussed the song “Smash the Control the Machine” by OTEP. In a nutshell – hated the song, was still vaguely looking forward to the album. So after hearing said album, I have to say that I wasn’t overly excited by it, but it wasn’t really bad. But I have to let go of OTEP as SEVAS TRA and move on. Unfortunately it’s hard because SEVAS TRA was so fucking good. After the dismal effort that I thought ASCENSION was, STCM was actually alright. Once I got over the fact that Otep Shamaya doesn’t sound nearly as evil as she did on SEVAS TRA (or even HOUSE OF SECRETS for that matter), or that Moke’s drumming let me down a little (lol because it wasn’t as good as SEVAS TRA), or that I knew half the lyrics from previous albums / spoken words / journal entries / twitter updates / etc / etc it was actually quite enjoyable. I didn’t feel like punching out the person sitting next to me on the train (like I did with ASCENSION) which was quite a relief because I wasn’t looking forward to explaining it to the cops. At times I felt like I was in that scene in A Clockwork Orange where he’s strapped down to the chair and made to watch horrible clips of violence to condition him against his evil ways. It’s hard to escape Otep’s intense opinions and while she has an effective way of bringing situations to people’s attention, I don’t particularly enjoy feeling like I’m being preached at. But at the same time, her delivery is quick, witty and biting, and the switch in musical direction suits Otep’s voice better. Evil J is a steady backbone as usual and Rob’s extracurricular  activities have done wonders for his craft.

I want to be a little more energetic about this post, but the usual amount of obnoxiousness, spite and crassness I usually aim for is reserved for things that really boil my blood / get me hot, and this album is kind of like a hug from your senile grandparents – it’s nice because you love them, but you can’t be too impressed because they’re drooling on you. Part me of me really wants to love the new direction OTEP is going (kind of like how everyone wants to be friends with Regina George), but then I realize I don’t really like it so much (like Regina George is a stuck-up bitch).

Enjoy!

(My backyard at around 5/5.30am)

(Front yard and down the street at closer to 5.30am)

(Train station at 7am)

(View from work at 8.30am)

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