my boy



that's what it's all about

you should be studyin ya arts, instead of studyin me

past few days have actually been aight. been workin at JB, back in the CD department which is chill as fuck. good work, easy work, good people. rules.

went and saw shipwreck in wollongong on the weekend and it was fucking weird. really good band, really good live show, fucking loudest hardcore band i've ever seen.
but no one seemed to care, it blew my mind when they played probably the hardest intro in modern hardcore (squall) and only 3 people moved. weird fucking crowd.
carpathian killed it though, there's so much bullshit around about this band but i don't care, the new cd rips and the new shit is tight live. lloyds killing it in that band. really enjoy seeing them

cruisin down to albury tomorrow night to catch them there
should be dope

so much work to do at the moment, but that's a good thing i guess.

soon i'm gonna start making steps toward a goal i've set myself, careerwise, that i'm really excited about. i need to go for a government young business grant for about 5 - 10 grand for it, but i have some dope ideas and aaron's gonna be helping me and i think we can come up with something real legit. i don't wanna say what it is yet though because i'm feelin superstitious and i don't want to jynx it but shit is gonna be fucking cream

i wanna buy a camera so i can start taking photos of cool shit i see every day and put it in here
i've been noticing more and more things i like about canberra lately and i wanna document them

today it hit me that supreme clientele is a perfect summer record
i'm runnin it now and it's gonna get a shit load more spins before the year is out

later in the week i'll do an update of work i've done recently
there's a fair bit

out for now
peace

3 posts in one night? what is this?

i want to get away
i'm thinking for a week or 2 over new years
sydney or melbourne
who wants to have me?

seriously get at me if you're keen
i might just couch surf
we'll see

it's never easy... v.02

so an update
venue guy is pulling some "we have a contract stating that if you book through us then we have the right to add youth bands to all bills" bullshit. which is all well and good, good for them
but i never signed a fucking contract

yeah it's sweet he's giving youth bands a go
but i book bigger shows where i want well rounded lineups
i don't want Jimmy fucking Desmond and his 3 friends with ropehair who just discovered how to play fucking prom queen covers in their garage opening package tour shows with 3 fucking internationals
i want to be able to have supports that are actually good, that compliment the fucking bill

this is fucking retarded

i'm so fucking over this town
it is actually fucking impossible to find a venue where someone within it isn't a fucking cunt who finds someway to profit for themselves and fuck up everything i do

i'm going to hit up venue guy and tell him he can't pull this shit, firstly without telling me and secondly without me fucking signing this so called contract
but this will no doubt result in not being able to book there anymore
which means no more all ages venue in canberra

i'm so fucking over this
i hate this fucking place

it's never easy...

i don't quite get why people need to constantly involve themselves in my work when it really isn't very glamourous or that exciting

I book shows. More or less just out of necessity. If someone else wanted to do it then i'd be all for it, but no one else seems keen so i'm happy to do it all.
But if no one else is keen to do it then why do people always try and involve themselves in this and try and take credit for shit that has nothing to do with them? or even sometimes come in and tell particular bands they're playing particular shows when that person doesn't have shit do with anything? they're just fucking my shit up

last year some desmond started telling people he was booking shows that I had booked
and yeah cool, i could care less if he wanted to tell people he was booking parkway drive or some shit
but when he started contacting bands and telling them they were playing my shows, i was off it

and now it's happening again
over the next few months there are a shit load of shows booked
and i've gone through with each touring company and so on and worked out bills for them
we've agreed on particular bands playing particular shows to make sure shit is varied but still flows
now i've found out, my venue guy who i go to to find me venues for these shows, has been telling young bands who are nowhere near ready to play shows of this size, that they're playing my fucking shows
this dude has nothing to do with the bands or the promotion, he's just a venue guy
so why the fuck is he overstepping his bounds and telling some band thats played one show before that they're playing with fucking bleeding through?
it's doing my head in
what the fuck is wrong with people?

in other news, i spent today drawing some babes for the parkway banner and scrims for the sweatfest tour
they're looking hot
now i just have to draw the last few elements and this shit will be hilarious

also, the new antagonist record is just direct arkangel worship and it's fucking incredible

truth and purple

life's weird lately
i had a 3 second long deep-n-meaningful with Sam last week and it cleared things up in my head more than most conversations i have these days
he said "are you just finding it easier to hate everything rather than learn to tolerate it? yeah me too".

i'm getting tattooed on thursday
and as of right now i have $2.87 to my name
not really sure how i'm going to manage it but fingers crossed i work it out

on Saturday, Benben and i were asked to DJ last minute at 32 because Tom was in Sydney
we had no idea what we were doing and pretty much just played pop RnB, Nas, pop punk and Lady Gaga and everyone seemed to dig it
i had way more fun doing it than i usually do there, sitting on the couch playing with my phone all night
i'd be down with doing it again soon

i'm so restless but unkeen to go anywhere at the moment.
i love canberra but hate nearly everyone in it.
i have a shit load of shows booked over the next 4 or so months and i'm really keen for them
but dealing with everyone that goes to them seems like more trouble than i'd like to put into it
crowds have seriously dropped hard in canberra and its way more disheartening than i expected.
last year we were killing it and average crowds were 100+
now we're looking at 40+ if we're lucky
kids don't care, but bitch when nothings on or the venue isn't 3 metres from their house
everyone's fucking lazy and doesn't want to help in looking for new venues and i almost couldn't be fucked doing this anymore
but then again i'll probably change my mind in a few weeks and be siked again
i just need a kick in the face

this entry has been so sporadic

we have a projector and couches and shit set up in the garage at the moment
perfect for summer night movies
watched horton hears a who and iron man tonight
tomorrow i'm gonna watch alpha dog and planet of the apes

in a few weeks Elly's 18th birthday is hapening
the theme is to dress in purple and i'm way more siked than i should be
everyone says i'll look like the grimace and they're probably right
oh well, fuck em

i'm out for now
peace

the poster man

it seems lately all i've been asked to do is posters
poster after poster after poster
its not so bad really, posters can be fun to do
it's just weird

i finished this yesterday
i'm pretty stoked with it
although the best looking thing about it is the Against logo which i didn't do
but oh well



i gotta finish this Red Shore december tour poster now
been having troubles with it but it should turn out alright
won't be able to post it till the tour's announced though

also in 10 days the Confession EP is released and i'll be able to chuck up the CD art for that
i'm pretty stoked with how it came out
and it's being printed on card so it'll come up heaps nice
there's a preview of it on their myspace
www.myspace.com/confessionhc

thats it for now
peace