Top 10 lists April 2006

Top 10 lists for March 2006

Spins

Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Bathory - Hammerheart
Rolling Stones - The London Years Singles Collection
Fairground Attraction - The First of a million kisses
Hafler Trio - 7 Hours Sleep
Edward Artemiev - Film music for Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, Stalker and Mirror
M.O.D. - USA for MOD
Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory
Amon Tobin - Out from out where

Movies (by Director)

The Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Rublev - Andrei Tarkovsky
The Steamroller and the violin - Andrei Tarkovsky
Ivanovo Detstvo - Andrei Tarkovsky
Ubijtsi - Andrei Tarkovsky
TheBattleship Potemkin - Sergei M. Eisenstein
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei M. Eisenstein
Woman in the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara
Brokeback Mountain - Ang Lee
The Wanderers - Philip Kaufman

Stagefright: Aquarius

I just stumbled across a Japanese version of a film called "STAGEFRIGHT" a few days ago by popular Italian director, Michele Soavi. The Japanese title is "AQUARIUS". My decision to buy it was purely based on the cover image which shows a posterized owl head, and the main picture is a stage full of corpses with this dude in the middle wearing a big owl head. I thought it looked pretty cheesy, but I was morbidly curious and it was only 100 yen anyway.

It's actually not as bad as it looks. I didn't expect much to begin with, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's a pretty good stylish piece of 80's Italian slasher film. It kinda drags for the first half before all the killing starts, but gets better in the second half. Towards the end it gets pretty creepy and tense. The acting is far from awesome, it's actually pretty bad but that was pretty much the standard for 80's movies slasher movies of this type anyhow. All this aside, it's still worth watching at least once. The music is pretty much your standard 80's Goblin rip-off, with heavy synth, drum machine, phased guitar, etc...

There isn't much of a plot to this, and you never really get too close to the characters. The director is a complete ass, another guy is an over-the-top gay stereotype with a lisp, the other actors are pretty much just faceless victims.

Anyway the basic plot is that a killer wearing a big owl mask goes apeshit at a light-night rehearsal for a musical. How did he get the owl mask? OK, well, the killer is a guy who happened to break out of an insane asylum the same night and he goes to the rehearsal and kills the gay guy, hides his body, then steals his costume, including the owl head.

All the actors become trapped in the building when the key is lost, and the only person who knows where it is has been murdered. The reason she has the only key is because the director is a major hard-ass and makes them work all night by locking them in the building.

For the first 40 minutes or so, the characters pretty much just stand around and talk or complain about nothing in particular, or rehearse their shitty musical. But once Mr. Owlhead comes into the picture, it doesn't take long for him to polish everyone off. The murder scenes are pretty well done, with the FX being pretty mediocre: pick-axe through the mouth, stabbing, chainsawing, drill impalation, an axe decapitation and a chick gets ripped in half.

One of the best scenes involves a stabbing during a rehearsal of the play. The killer (the guy who escapes from the mental institution) is mistaken for the gay actor in the play, and proceeds to stab the victim in front of everyone. It cuts between shots of the killer attacking her and close-ups of each of the witnesses faces, showing their confusion and horror.

The other memorable and somewhat famous scene of the killer hanging around on the stage with his victims is pretty creepy. It ends with him sitting down and stroking a cat, with his victims lying all over the stage, and a fan blowing feathers around the stage with music playing in the background. It has little meaning, but it's still pretty awesome.

Anyway, check it out. It should also be noted that this director worked with Dario Argento on a few of his films, so I think he got his "basic training" from Argento.

Quote of the day

Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of Jalapenos. What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow.
(unknown, taken from the Melvins book)

By the way, check out Melvins site, there's no information, no news, just silly mindfuck games. It's pure lunacy...
http://www.melvins.com

Allan Holdsworth

I'm sure many guitarists and musicians know his name, but how many actually know his music and have recognized his genius? His amazing and unique superhuman speed and techniques are widely respected and acknowledged by important guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, just to name a few. But why isn't he a household name, like some of the above musicians?

I DO admit, it took me a long time to truly appreciate his music. His music is not for anyone who isn't willing to spend the time listening to it. What sets him apart from most players is his SENSE and that's really difficult to analyze.

A lot of guitar players only like the songs that he's NOT using the Synthaxe on. I was one of those people, but I've finally gotten past the cold sound and the cheesiness of it and I've learned to appreciate the MUSIC itself...

Other things about his SENSE. He sometimes just ends a song on a dime, in the middle of a blistering solo. He'll put the sound of a toilet flushing followed by a guy yelling in the background "HEY!!!, HEY!!!!!!, what're you guys playing? ......... Jazz?! ....... is that what you call that?!" at the end of a song. He sometimes has guest vocalists singing bizarre kind of science fiction lyrics in really angular stylings.

He is so fucking fast and precise, he makes even Steve Vai look embarrassing, and when you watch him, he's no even breaking a sweat. His hands look like they're barely moving. You're asking yourself, "Where the hell are all these fucking notes coming from?" But it's not just speed for the sake of being fast. His techniques are flawless and every note is carefully calculated and in perfect balance, complimenting the song, not burying it meaningless notes, which many shredders do.

His design sense is pretty strange, to say the least I guess, depending on your tastes in design. Take a look at any of his cover designs, you could say that many of them are pretty cheesy, but somehow they work and they also fit the music.

I was only a casual Allan Holdsworth listener a few years ago, but now I am a huge fan. My only complaint is that he doesn't release an album very often. He's rarely released any live recordings until recent years, probably because of his perfectionist nature.

Anyway I recommend the best place to start is with "I.O.U" which is widely regarded as his best album. Next I'd dive into "Wardenclyffe Tower", the short but sweet "Road Games" or the fairly recent "Sixteen Men of Tain", all masterpieces. Then I'd approach his more synth-heavy albums like "Atavachron" "Sand" and "Flat Tire".

Check out his homepage for info, discography, interviews and more here.

Portfolio Addition

Just added another image of a flyer I designed to the portfolio section. Check it out. I may add a 3rd photo page soon. Also going to start working on a new video as soon as I get some decent footage ro work with. Cheers...

Stupid Animal Desktops for Kelly Churko (and anyone else who finds them amusing)

New Brunswick Slang 5

UP-OVERHEAD \'up-oh-vur-'hed\ n - The attic in a house or barn (the loft). Note that these structures are often connected in the typical regional style:

EX.1: "I'm goan up-overhead t' look fer my porno mags."
EX.2: "I hid the weed up oerhead so the pigs can't find it.

Website: Minor Update

Just added another poster in the portfolio section, it's the 2nd in a series of posters I'm doing for myself as a promotion tool. I hope to have enough money to print a few of these sometime. I'm also working on a few T-Shirt designs that I AM going to print in limited numbers, so I'll keep you posted on it.

Walk The Line

Hollywood misses the mark once again on this embarrassing watered down sub-standard documentary about country legend Johnny Cash. This is one of the worst scripts in Hollywood history and it sure doesn't paint a very genuine picture of June and Johnny. The movie covers so little of his life and seems to focus on only the negative aspects, like his alcoholism and drug addiction and we get next to nothing about his history before he started his recording career.

Joaquin Phoenix is absolutely terrible who has NO redeeming qualities about him. Somehow he manages to suck all the engaging essence and charisma out of Johnny and what we are left with is quite a morbid portrayal of his life. The only good thing about this movie is Reese Witherspoon's imitation of June Carter, which at times is almost spot-on. I usually hate her, but it seems she actually tried to act this time around.

This movie is a huge disservice to the Man in Black. Johnny is most definitely rolling over in his grave. This movie is obviously a poor attempt to cash in on the memories of two legendary performers who are still in the minds of the people who really care. Hollywood DOES NOT care about anything except making MONEY.

After I watched this film, I had to listen to a Johnny Cash CD just to wipe my memory clean of ever having seen this film. I can't believe how many glowing reviews of this movie I have read, people praising it up and down. Man, people have become so conditioned that I don't think they know what's good and what's not good, they just let the media dictate their choices.

I think this may be the last time I ever watch a new film that Hollywood produces. Nuff said.

Osaka's Homeless

I was in and around Tennoji, Nishinari and the Kamagasaki areas a few weeks ago and took these shots of the homeless people. I didn't want to get too close, because many of them don't like having their picture taken, especially by a gaijin. Let me say this. Anyone who thinks their life is miserable because they don't have enough money to buy a new i-Pod or Louis Vitton bag should be FORCED to spend a few days or a week in one of those areas living like the homeless people do. We have so much, yet we still whine about wanting more, me included.

About one third of Japan's estimated 25,000 homeless people (and that's a very rough estimate in my opinion) are based in Osaka. Recently, in January this year, nearly all the homeless people were evicted from Osaka Castle Park, but mind you, not without a stand-off with the police at Utsubo Park. (Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4661152.stm).

About 2 years before that, the homeless were kicked out of Tennoji Park because some people living in that area complained about how much "noise" they were making. Seems funny that in the exact same area, next to the park, there is a zoo, which is most definitely more noisy than a few homeless people minding their own business. I used to enjoy going to Tennoji Park all the time, all the drunks would be set up during the daytime playing Shogi (similar to chess) and singing Karaoke and having fun. To my knowledge, they never bothered anyone at night. Now it's dead there and everything is fenced off so to deter the homeless from returning.

I guess now, a lot of them seem to be living along the Sakuragawa river, Nishinari ku, around Shinimamiya station and other scattered areas, like under train bridges, overpasses, etc.

This problem is largely ignored by the government, the city and the public. The solution always seems to be to kick 'em out. That's not providing any solutions or help for these people at all. That's the same thing as hiring an exterminator to eliminate a pest problem. Eventually, they'll come back, small in numbers in the beginning, but gradually increasing. You just can't move them around forever, their numbers have steadily increased in the last decade, and it will continue to increase.

The city's other solution to the homeless problem is sending them to "self-support" centres where they can pick up a day's work for less than minimum wage doing shit jobs. Actually, the social services which Osaka provides to homeless people are among the best in Japan – but that doesn't automatically mean they are good. In my opinion, it's only making a small difference.

It's interesting because some homeless people I've seen have some pretty nice set-ups and they look pretty happy, happier than the average salaryman I see walking by, who usually looks completely desperate, irritated and empty. I've heard that some homeless used to have "normal" jobs but chose to become homeless because they were just fed up with the rigid uniformity of the Japanese system. And you know what, I don't blame them.

Anyway, if you want to read more, check out these links. My writing is not so good, so maybe these links will help you get a clearer picture:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4661152.stm
http://www.cosmicbuddha.com/adam/archives/001836.html
http://www.lookat.ch/index.php/imagecatalogue/image/list/55
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/japan.html
http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/tell_story.1474.html

Top 10 lists March 2006

Spins

Toto - Falling in Between
Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Christian Fennesz - Endless Summer
The Paul Bley Quartet (SF)
David Torn/Mick Karn/Terry Bozzio - Polytown
John Denver - Greatest Hits
Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory
Amon Tobin - Out from out where

Movies (by Director)

Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont
Dazed and Confused - Richard Linklater
Prisoner of the Mountains - Sergei Bodrov
The Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky
Solaris (1972 original) - Andrei Tarkovsky
Space is the Place - Sun Ra
Shinjuku Outlaw- Miike Takashi
Izo - Miike Takashi
The Jokers - Michael Winner
True Grit - John Wayne

Changes to the blog

I just changed my settings on the blog. There's only going to be a max of 10 posts per page, because some people with lower bandwidth connections were complaining that the page took too long to load. So if you're looking for old stuff, search the archives. Thanks and cheers... M

The World's Largest Axe/Piss-cuttin'er (NB Slang Pt.4)

A steel axe measuring 18.28 m (60 ft) long and 7 m (23 ft) wide, and weighing 7 tonnes (7.1 tons), was presented to the town of Nackawic, New Brunswick, Canada, on May 11, 1991. The axe was built to commemorate the town's selection as Forestry Capital of Canada for 1991. Calculations suggested that it would take a 140-tonne (308,647-lb) lumberjack to swing the axe... luckily, a crane was at hand to lift the colossal chopper into its concrete base. (source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=48180)

This is how fucked up and hick New Brunswick is. Someone was serious enough to construct the world's largest axe just to prove to the world that yes, we are Canadian and dammit to hell, we have better wood better than any other wood in the world. Was the big axe really necessary? Well, maybe it was.

Anyway, yes, this is where i was born, not in Nackawic, NB but about 1 hour and 15 minutes from there. Doesn't really matter where you come from in NB, you still have to admit to people that your dad drove a tractor for a living and loved it.

NB SLANG PT.4 – piss-cuttin'er/piss-cut (verb) - Usually used as a in the gerund form "piss-cuttin'". It implies using excessive speed, usually in an unpredictable or out of control situation; "He was just piss-cuttin' 'er trying to outrun the cops!" meaning he was going really fast in order to get the law off his tail.

GI Mitch

Who's that fag in the gay army uniform in the 2nd row, 3rd from the left? That's me, you pricks! Yeah, it still seems like a dream that I was in the militia for a year. I actually had a lot of fun, met some crazy fuckers, a few long-term friends even. But when I look back at photo this I have to laugh. Jesus, now you'd have to force me to eat raw rats before I'd ever join the army again. Nope, no way, no how.

What a sad looking bunch we were. If we ever DID have to go to war w'ed be a pretty pathetic bumch of grunts, probably end up blowing each other up before we even reached the enemy. All our superiors were a bunch of drunks and most of the regiment couldn't even figure out simple gun drills (including me). I think a few of these people went on to have careers in the military. Well hats off to you, good luck not blowing yourself up with a grenade.

And I'd also like to give Mr. Bush a big hug for killing and torturing so many innocent people and also trying to drag Canada into their fucking problems. Thanks. I'll buy you a cheeseburger next time I'm in town.

Adbusters

Just thought I would put a note about Adbusters on my Blog. Very interesting magazine with excellent writing, mostly from Kalle Lasn and other contributors. Started about 10 years ago in Vancouver. It's also an interesting coincidence (or maybe it isn't) that I was introduced to a student recently named Taizo Katoh, who used to work at Adbusters in Vancouver, and now does the Japanese version of Adbusters, only in online fromat at the moment, which I'm going to be helping him with. I also hope to contribute some work someday for the magazine. Anyway, the site address is http://www.adbusters.org

This is a basic description of Adbusters (taken from their site):

"We are a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century.

To this end, Adbusters Media Foundation publishes Adbusters magazine, operates this website and offers its creative services through PowerShift, our advocacy advertising agency."

Also check out Kalle's books, "Culture Jam" about America's ridiculous overconsumption, and "Design Anarchy" (go to https://secure.adbusters.org/orders/designanarchy/ for a detailed description...

SITE UPDATE: new movie added/CGI Films/Stop Motion Films/George Lucas/Jan Svankmajer

Finally, I've added a new movie to the movie section, just click on the the 5th circle on the movie page and it will load. Be patient, because it may take a little time to load. It's the longest and the best yet and I spent many hours on it, so I hope someone out there digs it. I did everything frame by frame in Photoshop, then imported the sequence into Quicktime, then added music. I did it that way because I like the roughness and jumpy quality of it, the unpredictability. I wasn't going for smooth transitions, I was going for something with more tension in it.

I think the next thing I'd like to try just for fun is doing a short stop-motion animation film. I've always admired that medium and really appreciate the extreme time and effort it takes to make a stop motion film. It's too bad it's not so appreciated these days since the domination of CGI films in the last 20 years has steadily increased. I can do without CGI thank you very much. The only movie using CGI that has impressed me so far is Lord of the Rings.

And STAR WARS? I thought the CGI on all 3 of the prequel films was pretty lame in many parts. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who's pissed off that Mr. Lucas has deprived his old fans of ever seeing a proper DVD issue of the original 3 films. Lucas has become a greedy bastard indeed. Sure they're his films, but HIS FANS made him the filthy rich prick who he is today, and to just shrug off all of his purist fans is very selfish. Shame on you George. You should know better.

Anyway, those of you who care about stop motion should check out the work of Jan Svankmajer from the Czech Republic, one of the undisputed masters of the genre, who's surrealist mix of stop motion and real life footage always blow me away. Start with his short films, then delve into his longer works.

Other stop motion stuff I've been re-discovering recently is the old Davey and Goliath series originally produced by the Lutheran Church in America between 1962 and 1975 and the creators of "Gumby," this series about a young boy and his dog live life by standards set by God. This Christian based TV series is awesome, no matter what your religion. It's pretty trippy stuff actually, so grab a beer, smoke a bowl and sit back and enjoy...

Attik Noise 3.5

Well, I was lucky enough to find and win Attik Noise 3.5 off ebay a few days ago. Still awaiting the delivery, but very much looking forward to getting it. The last time I saw it was about 7 years ago, my old art director had it (along with all the other Noise books) and at the time I couldn't believe that human beings made this shit, it looked like robots made it or something. Those books are all fucking awesome. Now I'm looking for Noise 3 and Noise 1 (if it exists) so if anyone has a copy they are willing part with, please contact me...

UPDATE and CORRECTION: I just saw the newly designed Attik website today (March 21), and there is a gallery of each volume of the Noise Series and Noise 1 is there. It's the first time I've ever seen it. But strangely, Noise 2 is not there. I know that one exists because I have it. Hmmmmm. Weird.

Also, I got Noise 3.5 a few days ago and it rocks. And my old creative director, Olaf Strassner, is GIVING me Noise 3 this summer as a present. I still have a hard time believing he's serious, but it looks like he is. It's not in perfect condition, the spine is broken, but hey, I'll take it any condition. Lately, I've looked at many design books, and everything else just seems to pale in comparison with those old Noise books. Now, I just have to find number 1. Number 5 is in the works.

Greaser's Palace

It was about 10 years ago I think, good time in my life, I have fond memories of that time period. I was living in Halifax with 2 other guys in a top floor apartment. Anyway, one of my roommates, Tony, and I, were just sitting around bored on a Saturday night pounding back a few cold ones as usual. It was about 1 in the morning and this film called "Greaser's Palace" came on the Showcase Revue. I think at first we both wanted to change the channel, but neither of us wanted to get up and walk the whole 100 cm to the TV (we didn't have a remote). I also have to say I was curious about a movie with a title like that. Did it have something to with taking a shit? Some pretty strange pictures rushed into my head when thinking about the name.

Anyway, the movie started with the credits. As you know, the full credits are usually at the end in most films. After the credits roll by quickly, it shows a horse and carriage going around in a circle, then shows "the palace" for a few seconds, then goes to a barroom scene with a really strange country tune in the background with accordion, violin and slightly out-of tune vocals. The whole scene kind of reminded me of old spaghetti westerns visually, but was thrown off by this quirky little tune. Definitely not Ennio Morricone, but actually quite catchy. You see the camera cutting from on person's face to another, pretty funny expressions on everyone's face.

A little imbalanced, but still pretty normal. Suddenly enters a guy dressed with a white sheet over his head with holes cut for the eyes and the mouth and a cheap cowboy hat smoking a big cigar. Without saying a word, he casually butts it out on Lamey Homo's chest (you'll later find out his name and that he is Greaser's son a little later in the movie) and Lamey starts screaming and writhing on the floor as if he's being tortured or something.

From that scene, I knew this was going to be one headfuck of a movie, but an enjoying ride. Today, this remains one of my favorite movies of all time. I watch it at least every 6 months.

Some of the paragraph below is taken from a review I found on Amazon. I'm a lazy writer, so I just stole this guy's version and edited it.

"The whole story is kind of like taking the story of the bible and setting it in a western theme. The basic "plot" is this. Jesus Christ parachutes into the old west wearing a pin-striped suit and a tophat. He is on his way to Jeruselem to be an actor/singer/dancer. All he wants to do is sing and dance and he gets to do both at Greaser's Palace which is a saloon run by Seaweedhead Greaser, who spends a lot of time in a lofty outhouse trying to entice a bowel movement, while the townsfolk (and a mariachi band) wait below in anticipation."

OK, now for specific scenes. Let me just say that the whole movie is absolute madness from start to finish. The scene where the Indian is beating himself on the back, mercilessly, with an old boot, the scene where "Coocoo" pulls out his John Thomas and rapes a wooden Indian, Herve Valaquez yelling for his male, flannel night gown bearded lover, "Petuniaaaaaa . . . Petuniaaaaaaa" or the recurring line throughout the movie, "Who is he gip" or the other line, "If ya feel yer healed". What else, Jesus copulates with a young woman in the front cab of a surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top. Jesus also has an "agent" who he meets out in the desert, who looks like a beat-up version of Lou Reed with a thicker than thick Bronx accent, wearing a space helmut.

This is definitely a love or hate movie, most people will turn it off after 15 minutes, completely confused and pissed off that they spent hard-earned money on this trash. But I'd just like to say that it is absolutely worth getting, no matter how hard it is to obtain. It was issued on DVD about 5 or 6 years ago, but quickly went out of print again. It'd be nice to see a special edition of this released by Criterion or another reputable company, but I don't think we ever will. It's a shame that shit like "Titanic" gets re-issued about every 6 fucking months and movies like this never stay in print for long. But you folks who constantly like to be spoonfed the latest Hollywood garbage will never understand the importance or the genius of a film like Greaser's Palace.

This is only ONE of Robert Downey's films. Also check out the equally brilliant "Putney Swope" about a white advertising agency taken over by black people. Also, "Pound" where people play dogs in a pound. Sadly, most of his earlier work is lost, even Robert Downey doesn't even have prints. So it's hard to say whether that stuff will ever surface. I sill haven't seen much of his earlier work. But when I was doing some research last night, I found out that "A touch of greatness" is now available" on DVD. It's documentary from 1964 about the remarkable teacher Albert Cullum, who broke the mold for the boring, uninspiring public school teachers in the 1950s and 60s. So I will surely be picking it up when I get a chance...

Here's Robert Downey's Discography as a director:

1. Rittenhouse Square (2005)
2. Hugo Pool (1997) ... aka Pool Girl (UK: DVD title)
3. Too Much Sun (1991)
4. Rented Lips (1988)
5. America (1986) ... aka Moonbeam
6. "The Twilight Zone" (1985) TV Series (episode "Children's Zoo") (episode "Tooth and Consequences")
7. Up the Academy (1980)
... aka Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy
... aka Mad Magazine's Up the Academy
... aka The Brave Young Men of Weinberg
8. Moment to Moment (1975) (as Robert Downey)
9. Sticks and Bones (1973)
10. Greaser's Palace (1972)
11. Pound (1970)
12. Putney Swope (1969) (as Robert Downey [a prince])
13. No More Excuses (1968)
14. Chafed Elbows (1966)
15. Sweet Smell of Sex (1965) (as Robert Downey)
... aka Sweet Smell of Perfume (USA)
16. Babo 73 (1964)
17. A Touch of Greatness (1964)
18. Balls Bluff (1961)

Darth Balls

This is a scene from the upcoming STAR WARS Episode 7 - The Grocery Store Strikes Back

Epidemic Cause Live March 4th

Well, it was a really fun night, that's for sure and everyone got pretty blitzed afer the show. We had to peel a few people off the floor at the izakaya we went to. It was about 5 in the morning when we finally left, some people left earlier, because they had to work.

Anyway, the show wasn't a complete success, but not bad for my first gig with them. Had to admit I was pretty lit when I got on stage and a bit nervous after not playing live for awhile,so I've been a bit green. The first 2 songs went well, I did vocals and basically flipped out all over the place, but I played guitar on the last 3 songs, and well, it sucked balls. I had patch cord problems. I should have learned my lesson by now not to buy cheap patch cords. In the past, almost every fucking gig I've played was hindered in some way due to gear problems, mainly bad cords, or connections. Great guest vocals from Kan (Money is God), Jun (Demonoid 13), and KA-Y from Mother of Soul.

Anyway, it was a blast, and I'm looking forward to playing the next show which will probably be in Nagoya in August with Demonoid 13 and some other bands. Met lots of fucking cool people. Everyone was really nice and professional.

Didn't get many good pictures this time, but I think we're getting a video of the show.