Straight Edge Talk...

me: Straight Edge Rules.
roomate: what?
me: Straight Edge Rules.
roomate: You mean Straight Fucking Edge?
me: Fuck yea!
roomate: hahahaha
me: I am going to post this on my blog.

The Phillies Win The World Series...

Well, the Phillies just won the World Series. I can't say I'm either happy or sad, because they're not the team I root for. I mean, i fell happy for Philadelphia, because they finally beat an AL East team in the World Series. But the truth, and my opinion as well, they were not the best team this season. This was a series that I thought all along Tampa Bay was going to pull an ace up the sleeve, but they couldn't manage it, and neither Upton or Longoria had a good series.

Even with them winning, they were not the best team in the leage. In my opinion the way they made the playoffs was pure luck, because the Mets for a second year in a row managed to literally throw the season away. About Tampa Bay, I think they were the team from the Al that was supposed to be there, because they managed to be the Champions of the AL East, which everybody knows is the best division in all of baseball. But they had 4 bad games, and those bad games ended up being the most important games in the history of that franchise.

So, I admit i screwed up my predictions. But that's how baseball is. And that's why I love it.

Down To Nothing/50 Lions Split CD Review

Well. I have heard the Down to Nothing songs forever, and I love DTN. Anyone that knows me for sure knows that. Anyway, I didn't have a chance to pick this CD up until the other day when I went to the city to buy comic books. I saw it there, so I was like I am going to buy it.

The Down To Nothing songs are in my opinion like the tracks they didn't use for The Most. It's stays in that line. They used the same formula for this, compared to like the little subtle changes in the other releases. My Favorite is Shot Down. That song just pumps me up. But I do have to admit the lirics in Watered Down were kinda weak and generic.

Now coming to that other band 50 Lions. First of all, I have only read about that band, and heard it once in myspace. But from what I heard before. They were just another heavy band, nothing special. That translates to their side of the Split. It's just pretty much generic heavy hardcore, even in a way trying to hard to be like DTN. Something I didn't hear in the other stuff. I mean, it's not bad for what it is, but I just can't dig it as much as the DTN songs.

Although I have to admit that I love the idea of bands from different countries doing split albums. Specially for a band like 50 Lions. Even thought they're not the band I would usually listen to, I know kids that definitely dig that, and that's good for them. Gives exposure to bands from different places, not your usual European or American band. This gives us a taste of what's going on in the Land Down Under.

Sneaker Commercials

So today i was at work. I was playing basketball in the team sports area because I wanted to, so I started talking about the old Air Jordan Commercials. But I remember my favorite sneaker commercial. Which actually was for a sneaker that I don't really like as much as others, and by the way, I never got. But still, It remains to this day my favorite sneaker commercial.



I also remember I used to call dunks "jordans". That was funny.

South American Hardcore News

Well. I just got back from the european tour with my band. So I have been checking online to see new bands, or to find webpages of bands that we played with over in Europe. At the same time, I don't know if most of you know I am a sucker for South American hardcore. And one of my favorite bands from South America is El Eterno Enemigo from Argentina. So the news is that El Eterno Enemigo has called it quits. So they are not a band anymore, and that bums me out a lot.

Anyway, I hope the guys start new projects!

Hamburg Airport

So, it's been my home for the last day and a half, and now it's about to close yet once again. But this time we'll just wait like 6 hours instead of 30!

Be home in 24 hours, so I am stoked.

Everything went well.

Got some CD's old and new so, once I get back, I am going to do some reviews, and post some links for websites and interviews and all that.

So, later.

Mannheim

So, I slept. Woke up to the kids Larping, and lighting arrows on fire, and shooting them with crossbows. They were fake arrows, but they did light them on fire. Anyway, we had a good breakfast, we went to a music shop, to the supermarket, and now we're in the city hanging out since it's our last off day on tour. Three more shows then it's time to go home.

But I want to post this for W-lo.

At the show, there was this awesome anarchist distro. But I was looking between all the records, and I saw a cool 4 Walls Falling Euro press record, and I wanted to get a book, but it was all in german. But then all of a sudden, Bill, bassist from my band goes, "Kike, check this out!" When I look at him, he's holding a Sepultura's Arise record on vinyl. Looked pretty old, so I went and asked the dude that ran the place about it. He said, "Yes, that's an original Brazilian pressing from 1991." Anyway, I HAD to get it. So I did. And then I took a picture of me wearing my Arise Shirt, with the Arise record, and the biggest smile you can ever imagine! Since then, the only thing playing in my iPod is that record.