tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30526319196130165202024-03-12T21:54:01.056-07:00Black Market ActivitiesAbout us: We are an independent music label, representing bands who specialize in various forms of sub-genre-catagorized extreme music. We love noise.
The blog's purpose: To provide insight into our bands' inner workings as human beings. This blog will not only consist of music-themed posts, but will spotlight hobbies, personal insights, intriguing tales and extracurricular activities. We'll also be posting news pertaining to our roster as we get it.Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-80038590830060816142009-08-13T12:14:00.000-07:002009-08-13T14:54:39.657-07:00the_Network Announces US Tour with Australia's Robotosaurus<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the_Network reveals plans to tour the eastern half of the US this fall with Australia’s Robotosaurus. Starting in Texas and ending in the_Network’s home state of New Hampshire, the tour includes shows with such bands as Strung Out, Rise And Fall, and Fight Amp.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 12px;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">No strangers to the road, the_Network has toured Australia, the UK, Puerto Rico, and the US, all within the past year.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 12px;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the_Network’s second full length album, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bishop Kent Manning,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> is due out September 15 on Black Market Activities. Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Trap Them), </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bishop Kent Manning</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> is a concept album that follows the epic story of a corrupt televangelist’s decline. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 12px;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 12px;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 12px;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 2 Austin, TX @ Red 7 (w/ Strung Out)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 3 Houston, TX @ Moto Warehouse (w/ Dissent)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 4 New Orleans, LA @ Dragon's Den (w/ Thou)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 5 Birmingham, AL @ a storage unit</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 6 Charleston, SC @ Weekends Pub (w/ Nations)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 7 Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery (w/ Rise and Fall, Bracewar)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 8 Richmond, VA @ Nara Sushi (w/ Fight Amp, The Catalyst)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 9 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie (w/ Fight Amp, Rosetta)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 10 Binghamton, NY @ The Downtown Quarterback (w/ Dance-A-Tron)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 11 Brooklyn, NY @ The Charleston (w/ Mabus)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 12 New York, NY @ Lit Lounge </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 16 Providence, RI @ The Sweatshop (w/ Krang)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 17 Burlington, VT @ 242 Main St (w/ Ghosting)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oct 18 Dover, NH @ The Brickhouse </span></p><br /><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.thenetworkmusic.com/">www.thenetworkmusic.com</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities">www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.blackmarketactivities.com/">www.blackmarketactivities.com</a></span></p></div>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-27349868405225031072009-08-11T18:05:00.000-07:002009-08-12T12:31:14.241-07:00This Destroy Destroy Destroy fan is so tr00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dpY1JzCThCY/SoIWH6ZPINI/AAAAAAAAAAU/whPyCTRq-qI/s1600-h/jeremiahfan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dpY1JzCThCY/SoIWH6ZPINI/AAAAAAAAAAU/whPyCTRq-qI/s320/jeremiahfan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368878030969053394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Destroyx3 Guitarist Jeremiah Scott with </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Battle Slut</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> tattooed homeboy Bobby!</span><br /></div>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-32033860903363108282009-08-05T21:51:00.000-07:002009-08-07T15:43:55.596-07:00Video of the Week: GAZA at Dudefest 2009<object width="420" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ETU1Mjl5DtM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ETU1Mjl5DtM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="340"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Video credit: Joe Hammond)</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-68911972748233568442009-07-30T10:13:00.000-07:002009-07-30T10:16:00.316-07:00Black Market Activities Reveals the_Network Album Details, Unveils New Track<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Market Activities</span> proudly reveals its next release: <i>Bishop Kent Manning,</i> the staggering second album by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network, </a>out September 15 on <span style="font-weight: bold;">BMA</span>.</p><p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"> <br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;">Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Trap Them) at Godcity Studio and mastered by Nick Zampiello (Torche, Unsane) at New Alliance, <i>Bishop Kent Manning</i> is a concept album that follows the epic story of a corrupt televangelist’s decline. Opening with the desperate cry, “I just got caught blood-redhanded selling absolution for a lion's share,” the album tells its tale through ten tracks that veer seamlessly from jagged aggro chaos to haunting melody and back again. Inspired by the likes of Coalesce and Botch, <i>Bishop Kent Manning</i> is an album of anthems -- both complex and simplistic, atonal and melodic, it’s all from the gut and it’s all punk rock.</p> <p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> To celebrate the upcoming release of <i>Bishop Kent Manning,</i> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Market Activities</span> unveils “You Fucking Fakes,” a song that embodies the spirit of the new album and gives a taste of how far the_Network has evolved. Stream “You Fucking Fakes,” here:</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal</a></p> <p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> And read an exclusive excerpt from the short story written by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network</a> guitarist Kevin Howley to accompany the album, here:</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=320937" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);" target="_blank">http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=320937</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> <i>Bishop Kent Manning’s</i> full tracklisting is as follows:</p><p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0px;">1) From Holy Water To Holy Wars</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> 2) Following And Failing</p><p style="margin: 0px;">3) Your Own Personal Time Bomb</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> 4) Service With A Smile</p><p style="margin: 0px;">5) Telethons For The Rich</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> 6) Paranoid Deserter</p><p style="margin: 0px;">7) Easter Just Stopped Showing Up</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> 8) Corpse Paint</p><p style="margin: 0px;">9) You Fucking Fakes</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> 10) Kent Manning</p><p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> Look for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network</a> on tour in the US throughout the fall in support of<i> Bishop Kent Manning. </i>Renowned as champions of the “do-it-yourself, eat-shit mentality,” <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network</a> has already toured Australia, England, Scotland, and Puerto Rico, all within the past year.</p> <p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.thenetworkmusic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thenetworkmusic.com</a></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal</a></p>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-35828147856729293972009-07-30T08:11:00.000-07:002009-07-30T08:14:42.172-07:00Video of the Week: Abominable Iron Sloth - "Hats Made of Veal and that New Car Scent"<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UOC3k9xZO5I&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UOC3k9xZO5I&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Video Cred: Directed by - </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="description"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scott Cramer, Produced by - Three Hench Men / ILine Entertainment)</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="description"></span></div>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-2648178207367700442009-07-23T08:04:00.000-07:002009-07-23T18:58:04.928-07:00Artist Entry: Lye By Mistake hotshot Maxx Tempo gives us an LBM summertime update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G_KqrUNxoms/Smh-485TjMI/AAAAAAAAAJg/3JlZ6V2XRw0/s1600-h/Picture+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G_KqrUNxoms/Smh-485TjMI/AAAAAAAAAJg/3JlZ6V2XRw0/s320/Picture+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361674873268833474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Photo credit: Jake Didion)</span></span><br /></div><br /> Summer time is here and in full effect in muggy old St. Charles Missouri, the birthplace of the Louis and Clark Expedition and Big League Chew. The weather here is to die for. Seriously, I’ll be surprised if I don’t get sucked bone dry by all the god damn mosquitoes. I can’t even jerk off at Naomi’s place without getting bit by one.<br /> I know most of you out there are thinking “I wonder what those crazy guys from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lyebymistake">Lye By Mistake</a> have been up to?” Well if you must know, the crew has just wrapped up production of their second full length Compact Disk entitled, "Fea Jur." In the meantime the crew has been up to the old routine of life at home between tours.<br /> When Ben Whailin isn’t gigging with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lyebymistake">Lye By Mistake</a> he’s rocking out with famed cover band, The Money Shot. Ben also teaches a legion of young squirts the way of the guitar in an almost religious fashion. If he’s not playing or teaching he’ll just pose in front of the mirror practicing guitar moves with his iconic Music Man strapped on only inches away from chipping a tooth. Ben Whailin also loves to paint in his spare time using his guitar as a paint brush--come to think of it, I can‘t say I‘ve ever seen him with out his beloved guitar strapped on.<br /> Underneath Whailin’s wings is Murl Philpot, a young, talented, and hip guitarist with a dream to get filthy stinkin' rich with this band. Murl gigs around town with a group of gentile gentlemen that call themselves The Gorge, be on the lookout for these guys. I’m telling you right here and now, in a few years they’re going to be the next Color Me Badd.<br /> Then there’s Jonnie Pokket. At it again schlepping the meat, not at your local grocer though. He’s been working with the Production Company 101 dicks getting ready to launch an instructional Bass Tapping/Finger Banging technique DVD due out just in time for the holidays.<br /> As for me, well I’m teaming up with Jonnie and we are preparing an exciting new line of double-sided dildos called the "Tag Team Duo," which will be molded true to our "forms" with a combined length of 9 inches! I’ve also been working on my tan, and I just enlisted in a Tae Kwon Do class to get me in shape to play the new material Live.<br /> We played a show last week for a loyal crowd full of Lye by fans, by no mistake. The new material has been completely obliterating faces, where the old material would leave faces melted like a grilled cheese sandwich this new shit is leaving nothing behind--not even a fart particle can survive. We are unleashing a wave of sound that not even Helen Keller could withstand. If you think you are man enough to harkin' such an album, you’d best prepare yourself for audible annihilation. "Fea Jur" drops in record stores in Fall ‘09.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Maxx TempoBlack Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-44239225136338590982009-07-14T06:55:00.000-07:002009-07-23T16:22:53.584-07:00Video of the Week: Engineer live in NYC @ Death by Audio<object width="420" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NILk-Xo_cZs&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NILk-Xo_cZs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Engineer</span> is currently on the road with Tides. Use this video to pre-game accordingly.Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-82912774926848366952009-07-09T08:10:00.000-07:002009-07-23T16:20:30.882-07:00BMA RANDOM BLASTS - 7-9-09<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Destroy Destroy Destroy</b> guitarist Jeremiah Scott will be interviewed live on 91.7 WMWM Salem State University radio tomorrow at 5 p.m. EST. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/destroydestroydestroy">http://www.myspace.com/destroydestroydestroy</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Members of Nashville, Tenn.’s <b style="">Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza </b>are featured along side members of Misery Index and Seven Year Existence in this week’s “Video of the Week” on the Black Market Activities blog. <a href="http://blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com/">http://blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tonydanzatapdanceextravaganza">http://www.myspace.com/tonydanzatapdanceextravaganza</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Lords</b> vocalist/guitarist Chris Owens and Coliseum drummer Chris Maggio are joining forces for a side project. More information to come as it develops. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville">http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Romans</b> guitarist Justin Gonyea recently started running a studio/venue called “The Long Mustache.” <a href="http://www.myspace.com/romansnoise">http://www.myspace.com/romansnoise</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thelongmoustache">http://www.myspace.com/thelongmoustache</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Whoever thought Koalas and Leprechauns could be paired up? <b style="">The_Network</b> guitarist Kevin Howley has a second Australian tour diary entry on the Deciblog: <a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=314618">http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=314618</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Paria</b>, <b style="">the_Network </b>and <b style="">Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza</b> are now on Facebook. In order for the bands to make a Facebook URL, they need over 1000 friends and are asking for your help in reaching that goal! <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/PARIA/15117509542">http://www.facebook.com/pages/PARIA/15117509542</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/the_Network/104224565951?ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/the_Network/104224565951?ref=ts</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/The-Tony-Danza-Tapdance-Extravaganza/69393437752?ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/The-Tony-Danza-Tapdance-Extravaganza/69393437752?ref=ts</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Paria</b> and <b style="">Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza</b> are also on Twitter:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a 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dudes embracing their punk roots—and Slip N Slides—storms into Indianapolis from July 17-19. Non-crust folks may only be able to tolerate a solitary day of such a pungency of the senses, which is where our suggestion for watching <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gaza"><b style="">GAZA</b></a> and<a href="http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville"> </a><b style=""><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville">Lords</a> </b>on Saturday of the fest comes in. Salt Lake City’s resident conscientious objectors are back again this year, after leaving last year’s Dudefest salivating at the gills. The last remaining rebels of the South follow later Saturday evening to kick what’s left of the concert goers’ corpses in the ribs. Other bands scheduled to join the stage with both <b style="">GAZA </b>and <b style="">Lords</b> Dudefest weekend are Torche, Russian Circles, Harvey Milk, Furnace and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >For a complete listing of bands, venue and ticket information, visit the Dudefest MySpace page:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dudefestindiana">http://www.myspace.com/dudefestindiana</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";" >Paria run to the Dakotas and back!</span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Maybe not physically, but <a href="http://www.myspace.com/paria">the band’s</a> tour dates are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >6/25 - The Sydney - Omaha, Nebraska<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >6/26 - Knickerbockers w/The Recession - Lincoln, Nebraska<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/11 - The Beat w/High Hopes - Minneapolis, Minnesota<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/17 - Nights of Columbus (w/Old Ironside) - Sioux Falls, South Dakota<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/18 - The Red Raven (w/Battlefields & Old Ironside) - Fargo, North Dakota</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >An excerpt of Paria bassist Dustin Treinen describing the band’s wacky relationship with Psyopus in a recent interview with Thrash Magazine:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";" >“We were in the middle of a song and a girl walked out holding a big sign that said something like “Psyopus owns you pussies!” The next thing I knew, my band was being pelted with flour and glitter wrapped in paper towels. We were caught completely off guard because as far as we knew, Psyopus was 5 hours away from us….”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >The full interview can be read here:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.thrashmag.com/interviews/content.aspx?id=4598">http://www.thrashmag.com/interviews/content.aspx?id=4598</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.myspace.com/paria">http://www.myspace.com/paria</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";" >Engineer kicking ass and taking names with Tides!</span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >The most up-to-date July tour dates and venues scheduled for <b style=""><a href="http://www.myspace.com/engineercooldude">Engineer</a> </b>thus far:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/12 - TBA - Rochester, NY<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/13 - The Vineyard - Kent, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/14 - The Metalfrat - Ann Arbor, MI<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/15 - The Tower Room - Antioch, IL<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/16 - The 1511 w/ Comadre & Surroundings - Indianapolis, IN<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/17 - TBA - Evansville, IN<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/18 - The Hideaway - Johnson City, TN<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/19 - SK Net - Charlotte, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/20 - Nara Sushi - Richmond, VA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/21 - The Velvet Lounge - Washington DC<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/22 - The Hexagon - Baltimore, MD<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/23 - Kung Fu Necktie w/ Fight Amp - Philadelphia, PA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/24 - The Cherry St Station – Wallingford, CT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/25 - Easy Axxess -<span style=""> </span>Pawtucket, RI<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/26 - Anchors Up! - Haverhill, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/27 - The Long Mustache -<span style=""> </span>Burlington, VT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >7/28 - Recess w/ Fuck the Facts - Syracuse, NY<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.myspace.com/engineercooldude">http://www.myspace.com/engineercooldude</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";" >A plethora of BMA releases comin’ at cha, real soon!</span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >9/15 – Lye By Mistake – “Fea Jur”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >9/15 – The_Network – “The Bishop Kent Manning”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >10/13 – Sweet Cobra – TBA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >10/27 – The Abominable Iron Sloth – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Heaviness”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";" >Follow us on Twitter, Blogspot and troll our Web sites for the latest BMA rhetoric:</span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com/">http://blackmarketactivities.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.blackmarketactivities.com/">http://www.blackmarketactivities.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities">http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.twitter.com/sheenabma">http://www.twitter.com/sheenabma</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.twitter.com/michellebma">http://www.twitter.com/michellebma</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:11;" ><a href="mailto:sheena@blackmarketactivities.com"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:11;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-438332907309634642009-06-22T07:14:00.000-07:002009-06-22T07:18:34.496-07:00New Lords interview with HardTimes.ca!Lords' Chris Owens isn't shy, folks. Who else would compare today's mainstream hardcore to '80s hair metal?<br /><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=59173671">Lords Interview HARDTIMES.CA</a><br/><object width="425px" height="360px"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=59173671,t=1,mt=video"><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=59173671,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-79544952620917774822009-06-19T08:12:00.001-07:002009-06-19T08:32:17.555-07:00Shaun Luu Horror Fest: Tales from the pants partyTo complete a week of recapping on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/shaunluuhorrorfest">Shaun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Luu</span> Horror Fest</a> in Syracuse, NY is a final blog entry from the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BMA</span></a> family's resident mystery human, followed by the second live video of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network</a>.
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mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:2031924888 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Day one: Friday, June 12 – Boston, MA<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ripped pants, spaghetti sandwiches, delicious treats and booze.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">All three pretty much sum up the days leading up to Shaun Luu Horror Fest in Syracuse, NY.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">After exhausting all of my electronics on the non-stop, five hour plane ride on Friday, departing from San Diego, CA, and arriving in Boston, MA, I was ready to check out the portion of the nation yet-to-be discovered by yours truly—but apparently by most other humans.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For a first timer in Boston, I could go on for days about the things I saw. But chances are many of the people reading this have already been there and are thinking, “relax Cali, I’ve already run like 20 miles around what you just saw.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I was a sheltered kid, OK? Traveling was a rarity in my household. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’ll save you all some eye-rolling, and stick to the highlights:</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Vegan food in the North End, joined by post ingestion grub crawling across the plate where my vegan slider once sat.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Chocolate covered cannoli from Mike’s Bakery. Two of these suckers proved to be too many—my first fail in pastry eating.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Boston Common sidewalk dweller proudly exclaiming his awareness of what resided beneath our pastry box—“I know what yah gaa-aht!”</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->An Irish bar playing techno and a bartender who really wanted to prove he knew his Guinness. </p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Map fail in Boston, no “You Are Here” dots to be found on ANY of the city maps.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->My guide stepping in a murky, dog-shit textured puddle of dirt that adhered to his shoe for the next three days. </p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style="">Day 2: Saturday, June 13 – New Hampshire</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style="">
<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">It’s 11 a.m. and time for the_Network to hit up the jam spot before heading to a show in Portsmouth, NH.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">All I’ve been told about Portsmouth for the past hour was that it’s a city by the ocean and it’s awesome—too bad the show ended up really being in another city adjacent to Portsmouth, so all my dreams of grandeur went down the shitter.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Greenland, NH wasn’t anything spectacular, nor was the show the_Network played. What was supposed to be a fest ended up being more like a grab-and-go liquor store—go in, do your stuff and get out—and your choices for a beverage were watered down beer, or one lone bottle of whiskey.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">I’ll leave the Greenland gig at that—what follows next is much tastier.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style="">Pre day three: Sandwiches and six hours of open road</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style="">
<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Massive French rolls covered in assorted grilled meats, spiced up condiments and layers of melted cheese was the best idea for a fitting meal to try and forget the fact that we had a six hour drive before us to Syracuse, NY.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Restlessness prevented some of us from sleeping, others knocked out in meat-induced food comas, but upon reaching Keith from Architect’s house, everyone slept like they were trying to kick Swine Flu.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style="">Day three: Shaun Luu Horror Fest – Syracuse, NY</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style="">
<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Two pound sandwiches were a great idea, yesterday.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Breakfast at Mom’s Diner in Syracuse had to be the best choice of the day—so far, anyway.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Curry and Mediterranean spiced eggs were the highlight of the meal, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/recesscoffee">Recess Coffee and Roastery</a> provided its glorious conclusion (shameless plug for Ed Gein).</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Properly caffeinated, I watched the_Network wake up the half-glazed over audience, with distorted bliss running through my ears and Mikey Bones assaulting random members of the crowd.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Engineer followed shortly after, playing to a mostly full room of eyes gleaming with excitement for the band of brothers. No matter how hard I try to describe how fucking great Engineer was, no description will do justice to the post-show exciting masses, who were evidently amazed given the rampant amount of prideful name droppings and “fucking rad”’s being uttered upon their departure to fresh air.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Architect reminded me why I just traveled nearly 3,000 miles. My mind was literally blown and dripping down the side of my skull post set—they definitely need more than a Swiffer to clean that shit up. I was told they deliver every fucking time, but at this particular show, they were near God-like—though I bet the band would be disgusted to share a comparison with God.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in;">Ed Gein. Do I really need to say anything? Seriously. So many people have hyped up how fucking stellar this band is live. How it’s been years since they’ve shared a stage. The more I heard, the more stoked I became. I didn’t doubt for a second that Ed Gein wouldn’t live up the hype. I was so fucking right. If everyone else’s mind wasn’t lying in a pool of chunky mucus on the floor, I would not have doubted it. The crowd knew what they had just witnessed was magnificent, chanting “Ed Gein” and “play more songs,” to which the band responded, “We don’t have any more songs!”
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<br />Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-82804408145278799962009-06-17T22:07:00.001-07:002009-06-17T22:09:19.110-07:00the_Network live at Shaun Luu Horror Fest, part onePart one of two videos filmed of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network</a> at Shaun Luu Horror Fest:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k2eLGw6KjAs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k2eLGw6KjAs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-29834008467500570132009-06-16T13:33:00.000-07:002009-06-16T13:37:03.731-07:00Have you hugged your mom today? Ed Gein's Aaron Jenkins reminds us of the importance of friends and family in the wake of Shaun Luu Horror Fest!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">I'm not a religious person. I don't believe in god or the devil. I don't believe in the afterlife in the traditional sense. But I do believe that there is a lot about this world, this life, that we don't understand. That we will never understand. Until we pass on and find out first hand. And I can not shake the feeling that Shaun was with us last night. I'm man enough say that I'm tearing up as I'm typing this and I cried like a little baby many times yesterday. I've generally held up pretty well during the fest over the past two years, but something about yesterday was just unreal. I miss Shaun. I miss his weird, uncomfortable sense of humor. I miss his full body head banging. I miss seeing him at practically every show no matter what style of music it was. I miss his enthusiasm and his intensity. I think he would have had an absolute blast yesterday. And I want to thank each and every one of you for being there. And I want to say this to all of you....none of us knows how long we have on this earth. It could be years. It could be days. It could be less. Tell your friends how much they mean to you every time you see them. Tell your family you love them. It's easy through out our day-to-day lives to forget how important our friendships are. It's easy to take things for granted. It's easy to not see how absolutely precious and wonderful each day is. Please don't forget.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Our community is amazing. When we all come together there is nothing that can't be done. We all may have our differences of opinion. Our feuds. Our misjudgments and our grudges. But when it all comes down, when we take a minute out of our day to really think about what we have here in this city it is amazing. At the movies alone we raised over $3197 for the benefit fund AFTER most expenses were covered (we still have to cover return shipping for the film prints and we won't know how much that comes out to until Wednesday when Jeff gets them shipped. So that total will change a little. I'll keep everyone informed). We haven't had a chance to go through the money from yesterday yet but the final head count for the bands was 311 people! And from what I've been told a lot of people were paying extra to get in.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The bands from out of town were floored by how amazing the people in Syracuse are. They were very glad to be a part of yesterday. And many many thanks to the fucking awesome bands we have right here in this town. Every last one of you is top fucking notch. Ed Gein has played with a lot of bands in a lot of cities and I can tell you we have some of the best bands out there right in our home town. Thank you all for doing what you do.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-46328000505874365842009-05-26T09:35:00.000-07:002009-05-26T12:43:07.989-07:00DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE FOR "THE WRETCHED FOREST" ON MYSPACE METAL TODAY!!<span style="font-weight: bold;">For Immediate Release</span><br /><br />May 26, 2009<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE FOR "THE WRETCHED FOREST" ON MYSPACE METAL TODAY!!</span><br /><br />Nashville natives <span style="font-weight: bold;">Destroy, Destroy, Destroy</span> will exclusively premiere its new music video for "The Wretched Forest" this Tuesday on MySpace Metal.<br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57972491"><br />Check the video out in all its glory!</a><br /><br />The video for "The Wretched Forest" transcends historical time periods, taking us back to when quests for the Holy Grail and slaying dragons were more than mere legend spoken by elders. "The Wretched Forest" is directed by Steve Stemac, with post production by Ryan Kendrick of Digital Bohemia.<br /><br />"The Wretched Forest," from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dx3</span>'s recent <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Market Activities</span> release "Battle Sluts," is in itself a perilous quest to revive the artistic premise on which creative music videos once began, with its 8 mm style film and fantasy-based story line.<br /><br />Prepare to immerse yourself in a legend of honor, integrity and heroic valor by checking out songs from the band's release "Battle Sluts" on its <a href="Http://www.myspace.com/destroydestroydestroy">MySpace page</a>:<br /><br /><br />Or on the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Black Market Activities</span> <a href="Http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketactivities">MySpace page</a>:<br /><br /><br />Check out more work from Ryan of <a href="http://www.digitalbohemia.com">Digital Bohemia</a>:Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-90359242887602197192009-05-20T09:52:00.000-07:002009-05-20T10:16:48.881-07:00Goin' down under: the_Network invades Australia, pt. 1<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dpY1JzCThCY/ShQ5o1rDvGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w9Eb3zrIUNY/s1600-h/kev-renopromo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dpY1JzCThCY/ShQ5o1rDvGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w9Eb3zrIUNY/s320/kev-renopromo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337954832106110050" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(note: Kev Digi is not pictured in the Australian Outback, but the wilderness in Reno, NV)</span></span></span>
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Photo credit: Metal Jeff)</span></span>
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">April 20, 2009</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Coinciding with Hitler’s birthday and the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, Pete and I are sitting in the LAX Airport waiting to board our flight to Australia.<span style=""> </span>In order to save money on “Entertainment Visas,” and to avoid all the other injustices traveling bands usually endure, the whole band decided to take separate flights to the other side of the Earth.<span style=""> </span>It was just by coincidence that Pete and I got the same flight to Australia.<span style=""> </span>Shane and Bones are sharing a flight, but poor Vic is cruising solo the whole way.<span style="">
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<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>It should be made clear that the_Network will be playing this Australian tour with Shane “the main brain” Frisby on bass and Vic “the prick” on drums.<span style=""> </span>So later in the diary, perhaps, when I say something like “Shane and I built the London Bridge with the help of some ‘Sheila’ with daddy issues,” or “Shane, Vic, and I drank a keg of Foster’s while watching some Australian fuck tapes with some Aborigines and their semi-tamed Kangaroo family,” there won’t be any confusion.<span style=""> </span>Traveling is expensive; and traveling across the entire world is very expensive, so our full time scumbag partners in crime, Tim and Bennett, couldn’t make it.<span style=""> </span>Shane’s experienced the embarrassment of touring with us before so he’s prepared, and Vic seems just sleazy enough to not even bat an eyelash when Pete drags a girl into a bathroom, a girl drags Mikey Bones into a bathroom, and Shane and I have our hands deep in each other’s pockets in a bathroom.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>Back to the issue at hand, I’ve just been assigned a window seat with my own little entertainment system installed into the headrest in front of me so my grundle’s tingling with excitement (and a few milligrams of Xanax) at the thought of maybe watching “Mall Cop” or “Confessions of a Shopaholic.”<span style=""> </span>I’m writing my local congressman to ensure that The Dark Knight, Rambo, or any Rocco Siffredi films are the only legal entertainment one should experience when remaining stationary for more than four hours.<span style=""> </span>We can all make a difference.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>Oh, quick effeminate celebrity sighting to report.<span style=""> </span>Like I said, we’re in the Los Angeles airport, and you can’t whip out your cock anywhere in L.A. without offending some B list celebrity or obscure television actor.<span style=""> </span>In the airport, I saw an actress from the HBO serious “Big Love” rushing out of the restroom (after hopefully just eating cocaine).<span style=""> </span>If you’re an HBO slut like myself and are familiar with the show Big Love, you’ll know the woman who almost became Bill Paxton’s fourth wife.<span style=""> </span>That was her.<span style=""> </span>I find that show a bit unrealistic because I’m positive that Bill Paxton doesn’t have three wives; he surely has about eight or nine.<span style=""> </span>I didn’t get a chance to speak to the actress but did get a picture of the bathroom she most likely just sprayed with a digested lunch and shame.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>The Boeing 747 we’ve just boarded has a second floor where Pete and I assumed we’d be able to enjoy a few cocktails while wearing airline bequeathed tuxedos and James Bond shoe phones for graciously fitting in with the movers and shakers of the world.<span style=""> </span>I haven’t gotten laid in embarrassingly too long and my imagination got the best of me.<span style=""> </span>I thought I’d join the mile high club with the type of beauty you see in postcards from Paris.<span style=""> </span>I was supposed to furiously lift her silk skirt just high enough to get the job done and then charm her into a puddle of ooze throughout the rest of the flight; maybe call her again someday and get married.<span style=""> </span>I’d tell her I just need a few years to build my empire and to save the world and she would stoically wait for me.<span style=""> </span>Damn my imagination!<span style=""> </span>And damn the rules of the 747.<span style=""> </span>Instead of discussing geopolitics waiting for a dry martini upstairs during the flight, Pete and I learned that the upstairs remains reserved for the true blue bloods and high, high end prostitutes.<span style=""> </span>Even at 30,000 feet, the separation of classes is a necessity.<span style=""> </span>I mean, American Airlines can’t have some mother of three wearing a Mickey Mouse sweat shirt ordering a Bud Light on the second floor!<span style=""> </span>It’s bad enough that we lowlifes have to walk past the first class pricks with their mimosas and too much leg room when boarding to the back of the plane where there are only one and a half bathrooms that are constantly occupied by body odor.<span style=""> </span>I endure all this without a cigarette by the way.<span style=""> </span>I hope all you holier than thou non-smokers board a flight with Stephen Hawking behind the wheel.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>Oh!<span style=""> </span>I’ve just been handed a menu.<span style=""> </span>Is a menu really necessary on a flight?<span style=""> </span>How many pages does it take to say “cold” shit or “hot” shit?<span style=""> </span>I have to admit that I enjoy airline food.<span style=""> </span>The meal is just another thing to keep my mind off the Parisian model I’m supposed to be fucking like an animal in the upstairs bathroom.<span style=""> </span>An airline meal is like a Hungry Man served as filet mignon minus the delicious brownie and delicious food.<span style=""> </span>“Sigh.”<span style=""> </span>So I’ve got a window seat, an empty seat next to me, an airline menu, and, Parisian model or not, I’m going to invite myself to join the mile high club soon enough.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>Another layover:<span style=""> </span>Pete and I are on our final flight from Brisbane to Adelaide, Australia and I have just met one of the most inspirational people I’ve ever known.<span style=""> </span>She’s an older woman named Peta.<span style=""> </span>She’s on her way to Adelaide to visit her daughter and grandchildren.<span style=""> </span>I started a conversation with her immediately upon taking my seat.<span style=""> </span>(I believe I may have a fraction of woman’s intuition.)<span style=""> </span>She has sugar sweet, wise eyes.<span style=""> </span>A real hippy might say she’s beaming with an almost radioactive aura.<span style=""> </span>She seems like the type of mother orphans see in their dreams.<span style=""> </span>She’s also facing death.<span style=""> </span>Really, she told me she’s actively living out her “Bucket List.”<span style=""> </span>I didn’t delve into what’s ailing her, and her optimism wouldn’t even let me tell her how sorry I feel for her.<span style=""> </span>It’s obvious she’s past that and is too tough for anyone’s pity.<span style=""> </span>She may be the bravest person I’ll ever meet (If I don’t die young, I picture myself wilting, feeble, dying like a needy little nothing).<span style=""> </span>Peta said she used to waste time worrying about the future and has now told herself to not look beyond two days ahead. <span style=""> </span>You’d never guess that she’s sick, tired, or troubled in the slightest.<span style=""> </span>I’m sitting next to a living saint.<span style=""> </span>She gave me all her contact info and told me to immediately get in touch with her if anything goes wrong.<span style=""> </span>This is where my brain starts up the strings section, soft music reverberates through my skull and bones, and the crane shot of me staring out the plane’s window pans back; farther and farther until my life and I become as obscure as the squares of land pock marking the world beneath us.<span style=""> </span>As jagged, grotesque, and stupid life can be, it’s always worth living.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>My wildest, sexiest, and basically impossible dreams didn’t come true on that flight, but something real and much more important did.<span style=""> </span>That’s how life is I guess.</p> Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-28064870980071329532009-05-20T09:44:00.000-07:002009-05-20T09:48:04.850-07:00Engineer to hit the road with Tides in July<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSHEENA%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSHEENA%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link 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If you'd like to book any of the following dates, contact the band on the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/engineercooldude"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Engineer</span></a> MySpace:
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">7/11 Rochester, NY @ tba
<br />7/12 Morgantown, WV @ tba
<br />7/13 Kent, OH @ tba
<br />7/14 Ann Arbor, MI @ tba
<br />7/15 Chicago, IL @ tba
<br />7/16 Indiana @ tba
<br />7/17 Kentucky @ tba
<br />7/18 Tennessee @ tba
<br />7/19 Charlotte, North Carolina @ tba
<br />7/20 Richmond, VA @ tba
<br />7/21 Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge
<br />7/22 Baltimore, MD @ tba
<br />7/23 New Jersey @ tba
<br />7/24 Conneticut @ tba
<br />7/25 Providence, RI @ tba
<br />7/26 Boston, MA @ tba</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
<br /></p> Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-90525151854749548032009-05-20T08:34:00.000-07:002009-05-20T09:52:01.754-07:00Shaun Luu Fest: nearly a BMA showcase<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G_KqrUNxoms/ShQy8QoHAbI/AAAAAAAAAJU/pN-ztcwrpms/s1600-h/shaunluufest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G_KqrUNxoms/ShQy8QoHAbI/AAAAAAAAAJU/pN-ztcwrpms/s320/shaunluufest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337947469177618866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/architectkills">Architect</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/edgeinband">Ed Gein</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/engineercooldude">Engineer</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenetworkmetal">the_Network</a></span></span> will all play <a href="http://www.myspace.com/shaunluuhorrorfest">Shaun Luu Horror Festival</a> on Sunday, June 14 at the Westcott Theatre in Syracuse, NY. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-40354926295159908382009-05-15T13:37:00.001-07:002009-05-15T13:38:43.944-07:00Paria on the Metal Injection Livecast tonight!<a href="http://www.myspace.com/paria">Paria</a> will appear on the <a href="http://www.metalinjection.net">Metal Injection</a> Livecast tonight. Tune in at 10 p.m. EST.Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-53084474710752956152009-05-08T07:31:00.000-07:002009-05-08T07:32:38.084-07:00GAZA cancels May tourHere's what the band has to say, via <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gaza">MySpace</a>:<br /><br /> <span id="ctl00_ctl00_cpMain_cpMain_BulletinRead_ltl_body">"Sorry to all the folks that have helped us or wanted to see us in a couple weeks. We just couldn't get this tour put together well enough and the outlook wasn't looking great. We're going to tag a week onto another tour this year, though, so look out for that.<br /><br />HOWEVER, we're still going to play Dudefest this July and will be booking for that. Stay tuned, y'alls.<br /><br />Sorry midwest Gazateers, but we'll be by in two months!</span>"Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-11625161179132900172009-05-04T18:26:00.000-07:002009-05-04T18:28:47.301-07:00LA Murderfest set times posted for The Abominable Iron SlothThe Abominable Iron Sloth plays mainstage on Sunday, May 10 of LA Murderfest at 4:35-4:55 p.m.<span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;"><br /><br /></span>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-76646409135734860552009-05-02T11:33:00.000-07:002009-05-09T22:24:51.855-07:00Tony Danza Canadian tour dates announced<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G_KqrUNxoms/SfySsf0hqJI/AAAAAAAAAJM/yLVSY81Cl9c/s1600-h/tonydanzaCANADA09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G_KqrUNxoms/SfySsf0hqJI/AAAAAAAAAJM/yLVSY81Cl9c/s320/tonydanzaCANADA09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331297352053532818" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/tonydanzatapdanceextravaganza">Tony <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Danza</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tapdance</span> Extravaganza</a> will tour Canada in May for the "Making the Canadian Bacon Tour." Joining them will be The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Stray from the Path.<br /><br />Confirmed dates/venues:<br /><br />5.21 - Windsor, ON - Chubby Pickle<br />5.22 - St. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Catharines</span>, ON - L3 w/ Starring Janet Leigh<br />5.23 - Toronto, ON - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kathedral</span> w/ Starring Janet Leigh<br />5.24 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks<br />5.25 - Montreal, QC - The Underground<br />5.26 - Quebec City, QC - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">L'Anti</span><br />5.27 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Expo<br />5.28 - Oshawa, ON - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">EP</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Taylors</span><br />5.30 - Guelph, ON - Shadow<br />5.31 - Hamilton, ON - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Casbah</span>Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052631919613016520.post-80766129702096835382009-04-27T11:39:00.000-07:002009-04-27T11:44:03.001-07:00LORDS invades the Great White North in June!<a href="http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville">Lords</a> is set to tour Canada in June and will be joined by Barn Burner, Titan and Vilipend.<br /><br />6/10 – Hamilton, ON @ Casbah (all ages)<br />6/11 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dees (19+ bar show)<br />6/12 – Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dekeuf (19+ Bar show)<br />6/13 – Montreal, QC @ Katacombes (18+ bar show)<br />6/14 – Sudbury, ON @ Adanac Shack (Dry all ages show)<br />6/15 – TBA<br />6/16 – London, ON @ Call The Office (all ages)<br />6/17 – St. Catharines, ON @ 73 (Dry all ages show)<br />6/18 – Kingston, ON @ Bar None (19+ bar show)<br />6/19 – Guelph, ON @ Shadow (all ages)<br />6/20 – Mississauga, ON @ City Center / Coliseum Stage<br />(outdoor festival / dry show)<br />6/21 – Windsor, ON @ Coach and Horse (19+ bar show)Black Market Activitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792967191719219261noreply@blogger.com0