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Cities / oaxaca, MX

« on: September 20, 2016, 03:27:08 AM »

i'll be going to oaxaca for about a week surrounding dia de los muertos.  really excited.

anybody been there before?  any food tips or satanic secrets?

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Cities / Re: Akumal/ Tulum Mexico

« on: April 07, 2016, 03:50:16 AM »

i would recommend going to the mayan ruins at coba which are like an hour from tulum.  when i was there like 5 years ago, they had a pyramid you could climb to the top of - most sites prohibit this now.  the ruins here are expansive, so rent a bike right when you walk in so you can speed past all the sunburnt europeans shuffling around. 

the further inland from the beach you are in tulum, the more you can find "normal" mexican food.  the main drags along main street and the loooong road that goes past all the hotels along the beach mostly cater to american tastes.  except there is one place on the southern end of main street in town that has bad ass al pastor tacos.  cinder block building called antojitos.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Getting completely drunk at a workplace that is not a bar

« on: March 02, 2016, 06:05:19 PM »

one of my jobs in high school was working at a small three-screen movie theater.  the boss was a middle-aged guy whose abrasive wife had completely emasculated him to the point where he was such a joke that myself and my teenaged coworkers would rip on him openly.  he also had a serious body odor problem where he smelled like a corpse.  looking back, what a sad dude, but at the time we all hated him.

anyway, there was an alleyway outside one of the fire exits that was perfect for smoke breaks, so we would get high and then go raid the concession stand for popcorn, candy, etc.  a great way to spend time as a 17 yr old.  i once watched a friend of mine take an order for popcorn from a woman and in the space it took him to turn around and fill the bag, completely forget what he was doing.  instead of serving it to her and taking her money, he stepped aside and starting eating the popcorn himself in full view of the woman who had been planning to eat it herself.  harmless stoner comedy shit like that, but funny to look back on.  i later worked at an ice cream parlor with the same friend who in a stroke of drunken genius broke into the shop after hours and brought a bunch of huge tubs of ice cream to a party we were at.  maybe he should be the one writing this...

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What tv show are you watching and what do you have to say about it ..pt 2

« on: February 07, 2016, 02:16:58 PM »

I only saw the first episode of the new X-Files and it looked so bizarre to me. It was shot in a style more becoming of CSI, or something like that. The fact that it's in HD takes me right out of the fantasy, especially with regard to the two main characters who seemed so out of place in this world. Not that the original series was ever so realistic, but the fact that everything was make-believe all around somehow seemed congruent. With the new series I felt like I was watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

I'll give it another chance though.

i had the same reaction to the first episode.  i think the modern TV lighting style suits the show poorly.  the original run, especially in the early years, was always very dark. 

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: REV//REV - CONDUIT - ABANDOS - CYANIDE TOOTH @ Trans-Pecos > FRI NOV 13th

« on: November 13, 2015, 04:16:25 PM »

thanks for those flyers arturo!

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Music Shit / Re: No Wave

« on: October 23, 2015, 06:42:27 AM »

Have to hear that final Sightings LP. Arrived in Gold will perennially be one of my favorite records. One of NY's best kept secrets or something, so it seems.

sightings were never a secret, people in general were just too square to appreciate. 

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What tv show are you watching and what do you have to say about it ..pt 2

« on: October 21, 2015, 07:32:19 AM »

Fucking episode three, man. Likely the most emotionally affecting scene in any film or tv show I've ever seen. Drama at it's purest. Not melodrama, mind you, just pure leave your guts the floor heart wrench. Maybe even more painful than seasons two & three.  Fuck me, I'm only halfway through the episode.

Damn. Hard to believe he could take it up a notch from the last couple of episodes of season 3, can't wait for this to hit the U.S.

is is streaming on the 'channel 4' website and if you get one of those free trial periods for a "change my IP address to a different country" applications, you can watch em all on there from the u.s. 

ep 3. is rough, but get ready for #4!  will not disappoint, other than the fact that it is over.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What tv show are you watching and what do you have to say about it ..pt 2

« on: October 02, 2015, 08:05:33 PM »

It's not showing in the U.S. but curious of any Europeans have started watching This Is England '90? I loved the movie and thought the two series were even better.

i was also really charmed by the movie and when i learned there were tv sequels, i found an app to change my american IP address so i could watch them.  loved '86 and '88.  i've watched the first two episodes of '90 so far and while it is a blast seeing the gang back together, i'm not sold on it yet.  do you like it?

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: DEAF WISH + RICHARD PAPIERCUTS, Cake Shop NYC 10/10/15

« on: September 25, 2015, 10:52:55 AM »

does the richard band still feature the extraordinary p. ludet?

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Non-Music Shit / Re: List the 3 Worst Places You Have Been To

« on: September 03, 2015, 05:58:11 AM »

beach, north dakota
wilmington, delaware
seoul, south korea

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Where to go from Stan Brakhage

« on: August 30, 2015, 10:18:54 AM »

i think marie menken's work is similar to brakhage's in terms of abstraction and use of light.  also try maya deren whose stuff is quite different, but really good.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: sat 8/29 - conduit (members of white suns & twin stumps) brooklyn

« on: August 28, 2015, 06:45:18 AM »

one bump.  tomorrow.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Links to decent/good streaming documentaries...

« on: August 24, 2015, 01:58:45 PM »

'mondo elvis'.  30 mins of elvis worshippers.  growing up in new england, i was never really exposed to the cult of elvis and this shit is WEIRD.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / sat 8/29 - conduit (members of white suns & twin stumps) brooklyn

« on: August 18, 2015, 08:54:53 AM »

new band playing our first show very soon.

saturday aug 29
shea stadium
9pm sharp for first band (us)
$8

pop1280
mansion (oakland - http://mmansionn.bandcamp.com)
pill
conduit

flyer by alessandro

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Music Shit / Re: Embarrassing Shows You've Seen & Bands Insulting Each Other Onstage

« on: July 29, 2015, 10:11:48 AM »

rusted shut at the silent barn in brooklyn in like... 2007?   was anybody else at that one?

walsh seemed like he had just woken up from a year-long coma and had immediately been pushed onto the stage to front the band.  songs falling apart, starts and stops, etc.  the thing that sticks in my memory is the drummer having to get up, walk around his kit and physically stop walsh from playing at the end of a few songs.  not so dramatic i guess, but i felt bad for the guy.  they still rocked pretty fucking hard somehow.