Free show, open to the public!
Also appearing will be Imperial Rooster.
http://www.reverbnation.co
http://www.facebook.com/pi
Screw the Q and drive north for an hour to catch this!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Pinata Protest (Accordian Punk) visits el norte.
Pinata Protest (from San Antonio, TX) is going to be playing at Plaza Espanola on Sat. Aug. 6th
Free show, open to the public!
Also appearing will be Imperial Rooster.
http://www.reverbnation.co
http://www.facebook.com/pi
Free show, open to the public!
Also appearing will be Imperial Rooster.
http://www.reverbnation.co
http://www.facebook.com/pi
Monday, August 1, 2011
Friends need some help...
"On their way to Savannah, Georgia yesterday, Transient was in a head on collision when an SUV flew over the medium and landed on them. Krysta had to be airlifted to the hospital. We are all relieved that they are alive and doing ok. Krysta had to have surgery on her wrist and her hip put back into place. The van has been totaled and we need help getting them home safely and also help pay for some medical bills."
http://www.transientbrutality.com/blog/?p=369
http://www.transientbrutality.com/blog/?p=369
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Small Bones * Ronoso * Streights * Young Guns - Aug 1.
Small Bones - Punk from New Orleans featuring a former resident of New Mexico that used to play in City is a Tower amongst other bands during his time here in Burque. You can check some out here http://www.myspace.com/smallbonesnola
Absence Part 2
At the end of may a couple of fires broke out in western Arizona that went untamed for weeks. The smoke from those fires traveled all the way into western and central New Mexico and settled in the valleys. The smoke was so thick that at times you could not see more than a block away. It also made the evening sun disappear on several occasions. Ash fell and covered our plants, cars and sidewalks like it was a January snow. The smoke made it hard for even the most healthy of us to breath comfortably. For those that were old, young or of poor health, the smoke was dangerous.
In may my cat Tabitha a.k.a. 'Gata' turned 22. I adopted her in June of 89 when she was between 4-6 weeks old. She moved with me to Albuquerque in 1995. Over the last 7 years she had settled into her age. She slowed down a bit. She lost most of her hearing and developed cataracts last year. But she was still getting around the house. Thanks to the smoke from the Arizona Wallow Fire she developed respiratory distress and died June 6th. Those of you that aren't close to your pets will not understand. Those of you that are close to your pets understand the devastation.
My house has been quiet and lonely since. I have begun to adjust. And resuming posting to this here blog is part of me getting back into a more normal pattern.
Let's see if i can maintain this blog a bit more consistently from here on out.
And about the fires in Arizona. Screw you Gov. Jan Brewer. You should have made more of an effort to get that crap under control quicker. You did not declare a state of emergency, which allows you to activate the national guard, until the 7th of June a week and a half after the fire began. By the time you declared a state of emergency the fire had already grown to over 200,000 acres. Then what did you do? Sat and made a few phone calls to the feds? Our governor, who i don't really care for, was down at the AZ/NM border even before the fire crossed into New Mexico to get an up close look at what was going on. She was at least pro-active. Even though hers and your powers as governor are not extensive when it comes to forest fires, she was at least ready and quick to make any and ALL resources available to the fed incident commanders.
Gov. Brewer - screw you and the dumbass that started the fire!
In may my cat Tabitha a.k.a. 'Gata' turned 22. I adopted her in June of 89 when she was between 4-6 weeks old. She moved with me to Albuquerque in 1995. Over the last 7 years she had settled into her age. She slowed down a bit. She lost most of her hearing and developed cataracts last year. But she was still getting around the house. Thanks to the smoke from the Arizona Wallow Fire she developed respiratory distress and died June 6th. Those of you that aren't close to your pets will not understand. Those of you that are close to your pets understand the devastation.
My house has been quiet and lonely since. I have begun to adjust. And resuming posting to this here blog is part of me getting back into a more normal pattern.
Let's see if i can maintain this blog a bit more consistently from here on out.
And about the fires in Arizona. Screw you Gov. Jan Brewer. You should have made more of an effort to get that crap under control quicker. You did not declare a state of emergency, which allows you to activate the national guard, until the 7th of June a week and a half after the fire began. By the time you declared a state of emergency the fire had already grown to over 200,000 acres. Then what did you do? Sat and made a few phone calls to the feds? Our governor, who i don't really care for, was down at the AZ/NM border even before the fire crossed into New Mexico to get an up close look at what was going on. She was at least pro-active. Even though hers and your powers as governor are not extensive when it comes to forest fires, she was at least ready and quick to make any and ALL resources available to the fed incident commanders.
Gov. Brewer - screw you and the dumbass that started the fire!
Absence Part 1.
So i skipped out on posting for the last couple of months. I call it procrastination. Things got a little down for a lot us here in New Mexico, the lack of rain, fires and the resulting smoke, motorcycle accidents, friends and companions passing on. So here is the first posting that i have been putting off for a while now:
Back in May ago I was getting ready to write a few posts about some of the bands from Espanola, NM. This northern New Mexican town has had several bands that I have been familiar over the last decade of so. In preparation for this I contacted Pat Clements to see if his band Osoatomico was still active. He wrote back explaining that Osoatomico was defunct, but he was working on trying to get something new started.
Two days later he died in a motorcycle accident.
I first met Pat a little over a decade ago when my band at the time first played in Espanola. We hit it off pretty well, as we did with most everyone in Spana. I think the first band that I remember him in he was playing bass at the time. Later he was in Gloryhordeorchestra, playing bass as well. The last time I saw him play was when one of my bands shared the stage with him at a show down here. At that time he was in Osoatomico and had switched to playing drums.
He was very talented and, as with most talented artists and musicians, was emotionally volatile. It just comes with the territory. I think we had the volatility in common. Don’t be mistaken, there was no violence or hostility. It was more like he wasn’t able to restrain his emotion. It is the type of emotional and passionate explosiveness that can make it hard to work with others, but it’s also what helps drive creative process. He had a passion for music and motors. He was interested only in the quality of the music that he was playing, and in the quality of the bands that he listened to. He didn’t give a crap about popularity. It is those qualities that made me respect and appreciate him. Not many people are that genuine.
He was very talented and, as with most talented artists and musicians, was emotionally volatile. It just comes with the territory. I think we had the volatility in common. Don’t be mistaken, there was no violence or hostility. It was more like he wasn’t able to restrain his emotion. It is the type of emotional and passionate explosiveness that can make it hard to work with others, but it’s also what helps drive creative process. He had a passion for music and motors. He was interested only in the quality of the music that he was playing, and in the quality of the bands that he listened to. He didn’t give a crap about popularity. It is those qualities that made me respect and appreciate him. Not many people are that genuine.
Over the years I would run into him on campus when he was going to school down here, or we would run into eachother at shows down here or up in Spana. It was always great running into him, and I would always hope that I would run into him at the shows up north.
He was a big guy with a big personality. Our community lost something big when he passed. From everyone in our bands here we send our condolences to his Family and Friends up there in Spana. If his loss hit us this hard we can barely begin to imagine how devastating the loss is for you all. Please, take comfort in knowing that he did make an impact on many people. He made a contribution to our lives that can be looked back on by all of us as something real and tangible. We all benefited from knowing him. He was genuine.
Here's a couple of videos of Osoatomico at Burts Tiki Lounge. He was playing the drums.
Osoatomico at the Espanola plaza
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Death, Thrash, Black, and who knows...
Sepultura * Belphegor * Hate * Keep Of Kalessin * Neuraxis * Bonded By Blood @ Sunshine Theater, All Ages / Bar with ID $20.
Why the hell am i writing about a 20 dollar show at the sunshine for Sepultura? I really like two of the openers.
Of key interest for me is Neuraxis, from Montreal, QB. They should be playing mostly new material off of their new album 'Asylon'. The album has had mixed reviews, but i have been digging on it as much as i did their previous release "the thin line between". Hell, it had some guest vocals from Luc Lamay (Gorguts- you fans of jazz should be listening to them). Labeled as Technical Death Metal, it gives a bit of a wrong impression. They are a lot more melodic like alot of their other French Canadian death metal contemporaries. They are not "technical" in the sense of bands like Viraemia or say locals Vale of Miscreation, and Fields of Elysium (which if you haven't seen either you are missing out). Here is a taste of a new one from Neuraxis:
Hate, from Poland has pretty much adopted the stylings of their countrymates Behemoth. In a way you can call them Behemoth Jr.
Belphegor... There ain't much too say about them. One of those bands that occasionally dumped into the "real or not" debate. Just watch the video. My only hope is that they are as goofy and entertaining as in this video. Are they legit? Who cares. It's fucking awesome.
Sepultura - I think that i have only liked two of their songs since Max departed ways. The first time iI saw them was 20 years ago in Gallup. It was them, Sacred Reich, Sick of it All and NAPALM DEATH. This will probably be the first time i'd have seen them in about fifteen years.
Why the hell am i writing about a 20 dollar show at the sunshine for Sepultura? I really like two of the openers.
Of key interest for me is Neuraxis, from Montreal, QB. They should be playing mostly new material off of their new album 'Asylon'. The album has had mixed reviews, but i have been digging on it as much as i did their previous release "the thin line between". Hell, it had some guest vocals from Luc Lamay (Gorguts- you fans of jazz should be listening to them). Labeled as Technical Death Metal, it gives a bit of a wrong impression. They are a lot more melodic like alot of their other French Canadian death metal contemporaries. They are not "technical" in the sense of bands like Viraemia or say locals Vale of Miscreation, and Fields of Elysium (which if you haven't seen either you are missing out). Here is a taste of a new one from Neuraxis:
Hate, from Poland has pretty much adopted the stylings of their countrymates Behemoth. In a way you can call them Behemoth Jr.
Belphegor... There ain't much too say about them. One of those bands that occasionally dumped into the "real or not" debate. Just watch the video. My only hope is that they are as goofy and entertaining as in this video. Are they legit? Who cares. It's fucking awesome.
Sepultura - I think that i have only liked two of their songs since Max departed ways. The first time iI saw them was 20 years ago in Gallup. It was them, Sacred Reich, Sick of it All and NAPALM DEATH. This will probably be the first time i'd have seen them in about fifteen years.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Busy weekend
There is a lot going on this weekend. Starting tonight with the crabwalk which was the previous posting. But as a reminder the Crabwalk is tonight April 21st THURSDAY at the Peace and Justice Center.
FRIDAY-April 22nd... eh, i am sure that there is a lot going on and i along with you and others will find something interesting or at least a bit fun.
SATURDAY- April 23rd- I have been waiting on this for a while now. Prison of Sound will be playing at the Blackbird Buvette, with Gregg Turner doing his solo acoustic set, and Night//Terrain. An odd mix, of AmRep style Noise Rock, a solo acoustic set, and a heavy doom band. Being only a few days after the crabwalk, the mix of genres should go rather well. And for those of you wondering why i am hyping this show- I am in Prison of Sound as well.
Prison of Sound:
http://www.myspace.com/prisonofsound
Greg Turner: Ex-Angry Samoan, current and continual Math kicker.
Check his current band: http://www.blooddrainedcows.com/
Night Terrain: Terror. Trains. Metal.
http://www.nightterrain.com/
Then for you grind heads
SUNDAY - April 24th Some might call it easter i think.
Violence of Humanity will be playing with locals Laughing Dog, and Brainrot.
Violence of Humanity- Grind from Portland, Features members of Transient, who some of you might remember from their show with Elitist, at the PandJ a few months ago. They will be playing with local grindveteranos Laughing Dog, as well as our introduction to Brainrot. I got my first taste of them last night while listening to KUNM overnight freeform. Chaotic and eloquent Noise-Rock. Starts at 8 and is a loose $5. All Ages.
FRIDAY-April 22nd... eh, i am sure that there is a lot going on and i along with you and others will find something interesting or at least a bit fun.
SATURDAY- April 23rd- I have been waiting on this for a while now. Prison of Sound will be playing at the Blackbird Buvette, with Gregg Turner doing his solo acoustic set, and Night//Terrain. An odd mix, of AmRep style Noise Rock, a solo acoustic set, and a heavy doom band. Being only a few days after the crabwalk, the mix of genres should go rather well. And for those of you wondering why i am hyping this show- I am in Prison of Sound as well.
Prison of Sound:
http://www.myspace.com/prisonofsound
Greg Turner: Ex-Angry Samoan, current and continual Math kicker.
Check his current band: http://www.blooddrainedcows.com/
Night Terrain: Terror. Trains. Metal.
http://www.nightterrain.com/
Then for you grind heads
SUNDAY - April 24th Some might call it easter i think.
Violence of Humanity will be playing with locals Laughing Dog, and Brainrot.
Violence of Humanity- Grind from Portland, Features members of Transient, who some of you might remember from their show with Elitist, at the PandJ a few months ago. They will be playing with local grindveteranos Laughing Dog, as well as our introduction to Brainrot. I got my first taste of them last night while listening to KUNM overnight freeform. Chaotic and eloquent Noise-Rock. Starts at 8 and is a loose $5. All Ages.
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