PERCEPTION

I wish I knew what to make of all this, this mess this shattered glass of a relationship.
I was always taught to love with an open hand, I hope blind faith blesses with me clarity of thought.
If I can't love you as a lover, I will love you as a friend.
Please don't take advantage of a fallen lover, because no one will ever love you more than I have.

DECLARATION

JAM SESSION

Had our first jam session in the new practice space!
Was awesome, laid down a new song which should be up in the next week or two when my voice isn't wrecked :P
Check the photos out here: Declaration

OBSESSION

As you can see I listen to Carpathian way (way) too much :)
Isolation is definitely the album of my adolescence, words and emotions from the core.

TITLE? WHO GIVES A SHIT

This Friday the band and I are moving all the gear into our little oasis for the holidays, a soundproofed and fully air conditioned den for steamy hot males to rage about in. Tom's got his Ps so we can cart the tremendous amount of shit we all own and paid for (not) and get stuck into doing anything but practicing.

I'll probably end up recording a studio diary or some shit that actually makes us look 'like' a legit band. Most likely some embarrassing photos too!

I'll keep ya posted
xxx

NEW LOWS

"Earlier this month the biggest ecstasy bust in world history happened in this city. Is it strange the feeling of disappointment I have as an Australian? Does the majority of the the population feel disappointment in having this milestone on our shoulders?
Do I care too much?

Obviously drug use is something I condemn personally, but surely when it gets to this level we, as a whole, have to realise that something is becoming increasingly wrong?

Currently I am sitting in bed listening to the rain wash away the alcohol, drug, blood, vomit and urine stains that line the streets of Richmond after the weekends social events…

For me personally it was even harder than usual to interact with old friends that I no longer see as the majority of them were too wasted to have even the beginnings of a conversation. The saddest part is I guess we originally grew apart over differences about drugs and drinking or how we should spend our time growing up or what ‘fun’ is. I know people think I’m in an eternal bad mood or boring or uptight but I would like to think that there is more to being young than this… I remember fun.

Maybe I grew up too fast and again, maybe I care too much." - Martin Kirby

NO ONE READS THIS RIGHT?

Well to update you in the pointless updates and thoughts of my life exam block is here, so expect a 200% increase in me glued to this screen and way too much xbox (anything but study!). Umm we have a fully soundproofed room with air con for band practice all holidays :) way too excited for that however I think the boys are just as much as I am!

Saosin's new album is amazing, need to listen to it a few times but then those few turn into many; give it a listen!
Aaaand there's not much else to my life besides pointless blogging, IM, Myspace, Xbox, girlfriend and band.
Drop me a line, let's converse!

P.S I sound a lot more happier in those post than any other post combined.

WHAT DO YOU FEEL?

I feel that the hardcore genre has given me so much over the time I've listened to it as a collective. And yeah I'm a little late on the era, but it's not difficult absorb something from it. It's not hard to see that the face of hardcore is changing, getting old with wrinkles forming. But it really comes down to what you get out of it, the ideas, the mates, the morals and the good times. Yeah we're macho males acting as tough as we can and to say the least we're lost and hardcore is the father figure.

You'll know the feeling I'm talking about when you go to a show with a band you listen to and those lyrics come out of their mouth. That tingling sensation and then the goosebumps follow, you close your eyes and you find yourself screaming in time with the words that mean so much to you; singing what you feel so passionate about.