Unknown + Lies

Well, I haven't been feeling too bloggy lately. Combine late summer lazyness with my typical year-round lazyness and it's a wonder I ever get out of bed. But I've been having some fun lately that's worth mentioning...

Last Friday, Mac and I went to a death metal show hosted by our new friend Anita. Bands included Estuary - death metal from Cincinnati, OH a.k.a the ONLY good thing EVER to come from Cincinnati, OH. Also, Mortal Decay, Fecal Corpse, and Origin. I hadn't been to a death metal show since college, but I had heard death metal. I really loved the scene. If you know me, you know I always wear black t-shirts with some sort of skull on them - a typical punk/metal thing. But this night, for whatever reason, I wore a nice collared black dress shirt and it turned out I was the only male there who WASN'T wearing a black t-shirt with some sort of skull on it. Add that to my short, gray hair and freshly shaved face and I felt a little out of place in metalworld. But nobody gave me shit. And I never would of thought someone in a band named "Fecal Corpse" would be so friendly, but everyone there was totally chill. They let us smoke pot with them backstage, we laughed, bought each other beers and we drank like there's no tomorrow.

I had some vacation time last week in which I'd planned to go to Montauk. It's very pretty out there and I try to make it out every summer. But things got screwed up with my schedule and, overall, I just was lazy so I didn't go. But I did spend some time at Teatown Reservation in Ossining, NY. When I was younger, my uncle used to take me and my siblings to Teatown to do some hiking and observe wildlife. On this occasion, I saw many deer, a chipmunk, and two little toads - each about the size of an average bee. They also have a nice little zoo there where they keep injured animals that wouldn't survive in the wild. Here, they had two fat, fluffy rabbits, owls, and a bald eagle. The eagle made me feel very patriotic.

My band, EASTER, finally has a Myspace account, as the previous post indicates. The page is currently not where I want it to be - the artwork below is supposed to be showing up in the background of the page, but is not seen on some computers. Do me a favor - if you read this, check out our myspace page and then contact me and tell me if you see the artwork in the background. And if you're a web techy person and feel like you can help me out with making this work, your help will be greatly appreciated. And if you're on Myspace, make friends with us! Unless you're a band who sucks (aka Grateful Dead, U2, Dave Matthews).

Jon and I are going into the studio on Friday to make some better recordings, some of which we will post on the Myspace site. Stay tuned for info on live shows, record releases, etc.