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I am Mike. I will post about things that get me through the day.
Wed Dec 16

My favorite records of 2009..

They’re not in any specific order..

The Sleeping- What It Takes
probably my favorite and most memories made while listening to this record in 2009.

These Green Eyes- Relapse To Recovery
These dudes spent like a week at my place. A very heartfelt record.

Say Anything- Say Anything
A much more mature record than their previous efforts, but still a great listen.

New Found Glory- Not Without A Fight
They never disappoint me.

The Lonely Island- Incredibad
I’m still laughing my ass off at this album.

Eminem- Relapse
Suck it. I don’t need any co-signers on why I like this album.

Thrice- Beggars
This band has evolved millions of times and I’m constantly amazed by their records.

The Forecast- Alive For The First Time EP
2 new tracks, 2 acoustic tracks of old songs and a Tom Petty Cover. I’m sold.

Muse- The Resistence
Just got into this record in the past month. I really dig it.

Shorelines- The Scars, The Scrapes, The Stories EP
I love these dudes and I listened to this EP for 2 months straight.

Wed Dec 9

I've noticed recently...

A lot of people in bands have seriously been disconnected to the world around them. I won’t ask the question regarding why crunk-core music is huge, I know the answer. I won’t ask why shitty cookie cutter bands sprout up like weeds, I know the answer. Now I sit back in the sidelines now and do a lot of analyzing (hating in most peoples eyes), and I am seeing something that doesn’t make sense.

When did playing music become about the big bands you play with/are on your top friends, who takes your pictures or some weak endorsement. It wasn’t too long ago I was reaching for the dream and all we wanted was to be signed and touring. That’s all I remember bands saying when we were coming up. “We wanna get out of here and tour!11!!!!” not make every excuse not to do it by constantly trying to reinvent themselves or sell themselves out.

For those who don’t know (and probably don’t care), I’ve been lucky to start a new project named Dilaura. I won’t tell you who we don’t sound like or what tuning we play in. I won’t tell you what gear we use or plan to buy to not sound like a certain artist. I won’t tell you to add our myspace (myspace.com/dilaura) because we don’t have anything on it other than a funny picture. I won’t tell you where we got our name from. I will tell you that my good friend James is in it (tumblr=HalfwayJames). I will tell you we have a drummer who is solid, but doesn’t show up a lot. I will tell you that we don’t have TOO big of goals in this band. I will tell you we are having a lot of fun and we are definitely thinking out of the box. It’s like, this opportunity called and we answered the phone saying “fuck it, anything goes”.

I can’t wait to get back on a stage. I honestly don’t mind if there is no one there this time to see it.

Fri Nov 13
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Wed Oct 7
whythefuckdoyouhaveakid: becuz there’s nothing more useful than an enormous cardboard box that won’t even fit in your van submitted by M and C

whythefuckdoyouhaveakid:

becuz there’s nothing more useful than an enormous cardboard box that won’t even fit in your van

submitted by M and C

Tue Sep 22
I’ve been thinking a lot today about success. What it is and what it means. Though a friend tried to set me back a peg by knocking my un-successful attempt at a music career, it really made me wonder about the word and the whole idea. I’d imagine it’s different to everyone. You may grow up to be a hockey player. You may make it to the NHL. You may play 10 seasons where you’re an average player. You may never win the Stanley Cup. Does that make you a failure? I look at it like this. We played music for 4 years with 7 different people in the mix. We played music we wrote as a unit. Music that truly meant something to us. It’s probably the main reason we didn’t “go anywhere” to some peoples fickle standards. We didn’t buy into trends, cliques or fashion. We kept it real and at the end of the night, we were proud of it regardless the outcome. While I sit in the office on lunch from work reflecting on the past, I’d say we were pretty successful. All but two of the members talk on a normal basis. We got to go places, meet people and do stuff we normally wouldn’t have if we didn’t play music. It’s got me focused more than ever just to play music for the FUN of it. My idea of success is giving it your all and still keeping your soul.

I’ve been thinking a lot today about success. What it is and what it means. Though a friend tried to set me back a peg by knocking my un-successful attempt at a music career, it really made me wonder about the word and the whole idea.

I’d imagine it’s different to everyone. You may grow up to be a hockey player. You may make it to the NHL. You may play 10 seasons where you’re an average player. You may never win the Stanley Cup. Does that make you a failure?

I look at it like this. We played music for 4 years with 7 different people in the mix. We played music we wrote as a unit. Music that truly meant something to us. It’s probably the main reason we didn’t “go anywhere” to some peoples fickle standards. We didn’t buy into trends, cliques or fashion. We kept it real and at the end of the night, we were proud of it regardless the outcome.

While I sit in the office on lunch from work reflecting on the past, I’d say we were pretty successful. All but two of the members talk on a normal basis. We got to go places, meet people and do stuff we normally wouldn’t have if we didn’t play music. It’s got me focused more than ever just to play music for the FUN of it.

My idea of success is giving it your all and still keeping your soul.

whythefuckdoyouhaveakid: becuz you had extra room in your bed submitted by E Holy shit!

whythefuckdoyouhaveakid:

becuz you had extra room in your bed

submitted by E

Holy shit!
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Thu Sep 17

absolutepunk.net

It’s a place to go to when you want to e-hang with a bunch of elitists, co-signers and hypocrites. People on there take the internet WAYYYYY to seriously. I find it extremely sad that some of these people become close over chatting in threads. It makes you wonder where there real friends are. It seems to me a lot of them are just too internet cool to have real friends, go out and do stuff and so on.

Sun Sep 6
Hmmmm.

Hmmmm.

Wed Aug 12

I also just saw a preview..

For a new A&E show that will one day feature my mother. Hoarders. Great. Mind freak is a douche still.