27/4/XXXX WEBSITE UPDATE!
Bad news everyone, FINDME is going back down again. Not because of a coding problem but rather another one. I'll be around still, just not posting my jamsesh location this upcoming month. However If anyone wants to rock out feel free to use my messager still!
Serious talk though, I've run into a security issue this month and need to get a bit more uptight for a little while. Hope y'all understand.
Remember..... DON'T FORGET YOUR BONES...
18/4/XXXX LIFE UPDATE!
Good news everyone! After a few months I've finally found a new job, one that pays well enough for me to begin staying in an apartment again! This means more posts, more art and more music! I'm not going to say where, of course. But I'll just say that librarians prevail yet again, thank you libraries! Unfortunately it does seem to be the sort to have a DRESS CODE. Bummer. If you see me on the streets without my gear, don't worry. I'm not giving up metal. I'm probably just on the clock ;)
Sidenote, if any of you noticed the site going down last night, sorry. I tried to make a blog post while I was drunk, hahahahaha!
16/4/XXXX P2! WEBSITE UPDATE!
even BETTER news everyone! FINDME is back up! I'm not sure what I did to fuck up the code in the first effing place, but I unfucked it with the librarian's help! I've also got a niiiice waaarm place to sleep tonight, everyone say thank you Librarian. I'll see those of you who show at tomorrow's meet! See ya! :)
DON'T FORGET YOUR BONES...
16/4/XXXX
GOOD NEWS everyone! The message board is back up! I'm also currently working on fixing my "Find Me" page for this friday's mosh tomorrow, But I'll send out one more blog update after it's back. See you later! Shoot me a message! ;)
1/4/XXXX WHAT IS A HAGGIS?
A few questions on my messageboard have been asking me recently, "Bones? What IS a haggis?" Well, I'd like to educate you on my favorite scottish animal, the haggis.
Now the haggis is a wee-creature from the moors of scotland. It's got long fur to protect it from foxes and wolves, n' to shelter it from the cold. Now haggi, needing to traverse the mountains, evolved to have one leg shorter than the other. There's two main varaities of haggis. Those that walk clockwise, and those that walk counterclockwise. Because of the difference in their leg lengths, these two subspecies are frequently unable to breed betwixt each other, furthering this evolutionary gap you see. It's been tried before, but usually the male haggi ends up just falling over before he's able to successfully mount his mate. It's real sad. There's a song in my personal album about the lone left haggi and his right legged mate. Poor lad.
Anyways, once a year the haggis emerges, the great haggi growing the longest beard of them all. There's usually something about a hunt, and eventually they end up on my plate! I haven't had a good haggis since I left Glasgow, however if any of you are skilled hunters.
I'd always be in for a feast ;) .
Until next time, remember your bones.....
25/1/XXXX
25/1/XXXX I love the feeling of adrenaline. The whistle in the ears that rushed past in blood through my veins. The heat of the moment, the warmest warmth I've ever felt. Like that of laying in the sun as a babe, still young and free. The unpredictability of it all, when everything else seems like it's so patterned and bound to happen. I could win, I could lose. The scrawny guy I'm fighting could end up just having a sleeper build or be good at duckin and hit me in the face too fast. The po’ could come up and try and arrest us for misdemeanor The other moshers could join in, make a proper brawl. Sometimes even the bartender jumps in.
The least fun thing that can happen during a fight, is when the other guy loses like a wimp. E cries or cowers. Not any fun beating up a guy who won't beat back. I'm no bully. I don't kick people while they're down unless they REALLY deserve it. I'm not an asshole. The point is to say if I'm on top of a bloke, and he's already long since knocked out. And I'm just sittin there heaving and catching my own breath. Don't tell me to hit him again? What are you stupid? What's hitting him again gonna do except send him to wake up in a hospital? It's just redundant at this point his ass’ already whipped. I dunno what goes through people's heads, honestly. It's just bad spirit. It's just maliciously. Maliciously? I don't know the right word. It's malicious. It's mean, it's evil. Just plain wrong. Makes you no better than whatever asshole you're pummeling
11/4/XXXX HOW TO MOSH!
HOW TO MOSH; MAKING IT FOR BEGINNERS:
Hey everyone! Now that I'm back in the pit, I've begun to notice that some of you are struggling to really get into the groove of moshing. So I've decided to make a post with some helpful resorces, and bullet points on how to have the MOST of your MOSH. First off, let's start with the basics.
first off, you need to KNOW YOUR PIT.a pit has it's own environment, it's own ecosystem, it's own 'alphas'. If you want to survive in a pit, you need to first know:
- The parts of the pit.
Pits can have three or more main "parts". I say parts LOOSELY. It's not really something to be defined. But for a good sized pit theres usually three. The wall, which are people standing at the edge of the pit between the moshers and the regular crowd, the 'storm' as I like to call it, which are moshers who in bigger crowds usually begin to rotate or move in a pattern for more effective fun (the more you move the better!) and in some large pits the 'eye' which can be an island of people in the middle, usually long time metal fans who don't have enough jazz in them to run about, but still like to mosh.
- The type of pit you're in.
Different bands have different pits. Now since this is a forum specifically for METAL, you can expect a lot of thrashing bashing and bumping for high energy songs and bands. If it's a mainstream band, it's gonna be wilder. Different sizes of venues also affect the pit environment. There's pits with more pushing, pits with more kicking, pits where you're more likely to get hurt and pits where it's better to just take it slow and feel the groove.
- The energy of the pit you're in and how the pit you're in is moving
as mentioned in the last bullet, different bands have different pits. Scope out how the pit is interacting first before you throw yourself in. Now there are also different moves a pit can execute. You can have fun and headbang all you want, but try and pay attention. One of my favorite moves a pit can do is called the "wall of death." In the wall of death the pit usually splits down the middle, with some wildcards staying in to feel the wall crush in on them. Usually before or during the peak of a high energy song, the wall collapses in on itself, and everyone runs at eachother like that one battle scene in lord of the ringsor summat.
To prepare for this move, watch for the way the crowd suddenly retreats like a tide. If you don't want to be in the wall of death, get out of it! And certanly don't stand in the middle like an idiot if you're not prepared to get slammed into by lots of sweaty shirtless folks.
Now, if you aren't too keen on listening to me yap, I've got some resources that can help you learn better than I ever could teach you. Take a look at this Playlist. Some of these videos are how I learned to start out, and surely they can help you too.
There are some things I don't cover in this list, that you can use these resoruces to follow up on. Now, if you're really a beginner I wouldn't recommend moshing on your first few concerts, ESPECIALLY NOT ALONE. Go to a venue multiple times, wait until your second big name band, or go with a large group of experienced friends. Always look out for your pals. Always be safe. And remeber that if you need a break, take a break.
10/1/XXXX !NEW USERS PLEASE READ. IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
Hello everyone, Rough announcement tonight, SAND and PIPES has unfortunately disbanded. There will be no more posts on this blog about any of the other members, and I'd like to ask that none of you mention my previous engagement with the band, or any of it's members. Please. Honestly. I'll still be around bars, and venues, but no longer playing anything as of now. All of my equipment, most of my clothes, and my living space were owned by nails. With our seperation I'm no longer allowed access to these ammenities. If anyone would like to have a jamsesh, message me through my cbox and I'll try n show. But for now I'm sticking to moshing. See you out there.
Remember your bones.
Let it be known, if any of you ANY of you. Who read this blog EVER mention it. I'll kill you. I swear I will.
13/12/xxxx.
13/12/XXXX I TRY TO REMAIN CIVIL ON HERE, BUT I JUST DONT KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS SHIT I CAN TAKE ANYMORE. I'VE MOVED WEBSITES TO KEEP HIM FROM READING THIS. HE JUST- DOESN'T GET IT. SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, OR IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. WELL, IT'S GETTING WORSE. AND HE'S SO CONVINCED IM A DOG ON A LEASH THAT I NEED TO BE HELD BACK FROM FIXING IT. I WAS FINE BEFORE! I HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE “BULLY” ME SINCE PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. I KNOW HOW TO HANDLE ASSHOLES BUT HE JUST WON'T LET ME HANDLE THEM. NOW ITS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT I MIGHT JUST NEED TO GET VIOLENT! I KNOW HE'S NOT ONE FOR FIGHTING BUT WILL HE REALLY THINK ME SO BADLY IF I JUST STAND UP FOR MYSELF? WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HIM IF HE DOES. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GIG THIS WEEKEND AT THE SEASHACK, IF THAT HECKLING DICKHEAD IS THERE, I'M FUCKING HIM UP. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. I'M DOING IT THIS TIME. I'M MY OWN PERSON. I CAN MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS.
12/12/xxxx
Gig at the seashack tonight! You know the drill, fridays as always.
But hey, let's be real for a second. It's not kind to shout personal things about someone while they're on or off stage. As much as we keep up our act, we're still people. And insults still cut deep sometimes. This being said, if any of you are the bald gentleman from last friday, fuck you. If you show up again I'll rock your shit.
But to EVERYONE ELSE! I'LL SEE YOU THIS FRIDAY, BRING YOUR GAME FACES!
24/11/xxxx
Playing a new gig at Sandy’s Seashack Friday! Come see us perform LIVE, or really DEAD on stage! IF YOU LOVE TO MOSH, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU! The venue’s bigger than our normal gigs, and we will be doing THE WALL OF DEATH and COFFIN’S TOMB not once, but TWICE throughout the night. We’ll be playing our classics, each member’s opening song, our most popular album BURIED DEEP, and there will be autographs and photo ops after!
Oh, and if you’re a fan of RAW oyster like I am, if I get SLOSHED enough I just might host a COMPETITION. Whoever wins gets one of nail's guitar pics, hehe. I've got plenty.
10/11/xxxx
Gig at fiddlers! Come by, next friday as always! Bring your change, and maybe I'll take a few pictures. We'll be having a brawl circle, but remember. NO SPIKES. NO STEEL. ALL FISTS! We're here to tussle, not send anyone to the hospital!
Ps. If anyone finds me and buys me an atomic Jägerbomb I'll give over my retired CORPSE HAT to ya. hehe