The End Of A Decade

Well there is nothing like ending a spectacular week with a bang. Might get evicted in five days. Yay. Goodbye social media, who knows when we'll see each other again.

And You Know And I Know That You Ain't Got Long Now To Last.

Last night was one of the most surreal and unbelievable nights of my entire (somewhat short in a way) 20 year life. Seeing Iron Maiden live is just one of those feelings that I doubt I'll ever experience again in my lifetime (total bullshit, once I see Mastodon live, then my life will have been complete). In the past two years, I've gotten to see three of the four bands that have shaped my life both as a person and an influence in what I listen to. In February 2010, I saw DevilDriver. April of 2011, I saw Mago de Oz and now Iron Maiden. (Like I said early, Mastodon is the only band left on the list). While there are other major bands I really fucking want to see before they retire like Megadeth and Slayer, they don't mean as much to me as these.

Spending yesterday with Gio, Kim and America just made the concert that much more special. For a bunch of old geezers in their mid 50s, fuck does Iron Maiden still put on a show. They played for two hours and essentially touched all the classics: "Run To The Hills," "Phantom of the Opera," "The Number Of The Beast," "Aces High," "The Trooper," "Fear of the Dark," "Wasted Years," "2 Minutes to Midnight," "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" and "Can I Play With Madness." Singing "The Number of the Beast" with thousands of other people sent shivers down my spine. One thing was singing "Fiesta Pagana" at the Mago de Oz show, but I mean this is Iron Fucking Maiden. That song is ten years older than me and yet just saying "666 The Number of the Beast" was something else and made me tear up inside.

Steve Harris has already stated that there is going to be another Maiden album in the near future so that means they'll still be touring for at least a few more years and I'll be able to see them next time they come to town. I've see some good concerts and great concerts (DevilDriver and Arch Enemy in September was just wow; Paganfest, incredible; Mago de Oz, amazing; Rammstein, unbelievable) but Iron Maiden just took it to the next level. They're easily in their own league. Gio said last night, "pretty much every concert from here on out is going to be not as good" and I have to agree with him. I hope I will see Eddie take the stage once again and Bruce wave the British flag as he sings "The Trooper" very soon with the same group of friends and hopefully Irving. This show was the very best way to have ended summer vacation. I love you guys (friends and Iron Maiden), thanks for making the night so memorable.

Silent Torture Soon Coming Your Way

Hi everyone, today is a really big day. I'm going to go see Iron Maiden with Gio and America. Even though I should probably dedicate this post to them, I'm going to dedicate it to Helloween and their song "Mr Torture." I know I've talked about Helloween in the past and posted "Halloween." "Mr Torture" is very catchy and well made song. Enjoy it and have a great day.

Linus and Lucy

I love the Peanuts. Snoopy is one of the greatest cartoon characters of all time. So my song of the day is no other than the Peanuts theme song, "Linus and Lucy." Have a great day everyone.

Pathetic

I'm not really sure why I use yahoo.com. Besides my email, I have zero reasons to be there and yet I still find myself going through their "news." What pains me the most about it is that most of what they report is very biased and has a tendency to send the wrong messages. I read their 6 Dating Insecurities That Keep You Single. Besides the fact that it's a bunch of utter bullshit to blame a person for their own situation, it's a load of bullshit. But on the other hand, Yahoo is pretty smart. They have a lot of users who believe everything they post and can easily manipulated with articles that are paid for by big companies. America is so gullible, it saddens me.

A Saturday To Remember

So on Saturday, my good old friend America and I went to the LACMA for the day and it was incredibly fun to say the least. We rode our bikes there and had a lot of great laughs, food and and some of the worst lemonade either of us have probably tasted. We had a very interesting talk about the interpretation of art and how a lot of it is just pretty much some bullshit. So we decided to take it into our own hands and develop our own meanings for what the art really meant and that alone gave me some of the biggest laughs I have had in a while. There was this one art piece which featured like a thousand yellow tubes and this lady goes "so this is what it feels like to swim underwater."

Silhouettes are awesome

The afternoon/night brought even more laughs. Went to a sleepover with some friends. We watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and just a bunch of games until the sun rose once again. I fell asleep at 5 a.m. and everyone else shortly after but at 9 a.m., everyone was back up and running hahaha.

This summer has been more entertaining and eventful than the downers so I will continue to enjoy it while I can. Thursday is Iron Maiden in Irvine with America, Gio, Kim and Irving. Hopefully Thursday will come sooner than later. Good night everyone.

Returning To Old Ways

I'm not really sure why I stopped posting a song a day, but I really need to get into that rhythm. It didn't happen because I ran out of music (I could probably go a few years with posting a song a day), it just kinda happened. So to get back into the groove, here is some Mastodon. I've talked about them loads of times, so no introduction needed. This is "Curl of the Burl." Enjoy the song and have a great day.

Me Voy A Transformar En Tortuga Ninja

My life has been nothing short of a roller coaster and I'm happy to have had the friends that I currently have. Both new and old which have stuck with me through thin and thick. Sure, I am a bit crazy but so is everyone else. I'll always thank them for being such awesome friends.

Cada vez que pienso
y me doy cuenta donde
estoy entiendo menos
nunca supe bien porque
ni en que momento
me empezo a ganar a mí este sentimiento
tan buenos momentos
tanto andar como el quijote contra del viento
tanto miedo de vivir en la aventura
de tratar de ser feliz con mi locura
tantos amigos tantas cervezas
tantos bagartos tantas princesas
las razones que me hacen aguantar!!!
Tantos kilometros
yo recorri por vos
será que todavía me hace feliz
hay tantas cosas que se pueden complicar
pero antes muerto que dejar de soñar
si sigo comienzo pizza
me voy a transformar en tortuga ninja
lo mismo son diez mil que poca gente
lo importante es trasmitir lo que se siente
tantos comentarios
tantas vueltas que se dan
tanto escenario
tantas cosas salen mal pero se aguantan
es mejor hacerlo mal que no hacer nada
solo se aprende metiendo la pata
tanto laburo tan poca plata
que hay gente que nunca va a entender porque!
Tantos kilometros
yo recorri por vos
será que todavía me hace feliz
hay tantas cosas que se pueden complicar
pero antes muerto que dejar de soñar
pero antes muerto que dejar de soñar

I'm

Frustrated. End of story

Ska

I love ska. I lean more towards ska-punk and skacore because they're more upbeat, but all ska is good. The very first ska song I heard was back in 2000 when my friend Chris let me borrow the Digimon Movie Soundtrack with the songs "All My Best Friends Are Metal Heads" by Less Than Jake and "The Impression That I Get" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Shortly after that I also heard "Superman" by Goldfinger on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

Since then, I haven't really come a long way from my ska bands. Over the years I've gotten into Ska-P, Senor Flavio, Nomades & Skaetera, They Might Be Giants, Ska Daddies, Reel Big Fish, Madness and Panteon Rococo, but that's really about it. Those are the only ska bands I've gotten into in the past twelve years (kinda sad when you think about it).

So today I kinda just spent all day looking for new ska-punk and skacore bands to get into. Now, while I did find a lot that I really liked, one stands above all and I am completely dedicating this post to them because they're fucking awesome. The band is called Oreskaband. They're an all female ska band from Japan. Way too fucking awesome. Check em out and just enjoy the music.