Darren McLeod - 03.19.2006

[Darren McLeod]

Man, it's been a while since I actually posted some recommendations. I guess I really should finally get some up, so I'll give it a shot:

Against Me! (http://www.againstme.net) - So, after Drew continued to boast about how great the We're Never Going Home DVD is, so I finally picked it up. It was everything he promised and more -- easily the best music DVD I have ever seen. Great live footage (although the sound could be a bit better), and some of the funniest bits you've ever seen. Nothing brings a smile to my face like watching genuine guys like these trying to mooch free drinks off major labels, and the scene where Tom sneaks on the Story Of The Year bus is priceless. A must-own for any Against Me! fan if they haven't already seen it. And if you haven't listened to these guys, come on. Reinventing Axl Rose is a classic, you should all have it.

The Sainte Catherines (http://www.thesaintecatherines.org) -Their Fat Wreck Chords debut comes out on Tuesday, and I recommend you give them a shot if you're into gruff melodic punk like Hot Water Music. There's even a song on the new album featuring the aforementioned Tom of Against Me!, and the song is called "The Shape of Drunks To Come." What's not to love?

Copeland (http://www.thecopelandsite.com) - I haven't listened to these guys in quite a while, but I threw in Beneath Medicine Tree again in anticipation of next weekend's AP.net meetup for the Screaming Is For Babies tour, where Gabe, Scott, Jon and I (and possibly others) will get to enjoy awkward silences in person. The album is a beautifully-crafted pop piece, and Aaron's vocals are always enchanting.

The Mountain Goats (http://www.mountain-goats.com/) - The Sunset Tree was an album that I never got around to listening to until this year, but I regret that mistake now. Fans of The Weakerthans and Troubled Hubble should get on the ball. I recommend "This Year," a catchy tune with great lyrics: "I played video games in a drunken haze / I was seventeen years young. / hurt my knuckles punching the machines / the taste of scotch rich on my tongue."

I hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day... I know I did! Nothing like green beer, talking in a fake accent, and shouting and dancing along to "Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced." Here's a picture of me decked out, as Irish as can be:
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5535/irishsmall8gm.jpg

[KidLightning]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

The Sainte Catherines (http://www.thesaintecatherines.org) -Their Fat Wreck Chords debut comes out on Tuesday, and I recommend you give them a shot if you're into gruff melodic punk like Hot Water Music. There's even a song on the new album featuring the aforementioned Tom of Against Me!, and the song is called "The Shape of Drunks To Come." What's not to love?

That title's just awesome.

[Rich Duncan]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.

hahahaah that was hilarious

[Burnout2888]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.

Haha...

[reductiondesign]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.

Hahahahahaha.

[Nate_RAWKS]

Great recs...

[Darren McLeod]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.
way to steal my thunder, asshole.

just kidding... that's a great story, haha.

[AnotherTale...]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.

So more importantly....what's her myspace?

[poppa Q]

Great recs, Darren. Loving the TH shout out too, haha.

[Darren McLeod]

Great recs, Darren. Loving the TH shout out too, haha.
that was just for you, handsome.

[KidLightning]

hey darren i didn't mean to "steal your thunder" i just felt like sharing. ridiculousness like that needs to be shared with the whole world.

A little follow-up to the story though, the douchebag who got his ass beat by a girl sent my roommate a message yesterday saying that it was all his (my roommate's) fault because he was spitting beer on him and told my sister to punch him. None of which happened.

Also, it seems he doesn't remember anything after the punch to the face. He doesn't remember bleeding all over the bathroom, kicking my sister or getting his ass beat and kicked in the ribs in the middle of the street.

Oh well, moral of the story: if people were weird and kinda crazy in high school, they're probably still the same 6 years later so stay away.

[ForeverInADay]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.
haahahahahahahahahahaha amazing.

[ForeverInADay]

hey darren i didn't mean to "steal your thunder" i just felt like sharing. ridiculousness like that needs to be shared with the whole world.

A little follow-up to the story though, the douchebag who got his ass beat by a girl sent my roommate a message yesterday saying that it was all his (my roommate's) fault because he was spitting beer on him and told my sister to punch him. None of which happened.

Also, it seems he doesn't remember anything after the punch to the face. He doesn't remember bleeding all over the bathroom, kicking my sister or getting his ass beat and kicked in the ribs in the middle of the street.

Oh well, moral of the story: if people were weird and kinda crazy in high school, they're probably still the same 6 years later so stay away.
hahaha i like how he kicked her in the vag. hahahahahaha so sweet.

[unwritten]

Nice picks.

[KidLightning]

hahaha i like how he kicked her in the vag. hahahahahaha so sweet.
i just wish we had all (or any for that matter) of this on video. It just begs to be shared with posterity. The worst part though was that it was just a huge buzzkill. Everyone stopped drinking during it and as soon as all the hooplah died down everyone started leaving. And it was only 4am, we were still going strong...

[fakedasmile]

I had a great St. Patty's Day. It involved all of my good friends, all of the Guinness that was left at the grocery store, 4 bottles of Jameson and 100 green jello shots.

Oh, and this guy that my roommates and another of my good friends went to high school with found them on MySpace and came to our party. They hadn't seen him in almost 6 years and the rest of us had never met him.

So he proceeds to get absolutely shitcanned, and passes out on the couch. We squirt him with a squirt gun, he wakes up pissed and the first thing he sees is my sister's phone and decides it's a good idea to throw it on the ground, stomp on it and just destroy it.

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea, especially since it's my sister. So she decks him in the face, he's bleeding all over and he's trying to fight everyone, including the people helping to clean him up in the bathroom. He keeps calling my sister a bitch and as we're throwing him out he runs up to her and kicks her in the groin. She goes ape shit and starts pounding him in the middle of the street.

He's blocking his face pretty good at this point (probably the only smart thing he did all night) and this frustrates my sister so she starts kicking him in the ribs. Finally, we pull her off and this guy gets up and starts to walk away, but before he does he takes his bloody hand and smears it on the wall of our house and yells "My blood is on your wall now!" Yeah, we're not sure what it means either, but we think it's a curse of sorts.

Oh, and listen to The Format, Hit the Lights and Mute Math. I can't stop rocking any of these bands as of late. And MC Goldie Wilson too. He's the tits.

p.s. Before the beat down, my younger sister who had also shown up to this party with her friend is sitting in the living room watching Girls Gone Wild. Which they bought because they realized they had never seen porn before and the first one they ordered was too hardcore so they went for something a little more tame. So yeah, it was a strange strange night.


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