http://www.absolutepunk.net/blogs.php?u=125587 midtown4657's latest blog entries. en AbsolutePunk.net Blogs http://images.absolutepunk.net/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.absolutepunk.net/blogs.php?u=125587 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=289242 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:12:13 GMT The vinyl is definitely faster than the version I'm used to. Kind of weirding me out because the tones are the same. Hmm. I kind of dig this faster pace for Queen of Lower Chelsea.
Hmm. I kind of dig this faster pace for Queen of Lower Chelsea. ]]> midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=289242 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=283302 Mon, 31 May 2010 17:45:30 GMT My copy of windows expires tomorrow, so I'm going through backing things up and found a list I'd made a while back of all the bands I've seen. I figured I'll put it here for when I inevitably lose it, and this way I can pretend I update a blog. Ace Enders x 2 AFI The Academy Is x2 Against Me! Alice Cooper Alkaline Trio x 7+ All American Rejects Allister x 3 Amber Pacific Anberlin Anti-Flag x 3 Armor For Sleep Authority Zero x 6+ Autopilot Off Avenged Sevenfold x2 Bad Religion x 5 Ben Folds Black Keys Blink 182 Blues Traveler Bob Dylan Bob Weir & Ratdog Boston Bowling For Soup x2 Boys Like Girls Brand New x 3 Brazil Bruce Springsteen x 3 Catch 22 Circa Survive CKY Coheed & Cambria Common Rider Cory Branan Counting Crows x 2 The Dangerous Summer Dave Matthews Band x 2 Days Away Dear & The Headlights x 4 Devon Williams Dexter Freebish Dredg x 3 The Early November x 2 Eve 6 x 2 Face To Face Fall Out Boy x 5 Finch x 2+ Five Iron Frenzy Fivespeed Flogging Molly x 4 The Format x 15+ Funeral For A Friend The Gaslight Anthem x 2 Gin Blossoms x 2 GlassJaw (warped 02, only a few songs, didn't know em that well yet, fail) Goldfinger Good Charlotte Good Old War Grace Potter & the Nocturnals x 4 Guster x 2 Gym Class Heroes Hanson He Is Legend hellogoodbye Holiday Parade Homegrown The Honorary Title Hot Rod Circuit House Of Fools x 7+ Incubus x 2 JamisonParker Jason Mraz Jesse Malin Jim Adkins Jimmy Eat World x 4 John Butler Trio John Mayer x 6 John Mayer Trio John Ralston The Killers Killswitch Engage Kinch Koufax Less Than Jake x 5+ Limbeck x 16?+ The Living End Lucero Lucky Boys Confusion x 10+ Mae Mason Jennings matt pond pa x 2 Maxeen Midtown x 4 Mighty Mighty Bosstones Moneen Monty Are I Mourning Maxwell The Movielife x 2 MxPx x 3 My Chemical Romance x 2 Nada Surf x 2 New Found Glory x 3+ No Motiv NOFX x 6+ The Offspring Old Crow Medicine Show P.O.S. Paramore Pennywise x 5+ Pepper x 4 Piebald Plain White T's x 2 Poison The Well Presidents Of The United States of America Punchline Reel Big Fish x2 Reubens Accomplice x 8+ Riddlin Kids Rise Against x 3 River City High Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers Rooney Rx Bandits x 11+ Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Ryanhood x 6+ Satori Say Anything Senses Fail x 3 Sherwood Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Slightly Stoopid Social Distortion Something Corporate x 5+ Sparklehorse The Starting Line x 3 A Static Lullaby x2 Steel Train x 22+ Story Of The Year Straylight Run x 2 Streetlight Manifesto Strike Anywhere Sugarcult Switchfoot Taking Back Sunday Ted Nugent Teen Idols Teenage Bottlerocket 311 x 2 Thrice x 4+ Thursday Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Unwritten Law x 3 The Used x 2 The Vandals The White Stripes Xavier Rudd Yellowcard Yonder Mountain String Band definitely not complete, but it looks about right.

Ace Enders x 2
AFI
The Academy Is x2
Against Me!
Alice Cooper
Alkaline Trio x 7+
All American Rejects
Allister x 3
Amber Pacific
Anberlin
Anti-Flag x 3
Armor For Sleep
Authority Zero x 6+
Autopilot Off
Avenged Sevenfold x2
Bad Religion x 5
Ben Folds
Black Keys
Blink 182
Blues Traveler
Bob Dylan
Bob Weir & Ratdog
Boston
Bowling For Soup x2
Boys Like Girls
Brand New x 3
Brazil
Bruce Springsteen x 3
Catch 22
Circa Survive
CKY
Coheed & Cambria
Common Rider
Cory Branan
Counting Crows x 2
The Dangerous Summer
Dave Matthews Band x 2
Days Away
Dear & The Headlights x 4
Devon Williams
Dexter Freebish
Dredg x 3
The Early November x 2
Eve 6 x 2
Face To Face
Fall Out Boy x 5
Finch x 2+
Five Iron Frenzy
Fivespeed
Flogging Molly x 4
The Format x 15+
Funeral For A Friend
The Gaslight Anthem x 2
Gin Blossoms x 2
GlassJaw (warped 02, only a few songs, didn't know em that well yet, fail)
Goldfinger
Good Charlotte
Good Old War
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals x 4
Guster x 2
Gym Class Heroes
Hanson
He Is Legend
hellogoodbye
Holiday Parade
Homegrown
The Honorary Title
Hot Rod Circuit
House Of Fools x 7+
Incubus x 2
JamisonParker
Jason Mraz
Jesse Malin
Jim Adkins
Jimmy Eat World x 4
John Butler Trio
John Mayer x 6
John Mayer Trio
John Ralston
The Killers
Killswitch Engage
Kinch
Koufax
Less Than Jake x 5+
Limbeck x 16?+
The Living End
Lucero
Lucky Boys Confusion x 10+
Mae
Mason Jennings
matt pond pa x 2
Maxeen
Midtown x 4
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Moneen
Monty Are I
Mourning Maxwell
The Movielife x 2
MxPx x 3
My Chemical Romance x 2
Nada Surf x 2
New Found Glory x 3+
No Motiv
NOFX x 6+
The Offspring
Old Crow Medicine Show
P.O.S.
Paramore
Pennywise x 5+
Pepper x 4
Piebald
Plain White T's x 2
Poison The Well
Presidents Of The United States of America
Punchline
Reel Big Fish x2
Reubens Accomplice x 8+
Riddlin Kids
Rise Against x 3
River City High
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Rooney
Rx Bandits x 11+
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryanhood x 6+
Satori
Say Anything
Senses Fail x 3
Sherwood
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slightly Stoopid
Social Distortion
Something Corporate x 5+
Sparklehorse
The Starting Line x 3
A Static Lullaby x2
Steel Train x 22+
Story Of The Year
Straylight Run x 2
Streetlight Manifesto
Strike Anywhere
Sugarcult
Switchfoot
Taking Back Sunday
Ted Nugent
Teen Idols
Teenage Bottlerocket
311 x 2
Thrice x 4+
Thursday
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Unwritten Law x 3
The Used x 2
The Vandals
The White Stripes
Xavier Rudd
Yellowcard
Yonder Mountain String Band

definitely not complete, but it looks about right. ]]> midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=283302 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=259481 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:03:13 GMT Seeing Limbeck live is one of my greatest joys in life. tonight was awesome. Minus the 25 minutes of ranchero music being played out of a cell phone on the train ride there. but damn i miss seeing them every other month. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=259481 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=252012 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:14:12 GMT Just got my Enema of the State LP today. Pumped. Pull 'er out, and there's a bunch of scratches in Dysentery Gary. Luckily it plays through with no skips and just a little more static, but what the fuck, internet, my last 3 vinyl orders have been scratched or warped. Displeased. Displeased. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=252012 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=247512 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:54:09 GMT I think the open mic guy just said he played a dallas green song. Weird. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=247512 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=236951 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:03:07 GMT Got a new phone today. It's capable of cool stuff, so I figure what the hell (and I need distraction from 3 dollar whiskeys for the sake of my night). Anyways. Drove solo tempe to tucson for this one. I'm that bored, yes. Sherwood fucking rocked. Never heard them before, even though I know they played my prom senior year (way to forget your tickets 4.5 years ago, Tyler). Great drummer, and ik normally don't notice them. Reminded me of john o'reilly jr on the format and fun records aka damn good pop drumming. Singer has some serious pipes and solid bass rhythm. I would love to play lead in a band like this with maybe a little more punk to their pop. So much room for pop. And holy shit, Anton, I'm finally gonna see Hanson. Win. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=236951 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=188842 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:03:03 GMT Tonight made my whole summer. I so wish I could've been in Detroit to see the Red Wings lose a game 7 for the Cup in person. It's probably a little demented how much I don't like that team, but this is probably one of the best sports night's I've had, and maybe will ever have. Thank you, Max Talbot. Thank you, Crossbar. G'dammit that was such an awesome game. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=188842 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=185292 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:12:21 GMT just bought blink tickets for the tempe date.. i was excited after reading about the bands on the tour and the stories in rolling stone and online about cheap 20 dollar GA tickets, so i figured the tempe show, which is only general admission, would be kinda cheap. 70 fucking dollars a ticket. and we have to get pepper and slightly stoopid first, then only FOB and Blink. because stoner reggae and pop punk mix so nicely and all... For 70 bucks a pop this had better not sound as awful as tempe music fest annually does in this location. but at least i'll finally get to see blink.
but at least i'll finally get to see blink. ]]> midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=185292 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=184432 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:54:17 GMT I'm sittin in the airport waiting for my flight back home listening to Honky Chateau. This one always sounds good in the morning.. Great weekend though. Recording with Bones again was too much fun, and i think John's new songs turned out pretty damn well. Talent was abundant in the studio all weekend. His new players are beyond impressive. Absolutely can't wait to hear these tracks after mixing. I'm also pretty excited to hear Ted's record since I finally got it from him last night. I don't know what to expect, so i'm gonna try it out on the plane. Time to go. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=184432 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=168272 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:20:17 GMT i got the fuck beat out of me at the gaslight anthem show tonight. i hurt, i'm bleeding, it was a fucking amaizng show. i miss the good old days of this kind of shit going down at the nile. but Fallon & Co. put on a fantastic show, that gave me everything i wanted and i got my ass beat enjoying it too much. fucking great show. i love whiskey, and fuck yeah. amazing night. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=168272 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=168172 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:30:52 GMT I'm seeing them right now. And its the fucking best midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=168172 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=166812 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:31:26 GMT Record Store Day. Long, insanely busy day at work, but pretty awesome. And I got a bunch of good stuff. [B]Vinyl:[/B] [B]7"[/B]: [B] Whiskeytown[/B] - San Antone / The Great Divide [B]Bruce Springsteen - [/B]What Love Can Do / A Night With The Jersey Devil [B]Bob Dylan[/B] - Dreamin' Of You / Down Along The Cove [B]MC5[/B] - Kick Out The Jams / Motor City Is Burning [B]Bad Religion - [/B][I]First EP[/I] [B]Sublime - [/B]April 29th 1992 (Leary) / Superstar Punani [B]10[/B]": [B]The Gaslight Anthem - [/B][I]Live at Park Ave.[/I] [B]Ben Harper and Relentless Seven [/B]- Shine & Shimmer/Spanish Red Wine [B]CD: [/B] [B]The Weakerthans [/B]- [I]Reunion Tour[/I]. Someone brought it in used today. Completed my day. Also got Beatles & Dylan lithographs and some other random shit. Not a bad day at all. Tired as hell though.
Vinyl:

7":

Whiskeytown - San Antone / The Great Divide
Bruce Springsteen - What Love Can Do / A Night With The Jersey Devil
Bob Dylan - Dreamin' Of You / Down Along The Cove
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams / Motor City Is Burning
Bad Religion - First EP
Sublime - April 29th 1992 (Leary) / Superstar Punani
10":

The Gaslight Anthem - Live at Park Ave.
Ben Harper and Relentless Seven - Shine & Shimmer/Spanish Red Wine

CD:

The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour.
Someone brought it in used today. Completed my day.

Also got Beatles & Dylan lithographs and some other random shit. Not a bad day at all. Tired as hell though. ]]> midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=166812 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=157482 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:29:37 GMT so i just saw someone post a top 25 "all time" albums list. my all time changes every day, but i feel like i can make a decent list for where i'm at today, all time. not really in order other than how i thought of them, and then additional albums by the same artist. Osker - Idle Will Kill Midtown - Save The World, Lose The Girl Midtown - Forget What You Know Midtown - Living Well Is The Best Revenge Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run The Benjamins - The Art of Disappointment Steel Train - For You My Dear (EP) The Movielife - This Time Next Year The Movielife - ..Have A Gambling Problem (EP) Jimmy Eat World - Clarity Jimmy Eat World - Futures Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American Less Than Jake - Anthem Less Than Jake - GNV FLA Face To Face - Face To Face Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart House of Fools - Live & Learn Limbeck - Hi, Everything's Great Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - Americano! Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon Reuben's Accomplice - The Bull, The Balloon, and The Family The Format - Interventions & Lullabies The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy John Mayer - Continuum Green Day - Dookie Blink 182 - Dude Ranch Guster - Keep It Together The Replacements - Tim The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Neil Young - Harvest Allister - Last Stop Suburbia Rx Bandits - Progress Rx Bandits - The Resignation Ben Harper - Lifeline Rocky Votolato - Makers Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests Of... The Academy Is... - Almost Here by my count i'd only want to skip 5 songs on all the albums on the whole list, and i'd probably sit through em anyways. some damn good albums missed my cut by having two or three songs i'd skip ([I]Heartbreaker, Folie A Deux[/I], TTTYG, [I]The Weight Is A Gift[/I], Most Dylan), or sometimes one or two i really don't want to hear that kind of skew how much i really like the rest of the album ([I]Agony & Irony[/I], [I]Room For Squares[/I]), and sometimes i realize something is a nearly flawless album, but i just don't think i'd bring it up when talking about my favorite music so I couldn't justify it being there (sorry, [I]Never Take Friendship Personal, Fight Songs, Deja, Real Boy, El Cielo [/I]and [I]For Everyman)[/I], but i might do this every so often so i can rip myself apart for what i forgot this time and next time. i'm gonna be pissed later that i didn't try to number them. but that'd take days. sleep.
Osker - Idle Will Kill
Midtown - Save The World, Lose The Girl
Midtown - Forget What You Know
Midtown - Living Well Is The Best Revenge
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
The Benjamins - The Art of Disappointment
Steel Train - For You My Dear (EP)
The Movielife - This Time Next Year
The Movielife - ..Have A Gambling Problem (EP)
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Less Than Jake - Anthem
Less Than Jake - GNV FLA
Face To Face - Face To Face
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart
House of Fools - Live & Learn
Limbeck - Hi, Everything's Great
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - Americano!
Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
Reuben's Accomplice - The Bull, The Balloon, and The Family
The Format - Interventions & Lullabies
The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy
John Mayer - Continuum
Green Day - Dookie
Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
Guster - Keep It Together
The Replacements - Tim
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit
Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary
Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Neil Young - Harvest
Allister - Last Stop Suburbia
Rx Bandits - Progress
Rx Bandits - The Resignation
Ben Harper - Lifeline
Rocky Votolato - Makers
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests Of...
The Academy Is... - Almost Here

by my count i'd only want to skip 5 songs on all the albums on the whole list, and i'd probably sit through em anyways.

some damn good albums missed my cut by having two or three songs i'd skip (Heartbreaker, Folie A Deux, TTTYG, The Weight Is A Gift, Most Dylan), or sometimes one or two i really don't want to hear that kind of skew how much i really like the rest of the album (Agony & Irony, Room For Squares), and sometimes i realize something is a nearly flawless album, but i just don't think i'd bring it up when talking about my favorite music so I couldn't justify it being there (sorry, Never Take Friendship Personal, Fight Songs, Deja, Real Boy, El Cielo and For Everyman), but i might do this every so often so i can rip myself apart for what i forgot this time and next time. i'm gonna be pissed later that i didn't try to number them. but that'd take days.



sleep. ]]> midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=157482 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=145492 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:16:00 GMT i seriously still can't understand how she didn't like Tom Petty. it's really what confuses me the most about it all. cuz seriously, what the fuck? oh well, her loss. midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=145492 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=144802 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:00:57 GMT So last night I get a text message from John that just says "The last batch of records is soaking in shit." "What?" "6 inches of sewage in the basement". I then realized that a lot more than the remaining copies of our first album were probably soaking in shit water. PJ is supposed to be heading back to AZ this weekend, and was going to sell his old bass cab and old bass today to cover some costs for the trip. now they've been shitwatered. John's $600 keyboard. shitwatered. His ill-advised purchase of a $150 1950s Horner accordion? shitwatered (in John's words, "never even used it, now it's filled with shit"). I haven't talked to Alex yet, but I hear he's suffered the worst since well, most of the gear there was his. Vox Tonelab, tube screamer, his fuckin sweet 70s fender combo amp, his box full of harmonicas, his American Strat, Japanese thinline telecaster, some really nice ass headphones, and probably a lot of other gear that's now seemingly ruined. Blades's bass drum also got shitwatered. So that's a real bummer. i don't even want estimate the losses, but it ain't pretty. But at least the show tonight is still going on thanks to good people letting them borrow some clean gear. i'm gonna see if i can't come up a new online EP really damn quickly to maybe help get my friends cover repairs/new stuff. mind you i don't know how to do any of that, but i'm gonna see what i can learn here. "What?"
"6 inches of sewage in the basement".

I then realized that a lot more than the remaining copies of our first album were probably soaking in shit water.

PJ is supposed to be heading back to AZ this weekend, and was going to sell his old bass cab and old bass today to cover some costs for the trip. now they've been shitwatered. John's $600 keyboard. shitwatered. His ill-advised purchase of a $150 1950s Horner accordion? shitwatered (in John's words, "never even used it, now it's filled with shit"). I haven't talked to Alex yet, but I hear he's suffered the worst since well, most of the gear there was his. Vox Tonelab, tube screamer, his fuckin sweet 70s fender combo amp, his box full of harmonicas, his American Strat, Japanese thinline telecaster, some really nice ass headphones, and probably a lot of other gear that's now seemingly ruined. Blades's bass drum also got shitwatered. So that's a real bummer. i don't even want estimate the losses, but it ain't pretty.

But at least the show tonight is still going on thanks to good people letting them borrow some clean gear.

i'm gonna see if i can't come up a new online EP really damn quickly to maybe help get my friends cover repairs/new stuff. mind you i don't know how to do any of that, but i'm gonna see what i can learn here. ]]> midtown4657 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=144802