Regulars

Don is a regular customer. He's a pretty cool guy. He came in with his twin brother from Oakland the other day. I saw it as a great photo opportunity:

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3 -Swann Street

I first heard this song on a compilation tape that a friend from Ohio made me way back in 1992ish. Wendy, who I met through the classified ads in Maximum Rock N Roll, made me the tape. Back then MRR had tons of classifieds with people writing and sharing via the mail. Wendy and I wrote back and forth for a few years and I ended up riding the Greyhound out to visit her in 1994. I stayed in Kent, OH for 4 months. Ohio was a great place to be in 1994. It was a great jumping point to visit all the eastern cities and it was rad to immerse myself amongst a slew of people I didnt know. This song will probably stick with me forever due to the time and place and frame of mind I was in when I fell in love with it. The band that does it is called 3, and they were from DC and on Dischord records. Their drummer was also the drummer of the hardcore band Minor Threat, most of the members went on to play in a band called Grey Matter also on Dischord. (Bug)

My top 10 albums of 2012

People may be a little relieved that my top 10 this year isn't as bleak as last year's. That said, this year's list is almost a cliche by now for me. A lot of my favorite bands put out albums and even though these new albums may not be these bands' best albums, they will most likely always end up on any year-end top 10 list of mine if they've put out a new album: My Top albums of 2012 1. Neurosis-Honor Found In Decay 2. Pig Destroyer-Book Burner 3. Napalm Death-Utilitarian 4. Converge-All We Love We Leave Behind 5. King Tuff-King Tuff 6. The Pyramids-Otherworldly 7. Nachtmystium-Silencing Machine 8. Evoken-Atra Mors 9. Unsane-Wreck 10. Weapon-Embers And Revelations Other bands that put out albums in 2012 that I really appreciated: Swans Godspeed You Black Emperor Pallbearer Ash Borer Deathspell Omega Xibalba Witchcraft Laengthengurth/Pile Of Maggot Infested Viscera split Tragedy 16 Old Man Gloom Off! Liberteer Fontanelle The Ravonettes The Deftones (I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch more) Track of the year: (LC)

public restrooms

We had a major blow-out with our plumbing and we had to go easy on the water the last 2 weeks. It's all fixed now, but there were a couple of days with no water at all. I took a big dump at Safeway. This particular Safeway had a very nice and clean Men's Room. I was impressed, so I took my time and was not disturbed by anyone. I'm over the whole "not pooping in public" thing. When you know you gotta go, you just feel better once you got it out. (LC)

Used books

I ordered a used book from Amazon. It said the condition was "acceptable" and the price was low. It has sticky stuff on it! I'm pretty sure it's just glue...I guess that's what I get for being cheap...(LC)

Biker movie marathon update

I watched 5 or 6 more biker movies but lost interest as they began to seem less and less legit. Hell's Angels '69 had real Hell's Angels in it. How can you go from those gnarly dudes like that to phoneys in striped shirts and leather caps? They just weren't believable bikers and they didn't seem very tough at all. Stone was pretty good, though. The last biker movie I watched last month was Grease 2, but I had already seen it, so I don't think it counts. (LC)