Issue #2 progress

Cranking away at issue #2. Hoping to have it out around the first of February. Interviews are with Cülo, UX Vileheads, Nomos, Big Crux, and Matt Plezier. Then there's a massive photo tour diary of the first Oath European tour from the year 2000. I know, over eleven years ago. But hey, good things sometimes take time. Consider it a look back at a gone by era in hardcore punk. Then there's the columns. Stay tuned...

POISON PLANET South Coast Tour dates!!!

Okay, so I finally get around to fixing this post. Blame it on the holidays. I do. 


POISON PLANET South Coast Tour 2012


Starts in January, and here we go:


Friday 1/6 TBA
Saturday 1/7 Baltimore, MD and WDC
Sunday 1/8 Richmond, VA
Monday 1/9 Raleigh, NC
Tuesday 1/10 Jacksonville, FL
Wednesday 1/11 Orlando, FL
Thursday 1/12 Tampa, FL
Friday 1/13 Tallahassee, FL
Saturday 1/14 *Pensacola, FL / Mobile, AL and Birmingham, AL (get in  touch)
Sunday 1/15 Houston, TX
Monday 1/15 Laredo, TX
Tuesday 1/17 McAllen, TX 
Wednesday 1/18 Austin, TX
Thursday 1/19 Fort Worth, TX 
Friday 1/20 Kansas City, MO 
Saturday 1/21 Springfield, IL and Indianapolis, IN


For more information go to:
http://www.thirdxparty.blogspot.com 

ZINE UPDATE AND ODDS & ENDS...

Alright, working on the print version at the moment. Should be interesting, and it's definitely diverse in its coverage. Interviews include Total Abuse, Glass Candy, Secret Society of the Sonic Six, Gary Panter, Timebombs, and more. Check back at least by the end of this month for an update.

Went to the Timebombs / Dry Rot / Nomos / The Men show at the Unity Church in Long Beach last weekend. Awesome night the whole way through. Best hardcore show I've been to in some time. The whole line up was solid.

Cülo, and the School Jerks are coming through California in February. I hope to attend a couple of their shows. I hear the Fullerton show should be amazing. More details will be posted as I get them.

Within the next week I'll post my top records of the past year. Nothing to lose sleep over, but you know...

THE FAILURES came to town and I stood is a lousy location

As posted last week, the Failures played in Long Beach. The turn out was pretty good. Definitely the best I've seen in a while. The crowd was insane. I was thinking the days of the energetic crowd were over. Turns out I've been going to the wrong shows. There's something to be said about all-ages shows. They are  way more enjoyable on many levels. Whereas the 18 and older shows where drinking seems to be more important than watching the bands make for boring shows and boring crowds. 

I was upfront for the Failures set in the beginning and found myself slowly edging towards the back. It was near impossible to get a decent photo in the front due to crowd reaction. Off to the side wasn't much better, and at the back was horrible for photos. But here's a couple anyway. Can't say I didn't try...

A photozine I do...

The second issue of Ack Ack Ack, which is a photozine I put out every now and then just came out. Only 100 copies made. You can get the full details by visiting ISO3200Press, which is over in the Points of Interest section, to the right of this post. 

Here's some photos of what the zine looks like. You can get it direct from me at shows, or through the mail, or Armageddon Records in Providence, and Sorry State mailorder. Thanks. 

This is the cover

Spread from the Born Dead Icons section. 

Couple pages from Tear It Up at the Smell.

A couple pages from Assfort at Gilman. The photo on the bottom right was used for their EP on Prank. 

SOCIAL UNREST in Los Angeles

As promised in the past week or so, here's the Social Unrest photos from their recent show at the Blvd. Along with Code of Honor, Sick Pleasure, Christ On Parade, and Neurosis, Social Unrest is definitely one of my favorite Bay Area bands, and definitely one of my all time favorite punk/hardcore bands. I like the entire catalog. And every time I listen to their first EP, "Making Room For Youth" it gives me the same charge it did as the first time. 

BROKEN NEEDLE

Here's a few photos from Broken Needle opening for Social Unrest (I'll post photos of them in the next week) at the Blvd on August 21, 2010.
If you're interested, Broken Needle still have a few copies of their Japanese tour CD (which comes with a gigantic bandana) available. Hit them up on myspace, or at a show.