First day of Culture Shock (a.k.a. Vulture Cock... 
) is now under the belt. It was pretty cool. Some good stuff. Left after the Bouncing Souls played. The Souls' mosh pit was a lot of fun, I lost one of my shoes but I was able to get it back quickly enough.
And now my initial observation of Suny Purchase:
It seems like a nice enough campus. I mean, I liked what I saw and all topographically. Now, about the students and other concert attendees...
Okay, I'm convinced that there are perhaps about seven or so actual people that go to Suny, from what I saw tonight. Everybody else is just a carbon copy in a different color sweater of those seven original people. I don't know how many times I had to do double takes because I honestly did, no exaggeration, think that I was just constantly seeing the same people over and over and over.... especially with the indie rock crowd, but they're all so homogonized anyway, so that's really no surprise.
I swear, the indie rock scene is the most annoyingly elitist scene I've ever come across. Half their music sucks, and yet they get all fucking insulted if you don't recognize it's inherent "genius" just because the guy on stage didn't take the time to learn how to tune his guitar, strum a chord or fucking sing before he started his band. I think that Greenpeace should start a chapter for the eradication of hipsters... I know it would make my world a better, greener, happier place. They're like the French with Jerry Lewis, the Germans with David Hasselhoff and the Japanese with fucking everything that comes from America... especially Aerosmith.
Tomorrow I'm gonna be smarter about things. I'm mixing vodka with Gatorade before I go, so at least I can get as fucked up at the show as I've been itching to for the past few days. All they had at the alcohol tent was Urine and Urine Light. When the guy behind the table asked me which I preferred, I told him that since it was all piss anyway there was no way I was going to bother caring about the calories. Fuck Bud Lite.
On the off chance that I actually run into you this time, Iggy, you can of course have some. If you are so inclined as to seek me out for said vodka/Gatorade, I will be wearing the same damn thing I wore today: my leather jacket, black pants, and my Fantomas shirt with a giant fucking eyeball on the front (and probably a black sweatshirt when it gets colder out again)
And just as a general announcement, I have a mustache now. I shaved the goatee for the time being. Long live my skeevy 70s porno mustache (or until I get bored of it)
Hope everyone who actually went had a good time. The bands were all pretty fun except for the rap acts, but I'm biased because I don't like most rap. I felt bad for the guy who kept having sheet music problems because of the wind, but I thought he came through sterlingly.
Fuck the Chinese Stars (mainly as a jab at datewitha38 and Alex),
Rob
Currently in rotation:
Razed in Black - Oh My Goth
Wumpscut - Angel
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline
) is now under the belt. It was pretty cool. Some good stuff. Left after the Bouncing Souls played. The Souls' mosh pit was a lot of fun, I lost one of my shoes but I was able to get it back quickly enough.
And now my initial observation of Suny Purchase:
It seems like a nice enough campus. I mean, I liked what I saw and all topographically. Now, about the students and other concert attendees...
Okay, I'm convinced that there are perhaps about seven or so actual people that go to Suny, from what I saw tonight. Everybody else is just a carbon copy in a different color sweater of those seven original people. I don't know how many times I had to do double takes because I honestly did, no exaggeration, think that I was just constantly seeing the same people over and over and over.... especially with the indie rock crowd, but they're all so homogonized anyway, so that's really no surprise.
I swear, the indie rock scene is the most annoyingly elitist scene I've ever come across. Half their music sucks, and yet they get all fucking insulted if you don't recognize it's inherent "genius" just because the guy on stage didn't take the time to learn how to tune his guitar, strum a chord or fucking sing before he started his band. I think that Greenpeace should start a chapter for the eradication of hipsters... I know it would make my world a better, greener, happier place. They're like the French with Jerry Lewis, the Germans with David Hasselhoff and the Japanese with fucking everything that comes from America... especially Aerosmith.
Tomorrow I'm gonna be smarter about things. I'm mixing vodka with Gatorade before I go, so at least I can get as fucked up at the show as I've been itching to for the past few days. All they had at the alcohol tent was Urine and Urine Light. When the guy behind the table asked me which I preferred, I told him that since it was all piss anyway there was no way I was going to bother caring about the calories. Fuck Bud Lite.
On the off chance that I actually run into you this time, Iggy, you can of course have some. If you are so inclined as to seek me out for said vodka/Gatorade, I will be wearing the same damn thing I wore today: my leather jacket, black pants, and my Fantomas shirt with a giant fucking eyeball on the front (and probably a black sweatshirt when it gets colder out again)
And just as a general announcement, I have a mustache now. I shaved the goatee for the time being. Long live my skeevy 70s porno mustache (or until I get bored of it)
Hope everyone who actually went had a good time. The bands were all pretty fun except for the rap acts, but I'm biased because I don't like most rap. I felt bad for the guy who kept having sheet music problems because of the wind, but I thought he came through sterlingly.
Fuck the Chinese Stars (mainly as a jab at datewitha38 and Alex),
Rob
Currently in rotation:
Razed in Black - Oh My Goth
Wumpscut - Angel
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline
soma__:
oh post pics of your porno moustache! and I like the bouncing souls, thought they were pretty good live!