20 January 1999
ok. we've played a couple shows in the
last couple months and they were good. the latest show we played was this past
friday. it was at the polanka park in bensalem and we played with audience of one,
try fail try, nora, and you and i; quite an awesome show. attendance was weak
because of weather but it didn't really effect the show as a whole. audience of one
is a band from churchville which is right around here. i had never heard them before
but they really blew me away. they came up with not a lot of equipment, looked
really young and then just flat out rocked. the music was like really fast, heavy indie
rock one second then followed by nutzo blast beat grind breaks complemented by pure
suicide screamo vocal stylings. really cool, unique stuff. we played next and
seemed to have a good response. nothing that unusual musically occurred besides me
dropping a stick or too. i couldn't really hear a thing but they went nuts so it
couldn't have been that bad. one thing that really got to me was this fight thing
that broke out in the middle of one of our songs. that really kills me.
especially because both parties involved were friends of ours. and because shows
are where we can all get along for the simple reason that we're all there for the same
reason or reasons: for the music, for our friends, for the chance to blow off some steam
and go nuts without getting in any trouble. to say screw you to everything that
holds us back in a constructive way. for whatever reason you're there, there's no
excuse for striking another breathing thing with intent to harm. so thats my rap on
that. try fail try followed us and proceeded to play their brand of old school hc
with a twist of metal and definitely rocked. they put on a real good show and one
thing i really liked about them was that the singer had a really good vibe going between
him and the crowd. he talked: they listened. he talked: he made sense: they then rocked.
nora played after them. i was really psyched to play with these guys for many
reasons. 1- they are an incredible band. 2- i had spoken with carl(singer) a
couple times before this show and have grown to really respect his views on the scene and
music in general. 3- mike(guitarist) was in endeavor, a band i loved and is
basically a real politically conscious person with lots of experience and tons of
knowledge. so whether they sucked or not they were going to be awesome. but
they did not suck, they pummeled the place with pounds of thick noise. you and i
played last. they are just such an amazing band. their sound is nothing described by
words. they're loud, they're soft, they're ugly, they're beautiful, i dont know whatever.
they manage to touch my heart with every chord they play and every word they speak.
sorry to those who can't stand my mushyness. all and all an awesome show.... sorry
to all of you who missed it. thanx to everyone who made it out, especially the kids from
jersey (rick, todd, vegan steve, all of the blueskies crew) keith and meghan, mike, big
thanx to bob for putting it on. thanx to rory for the sound. thanx to all of
neshaminy and locals who showed up. (mike, ed, matt, jeremy, kathy, kelly, christina,
charlene, becky, kevin, luke, all of ltown and bristol, chris s, and tom t, thanx).
you all rule. so what else. ok, our cd should be coming out early to
mid february. i'll keep you informed. for more info on break even records check out
the site.... BREAK EVEN also...i'm most likely
going to be playing guitar temporarily for an awesome metal band from this area called
demiurge. i guess i'll keep you informed on that whole thing too. uhh i guess that's
it for now. love and appreciation. colin frangicetto...thisdayforward
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