Abyss Vs is Dead

such a hard decision.

Boris at Criminal Records

After school yesterday I went and saw Boris play in store at Criminal Records. It was pretty sweet seeing that much amp in one tiny little area of the store. Obviously I knew Sevanada was more than likely going to get a good listen from across the street but that didnt stop me from the excitement. While they were setting up I got to hear Atsuo(the drummer) doing sound check, he had so much delay and reverb in the drum monitors, it was pretty crazy since i had never heard drums sound anything like that before. When it was finally time for them to start playing, all you could here was the resonance from all four guitarists jamming on their E-Bows. It was like some long drawn out opus with nothing but distortion and feedback present. After about 5 minutes of complete guitar onslaught, Atsuo came out from behind the back and started going crazy on the gong from behind the drum throne. Everything the band played was so polished and precise, it blows my mind how bands even rehearse music like that. I wish they would have played "The Sinking Belle," off of Altar but thats just wishful thinking. Check out there new record Rainbow.

Straight Edge Photography

Saturday night a few of us went to the premier of this book at YoungBlood boutique in East Atlanta. Tons of familiar faces, people from all over the country, Undertow, Unbroken, and Turning Point on house music. Not to mention a portrait of John Pettibone hanging on the wall, and a pretty sweet $15 book. With the exception of a forward and a brief explanation, the majority of the book is simply just pictures of individuals with their name and how long they have been straight edge. The photography is excellent but I wish there had been more context and stories from some of the figures that were photographed. This book was definitely intended to be the photography book that sits on your coffee table and it shows. Order your copy at www.facesofstraightedge.com

A Must Have

Youth of Togay "The Dongs We Bury"

Need no explanation. No review.
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Egg Hunt

I am not dead.

Mind Maps

Stumbled into Java Lords for the 4th day in row this morning and continued browsing over this book entitled Mind Maps. I never really knew that individuals are capable of training their mind to think from different hemispheres at different times. With everything else in life, I was a little skeptical of this book at first, since its written by one author and comes off as almost like a 'name brand' philosophy. Alot of the visuals in the book seem a little bogus since i'm accustomed to medical anatomy books, but besides the anantomy illustrations everything is pretty informative. The mind mapping devices such as the illustration above was fascinating to use as a guide when I was reading the book. At one point I was trying to read every word in the order in which I would find most interesting, it ended up being one big thought derived from somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty words.

It was pretty interesting to learn about note-taking and what to take notes on and what not to. The book was addressing the idea that avoiding monotonous words and single-color phrases helps the brain collect important data without over working brain cells, by searching to find key terms and information. Most teachers from middle school- present day stress the importance of jotting only the important material you here, but this books specifies what exactly 'is' the important information.

Another interesting concept about Mind Maps is how mind expansion the brain works at full potential. Since its reported as impossible to use our brains at full potential because of all the different distractions going on at the present moment, (ie myself thinking about 8 million different things while i'm writing this, along with cars and birds making noise) brain cells fail to latch on to different brain cells. The goal is for us to focus on one individual thought at a time, thats how more not full potential can be acheived. Pretty interesting.

-d