February 2012
thatsnotmetal.com →
“Nevertheless, true metal fandom is in fact, a battle to the bitter end. If you have good friends who are also metal fans, then you’re doing it wrong. A true metal fan dedicates every moment of his existence to putting down other metal fans and musicians to build himself up and convince himself of his assumed
ultimate superiority .”
Forgot my phone.
I went out tonight to one of my fave bars. Ordered some food. Sat down to poke at my phone while I waited when I finally noticed I didn’t bring my phone with me.
There was nothing else to do but talk to people and notice things going on around me.
Ill never do that again!
Confessions: Animal Hoarding →
So I’m watching Animal Hoarders.
It makes me feel like a responsible and normal pet owner.
Also it makes me want to get a kitten.
OMG If I see that picture of the dog that looks...
Some Dude: Did you just say that your favorite bands are Valient Thorr and Electric Six?
Dawn: Yes.
Some Dude: That's really weird.
Dawn: I like to think of it as "strangely attractive".
Vietnamese Chicken Salad
I go to this one place every so often and order one of these to go. Every time it’s a little different. I never know what to expect. That makes it more exciting somehow.
Making peace with my unresolved Metalhead Issues
is good for me. Now that I’ve spent a good amount of time connecting with my old people and looking at the old pics and being proud of being part of one of the most awesome rebellious youths I think any group ever had, we all seem to be coming to the same place.
What happened?
When did it end and why? Or did it end really? Seems like everything dried up in the mid-to-late 90’s and...
There are no cats in the room with me.
I don’t think this has ever happened before.
And then everything changed.
and everything was different.
I don't blame it on Kurt Kobain.
I blame it on Ice T.
Metalheads stopped being closed minded jerks.
Thats what happened. I remember. I was there. Funk crept into Metal. Anthrax was hanging with rappers. Metalheads started admitting to liking all kinds of music. The Judgment Night soundtrack teamed up bands that were Metal with bands that weren’t Metal. We branched out. It was a great time.
Then there were no thrash bands anymore.
I was pissed off about it. I always felt abandoned. I...
I'm not the only one
with unresolved Thrasher issues.
“The big gap in the kind of mid-to-late 90’s didn’t happen because...”
– Chris Astley - Xentrix in the trailer for “A History of a Time to Come”
