it was so nice yesterday…one of those days where you just want to ride around with the windows down, blasting whatever rock record strikes you at the moment, long into the night. the kinda night where you want to go jump the fence and skate the new skatepark, just because it's there and done but doesn't open until friday. the kind of night where you just want to sit on the back porch and think about whatever seems to be running around your head at the time…life, love, taxes…whatever.

and now it's kinda chilly outside. great. mother nature seems to be fucking with us on a weekly basis. she keeps dangling spring in our faces and then yanking it away just when we start to notice what she's holding. vindictive bitch.

speaking of the skatepark…i was up there the other night. it rips. there were about 30 of us just ripping the thing to shreds. the scary thing is…with that many people, it never felt crowded. the thing is that big. sean told me a story about a guy who almost died the other night. some biker found a way to eat total shit at the bottom of the big bowl (a whopping 13 feet deep). he landed on his head, and if it weren't for his helmet, there'd be a brain stain across the flat. as it is, there's a big black streak from that helmet. stupid bikers. funny point: almost a casuality and the place isn't even open yet. bitchin'.

i've just polished off four new reviews that should be up on 75 or less, starting tomorrow. i'll post more details once they go up.

earlier today i was stuck typing up this weird document that was entirely in spanish. the problem is that it was one giant run-on sentence and i don't speak a shred or espanol. i was not about to start putting random periods wherever i saw fit, so i'm sure it's all a bunch of nonsense. doesn't matter to me…may as well be chinese.

the live and/or rare mp3 of the day (or so)
cave in – n.i.b.
in these black days vol. 5

this is from my favorite 7" in the series, mainly because both songs on it were so awesome. all of the other ones seemed to balance a really badass tune with one that just didn't do it for me. cave in shows they can range from straight harcore to prog, all in one song. i feel lame for being late to the cave in party, but you can bet i'm a believer, these days. nativity in muthafuckin' black. word.

important disclaimer: no one can sing these songs like ozzy, but these are good tributes to the pioneers of stoner metal. thank you.