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May. 5th, 2010 @ 07:56 pm more funny stuff from LJ
June 27th, 2004: I posted three times that day. Once to disqualify two potential apartments. Reasons:

1. misspelled "bedroom" on sign
2. creepy lady looking out of the window

Post two was me being pissed that the Decapitated tour was canceled, and post three was some article Bobek had written about super-overdue books at U of I.

July 20, 2004: A conversation between Missy and I about the conversation her and her co-worker had about me. Confused? Me, too.

"missy: so my co-worker (name forgotten) was asking about you.
me: what did she ask?
missy: she just asked me: 'what's dave like?'
me: what did you tell her?
missy: well, i told her: 'he's the king of metal.'"
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Mar. 23rd, 2010 @ 06:14 pm It's 2010!!
Disposition: touchedtouched
I'm getting married, I have three cats, I work at a record store, I'm in the Chicago Thrash Ensemble.

I've been reading all of these old LJ entries. Lots of embarassing stuff, some total gems I'd forgotten about, though:

-drinking Coqui malt liquor with Nick.
-SO MANY TRIPS TO ZORBA'S. Tons of journal entries from 2002-2003 end with, "Met up with [so-and-so] at Zorba's, hung out, crashed."
-This interaction between myself and a library patron when I was working at Columbia's library:

crazy bald guy: "no more woodshop for you, huh?"
me: "what?"
CBG: "didn't you used to work in the woodshop?"
me: "no."
CBG: "man, you've got a fuckin' twin!"
me: "a doppelganger? i hate wood!"
CBG: "..."

-How worried I was about finding a job straight out of school. Mostly out of a desire to NOT move back to Wheaton, but also fear of the unknown, post-college world. Guess what? It worked out!

-Alternation between complete terror of the working world and moments of clarity like, "I'm getting paid to work at a magazine with "punk" in the title and I can get into some shows for free? Amazing!"

-The fact that about two weeks from the first time a guy asked me about working in a woodshop, some girl asked me the same question!

-The transition of my now-fiancee from "a girl that hooks it up at the record store" to "my friend that got us into a Coldplay show for free" to someone I'm visiting in Pittsburgh.

-July 7, 2003 - I find out that I'm getting a trial day at Reckless! So geeked!

-"hoffa is shown in this 1975 file photo"

-Going to the Casino with Bobek, February 2004

-February 17, 2004 - first notable exchange with a Reckless Regular

-February 24, 2004 - finding 50 bucks on the ground

Then I got burnt on reading entries. Maybe more later?
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Jun. 9th, 2009 @ 07:04 pm haha
Disposition: touchedtouched
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Was checking out older entries and I saw that I bought a Bump J 12" when I was in Boston. I mentioned that he couldn't seem to get an album out for some reason.

Since I wrote that, Bump J was busted trying to rob a bank.

OOPS.

Still a great joint, though.

RIP Bump J's career [pours a little out].
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Jan. 3rd, 2008 @ 09:26 am 2007
Disposition: touchedtouched
I didn't update at all in 2007. It was a good year.

-Living with Missy still rules
-Cats are good
-Played a bunch of shows/recorded
-Grew a beard (of sorts)
-Still working at a record store
-Freelancing is going awesome-like


The most major-ist negative for the year was Punk Planet closing its doors, but all good things must come to an end, right?

Also - saw tons of good bands.

See you in 2010.

Dave
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May. 29th, 2006 @ 10:42 am There Is No Subject
Disposition: touchedtouched
Music: none
So, I went to Boston and came back. It was fun. Hanging out with Mark and Sara was cool, and even though Boston seems to be incredibly packed with people and everything closes at like 10 p.m., we still managed to drink some local beer, grill, see some sights, and go record shopping. Newest buys (Boston and Chicago):

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Necro - I Need Drugs (Bought this in Boston, and a really cheap but incredibly beat up copy came into Reckless, which I'll probably buy for the artwork)
Los Natas - Toba Trance
Vader - The Beast
Tool - Aenima
Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Power and the Glory, the - Call Me Armageddon
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Isis - Live 03.19.03
Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
Bump J - On the Run b/w Bump J
-This guy is a Kanye West "protegee" that just can't seem to get an album out for some reason. Though he had some minor local success (and maybe elsewhere, but I doubt it) with his first single "Move Around," not much else has been heard from him. Ironically, I bought this in Boston.
Converge - You Fail Me
I Hate Myself - 3 Songs
-A new release from the defunct I Hate Myself. Only three songs, but after their incredible self-titled full-length back in 1997 along with a small handful of splits, I'll take what I can get.
Goretex - The Art of Dying
-I bought this because it was in the "reduced price" bin at a Newbury Comics in Boston. He's one of Necro's pals (who also handles the production), so some of the beats should at least be interesting.
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle
-Another Boston score, I had an original of this but the record was FUCKED. In fact, one song on the second side skipped, so I got rid of it. It's since been re-issued on double LP, but I found this new, single LP version in Boston and picked it up. Classic.
Cursed - Two
-Another record that I thought was out of print that was found new in Boston (along with that Converge LP). Underrated Canadian hardcore band that features members of Left for Dead. Really heavy-hitting, this is the band I was listening to when I decided to form the Chicago Thrash Ensemble. Useless information!
Cretin - Freakery
-Lots of people have been going crazy for this band, so I bought the LP for way too much (new). We'll see how it goes.
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Melvins - Houdini
Dead Meadow - Shivering Kings and Others
-Great morning music.
V/A - Piledriver, the Wrestling Album II
-This is an LP that features professional wrestlers singing crazy songs. It's awesome.
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Some Swedish death metal band.
Frusciante, John - Curtains
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
Less Than Jake - Pezcore
Screeching Weasel - Anthem for a New Tomorrow
Husik, Lida - Bozo

Plus, I bought about a million 7-inches that I'll probably never get around to listening to. In other news, today is Memorial Day, and I have to go to work.
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Apr. 27th, 2006 @ 07:52 am There Is No Subject
Disposition: touchedtouched
Music: WGN morning news
things that are awesome:

1. missy and i got tickets to conan in chicago.
2. bought tickets to see the cubs vs. the brewers in milwaukee in July.
3. grilling for the first time this season in less than a week.
4. backlash PPV on Sunday.
5. boston in less than a month.
6. new records.
7. my jobs.
8. to a lesser extent, my cats.
9. satan.
10. of course, my better half.
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Apr. 10th, 2006 @ 10:29 am There Is No Subject
Disposition: touchedtouched
Music: some underground hip-hop compilation
i have been on a record buying spree lately. these are the things that i still have to listen to, but have been too busy to:

black sabbath - S/T (reissue, clear wax, gatefold)
das efx - hold it down
refused - songs to fan the flame of discontent (blue wax)
bollweevils - stick your neck out (original cover)
edan - drop some smooth lyrics 12"
jaylib - champion sound
death angel - frolic through the park
INI - center of attention
digable planets - blowout comb
blackalicious - blazing arrow
roots, the - illadelph halflife
asterisk - dogma 1
mr t. experience - love is dead (blue wax)
end, the - within dividia
apocalypse hoboken - easy instructions for complex machinery
anthrax - i'm the man 12"
schooly d - welcome to america
1349 - hellfire
casket lottery - smoke and mirrors
das oath - S/T (gatefold, clear wax)
electric wizard, the - we live (with bonus 7", green wax)
morbid angel - blessed are the sick
between the buried and me - the silent circus (white wax, labels reversed)
samhain - initium
artifacts - that's them
red hot chili peppers, the - freaky styley
lawrence arms, the - oh! calcutta!
mr. lif - i, phantom
rhythm collision - crunch time (purple wax)
anthrax - indians 12"
V/A - finding a voice volume 2
nirvana - unplugged in new york
smoking popes - get fired
tusk - tree of no return
big in japan - destroy the new rock
killer, the - better judged by 12 than carried by six
mushuganas, the - S/T
guttermouth - live from the pharmacy
raised fist - dedication
indecision - release the cure
el-p - fantastic damage
today is the day - in the eyes of god
sepultura - territory 12"
V/A - ground rule double
aloha - that's your fire
redman - whut? the album (reissue)
radiohead - OK computer
alkaline trio - maybe i'll catch fire
V/A - achtung chicago!
cryptopsy - whisper supremacy
cryptopsy - and then you'll beg
anaal nathrakh - domine non es dignus
cannibal corpse - kill
behemoth - demigod

dammit.
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Mar. 16th, 2006 @ 09:30 am it's not a question of who is right . . .
Disposition: touchedtouched
Music: buried alive - watching you die
THE DOUBLE DOOR SHOW IS TONIGHT! i'll be there from like stupid 6:30 on (loading in, soundchecking, drinking beer, etc), so feel free to come at 8 when the doors open and say hi! if i forget your name, it's nothing personal. today is going to be insane:

-go into punk planet and set the wheels in motion for a few things that need to be done.
-do some other stuff at the magazine.
-stop at home and make sure i have everything i need (earplugs, etc)
-go to guitar center and buy drum sticks and a new throne.

SIDE NOTE: i haven't had my own drum throne since i bought one in like 2001 when mike and i were both still playing in off yourself. i used it for maybe a few practices and one show, when i subsequently left it in springfield, IL after a show. OOPS.

-pick up eric from class at 4.
-go to the practice space and load shit out.
-go to the double door and get annoyed at wicker park.
-play awesome show.
-wait around forever afterwards.
-go to sleep late and get up early tomorrow.

BONUS. see you there tonight, if you can make it.
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Mar. 14th, 2006 @ 10:43 am Thursday night!
Disposition: touchedtouched
Music: clipse - we got it 4 cheap vol. 2
fucking hell. Thursday night is the chicago thrash ensemble's third damn show.

apparently, we're playing at 9 p.m. sharp. here's the deal with the "tickets."

if you show up with a ticket to the show, it's five bucks instead of seven. "but, where do i get these tickets?!" i'm going to leave a bunch of them at reckless on milwaukee (AKA my job, right down the street from the double door), so if you're so inclined, you can stop at reckless before we play and pick some up from an employee behind the counter. WORD.

doors are at 8! i'm sure this will be hilarious, as we're playing a total "rock" club, and there probably won't be many people there, but we'll still thrash it the fuck up.

other than that, nothing is going on.
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Mar. 2nd, 2006 @ 08:01 am okay.
Disposition: touchedtouched
Music: axiom
here's the deal.

Thursday, march 16th
double door
9 p.m. SHARP.

the chicago thrash ensemble plays first (thank god), and if experience has taught me anything, we'll be playing at 9 on the dot. it's seven bucks, but i guess there's some sort of deal if you show up early, knocking two bucks off the price. either way, we rule.

come see us for cheap and drink some booze!

21+, sorry.
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