PEDAL DOWN THE FOOT HILLS...

"[...] was hörst'n gerade so? / mhh... black mags [...]"
still one of the best songs i listened to this year!

GLITTERKID CASPER ON TOUR

have fun bro! we'll visit you for some stagedives and high-fives!

JAWBREAKER - JET BLACK.

if you don't remind me, i won't forget you.

BEYONCÉ'S SUNGLASSES...

... is something i don't get... what the hell?

source: www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog

NAME = FAIL, SONG = NO FAIL

YOUNG KIDS PUNK

title fight. reminds me of raw old saves the day. cant get "evander" and "memorial field" out of my head. so good.

THE HOPE CONSPIRACY

i can't wait for zeronine and their new ep...



edit: something in the following video reminds on jack lost

NEW KANYE WEST REMIXALBUM

friday it's time for some "808 & heartbreak" and listen to me: it's gonna be huge! but first of all, listen to this new remixalbum with guys like diplo, a-trak, eli escobar, the kickdrums and so on. really nice remixes if you ask me. and you do. cause i'm a glitterkid.



quelle: nahright.com

JEFFREY EATON (MLIW) INTERVIEW x GLITTERKIDZ.

The MLIW breakup was surprising to many, the euro tour was blown off out of nothing. Was it really that much of a quick decision as it seemed to be? Was it a tough decision or something you knew in your heart was the right thing to do?

Everything happened pretty fast. Looking back, I started to get the feeling not long after Midnight in America was released and we were out touring on it. I love that album and the process of making it was very fun and fulfilling in a way that none of our previous records had been to me. Tyler (drums) and myself both needed a break and we let the other guys know that and Sjarm and Tim kind of put the pressure on to keep touring and were pissed about taking time off… this was totally justified as they are from Holland and New Jersey and had made Iowa their makeshift home for the sake of playing in the band. Anyways, once I got a chance to sit home and breathe for a minute, I just knew that it was over. It was of course a tough decision. To me it was the most pure thing I could do regarding the way I felt about my friends and the band and music in general. I always told myself that when I got the feeling, I would be done. The reason it was so hard was not because I doubted it to be the right thing, but because we were in a position where we were living off the band and had opportunities to go to places in the world we had never been before and it was hard to throw those opportunites away and go have to get a dayjob. But MLIW meant and still means so much to me. I never wanted to see it be cheapened in any way. I never wanted to get up on stage on not be excited, or not mean every word with every ounce of me. And I never did. And I know it was right and I’m proud of everything we did. Instead of taking a free ride just cause it’s a free ride. That’s not hardcore. Leave that to rock bands.

How have you been ever since? Do you miss the touring? Being on the road and playing every night? Or is it more relieving to be out of that circus?

I am relieved. But I also miss it. Of course I miss it. But my life is still an adventure and a journey that won’t end till I die. I don’t need to be on stage and be written about in magazines to fulfil my ego or anything. It was definitely a circus. It’s easy to get caught up in lots of things you never planned on getting caught up in. I’ll be out there again someday, even if I’m just a roadie for my friends. Going on the road with a band is a fucking blast.

In your blog, manic times, it said that you started working for juice magazine but quit the job two weeks later. What happened?

It just wasn’t right for me. I didn’t like they way they did things and their philosophies. I don’t want to slander them. It was a weird situation and I quit. I think I am going to become a teacher. I’ve always thought about it and it seems like the only job I could do really well and believe in what I am doing.

Well then, what subjects would you love to teach and why?

English and Creative Writing would be my top choices. I think there is a book out there for everyone, and once you find one it makes you want to find more. I really believe that reading helps you grow as a person and feel more connected to other people and the world we are living in. Of course I love to write and it makes sense that if you love to read, you should give writing a shot. Most people find it very fulfilling even if they don't necessarily have the goal of writing a book or getting published. I wouldn't mind doing social sciences like sociology, psychology or history.

How does feel to be a small town kid moving to Los Angeles? Is it like “finally i’m leaving this place!” or more like “oh my god, this place is nuts?!” ?

Both. It has been a good thing for me in many ways. I didn’t want to let any grass grow under my feet post MLIW. I wanted to keep moving, but creatively I need some time and new inspiration. Just driving out here for 3 days all by myself and finding work and a place to live on very little cash was a wild experience. It’s something I have always wanted to do. I dreamed about it when I was very young and it just never went away.

You started a booking and management agency called “devil’s cornfield”, how is that going?

It never went anywhere. Maybe someday. The idea was born out of my desire to help my friends. I wanted to help the Beat Strings, Brooks Strause, Sioux City Pete and the Beggars…these bands that are so fucking amazing and most of the world is oblivious to them. I wanted to take what I learned with my band and try to help them. I guess I kind of realized that for now I don’t want to be on the business side of music. I am on the music side of music and that’s where I belong. The business side of things is fucking boring and very complicated…and often times sneaky and backhanded. I am inspired by Joe Reiman who runs Lifeline Records. He does an amazing job out of his love for music and keeps everything so honest and straight down the line. He’s one in a million. I know its possible, but it’s very difficult for me to be on both sides of that. It was always a strain on my mind during the years of the band, trying to be creative and also trying to get business type shit done.

Reading your blog, one gets the feel that you listen to a lot of oldies, a lot of Jamaican music, folk music, old punkrock and ska. Has that always been your taste or are you just, like many, bored from the scene that’s out there right now?

That’s always been my taste. I just think of all my music together. I was listening to the specials back in high school and they have remained one of my favorite bands all throughout. I really like a lot of bands out there right now. Just recently I’ve been out to shows to see Clouds, Trash Talk, Hot Water Music, Strike Anywhere, Tapper Zukie, Touche Amore, The Aggrolites, The Bug and Warrior Queen, Sister Carrol, The Cool and Deadly. I love the new Fucked Up record. I was psyched to get a copy the new QUICK FIX record. They are kids from Iowa and they played our last show and this is their first record and it rules. If I listened to every hardcore record that came out… of course it would be bored and disenfranchised. I don’t know how anyone couldn’t. I think there are parallels between every kind of music. American Folk, Blues, Soul influenced Jamaican music which influenced punk and brought those great Clash records which morphed into hardcore and Bad Brains…who influence tons of current bands. If you just love and celebrate music and don’t worry about the stupid scene then you’ll never get jaded and you’ll just keep discovering new things in that nearly endless well of recordings of the past, present and future. Music is just sounds and rhythms and words. Find ones that you like or interest you or make you feel a certain way. Then find more. To me, its one of the main things that makes life worth living.

There was an article on you guys in VICE magazine, it was titled “choosing poverty”. Retrospectively, would you say that playing in an even “successful” hardcore punkrock band, it still is “choosing poverty”?

I don’t know. I didn’t really know anything about that Vice thing and then it just happened. Poverty is strong word. I was never going to starve or freeze to death. There is scary and horrible things going on in the world and most of us kids in this scene are fortunate in many ways and we’re doing alright. We are not in Iraq or the Congo right now. I hope that part of this scene is realizing that and being conscious of it and therefore questioning our own lives, religions, economics, materialism and everything else. What we did was not about money, but that headline to that article just made me feel weird. We chose that life over a much more comfortable life and did it willingly so I guess it makes sense, but if your mind is anything like mine you start to read into it and really think about it and then it just seems a little bit foolish.

you just said poverty is too much of a strong word. it probably really is. but would you agree to say that it is an artists job to feel bad? do you think it has to be in an artists nature to live a rough life? i personally feel that the best music is written from rock bottom. would you agree?

I think a lot of great art is created when an artist is at a low point in his/her life...but I would strongly disagree that it is an artist's job to feel bad. Art covers the spectrum of human emotions and desires. I think that's just a matter of personal taste.

i know it's cheesy, but : last words are yours!

Live your dreams. Death is the only deadline. Much love to all the kids all over the world keeping the spirit alive!

COLDPLAY x JAY-Z "LOST"

watch it, listen to it, love it. nothing more to add.



quelle: www.myspace.com/coldplay

SHOW SOME LOVE

history repeats itself. but this time: not! unique, timeless -> goosebumps!

SAY GOODNIGHT MEANS GOODBYE

get up kids reunion. yesterday. love.

BBC/ICE CREAM "STAR TREK" GLOVES

lol at them for producing nonsense

quelle: hypebeast.com

THE NOW-DENIAL VIDEO SHOOT

tonight my friend hassan of patsy o`hara fame shot a music video for the german punk/hardcore monster the now-denial. this is going to rule. be prepared. here is a little preview.








oh yea michbeck was there too.

BOOBA x NIKE 1WORLD AF1

besides busy p, booba is the second french artist who is one of 18 participants for nike's 1world collaboration project. again limited to 176 pairs, this one will be released december 6th in booba's store "boulbes & co." in france. it features premium leather, the senegal-flag on the in- and sole, a "9" on the tounge, refering to his next album and a red tattoo design kind of design design. i'm not really into the af1-thing, but this one, but especially the busy p and ?uestlove ones are really sick! if anyone wants to buy my car, then maybe i can afford them. dropp me a message...

quelle: hypebeast.com

DER PRÄSI IST GUT DRAUF! KEIN STRESS.

too bad the US is missin out on this one.
präsi equals awesome.

AGGRO BERLIN "ANTI ANSAGE" (ANSAGE 8)

business-wise, aggro berlin is germany's best rap-label. we can discuss their releases, but you can't fuck with them when it's about business (before they went to universal... anyway...). at the 5th of december they'll release their "anti ansage" also known as "ansage 8". now you can check out a first snippet-video. and you should, because: 1. the shit is like a movie. okay, the location is the same they use everytime and police-cars and stuff is like always, but: money makes the world go round or turn a video-clip into a high-class movie-shit. 2. you can see kitty kat, the only femal mc on aggro, for the first time. beauty? beast? dick-eating amazon? you decide! and to come back to the music: tony d. is for the win! hilarious great style!

quelle: www.youtube.com/user/aggrotv

THIS SATURDAY - BIELEFELD

MISHKA CALENDAR 2009

i know wich calendar i'll bought for zeronine. what's about you?

quelle: hypebeast.com

IRAQ WAR ENDS!!

pic: www.spiegel.de

unfortunatly it's not true. but get this: some activists worked six months to finish a "fake" new york times issue, dated to the 4th of july 2009 and printed it over 1.2 million times (and included a fake internet-homepage) to tell the people that the war in iraq ends, that bush and rize had appologized for what they did and stuff like that. people got crazy outside of new york, washington, l.a., philly, san fran and chicago. instead of "all the news that's fit to print", the folks at "yes men" flipped it into "all the news we hope to print".
to read the whole article about the article check: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,590114,00.html, to read the "fake" nyt's check this one: PDF.

free the press! get the blog's alive!