Dangers--Messy isn't it?

My near and dear friends, Al and Tim, Justin and Teenager do a band called Dangers and they have a new record, Messy, isn't it?

It is pissed. It is fast. They put a lot of time and soul into it, and now they're going all around the world in support of it.

Here is my one sentence review of the record:

Sometimes, you feel like you're on top of the world, other times you feel like a piece of insignificant shit, and then you're pissed at everyone around you, and finally you come to terms with the fact that you may be content, but you can never be complacent with yourself or the world around you.

If you have some scrilla to spare, head over to the vitriol records webstore and pick it up

If you want to stream a track, you can do that too.

We don't mess around...

I just got back from a weekend with Dangers, while Chuck just got back from hanging out with some friends. Yeah boyyeee--good times from Vancouver to Akron in the last week. We'll have details on Europe and the record soon, I promise.

This Valentine's Day...

Get ya special someone somethin' nice...

Re: Gilman Hangout Photo Request

It's blurry, grainy, and yet pretty awesome. 

The street lights frame the dynamic quintet hitherto known as Mike, Chad, Chris, Nate, and Phil like the headlights of a 1958 Plymouth Fury bearing down on you.

Before It's Too Late

Since arriving home I've been busy with work and the babe and job hunting. Also sleeping in till 4pm. Here is a quick slide show of the important parts of our past weekend in California.

What's up Alcatraz. Uncle John soon after bought us all ICEES but complained with the guy made us cherry and lemon mixes.




After that we hit the road








***INSERT PHOTOS AND STORIES FROM THE GILMAN***

So we arrive and nate wants to check out the north face store to see some jacket with a furnace inside. We were all zombies and just wanted to sleep so i don't think we were to into it. There was a skate park down the street as well. Nate hit that up while the rest illed in the van with the AC on. Next we arrived at the venue. Nice people welcomed us and we loaded in the merch and guitars. MINDSET showed up a short time after and the hangouts began. There were a good amount of kids there for the show. MINDSET's set was really tight. Foreign Nature played. It was on the hard side. I was into it. THEN Carl pulled a nice little prank. Dude said he was going on a walk at 1030p and was no where to be found at 1230a. We spent 30 mins looking for him, we really thought he was dead. John lets this punk guy use his phone and hears us talking about Carl. After he was finished on the phone the kid was like " are you talking about that kid sleeping on the couch?" The kid took us into the almost locked up venue to this secret couch room with who else but Michael mouth wide open drooling sprawled out on a dirty couch. We all were pissed, but thankful that he wasn't dead. The band went on to eat a late dinner at a Thai place, I just stayed in the van and slept. Thanks to Hook and Jori (sp) who took us in for the night. We left yall a surprise. Hope you found it. 8am wake up and drive! We stopped at a Jack in the Box for breakfast. Yikes... Next stop baseball.

Outside Dodgers Stadium



Inside Dodgers Stadium



This is the best kid ever. His dad supplied him with a spray bottle and no one in our section was safe.



After the game we were headed to Che Cafe. This is a shot of the merch table. It was outside and very comfortable. Che Cafe was a great spot. If ever close, stop.



Just a shot of how crowded it was. A lot of kids showed up.



The Betrayed set = insane.



Post gig hangouts with Phil, Chad, and Sarah.



Beach at 4am



Beach at 8am. We slept a lot on this trip.



after sleeping for 30 seconds at Nates bros apt we headed north to LA. Stoped at Manhattan Beach for a stint. I was bummed to realize that i only took 2 pictures here. It was nice. John and I took a dip and then shared a towel. No homo. After I took this John went in the ocean with his sunglasses on, came out with a frown.



Three words, OXNARD and FRED HAMMER. REP!



Another post gig shot of the kids in Santa Barbara. Mike and Chad are MIA in this one. I'm pissed.



Over all best weekend of the summer. I had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us. Don't forget SOH this Saturday at Peabodies. I have to work so ill be there 3 mins before we play and 3 mins after. I win for longest post ever.

Mad Minds Rule

Mad Minds finished up their new 7" last night, and a couple of Right Idea-ers were in attendance at Negative Space to help spit shine them backing vocals. Make sure to follow up with the band and check out everyone's friend Scotty's label: Leave 'Em Records, which will be releasing the record as soon as they get art, etc done.

Special thanks again to Mike Carlson -- aka Mike Mad Minds -- for coming along to California with us, spending his birthday at Dodger Stadium, and sleeping with his mouth open.

Word!

California Weekend Food

Friday, June 20th:

Breakfast: It was all of 4 am, so the typical Egg and Cheese biscuit and hash browns from BK at the airport tasted as good as expected. Which you can assume, isn't saying much.

Lunch: Our first chance to kick it up a bit. Now I'm a veggie, so a lot of the hi-class options presented by San Fran's Market and Pier in the Fisherman's Wharf area are strictly off limits. But we settled in at an awesome Italian Deli in the Market at Ferry Building 1 called Mastrelli's and I had this little slice of heaven:

It's called the "Joe Special" and featured fresh mozz, sweet peppers, sun dried tomatoes and a basil garlic spread. Throw in San Pellegrino Aranciata in a can and handmade chips with sea salt and it was an absolute delight.

Dinner: Ok, dinner ended up going down in Berkley / Oakland at Tuk Tuk Thai and it well -- it wasn't the best or worst Thai food I've eaten. Our host(s) raved about it, and Kim-possible said we'd have been remiss to not get the Pad-See Yew, but I went with a spicier noodle dish with tofu, gluten and hot peppers:

so I'm thinking I should have gone with the recommendation. I'd have to say the highlight of the meal was the Thai Iced Tea, and Mike Carlson's return from the grave.

Saturday, June 21:

We were on the road early as shit -- out of our Oakland confines and heading down to the Dodger game to watch the Indians and CC take it to them. So there was little to no food to speak of for breakfast, save a coffee. 

Lunch: At Dodger Stadium, I had the usual ballpark fare: Nachos, double cheese and a Minute Maid frozen lemonade. CC had himself a helping of Chan Ho Park, to the tune of about 440 ft.

Dinner: In San Diego, we hit up the local Whole Foods -- where I choked down a "Chikn" Parm sandwich and a Vitamin Energy Water in a can.

Post Show: Denny's "Build Your Own" Grand Slam might be the best thing ever invented. Here's the aftermath:

Sunday, June 22:

Another early riser of a day -- as we were told the Sunday show would be a matinee in Santa Barbara. We stopped at a rad Donut Shoppe in San Diego where I got the best cup of Joe of the weekend and 2 huge maple creamsticks with custard (hell yeah!).

Mid-day we got some shaved ice at Manhattan Beach just south of the city. Ho-hum, but a nice cool-down.

Lunch went down in the Oxnard with the one and only Fred Hammer at a rad familiy Italian locale called Dominick's -- complete with back stories only Fred Hammer could tell. First course consisted of Iced Tea and homemade (still steaming) bread, and then came the salad:

(Notice the shaved parm -- always a nice touch). I was the only one who stepped it up from the prescribed pizza with a pasta dish as a accompaniment:

Over all, a great meal, with little to no complaints.

Don't worry -- you know that food wasn't the only thing that went down over the weekend that we're gonna share with you over the next bit, but here's a nice introduction for you and a peek into our minds on the order of importance of things:

1. Hang outs

2. Food

3. Maxing and Relaxing

4. Shows

5. Sleep

Go!

New Shirt: Come And Get It!

And here's where you can do just that:

FRIDAY JUNE 20, 2008 7:30 PM
Gilman
924 Gilman St
Berkeley, CA

SATURDAY JUNE 21, 2008 7:00 PM
Che Cafe Collective
"The Whale's Vagina"
San Diego, CA

SUNDAY JUNE 22, 2008 1:00 PM
Casa de la Rasa
601 East Montecito St.
Santa Barbara, CA
93101

See you all there!

Some Next Level Shit

SEE YALL IN CALI.


Weather report : FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, partly cloudy highs in the mid 80's with a 100% chance of... BEACHING, SWIMMING, BABING, LAYING OUT AND MOSHING. DUH. Did i mention we have three shows?

Do it.

This Friday in Cali

ONE WEEK AWAY!!!

Our friend Evan put together this awesome poster for our upcoming California weekend! This is a call to all our friends to click on the pic, cut and paste that link, and populate your blogs, message boards and the like!

Please help us get the word out! We'll all appreciate it!

Thanks!

California!!!

If you're too lazy to click the React! link to their myspace account, and then too slow to read the "News" post in their Blogs section, you might have missed this little tidbit:

RIGHT IDEA/MINDSET CALIFORNIA DATES IN JUNE

The REACT! crew invades California with Right Idea and Mindset teaming up for three dates this June:

Fri June 20th- Berkley, CA @ Gilman St.
w/MINDSET, FOREIGN NATURE
Sat June 21st- San Diego, CA @ The Che Café
w/MINDSET, BETRAYED
Sun June 22nd- Santa Barbara, CA @ Casa de la Raza
w/MINDSET, RAD

It'll be the first time either of these bands have been to the West Coast so please come out to support these guys; Right Idea will have their 8-song 12" EP, "Our World" with them for these dates so make sure to pick up a copy, sing along, stage dive, and show them how amazing the California scene can be! Please check out Right Idea at their blogspot and Mindset at their myspace:

http://if-you-cared.blogspot.com

www.myspace.com/antiwasteoids

We're not 100% on all the particulars just yet, but we're looking forward to some sun, surf, food, and a little added bonus of the national pastime!

Viva la California!