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Hella yes.(hella=greece in english)
We are among the ancients. In a society that produced greatness.It is a pleasure, and a much needed retreat from the woes of western touring. The scene here in this hotel room is not unlike the opening scene of apocalypse now when martin sheen is drunk and doing karate in his room. only difference is i'm not doing karate in a doomed country. i'm somewhat tipsy and sipping on warm beer in an outdated hotel, and there is no chance i'm going out into the cambodian jungle to exterminate somebody. Unfortunately that probably won't happen to me. My life is boring. I'm just listening to the noisy traffic nd hustle and bustle that is athens.Yesterday we had the typical athenian outing. climbed the acropolis and saw the parthenon. we also saw alot of american and japanese tourists. we didn't say hello. after that we did mad tv. not the really bad american "comedy" show, but sort of a live mtv style chat. it was cool. We ate the best food ever too. octopus,sardines,feta,calamaris, and a whole bunch of other stuff i don't know the name of but fell in love with. music is not an art. food is. and this region, the medaterranian(sp) is the best place in the world for that, among other things. I'm loving this. hope people come to the show tonight, then it's back to old europe.jesus loves the little childrenblack lips
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Stranded in Norway.So fucking gay.
Our van is broken. We are in Oslo, Norway. It's hailing outside. They look like diamonds that God finally tired of, and cast them down upon our heads. We've been in Europe for a week or so, and it's really cold. Summer starts in two days though when we get to Greece for our first ever show in the Balkans. Our hotline is down because it doesn't work across the sea. So, sorry for being out of touch. There's a shitload of white people in Europe. I think i'm gonna go lay down somewhere for a while.peace outblack lips
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we got a new phone and don't know what to do with it so we started a hotline. It's inspired by CB and Hamm radios, because people don't use those anymore, and we think truckers are cool. It'll give us something to do in the van. The minutes will probably expire, and i'm not paying for that shit. give us a ring if you are in trouble, need advice, or are just plain lonely.949 836 7407
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the first time i met KK was in munich germany, about a week into our first european tour. I had heard very little about him at that point. Only posters of his giant face plastered all over evry club in france and germany. I was just finishing my dinner that the club had cooked for me when a wild eyed indian man in an old german kaiser hat comes up and excitedly introduces himself to me as "blacksnake", then sat down and yammered on talking a mile a minute. I thought he was out of his mind on speed or something but he wasnt. He had hitchiked down from is home in kassel, germany just for the show. We got along pretty well, but we all thought he was crazy. he never stopped talking. The show finally got started and i was doing merch. he was high stepping all over the club and talking to everyone real loud and laughing like a mad man. He came over to the merch table and pulls out his dick and pees on some of our tshirts, then pees into a bottle and tries to drink it and spat it out everywhere. then threw the bottle. Me and cole were kinda pissed because we didn't know him. but he was still funny and charming. We finally start to play and i notice glass bottles being broken everywhere. He was breaking everybottle he could get his hands on, then jumping onstage and screaming. After that he came out with a massive bowl of salad and threw that everywhere. It was getting slippery and chaotic, and i had already slipped and cut my hand on the glass. So he came up and grabbed my hand and drank my blood, and declared us blood brothers. Then he went back to the kitchen and grabbed a huge cake(it was the promoters birthday) and he grabbed big chunks and smeared it everywhere, and on everybody. The germans were terrified. I didn't know what to think. After the show the place was destroyed. A bunch of german girls were following him around and screaming at him and telling us "king khan is not your friend" e turned the show into his own debacle. Backstage we were trying to do an interview, but the angry german girls followed and kept screaming at him. There was a table with about 100 or so beers on it and i guess out of frustration he cleard the whole table. every bottle. It was a fiasco. Interview over. We were asked to leave with our new friend. We got banned from the venue. A few weeks later i wrote him and his family a letter. We played with the shrines for the first time a month after that, and we have been best friends ever since. It took alot of thought. do i love him or hate him. Turns out we love him
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Chicken soup for a cocksuckin' soul
If yall want some good music for the time bein here's my listLos saicos-available on munster recordsthe mighty hannibal-on norton recordsback from the grave- on crypt recordsJaques Dutronc-i had the internet and so do youtarkus- peruvian awesomeness good luckthe germs- yall know whats upthe falcons- lu pine records(and evrything that detroit label did)and for the rest you'll find a plethora of the best shit ever from NORTON records, CRYPT records, and BOMP records.google or wiki this shit NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!
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Dear people...my friends.I am sorry, I have not kept up with this. We've been busy as a shit hound on a trail of heaps of shit. Not too clever but i'm not losing any sleep over it.So....west coast tour was amazing. Pierced arrows were our support and heroes. What can I say. They killed it every night. Fred and Toody Cole are my heroes, and i really hope i have it together as much as they do when i'm their age. An eternal inspiration, and the best folks to boot. We did the tom green show with eric roberts. you can see it at Tomgreen.comI wanna be funny but i can't. my whole family just died in a horrible accident......NOT!not funny but i got nothing to say. It was good, and I'm starting a tour diary tomorrow, as we are leaving in a few hours. If you have any questions about our doings then post here and i'll answer them honestly for real.peace for all yalljared
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Chunklet just released a four way split single featuring us, Gentlemen Jesse and his men, the Baby shakes, and Coffin bound. The single doubled as a ticket to get into the show at Whirleyball. Whirleyball is like bumper cars mixed with basketball, and that Indonesian game that's kind of like lacrosse. It's fun. We played a show there and there are singles left over. I would suggest investing in one because they'll be worth alot on ebay pretty soon. And it's really good. get them herewww.chunklet.comhttp://www.chunklet.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product;_id=60
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am 1690 atlanta, voice of the arts
In an age of soul less syndicated dj's, bland FM playlists, and mind numbingly boring college radio, it's such a breath of fresh air to know that there are still a few real radio stations out there. am 1690 is one of them. It's nothing groundbreaking. Just good music you can listen to in your car without having to fumble with the knob forever. Nothing too obscure. Just solid rock n roll,soul,country,blues, even mariachi music.If they play chuck berry it's usually a cool b-side. And you almost never hear the same rotated playlist like other oldies station. It's not an oldies station. There's no format. Just people playing cool records they like. If you are fortunate enough to live in atlanta you should definately tune in. It makes me happy that things like 1690 still exist
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"Gutlless Kiwi chuck enrages Aussies"
"in an act of supreme cowardice, New Zealand has surreptitiously questioned Shaun Tait's bowling action just three days after being humiliated by Australia's EXTREME pace in a twenty20 match."I have no idea what the fuck that means, but I love Australia and New Zealand alike. Who couldn't with sport quotes like that. Not to mention kangaroo fillets, and solid gentry to boot. Landed in Wellington, New Zealand three days ago, and with a stop in Aukland we're now livin it up in Melbourne. It's summer here(probably) to the chagrin of the upper hemispheres, and it rules. We have alot planned after my afternon nap(i'm a little tired after all the cooper's and kangaroo)Tomorrow we play a festival in the outback, followed by a couple days n Sydney where we play a hotel roof party(million dollar view) Make a really shitty surf movie, and teach the Aussies how to make "soul food" for vbs tv. We saw a killer fight as the daft punk show was letting out last night (f.y.i we were not attendees) some meth couple was fighting and the dude scissor kicked the lady mortal kombat style. Don't worry, some brave drunk guys beat up the meth dude and we were out. The chick was probably okay....PARTY!!!Also, in November they have this thing called "mo-vember" where dudes grow moustaches and get grants to donate to cancer stuff. I have a moustache, and as much as i think cancer sucks for real, I want all kiwis and aussies to know...this ain't no cancer stache!! we'll see what these next few days bring...and they better bring it all. we ain't playin ya'll..we gonna have a ball.don't cry for me Argentina.....love jared and the black lips(fuck christmas)