yeah, my friend Ellen's got a blog too now!
Ellebelle's blog
Friday, July 28, 2006
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Playlist....
to 45 minutes of running through cornfields (and a couple runs around the cloister), 10 minutes on the stepping machine, 10 minutes abs work out and 40 push ups:
Calexico - feast of wires (warming up and running)
Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake it's morning (running and cooling down)
JW Roy - laagstraat nog iets (the stepping machine, abs work out and push ups)
Joe Strummer - rock art and the x-ray style (stretching and vacuum cleaning my mom's house)
ps. Holland has the best meat replacement products in the world.
Calexico - feast of wires (warming up and running)
Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake it's morning (running and cooling down)
JW Roy - laagstraat nog iets (the stepping machine, abs work out and push ups)
Joe Strummer - rock art and the x-ray style (stretching and vacuum cleaning my mom's house)
ps. Holland has the best meat replacement products in the world.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Back home
culture shocked. thanx to Jeff and the boys in Chicago for making my last night a great one.
I need a job bad so hook me up. I'm good at landscaping and carrying boxes from a to b. If necessary I can also be a decent party director.
I need a job bad so hook me up. I'm good at landscaping and carrying boxes from a to b. If necessary I can also be a decent party director.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Magnus Enquirer
everybody check out Tyler's blog, it's in the linksection to the right.
from now on you can follow MLIW's every move from 3 different camera angles.
from now on you can follow MLIW's every move from 3 different camera angles.
Soulfly
Soulfly's website has a band of the month thing going on and MLIW is July's band of the month!
here's what they had to say, check it out at www.soulflyweb.com:
To most fans of aggressive music, hardcore is all but a dead genre. Originally developing right alongside the thrash scene in the early 80s, hardcore was a fast version of punk that was synonomous with a do-it-yourself attitude, inventive, fast paced song stuctures, and a purely punk rock ethic. In all honesty, true hardcore bands don't even exist today. The genre has been reduced to million different second rate subgenres and brand-names, none of which capture the true essence and what traditional hardcore meant to achieve. Still, a very few handful of bands are still making progress in the small scene, and Iowa's Modern Life Is War is one of the greatest hardcore bands to come out since the genre "died" in the early 90s. Nothing that Modern Life Is War does feels like typical hardcore music, yet at the same time, it feels more authentic and punk rock than any other band that releases music under the "core" tag today. Their latest release, 2005's Witness, is an ugly recount of small-town American life; the type of place where you know everyone and everyone knows you. The lyrics are the best (and most believable) to be put to hardcore music in years and the hoarse vocals do well to communicate the hopeless stories of a midwestern youth. The dynamics of the album are unbelievable as well; a faint layer of distortion surges and sears through chord progressions that are unparalled on a record with songs of only 27 minutes. But perhaps the most refreshing and amazing aspect of this album is the actual structure of the songs. There are no breakdowns, now token sing-along moments, and no prefabricated point-and-yell-go setups. In fact, there are no verses, no chorus, and no typical song structuring at all. Just amazing artistry, and unbelievable concepts and talent. The guys of Modern Life Is War are onto something truly brilliant, and their future output should be very welcome to the ears of anyone who has enjoyed the hardcore music of past, but cringes when the repititious styles of metalcore or emocore are brought to mind.
here's what they had to say, check it out at www.soulflyweb.com:
To most fans of aggressive music, hardcore is all but a dead genre. Originally developing right alongside the thrash scene in the early 80s, hardcore was a fast version of punk that was synonomous with a do-it-yourself attitude, inventive, fast paced song stuctures, and a purely punk rock ethic. In all honesty, true hardcore bands don't even exist today. The genre has been reduced to million different second rate subgenres and brand-names, none of which capture the true essence and what traditional hardcore meant to achieve. Still, a very few handful of bands are still making progress in the small scene, and Iowa's Modern Life Is War is one of the greatest hardcore bands to come out since the genre "died" in the early 90s. Nothing that Modern Life Is War does feels like typical hardcore music, yet at the same time, it feels more authentic and punk rock than any other band that releases music under the "core" tag today. Their latest release, 2005's Witness, is an ugly recount of small-town American life; the type of place where you know everyone and everyone knows you. The lyrics are the best (and most believable) to be put to hardcore music in years and the hoarse vocals do well to communicate the hopeless stories of a midwestern youth. The dynamics of the album are unbelievable as well; a faint layer of distortion surges and sears through chord progressions that are unparalled on a record with songs of only 27 minutes. But perhaps the most refreshing and amazing aspect of this album is the actual structure of the songs. There are no breakdowns, now token sing-along moments, and no prefabricated point-and-yell-go setups. In fact, there are no verses, no chorus, and no typical song structuring at all. Just amazing artistry, and unbelievable concepts and talent. The guys of Modern Life Is War are onto something truly brilliant, and their future output should be very welcome to the ears of anyone who has enjoyed the hardcore music of past, but cringes when the repititious styles of metalcore or emocore are brought to mind.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Counting down
a week from now I will be sitting on this exact bunker in the sun with a beer, Heldro icecream and a book, staring at the Maasriver waiting for my friends to take me out fishing. Being there it's gonna be weird looking back at the past months, but it will probably feel great.
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and this is the view from the other side of the river.
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sitting there 2 sold out shows in a row in LA, or a crazy night in vegas or bourbon street will seem so far away it's ridiculous.
and this is the view from the other side of the river.
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sitting there 2 sold out shows in a row in LA, or a crazy night in vegas or bourbon street will seem so far away it's ridiculous.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Zen Arkade
I know it's shitty but I don't know how to host mp3's so I think I got a pretty good excuse. well actually I can't find any reason not to do it this way since I got no content or money for a website anyways so here it is...
Zen Arkade
Messages sent to that page will be replied by my buddy Bakkie Beekstraat who's one of the most interesting people you'll ever talk to so hit him up. He's the drummer and real good at it.
all of it is in dutch so the rest of the world can't understand any of it (besides half of Belgium). Next week should see a new song up which in my opinion is better but since I'm in the US I had no say in which song was to be mixed first.
Besides entering our local highschool's bandcontest Zen Arkade has no real future plans right now. If you have any please hit us up, maybe we can trade places.
Messages sent to that page will be replied by my buddy Bakkie Beekstraat who's one of the most interesting people you'll ever talk to so hit him up. He's the drummer and real good at it.
all of it is in dutch so the rest of the world can't understand any of it (besides half of Belgium). Next week should see a new song up which in my opinion is better but since I'm in the US I had no say in which song was to be mixed first.
Besides entering our local highschool's bandcontest Zen Arkade has no real future plans right now. If you have any please hit us up, maybe we can trade places.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Tour's over
Yesterday our van blew up and we had to cancel the rest of the tour, big bum
out. We left our van somewhere in colorado and drove back to Iowa in a Uhaul
truck, which was kinda funny.
The last week has been very interesting like that. We did 2 sold out shows
at the Chain Reaction in Annaheim which was awesome, both shows were insane.
After that we did a show in vegas where kids tried to ruin the fun by
punching Uncle Bobby, and then had the guts to complain about the bands not
wanting to play. Way to make us feel welcome Vegas.
After the show we went and got a couple beers and hung out at the strip all
night where I lost all my money playing roulette. The next day we drove to
Denver and went to Bill Stevenson's 4th of july barbeque. Me: starstruck. We
blew 2 tires to get there and had to call some guy in the middle of the
night to fix us a new one.
and then after the denver show our engine blew out so no I'm back in the big
M and I'm tired so I'm off to bed!
Oh, I got a first mix of a Zen Arkade song and things are looking good.
Expect MP3's soon!
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