Got this from "Red" Seth Schwarts. It is a magnificent implement, made by the renowned and world famous Jim "Atar" Hrisoulas (www.atar.com). In the brief time I've had it, it woulds seem I've already put it through a lifetime more than it ever saw in Seth's hands. And so, it needed to be repaired. /shrugs :p I just received word from Chris as to why the repairs have taken so long.

- The practice of solving all of the world's problems the hard way.

My latest endeavor is now functional and is the direct result of solving a coding issue which has been vexing me (part time, as I have many other things to) for a couple of months now. Something about the entire world taking July 3rd off as part of their  July 4th holiday this year has left me with several undisturbed hours to hammer through it. Not a big deal, but I figured it out. So there. :p

I went willingly.

You see, with the acquisition of my latest tax writeoff toy, I can do everything I'm already used to doing from ( wherever I end up )

Any organization that espouses a supposed "truth" that cannot be promoted by its adherents without the need to attack their critics is indistinguishable from a cult.

-a brand new chadism

As the local "add-on" act for this major club tour, we're not on the actual bill, but we will be there and we go onstage at 9:45 PM! 

This is a must-not miss (the marketing guys made me say that) chance for all my OC friends to see me perform at a show that's seriously worth going to!

Now I already know that lots of the people reading this post on LJ will already know who New Model Army is, but I'm not going to fault anyone for not knowing. For those that don't: If you listen to any kind of punk, post-punk, indie-rock or alternative music, then chances are that either the bands you listen to now are direct contemporaries of NMA (who's first album was released in 1984) or were directly influenced by them. it's a major honor for Idiot Stare to have a chance to play on the same stage as these guys, even if they themselves are not familiar with us. Those of us from the deeper, darker and edgier parts of underground alternative music still tend to be major NMA fans, just as we are of The Cure, The Smiths, U2 and other bands from the same era who found greater commercial success in the States, even if it's not the music we listen to most often. The front-men of Idiot Stare and my prior band STG are both over the top NMA fans, adoring their vision, their sound and their poetic, political and humanitarian lyrics. And it shows in the songs they write. I myself had to review their catalog and rediscover which of their songs I even knew. Hey, it's my journal, might as well be honest. :p

This is our last show before we go on break to produce our next album, so you need to catch this show!

Click here for all the info you need!

A week ago today I lost my wallet. That is to say, I couldn't find my wallet a week ago today *after* I had already come home from everything I had done that day, with a solid and complete memory of handling it (and my change) the last time I dealt with money last Friday.