kriss

Billy, you know you've got a place if you make it out next year!

Real by the view point of whom?

Yeah, re-iterating my point about the skewing. Mid 90's T+N had some amazing stuff (Morella's Forest, Joe Christmas, on and on) - but this isn't a proper documentary so much as a 90 minute puff piece for Ebel. It's totally unbalanced which is my main qualm.

The scene: 1997 "We knew that it was the end of the line for the label and MxPx when Brandon and Mike got into a fist fight during an instore signing in the middle of a Family Christian Bookstore in Tuscaloosa. It was insanity from there on; when Mike threw the first punch, Brandon almost knocked himself out trying to duck the assault when he ran headlong into a display of Testamints and Thomas Kincaid prints. He ended up knocking the entire thing over, and the most vivid thing I remember was some kid frantically running out of the way to avoid the melee, yelling that he just wanted a copy of the latest dc talk cd..."

it's a starflyer reference (the film title). i mean, i still love 90's tooth and nail, but this documentary is gonna be stacked entirely towards brandon ebel and his pursuits. his very well known reputation for ripping bands off is gonna be glossed over in favor of painting him as some revolutionary trying to save (christian) rock and roll. The blurb on the site about the label being 'the most controversial of the 90's' is also completely ridiculous.

i can't honestly see how this is necessary. http://nonewkindastory.com/#video

Thank you, friends, for the supportive and beyond kinds words! I've been amazed at the flood of support I've gotten over the last couple of days across all friends circles both online and irl! I'm going in for the first of several sessions to have laser treatment to remove all facial hair and such in early November. This is likely one of the only more extreme measures I'll be taking as I'm more working towards becoming androgynous in keeping between the two chief binary genders. I'll update as time goes on.

posted this on Facebook earlier. I know I don't post much around here anymore, but this is as much a confession as any, right? I'm going to go ahead and put this out there in a public manner after countless years of private deliberation and thought and questioning - and if you feel the need to cut off ties with me, you are more than welcome to, though, I would prefer to retain the friendship of all of you: I am pangender. This has raised questions to a few that I have spoken privately to about this, though to most who know me in a closer way, this shouldn't be a surprise at all. What is pangender? Most equate it to the trans category of which this is not. In short, pangender is the eschewing largely of identification with either of the two hard binary genders. I've never since I've been able to re-collect things from childhood been comfortable fully as a male, but at the same time, have never had a desire to identify as female, despite largely taking influence and queues from feminine sources. Consequently, I've always felt comfortable somewhere in the middle. Biologically, I am still a male, of course - but 'gender' and 'sex' are two separate things. The relationship I've been in for quite some time is still very much intact and this is not a sexual thing at all - just a coming to terms with who I am and that I cannot subscribe to a hard binary gender code now, nor have I ever been able to (maybe it started when I found, at the age of 4, that out of the entire cast of the 60's Batman series, Julie Newmar was the one I idolized the most). In reality, this changes very little, if nothing at all, in how I view my friendships and relationships with people. My only request is that those of you are respectful enough to do so, please refer to me in terms of "they", "their", "them", etc. I understand how this adjustment will likely take years as I've spent my life going by "he", "him", etc, despite my near constant discomfort with it (I took on the spelling "Kriss" in early high school due to distaste for the more male derived "Christopher" I was given at birth). This has been fairly difficult for me to write out, partially because it's so very public and because there's a part of me that's genuinely worried that there will be some who will now view me as some kind of freak. I certainly hope that's not the case, though I except that as it comes in the event that it does. This has been a source of struggle, in particular, over the last several weeks, as I've come to realize that I need to embrace and accept this after so long trying to ignore it - for those of you whom I've been short or testy with, I apologize. Now you know why. Thanks for reading, and thanks for being rad!

jokingly spicing (literally) the package aside, that Tear It Up record seriously rules! A few months ago, I went looking for it and was bummed to remember I'd given it to him. Ah, well. (oh, and I *did* try to make amends, but Heisel never got back. I even offered to send *another* gift that wasn't loaded with red pepper flakes, but, again, an egg on a response back - def. tried to make that whole thing right). I'm in. This time, I won't include powdered fennel - I'ma do it up reallll nice!

Today was so good. Mephiskapheles, Surfer Blood, TSOL, X, The Selecter, Flag, Blondie, Public Enemy - all solid!

Mellie and I are actually both in the middle of a short term juice cleanse, but are pausing it until Monday for practical reasons (because, you know, it isn't exactly safe to be out in the elements from sun up to sun down on nothing but veggie juice with no solids. hahah). All of that to say, that, yeah, we'd be down for Boiler Room. Billy, I'm closing at Quimby's right now - 1854 W. North Avenue - come find me.

Billy - just responded to yr PM. Nick, yeah, the two of you are welcome on Saturday. There's a twin bed in the spare bedroom that I think Billy's gonna use, but I have a huge air mattress and a couple of super comfy couches that are up for grabs. Oh, and we live within walking distance of the grounds. So, no public transit!

we have a guest bedroom that's open in September for those who are not jerks and looking for a free place to crash!

Scientist, King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Mad Professor, Prince Far I, The Ruts, anything on Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label for rocksteady, I Roy, Most any late 70's recordings with Sly and Robbie laying riddims, Don Drummond, on and on.

Ordered this on a whim last night along with the 3.5" after randomly finding a copy of the NJ/MWY split (for $20!) - looking forward to hearing it!

Bradley is definitely an aggressive guy, especially when it comes to pop punk as a genre. Honestly, kinda surprised he's not lurking around these parts.

Honestly, if I can drop even another 20 pounds over the next 30 days, I'll be happy. That would put me at 207, which I'm fairly sure I haven't been at since sophomore year of high school (yeah, I was a chubber even then). Once I get done with this at the end of August, I plan on continuing to juice twice daily while weaning back onto solids where I mix raw, gluten free, and paleo aspects together. I'll occasionally eat a white flour based pizza but 90%+ of the time, I'll be eating grains like quinoa, which I love already, anyway. With that - which I'd ideally like to stick with forever and not let it be just a 'diet' - I'm hoping to continue a 1-2 pound drop per week that way I'll be down 16-32 more pounds by the end of December and be able to start 2014 weighing in somewhere between 170 (the 'ideal' weight for my height and build) and 190.

thanks, dudes! Down from 254 to 227! Hoping to get down to the 200's by the end of this.

30 day check in. Officially at the halfway point. Anyone whose been reading my Tumblr knows that I've had to go past some bumps to get to this point, but at 27 pounds down, looking towards the horizon of a month is a lot easier than looking at two!

They just came in. Let's hang soon (when I can eat doughnuts).

friend, you most certainly are not one of the culprits. we're good.

An astounding number of individuals have no concept of this warning.

^ too bad we all won't be able to hang out like last year since you'll be Mr. Important in the VIP lounge.

I'm able to wear tighter jeans now instead of the baggier dress slacks I've milled around in for years. Getting super close to being able to comfortably wear medium sized shirts again, too. On day 24. Let's keep going, friends!

^ this. That was my exact thought. 70 a month for a movie fund is something I'm hesitating on.