jeffnovak

That Converge Y2K 7" is the last Converge record that I need to have a complete 7" collection, but I'm not paying $40 for it. That's way too much.

Also hopped on a splatter variant. That coupon code keeps coming in handy.

Ordered last week and TOTALLY forgot about the coupon code.. crap

anyone that ordered in the first batch still waiting for theirs to show up?

Still waiting on my copy of Electra. Seems like East Coast just started to show up this weekend, so I'm crossing my fingers for the next few days.

apparently I wrote too much and my message became unclear, so here's a shorter version in bold, for emphasis:

 

horrible people do horrible things, but doing a horrible thing doesn't necessarily make you a horrible person.  replace "horrible people" with "rapists" and so on, and you'll get my point.

 

just because I don't consider these guys to be rapists doesn't mean what they did is any less bad, nor does it imply that the blame isn't squarely on them (as opposed to partially blaming the girl.  I suppose technically I'd place some blame on society as a whole, but that's overthinking things).  and if I find out that either of these guys has a history of rape, I'll be sure to bump this thread, retract that statement, and declare them a "person who commits rape" (note that it says "commits", suggesting multiple times, and not "committed", once in the past).

 

and as for the alcohol part, yes, it's a catalyst, but I'm not sure what the motivations here were (particularly the activities that took place at the house when the girl was passed out).  were they sexual or more to degrade/humiliate?  I don't know about you, but I've never thought after sex "damn, that sex was great.  now if only I could pee on her...", while humiliating the person who just passed out at a party seems pretty standard (and in this case, taken to a criminal level).  either way, it's wrong.  no argument there

 

edit: one more thing and then I'll shut up.  the news reports about these guys having good grades and promising futures and whatnot make an already sad story (a girl being raped) worse.  it's easy/convenient/comfortable to think that evil things (e.g., rape) are only done by evil people (e.g., "rapists"), but when you allow yourself to realize that "good kids" can do horrible things, that's when shit gets real.  it's uncomfortable, and that's why I'm glad the news reported it.  I'm not saying these guys are/were "good kids", but still

I don't understand this... if she said "no," it's rape. If she COULDN'T say "no," it's rape, if she didn't say anything, it's rape. Therefore, they were rapists before the conviction, but it's even more black and white now, as they're convicted rapists. Also, regardless if a person commits it once or 1000 times, they are a rapist after the first time.

i can't wrap my mind around people who think this way. 'well they were drunk so that's why it happened! they shouldn't be called 'rapists' cuz alcohol was involved and it was all just good fun! it wasn't like they had nefarious intentions!' rape is rape. violating someone sexually against their will, whether it happens at a high school party or whether someone jumps some random stranger in an alley somewhere. period.

Absolutely. That is a mentality that I can't understand. It seems that a lot of people don't have a grasp on what rape is. "Oh, she didn't/couldn't say no..." that is rape/sexual assault. It doesn't matter if alcohol was involved or not, it doesn't matter if the victim has a reputation as a "drunk" or a "slut," if anything in non consensual in any way, it is assault. 

Richmond seems to be starting to see the levity of the situation. Mays seems absolutely confused on why what he did was wrong. People need to be re-educated on sexual assault. I can't just blame it on the whole small-town-football-god mentality either.

Wow, I wish I got a copy of Astronaut as well. I'm really excited to get Electra in. Opivy, did you get a shipping confirmation?

I ended up snagging one from Amazon.ca as well. I didn't bother initially, but now I figure why not.

Looks like people had them sitting in their cart, I just refreshed and clicked add and was able to check out (for Electra)

Bummer, just wanted Electra and no dice. Oh well, I'll try next week.

Just downloaded this last night. It's striking how much less you can do on an Android device. Everyone I've talked to plays it on their iPhone, I can't add friends/select a username or anything of that sort. Oh well. I'm going to continue grinding.

I was dumb enough to buy a VIP ticket to one of the Cali gigs thinking I was going to get some cool records out of it, and then when they actually do something cool it's for the one group of Rev shows I wasn't going to.

You definitely got boned on that one man...dead stock CDs and crappy stickers. Ha

"  Hello there!

I just saw Providence listed as your location and thought I would drop the lingo haha. 

Now I just want to listen to Verbal Assault. 

That MOF 7" is gnarly as well. Bummed they never finished their LP

Wait for the Bad Swimmers stuff, Tim. Sean refined the songs. We're going to be recording starting on the 27th!

Also, save me one of these 7"s I need to grab that and an estates tape from you.

Mine came in yesterday (on blue). Fantastic album. It made me smile a bit when I noticed that on the insert, Ev was wearing my bands shirt that I printed in our practice space.

The Whirr/Anne split and the Anne mix tape came in yesterday, I can absolutely say it was worth the wait, that Anne mix tape is killer.

Hey Jeff, are you guys bringing back RIX?

Ha, I'm the only RI guy in the band, technically we're a Boston band, but I rep RIX pretty damn hard. Everyone in the band is straight edge and vegetarian/vegan, we're bringing back all of our 90's influences.

people might dig the band i play in 

http://testoftime.bandcamp.com

I just snagged a copy a few weeks back from another board member. Good luck guys!

Except for when he gets evicted for not paying his rent...

If I got paid this Friday instead of next, my landlord would actually be okay with it. She gets it. When fixing things, she saw the "record room" and ended up asking if she could borrow a few things.

Damn, why do I have to pay rent in a few days when they put up those In These Black Days sets. 

Psyched to see this sucker is shipping! I can't wait to get it in!

Ended up pulling the trigger and grabbing it. That E!E!/Joie de Vivre split and the Shook Ones split... couldn't resist.

New song rules.

You're telling me! So good! I can't wait to have this sucker in my hands.

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