Finally saw Origin perform last night.
Absolutely amazing show. Thursday night in a back alley Brooklyn bar, excellent mix of metal dudes and ladies, perfect vibe, excellent beer, crowd surfing musicians, spot on musicianship. So pissed they diddnt have any tour shirts in reasonable size! The vibe was really great, lots of people able to crowd surf. It was very interesting when one particular woman jumped in for a surf, all the men were so concerned with being "polite" with handling her that everyone got confused as to where to put their hands and she couldnt stay balanced for long and had to come down. The new vocalist Jason Keyser (whom I loved on Skinless' last album) is a rad dude, was doing stand up comedy in between tracks (though I liked the former guy's vocals better). He was crowd surfing and maintaining the vocals perfectly. I was getting antsy waiting for tracks from Antithesis, and when they busted out Finite the mosh pit exploded (Im not a mosher personally). Their guitar player is one of the best in the business, watching his fingerwork is really rewarding. Can rip through any random song in their discog and play it as tight as in the studio.
Thing is, Ive "just missed" these guys about 4 times. Ive gone to several shows in Philly or NJ and due to the epic fuck up that is all of NJ's traffic/transit system, I end up being just late enough to miss Origin's spot on the lineup. Would have loved to have seen them on the Antithesis tour, but Entity is a great tour to catch nonetheless.
Its shit like this that reminds me of what a wonderful place Brooklyn is, and why it has such a vastly different identity than NYC. I havent left my borough in about 2-3 months now, and probably have left it 5-6 times total in all of 2012. Im over it with urban life, and am spiritually prepared to move deep into the remnants of Nature for the foreseeable future, but yet I still remain indentured to this system for some time. I loathe anything that makes me go into the city, with the exception of the seemingly infinite women of course (such a simple creature I am). But now I have little reason to leave BK ever. Of the places I have lived on the Earth, this is the only one place in civilization that has left me not feeling like a total alien. Its the only place I can actually feel sort of normal. The only place I feel I actually blend in. My mind is always stuck in the jungle, and Ill make it back to my true home soon, but for now the concrete jungle of this borough is my dwelling.
Im a person made for heat, sun, and summer. I can deal with 6 months of warm monsoon for 6 months of endless sun. We have a very nice relationship. I always have had a very low feeling as fall comes on, its like this foreboding manifestation that is here to remind me its winter time. I hate winter. I get so mad in winter, whenever someone says something positive about snow, I almost want to label them a propagandist and have the secret police make them disappear in the night. Its selfish but Ive never not felt like a cranky baby all winter long. Though it does make Spring out to be ecstasy.
This fall feels totally different. I cant wait for it. Im very excited to see what the next few weeks bring. I think this is going to be a wonderful winter.
By day this urban sprawl seems like such a stiff, isolated, tense, and formidable place, but get a few beers into the bk and the craziest fucking weirdos become such great family. My partner and I have met some amazing people in the last few weeks, and weve uncovered quite the tribe of likeminded fellows. Two of my most favorite lady-friends are rekindling their relationship, and it seems like our once-gone-separate-ways party group may be nebulizing back together. Ive got this burning, mischievous, deviant, powerful energy inside me. There is a lot of love going around lately, and it seems to be in high supply. For carving out the essence of the human experience, this is a wonderful place to start.
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Absolutely amazing show. Thursday night in a back alley Brooklyn bar, excellent mix of metal dudes and ladies, perfect vibe, excellent beer, crowd surfing musicians, spot on musicianship. So pissed they diddnt have any tour shirts in reasonable size! The vibe was really great, lots of people able to crowd surf. It was very interesting when one particular woman jumped in for a surf, all the men were so concerned with being "polite" with handling her that everyone got confused as to where to put their hands and she couldnt stay balanced for long and had to come down. The new vocalist Jason Keyser (whom I loved on Skinless' last album) is a rad dude, was doing stand up comedy in between tracks (though I liked the former guy's vocals better). He was crowd surfing and maintaining the vocals perfectly. I was getting antsy waiting for tracks from Antithesis, and when they busted out Finite the mosh pit exploded (Im not a mosher personally). Their guitar player is one of the best in the business, watching his fingerwork is really rewarding. Can rip through any random song in their discog and play it as tight as in the studio.
Thing is, Ive "just missed" these guys about 4 times. Ive gone to several shows in Philly or NJ and due to the epic fuck up that is all of NJ's traffic/transit system, I end up being just late enough to miss Origin's spot on the lineup. Would have loved to have seen them on the Antithesis tour, but Entity is a great tour to catch nonetheless.
Its shit like this that reminds me of what a wonderful place Brooklyn is, and why it has such a vastly different identity than NYC. I havent left my borough in about 2-3 months now, and probably have left it 5-6 times total in all of 2012. Im over it with urban life, and am spiritually prepared to move deep into the remnants of Nature for the foreseeable future, but yet I still remain indentured to this system for some time. I loathe anything that makes me go into the city, with the exception of the seemingly infinite women of course (such a simple creature I am). But now I have little reason to leave BK ever. Of the places I have lived on the Earth, this is the only one place in civilization that has left me not feeling like a total alien. Its the only place I can actually feel sort of normal. The only place I feel I actually blend in. My mind is always stuck in the jungle, and Ill make it back to my true home soon, but for now the concrete jungle of this borough is my dwelling.
Im a person made for heat, sun, and summer. I can deal with 6 months of warm monsoon for 6 months of endless sun. We have a very nice relationship. I always have had a very low feeling as fall comes on, its like this foreboding manifestation that is here to remind me its winter time. I hate winter. I get so mad in winter, whenever someone says something positive about snow, I almost want to label them a propagandist and have the secret police make them disappear in the night. Its selfish but Ive never not felt like a cranky baby all winter long. Though it does make Spring out to be ecstasy.
This fall feels totally different. I cant wait for it. Im very excited to see what the next few weeks bring. I think this is going to be a wonderful winter.
By day this urban sprawl seems like such a stiff, isolated, tense, and formidable place, but get a few beers into the bk and the craziest fucking weirdos become such great family. My partner and I have met some amazing people in the last few weeks, and weve uncovered quite the tribe of likeminded fellows. Two of my most favorite lady-friends are rekindling their relationship, and it seems like our once-gone-separate-ways party group may be nebulizing back together. Ive got this burning, mischievous, deviant, powerful energy inside me. There is a lot of love going around lately, and it seems to be in high supply. For carving out the essence of the human experience, this is a wonderful place to start.
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