super mega midwest summer post

Reporting from Chicago land, P-town, and everywhere you fear in the midwest... this is the shit you would want to know about to improve your personal steeze! (note how I used red, white, and blue to describe different location in America, symbolizing the patriotic pride we should all express for our cunt-tree in the olympic games... let's hope politics don't get involved!)




Summer music you need to experience:

Jammers:

Weatherbox - American Art
Sounds like Say Anything with equally good lyrics about life, drugs, and relationships in the same sarcastic humorous tone. Tight shit.

Built To Spill - Ancient Melodies Of The Future
One of my favorite bands. I had the opportunity of seeing them live at the Avalon in Boston. It was one of the best shows i have ever experienced, and they had the strangest crowd... every age group and most ethnicities were represented, all with a common love for good music and WEED. Everything they make is pure gold. Also listen to/buy "Live," "Perfect From Now On," "There's Nothing Wrong With Love"

American Football - "Self Titled"
One of the all time greatest summer night cds. Pop this bad larry in, roll up a J, and take a cruse with that special someone... chances are you will fall in love with each other forever... or at least get some dome.

Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow
Kinda sounds like the shins.... key work is "kinda." They are a talented indie rock band. Shit Linc Halloran would listen to. Check out the song "Sewn Up."

Bear Vs. Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands. And If Something Isn't Quite Right, Your Doctor Will Know in a Hurry.
They give me that summer hippie/Vermont feel good feeling.

Matisyahu = Live at Stubb's
If you don't know him by now.... your a faggot, no offense. Go online and find the sickkkk version of "close my eyes" It's like real reggae shit mang.

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Chill solo's. peaceful lyrics.

Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
A classic. Buy two forties (preferably Hurricanes) and rock out with old friends, to songs that were your moto's in highschool.

Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks
My favorite band. This CD, along with there new one "We were dead before the ship sank" are summer.

Boys Night Out- Make Yourself Sick
It's dylan... you know the drill.

Saves The Day - Can't Slow Down
classssssssiccccsssssss. Listen to them. Love them. Buy all there other cds, especially "through being cool" and "stay what you are"

Oest - SideStory
If you don't already know, you never will.

Northstar - Pollyanna
Ultimate Summer CD. (i do like there first cd much more however... but thats like sooo fall and winter). Once again, find a girl, camp on the beach, go pool hoping, and quit your day job to this shit.


XXX:

Anterrabae - Shakedown Tonight
stellar breakdowns. There other cd is rad too.

Give Up The Ghost (American Nightmare) - Background Music
get ya mosh on.

Saosin - Translating the Name
Anthony Green. Need I say more? Also download "I Can Tell." Then kill yourself.

Comeback Kid - Turn it Around
Go out and fight everyone.

Have Heart - The Things We Carry
Go out and fight everyone for good reasons! That's some Boston hardcore for you.

Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence
This guy is so angry... probably due to his intense lack of control of pooping. Turns out good things can come from shit!

The Secret - Luce
metal. metal. metal.



Beats / Instrumental:

Toe - The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety
Japanese band. Crazy drumming. Do your homework to it.

Explosions In the Sky- The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Get high and make up movies in your head.

Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death
a classic "let's get fucked up a make bad decisions" cd. I do like "Ready To Die' more however.

Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
Let's dance. Let's do drugs.

Ghost And Vodka - Addicts and Drunks
happy instruments in key with each other.

Singles of the Month:
Norah Jones: Don't Know Why
M.I.A. : Paper Planes
MC Chris: Wiid (is by my side)
Saosin: I Can Tell
Lil Wayne: A Milli


T.V Entertainment You should Know:
(granted I never watch T.V so who the fuck am I to give advice?)

Tim And Eric Awesome Show. Great Job!
some of the funnies short videos I have ever seen. Do yourself a favor... get blown and go to adultswim.com to watch them all.



Dexter

Dexter is a crazy TV series on showtime about a serial killer with a conscience. Watch the first season and fall in love. I give the stamp of approval. Oh... and if you haven't seen all the Entourages yet, you should get on top of that.


OKAY! THATS ALL! i'm not feeling it anymore (note how the further you scroll on this post, the way shittier it gets). In the mean time study this picture of Shane and I in NYC. It's soo fucking artsy it hurts.


ps. look forward to my next post about fratastic dudes I know, minivans, and super summertime jobs! (or jerbs in the south)


-LAIV

get over here

australia rages. hard.





i'll eventually make a legitimate post here.

-WBP

bros

a day to remember


-WBP

i can die now

now posting from the southern hemisphere. we're all over this bitch.

-WBP

good brie

this is the dullest, most interesting thing i've watched in awhile. god i hate the internet.

justice and everyday objects


-WBP

KICK UP SOME DUST, SYRACUSE

why does summer time always make me wish i lived in new york and could easily attend hellfest? i love sing-alongs and headwalking, so here we go. some of my favorite hellfest video parts. no particular order, of course.

dillinger escape plan- the mullet burden


terror- another face


norma jean- memphis will be laid to waste


everytime i die- the logic of crocodiles (drummer in very early johnny cupcakes)
listen for the amazing delayed breakdown


bane- give blood- this singer has the best intro speeches for songs.


and lastly, just for good measure, a video of dillinger setting their drums on fire and getting shut down.
dillinger escape plan- 43% burnt

i fucking live for this shit and am sorry for anyone who has never been exposed to hardcore and its amazing atmosphere. real talk

-WBP

Walt's top 5- June

This one is full of mostly old stuff just because summertime brings up old memories with friends. listening to some of these cd's on the way to the beach or to an out of town show were like the best times of my life. so let's go.

1. Minus the Bear- highly refined pirates

this cd is the fucking bomb. any time i hear any song on it, i know exactly how the next song is gonna start. it's that kind of cd. know what i mean?

2. Falling Cycle- the conflict

so brutal. this was one of the bands that played the first hardcore show i ever went to back in ninth grade. the drummer lit his drums on fire right before a breakdown. i can listen to this whole cd on full blast and nothing sounds old or overdone. come on.

3. Billy Joel- the essential billy joel

the man.

4. Madball- hold it down

i loved this band in high school, despite their blatant, digusting new york sound. last summer my friend brian broke this out on vinyl when we were super faded and we had those good kind of flashbacks where you want to mosh in a living room. there's just something about em.

5. Underoath- the changing of times

still one of my favorite cd's from back in the day. this was the last cd with dallas and probably one of their best. i was at his last show with them in ocala at some indoor basketball court. it was the illest, kids were jumping off the hoops and killing each other. probably that show and every other time i got to see them play a church or some rec center were truly some of the best days.

-WBP

hipster doofuses

june artist of the month- MGMT

ABSOLUTELY THE ILLEST MOST ORIGINAL BAND OUT RIGHT NOW
SOUNDS LIKE: THE BEST ACID TRIP YOU'VE EVER HAD (ON COCAINE/ HEROIN/ OR PCP)


LOSE YOUR MIND TO

TIME TO PRETEND
(video embedding disabled because its so fucking sick)
go to youtube and watch "Time to Pretend"
then show all your friends.

AND

ELECTRIC FEEL (SIIIIIIICKKKKK TUNE ALERT)

"COULD BE A CRACKHEAD THAT GOT HOLD TO THE WRONG STUFF"

and the REMIX




courtesy: Dylan Collins

Our Time

this song is awesome and this video remake is fucking hilarious.

Ocelot- our time



-WBP

Alas

as boredom has set in here in georgia i have turned to youtube. i'll keep posting these amazing clips as i find them over the next couple weeks. i just thought this one definitely deserved to be first.



ride a bike.

-WBP

Lutz Heßlich

HOLY SHIT Lutz! this is apparently the fastest cycling sprinter of all time. times may have changed but hot damn! great soundtrack too.



i wonder what kind of gear ratio he was running.

-WBP

Bring it back

if all of these are discontinued or i just can't find them anymore, let me know. but i need a surge, like now.






-WBP

Nobody Will Vote For A...

Artist: Kenyon B.

Source:

http://thehundreds.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sexism-vs-racism.jpg

Obamanation

not only does he give us hope, he's also really...



vote in november. anybody, doesn't matter. just vote.

-WBP

Andreas Gursky

This german photographer is known for his enormous prints of everyday objects and scenes that when blown up look deceiving and warrant a second look. he has gone to many places that other people are not allowed/would be scared to even visit let alone document, i.e. North Korea. his subjects are limited to pretty much nothing and are more based on his point of view and particular style. when i was in munich last winter i got to visit one of his exhibits at Haus der Kunst and immediately became obsessed. seeing these photos up close is even more of a mind fuck because you actually have to stand across the room to see what they really are.

may day V


chicago board of trade


pyongyang 1


bahrain 1


lastly this one is titled 99 cents and actually holds the record for the most money paid for a single photograph at an auction where it went for GBP 1.7 million at sotheby's london. it's an image pieced together by a couple different images of a convenience store in order to give the actual view that he was going for.


get into it.

-WBP

Product of the Month: CRACKBERRY CURVE

When I turned it on, THIS HAPPENED.

TATTOO DIARY: Matt Jackson, artist, YOUANDAMONSTER

A rose Matt did himself on his calf

Set Sail

I promised the world and a dozen roses.

Good luck cat.

FAHKIN BIRD PAHTY KID!

STAY GOLD.

MJC2K4: Matt, my friend Louis, and I called ourselves MJC2K4; Matt Jackson Club 2004.

Ladies: he's single. Come and get him.

Best of May 2008 Part I

Song of the Month- TIE!

Lollipop (Remix)- Lil' Wayne featuring Kanye West &

Put it On- Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West

Band of the Month: Everest. 

Facts: 

1. New Album Out Now!!! 

2. Made television debut May 15th on Late Night with Conan O'Brian. 

3. Listed as one of Neil Young's "Top 8" on Myspace.

Sounds like: Ryan Adams(+)Wilco(-) the bullshit=EVEREST!

Scratching the Surface: 5 Things You Should Know about JAPAN

5. Bura-Sera or Buru-sera. A term coined for grown men's obsession with Japanese school girls. "Buru" is Japanese for bloomers and "sera" for sailor suit, the style of garmet typically worn by Japanese school girls. There are even Buru-sera shops with vending machines filled with, yes, I'm about to say it, used schoolgirl panties. This is fucked up; fucked up but something you should know. 

Source: http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp

4. NO SHIT SHERLOCK ALERT!!! Tokyo and Kyoto, two of Japan's major Global cities contain all the same letters, they're just switched around. Walt first pointed this out to me a couple months ago. Cool, right? America should buy into this shit. It would make everything easier.

3. THE JAPANESE BATH- Japanese folks do it right. Their showers are often in separate rooms, as opposed to the European and American style of bathrooms, which cater to convenience, where all utilities-sink, shower, toilet, etc. are all located in close proximity. The reason they're separated is so they can use as little water as possible. It relates to the notion of the enso, in Zen Buddhism which means "have everything, but nothing in excess." Hence, the conservation of water during bathing. The showers are tiled which hold in more heat. So, water on. Wet Body. Water off. Lather body. Water on. Rinse Body. Repeat, if necessary. No need to keep the water running while lathering. Smart, huh?

2. Old vs. New- One of my favorite things about Japan is the juxtaposition of thousand year old temples scattered throughout some of the most advanced cities on the planet. These temples are time portals to a time before everything. And they are still here. Hmm..perhaps there's a reason for that. Pontificate that with your friends, stoners. 

1. Uchi-Soto "Us and Them"- The Japanese fucking invented exclusivity. They're raised in an almost structural society based on varying strengths of association with one another. They are taught to think of themselves as part of a group, and that they're group is always interacting with other groups. This is often said to be one of the first things foreigners notice about the Japanese and its often described as a cold feeling to strangers-they way they walk, heads down, quickly, and efficiently. If you find a group you want to be a part of, it's going to be tough to assimilate. So trendsters, thank the Japanese for your superiority complex that you know more than everyone else. You are fucking idiots. 

Source: http://thejapanfaq.com/FAQ-Primer.html

Blow Dat Slow Dank.

WHOA

look at this amazingly creepy website i found of a class going on a trip to that place in the pee-wee herman movie. i was looking up pictures of brontosauruses and this is what came up.
http://www.randytreadway.com/Travelling_Show.html

i love the random shit you find at 7am.

" Thanks for coming kids! Have a safe trip home, and be sure to tell your parents to buy Sinclair gasoline!!!"


-WBP

Gangstaz Don't Die They Get Jumpy and They Move to Miami

I know everyone already knows that the self-proclaimed "Best Rapper Alive," and one of GQ's 2007 Men of the Year, Lil Wayne, is absolutely killing it right now but the track "Don't Die" off of his 2006 offering with Birdman, Like Father Like Son, is one of his most overlooked tracks to date. Buy this album and bump that shit now@#! 

Other Key Tracks:  "Over Here Hustlin'" and "You Ain't Know."

I Forget a lot of Shit but I Can Not Forget the Streets,

SMM

YOUANDAMONSTER

You and a MONSTER is the brain child of my cousin and close friend Matt Jackson. With help from with his younger brother Ryan, Dylan Collins, who will guest write on this site while spending the fall traveling in Europe, and Jackson "Bear Claws" Eastwick, aptly named for his lumber jack hands, the four began printing shirts a few months ago and they are incredible. Here is some of Matt's original artwork that will be photoshopped and printed in the coming year. Matt is also an up-and-coming tattoo artist and hopes to be tattooing his work on young flesh soon. I took these pictures on my blackberry from Matt's notebook while he was on a burn run to BK. So keep in mind, these are just sketches. But the kid is very, very talented. I hope these grainy camera phone pictures help finally get him noticed. As soon as I can get my hands on some finalized designs and scan them, they'll be up. Any questions regarding T-shirts, which are fucking gnarly, contact Dylan at youandamonster@gmail.com

LOVE AND RESPECT,

SMM