Gaza’s Michael Mason’s custom Hex cabs.
“Left cab: 6x12, top 4 ported, bottom 2 enclosed. Right cab: 2x12/2x15. 2-12 is enclosed, 2-15’s are ported (smaller hex shapes are the port locations). A variety of eminence speakers (4 types) and they sound absolutely ridiculous, in the best way possible.”
Hex cabs is fuckin killin it. These look so much cooler than Emperor cabs.
The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
- Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
- Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
- When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
- If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
- Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
- Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
- Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.
- Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
- Do not harm little children.
- Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
- When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
This is lame as shit. Too many fuckin rules, man. That’s why I ain’t Catholic.
…suck it, Anton.
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has got to be List of Sandwiches.
yup.
Literally just made this my homepage.
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R.I.P. Tiaina Baul “Junior” Seau (1969 - 2012)
This is just sad. Seau is without a doubt one of the greats that have ever put on a helmet. Not only an icon in San Diego, but a legend around the league. For those who witnessed his ferocity all throughout his career, from USC to New England, you know what a loss this is.
This is just the worst.
RIP. A fucking legendary linebacker.
Let’s do this.
Fuckin’ D Rose out with a torn ACL. God dammit.
Alphonse Mucha
fucking loooove his art
especially his pink floyd posters
…what pink floyd posters? dude was dead like 30 years before pink floyd started.
anyway i also love mucha.
Really having a hard time telling if the Floyd comment is a troll, I’m getting rusty at internet.
Me too, buddy. Me too.
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Had to take a picture before I left practice.
it’s really sad that you all think jacob bannon is some sort of “god”. i’m sorry, but somebody who kicks his fans, and struts around the stage acting like he actually is some sort of “god” is in fact, an asshole + (from what i’ve heard) not playing shows unless there is a $2,000 guarantee isn’t so punk. Their music is really fucking incredible, regardless.
This kid is 14, so I’ll definitely chalk this up to inexperience… Let me try and drop some truth on you. A band as big as Converge getting paid $2,000 for a show is NOTHING. It may seem like a fortune to be making every night of a tour (and not every tour, mind you, just a particularly well-attended one) but it’s not a lot of money comparably.
Personal experience: My friend (and hetero lifemate) Kevin booked the Converge/Trap Them/Burning Love tour package last year or the year before. Despite that being a killer lineup, and support from well-liked locals, and tireless fliering/advertising, the show didn’t do particularly well. We just live in a small place where the niche market of heavy music is just straight up too small to support many shows of that magnitude.
Anyway, at the end of the night, Converge offered just to take the remainder of the door money (after show expenses and the other bands’ guarantees) which was significantly less than their $2,000 contract. Kevin, being the stand up guy that he is, ponied up some personal cash and made sure everyone got paid what they were promised. No arguments or tough guy bullshit on anybody’s end; Converge was ready to just take whatever amount of money we had on hand regardless. Super nice people, I can’t stress that enough.
On a related note, I have a close friend who used to sing for a band on Island/Def Jam Records. He’s a nice dude, does a lot of music industry rubbing-elbows type stuff in Austin and L.A. He just recently told me about how he ended up drinking somewhere at SXSW with some major label types, plus one of the core organizers for this year’s Coachella. You know how much Refused got paid to play that fest?
3 Million Dollars.
And while the more naive of heavy music fans will read into that and say “Refused sold out for taking that much money for a show”, at the end of the day you will have no idea what you’re talking about. Coachella is a giant undertaking, and ticket sales alone produce an upwards of $300 Million. There’s a lot of money to be made playing music if you know the right people and book the right shows.
Plus, Refused was primarily poor as shit their entire career. Hell, their last show was in a basement and ended with the cops showing up and cutting the power. They paid their dues, now they get to reap the benefits of their post-breakup popularity. To say that taking money for playing music “isn’t punk” is just some bitter bullshit.
Now, back to my original point. It’s not that Converge doesn’t know the right people or is somehow stuck at their current level of success. Far from it. They have built themselves up to a sustainable level of activity for their size, and charging $2,000 a show ensures that they can stay on the road longer, spread their music to places they’ve never been, and keep producing music that they’re passionate about.
Also, in about 2-3 years you’re not going to care if anything “isn’t so punk.” That’s a phrase used by the naive and people who care more about image than substance.
For your health.
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#converge #being punk is fucking stupid #dr steve brule
I used to work with Adam Syska at Healthy Living. Super nice dude. He plays bass for Say Anything now.
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