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“I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.”
-Courtney Love

I don’t know anyone in the world who looks forward to a twenty-four hour drive in a fifteen-passenger van more than I did two weeks ago. The Crüxshadows are officially on the road again for the holidays in our home country away from home.

My suitcase is lighter this round, with a few pairs of Lip Service skinny jeans, and a few too many pairs of cowboy boots.

I definitely geeked out at our first show in Dresden, Germany; mostly because I have a badass new guitar to play, courtesy of Daisy Rock, but also because fans actually recognize me now! Last August was my first tour with the Crüxshadows and I hadn’t been around long enough to make a name for myself in the scene.

Two more cities and venues later, I am in Osnabrück, Germany.

Most of the time me, and the rest of the band are scrambling for interwebs, which aren’t so common in the hotels here, and we’ve recently discovered that our best method of communication is, yes, the banana phone. Unfortunately we have to replace it every few days, and whenever I get a call it’s usually someone I don’t want to talk to.

The Christmas music has officially been played in the sound-check, and it’s only a matter of time before I start singing it.

Our opening act, Ayria, who is on their third tour with us, is awesome and they have been incredible to perform with!

We just came off stage here in Osnabrück, it was a great crowd and it’s always so cool to see people singing our lyrics and dancing to a single that hasn’t even been out for six months!

Some of our Danish fans came down to Germany for the show and brought with them homemade pumpkin pie…Guess I won’t miss having it after all!!

With Great Love and Faith,
Cassandra Luger

This coming month, we have a killer change of pace in our On the Road with Stertch Fuck’n Jeans feature. Not only are we segueing from rock ‘n’ roll to goth-wave dance … our weekly guitarist/correspondent is … yes … *GASP* … FEMALE! For the next four weeks, we’ll be following Cassandra Luger from Crüxshadows as the Florida band tours Europe.

A bit about Crüxshadows (from their website)
One of the most enduring acts of the entire Darkwave subculture is the Florida based group The Crüxshadows. Originally formed in 1992, The Crüxshadows have consistently delivered their positive message through the portal of synth pop hooks and dark electronics to a massive international fan base of followers. From their self-released debut, the 1993 album Night Crawls In, right through to the present, The Crüxshadows have formulated their success out of old fashioned hard work.  They have logged an impressive one thousand plus performances in over thirty countries via their many marathon-like tours.

With the release of the seminal Telemetry of a Fallen Angel (existing in a few incarnations prior to Dancing Ferret Discs’ version in 1997), The Crüxshadows enjoyed their first defining moment courtesy of the infinitely catchy dance floor anthem “Marilyn My Bitterness.” With additional strong releases including The Mystery of the Whisper (1999), Until the Voices Fade (1999) and Paradox Addendum (2000) backed by lengthy tours, The Crüxshadows were able to build a legion of diversified fans consisting of everything from jarheads to gamers to anime & role playing enthusiasts.

Although The Crüxshadows maintain a strong fan base in their native United States, their most perceptible success seems to be  focused in Europe.   It is not uncommon for the band to share stages with the likes of Ladytron, Prodigy, The Cure, or even Bjork. The 2002 Tears EP topped the Deutsche Alternative Charts for months, a practice that has continued with all subsequent releases soaring to the DAC’s Top 10. “I don’t think we’re actually more popular there (In Europe)” says Rogue, Crüxshadows’ forntman and mastermind, “It just seems like there is more access to our fans.  What we do has more acceptance by the powers that be.  In America it feels like all of our victories are covered up or are unacknowledged by the media.”  2002 also saw the release of their fifth full-length album Wishfire; a fan favorite that featured the Euro hit “Tears” and a number of other dark dance mainstays. Similarly the follow-up album Ethernaut (released in 2003) brought the band what has become one of its most notable tracks, the European club anthem entitled “Winterborn (This Sacrifice).”

In 2006 the band would seem to breakaway from their underground moniker.  The addictive single “Sophia” impressively debuted on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Charts in September at position #1, replacing Beyoncé in the top spot while landing  #7 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart.  “We couldn’t believe it, doors began to open.  It was as if we couldn’t be ignored anymore, after a decade and a half we seemed to be getting some respect.  The local news in Florida even put us on the nightly news to get our take on the whole thing”, the frontman recalls.  The following year was pivotal for The Crüxshadows; in May the band successfully toured China performing at the Midi Open-Air Festival in Beijing, in the presence of many thousands of new fans. Later that year the band released the highly anticipated Dreamcypher album that contained yet another Billboard #1 Dance Single with the song “Birthday.”  This time the band climbed into the #2 spot on the Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart.  With Dreamcypher, The Crüxshadows melded their fondness for 1980s Synth Pop/New Romantic sounds with modern Euro dance nuances into perfection.  Dreamcypher joins the aforementioned shimmering “Sophia” and “Birthday” with the guitar fronted “Defender” and the majestic sounding “Eye of the Storm.”  The infectious disc would become The Crüxshadows’ best selling album to date both in the United States and abroad.

The following year witnessed another single marching up the Billboard charts.  “Immortal” continued the bands musical string of hits. While The Crüxshadows spent most of 2009 touring in Europe, the band still managed to release yet another successful Billboard charting single in America.   “Quicksilver” debuted just in time for their annual appearance at Atlanta’s famed Dragon*Con Convention before an impressive capacity crowd of several thousand of their most loyal fans. “I think the new single, and really the most recent releases in general, are our most polished and well written work” says Rogue, “but there are still those in the scene, and in the business in general, that just think the whole thing is just dumb luck.”  Seemingly too pop for many critics and too underground for the industry, the band has apparently found the perfect balance for the people who matter the most to them; their fans.

Get more info about the band at Crüxshadows official site
Check out some Crüxshadows videos

We had a chance to ask Cassandra a few questions before she set off on tour.

LS Webzine: How long have you been w/ Crüxshadows in it’s 17 years together?
Cassandra Luger: I’ve only been with the band since April of this year but it feels like a lot longer. Spending almost every day with your band makes you feel like you’ve been there forever

LS: There are currently 7 members in Crüxshadows – how well does that work while touring? Do you all get along, really?
CL: we actually have nine people on the road with us and I’d say that the hardest thing about being on the road in Europe would probably be the fact that we currently use a nine passenger van so we’re all packed pretty tightly. Some days are worse than others, but we get along really well. It’s just the right group of people in the right room.

LS: How long have you been a musician and was guitar your favorite? Have you been in other bands?
CL: I’ve been playing music since I was a whopping three years old when my grandmother would take me to piano classes and I’d sit under the keyboard for the entire lesson. I didn’t start playing guitar until I was in high school and taking it for a class but I fell in love with it. I’ve been active on the Tallahassee music scene for the past few years, making merch and all that but the Cruxshadows is the first band I’ve been in.

LS: The band’s motto is “Live, love, be, believe,” – do you have to tattoo that anywhere to be a band member? (Just kidding). Seriously, do you all contribute to the songs, musically and lyrically?
CL: We all do believe in the motto but no one has gotten it tattooed…yet. Rogue is definitely the primary song writer but we all are able to contribute musically, and make our parts our own.

LS: What’s your favorite place to play a live show? How was it performing for the 2009 Gothic Cruise?
CL: My favorite place to play this pas year was definitely M’Era Luna, I was looking out at a sea of people to the horizon line. It was my third show…ever. It kind of made an impact. I loved playing on the Gothic Cruise but it was hard to jump around like a maniac on a moving boat. Every time I’d leave the ground and land, the floor would be in a different place.

LS: What’s your number one must have fashion accessory (or accessories….!)?
CL: I would definitely say that the thing that I NEVER take off would be my rings, four on my left hand and five on my right. I’ve been collecting them since I was young and I wear them everywhere. Even when I play.

LS: How easy is it to stay looking great while on the road? Any insider secrets?
CL: Seeing as I didn’t start voluntarily wearing make-up or styling my hair until I was almost seventeen I’ve had to figure out a lot of things on the fly, but I’ve learned that eyeliner pretty much fixes everything. And if I’m too far gone, Jessica can usually fix those problems.

LS: Anything you want to say the Lip Service fans our there who have never heard of Crüxshadows ?
CL: I would say that you fashion addicts need to go and check out the website! Why haven’t you gone yet? What are you doing still reading this? The interview is over…Go! :-)

Dear Readers,

Sorry for the late blog. My memory has been pretty cloudy lately. Since I last wrote, I’ve done 16 shows and a lot of other things…

Spain was an absolute blast. Those kids really know how to rage. In Paris, things got nuts. We celebrated Aaron’s birthday with a booze cruise around the city. I’m still amazed that nobody fell overboard. We drank as much Rebel Yell as there is water in that river.

Germany reunited us with our dear friend Texas Terri. We also got to hang with Campino from Die Toten Hosen, which was pretty bitchin as well!

Scandinavia is fucking gorgeous. In Sweden we ended up hanging with our buddies, Eagles of Death Metal, on our night off. After that we were drinking homemade moonshine in somebody’s basement. When we woke up, we barely made it to our interview with Rocket Radio, “The Rock Home of Stockholm.”

So, Amsterdam…yeah. Well, we had a great time. Somehow amidst all the debauchery, I still had time to feed the ducks.

We just finished up some crazy shows in Ireland and Scotland. They are some of the most genuine fun-loving people I have ever met. Right now I’m sitting backstage in what’s said to be the best entertainment venue on planet earth, the O2 Arena. This one’s for Michael!

Kiss Kiss,
Kevin Preston

First things first, a couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from Green Day & Co. It went a little something like this:

GD: Hey Chinatown (that’s the nickname Tre gave me…long story), we wanna bring Prima Donna on the Euro leg of this tour. What do you think?

KP: Bitchin! No way! Killer! Rad! For real?

Next thing I should have done was call the band, but no. I called up Lip Service and said, “Gimme some Stretch Fuck’n Jeans!!!” Now that I handled that business, we were on a plane to Lisbon, Portugal. It was one of those flights with the personal T.V.s and since I don’t sleep on planes, I think I watched about 9 movies.

When we got to the arena in Lisbon, it was really a trip to see how giant it was. We even have a 40 foot banner to play in front of. I think the banner itself is bigger than any stage we’ve played on previous to this tour. The show was sold out and the capacity was 12,500. By the time we hit the stage, it was about 90% full! During our set, Tre set off some pyrotechnics. It was a real killer! Thousands of kids bopping along to Soul Stripper? I can get used to this!

Watching Green Day after we played was fucking amazing! I have seen them close to 30 times now and they still blow me away every time! They are the best live band on the planet. I woke up the next day with one of the biggest hangovers I’ve ever had, but I was relieved that it wasn’t all a dream. Kisses to Portugal!

!

Wild Love,

Kevin Preston

We have an awesome treat for you in this month’s On the Road. For the next four weeks, you’ll join the guys from Prima Donna as they take their Lip Service Stretch Fuck’n Jeans on the road with Green Day through their European tour.

Prima Donna’s sound is like nothing you’ve experienced. Imagine what would happen if juke-joint rock-n-roll, old school glam, and first wave punk had a three-way love child and you’d be on the right track. Depending on your own favorites, you’ll pick up flavorings of Stooges, Mott the Hoople, Bowie, Dolls, Heartbreakers, X-Ray Specs, Damned, just to name a few, but the whole sounds is purely Prima Donna’s unique recipe for kick-ass glam punk rock-n-roll. Here’s what a few reviewers had to say:

“Energetic and genuinely anthemic choruses, rousing hooks that amplify their Johnny Thunders influences while adding their own sense of seedy majesty”
LA Weekly

“In a better world, songs like “Soul Stripper” & “Everything’s Wrong” would be blasting from radios all across the nation. Pick this up & inject yourself with a healthy dose of rock & roll”
AMP

If you’re getting the feeling there’s nobody who does it quite like Prima Donna, you’re absolutely right. Here’s a little taste …

You can listen to more at Prima Donna’s MySpace page.

 

Since forming in 2003, the guys in Prima Donna have been awfully damn busy. In 2005, they hit the road on an eight country European concert tour with Texas Terri, played part of the American tour wit ex-Pistol Glen Matlock’s Philistines and released their first album, Kiss Kiss on Brunette Records. In 2007, they featured “Soul Stripper”, a new track from their latest release, and put out the killer heart-shaped vinyl single Eat Your Heart Out on Puke N Vomit Records. 2008 was no less busy. They released their most recent disc, After Hours on Acetate Records, and singer/guitarist Kevin Preston played guitar in the Green Day side project Foxboro Hot Tubs.

This year, Prima Donna toured the U.S. with Eddie and the Hot Rods and later with Duane Peters Gunfight before joining Green Day on their current European tour. Those of you across the pond can check out upcoming dates on their MySpace page.

Prima Donna are:
• Kevin Preston – vocals, guitar
• Aaron Minton – saxophone, keyboards
• David S. Field – drums, percussion
• Dan Nyby – bass guitar
• Erik Arcane – guitar

 

I had a chance to ask Kevin a few questions to get us all better acquainted before we spend the next month together.

Webmistress: Rumor has it, you owe the start of Prima Donna to a ladies’ bathroom. What can you tell us about that?

Kevin Preston: Well, there are many stories about how we met. Most of them stem from too much Whiskey. Truth is, we met at a Josie Cotton concert.

 

WM: Your sound is such a rich fusion of styles, from classic juke-joint rock to early punk like Iggy & the Stooges, and a healthy bit of glam. Did it develop when you started playing with each other or was it something you imagined before Prima Donna?

KP: I had a bunch of songs written before we started that were definitely influenced by all of the above. When we began jamming together, the energy was hot! It definitely enhanced the songs.

 

WM: You’ve just started touring with Green Day. What is the biggest difference from shows you’ve done in the past?

KP: The biggest difference would have to be the amount of people. Before these shows, a big show to us was 700-1000 attendees. Now, We are playing to crowds of over 10,000! It’s rad. Don’t get me wrong, we still love the club experience, but playing arenas is bitchin!

 

WM: Who would be the other half of your ultimate dream double-bill?
KP: Green Day! It has also been a dream of mine to play a show with Adam Ant. It would have been awesome to share a bill with Josephine Baker, if we were around back in those days.

 

WM: It must be said … you are some seriously fashionable dudes. What inspires your look?

KP: First off, thank you! Over time I noticed that I had quite a collection of wild clothes that I permanently borrowed from ex-girlfriends. It started there, now it’s a monster! We all just try to dress in a way that is both regal and trashy. Everybody in the group is a real killer in the style department!

 

WM: On the same thread, what’s your one absolute must-have fashion item?

KP: Oooooohhh. I could go on and on, but if I had to pick one thing, faux fur coats. I don’t like real fur, only faux fur. The wilder the better.

 

WM: What’s next for Prima Donna?

KP: When we get back to Los Angeles, we are going to start recording a new record. Then, it’s back to Europe for a headlining tour! After that, we have been chosen by NASA to be the first band to play on the moon. That will make history.

Prima Donna links:
PrimaDonnaRocks.com – official site
Prima Donna’s MySpace page
Artist page on Acetate Records

 

 

Go On the Road with Kevin and Prima Donna next Wednesday, Oct. 14!

What’s up folks? I’m ‘Stretch’, just an average set of fuck’n jeans. Or at least I was. Some threads call me skinny. Either way I’m writing to tell you about the worst and best week of my life. Give me some time to tell my story; I’m very hazy, though a jack on Ice should lift the smoke…..

That’s better…. It all started when some prick with a jiffy bag thought it would be funny to pull me from my hang in LA and send me off on an aeroplane with empty pockets, armed with nothing but a postage stamp. Well Ha fucking Ha Mr Warehouse, the joke’s on you. I’m a Rockstar, ‘Stretch’ the fuck’n jean Rockstar, belting out guitar madness all over the UK on a packed out club tour. Bet you wish you’d put yourself in that jiffy bag, hey?

Travelling gives you time to think. And those 8 long dark hours between LA and London gave me all the thinking time I needed. I had to take on the world, one step at a time, start at the bottom and work my way up. With no time to ‘waist’ I began to pray, “Oh great jean lord. Take me to my rightful place. Give me the strength to survive this mighty journey in one piece. Take me to Zico Chain, the greatest of guitar warriors, where I will embrace them in all my dark rock glory and protect them on all their travels”

It must have been the free booze on the flight, but I fell asleep. Although it comes across as seamless, I’m sure it wasn’t; the jean gods had answered my prayers and I awoke in a dressing room at Liverpool Barfly, the hometown of the Beatles, and from then on I’ve never looked back…

LIVERPOOL BARFLY
“The jeans are here! About fucking time they turned up. I haven’t changed in a week.” I saw Chris grinning as he marched across the room to grab me. He’s the front man, a very tall and handsome chap with a marvellous voice. He’d decided I was his size, and though I thought it was a bit of a squeeze I knew I had the strength, and without even time for a dress rehearsal we hit the stage. I find out after the gig that we’re releasing an EP next month…. check out a review here:

Purple Revolver

NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
Chris’s birthday. He claims he’s 21. I said nothing, but I’m sure he’s lying. He just feels 21 with his new skinny jeans. This is the city of Robin Hood, the city of green tights, so no shortage of tight jeans here, I felt right at home. Rock n Roll! Another great gig too. Nasty mosh pit caused a few crowd bruises. I got covered in jack and sick and sweat and beer, but I can take it. It’s all part of the big package. I ended up slightly embarrassed as Chris dragged me to the top of his van to declare to all the fans hanging around that he was a ‘golden god!’ Not our finest moment. But it does feel like we’re almost famous…. check out this review:

This Is Nottingham

CARDIFF
Tonight I fell in love. Chris’s fiancé came to the show. And I couldn’t take my flies off her perfect Stretch fuck’n jeans. They were so fine. We spent most of the night just grinding up against each other in the club, then as the night came to a beautiful end we collapsed in a sweaty entwined heap on the hotel room floor and dried out together under a light bulb, the steam rising as we watched the dust gently settle on the carpet. Maybe tomorrow Chris will let us take the bed….

Gig was good too…. check out a review here….it basically says what a cool and tight rock outfit we are……
Überrock

HARLOW SQUARE
What a day! I’m in Essex! Home of the beauty queen! Its Barbie heaven! I bet you haven’t been to Essex have you Mr Comedy Warehouse Jiffy Bag man? Stick that in your pipe….. No jeans here but me, it’s all skirts! I’m glad I don’t mind standing out. Happy days! I just love being a rockstar. And just think there’s another week to go, this is only the first leg…..

MYSPACE.COM/ZICOCHAIN

“Where Would You Rather Be” – mp3 - from Zico Chain’s Debut album FOOD (2007)
click play below

“The Mercury Gift”- mp3 – click play below

“These Birds Will Kill Us All” – mp3 – click play below

“These Birds Will Kill us All” Released on Degenerate Music – 18th October 2009

Zico Chain on YouTube

Countless millions watched Janet Jackson celebrate the musical legacy of her brother, Michael, at the MTV Video Music Awards this year. So, you can only imagine how proud we were to be a part of this special moment. Check out the sexy dancing stylings of the back-up dancers in our classic vinyl pants going through their paces with some cool-ass pop dance moves.

I know, I know … most of us are used to seeing Lip Service, especially vinyl, on bad-ass rock-n-rollers. But Lippy gear finds its way onto lots of musicians in a variety of genres. Who says slick, black vinyl can’t be pop delish? Apparently not Janet (actually, Miss Jackson, because we are nasty, thank you).

Check out the full performance on video (Thanks to the nice folks at MTV).

Still not convinced about Lip Service’s pop chops? Well, he may be the “wild gothy rocker” on American Idol, but über-adorable Idol Adam Lambert brought Lip Service straight to the mainstream. Check him out in his Psycho Circus jeans:

Well, now back to rockers, in a sense. They may have started as a fictional band, but there’s nothing imaginary about the kick-ass mock-rock of the Tap. Two classics … Lip Service Stretch Fuck’n Jeans and Spinal Tap. This year, they came together for the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and the guys’ European tour. With Conan, Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) is in Lip Service jeans – yes, those are Kill City jeans on David St. Hubbens (Michael Mc Kean) and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). Their drummer, apparently, had once again spontaneously combusted or met with some -no doubt- ignoble end. Then, check out Nigel in some Lip Service Stretch Fuck’n Jeans doing the classic, Stonehenge, at Wembley. At least this time, the Stonehenge is taller than the little people dancers.

Come back next week for some awesome flashback celebrity Lip Service sightings (hint – one of them is Brad Pitt’s equally hot other half)

Hello fashion slaves and doms, this is Rachael Rine from the band Cockpit and I have a little bed time story for you.  There was no once upon a time, no dark and stormy night, no long time ago… this tale is of a different nature.  This story is made of a quickened pulse, a burning passion, bleeding hearts, those that rock, those that roll, boulevards, living dreams, the Prince of Darkness and my Stretch Fuck’n Jeans.

The famed Sunset Strip is my backdrop.  Everyone has their own idea of the strip.  Some revel in the glory of what it used to be by partying amongst the living and dead ghosts of rock n’ roll.  Some try to recreate the grandeur of decades deceased.  Others just come to see it with no notion of what it could, should, or used to be.  People come from far and wide to walk the pavement that led many a soul to the top and drug even more to the bottom.   Sunset Boulevard has been privy to more rock n’ roll debauchery and decadence than any other spot on earth.  However, I can guarantee it has never seen a night like the one we recently shared.

I must first explain something for those who have never been to or played a show here.  Hollywood is famous for having pompous lack luster crowds not easily roused into the slightest bit of excitement.  That was definitely not the case last Saturday.  That was definitely not the case for The Prince of Darkness.

It was the day of the Sunset Strip Music Festival.  The boulevard was blocked off and all day bands played at every venue on the strip including the two stages set up in the middle of the street.  Ozzy Osbourne was the main attraction and attract he did!

My night began hanging out at the Rainbow while waiting for the Ozzman to cometh.   The place was packed like a crazy train so I decided to take a walk to the Cat Club for a drink with some girlfriends.  We wanted to revel in the mayhem on the street and stop at the exotic car shop to look at which rides I might like to steal.  We hung at the Cat Club only long enough to down our shots and off we ventured.

As we walked out of the Cat Club you could hear the intro rolling a couple blocks away.  By the time Ozzy busted into his first song “I Don’t Know” there was a thunder of feet on the pavement.  We started running with the screaming herd up the block towards the stage.  The piper was calling us.   The crowd thickened as we neared where the band was playing.  I never would have imagined the rabid fanatic insanity that I witnessed in

the crowded street.  People were pushing and fighting to get as close to the stage as they could.  There were girls climbing the trees on the sidewalk, people hanging out of office windows, scaling walls, and filling roof tops. The side street Weatherly was just as crowded going up the hill as it was in front of the stage a block away.  Packed together were lovers, fighters, leaders, followers, blue collar, white collar, friends, foes, artist and muse.  For that night we all were one in the same…. we all were the pulse…  we all were crazy babies… we all were devil’s daughters… we all were THE FANS!  It was pure madness, it was beautiful.  You could feel the electric excitement in the air.  I have never seen a crowd in Hollywood with such ferocity and passion as the one that stood in the middle of Sunset Boulevard that night.

After Ozzy tore through his set, the soaking wet crowd started to disperse.  I was walking to my car watching girls ringing out their Coach bags still reveling in the glow of the beating they just fought for.  They took the fire hose dousing from Ozzy like true rockers.  I couldn’t stop smiling as “Mama I’m Coming Home” rang in my ears for the rest of the night.  Rock & Fuck’n Roll isn’t only alive; it’s got a fire brewing in our hearts that’s getting ready for an Armageddon.  Brace yourselves.  Better yet, pour yourself a stiff Jack & Coke, put on your Cockpit CD, turn it up, throw your fist in the air and enjoy the ride!

Love,

Rachael Rine

Drummer & Heartbreaker

PS- I went for a drink at the Viper Room a couple nights later with photographer and fashion designer Holly Finney.  Ran into a few old friends and did an impromptu photo session in my Stretch Fuck’n Jeans in the bathroom stall.  All inspired by my Ozzy T-shirt.  Enjoy you twisted rock n’ rollers!  Oh and while you’re at it, go add us and say hi!

Mannequins with Kill Appeal:

www.myspace.com/RachaelRine

www.facebook.com/RachaelRine

The blood in my veins:

www.ilovecockpit.com

www.myspace.com/cockpit

www.facebook.com/cockpitrocks

www.twitter.com/cockpitrocks

So, they say these types of trips are how horror movies start, haha nice! It’s Monday, August 17th and I’m off to the mountains with my woman(Katie). It’s about a 3 hour drive from Portland, nothing like a good unplanned road trip and, fyi, you can’t plan an adventure.

An hour into the drive she asked me if I was hungry, because this is the last place to stop before we enter the mountains. If I had one last request, I wouldn’t choose Subway, but it was that or Dairy Queen…. Taco Bell sounded nice! My last meal would be “The 4th meal” anyways. My sub was sloppy and poorly made … she was no “sandwich-artist”. The lettuce was like slime and the bread was stale, but it did the job.

This was so Texas Chainsaw massacre or a movie called Wrong turn, all the small, back roads country stores and no phone service…(warning A.D.D. ahead!)

Anyways, “When is a good time to write out a will?” I asked myself while listening to music and staring out the window on my drive. So I reached back into the backseat, grabbed my notebook and pen (never leave home without it). I pretended to write lyrics, sound ideas or doodles to keep Katie from knowing what was really going on in my head.

Monday, august 17th @ 3:15 I decided to write my last words, goodbyes… my suicide note to everyone….

“What sums up a person in the end? What they have done, accomplished or what they didn’t do? It feels like yesterday I was 6 riding my bike in my parents front yard, dirt on my hands and a smile on my face. Life really does fly by. Not much has changed, though I still have dirt on my hands and still act like a 6 year old at times. I guess what I’m trying to say is, I don’t want to die old, unhappy and impotent. I have everything I want right now, my music, my youth, my girl and my friends…

“So, I’m leaving my guitar to my brother, my horror movie collection & fangoria magazines to Jake, my iphone to my sis, my records to my girl<3, I want my dog Bear to be buried with me. Mom, I’m sorry and it’s not your fault. I’m stoked to go party with Randy Rhoads and Dad, you rule, man, hope you forgive me for being a quitter. (p.s. I hated taking Taekwondo!) To all my other friends and my dear Steadlur fans, I love YOU, steal my music!

“I was supposed to write 500 words, but screw it. Anyone who knows me, knows I talk to much! Wow, what a tangent i just got off on!

“So, here are the pics of me at the mountain hanging out in Triangle Lake! I hope this doesn’t get my band pissed or suspended from twitter again. I know for sure youtube doesn’t care! Thanks for hanging with me and my traveling Stretch fucking jeans!

Goodbye xoxoxo”
Philip told me to make sure this was posted, so there it is.

Holy beer bong Batman! I haven’t bonged a beer since I was eighteen. I felt like Hank the tank from that movie Old School and did like 3 of them!

What’s up all you Lip Service people? Philip here from the band Steadlur (No, I did not misspell Seether). Sorry I’m not sorry. So this is blog number 3. I hope someone’s reading this and nothing much has changed from the last 2 blogs for all my readers. I’m still partying and dodging the bullet!

This week I went to meet up with my close friend Brad (B-rad, B-radness or Bra’d haha whatever). He has been on the road guitar teching (guitar bitch) with the band Red Jump Suit Apparatus. You might have heard one of their songs on the radio and, if not, check them out!

I got to the Hawthorne theatre, which by the way is kind of an annoying venue because, back in June, I went to go see CKY and one of the security goons cut me off at the bar. When I asked why he kicked me out. I don’t get it? What’s the point of drinking if you cant get drunk? I wasn’t throwing up, being loud or making a scene. I was minding my own business and he should have too, plus I was tipping the bartender kindly! So, the same guy was there and he hassled me again by constantly patting me down with security every time I walked into the venue. Then, the last time, he said “I shouldn’t let you in because you smell like liquor”… I was like, “DUH!” because I had been drinking at the bar inside the damn venue. “See the all access pass? Now get the hell out of my way”….

The guys in the band were super cool and their show was kick ass. The security constantly came out to the bus and told us to stop doing beer bongs in the parking lot or the cops will be called. It was so funny. I was sad to see my friend Brad go, but I said my good byes when everyone left around 1 am.