Let me start off by making it clear that I have no problem with a persons choice of religion. It is what one does with that choice that usually gets under my skin. When some fanatical Christian tries to save my soul or force me to go to church, when they judge me for not being exactly like them, when they assume that just because I am not exactly like them then I am evil and have no faith. This going other ways as well. When moron Atheist’s ruin simple traditions because of the word “God” or when they wont let their children have Christmas because of the word “Christ”. How fucking retarded can you all really be? Don’t answer that, I already know. Faith is very personal. It really should be left that way. Not saying you shouldn’t be proud, but don’t be judgmental, don’t assume, and by all means, don’t ruin simple enjoyment in a child’s life. They only get to be young once. They have the rest of their lives as pathetic adults to do whatever they decide to do or not do. Let them have Halloween, fuck this whole movement by Christians who think Halloween is evil and try to change it into “Harvest” and make it about Jesus instead of it being about kids getting dressed up, having fun, and most importantly collecting candy! How can adults justify in their heads this form of child abuse? You know these kids are a major minority and when they are out at school or with their friends, they hear about presents, candy, searching for eggs, and how the fuck do you think it makes these odd kids out feel? You idiots wonder why they walk into a school and shoot people or grow up and massacre their families and burn their homes to the ground. It’s not violence in films and video games. It’s the abuse of children by parents who do not allow their children to be what they are…..kids. Kids need to be dirty, venture off into the woods, fall and break a bone, trick or treat, break rules, and ultimately learn valuable lessons about the life they are living. As we get older, we become the enemy of our youth. Mortality ensures the children will always win. If that isn’t a great gift from a god, I don’t know what is.  If we want to stand a chance in the battle of the ages, then we need to allow the young to embrace the things that make them youthful so when they become the enemy, they can at the very least be understanding of the situation they are in. Maybe then as adults you could sleep better at night not having to worry about little Timmy slipping in your room and cutting your throat. So this has little to do with Jesus in a bunny suit, but then again, maybe it has everything to do with it. Use your brain people. Happy Easter God damn it!

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Posted by Dave - 12/04/09 - 0 comments

 

Well hello everyone. I am currently in Columbus Indiana. Work releated trips are always fun in that borning sort of way. Not bad though really. Mostly I just miss the shit out of my wonderfully perfect wife and super spectacular child. Plus work at home hanging over my head that I want to complete annoys me when I am not there to complete it. If it doesn’t show, I have had a few tasty Corona’s tonight. Good stuff I must say so myself. Even better when you don’t have to buy them. So now I am killing a few minutes here in the “buisness center” of the Holiday Inn. This place is pretty sweet actually. Indoor pool, golf, shoe shine, resturant, pub, bakery, store, game room, and shitty tv. I have spent too much time watching shit about Abe Lincoln this week. I love history and American Presidents for that matter, but enough is enough! Nothing else to watch at all. I take that back. HBO still has the whole “real Sex” series going on and I caught some of that. Mostly yuck though. Anyway, speaking of Abe, The Unstables record “Fire In The Whole” featuring President Lincoln on the cover should be out very soon! You know you are all looking forward to that! Also there is a rumor of a split featuring The Unstables and a band from Indonisia that I can’t seem to remember the name of at the moment. Before that split you will see the split from Alluvia and D.J. Dirty So-n’ So that will be out on March 3rd! So yeah. I think I need to go. Back to the pub for a few more rounds of Corona, then Serenity is on SciFi I think. Back home sometime tomorrow afternoon. Be good everyone! I’m off like a bra!

Dave

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Posted by Dave - 12/02/09 - 2 comments

 

Punk band The Unstables just left here a short while ago. Jacob recorded 14 songs worth of drums in a single day! More like 5 hours of actual work to be honest with you. They sound great. So the next step is for Uber Terry to record 14 songs worth of bass. This should be done sometime this week. From there Hayden and Lindsey will have to come track all their guitars. Then Terry and Hayden for vocals. Hopefully all of this will go equaly as well and quick and we can get the first release from The Unstables out in the world for all of you to hear. Even better we hope all 14 songs turn out the way we want them to so we don’t have to cut any from the album. That will be mostly up to the band when they hear it all though. 14 is a good number of songs I think. Well, that is all I have for now. Time to relax a little for the tonight. I’m off like a bra.

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Posted by Dave - 24/01/09 - 1 comment

 

I have toyed with the idea of putting out a comp sometime and I just can’t seem to make up my mind. There are all kinds of reasons that make sense to put one out, but then again, who really listens to the things? Then there is the whole, do we do it with ONLY Riotous Records bands or do we do it with anyone who is accepted? I have also thought about doing one of just music from the state of Kentucky since we are not only based here in the middle of the state, but also because you never hear much about bands from Kentucky, but there are TONS of them! I know if I were to put one together, I would do everything in my power to make sure that there are more changes in quality and style of music as possible. I hate comps full of the same kinds of music for 50 minutes, but by all different bands that when mashed together onto one album all sound the same. Plus, there is no real way for a band on a comp to make anything, usually bands actually PAY to be on a comp. The loss of money is great, but the exposure for all the bands who otherwise may not ever be heard by someone who bought it for a few bands on it they like is priceless. So now my personl problem with putting out a comp can also be yours. Should we do it, or should we just leave it alone? Would you buy it if we put it out?

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Posted by Dave - 22/01/09 - 4 comments

 

Well, I wasn’t really going to start work on an album that I would consider my “solo” album any time soon, but I tracked a song this morning that is that start of just that! I have too many other things going on to say that this will be something I will have done any time soon, but who knows. The song only took about 3 hours to write, record and mix. I hate to perfect things and I hate taking too long on anything when it is my own stuff. Go figure. Imaine how much better I could do if I just took the time to develop and write a song properly. Well, I will never know because I don’t take myself seriously enough to care to work that hard on amusing myself anyway. Plus I love the sound of something that was recorded while be written. The flaws, the trying to play something right but not knowing what it is you are going to play. It’s the way I’d rather work. It’s far more real than the music you work on for years, record a million times over, have other people change around your ideas, blah blah blah. That’s so not for me. I leave that shit to the bands like The Plain White T’s (whom I was a couple years older than when we all went to school together mind you, not to mention the releationship they had with that band I was once in called Showoff that helped in some ways, not that I am saying they owe any success or anything to me or Showoff, I’m just saying we did play a small roll maybe and now this run on sentance in the middle of this post is done)(but wait….just how many years and times did those Plain White T’s release that damned Hey There Whatsherfuckingname song anyway….pathetic….really done now). So the album will be called Things I wake up With In My Head, because the song I did this morning was something I woke up with in my head. Original huh?! Should have it and anything else I work in posted on myspace at the Riotous page as soon as Myspace Tom takes all those dicks out of his face and ass and gets the site up and running proper so I can upload the god awful thing already. I hate that Tom bastard. I am done now. See ya!

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Posted by Dave - 17/01/09 - 3 comments

 

Seriously! I love cool weather. Winter is my favorite time of year. Ice Hockey is heaven to me. Playing in the snow is something I actually look forward to. Then there is this. It is currently 1 outside right now. This kind of cold is just stupid. Sure if I lived in a place that was supposed to be cold like that, then I would have nothing to bitch about, but I live in the center of the state of Kentucky and it should never get this cold here. At least I don’t think it should. I think I need to talk to someone about this. So since the temp has dropped so low it is stupid, how about this…. send me an e-mail dave@riotousrecordsusa.com from now until Sunday (1/18/09) night at 10pm Eastern and tell me what the weather has been like these last couple of days and in turn I will let you pick one of our releases that you really would like to have but haven’t bought yet for $1.00 and that includes the shipping! You know what to do.

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Posted by Dave - 16/01/09 - 2 comments