BLACKING OUT AND BEING 30

i would say the name of this pretty much speaks for itself. the past couple weeks i have woke up not remembering much of what happened the night before...that is until i am reminded of what happened....the night before. im thirty. i feel 23. i wonder sometimes if thats a bad thing or eff it. i think we all have this idea burned into our heads that at this age we have to act this way and do these things. the idea being...that age dictates responsibility....but i would say its not age as much as it is what you got going on at that particular moment. when i stop and think about things that i am passionate about or deem important.....those things aren't the normal things i see all my friends and family "passing me up on". and yet im made to believe by everyone that im the one with the problem. sure i have my insecurities with certain things. but all in all. im pretty happy not being normal. not like i demand to be punk...or alt rock..and base my whole existence off making decisions and choices that are the antithesis of what normal "good little citizens" might do. because i really dont. regardless of what i am writing right now. blacking out....needs to stop....or...lets just say it needs to stop so frequently. will that happen? i will try.

coming down to Louisville to play a show...as a non citizen was kinda a weird feeling. had a couple friends show up....but not nearly the people i expected. which is okay. one thing Ive learned in my "career" in playing music... particularly punk and less desirable rock n roll...is that your friends dont want to hear it. although...i might have to retract that statement with oso bear. we travel well.  i think we had a total of 8 people from nky come down to Louisville to drink and shit. pretty rad really. anyways......the show was fun third street dive is a great place for music. and all was well. getting home at four in the morning kinda sucked, but Sundays are for sleeping.....and thats all i did.

sometimes i feel like the band is gonna take off to a point where i am gonna have to make decisions that could make or break me. like... giving up a job and everything else to take the risk of being a full time musician. something i have always wanted but have never been in the right situation (people) to do it with. playing 260 shows a year making 600 a night sounds pretty awesome but split that four way and pretty much forget about having any sort of meaningful relationship.....a house....a dog......i think when you romanticize about it... seems awesome. but when it comes down to actually doing it...and giving up everything to make the jump....you become hesitant...i am pretty committed to doing it...but on what level? thats what i dont know.

FUN WITH FLYERS

I MADE THIS FLYER IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR BUT I THINK ITS PRETTY COOL

Banana Flavored Beer!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS THE MOST DELICIOUS BEER EVER.

When My Hair Was Awesome.

I would say we all had alot of fun making this video. in order to get people out to the video shoot..we decided to get a keg....that always works wonders. im not 100 percent sure...but if i remember correctly it was the fall of 2005 when we shot this video. we did it at scotts house... we both lived on a street in fern creek called johnson school road. its was in the city limits but out in the country. Scott lived in kinda a guest cottage type of deal. i lived in a studio above a garage just around the corner.  Perfect for playing drums and playing loud...lousy for the drive home on a Saturday night.....so we recorded the first six song cd self titled Scotty lust cd....sent it to our friend Jamie Buckner....and he said he wanted to make a video for it....and thats what we did. the original line up was me Scott and Gary..then we asked Shane to play in the band after we recorded the six songs. made the video...played a handful of shows...then me and Shane kinda got into a fight at one of our shows...and i was kicked out of the band. later on i moved to Cincinnati to play with sayonara tiger. Sltt picked up spider bite to play drums. maybe a year or so gary and spider left the band and Scott and Shane got this guy named Chris to play bass and asked me to play drums again just to help them out with shows and stuff. i ended up playing for the summer driving down to Louisville or playing in the cincy area...then left the band in November. for the most part. i really thought this band was the shit. towards the end of their time....it started to go a little to rootsy rock for me..but im sure if you asked the other guys in the band they might tell you it was the best time. its all a matter of opinion. i really dont go down to Louisville too much anymore...which i feared would one day happen....either because over time people grow apart...or just the simple inconvenience of driving down there on a Friday after noon....or it might be possible that alot of people have settled down....stopped playing music...and i guess just grew up and got good jobs and stopped rockin......yes...it was a combination of all three. none the less....that night when we made the video. was a really fun night. and i thin kthe end result was really really cool. Jamie....you did an awesome job.

LOVELY CRASH

as you may know. we are playing midpoint music festival this year. so i thought i would copy and paste what they had to say about us.

Lovely Crash, a mainstay in the Cincinnati music scene for several years, now touring regionally, is one of the very few female fronted rock acts in town. They've perfected a unique sound mixing indie, pop and 90's rock, dragging punk to pop and grit to a whole new level. Powerful vocals and melodic slashing guitar riffs over out of control drums has propelled this group to the forefront... CitBeat says this about their latest album:"So Close finds LC still offering endearing melodies but shading its well-crafted brand of’90s/’00s Indie Guitar Rock (tighter than ever here) with darker tones, sounding like a natural extension of the soulful, no-BS Rock & Roll of The Gits and Sleater-Kinney." and "Beth Cheek turns in one of the more remarkable vocal performances you’ll ever hear on a local Rock album" On their first album..."Buddha Car has the rag-tag energy of Garage Rock, with the spike-and-sass kick of old-school Punk/New Wave and more than a little taste of pure Pop sophistication..." - CityBeat The Cincinnati Enquirer said "They're funny, vulgar,honest...A blend of rock and punk, edgy and sugary-sweet" And CinWeekly declares Buddha Car "A mixture of lo-fi punk energy and perfectly blended harmonies, the album is an instantly likable listening experience - all edge and melody" Lovely Crash has showcased their music at : Midpoint Music Festival, ChicksRockFest, Indie Summer on the Square and toured regionally and had opening slots with Ass Ponys, Sam Champion, Scout Niblett, The Bound Stems, Lowry, Oh My God, The LiarBirds, Roman Candle and more....and had their music used in several films.