Sorry folks, I've been on vacation.

What's up dudes. I haven't updated this shit in a long time. I had a couple of interviews that I was waiting on (Hostage Calm, Have Heart, a couple of others) that never really came back to me. But that's ok. I've been pretty busy with my band Slam as we are attempting to slowly take over the earth. www.reverbnation.com/slamrock - I'd appreciate if you'd download the new Rust EP (it'll cost ya about 4 or 5 bones, and it's also on iTunes and a bunch of other shit).

I honestly haven't felt much of a reason to update this thing recently. I love hardcore and punk music...but lately (and for a little while now, hence SLIGHTLY JADED) I've been very disinterested in all of it. I haven't really enjoyed a newer band in a while, there's a few out there that I like...but nothing that really blows me away. Also, and I'm sure this is speaking for a lot of my friends...when you're getting around my age and you notice that everyone involved in hardcore is generally 15-21 years old or so sometimes that makes you feel a bit weird. That's totally cool and all, I was that age too at one point. I dont hate these kids, I'm friends with a lot of them - I'm just not that age anymore. I feel different things than I did when I was younger. I am still straight edge, I do love hardcore and will always have certain punk ideals embedded in me...that's just how it is. But it does feel weird sometimes, and I feel like an asshole that's always talking about "old times" or something. I will still be going to hardcore shows, because it's kind of a world you just keep coming back to. Even if you dont really care about any of the current bands, like me.

I feel, maybe, like current hardcore is lacking a little in the creativity department. We'll always have bands that just want to write mosh parts and do stupid stage moves to look cool. But it's just the water down factor, I think. All these bands not really trying anything new, doing the same old thing again. Ripoffs that rip off other rip offs - and that's the water down factor. I know I sound like some dick who's saying "my era" of hardcore was better or something, and I dont know maybe the age thing is a part of it...but I definitely feel that way about most current hardcore bands. I'll be honest, some stuff has been so overdone that it even kinda kills bands that I like. I find it hard to listen to American Nightmare, Modern Life Is War, and stuff like No Warning sometimes. There's certain bands that will always rule no matter what, but shit like that has just been done over and over it makes me skip it on the iPod everytime. Every few years a band, or bands come around and change things. That will happen sooner or later, hardcore/punk will get it's long overdue overhaul. It just needs a little kick in the ass. But I digress...

Anyway, just wanted to explain why I wasn't updating this shit at all. I'm 99% positive noooobody cares at all but I was talking to my comrade Anthony tonight and decided I should finally update this fuckin thing, and since I have nothing interesting to say or interviews to give...this is what ya get folks. I guess what I'm trying to say here is that I'm still slightly jaded.

Check out Slam, you may not be seeing us on as many hardcore shows as you used to in the near future and the music may become something you might not recognize as hardore or punk. But we all love hardcore and punk music and always will, it's kind of a part of us that we couldn't shit out if we tried.

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