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James

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My Interests

movies, music, drums, politics, history, morbid self attention.

Music:



Television:

The Simpsons (R.I.P.), South Park, Family Guy, The Sopronos, Entourage, Real Time With Bill Maher, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Colbert Report, Best Week Ever, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, Dragon Ball Z, X-MEN.

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Heroes:

no more gods
no more graves
no more love
no more hate
NO HEROES

My Blog

Vehemence @ The Mutant House

I saw Vehemence once before at the Labor Day Metal Massacre Fest (the precursor to the LA Murderfest) back in 2004. Their set was brief since the show was running behind schedule, but the few songs th...
Posted by James on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:32:00 PST

Iron Maiden @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Still kicking ass on the Somewhere Back in Time Tour, Iron Maiden came back to Southern California, playing 2 shows out in Irvine/Verizon Wireless about 3 months after they changed my life at the Foru...
Posted by James on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:27:00 PST

Anaal Nathrakh @ The Knitting Factory

Anaal Nathrakh, playing live, in America&.let alone the West Coast, it was like fucking Christmas. It made sense for them to play somewhere big like Maryland Death Fest but to come to the other side o...
Posted by James on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:23:00 PST

The Los Angeles Murderfest v4.0 @ The Knitting Factory

The Los Angeles Murderfest version 4.0 has come and gone&3 days of metal, grind, booze and sweat at the Knitting Factory. I made the mistake of going to the California Metal Fest (which is now defunct...
Posted by James on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:06:00 PST

Dimmu Borgir & Behemoth @ The Grove, Anaheim

We missed the first two opening bands&apparently one of them was some local act with Nicholas Cage's son in the band or something? Whatever&he introduced Dimmu and sounded retarded anyways&.Behemoth w...
Posted by James on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:35:00 PST

The Dillinger Escape Plan @ The Canyon Club, Las Vegas

I was a little upset with Dillinger for canceling their Hollywood show last fall after Ben broke his foot but hey, shit happens. Fast forward to April and they announce a new tour with West Coast date...
Posted by James on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:33:00 PST

Beneath the Massacre @ The Whisky

After 5 failed attempts&.I FINALLY got to see Beneath the Massacre live! This was seriously a mission of mine for almost 2 years now. Every time they tour something happens and I either can't make it ...
Posted by James on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:13:00 PST

Withered/ Exhausted Prayer/ The Funeral Pyre @ The Relax Bar

man, Yakuza was added to this show but got stuck opening (or so I was told) so we ended up missing their set =/I’m really diggin The Funeral Pyre’s new keyboardless more pure Bla...
Posted by James on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:52:00 PST

Foo Fighters @ The Forum

Once again, getting out of school so late proved to be a hassle as we tried to get to the Forum once again during heavy traffic. We didn’t have the luxury of  a VIP parking pass like the on...
Posted by James on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:58:00 PST

Napalm Death @ The House Of Blues, Hollywood

If theres one thing I HATE, its when good bands get stuck touring with shitty ones. On this occasion, it was Napalm Death supporting Devil Driver and a bunch of other ridiculous wannabe metal bands. M...
Posted by James on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:53:00 PST