FatherAlabaster

Wow, a lot of interesting interviews with some good people in that issue. Keep it up. Welcome!

You know what they say about digital data, it doesn't really exist til you've copied it to three different locations. My worst nightmare with my recordings is having my hard drive fail. I don't have a backup. And I've lost a lot of good stuff over the years when other computers have died. Maybe if or when we move, and have a bit more money and space, I'll be able to add more to my physical collection. Speaking of downloads, I just downloaded the Thergothon album from Amazon for six bucks...

I don't know about y'all, but for most music I'm pretty satisfied with mp3s, given that I hardly ever have time, space, or good speakers around to enjoy my music properly. Amazon has a lot of stuff available as mp3 downloads, sometimes for a lot cheaper than physical copies, and shipping takes maybe a minute... though I do understand the collector's impulse towards buying physical albums.

"I can smell your taco from here!"

!TOOH! - Analyza Zahnedy

You have an active imagination. Welcome!

Food-gore legends MORBID HUNGER (UT) have released the tracklist for their upcoming album entitled "Wrapped After Death"!!! The following songs are confirmed for the album: Lust For Crema Corngasm Vomit The Escarole Tortilla Full Of Maggots Wrapped After Death The Butcher's Rajas Refried A Cilantro In Mourning The band will offer different versions, including a digipak with bonus tracks and footage of a live meal. Due to hit shelves in early October. Keep your eyes open - this masterpiece is best consumed fresh!!! This album has not been evaluated by the US Food and Drug Administration. Refrigerate after opening.

So I spoke to the factory manager, and our conversation actually brought a tear to his eye. It turns out he was funeral director before he moved to the USA and that's how he got his start in the tortilla business. He says that you're a little bigger than the people they usually work for, but it shouldn't be a problem, although he offered an alternate suggestion: the tradition in his hometown is to finely chop the decedent and distribute him or her amongst individual tacos. This would solve some of your logistical problems, but on the whole, a grand single-burrito ceremony in the old style would better suit you, in my opinion. He may have just been trying to unload some factory overruns... Nice guy, though, I think his name was Anibal or Hanival or something. In any case, we've decided on fresh cilantro, fresh purple cabbage, grated red onion, three different types of corn, crema, queso blanco (a better fit for the black beans according to him), the salsas you've requested, fried serrano peppers, some shredded dried chilpotles, and an assortment of Bolivian potatoes. He also asks if there's a family member or beloved pet that you would like to have made into chorizo - apparently a nice option for some of the guests. I'll send you his info. Please feel free to contact him directly to work out any final details - he was oddly eager for your home address: Senor Lecter, G.M. Dahmer and Fish Tortillas 975 Grand St, Sub-Basement C Brooklyn, NY 11211

And here's us at a baby shower with one of my good friends/brewing buddies:

Email me your measurements and I'll get a quote from them. Corn or wheat? What kind of beans would you like to be eaten with? Potatoes or rice? Cilantro, radishes, purple cabbage, corn, any other extras... and your choice of salsa. I'm starting to look forward to this.

Yup. My brother and I even have joint ownership of most of the original comic books. That's where I started learning how to draw! "You gotta know what a crumpet is, to understand cricket."

Absolute classic, way to go.

That I am, sir! Very proud indeed. Here's "vowel practice" at the park:

In bold, above, is the most important thing you can do as a musician. All the discussion about genres is fine if it helps people communicate. It's really a discussion about your influences and goals. Some of us draw our dividing lines in different places, but none of them really matter if you're writing from the heart or listening with an open mind. When discussions turn into pedantic arguments that upset Steve, then there's a bit of a problem.

You, um, you need a really flexible spine for that, you know...

My new album, "Wrapped After Death", featuring BlutAusNerd on a tortilla, coming soon to a computer near you...

Thanks bro, he's super adorable... that's how he gets away with so much hellraising.

^^Original TMNT movie rules! Walked around with my kid, got some food, got a sunburn, had a couple of nice beers, now I'm home trying to relax. I want to play guitar more often but all in all I can't complain.

Banned for getting his ban completed a fraction of a second too late. Hah!

Banned for Steving.

There is a tortilla factory less than a mile from my apartment. I can check over there and see how big they can make them, if you're interested in being wrapped after death.

That's ok, I'm prepared for the potato apocalypse. I have chef knives and peanut oil. If they don't submit, I'll threaten them with being put inside of a burrito.

I think the problem is that it's turned into one more marketing tool. I can remember when heavy music was going through a phase where genre barriers were falling, and everybody had this ideal of just mixing shit up and seeing what happened. It gave us rap rock, but it also gave us some genre-bending classics like Faith No More, and I hear the same impulse in some of my other favorites like Akercocke and older Meshuggah. Now it's almost expected that you'll "stake your claim" and stay in your comfort zone, and bands get shit for stepping out of it. It seems like the point now is to pigeonhole yourself. It's not cool to me. Tempting to see analogies in pop culture and politics. Steve: like everyone else says, fuck this guy, and also, just get over it. You're a musician and a music lover, there are so many things that are more important.