The Ruins of Eire ’09

Ireland, 2009 My camera broke halfway through this trip – fml – but there was much exploration to be had… Euro mtv.. ok what the fuck.. literally dog ugly women.  Like straight up fucking nasty.. I mean, this is the information age… you can’t find a girl who is hot and can kind of halfway sing as well?  Is that too much to ask?  Most of your goddamn eurotrash music is techno beats and stupid sounds anyway, the least you could... Read More

Atlas Shrugged

Horns honk intermittently while the sound of engines revving and brakes whining fills in every last gap of silence. There is no silence in the city. There is no silence in modern life. The smell of exhaust is overpowering, the sickly toxic bonding of carbon monoxide with my blood – the human body craves the poison hundreds of times more than it craves oxygen. My body is killing itself. Modern life is assisted suicide. My body is dying and... Read More

The Grande Ballroom – by Brad I.

Our dear friend and bassist extraordinaire Dave decided to show us west coast people how they do weddings in the original rock city by taking the party back to his hometown of Detroit. A swirl of different concepts rushed into my head at the prospect of this. Along with Detroit’s iconic Woodward Blvd, where late 60s big block monsters tore up the pavement back when gas was 30 cents a gallon, I also remembered that this was the home of the Grande... Read More

Holy Land

Israel and Palestine, December 2006 through February 2007 And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic mills? Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my chariot... Read More

The Valley of the Shadow of Death (All Hail Moloch!)

Today marks my first actual experience with ancient evil. It was a stormy day, the first storm we’ve seen here. It was on Shabbat and while all the devout jews were trying not to anger their god I ventured out in search of biblical evil. After doing some reading I decided to explore what one guide book called ‘the valley of the shadow of death’. “Encircling the foot of Mount Zion is the Hinnom Valley, called Gehenna (meaning... Read More

Train Station

Burned out train station in Gary Indiana, November 7, 2006 Harold: Gary, Indiana! What a wonderful name, Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame. Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say, Trips along softly on the tongue this way– Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Let me say it once again. Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, That’s the town that “knew me when.” If you’d like to have a logical explanation How... Read More