My, what a crazy world it's been since the last time I updated this thing. So many people have died! It's crazy! I think that the whole "Left Behind" thing is starting to take off and Jesus is hand-picking his favorite people to make up his army that he will unleash upon the earth to cleanse its soil of sin. But that's just my two cents...
Anyway, I've been listening to a lot of exciting stuff lately. In retrospect, 2009 really wasn't a bad year for music. O Pioneers!!! and Bomb the Music Industry! both released an excellent record apiece (Neon Creeps and Scrambles, respectively), the new Propagandhi album "Supporting Caste" is freakin' shred-heaven, and The Jonbenet released their final EP, "Substances."

Speaking of The Jonbenet, I had the pleasure of seeing their final show at Walter's On Washington on Saturday, December 19th, and it was easily one of the most epic shows I have ever been to. My neck was killing me from all of the intense head banging and bromantic displays of brofection (wtfdidijustsay?).
Vocalist Michael Murland was spewing all sorts of depressing anecdotes about how shitty his life has been over the past few years and how much he hates himself... Dude's a true artist. Anyway, they destroyed the stage and played all of my favorite songs from the new tunes (The Children Will Always Be Bored, The Sun, The Memphis Blues), the Ugly/Heartless days (basically the whole album), and even the classics from The Plot Thickens (Behold The White Whore, Dramarama, Eating Lightening Pt. 1, etc.). The set lasted 15 songs and two bass players, (with Chris "Badlose" taking over at the end of the set) and it couldn't have been a better way for such a great band to go out. They will definitely be missed.

Here's what I'm listening to right now:
The Jonbenet - Substances EP
The Brass - Homosapien EP
Kudrow - Lando EP
Black Congress - Davidians & London's Burning
Bomb the Music Industry! - Goodbye Cool World
Dillinger Four - CIVILWAR
Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye
Mammoth Grinder - Extinction of Humanity
I've definitely been on a punk/metal/hardcore binge over the past few weeks, which is interesting because I was all about hip-hop at the end of the semester... Whatever. S'all good.
Added Bonus: Here's some video I took at the Jonbenet show. Enjoy!