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So this past weekend was excelent. I had a really good time at the Headless Horseman Hay ride. Ironicly enough I think its more than 50 miles away from where sleepy hollow was(It goes by a differnet name now) and on the wrong side of the river. Neverminding historical fiction, it was a truely excelent haunted hayride, though its a bit of a missnomer. The hay ride is the first section of the whole thing. The rest is broken up between haunted houses and a corn maze, all chockfull of things to make you scream like a little girl or in my case laugh my ass off. Seriously they put honest work into this thing, excelent effects, creative scares. I can see why its #1 in the country. Unfortunatly it didn't carry a cohesive theme, which according to my sisters who've been mulitple years, was what happend in previous years. They started off with an amusing theme of a messed up "Forensic anthropology farm" which was a cute way of saying the place were we kill people in a new and exciting way, but it didn't carry over to the diffenr thouses. Still there were really really good scares, and I laughed more in those three hours(It takes a while to get through the whole deal) than I have in months.
satureday was relaxed, I got laundry done, searched for stuff to improve my halloween costume. Unfortunatlly the Army Navy store back home is really pricey even in their close out room. However I threw together what I had so far and my folks seemed to think it was pretty decent looking. I did buy a jeep driver hat at the Army Navy store, which serves a duel role. One: It goes well with my theme, which is WWII aremy medic. A lot of guys wore them back then, they were designed to go under you helmet, and have a flap to cover your ear(Important for driving with the top down during the winter). Two: It's damn warm, and will serve as my winter hat for as long as its in my possesion. I like it quite a bit, its basicly the hat Radar always wears on MASH if you've ever seen that show. If not, just google it!
I also got to see a really good noise band play in Cornwall of all places, on satureday. They called themselves "The Upstairs Room" and had no discernable vocals, just some mixed yowling really. I liked them quite a bit, and they even game me a two track cd. They accomplished the droneing thing really well. Another highlight of the evening was that the 2 alices coffee shop in Cornwall got a liquer license. It was an odd notion, but Its really quite nice. Before they used to have shows and something about seeing a really rocking band and drinking coffee didn't sit well with me. Howeve I enjoyed a couple of glasses of Magic hat with my noise last night and all was right in the world.
So lets see, I've been listening to a lot of new music lately. I really like this album called "Into Lake Griffy" By Good Luck. It took about two listens to get used to the guy's voice, it's a bit whiney. that ok though because I think the music and lyrics supercede the voice, and it does grow on you a bit. I guess the sound is a bit like, uhhhh, well Defiance Ohio has simalrly personaly insightful lyrics on their most recent album, I've also heard people call their signers whiney too. However Good Luck is a fully electric instrument band, Defiance Ohio is accoustic punk. Decide for youself-www.myspace.com/wearegoodluck
In A simlarly poppy punk sense is lemuria. I heard their first album, and its very conceptual to me. Maybe I look too deep into the album but it seems like someone talking about a really horrible breakup. I guess I can relate, no make that welcome to the past two years of my life. anyway Lemuria are fucking awsome, and its fronted by a chick whith a helluva set of pipes. It's fast, its catchy, and I guess I can take away the term "Hardcore" from ever being used as an adjective for me, becuas eI really like these guys-www.myspace.com/lemuria
Uhso anyone still like Against Me!, anyone? Nah I didn't think so, well thats too bad. I still like their old stuff, and I think they're really creative, but they've mangaed to alienate their entire original fan base. Kind of pulling off the old against me! sound is O Pioneers! (I like the exclamation mark)-www.opioneers.com/
Thus endeth my musical rants. Its cold here now. Probably the coldest October I've felt in a couple of years. It's a nice change of pace really. and if the cold keeps then my halloween costume will work perfectly. The pants I have are German Army winter trousers, which wore all alst winter and I love quite a bit. I'm also gonna rock a olvie drab sweater under my army shirt, which goes with the colors and provides a good amount of warmth. I love Halloween, its my favorite holiday, and I love making my costumes. thus all the talk. well time to iron my shit for work.