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METAL MONDAY
they had just finished their set. some frontmen would have spoken a few words of thanks to the crowd. others would have wished the festival attendees an enjoyable rest of the day. but that’s not greg puciato’s style. when he learned that directly following his band, puddle of mud would run through a set of suck-core bro-rock, the dillinger escape plan singer announced “here’s a preview of what the next band sounds like.” he then dropped trow and popped a deuce on stage for the thousands of gathered fans. not content to stop there, he put the dump in a bag and threw it to the crowd.
for that reason, and the fact that the fantastic face melters are back with another album of bone crushing math metal, they are our metal monday pick.
check out the track farewell mona lisa from OPTION PARALYSIS on the band’s myspace at www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan
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Triple Crown capacity becoming a problem?
Bands around San Marcos have been packing Triple Crown faster than a bunch of scene kids scrambling to a 50 percent off sale on Chiodos-themed hair straighteners at Hot Topic.
Yes the scene is vibrant with many great bands filling the (only) venue with lots of sweaty bodies. Happiness is only real when shared with a sweaty hippie-chick stranger who is grinding on you, right?
Sadly, there are a horde of souls who never make it into the party. Triple Crown’s capacity is 199 persons and this means that the line of the 1-in-1-out variety is especially popular at the bar.
Triple Crown is the only bar in downtown San Marcos that caters to rock bands. Tantra is great but the only time I’ve ever been to a rock show at Tantra, the stage broke and a barricade of chairs was set up to separate band’s from the audience. Lucy’s took a big ol dump all over San Marcos residents who would stage dive than have bottle service.
So, we’re left with Triple Crown. A great venue with great staff and a great big space problem.
The space problems not only exclude people from shows but have an adverse effect on the bands that play. There have been more than a few times that I’ve walked outside during one of my band’s shows and seen a line of 20 people out the door waiting for the chance to get in (I assure you, they were not there for my band. They were there for the Couch, Buzz N’ Bangs, Fulton Read, Clubs, Newlywed, Equals, free pool, cheap drinks, shelter from a coming rain storm, etc etc).
It’s going to be interesting to see how many people get turned away (Lord willing it’s only gonna be the n00bz, am I right?) at the upcoming Chachapalooza mini-festival on April 10. The line-up features my band, Zlam Dunk, along with Buzz N’ Bangs and Equals.
Fewer people getting into shows means less money for bands to drive to other cities and play. It means less money for recording songs. The sad reality is that money makes it very easy to play in a band and poverty does not.
Poverty does, however, breed creativity. While talking to Zach Carothers of Portugal. the Man at SXSW two years ago, he said one of the wisest, nay, THE wisest thing I’ve ever heard. I’m paraphrasing here but: “There’s just not any money left in the music industry, which is cool because in five years, you’ll know the people who are still in the industry are in it for the right reasons.”
Preach it brotha’.
But the fact remains that San Marcos needs a large venue. Something that can accommodate the crowds San Marcos bands are attracting.
Check back in the coming weeks as we examine the issue with more writings and multimedia.
new music via strikegently… Ben Kweller, Nicki Minaj
Outside of the San Marcos community, here’s some new music…
Ben Kweller – It All Happened
- audio via strikegently
article on altsounds.com
download + video on Esquire, w/photos and more Kweller news… expires after one day.
Nicki Minaj – “Massive Attack”
more to come, stay tuned.
Goodmorning, today in smtx culture…
(3/31):
-I’ve made drastic changes to the ‘about’, ‘contact’, and ‘people’ pages, and I’ve made a new page just for the weekly line up.
So please, check them out in the navigation bar at the top of your screen and let me know what you think!
-Check back for a short article about Triple Crown, what some people call the last thriving music venue in San Marcos.
-Maybe a couple photos to give you a preview of the upcoming slideshow of San Marcos bands?
Also, stay updated for whatever else my heart feels like posting;)
sample used for Gorillaz – “Stylo”
Thank Zach Roth for finding this one and sending it to me… this first video is the sample used for the Gorillaz song, “Stylo”
The video for “Stylo” makes Bruce Willis so much cooler, IMO…
brooke butler!
is the sweetest girl around:)
check her out!
-chach
Taking Back Sunday broke up.
Found this on strikegently today…
“I THOUGHT THEY ALREADY BROKE UP.”
Strikegently also posted Yelawolf today. All of my people know I posted somethin’ about the Alabama rapper right after SXSW a couple weeks ago! 
Help me stay up!
METAL MONDAY
“Writing Metal Monday.
Cut my hair today.
It’s beautiful outside.
I’m high.”
I finally got a chance to sit down and really listen to the Newlywed/Clubs Split EP and I loved it. Seeing/hearing your friend’s get better and grow as a band over time is an amazing feeling and really makes anyone feel proud of where they are!
Metal Monday belongs to the one and only NEWLYWED this week.
I got a chance to talk to Fran [Newlywed and Clubs Drummer] and he informed me that everything was recorded at The Diamond Factory in Austin with Travis Bonner, and as for Newlywed guitarist, Jeffrey Blum, Fran had nothing but props to give… “I love Jeff’s guitar work. Every time he drops a new riff on us it blows me away…”
download the Newlywed split EP for FREE!
All these bands in the San Marcos area recently putting out EPs that they went out and worked for to get recorded and printed and put out there… that really inspired me to put together a slideshow for this blog with photos of all of them practicing, playing shows, and even a few of us just hangin’ out… ya know, where they get their inspiration;)
So, keep checking back with me for updates and the slideshow should be up soon, showcasing a handful of our San Marcos bands being passionate about their music!
