Because he’s sexy. Don’t ask.

How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Good? Good. Good… Mine was…good. I guess. Actually, it was rather boring. My parents decided to go to the woods to hunt and cook a gigantic meal down there, but they’re not coming home until Sunday. So I said screw that and hauled booty to Courtney’s house.

Just so the whole world knows, I am thankful for my parents, Katelynn Cohenour, Kayla Bailey, Katie Graves, Tyler Hyde, Courtney Herrin, Chris Gaar, Jesse Strange, Kim Aubin, Hector Aguirre, Bradley Doyle, Ashley Graves, and Kelsey Herrin. And…probably some other people that I just can’t think of right now.

So I’m sitting at Courtney’s house in Kelsey’s room talking about books and boys and video games. I’m not too sure that this is the NORMAL type of gossip, but oh well. It’s what we like.

Let me tell you guys about effin’ YEC. We decorated the van wih our phone numbers, got our passes (these uber cool army-themed bracelets), headed to the mall until the first session, then listened to Ed Newton preach and Matt Papa sing. Ed Newton is a pretty good preacher…and he’s eyecandy. Matt Papa’s a pretty good singer; I looked him up on iTunes later and he’s actually a lot better live than he is on his CDs.

Of course I have to mention the fact that I got saved. Ed Newton asked those who wanted to be saved to approach him at the stage. I almost didn’t… I almost chickened out, because I stood there for two minutes thinking to myself, “What if I stop believing again? What if I do all of this for nothing?” I was crying and shaking my head as Kayla, who automatically understood how I was feeling, said “You know I’ll go down there with you if you want me to.” But soon my outlook changed to “Only I can let that happen. I am the only thing holding myself back right now.”

So I grabbed Kayla’s hand and we trotted down rows and rows of bleachers and halfway around the Coliseum to Ed, tears rolling down my face the whole time. I then had to go into a room and I was set up with a counselor… Her name was Stephanie and she was extremely nice. She listened to my story and I could tell it meant a lot to her to hear it. She gave me her phone number and email address and told me to contact her if I wanted to know anything at all.

Day two… Complete ownage. More Ed Newton and Matt Papa, more mall shopping, Real Encounters, and an epic Hawk Nelson concert. I got two feet away from Jason Dunn, the vocalist, and he smiled at me. I totally love them now. They put on a great show. (Of course, I had the chance to see them at Rock the River over the summer too but paid no attention to them since I was with Bradley.)

Day three was really short; we had one more session with Ed Newton and Matt Papa, and went to eat at CiCi’s Pizza afterwards. I totally had a spasm in the restaurant because Kayla texted me and told me she got me Ed’s autograph. Then I went home and…slept.

I totally forgot to tell my blog about me winning a drawing. I never ever believed that online giveaways were real; I just thought they were fake promotional tools, but I entered them anyway to see if they were indeed true. And now I know the are. When the Beta club went on a field trip to the district convention (that I won a trophy at for taking an English test and placing second, by the way) and stopped at McDonald’s afterwards, I was drinkin’ me a chocolate milkshake and I got a phone call from this random number. My first instinct was to not answer because I hate talking on the phone, but I didn’t want them to keep calling me, thinking they had the “right number” when I really wasn’t whoever they were looking for.

So I pick up the phone…and this dude named Nick starts talking to me about how I won a two hundred dollar prize package from Atticus Clothing and a blessthefall/Fearless Records package. He got my address, shirt size, and that was that. A week later, six beautiful shirts and a warm pimped out jacket show up at my door. The blessthefall/Fearless Records half of my prize package came in yesterday. They sent me two shirts — one white Fearless Records shirt, and one black blessthefall shirt — blessthefall’s Witness CD and a poster signed by all the members, and a buttload of stickers. I was mega stoked. I still am, actually. I can’t believe those things are even real.

Anyway, I am really tired of typing and Courtney has asked me like four times if I was done yet, so I’m gonna finish it there. I might update tomorrow…after I get back from Black Friday shopping for the first time!

#59: Lovage/Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (2001) — Dan ‘the Automator’ Nakamura’s contribution to trip-hop/hip-hop in the earlier part of the decade is unparalleled (see Gorillaz, Deltron 2000, Handsome Boy Modeling School). But when matched up with Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk) and the sultry Jennifer Charles (an underrated, sexy voice if ever there was one), the results were exceptional. Combining trip-hop with campy humor, R&B, brilliant samples and a lustful sense of narrative the results are far greater than the sum of their parts. Check out: ‘Pit Stop (Take Me Home),’ ‘Book of the Month,’ and ‘Strangers on a Train.’

#58: Ben Harper & The Relentless7/White Lies for Dark Times (2009) –Quite simply, it’s been 10 years since Harper has rocked out so consistently through an entire album. If the Relentless7 are a leaner, meaner version of the Innocent Criminals, I’m down with what they’re cooking up. The whole album is all killer, no filler. Check out: ‘Why Must You Always Dress in Black,’ ‘Keep it Together (So I Can Fall Apart),’ and ‘Fly One Time.’

#57: Bloc Party/Intimacy (2007) –Bloc Party’s third proper studio album took a hot minute to get into. It was a louder, angrier album than the past two, yet had some amazing somber moments as well. The usage of electronics on this record added a new element that revitalized the band’s sound. Kele Okereke’s storytelling continues and it’s a wonderful thing. Check out: ‘Halo,’ ‘Signs’ and the U.S. version bonus track, ‘Flux.’

#56: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Baby 81 (2007) –Perhaps one of the most underrated bands of the decade, BRMC really hit all the nails on the proverbial head with their fourth album. This is a brilliant dark band that incorporates blues, rock andfolk in a tight-woven pastiche of sound and mood. The best way to describe it is, imagine an American version of The Doves. Check out: ‘Weapon of Choice,’ ‘666 Conducer,’ and ‘Am I Only.’

#55: Alexisonfire/Watch Out! (2004) –Alexisonfire are one of, I think, three bands that prove good things can come from Canada (no, Nickelback isn’t one of the three, sorry…) While there have been shining moments on subsequent albums, Watch Out! is what really put the band on the map. There is a purity in the noise, the loud/soft dynamics. It also makes for a great snowboarding album and Dallas Green is one of the best vocalists/lyricist of the decade. Check out: ‘Control,’ ‘No Transitory,’ and ‘Happiness by the Kilowatt.’

#54: Blessthefall/His Last Walk (2006) –blessthefall were another act I had an opportunity to work with at the start of my stint with RS. Anger is a difficult emotion to deal with – you’re always looking for ways to master or control it or to deal w/ it constructively. His Last Walk does that. Perhaps because it’s a Christian metal-screamo band behind the visage. While they utilize the ever popular clean vs. growl vocal style, the guitar riffs are much better than their peers. They’re basically what A Dozen Furies could’ve been. Check out ‘Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad,’ ‘Rise Up,’ and ‘Wait for Tomorrow.’

#53: Thrice/Beggars (2009) –some six years removed from ‘Artist,’ we find a different Thrice, all together. In between, the band would graduate to major label status, release a 4-EP double album, a live disc, and return to the independent world. During this timespan, the band would experime…nt with it’s sound and with their influences, remaining true to who they were as musicians from day one. Beggars is chock full of great tunes — from the ‘I got your back,’ vibe of ‘The Weight,’ to the vagabond heart of ‘In Exhile,’ to the angsty swallowed guitar squalor of ‘Beggars.’

#52: deftones/deftones (2003) –ah, the memories of summer 2003. I still couldn’t believe on Metallica’s Summer Sanitarium tour that the Deftones (four albums in at this point) got opener status below bands like Mudvayne, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park. The opening chords of ‘Hexagram,’ harkened back to the D-tones breakthrough record ‘Around the Fur.’ Dark, dense, layered rhythms. This album, and its artwork, were so awe-inspiring that I utilized the roses as inspiration for one of my tattoos. Chino shouts to the heavens on this release and I will always hold fast to those gutteral monkeyshines. Here’s to Che. Check out: ‘Hexagram,’ ‘Battle-Axe,’ and ‘Bloody Cape.’

#51: City & Colour/Bring Me Your Love (2008) –if I were able to play guitar, these are the songs I’d want to write. No more is this more self-evident on all 12 tracks displayed on Dallas Green’s side project, City and Colour’s second disc. Achingly beautiful acoustic folk songs that ruminate upon man’s existence and the necessity of love along the road of years we travel. Check out: ‘Body in a Box,’ ‘What Makes a Man?’ and ‘The Girl.’

#50: William Fitzsimmons/The Sparrow and the Crow (2009) –some music is like a sea change in your life. I’ve found that a man and a guitar can say just as much as a fully plugged in five-piece with backing orchestra. Fitzsimmons hails from a cold, rural part of Pennsylvania and holed himself …up to write one of the darkest break-up albums known to man. This album came to me late last year (despite it’s 2009 physical release) as I was coping in my own life with such a thing and connected with me. My collection would be incomplete without this piece of art. Check out: ‘After Afterall,’ ‘They’ll Never Take the Good Years,’ and ‘You Hurt Me.’

Ok se que hace tiempo no se escribe pero lo retomamos eso de la fiesta nadamas no :S prometere subir mas de ahora en adelante

y retomando el buen camino algunos eventos para este fin:

Hace poco Jovan nos hablo de una de estas bandas Finch la cual vendra al salon Jose cuervo antes salon 21, la verdad los boletos estan baratos, y son 3 en uno B).

Asi que si tienes ganas de rock mode!! este viernes lanzate no te arrepentiras. Nos vemos por alla.

Blessthefall é uma banda americana de post-hardcore formada em 2004 no tempo de colégio por Craig Mabbitt, Jared Warth, Eric Lambert, Mike Frisby e Matt Traynor, em Phoenix, Arizona. O Blessthefall lançou seu primeiro álbum de estúdio em 10 de abril de 2007, intitulado ‘His Last Walk’. Durante setembro e outubro de 2007 a banda esteve em turnê com Escape The Fate, LoveHateHero, Before Their Eyes e Dance Gavin Dance na Black On Black tour. Em dezembro de 2007, Craig Mabbitt deixou a banda durante a turnê Européia e Jared assumiu os vocais temporáriamente, no myspace da banda foi colocada uma nota dizendo que a saida de Mabbitt teria sido por razões pessoais. Em fevereiro de 2008, Mabbitt assumiu os vocais do Escape The Fate durante a turnê e em maio de 2008 o Escape The Fate anunciou-o como vocalista oficial para a gravação do seu novo álbum. Em 25 de setembro de 2008 o Blessthefall anunciou que seu novo vocalista é Beau Bokan. Bokan era vocalista da banda Take The Crown (a banda lançou um álbum pela Rise Records no início de 2008 antes de terminar). O Blessthefall disponibilizou uma nova música com seu novo vocalista, chamada “To Hell and Back”. (Texto po lastfm.com)

Blessthefall – Witness (2009)

TRACKLIST:
01-2.0
02-What’s Left Of Me
03-To Hell And Back
04-God Wears Gucci
05-Hey Baby
06-Witness
07-Last One Left
08-Five Ninety
09-We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead
10-Skinwalkers
11-You Deserve Nothing, And I Hope You Get Less
12-Stay Still

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Blessthefall – His Last Walk (2007)

TRACKLIST:
01-A Message To The Unknown
02-Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad
03-Higinia
04-Could Tell A Love
05-Rise Up
06-Times Like These
07-Pray
08-With Eyes Wide Shut
09-Wait For Tomorrow
10-Black Rose Dying
11-His Last Walk

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Blessthefall – Blessthefall (2006)

TRACKLIST:
01-Times Like These
02-Higinia
03-Wait For Tomorrow
04-Black Rose Dying
05-Pray
06-Take Me Now
07-The Fine Line Between Love And Hate
08-Bonus track

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GÊNERO: POST-HC / SCREAMO / METALCORE
SIMILARES: ALESANA / A SKYLIT DRIVE / EYES SET TO KILL
SENHA: rockernation
MYSPACE

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Kes : Blessthefall

Mis : Witness

Millal : 6 Oktoober, 2009

Mida : Post-Hardcore / Christian / Metalcore

MySpace

Träkklist:

01. 2.0
02. What’s Left Of Me
03. To Hell And Back
04. God Wears Gucci
05. Hey Baby, Here’s That Song You Wanted
06. Witness
07. Last Ones Left
08. Five Ninety
09. We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead
10. Skinwalkers
11. You Deserve Nothing And I Hope You Get Less
12. Stay Still

>> Tiri alla! <<

Release Date: 2007
Similar Artist: The Word Alive, Alesana, We Came As Romans, Asking Alexandria
Genre: Metal / Rock / Screamo
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/blessthefall

1. A Message To The Unknown
2. Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad
3. Higina
4. Could Tell A Love
5. Rise Up
6. Times Like These
7. Pray
8. With Eyes Wide Shut
9. Wait For Tomorrow
10. Black Rose Dying
11. His Last Walk

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Release Date: 2009
Similar Artist: The Word Alive, Alesana, Escape The Fate

Hit the jump for this week’s new releases.

• Mayday Parade – Anywhere But Here
• Relient K – Forget And Not Slow Down
• Strike Anywhere – Iron Front
• Lights – The Listening
• The Fall Of Troy – In The Unlikely Event
• Blessthefall – Witness
• Racing Kites – Right Here, Right Now
• HORSE The Band – Desperate Living

Track List:

1. 2.0
2. What’s Left Of Me
3. To Hell and Back
4. God Wears Gucci
5. Hey Baby, Here’s That Song You Wanted
6. Witness
7. Last Ones Left
8. Five Ninety
9. We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead
10. Skinwalkers
11. You Deserve Nothing and I Hope You Get Less
12. Stay Stil

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You can get Blessthefall’s UK tour dates after the break.

December
2nd - Birmingham, Academy
3rd – Manchester, Roadhouse
4th – York, Fibbers
5th – Glasgow, King Tut’s
7th – Northampton, Roadmender 3
8th – Cardiff, Barfly
9th – Southampton, Joiners
10th – London, Barfly

You can now hear the entire new Blessthefall album ‘Witness’ on myspace here.

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Atticus Tour prize pack

Letra original:

“What’s Left Of Me”

Don’t let your eyes ever go shut on me.
I won’t let your voice be silenced, silenced

Blood is dripping from my hands
Tell me, Is this what you wanted?
I’m the one that walked away
For me, it’s all that I needed
With nowhere to turn I’ll find truth

Only with you
What’s left of me is yours to keep
What’s left of me is yours

One last chance for salvation, salvation
See this empty hole inside
Don’t let It keep growing deeper
I’m the one who runs away
It’s true I’m lost on the outside

With nowhere to turn I’ll find truth

Breathe you in and it’s all over now
When my arms open
Breathe you in I’ll breathe you in

I’m drowning.
Forgive me.

Traduccion by neurotic guy:

“Lo Que Queda De Mi”

No dejes que tus ojos alguna vez se cierren sobre mi
No voy a dejar que tu voz sea silenciada

La sangre gotea de mis manos
Dime, ¿Es esto lo que querias?
Yo soy el que se alejo
Para mi, es todo lo que necesitaba
Sin nadie a quien acudir voy a encontrar la verdad

Solo contigo
Lo que queda de mi es tuyo para siempre
Lo que queda de mi es tuyo

Una ultima oportunidad para la salvacion
Mira este agujero vacio en el interior
No dejes que siga creciendo mas
Yo soy el que huye
Es cierto, estoy perdido en el exterior

Sin nadie a quien acudir voy a encontrar la verdad

Respira ahora que todo ha terminado
Cuando abra mis brazos
Respira conmigo

Me ahogo!
Perdoname!

Blessthefall’s Witness is now available for pre-order on iTunes today!

Listen to a new Blessthefall track “What’s Left Of Me” here.

Blessthefall just got back from their South American tour and made 2 video diaries about their experiences and man, are they hillarious to watch! South American fans are craaaazy!

Blessthefall’s MySpace: myspace.com/blessthefall

Bands
Finch
blessthefall
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Vanna
Of Mice And Men
Let’s Get It

Tour Dates
10/09 – The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
10/10 – Chain Reaction, Anaheim, CA
10/11 – The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
10/13 – Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM
10/14 – Casa Blanca Ballroom, Laredo, TX
10/15 – House Of Rock, Corpus Christi, TX
10/16 – White Rabbit, San Antonio, TX
10/17 – The Door, Dallas, TX
10/18 – Meridian, Houston, TX
10/20 – The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
10/21 – Culture Room, Ft Lauderdale, FL
10/22 – The State Theatre, St Petersburg, FL
10/23 – The Pit, Jacksonville, FL
10/24 – Canal Club, Richmond, VA
10/26 – Sonar, Baltimore, MD
10/27 – Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
10/28 – Crazy Donkey, Farmingdale, NY
10/29 – Space Center, Hooksett, NH
10/30 – Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA
10/31 – Peabody’s, Cleveland, OH
11/01 – The Attic Club, Dayton, OH
11/02 – Headliners, Toledo, OH
11/03 – Mojoe’s, Orland Park, IL
11/05 – Remington’s Downtown, Springfield, MO
11/06 – Flytrap, Tulsa, OK
11/07 – The Oz Café, Wichita, KS
11/08 – The Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO
11/09 – Murray Theater, Salt Lake City, UT
11/11 – Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
11/12 – The Blvd, Spokane, WA
11/13 – Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR
11/14 – The Grand Ballroom, Stockton, CA
11/15 – The Catalyst, Sata Cruz, CA
11/16 – Downtown Brew, San Luis Obispo, CA
11/17 – KARMA, Victorville, CA
11/18 – The Glass House, Pomona, CA
11/19 – Soma, San Diego, CA

* (Note: Vanna are playing 10/9 – 10/30, Of Mice & Men are playing 10/31 – 11/19)

Links
Atticus Tour 2009 on MySpace Music
Atticus Clothing
Loserkids.com – Atticus Clothing

Source: “The Atticus Tour”(USA) Dates Announced!!! « Atticus Clothing:

The Atticus team are at it again! The 2009 Atticus Tour is set to begin October 9th in Tempe, Arizona and continue until November 19th in San Diego, California. Finch and Blessthefall will co-headline the tour with support from Drop Dead Gorgeous and Let’s Get it. Also joining the tour will be Vanna (October 9th-30th) and Of Mice & Men (October 31st-November 19th). This tour is going to be pretty amazing.. you should definitely check it out and pick up some sweet merch while you are there!

Oct 09  The Clubhouse – Tempe, Arizona
Oct 10     Chain Reaction – Anaheim, California
Oct 11     Knitting Factory – Los Angeles, California
Oct 13     Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Oct 14     Casa Blanca Ballroom – Laredo, Texas
Oct 15     House of Rock – Corpus Christi, Texas
Oct 16     White Rabbit – San Antonio, Texas
Oct 17     The Door – Dallas, Texas
Oct 18     Meridian – Houston, Texas
Oct 20     The Masquerade – Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 21     Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Oct 22     The State Theatre – St. Petersburg, Florida
Oct 23     The Pit – Jacksonville, Florida
Oct 24     Canal Club (downstairs) – Richmond, Virginia
Oct 26     Sonar – Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 27     Highline Ballroom – New York, New York
Oct 28     Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, New York
Oct 29     Space Center – Hooksett, New Hampshire
Oct 30     Crocodile Rock (Cafe Downunder) – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Oct 31     Peabody’s – Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 01     The Attic Club – Dayton, Ohio
Nov 02     Headliners – Toledo, Ohio
Nov 03     Mojoe’s – Orland Park, Illinois
Nov 05     Remington’s Downtown – Springfield, Missouri
Nov 06     Flytrap – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 07     The Oz Cafe – Wichita, Kansas
Nov 08     The Marquis Theatre – Denver, Colorado
Nov 09     Murray Theatre – Salt Like City, Utah
Nov 11     6Studio Seven – Seattle, Washington
Nov 12     The Blvd. – Spokane, Washington
Nov 13     Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, Oregon
Nov 14     The Grand Ballroom @ UOP – Stockton, California
Nov 15     The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, California
Nov 16     Downtown Brew – San Luis Obispo, California
Nov 17     Karma – Victorville, California
Nov 18     The Glasshouse – Pomona, California
Nov 19     Soma – San Diego, California