Last night I was feeling a bit crafty so I decided to do a bit of work on the old PILOTS myspace page (who uses myspace anymore anyway?) The page had been lacking a nice header image of us for quite a while (years maybe?) So I took one my favorite photos of [...]

I forget to mention this in the previous post about album #6. Zao’s most lasting influence on my guitar playing from their album (Self-Titled) was my choice of fiddle. Scott Mellinger’s axe of choice was an ESP LTD Viper, so naturally I too played an ESP LTD Viper. He played a black [...]

Now, the next album in our series is one that held a huge place in my development as a person and musician. It marks a turning point in my life. Through P.O.D.’s Warriors EP from album number 2, I discovered Tooth and Nail Records. This discovery turned me on to Tooth and [...]

High On Fire’s “Blessed Black Wings” 4/5 Crazy Train Sabbath w/ manic vocals that fully embrace the melodic Dies Irae #howfire: 7 #nwms
High On Fire’s “Blessed Black Wings” 4/5 Crazy Train + H&H Sabbath w manic vocals that fully embrace the melodic Dies Irae #howfire: 7 #nwms
Neurosis’ “Times of Grace” 4.5/5 Loneliest sea battle of [...]

Jucifer’s “L’Autrichienne” 4/5 The soundtrack to Terminator starring Clint Eastwood directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. In a word: Trippy #nwms
Daath’s “The Concealers” 3.5/5 Entombed/Repulsion-esque death metal, slick production, endlessly heavy #howfire: 7 #nwms
The Flaming Lips’ “Embryonic” 3.5/5 More noir, noisy & paranoid than Kirby’s Dreamland, suffers from being too long (18 tracks!) #nwms
Propagandhi’s “Supporting Caste” 4/5 [...]

Behemoth’s “Evangelion” 4.5/5 Musical Lord of the Rings epic with Sauron winning. Heaviest blackened death metal cd til judgement day #nwms
im going to also start ascribing a #howfire level to these #nwms records on a scale of Jane Doe (10) to #crabcore (-10) #nwms
Behemoth’s #howfire score is a 6 #nwms
Hatebreed’s “Perseverence” 2.5/5 Middle of the [...]

today i will be listening to new to me music & tweeting quick reviews with the hashtag #nwms (for new music) hope you enjoy
about 17 hours ago from mobile web
first up: Unsane’s 2007 “Visqueen” #nwms
about 17 hours ago from Twitterrific
Unsane “Visqueen” 3/5 Loud, noisy NYC stoner post-hardcore/grunge with a chip on its shoulder. Heavy, groovy, [...]

It has been a pretty busy few weeks on the Chase Macri front. Caitlin & I planned and hosted a surprise party for our good friend Katie which turned into a very fun dance party. Pilots played a show at Off Broadway with Color of Violence (which has one of the guitarists from [...]

One major event I forgot to mention in my previous post about the people I encounter at Hartford is one of much significance: Friday’s Open Mic Night. A night filled with 60s-80s folk and pop songs performed by people who should never, ever sing in public and really awful poetry.
Some of you may have [...]

As with many jobs in the service industry, you deal with some strange people. Many of my tweets lately have reflected such weirdos that enter Hartford Coffee Company and the weird things they do. These weirdos have nicknames, but I realize after receiving a few responses from some of you that you don’t [...]