Blind Idiot God

Inanimate Existence - Bioluminescent Photophores

I hate my job at FedEx because of staggering levels of incompetence at just about every level above my boss (who is actually pretty good at his job), and I'm currently trying to get one at UPS but failed to get an interview the first time around because the local center's HR head is retarded and thought that a 20-minute drive was "far". I was scheduled to do a center tour today but had to reschedule at the last minute because my goddamn alarm didn't go off. Now I have to wait another week, which is another week stuck at FedEx. I'm absolutely furious.

Revocation - Teratogenesis

Faith No More - Everything's Ruined

I'm just quoting this post I made in 2011 because it still holds true to this day. Screw wisdom teeth. I only had to have two removed (I never developed upper wisdoms), but when I found out that they had to rip open my gums, chop the wisdoms up, and remove them in fragments, I wholeheartedly accepted their offers of anesthesia. The Jello/pudding diet was a bitch, too.

Psycroptic - Merchants of Deceit

Ommegang Abbey Ale. Downed an entire bottle to wind down after a particularly heavy night at work (I load trucks at FedEx for a living). Along with Unibroue, it's probably my favorite North American Belgian-style brewery, and this is one of their better brews.

Fallujah - Starlit Path

Summer Slaughter in Worcester. A brief rundown: Fallujah: Fantastic. They've only really been big for a year or two, but they handled the crowd like pros. Excellent stage presence and setlist choices. Within the Ruins: Sat them out. Can't stand that band. Decrepit Birth: Setlist was kinda stale, but the performance was great. Gabe Seeber filled in for Samus like he was born to do that ****. Origin: HOLY. MOTHER. ****ING. CHRIST. ON. A. POGO. STICK. SO GOOD. Jason Keyser is a god-tier frontman and can turn just about anything into an enormous pit. Amazing song choices, too, with the exception of Wrath of Vishnu's noticeable absence. Goatwhore: Quite fun. Never been super big on them, but they put on a great show and Ben Falgoust knew how to work the crowd. Thy Art Is Murder: See Within the Ruins. Same deal. The Faceless: Better than I thought they'd be. Geoff Ficco is a solid frontman, but the rest of them could use a little more stage presence. They played a whole lot of Planetary Duality material and kept the Autotheism material to a minimum, which was a big plus in my book because the latter album can chug a cock. Dying Fetus: Absolutely on it. Starting with In the Trenches was a great idea and it pumped the crowd the **** up; the bouncing and fist-pumping from everyone during the breakdown was unreal. They kept the momentum going from there, and the pit was absolutely ferocious the whole time. Trey was also playing faster than I've ever seen him play before; Your Treachery Will Die With You is around 245-250 BPM on the opening blasts on the album, but he was easily pushing 270 here. Unbelievable. Morbid Angel: You know, for all their faults as of late (especially Illud, good god), these guys still know how to put on an awesome show. Tons of classics that everyone wanted to hear, plus a few very welcome Tucker-era cuts (and Existo Vulgore so as to cover all of their albums, which went over about as well as a wet fart with the crowd), and with tons of energy and stage presence. They finished with God of Emptiness, which absolutely CRUSHED. So goddamn heavy. Wound up hanging out with Decrepit Birth and Origin in the parking lot afterwards before wandering over to a nearby bar, where Bill Robinson, Chris McMahon, Sean Delander, Michael Keene, and John Gallagher had all set up shop. The two TAIM dudes there were extremely nice (not a fan of their music at all, but I sure as hell can't say anything bad about them as people), and Keene was honestly pretty nice to me as well in spite of his reputation for being a stuck-up dick. Fantastic night overall, though.

It sucks when you're trying to go vegetarian and meat is practically all that's available due to the veggie options getting hit hard. I eventually just said "**** it" and spent the whole day drinking because I already had a full stomach and because I felt that not caring would be prudent.

Mr. Bungle - None of Them Knew They Were Robots

Overkill - Bitter Pill

Exhumed - Coins Upon the Eyes

Fallujah - Sapphire

Fallujah - The Night Reveals

Cognitive - Worlds Beneath

Devourment at the Church of Boston. The actual performances were excellent; everyone brought their A game, and Devourment was particularly fantastic, but everything surrounding the show made me the angriest that I've been in months. Traffic jams, having to drive in Boston, incredibly rude lot attendants, and absurd parking markups all coalesced together to drive me closer to the point of assaulting someone than I've been in forever.

Arrogant Bastard. Great way to celebrate getting a new job.

Misery Index - The Harrowing

Six Flags is definitely not the place to go if you want good beer. Good thing that there are plenty of packies with good selections in Agawam alone; once you get into Northampton, you can probably find whatever you want.

I would strongly suggest NOT doing that in Greater Boston, ESPECIALLY not in Southie unless you feel that the possibility of getting smashed over the head with a bottle is an acceptable risk. Western Mass, on the other hand, cares far less.

Katatonia - Tonight's Music

Cephalic Carnage - Endless Cycle of Violence

Origin - Portal

Origin - The Absurdity of What I Am