October 2009
1 post
MOVED THE BLOG!!
Hey friends,
I set up a blog at a different location so please be sure to check that out from now.
I won’t be blogging on here anymore.
This is the location of my new blog:
http://kolinleague.blogspot.com/
See you over there!!!!
September 2009
3 posts
September 24 / 2009
Been a pretty busy month. Even though so much has happened I just haven’t found the time to come on here and blab about it.
Music is always in the works. I am always busy at the Combat Guitars office. I am thinking about working with different snakes a lot. My daughter keeps me active, and subsequently VERY TIRED. I am wondering what the fuck happened to Wakkun.
That’s it in a...
“Find a job you like, and you’ll never work another day in your life.
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– Duncan Redmonds
September 03 / 2009
Anyone who knows me, knows I am a really big horror film fan. Forget most hollywood stuff, I am talking about low budget, indie, Bgrade type stuff. Even some SOV (that’s Shot On Video, for those who don’t know) is really amazing.
I really can’t get enough of these movies. Sometimes, the cheesier the better. Less really is MORE.
Anyway, so when I was approached a month back by...
August 2009
7 posts
Now, THIS is what I'm talkin' about...
August 25 / 2009
I recently heard a guy, who plays in a band whose name I will not mention, say “All the bands the kids like these days are shit”.
This is a thought which has been on my mind for quite a long time, even before hearing someone else mention my sentiments exactly.
Seriously.. what the fuck is up with Rock N Roll? Nevermind all the pop and top40 fucking garbage that’s all over the...
August 21 / 2009
Happy Birthday Phil Lynott!
Ok, ok, I KNOW- Phil’s birthday was YESTERDAY. I never got the chance to sign in here and post my respects till now.
Phil would have been 60 years old yesterday, if drugs hadn’t taken him out of this world back in January 1986. It’s hard to believe that in just another year and a half it will be the 25th anniversary of Phil’s death.
...
August 17 / 2009
R.I.P LES PAUL. 1915 - 2009
The father of the electric guitar. No matter what style of music you like, play, listen to, or have been inspired by, EVERYONE who has a favorite song owes this man a great deal of respect. Influential player, as well as the inventor of the greatest thing in the world; the electric guitar.
Gone but not forgotten. As long as their is electric music, Les Paul will be...
August 11 / 2009
Tomorrow begins another week long forced holiday.
When you work at a job that pays you by the hour, these “holiday’s” really blow.
Feels like we just had a week long holiday.. oh yeah, WE DID. It was called “Golden Week” back in May. Or, as I like to call it, “God Damn Week”.
Looking at my calender, I am blown away by the fact that we will have ANOTHER...
August 03 / 2009
Since I live in Tokyo, I thought I would throw out a little recommended listening of a Tokyo band. These guys are not friends of mine, meaning that I have never met them. But, I came across them by chance, and I think they rip.
Check em’ out, you’ll think they rip too. “Church Of Misery” from Tokyo! Church Of Misery Official...
July 2009
11 posts
July 30 / 2009
Time to recommend some cool shit:
Check these bands out. You won’t regret it.
I mentioned a few of these bands in a previous blog, but I will lump it all in here agin, because this is what I am REALLY digging on these days.
A combination of all these bands is really influencing the musical direction I am taking.
I even included links, because I am both nice and bored; GRAILS ULVER...
July 23 / 2009
Something that annoys me a bit:
Living here in Japan, and wanting to go see a good show.
When a band or artist from abroad comes to Japan these days it is, more times than not, as a part of a big event or festival.
Why this sucks:
1. You have to travel so far out of the city to the location of these big events.
2. The ticket prices are outrageous
3. Because there is so many bands playing...
“A good fighter is never offensive.
A great leader defeats his opponent, but...”
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-Lao Tzu, Sixty-Eight, Tao Teh Ching
July 22 / 2009
For the past 2 months I have been getting more and more inspired to write. (I am talking about music here.) The more I write, the more inspired I get to keep writing. The direction my song-writing is going is into areas I am only just discovering, and on a daily basis I am discovering more and more. The sudden, and unexplained growth I have encountered both as a player and a song-writer is really...
July 17 / 2009
I can only keep moving..
Here it is, the start of a long weekend. Will try to keep productive, keep busy, keep moving. I really hate being idle, but I need to find a balance. When I do too much, then I feel burnt-out, and almost lose the motivation to do even anything. I am also trying to keep things as simple as possible, and take things one day at a time. I am drawing my inspiration from just...
June 2009
9 posts
June 26 / 2009
The King is dead. Long live the King.
Usually when a “King” dies, he is immediately replaced by someone else.
Who replaced Elvis, by the way, back in 77’? Is this dude, FOREVER, gonna be the King? Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE “The King” (meaning Elvis), but that sucks.
So we all know by now about the untimely demise of our favorite and beloved wacko, Jacko. MJ...
“Only dicks don’t like Black Flag.”
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- Kill Your Idols
June 23 / 2009
It was Fathers Day on Sunday.
I spent the entire weekend playing with my daughter, and missing my Dad. It surprises me, despite my ominous misanthropic tendencies, how much children can change you completely.
Having my daughter in my life has effected every fiber of my being.
Though I am an admitted pessimist and generally dislike the human species, how amazing it is to me how a 4-year old girl...
“There’s only two people in this world I trust. One of them’s me. The...”
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- Cameron Poe
June 18 / 2009
Thought I would throw out a quick plug to a few of the companies who have been standing beside me and supporting me for quite a while now.
The first is Combat Guitars.
This Tokyo based guitar company has been really good to me, and not only do I have a great relationship & partnership with them in regards to being an endorsee, but I have also chosen to give back to them more of my time by...
“It’s really easy. You don’t push old ladies down in the street, and...”
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- John Mayer
WOW!
Anyone else here in Tokyo just get caught outside in that rain???
WHoooo-Hoooo!
:D
“The World’s a very mean and nasty place and it don’t matter how...”
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- Rocky Fucking Balboa
Tumblastic Sporadic Drastic.
So I set up a tumbler. So what. I’ll use it to make myself feel important. Just one more form of masturbation to admire myself.
I might act like a Japanese and take pictures of my lunch. I might act like a rock star and post updates on every little thing I do.
I still am not sure in the fuckin’ slightest WHY I did this at all. Check back and see if I have done anything beyond this....