imfuckingdonewithit:

I got home a few hours ago with my haul from Record Store Day today.  It was a fine day: the weather was nice, lots of friends out in line at Celebrated Summer, I got everything I set out to buy, along with some stuff I didn’t immediately consider.

The standout, if you are in Baltimore or from here, was Double Dagger’s swan song, “333”.  Although they broke up last year, it was great to queue up one last time for one of their records.  And, yet, it’s so bittersweet to know that Bruce, Denny and Nolen may never make music together again.

I opened the packaging to check everything out.  It’s great packaging; Josh & Frank’s photographs on one side of the inner sleeve, a thanks list and lyrics on the other.  I’m sitting on the couch listening and reading along.

I feel like I’m at my brother’s funeral, smiling at the memories, sobbing at the loss.  I also feel like a total shit for equating a band breaking up with death.  But Double Dagger was the common denominator.  For three generations of Baltimore indie kids, be they punks, freaks, students or passers-by, this was THE sound, THE milemarker.

I am so very sad to see them go.

I am so ready to take their inspiration and create something new.

 Inside Lacrosse by Arab Spring

Dread starts to grip her when she hears his footsteps 
Heavy with rage, they make the floorboards creak 
Huddled in fear from her once beloved 
Death floods in when her head hits the wall, he says … 

“I want to talk about our relationship 
I want to talk about our future 
I’ve been out, I’ve got a buzz going 
I’ve had a few, and I’m coming over.” 

These are the best minds in America 
These are the hardest bodies in sport 
These are the most privileged kids in Maryland 
This is sensational, this means ratings 
This is glamor, these kids had promise 
This is scandal, their families prominent 
This is fiction, a soap opera narrative 
This is real life, her blood’s on the sheets 

“I want to talk about our relationship 
I want to talk about our future 
I’ve been out, I’ve got a buzz going 
I’ve had a few, and I’m coming over.” 

Lockjaw mouths, still and silent 
Guard kept up like an all-star goalie 
No reflection from the culture that birthed them 
Away from mirrors, they deflect their gaze 
So unabated they continue their torment 
So unfazed, they live their lives 
So entitled, they have no perspective 
All of their victims flee from their sights 

“I want to talk about our relationship 
I want to talk about our future 
I’ve been out, I’ve got a buzz going 
I’ve had a few, and I’m coming over.”

zacknmorganmakedumbshit:

Seriously, why the fuck didn’t they just cancel class like everyone else? 

Pretty pissed that I had to come into class this morning 

larainbowllama:

Weekends with Beans

zacknmorganmakedumbshit:

Henryton (Summer 2011) 

Photos by Lucas Kircher

Gif by Zack Kircher

larainbowllama:

#henryton #zacknanya

Anya and I at Henryton today

bookofgenesis:

Anthony Bourdain’s Earring - Sick Weapons

I miss them.

OH MY GODDDDD! THIS SONG IS TOOOOO GOODDDDDD! 
Baltimore music is still really awesome (and will continue to become more awesome), but no one can ever replace bands like Sick Weapons or Double Dagger (Not that anyone should/is trying too)
Also, Anthony Bourdain is a douche, fuck No Reservations  and whatever other food-douchery he’s up to these days.

unbooking:

U+Nfest day 1 photos up on Impose

Click the picture!!

Come back Sick Weapons :(

This is the first installment of an animated series a good friend of mine, Alex Schulman, has been working on. I was lucky enough to be included in the project as the background artist. Looking forward to working on the next installment!

Dread Pirate Dan (and his first mate, Ferdinand) (by Baby Park)

Awesome, I’ve been waiting for someone to find this. I did it back in the fall and placed it in an upper level room of the main hospital building where it stayed from November until May. When I came back in may I moved it downstairs.

From http://sometimesthejourneyisthebestpart.tumblr.com

Super happy about this

My buddy Alex climbing up a ladder in an abandoned distillery complex. This particular building was used to generate power I believe. It was so dark that I couldn’t see the ladder when I was standing 2 feet in front of it. I climbed it but was too anxious to step from the ladder to the platform above.

Henryton (Post-Fire)

A photo of the front of the central portion of the main hospital building following the latest fire (4/15/12)

From what I’ve gather funding for the demolition of Henryton was set aside at last minute in the 2013 budget, meaning this place will probably be gone soon. Had this last fire not occurred the fire marshall would have had less influence on the budget and the money would likely have been used for other purposes, so thanks to whoever set it, nice job further ruining this place for everyone else.

Taken on 5/11/12 by Zack Kircher

This is really sad.  I have to go back as much as I can before it’s gone.

I want these

FUCK DIGITAL
 GO ANALOG 

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I really wish I had this shirt.

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