He struts in place, the goth lord amongst a small contingency of his followers. The Troubadour has housed many icons past, present, and future; I felt in awe to finally be within it’s walls, even if they took my gum away as I walked in…I thought that only happened in San Francisco! But I will […]
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They say that smell triggers memories….but since my nose doesn’t work very well, for me it is sound. I get mail occasionally about some of the stuff I write being depressing; life’s been very heavy for me, and this is my therapist. But personally, my most depressing piece to me would be what I wrote […]
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“Don’t cause any trouble now, Texas”. Two and a half weeks in and I already have haunts….this was my second time this week to Three Clubs, and I’d been to the Rainbow twice this week, too. I guess I’m still on the welcome wagon/new to LA trip; plus my friend and I were looking for […]
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I paid someone to walk all over me. It was much better than the kind that you don’t pay someone to do to you. Living in close proximity to Thai Town and it’s plethora of $30/hour massages has it’s advantages. But I didn’t get a happy ending….what the hell….girls like happy endings, too! Earlier that […]
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My first memory of Rush went something like this: I was spending the night at one of my best friends’ houses in elementary school. I believe we were wildly dancing around to Bon Jovi when her 4 or 5 year older brother passed by with a friend and made a rare acknowledgement of our existence. […]
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I’ve spent the majority of the last 4 and a half years going to metal shows by myself. And while danger can find you anywhere, I’ve definitely been to a few shows that, as a female, I probably shouldn’t have been at alone. This would be my first non-mainstream metal show in LA, and I […]
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“She never leaves her home but she’s real sweet Got her own style, leaves the windows real wide Crosses her fingers after so many years Mascara runs through the tracks of her tears Run run run would you wear that black liner baby” ~’Black Liner Run’, She Wants Revenge I just deleted an entire paragraph […]
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This would be my first of hopefully many ‘this only happens in LA’ shows; the type of thing you can generally only see if you live here. Danny Carey of Tool plays in a jazz fusion band called Volto, and they would be playing this tiny place in Studio City called The Baked Potato. It’s […]
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There are some bands I will always associate with the early days of HardRockChick, and She Wants Revenge is one of them. Their music continues to inspire me, and I continue to see them every chance I get. It would be the first time I would set foot in a Disney park, and the hordes […]
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June 17, 2011 | I talked to Adam Bravin of She Wants Revenge before their show at the House of Blues Anaheim (right outside of Disneyland!). Topics included his most personal song, the band’s parallels to the hip-hop genre, and the completely different approach they took to writing their new album ‘Valleyheart.’ The video goes […]
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It was a night where I could indulge in wearing my Lip Service gear and more eye makeup than usual. I have to stop myself from calling the bands that I would be seeing ‘Hot Topic bands’, because to me, that’s what they are. But in reality, Hot Topic now proudly displays Justin Bieber and […]
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It would be my first solo show outing in LA. There’s something about going to a show by myself to see a band I barely know in a venue I’ve never been to. To me, this is the essence of my blog; it’s what makes me tick. They are called musical adventures, aren’t they? It’s […]
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“To the edge Till we all get off I will take You away with me Once and for all.” ~Diamond Eyes You have no idea how good it feels to live here. It was the easiest move of my life; the day I left I hadn’t even packed yet. I just threw my clothes and […]
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June 4, 2011 | Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman took some time to talk to me before their one-off midnight show (while on tour with Deftones) at the Beauty Bar in Austin. Topics of the night included the disposable nature of his guitars, DEP’s technical but chaotic live performances, and the band’s “bromance” with […]
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In a space behind the retro, hipster-infested Beauty Bar lies a stage. Beyond that stage is a chain link fence. Behind that chain link fence is an alley. And in that alley are a bunch of crazy people who are trying to claw their way into the show. It had happened before, during Death From […]
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Last summer was the “summer of my discontent“. This summer, I am intent on making it my own. To do that, I am relocating to LA to be closer to the music, putting an end to the almost monthly back and forth travel I’ve been doing for most of this past year. And I couldn’t […]
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