July 8, 2010

Fight Fair - California Kicks

Fight Fair California Kicks Of all the current trends (read: gimmicks) infiltrating the scene today, surf pop is far from prevalent. California Kicks, Fight Fair’s debut full-length, might be a good indicator as to why. Although the hooks are fairly smooth, and the sunny, ’60s-influenced choruses are sometimes catchier than sin, there’s literally nothing that...

Rock Yourself To Sleep Tour Diary (Episode 3)

Behind the scenes of the Motel 6 Rock Yourself To Sleep Tour featuring Every Avenue, There For Tomorrow, Sing It Loud and the Secret Handshake.

The Only Kind They Fear

  I'm reading a book called The Fountainhead right now. Ayn Rand wrote it, and it's blowing my mind. (As a sidenote, if i finish it, it will be the longest book I've ever read.) There are two main characters, both architects,  though they do it for very different reasons. One, Howard Rourke, is an...

Why Warped Tour still matters.

That right there is a picture of me (on the left) and my older brother John at our first ever Warped Tour, way back in Chicago in 1997. I've attended every year of Warped since then, and it's not by accident: The feelings I felt that day 13 years ago in Chicago are some of...