Review & photos by Doug Van Pelt
It was hard to say what my favorite experience of the weekend was. Hanging with friends like Bill and his wife as well as all the old and new music-playing and music-loving friends was as special as the awesome performances were. Top sets were turned in by Klank, Ultimatum, Jupiter VI, Deliverance, Grave Robber, Leper, The Altar Billies and Bloodgood.
Up From the Ashes III: A concert review
The Hard Music Magazine
This is an email we’re sending out to some folks up near the Chicago area. What do you think? Effective marketing or not? Like the wording or not?
Favicon is not the QB of the Vikes
16 pixels is not a lot of space, but there’s not a lot of room in that web browser address bar, either.
Random recent ridiculous
Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes…
And this post just became public.
in defense of the goat
Someone recently told me that I need to exercise greater care in choosing the bands we cover, citing that the Paramore song “Misery Business” has backwards masking in it about Satan. I’m serious. (sighs). Oh brother!
…and they separated the shirts from the sheep and the goats…
The Hard Music Magazine. Hmmm. Why do they cover Owl City and Danielson then? Is there something to this indie rock aesthetic thing?
Goat Karts and speed limits
There are annoying videos on youtube.
WARNING: There are annoying videos on youtube!
Over-Cover undercover
It’s to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep, because everything’s never as it seems…
Mephibosheth: A story 13 years later.
If you get encouraged by this, that’s awesome. If you want to read one of my favorite books of all time (and be encouraged for ages), get the book Spiritual Burnout by Malcolm Smith.
Not exactly not metal. HM#57
This first issue of 1996 was the culmination of the transition from Heaven’s Metal to the HM logo with the small print “HEAVEN’S METAL” on top. While old school Christian metal was dropped from its name, visually that is not the message this magazine cover told. It had Stryper’s (at the time retired/ex-frontman) Michael Sweet [...]
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