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Black Bean & Cheese Burrito, Super.

When I'm hungry, feeling lazy and am not quite broke, but too broke to eat out at a sit down, I go to El Indio. El Indio is a Mexican fast food joint here in Gainesville, Fl. My usual is either the "Baja Fish Tacos" or the dish I ate today "Black Bean & Chees Burrito, Super."

What makes it "Super" is that they stick it in the oven and pour some red sauce and shredded cheese on it (though I guess one would actually be spinkling the cheese as opposed to pouring it) and stick that fucker in the oven. It really makes the burrito tons more tastier.

Today I was adventurous and got a side of sour cream. That shit costs .59 cents though, and as you can see by the pic, you don't get much for that. So that's the last time i do that.

I also almost always get a sweet tea to drink. Every good southern gentleman and gentlewoman drinks sweet tea. This is not the same as putting sugar in your tea. There's nothing more aggrivating than travelling to a place outside of the south and asking for sweet tea and having the waitress stare at me, jawdropped, like I just fucking blew her mind with some new genetic code that could make a man have two penises. The common response is "umm, our tea is unsweet, but there's sugar on the table (smile)." My common response to that is to stand up and yell "YA"LL CAN SUCK IT!!" Sweet tea needs to be brewed with the sugar in it or it's useless.

Overall, I'd rate this lunch a *** out of *****.

price *** ($4 and some change).

taste *** (nothing exceptional when compared to the real deal)

-brynot

Razorcake #32



Razorcake#32 $4

Starts off with Amy Adoyzie pondering her role in the world of the punk fanzine. She ultimately concludes that Razorcake is an important alternative to corporate media and I agree. Oh, she also notes that it makes for a good read on the crapper, I also agree since this is where my Razorcake collection lives.



Featured in this issue are The Bananas (on the cover), The Dents, Pine Hill Haints, Porch Mob, George Hurchalla, and my favorite article featuring the photos of Dawn Wirth.



Dawn Wirth was taking pictures at punk shows back when you were just a sperm in line inside your old man's sack. Pretty gross, huh? Well, it's true. Thankfully, while you were swimming around with your now deceased siblings, she was taking pics of The Clash, The Weirdos, The Sex Pistols, Devo, The Talking Heads. Oh, and she used to hang with Darby Crash. great article on an interesting lady.

-brynot

Delaware Water Gap



Not actually in Delaware

this is about an hour and a half outside the city on the NJ/Penn border. It takes it's name from the Delaware River. Other than that all I really know is it's a pretty good time, plenty of shitty white trash campsites, nice scenery, and cheap beer. The beer however is tricky. You have to buy it from a local bar and you can only buy 12 at a time, though you can make as many trips as you like back and forth to your car carrying 12 more beers each time.

The Kayak rental could be cheaper, it's about 40 bucks a day, but whatever at $5.00 each for the campsite and $7.50 for a 12 pack of bud you can afford to splurge. Check out the new york sectionherefor more fun
-jake

Motorola Razr V3c for Verizon

V3c by Motorola for VerizonWireless.

Yes, I, like every other asshole out there, own a Razr. Why? It was the "free" phone Verizon was offering. I had an old LG and decided I wanted to indulge.

Here's the low down in non-tech terms.
  • plays and takes pics and video.
  • won't let me upload my own stuff (music, pics, video) into it even after downloading the Motorola software. Apparently, this is a control thing by Verizon in order to make you buy their music and vids. Lame since other companies allow you to do so.
  • There are different versions of the Razr for each cell company. So far, Verizon's is the weakest. There's no memeory card, limited access, and the Vcast is a joke.
  • Beyond all of that nerdy stuff, the camera is nice, the video camera is crap and I like the display.


    • If you're looking for a high-tech version of this, go get an unlocked phone from ebay and use another cell service.

    I rate this phone "all looks with no appeal," like dating a model or a jock.

    -brynot

    The Killer - Better Judged By Twelve Than Carried By Six

    Organized Crime

    Lot's of pissed off, tuned-down, chugga hardcore. I think there's one anti-Catholic song, two songs about suicide, three about drug abuse, a few more about hopeless despair, and let us not forget the others about how our "so called" friends let us down. Sounds like a good time, right? Well, truthfully, it is not so bad. Maybe not the most inventive stuff out there, but I get pissed sometimes, and maybe I'd like to break something, here's a soundtrack just for those special times.

    The big bonus is that they covered my favorite Twisted Sister melody "Burn in Hell" (although it is misprinted on the cd as "Burn Is Hell"). You may remember this one in Pee Wee's Big Adventure, on the movie lot, Dee Snider on the hood of a car. Fuck Yeah!

    An even bigger bonus, and a way cool thing that OCR has been doing lately is releasing video with their new cd releases. This album is no exception. Accompanied with the CD is DVD of a live show shot at the bands hometown Chicago club, The Metro. The video and audio quality are suprisingly quite good. Now you can conveniently get even more pissed and do some windmill kicks in the living room of your own home.

     -brynot

    Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell"



    Warner Brothers

    1980

    This is the last great Black Sabbath album. It was as influential on 80's metal as any other Sabbath album and maybe more directly so. Ronnie James may have prefered unicorns and magic over Ozzy's politics and satan, but Dio's message was perfect for Tony Iommi's new sound. Iommi was beginning to stray from the "riff" and wrote a whole album of charging ballads. That's "Heaven & Hell," dramatic and linear. It will make you angry with your fist in the air, and yet it might make you laugh a bit if you pay too much attention. It's the fodder for the fire that fed "Tenacious D," except Ronnie James Dio was for real. You will never be a complete Sabbath fan until you accept this into your evil heart.



    Track Listings (out of *****)

    1. Neon Knights ****

    2. Children of the Sea *****

    3. Lady Evil ***

    4. Heaven & Hell *****

    5. Wishing Well ****

    6. Die Young *****

    7. Walk Away ***

    8. Lonely is the Word ****

    Personal Favorite - "Die Young"

    -Brynot

    Built to Spill - You In Reverse


    Warner Bros. Records

    Haven't heard anything since Doug Martsch's "Now you know" release in 2002, so I was really looking forward to hearing this record. The jam sesh and solo tips are ten-fold in this one, so much that I forgot there were vocals at times. As far as the demos go, the average track time is somewhere between 5 and 6 minutes long, giving plenty of time to zone out and enjoy a smoke with your arm out the window of your moms car while patting your thigh to the beat. Overall, I would say that if you enjoyed previous stuff by these dudes, you're gonna be pretty into this record as well.

    mike

    NOFX-Wolves in Wolves' Clothing

    Fat Wreck Chords

    I think the lyrics to the first track could easily be the best review of this record

    "We're the band with our own label
    That's money under the table, that's answering to no one
    But still, other bands just love to hate us
    Talking shit behind us, but smiling to our face

    That's OK, it's not that they don't like us
    They're just a little jealous, cuz
    we're having more fun
    (the band that wouldn't die)
    We're the self-crowned kings of candor, sultans of slander
    Bastions of D.I.Y.

    Which means we make more money, we've got better prescriptions
    We own most of our own music, no one's got their hands in our pockets
    We don't have management, we get to play loaded and only 3 months a year
    Some years we just take off, vacations are a write off,
    and so is goin' out (fuck us)
    I suppose that's how we'll go out,
    played out and way after our time"

    Yes the record is generic, but generic in a genre that they created and would it still be generic if other bands hadn't been biting their style for the past 20 years. My favorite part is everyone's gripe is also their complaint. "I only like their old songs" and "all their records sound the same" Like it or don't. Who cares, it's only punk rock and thats the point. I'm still a fan.

    Jake

    Cross Examination-The Hung Jury

    Organized Crime/Deep Six

    I'm not sure if it's fair to review this without ever seeing Cross Examination live. They are obviously one of those bands like Savage Brewtality, or Municipal Waste that bring the full experience while you're drunk at 1am with all of your close friends in your favorite bar or space. I mean, otherwise, this is just rehashed thrash from 86'. The difference being that in 86' it was new and fresh and bands didn't need a gimmick.

    Now I don't mean to be harsh here because I love the "fuck yeah" energy that this album is spewing in all directions. If thrash is your bag, then The Hung Jury will rule. A big fucking bonus here is that this is an enhanced cd. The video included shows various shows and party footage throughout the bands brief history. Unfortunately, the footage is pretty rough. If anything, it confirms that these guys are your crazy drunk friends that started a band for all the right reasons; to laugh and party. I would highly recommend listening to this at 3am, high and drunk, with ten doods that are waiting on five large pizzas to show up.

    Bryan

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