Hiatus Undone

Aaaaalright folks. I realize I’ve been on a bit of an unscheduled and unannounced hiatus of sorts, but in all honesty, I’ve run into a little bit of a combination of sensory overload and writers block. A strange combination I know. But what it created was the perfect storm of literary stupidity. I’ve inundated myself with so much new stuff to look at, listen to, and think about that my brain is having trouble forming one coherent thought. The effect is similar to when you’re at a restaurant and hungrier than you’ve ever been in your life ever…at least that’s how it feels. The waiter hands you the menu and you start looking at it. All these options. And you’re so hungry. But all you can really make out are random numbers, letters, words, and fragments of thoughts. What plays out in your head is some weird bastardization of the menu that would read something like: “Oh god I’m so hungry. I would literally eat anything on the menu. Probably the menu itself. What is there? [opens menu] Almond crusted 10 dollars appetizer spicy burger side of tuna steak 7 chef special salad coconut farm raised Oklahoma balanced twenty seven cents tartar marbled medium horseradish…” You get it.

So with this in mind, what’s been going through my mind the past couple days/week would go something like “Finally new music! Alexisonfire is so drum tone’s sick new evergreen terrace single I think I’m Italian sub in Ferret Records screwed up my Killswitch came early E-I-E-I-O haven’t gotten my Poison the Well oh my Maxim cranes god I can’t get over that floor Darkest Hour is sick but hasn’t it gotten lost in the how am I already over shred Every Time I Die released a single punk rock Dave Grohl is such a seriously tambourine Halliburton when’s the DVD in September new Ignite House of Blues or wow Glasshouse Australia is hosting a lot of that sounded a lot but I haven’t heard them like a hollowbody…”

Needless to say that doesn’t translate well to my readership…all…seven of you?

While I try to run my thoughts through a sifter and try to pick out all the petrified turd nuggets of useless thoughts (of which there are many, example: “what’s the difference between a stretcher and a gurney”), here is what’s been keeping me occupied that I haven’t already written about:

-My undying obsession with Misery Signals.
-Parkway Drive is writing new material and releasing a DVD (with live footage…potential for a serious epic win) in September.
-Evergreen Terrace posted a new track from their upcoming CD (titled “Almost Home”…which, title-wise, can’t even begin to compare to “Wolfbiker”…but more on that whenever it comes out)
-Every Time I Die posted a new track from THEIR upcoming CD (titled “The New Junk Aesthetic”)
-The Dillinger Escape Plan is finishing up their newest CD which I didn’t even know they were writing called “Option Paralysis”
-A Day To Remember’s most recent CD caught me by surprise
-Poison the Well’s new CD (which is literally lost in the mail…because I wrote my address wrong…way to go Matthew)
-Killswitch Engage’s newest release
-New tour dates GALORE!
-Alexisonfire’s “Old Crows/Young Cardinals” has yet to find its way out of my CD player
-Patiently waiting for new Thrice and wondering in what direction they’re going to be progressing
-Hoping It Dies Today figures out whatever legal issues are preventing their FINISHED record from being released
-August Burns Red’s newest release (which I’m literally picking up immediately after posting this)
-My new artwork I’ve conceptualized and now realized from Lisa “Iconic Rock Photographer” Johnson.

This is what’s been occupying my mind. Don’t worry though, all that, and probably more, will all eventually settle out in the coming days and provide me with a bountiful harvest of tasty word bushels to put together for your ocular interpretation. But until then, look into the leads I’ve hinted at in your bored hours and check back soon.