let's get our hands on the key to the city

and live life like our favourite celebrities

cook it up!

I'm trying to be more than useless. I'm learning to cook, starting with . . .

your sister is hot

Jennifer Carpenter, yum!

I'll teach you how to cover your tracks

to get behind this sun and cast my weight

we.are.misguided.ghosts

soft kitty warm kitty little ball of fur

the.best.of.09

Sowing Season

Was losing all my friends.
Was losing them to drinking and to driving.
Was losing all my friends, but I got them back.

I am on the mend.
At least now I can say that I am trying.
And I hope you will forget things I still lack.

Is it in you now,
To bear to hear the truth that you have spoken?
Twisted up by knaves,
To make a trap for fools.

Is it in you now,
To watch the things you gave your life to broken
And stoop and build them up with warn out tools

Nothing gets so bad,
A whisper from your father couldn't fix it.
He whispers like a bridge, it's a river spanned.

Take all that you have,
And turn it into something you would miss if
Somebody threw that brick, shattered all your plans.

Time to get the seeds into the cold ground.
It takes a while to grow anything,
Before it's coming to the end, yeah.

Before you put my body in the cold ground,
Take some time to warm it with your hand,
Before it's coming to an end, yeah.

It's coming to an end, yeah.
Do you miss the blend,
Of colors she left in your black and white field?
Do you feel condemned just being there?

I am not your friend.
I am just a man who knows how to feel.

I am not your friend.
I'm not your lover.
I'm not your family.
Time to get the seeds into the cold ground.
It takes a while to grow anything,
Before it's coming to the end

today was a good day

:D

Hayley Williams @ The Xmas Markets in Manchester

Heroic

Andy and Doug

all I want for christmas . . . .

Boats and Birds

If you be my star I'll be your sky
You can hide underneath me and come out at night
When I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine

But you can skyrocket away from me
And never come back if you find another galaxy
Far from here with more room to fly
Just leave me your stardust to remember you by

If you be my boat I'll be your sea
A depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity
Ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze
I live to make you free

But you can set sail to the west if you want to
And past the horizon till I can't even see you
Far from here where the beaches are wide
Just leave me your wake to remember you by


www.myspace.com/gregoryandthehawk

Bottles

The Swellers - Bottles (altpress.com exclusive) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.

2009 Show Diary

it was a good year for shows . . .

Jan
11th Killing The Dream, The Carrier, More Than Life @ Corporation, Sheffield
12th Killing The Dream, The Carrier, More Than Life @ The Music Box, Manchester
17th Dead Swans, More Than Life Gold Kids @ The Underworld, London
28th Kris Roe @ Moho Live, Manchester

Feb
4th The Gaslight Anthem, Frank Turner, Polar Bear Club @ Academy 2, Manchester
7th Glasvegas, Florence and The Machine @ Academy, Manchester
11th Alkaline Trio @ Academy, Manchester
28th Fucked Up, The Bronx, Rolo Tomassi @ Club Academy, Manchester

March
5th Fall Out Boy, Hey Monday, Kids In Glass Houses @ M.E.N Arena, Manchester
11th Jack’s Mannequin @ Academy 3, Manchester
26th The Sounds @ Academy 3, Manchester

April
4th Eagles Of Death Metal @ Academy, Manchester
10th The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal @ M.E.N Arena, Manchester
13th Reign Supreme, 50 Lions @ Eddie’s Rock Club, Birmingham
27th Outbreak, Smartbomb, All We Have @ The Star & Garter, Manchester
29th Shook Ones @ Star & Garter, Manchester

May
2nd The Fray @ Academy, Manchester
3rd Cancer Bats @ Academy 3, Manchester
6th Gallows, Every Time I Die @ Academy, Manchester
10th Ghostface Killah @ Academy 2, Manchester
11th Your Demise, Deez Nutz, More Than Life @ Satan’s Hollow, Manchester
17th Boozefest w/ Hammers, All We Have, Scumface @ Tiger Lounge, Manchester
22nd All We Have @ The Hangman, Chester
23rd We The Kings, Hey Monday, Academy 3, Manchester
25th Andy Mckee @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
30th New Found Glory, Bayside @ HMV Forum, London

June
3rd Polar Bear Club, Ruiner, Defeater, The River Card, All We Have, Dear Brutus @ Moho Live, Manchester
6th Together, All We Have @ Youth Centre, Lichfield
7th Together, All We Have, Written, Police Story @ some pub in Stoke
8th Together, All We Have, Written, The River Card, Bays @ The Star & Garter, Manchester
12th Lady Sovereign @ Academy 3, Manchester
19th Aqualung, KaiserCartel @ Club Academy, Manchester
23rd Brand New, Moneen @ Academy, Manchester
26th Blur @ M.E.N Arena, Manchester

July
10th Rollo Tomassi, Bays @ Moho Live, Manchester
20th The Wonder Years @ The Retro Bar, Manchester
22nd Have Heart, Shipwreck, Rise & Fall, All We Have @ Moho Live, Manchester

August
12th The Effort, All We Have @ Art Centre, Nottingham
18th The Get Up Kids @ Academy 2, Manchester
22nd All We Have, Dead End, Gracer @ Snafu, Aberdeen
23rd Wait In Vain, Outrage, All We Have @ Harry’s Bar, Stoke
24th Wait In Vain, Outrage, Trash Talk, All We Have @ Barr 112, Huddersfield
25th All We Have @ The Tap, Dublin
28th Leeds Festival Set Your Goals, Vampire Weekend, Noah and The Whale, A Wheilem Scream
31st Bane, Down To Nothing, The River Card, All We Have @ Moho Live, Manchester

September
13th Deaf Havana, Young Guns, The Casino Brawl @ Moho Live, Manchester
14th Steel Panther @ Academy, Manchester
21st Ceremony, Paint It Black, Hammers @ Star & Garter, Manchester
29th Noah and The Whale @ Academy, Manchester

October
8th Joshua Radin @ Club Academy, Manchester
14th Burnt By The Sun, Hammers, The Freezing Fog, Hang The Bastard @ Star & Garter, Manchester
16th Editors @ Academy, Manchester
17th The Legacy, Dungeons, Cold Snap, Landscapes, All We Have @ Milton Keynes
18th Alexisonfire, Four Year Strong @ Academy, Manchester

November
14th Tegan & Sara @ Academy 2, Manchester
19th Laura Marling @ Sacred Trinity Church, Salford

December
2nd Killswitch Engage, Every Time I Die @ Academy, Manchester
3rd Regina Spektor, Jenny Owens Young @ The Apollo, Manchester
7th Ruiner, All We Have @ Satan’s Hollow, Manchester
13th Set Your Goals, Fireworks, Broadway Calls @ Academy 2, Manchester

I've probably said too much

But I've never felt more accomplished

December Playlist 2009

01 - Black Lips - Bad Kids
02 - The Loved Ones - Brittle Heart
03 - The Smiths - Handsome devil
04 - The Maccabees - Can You Give It
05 - Death From Above 1979 -Romantic Rights
06 - Rilo Kiley - Dejalo
07 - Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
08 - Jenny Owens Young - Led To The Sea
09 - Amos The Transparent
10 - MEW - 156
11 - Eisley - Escaping Song
12 - Rogue Wave - Kicking The Heart Out
13 - Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror
14 - When I Was 12 - Make believe hearts
15 - The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
16 - My Morning Jacket - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
17 - Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes
18 - Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
19 - Laura Marling - My Manic and I
20 - Regina Spektor - Hero
21 - She & Him - Let Me Get What I Want
22 - Kimya Dawson - You Love Me
23 - Jenny Owen Youngs - Fuck, Was I
24 - Emmy The Great - Where Is My Mind

Nu-Metal = alive!

gettin'festive

this weekend

Christmas Markets / Tattoos / Payday / Swag / Curry / Hangouts / Sunday Dinner / Where The Wild Things Are

Symmetry

There's symmetry in the way you cut me straight in two.
Each side reflects, the image of a crowd in an empty room.
Your're a match that can't be lit, spark a flame, burn infinite.
You broke me like a mirror, seven years keep adding up.
Walk barefoot through the glass not a single cut.
Direction: I'm walking on fences. It left me defenseless.
Balance: I'm losing, and the ground beneath does not exist

Weeds

my new favorite TV show

I was the one who let you know, I was your sorry-ever-after

'74-'75

last night

we played a show with Ruiner, it was lots of fun. It was really good seeing some old/new faces, also it was Parky's first show with AWH, he nailed it! and his mum came to watch! Crucial Mums are the best

Ruiner are amazing!


if i had a time machine...
HELL YEAH

<3

twoandahalfweekstogo

HOLY SANTA-CLAUS SHIT!

1980

Will Smith

Pearl and the Beard - Will Smith Medley from Goddamn Cobras Collective on Vimeo.

quitter!

I’ve decided to stop playing drums with All We Have, my last show will be on Wednesday 13th January @ Moho Live with Dead Swans, The Carrier and The River Card. I love all of those bands, this show will be tremendous!



There are mainly two reasons behind my departure . . .

the first being my loathing of the hardcore scene and community. I feel like I should elaborate, I used to play in other bands where things were fun, people were open minded, they would go out to shows, hang out, watch all the bands, people would just generally enjoy the atmosphere and each others company. Now it seems that it’s “cool” to like this band and “lame!” to like others. People seem to be very intolerant of new bands and new sounds, the majority of people seem to be only interested in who sounds the angriest and who has the most negative outlook. I’ve been to countless shows this year where people have wrecked venues, hurt people and just generally acted like colossal cunts. I hate all of this “flavour of the week” 1-up “I’m better than everyone and everything” small-minded bullshit. I’ve had enough of it.

Secondly, I want to save up cash, so I can’t afford to spend next year touring and buying new drum equipment. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to tour, but I’d also like to have money for the summer. All drum equipment is ridiculously expensive. I had a bad experience earlier this year that resulted in some of my gear getting stolen from Cal’s car, and I had to spend a large chunk of money replacing it.

I’m gutted to leave, but I feel like I can’t go on playing, my heart isn’t fully in it.

I still love the band
I love all the members, they’ve all been nothing but nice to me ever since we started out. I wish the guys all the best for the future.

. . . fond memories a plenty.

Love the music. Hate the kids.

I love this city!

. . actually brings a tear to my eye

You were so smart then in your jacket and coat
My softest red scarf was warming your throat
Winter was on us at the end of my nose
But I never love England
More than when covered in snow

But a friend of mine says it's good to hear
That you believe in love even if set in fear
well I'll hold you there brother and set you straight
I wont make believe that love is frail
And willing to break

I will come back here, bring me back when I'm old
I want to lay here forever in the cold.
I might be cold but I'm just skin and bones
And I never love England
More than when covered in snow

I wrote my name in your book, only god knows why
And I bet you that he cracked a smile
And I'm clearing all the stuff out of my room
trying desperately to figure out
What it is that makes me blue
and I wrote in a big letter to you
And it's 22 pages front and back
And it's too good to be used
and I tried to be a girl who likes to be used
I'm too good for that
There's a mind under this hat and I
Called them all and told them i've got to move

Feel like running, feel like running
Running off.
And we will keep you, we will keep you little one
Safe from harm, like an extra arm
You are part of us

quite possibly the best clip EVER created on Family Guy

...Okay, I'll tell ya. You are the worst person I know. You constantly hit on your best friend's wife, the man pays for your food and rescued you from certain death and this is how you repay him? And to add insult to injury, you defecate all over his yard. And you're such a sponge. You pay for notching, you always say "Oh, I'll get you later" but later never comes. And what really bothers me, is you pretend you're this deep guy who loves women for their souls, when all you do is date bimbos. Yeah, I date women for their bodies but at least I'm honest about it. I don't buy them a copy of Catcher in the Rye and then lecture them with some seventh grade interruption of how Holden Caulfield is some profound intellectual. He wasn't! He was a spoiled brat! And that's why you like him so much, he's you! God, you're pretentious! And you delude yourself by thinking you're some great writer even though you're terrible. You know, I should had known You know, I should have known Cheryl Tiegs didn't write me that note. She would have known there's no "a" in the word "definite." And I think what I hate most about you is your textbook liberal agenda, how we should "legalize pot, man," how big business is crushing the underclass, how homelessness is the biggest tragedy in America. Well, what have you done to help? I work down at the soup kitchen, Brian. Never seen you down there! You wanna help? Grab a ladle! And by the way, driving a Prius doesn't make you Jesus Christ! Oh, wait! You don't believe in Jesus Christ or any religion for that matter, because "religion is for idiots!" Well, who the hell are you to talk down to anyone? You failed college twice, which isn't nearly as bad as your failure as a father! How's that son of yours you never see? But you know what? I could forgive all of that, all of it, if you weren't such a bore! That's the worst of it, Brian. You're just a big, sad, alcoholic bore.

Well, see ya, Brian! Thanks for the fucking steak!

FG - Quagmire hates Brian from [toughluck] on Vimeo.

Abby Elliot <3

500 Days of Zankou with Abby Elliott from Abby Elliott

cross your fingers / hold your toes

a trip to the X-mas markets followed by a Laura Marling performance, what a perfect Thursday night

<3

Oh Emmy The Great, I love you so

Sleepwalkers

I <3 Xmas

not long now . . . .

cute movie

finally watched Away We Go . . . loved it!

shorter of breath and one day closer to death

The best thing I saw yesterday (besides Tegan & Sara) was a Dad in CEX in town playing air guitar and dancing along to the epic solo in the song "Time" by Pink Floyd, much to the horror of his two teenage daughters who literally begged him to stop . . . needless to say, the Dad kept on rocking!

what a hero!

see my vest!

Tegan and Sara are SO cute

I've just got back from their show at the Academy, they were fantastic! They were telling stories and explaining song meanings with cute little anecdotes, lots of interaction with the crowd and lots of laughs. One of the best shows I’ve been to all year, I had a huge smile on my face the whole gig.

Touche Amore

this band are important! take note

flawless

I never tire of listening

damn! the president just fucked somebody up!

expectations

I’m getting a bit fed up of people telling me how to live my life . . .

Day in day out I people tell me . . .

“you’re young, you should go out, get pissed and shag around”
I like drinking in moderation, when I say moderation, I mean I’ll get drunk a couple of times a month (if that), I’d hate to go out into town every weekend to convert my wages into piss. Plus the added bonus of a hangover the following day that will also ruin that day . . . not worth it. I do like a good drink when I’m surrounded by good friends or on an occasion where we’re celebrating something, a lot of people around me just seem to drink because it’s the thing that you’re supposed to do when the weekend arrives (British Culture) I don’t like or feel comfortable having sex with people who I don’t like or know . . . again, I feel that this does not make me “less of a man, a pussy or a girl.”

“you should try harder to make new friends”
I have met all the people in my life that matter, don’t get me wrong, I’ll be more than happy to meet cool new people and I’d love to make new friends (who wouldn’t)
But I feel comfortable with my friends, I love them more than words can express, I don’t need more friends, and I’m not going out of my way to try and make new friends. There is nothing worse than an attention starved ‘Try-hard’ and that’s a fact! I don’t want fair-weather friends that I only speak to on Fridays in clubs or only at shows, whatever, you get the point.

“you should go out more and enjoy yourself”
I do go out and enjoy myself, most nights of the week. I enjoy watching movies with friends, walking around the city with my friends, eating breakfast with my friends. I hate the fact the people call me “boring, negative, lame or old” just because I don’t consider self destruction fun, and I really don’t understand why this makes me an outcast.

“you should have a girlfriend”
I have been single for over 2years now and I’m fine. I do get lonely sometimes and crave attention from a female but hey, it’s not the end of the world. I’d rather wait for a girl who I like/love rather than just rush into something that I don’t want. People think I’m too picky, they might be right, but I know what I want and I don’t see anything wrong with waiting. I don't think that you can rely on one person to make you happy. Life goes on . . . .


I am comfortable with the way I live my life, I’m fed up of hearing the above comments. I’d rather live a life that I choose rather than fall in line and live a life that people expect me to live.

If you’re reading this and you empathise, then I love you.
Fuck your expectations

Music.Friends.Food
xo

Jennifer's Body

I loved it! This came as a total suprise

Hands Down

I forgot how much I loved this record! It brings back a lot of good memories.

welcome winter once again

I’ve been in Egypt for the past week, I had a really nice time there, I didn’t really do much, it was just a relaxing holiday, the days consisted of sleeping in the sun and waterslides, the nights consisted of rum and dancing. I’m glad to be back in the cold UK, I’m excited for xmas . . . .