Stay Gold

Some horrible cell phone pictures from the show last night. Opener Tim Barry, formerly of Avail, doing the acoustic-guitar-guy thing. Very cool, but not really my cup of tea. He did a couples songs out in the middle of the crowd, which was cool. I was probably a real dick for hoping he'd play something off of 4 AM Friday.

Lifetime played next and I can honestly say I don't think they missed a song I wanted to hear, other than maybe "Records at Nite" or the song off the Anti-Matter comp. My favorite set of the night. Yemin gave a shoutout to Blacklisted and Witch Hunt which was cool.
Not that you can see it, but Scott Golley was wearing his LVHC shirt. Stoked!

Didn't take many pictures for the Bouncing Souls, mainly because I didn't want to get my phone annihilated by some random bro. Here they were covering "Hybrid Moments". It was weird that a lot of people didn't know the words.
Not only did hurricane Bill and the five surfers in attendance get a shoutout, but they played a handful of songs off of "The Good, The Bad..." which was nice to hear. Closed with "Gone" and I was glad to get out of the Troc, before I had heat stroke.

Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey

I always dig a good ghost story or local legend and had heard that there had been a movie made about one of NJ's most notorious characters, I was amped to finally see it. After finally signing up for Netflix a while back, I had no excuses for not tracking it down and seeing it. The 13th Child, while not exactly what I was expecting, is a hilariously good horror movie on the Jersey Devil. Anytime you have Robert Guillame as a crazed hero you've got a recipe for success. If you're still on the fence even after hearing Benson's in it, watch the trailer:

Haircuts & T-Shirts

One of my favorite parts of going home to visit my family was getting to go back to my old barbershop from growing up. I hadn't gotten a cut in a couple months so it was prime for slaying.

Pre-Cut:

Rachiele's Barber Shop on Broad:


Post-Cut:

After eight years in South Jersey, I'm still searching for a good barber shop. There is one on West Avenue in OC that I have heard good things about and may have to check out. Nothing will rival Tommy's place in Bethlehem. He always gives a great cut and the conversation I had with a few of the old-timers on the porch before he opened was priceless.