Recent Comments Made By jaystone

1. dying
   Interview: Ken Casey (Dropkick Murphys) discusses the Boston Marathon bombings and how the band are trying to help 04/26/2013 4:04 PM

   Agreed. I actually found myself liking, or at least sympathizing, more with them after that.
2. dying
   DS Show Review/Photo Gallery: The Revival Tour Comes To Boston (3/29/13) 04/02/2013 6:04 PM

   Really Ragan? I didn't get that impression from where I was. My wife commented that it seemed like a lot of people were talking in the back, but where we were, the crowd was pretty into it.
3. dying
   RetiredArtists promises to write songs to make your band awesome 03/18/2013 5:03 AM

   There's actually a spot on the website where you can contact them about pricing options, where they'll record full drum, bass and guitar tracks at a professional studio. I would have cleaned up at the high school talent show...
4. dying
   Pentimento finally releasing physical copies of Self-titled full length 03/02/2013 5:03 AM

   This story makes me supremely happy. Great album, made my 2012 top ten list on here.
5. dying
   Sacred Cow Saturday: Green Day - "Dookie" 02/18/2013 4:02 PM

   I go back and forth as to whether "Dookie" was my gateway album. I was certainly already familiar with Pennywise, NOFX, Bad Religion and Fugazi/Minor Threat and some of the Lookout bands at the time, so it seems inevitable that I was going to stay into punk long term. 1994 in general seems to have solidified that interest, and "Dookie" was, at the very least, the piece de resistance.
6. dying
   Sacred Cow Saturday: The Misfits - "Walk Among Us" 01/21/2013 6:01 PM

   My point wasn't that the schtick is bad; far from it. I actually like schtick and campiness and bands that try to take the piss out of a scene that takes itself too seriously. I just don't think that's what the Misfits, particularly Glenn Danzig, were trying to do. Again, I think horror works when you can see the image in front of you, when it creates a lasting, nightmare-inducing impression. That's why I enjoy horror films, horror graphic novels, etc. Horror music from a band that takes itself too seriously, as I'd argue the Danzig-era Misfits did, is entirely different. The schtick wears off too quickly, almost like listening to a comedy album more than once or twice. Strip that away and what you're left with is a good, but certainly not ground-breaking, album.
7. dying
   The 12 Most Random Punk Stories of 2012 01/02/2013 8:01 AM

   I'll be at the Flogging Molly concert at the House of Blues in Boston on February 1st. On behalf of the Dying Scene staff...I'll be sure to kick off the slam dancing.
8. dying
   Fat Mike's bondage film, "Rubber Bordello," up for eight AVN awards 12/02/2012 6:12 AM

   Seriously, though...65 effing pages of award nominees. I'm pretty sure I want "Porn Movie Title Writer" to be my next career.
9. dying
   Green Day announce ¡Quatro! 12/02/2012 6:12 AM

   I watched the hour-long preview of Quatro! on Palladia yesterday. I'm among those who doesn't care for their music since American Idiot (which I genuinely like about 3/4ths of), but I found the documentary to be pretty entertaining. Hopefully the full-length version includes a little more detail on why they chose to put out three albums rather than pare down to a single LP or, at most, a double album.
10. dying
    DS Staff Picks - Best Albums of 2011 (jaystone) 02/03/2012 11:02 AM

    Damn. You're right...forgot to put the Darlings' album in my honorable mention list. Saw them twice on the f2f tour last summer...hell of a great young band. Thanks!
11. dying
    New Video: Storm The Bay - "Hit The Ground Running" 01/12/2012 7:01 PM

    No...no he really doesn't. Mac Miller is terrible and you know it!
12. dying
    Dying Scene Readers Choice: 20 Best Albums of 2011 01/02/2012 3:01 PM

    Good to see some of the old guys like f2f and Social D make the list.
13. dying
    Rare Video of early Big D & The Kids Table show surfaces (1997) 12/03/2011 9:12 AM

    I can't tell you how many times I listened to this album in college...
14. dying
    Video: Watch Tatiana DeMaria (TAT) perform Adele's "Someone Like You" 10/19/2011 7:10 PM

    My critique of the original has nothing to do with the song being mainstream. This version is different in two ways: Tatiana plays the guitar herself AND her voice isn't intolerable. I don't get the whole Adele "thing"; lyrically she is as strong as anybody, but her voice kills the message.
15. dying
    Video: Fat Mike falls off stage in Chicago (hilarious) 10/19/2011 3:10 PM

    This is my new favorite thing.
16. dying
    Punk Rock Trivia: The ska beginnings of Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms) and Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio) 10/08/2011 5:10 PM

    Pete also used to be in Spring Heeled Jack with Chris Rhodes, who is now in the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
17. dying
    The Gaslight Anthem releasing "iTunes Session" EP with 7 unreleased songs 10/08/2011 4:10 AM

    I generally hate when people cover Pearl Jam (remember Aaron Lewis doing "Black"?)...but I've heard Gaslight do SOLAT before, and it's pretty great. Looking forward to this.
18. dying
    Video: Some kid does re-imagined cover of Blink 182's "Up All Night" (better than original?) 10/07/2011 10:10 AM

    This is all kinds of awesome.
19. dying
    Cover Art Battle (October 4th): Misfits, New Found Glory, Bombpops...VOTE! 10/04/2011 6:10 PM

    Recant is perfectly acceptable. It's sad how universally loathed the new Misfits album is (though in all actuality, I'll probably never listen to it). I still like the Juicehead artwork better, but the Misfits' is all kinds of awesome.
20. dying
    DS Exclusive Interview: Spike Slawson has a quick chat about Me First and The Gimme Gimme's, in English 09/30/2011 5:09 PM

    I think it took me longer to read Spike's answers than it took him to write them. Still, good stuff Brittles!