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Yo!

Topics:
1. Played a grip of shows. Some fliers to prove it.
2. Recording. New jamz.
3. Some upcoming gigs, possible tour.
4. New interview getting posted soon(ish).

1. I had an update all typed up, but found it was far too long winded, so it got scrapped. We played some shows a few weeks back. Our first since we were out East in November. Here are some of the flyers.

Oct 31 @ W. Seattle Legion Hall

Forfeit it an awesome band from the East Coast that you should check out. Vacate and Sojourner are locals that were doing their thing. Both bands were pretty good. Outbreak was . . . well, Outbreak.

Feb 6 @ Casey's house in Bham

We also played Kyle's (from Get The Most) birthday soiree in Bellingham. Keep It Clear also did their thing. Both bands sounded great and the show was a smashing success. I celebrated Kyle's birthday 3 times that week . . . and he only turned 29. I better start warming up for his 30th . . . it's sure to be a total banger!

Oh yeah, the new Get The Most LP "Together" is seriously awesome. If you dig Insted, Uniform Choice, Gorilla Biscuits, and Get The Most, there is absolutely no reason for you not to dig it.

We also played a gig on February 10th with The Helm, Defeater and All Teeth at the Fusion Cafe in the Downtown YMCA. Mad heads rolled out. It was shocking. We were shocked. All Teeth was pretty decent. Defeater is not my thing. The Helm sounded huge and their new record is crushing. It's called HOME. Hex Records from Syracuse put it out. Vinyl's hip these days, pick it up. It's also on CD for those of you not into being retro.

Ok, moving on . . . (pun intended) . . .

2. Starting this Sunday, February 28th, we are headed to Two Sticks Studio's here in Seattle to start laying down tracks for our new 7". It's going to be titled OUR CHOICES. Really looking forward to getting this moving. 5 brand new songs, lyrically all dealing with . . . you guessed it, our choices and how they affect us. Should be good.

3. We have 2 shows on March 30th and March 31st with Rotting Out. We're playing Tacoma and Bellingham on those dates. April 7th we're giggin' with Mindset, True Colors, and Common Cause. April 9th and 10th, we play the React! Showcase and then come the first week of June, if everything goes according to play, we're doing a week long tour down the West Coast with BLACK SS! When I have a better idea of the routing, I'll post it and maybe some of you can help us. It'll be their first time leaving the East Coast, so we plan on showing them an awesome time. Knowing them is to know how utterly bizarre that tour is going to be . . . seriously, unreal. Like, the opposite of real.

4. Up next we'll have an interview with Canadian sheet metal worker, smelly soap connoisseur, and ultimate edgeman, Andy Patillo (aka Today's Man) from Keep It Clear. Stay tuned, that interview is shaping up to be pretty righteous.

This is me not being long winded? Yep.

- NOT SORRY CREW '10

ps: If anyone out there has any Juliana Hatfield records that you're looking to let loose, please get in touch. Thanks.

lights so bright

Merry Christmas from the Not Sorry Crew and Run DMC!



Hope everyone has a good holiday. Celebrate however you see fit!
See ya in 2010.

PEACE.
-NSC

we need a new waaaaayuhhh . . .

A couple dudes in Rochester NY took in upon themselves to film our set in Syracuse back on November 22nd. There's multiple angles and all that. It looks and sounds pretty awesome. Here are all 3 in the appropriate orders.

Also, there is a new song in the middle somewhere called "Searching" that will be out on our REACT! 7" next year.

PART ONE:

PART TWO:

PART THREE:


Thanks to Scheffler and Stiner for filming it. It's seriously great.

PEACE!
-NOT SORRY CREW

it's clobbering time

You don't need any sort of explanation do you? This video still gives me chills!

PEACE.
- NSC

x on my hand, means i am straight

YO! We're back from the East Coast. Technically we got back a week ago, but whatev's. All the shows were awesome. Got to see some friends we haven't seen in a while, which was super cool. We hit up Celebrated Summer in Maryland run by a righteous dude named Tony. If you're in that area, I highly suggest stopping in there. Dude has some real gems!

The four of us and our road dawg, Jim, flew in Thursday the 19th. We hung out with the dudes in Mindset for the weekend, who were gracious enough to put us up for a few days in their HQ! Huge thanks to all of them for helping us out as much as they did. Evan and Chris went above and beyond, and we hope to one day be able to return the favor.

Friday night we played a basement show in DC with Mindset, Coke Bust, and Praise (new band with dudes from Mindset and Champion, real good vibe). Basement shows are seriously some of my favorite places to play. Pack a ton of people into a small cramped space and just get live. No stage, no bullshit, just a room full of kids who love hardcore/punk. Show was awesome! All the bands killed, and according to EvSet, it was in his top 5 favorite shows played. Hope you were there!
Saturday we hit up Lemoyne, PA for the A TIME WE'LL REMEMBER Fest. Lots of bands played this thing, check them out at the ATWR myspace. We had a lot of fun playing, despite a couple set backs and me completely forgetting the first few lines to Cats and Dogs, that was seriously the worst. It's funny now when I think back on it . . . yeah.

Sunday was the last show of the weekend, in Syracuse NY. But before we set out on our overnight drive up to NY, we hit up WEGMAN's. Unless you live in NY State or that surrounding area, you probably don't know much about Wegman's. It's a huge grocery store that has just about everything, without looking or feeling like Wal-Mart. I miss it living in the NW, so I was grateful to be able to hit it up atleast once on the weekend. Anyway, we rolled in around 4am and shacked up with our friends Jon and Yumiko, who were cool enough to let us stay with them. After Jim was almost eaten alive by their dog (NOTE: don't try to pet an unfamiliar dog . . . in a crate . . . while it's sleeping . . . at 4 in the morning) we got some sleep. It was a long day of eating, hanging out with my Mom, hanging with friends we haven't seen in almost a year and finally playing a show. Black SS, Reason, Mindset, and Ghost Ship all played. Ghost Ship isn't really my bag, but it's very cool to see Steve playing guitar AND going against the grain of most by finding the straight edge, rather than losing it. Reason played second and sound great. Seasoned elder edgemen from Buffalo, I'm excited to see what they go on to do. We played 3rd and I felt like we played the strongest we played all weekend. We received a warm reception and it felt great. Mindset played after us and honestly, this band just has it. They sound great, are passionate about what they play and talk about, and get seriously live. Not many bands can do what they are doing and pull it off well. So excited about their new stuff! Last up was Black SS. Few bands mean more to me than this band, and few people mean more to me than Chuck Hickey. Everything I love about hardcore is embodied in this band! If you haven't listened to them yet, do yourself a favor and pick up their LP, Foreign Object on Reaper Records.

A quick re-cap:
• East Coast weekend was great.
• Mindset and Black SS are the best current straight edge bands.
• Jim shouldn't pet dogs in crates.
• Benstrux was there . . . moshing.
• The X on my hand, means that I am straight.

Some video's of us and Black SS in Syracuse:
NOT SORRY pt. 1 • NOT SORRY pt. 2
BLACK SS pt. 1 • BLACK SS pt. 2

PEACE!
- Not Sorry Crew

edge day 10.17.09 (currently 11.11.09)

I started writing this entry almost a month ago. I didn't have time to finish and meant to pick up the next day. Huge shock, I kept getting sidetracked. Where does the time go? Anyway, I'm leaving it as is. It's relevant, even if it's almost a month later . . .

Ten years ago today I was in Boston at Ten Yard Fight's last show. I got a Bane windbreaker, got really lost in Boston, drove home almost 7 hours after the gig, saw some Sox fans chase a car full of Yankees fans down the street while waiting in line and witnessed a show that now commemorates what most people in the hardcore world regard as Edge Day. Ten years later I am sitting at home in my living room typing a blog update on a computer instead of seeing some awesome hardcore bands (one of whom is playing their last show) and hanging out with good friends. C'est la vie.

While not being in Boston tonight is a bummer, I did get to come home to a package with 4 Not Sorry 7" test presses inside. It's not Edge Day, but it'll do!

Moving On test presses, with a nice note from Joe Lifeline.
For those of you not in the know, we have a 7" coming out entitled MOVING ON. The US pressing is being done by my personal and long time friend Joe Rieman who runs a label out of Chicago called LIFELINE RECORDS. It was around 10 years ago that Joe started Lifeline with a 7" from my old band XHead OnX. We were both much younger then, and have done a variety of things since that time, but we've always remained friends. Which makes this release very cool for both of us. The European version of the 7" is coming out on a label called SALAD DAYS RECORDS from Portugal. It is run by a fine gentleman named Dave Rosado. Now, I wouldn't know Dave if he showed up to my house right now, but we've emailed back and forth multiple times and trust he's going to do an awesome job over there. And, hope that we'll get to meet him and develop the type of relationship I have with Joe. Dave has played in and plays in a few bands some of you may know. Currently he is in Pressure and Broken Distance and he formally played in Pointing Finger. All great bands, make sure to check them out.

It's now November 11, 2009 . . . A couple days back, Big Joe sent me a picture message with this photo . . .

A new era!
We all couldn't be more psyched. Lifeline should be taking preorders for this very soon, if not sooner.

Lastly, we also wanted to let everyone know that we're now on React! Records. Aram is a good friend and we're excited to be on his label. Honestly having two long-time friends of mine both being into my band enough to want to help us release music is a very awesome feeling. I'm looking forward to developing even better friendships with Joe and Aram, along with Dave at Salad Days.

- John/NSC

ps: There are currently two interviews up with us. Our friend Rory from Soul Control does a blog called From The Road . . . and Pat from Forfeit has a zine/blog called New Noise, besides us he has interviews with Reaper Records, Polar Bear Club, Triple B Records and Foundation. Both are awesome and Pat's first issue of New Noise looks great. We'll have some copies with us on the East Coast, make sure to pick one up.

and i'm (not) tired of being alive

CHUCK BISCUITS IS ALIVE AND WELL!!!Professor of Cerealogy, PhD.



We'll have a proper update very soon. For now, listen to lots of Danzig 1-3 (4 is questionable), the Thrall-Demonsweatlive EP, and DOA!