Booking shows

By Josh Highland in Josh's Rambling, music

The process of working on my house (or THE NEST as Amy calls it) is never ending. I have decided that I hate my bathrooms enough to rip them apart.. I am talking about the sink, the tub, the tile floors, light fixtures, toilet… everything. Sometimes I wonder if I am ever going to fully move into this place. I dont have time to work on my websites or hang out with my friends.

xDEATHSTARx has a bunch of shows coming up, I am excited about that. Its been a really long time since we played some shows. I think we have 6 shows in the next month. I forgot how much I like making show flyers. It is going to be cool to get on stage again. I miss the fact that Thommy is not in the band anymore, but I know that Little Ryan will do a great job, and that the church is more important then the band. It is a win win situation.

Happy Birthday Eden

By Josh Highland in Josh's Rambling, music

Thursday there was another show at the park in Redlands. Graf Orlock, Mother speed, Plague: The Red Letters. It was a good time. I love seeing plague play. We need a real venue in Redlands. I’m going to see what it would take to open up that old nightclub that is next to the hustler club I think. My band is supposed to play in the park next Saturday with xOBLIGEx, and Plague: The Red Letters.

Saturday was notable. I hung out with Naomi and Keller all day. We took a trip out to Frys to get some stuff for me, but they didn’t have what I wanted, like usual. I tried to paint the roof in my master bedroom but ran out of paint.

Sunday was band practice, finishing painting, putting some hours in at work, church, and then a RAD party for Eden’s 18th birthday at this amazing house in Yucaipa. Krissi has been house sitting this place for a while I guess. I notice myself being a homeowner nerd now, examining the counter tops and cabinets, thinking about things to do in my house. I have so many home emprovement ideas now. The party involved 4 cases of root beer, loud music, break dance contests / lessons in the formal dining room, and story telling around a fire pit in the back yard. If that’s not a good time, I don’t know what is. I will be posting pictures of the party later.

new emo makes me sad

By Josh Highland in Josh's Rambling, music

What ever happpened to good emo/indie music? I guess can be said about other music like ska also. Im sitting here listening to really old get up kids songs right now. I love it so much. There is just a rawness and a vigor to it. Other bands like At the Drive-In, By a Thread, Texas is the reason, and Braid all captured that feeling also. Where are the bands doing that today? Indie rock and emo seems to have fallen flat these days. New get up kids sucks, so does new saves the day. Where have all the good indie/emo bands gone?

Playing with electricity

By Josh Highland in Josh's Rambling

Monday night, im finishing up my computer room in my new house. All I had left to do was install the new over head light…wait, no electrical over head, the wall switch controls a single socket. The celling light didnt have a cord, it was ment to be hardwired to overhead electrical. I decided that the best and only solution was to tap into the electrical socket that is controlled by the switch. It was a long night. computers are easier to work with then houshold electrical. I shocked myself 3 times. My fingers are kind of numb still. The light looks good though!

Birthday Weekend Jam

By Josh Highland in Josh's Rambling

wow, I need to write in this more frequently.

Friday I didn’t have to go to work, I went to my great grandmas funeral. It was a nice Christian service. Traffic sucked on the way home from Whittier. That night Amy painted the guest bedroom while I laid the wood flooring in the computer room. Both rooms are looking awesome. I had to buy a table saw, and use it to cut the flooring panels. Power tools kick ass. Much more manly then a keyboard.

Saturday was my birthday, I slept in and decided to not work on my house. My party was at a roller rink in Grand Terrace. We hit up the thrift stores and got
the worst 80's gear that we could. It was amazing, we looked like total asses.
The 14 year old kids at the skating rink were embarrassed and bummed. It ruled.
The girl working the counter at the roller rink let me in for free because it
was my birthday. Through out the night she would come up to me and tell me that
my friends and I needed to come more often, and how everyone there is usually
serious and not goofy like us. She gave me a bunch of free passes, I thought
that was cool of her. The music could have been better instead of hip hop ghetto
hump music. I wish they would of played some credence or some skynard. There was
a lot of mu friends there it was amazing. Such a good time. When we were leaving
the girl at the counter pulled me aside and gave me more passes and told me when
she usually works… I think she was hitting on me. Lame. Yenny has a bunch of pictures of the party

posted on her site. My feet have blisters.

Sunday was a trip to IKEA to return some things. I dropped a box on my feet and I think i broke/fractured some of my toes. Band practice was short this week. Church was good. Amy and I tried to go to the movies after church, but we got there to late, Sky Captain had already started. I still want to see it though.