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A preview of "Medicate" and it's cover art, the first single off of AFI's impending album Crash Love has appeared on Amazon.com.

While the song won't be available for purchase until August 25, you can still listen to a high quality 30 second preview.

Deborah Konopnicki at Bombshellzine.com who last week brought us a review of the 5 track press sample of AFI's upcoming album, "Crash Love", has now been able to make a track by track review of a promo of THE ENTIRE ALBUM!

An excerpt from her review:

"AFI’s ‘Tweet to reveal’ adventure gave us a partial insight into “I Am Trying Very Hard To Be Here”. A video clip on their official website features the five “Begin Transmission” contest winners practicing the backing vocals for the chorus with the band. The song starts with what I can only describe as a ‘dirty rock’ riff that really sets the tone for this moody number. The chorus etches itself in your mind with the chanting from the video, “Flash flash, car crash! We’re not fixtures, Quick now, quick! Take our pictures. “The album’s theme could suggest this is a song aimed at the paparazzi, and with one incident becoming rather obvious, the death of Princess Diana. The guitar really stands out on this track. It gives it a fantastic bluesy/rock vibe that AFI have never really toyed with before. I can really see most AFI fans latching onto this one and adoring it."

"AFI fans often exclaim that they wished ‘Decemberunderground’ would have been ‘Sing The Sorrow part 2’. This is much closer to where they should have taken off in 2003. The tracks are powerful, emotional, passionate and most importantly guaranteed to get you excited about AFI again."

Check out what else she has to say about Crash Love at bombshellzine.com

Photograph ©2008 Thomas Faivre-Duboz. Some Rights Reserved

From SPIN.com - "Les Paul, famed jazz virtuoso and inventor of Gibson's popular guitar series, died Thursday in White Plains, NY, of compilations from pneumonia, according to CNN. He was 94.

Born Lester William Polfuss on June 9, 1915, in Waukesha, WI, Paul is most famous for his influential guitar playing and innovations in recording and instrument technology, which laid the ground work for rock'n'roll. Never satisfied with his instrument, Paul experimented with different designs, and in the 1930s crafted one the world's first solid body electric guitars from a log. The design was bought and refined by Gibson guitars in 1952 and dubbed the Les Paul -- an electric instrument emblematic of the rock sound that has been played by many musicians, including Jimmy Page, Neil Young, Slash, and Billie Jo Armstrong.

"Suddenly, it was recognized that power was a very important part of music,"Paul said of his guitar's effect on music. "To have the dynamics, to have the way of expressing yourself beyond the normal limits of an unamplified instrument, was incredible."

Paul was also celebrated for his inventions in multi-track recording, which allowed different musicians to layer tracks in the studio. This technology would change the face of music recording forever and seal Paul a place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005."...READ MORE

CNN reports other famous guitarists paying tribute to Paul - "Les Paul was truly a 'one of a kind.' We owe many of his inventions that made the rock 'n roll sound of today to him, and he was the founding father of modern music," B.B. King said in a statement. "This is a huge loss to the music community and the world. I am honored to have known him."

Joe Satriani said in a statement: "Les Paul set a standard for musicianship and innovation that remains unsurpassed. He was the original guitar hero and the kindest of souls. Last October I joined him onstage at the Iridium club in [New York], and he was still shredding. He was and still is an inspiration to us all."

In a statement, Slash said, "Les Paul was a shining example of how full one's life can be; he was so vibrant and full of positive energy."

Photograph from Roadsidepictures. Some Rights Reserved.

Via The Associated Press, Guitarist Joe Satriani called Paul "the original guitar hero", saying: "Les Paul set a standard for musicianship and innovation that remains unsurpassed."

Famous guitarists of every musical genre have picked up a Les Paul at some point in their career, including Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses), Lindsey Buckingham, Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard), Chris Chasse (Rise Again), Graham Coxon (Blur), Eric Clapton, Steve Clark (Def Leppard), Sheryl Crow, Al Di Meola, Andy Dunlop (Travis), Elliot Easton (Cars), David "The Edge" Evans (U2), Don Felder (Eagles), Ace Frehley (KISS), John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac), Steve Hackett (Genesis), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, James Hetfield (Metallica), Noel Hogan (The Cranberries), James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders), Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Terry Kath (Chicago), Alex Lifeson (Rush) Kerry Livgren (Kansas), Paul McCartney (The Beatles), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Bob Marley, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Tom Scholz (Boston), Neal Schon (Santana, Journey), Slash (Guns N Roses), Earl Slick (David Bowie), Pete Townshend (The Who), Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance), Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Zakk Wylde, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, and even more musicians listed at musiciansfriend.

Photograph ©2009 MiseryXchord. ARR.  MXC + 1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom

When I was a little kid, I wanted to grow up to be Brian May. I started off playing guitar when I was around 7, and one year my dad (who I only saw once a year or so) sent me this guitar for Christmas. He passed away some time after that while I was cut off from him during family strife due to my parents divorce, and I never got a chance to thank him for it. It is absolutely my most cherished possession. I will never part with it, and if the house burns, the guitar gets out first.

Deborah Konopnicki at Bombshellzine reviews 5 tracks from AFI's upcoming album at:

THE FOCUS ON :: ::: AFI ::: CRASH LOVE

"Eighteen years ago, four skateboarding teenagers from Ukiah, California decided to start a band. The boy elected to front the band was shy, scrawny and wore over sized misfits tshirts. Their first songs were basic, lacking any real structure and written about mini trucks, cereal and sex changes. 

This September, they will release their eighth studio album, “Crash Love” over three years after the chart topping “Decemberunderground”. In true AFI style, there has been plenty of secrecy surrounding the release of this highly anticipated album. After a few weeks of teasing fans via Twitter, the track list and cover art was revealed, gearing up to the release of the biggest CD of their career.

I was lucky enough to get a partial insight into the masterpiece that AFI are about to unleash. Like all of their work, this is nothing like their previous release. For me, this picks up where “Sing The Sorrow” left off".... (READ MORE)

Received on Youtube after I complained about the crashlove.com site reposted my and others copyrighted AFI photos (many of which were taken off of Buzznet)... I had earlier worked things out with the site Admin, Jason, in private messages, and he was nothing but helpful, courteous and apologetic. I explained that part of my reaction was due to issues I had with one of the other people on the site

"And sorry about the DIAF. I have issues with Pablo dating back to his video collecting/posting other people's footage without credit/permission on the old AFI series site and seeing a lot of unautorized photos reposted on a site he works on spelled bad things to me. :"

who pretty much illustrated EXACTLY why I dislike him by sending me this on Youtube after Jason presumably relayed that to him.


"TheSecretNinja337
Well hello there!
Hey there whatsyername,

It's really fulfilling you're still pretty butthurt about me. Come on, get over it.

I find it very hilarious that you're bitching about your pictures being uploaded without your permission, when YOU uploaded rips of mine without my permission, and I asked you to remove them. You replied in a very dickheadish way. Ripping is way harder than hitting a camera button, y'know.

You recently bitched about me on the OMB, that I don't credit the people who record the videos and I rip them without their permission. I find it funny, because you have THREE AFI videos uploaded, and no, you do not credit or even have permission from the people who recorded them, and you don't credit the people who spent their time to rip them (even though some of them are watermarked, like your pictures). So don't bitch I don't do it, cause you don't do it.

Just so you know, I do not credit the people who record videos because most of them are fucking 10 years old, and I never received the info. Secondly, I need no permission as the person who recorded them did NOT have the permission to record them in the first place, hence the name "BOOTLEGS", stupid bitch.

Also, you should stop caring about people infridging other photographer's copyrights. You're not a fucking lawyer. DIAF.

tl;dr - your pictures suck."

I especially love the "your pictures suck" at the end. 

And this is why I usually just send a site's webserver a DMCA takedown notice and don't bother contacting people involved with fan sites.

For the record, I've NEVER been contacted by Pablo about reposting "his" videos (I'm 100% sure I know who he's referring to, and it isn't me. She's blogged about his behavior multiple times on her Buzznet, tho). He contacted me twice trying to get copies of videos from AFI in Mexico that someone had let me post on Buzznet and I referred him to her to ask her directly. Instead, he got them off a torrent someone made of her Yutube videos without contacting her. That is the only contact I've ever had with him...and it was a LONG time ago. My opinion is based on seeing him interact with other people.

As rumors circulate, many AFI fans are glued to webcasts of KROQ radio today for a possible premiere of the first single from AFI's upcoming album release Crash Love.

Want to join those waiting for a chance to hear the first radio play of "Medicate"? You can listen to KROQ online by going to http://www.kroq.com and clicking LISTEN LIVE

or via iTunes (look under RADIO: ALTERNATIVE: KROQ)

UPDATE FROM KROQ: "Listen up @kroq AFI fans! We are ALL ACHING to hear the new AFI. I've just been given word that we have less than two weeks!"-Nicole1067

I'm finally setting up to sell prints of my concert shots and artwork on Photoshelter... you can see what I've got up so far here:

http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/miseryxchord/gallery-list

Any requests? I'm re-editing my older shots with my newer software so they'll reproduce better, so if there's anything you've seen me post on Buzznet or my domain site, I can probably make a print out of it.

They currently only have a printing facility in Georgia, USA, but do ship to other countries (they're supposedly looking into additional printers in Europe/UK)

Godkiller - Official Trailer from Halo-8 Entertainment on Vimeo.

(Warning, contains some nudity :)

Godkiller is based on a series of graphic novels and illustrated films created by award-winning filmmaker Matt Pizzolo that tells the stories of human beings caught in the crossfire of warring fallen gods.

"Godkiller takes place in a dark future after economic collapse, after nuclear holy war, and after Earth is colonized by alien races. Tommy and his kid sister Lucy live in an orphanage in one of the few remaining city-states, but Lucy is critically ill and desperately in need of a new heart. Tommy's odyssey to find a new heart for his sister begins when he follows an organ-stealing prostitute named Halfpipe out of the city-state and into the savage border-land known as Outer City. Godkiller mixes unforgiving brutality, quantum physics, conspiracy theory, and secret history for an iconoclastic hero's journey like none before it. This "illustrated film" features intense comic art with mind-bending motion graphics, blood-pumping music, otherworldly sound design, and voice acting by some of the most exciting performers in genre films and youth-culture."

Sound interesting? For a limited time you can read the first issue of "GODKILLER: WALK AMONG US" online

Godkiller stars an impressive voice cast of Danielle Harris (Halloween, H2), Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Pumpkinhead), Justin Pierre (singer of Motion City Soundtrack), Tiffany Shepis (Night of the Demons), Bill Moseley (TCM 2, The Devil's Rejects), Nicki Clyne (Battlestar Gallactica), Katie Nisa (Threat), Lydia Lunch (Hardcore), and Davey Havok (singer of A.F.I.)

The film will have a limited theatrical release starting on September 29, 2009 followed by a DVD.

Filmmaker Matt Pizzolo states, "Davey is so cool as Dragos… this crazy project sure has been blessed with some amazing collaborators. I just saw some of Anna’s newest illustrations for the final scene with Dragos and he looks so cool, I think it’s gonna be pretty damn rad when Davey’s voice is synced up against those illustrations"

You can download an official wallpaper of Davey Havok's character "Dragos" here

A few shots from Friday...

John Barrowman - AKA "Captain Jack Harkness"/ Torchwood

John Barrowman is insanely good looking. Do not attempt to argue this fact.

Amanda Palmer performs at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund benefit concert during the San Diego Comic Con on July 24, 2009.

Photographs ©2009 MiseryXchord. Absolutely no reproduction or duplication permitted. 

miseryXchord.com

Okay, so WHO'S GOING TO COMIC-CON?!? (Besides me and Yashi and Faye and Ounceofwentz and Panasonicyouth and Kron and...) What are you looking forward to doing/seeing? What panels are you dead set on camping out in line for so you absolutely don't miss them?

And most IMPORTANTLY, who'll be attending the hopefully forvever and ever closing con new tradition of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Musical Sing Along SUnday afternoon?! (Can't miss it, it literally closes the con. Big room, upstairs. Lot's of seats... and last year, for some reason, a plethora of finger puppets) If you have no idea what I'm talking about, THIS SITE might help explain. If you DO know what I'm talking about and are looking at these words with disdain, then I'll have to assume you're a jaded soulless nether beast who probably needs a good staking. I mean... Giles sings. THAT'S worth it right there.

PR: Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Hunter Burgan and Adam Carson, collectively known as AFI, will be releasing their eighth studio album, CRASH LOVE, September 29 on DGC/Interscope Records.

Produced by Joe McGrath and Jacknife Lee and two years in the making, CRASH LOVE is possibly AFI’s most focused, direct and ambitious effort to date. On standout tracks including “Medicate,” “Veronica Sawyer Smokes,” “End Transmission,” “Beautiful Thieves” and more, Puget, Burgan and Carson’s inimitable chemistry shines more brightly than ever while Havok’s lyrics reach beyond his trademark abstract introspection, delving into examination and dissection of celebrity culture from within and without.

“Honestly I’ve never been more proud of an AFI record,” said Havok. “We are thrilled to hear it come to life.”

During CRASH LOVE’s recording, the members of AFI were joined at Los Angeles’ Conway Studios by the winners of the band’s Begin Transmission contest, in which the band members personally went through thousands of fan-made video submissions and chose a handful of entrants to contribute backing vocals to the new album. Honorable Mentions also chosen by the band each received a handmade Valentines Day card by the member of AFI who chose him or her.

CRASH LOVE follows up two consecutive platinum AFI albums, 2006’s DECEMBERUNDERGROUND which entered the U.S. chart at #1 and 2003’s SING THE SORROW. AFI’s discography also includes the full lengths THE ART OF DROWNING (2000), BLACK SAILS IN THE SUNSET (1999), SHUT YOUR MOUTH & OPEN YOUR EYES (1997), VERY PROUD OF YA (1996) and ANSWER THAT AND STAY FASHIONABLE (1995).

Plus trying to catch Gerard Way, David Tennant and others at Comic-Con International in San Diego!

http://www.punknews.org/article/33989

"My thought is this: You don’t have to like Brokencyde, or Jeffree Star, or the Millionaires, and I’m not saying that I do necessarily. But they are doing something, capturing something, stirring up controversy. Punk bands used to stir up controversy; if you’re taking that as the definition of “punk”, these artists could fall under that category." ~Kevin Lyman

Can a band be "punk" simply by stirring up controversy? Or is there more to it? Does it need to include certain styles of music, or appearance, or message... is there a "punk" ethos and aesthetic (perspective, values, attitudes, customs, traditions) that is not all inclusive of every artist who elicits controversy (or even public outrage)? Or is "punk" an attitude not umbilically connected to any one genre?

Malfunction PublicAccess TV - Ice T schools Warped Tour 1999 audience about "punk"

The Millionaires at Warped Tour 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

"Hello....this is the writing of Eric Ozenne, otherwise known in todays world, as an illusion....As many people know. I am in Portland, Oregon living with my fabulous seven year old daughter (yes my dear fans of the Nerve Agents era, who remeber when she was born...you are now officially old!).

I have been in school for five years now, working on a social work bachelors degree.
I have been extremley buried in graduation stuff this year, senior projects and what not.

I recently got accepted into graduate school at Portland State University.

Said Radio, due to all of this, has been on hiatus. There are no Summer plans in place for touring. We three unfinished songs that need to be finished and released. The hope is that in September, we might be able to pull ourselves together and come see some of you and finally release those songs.

It's time for Warped Tour! Warped Tour! Warped Tour! Do I sound excited? THAT'S BECAUSE I AM!

Shooting schedule for this weekend:

June 25 - Amanda Palmer @ The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA

June 26 - Warped Tour Pomona, CA for AMP Magazine

June 27 - VNV Nation @ Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA

June 28 - Warped Tour Ventura, CA for Buzznet

Who do I absolutely not want to miss? Who are you excited is playing this year? WHo do you want to see photos of? INTRODUCE ME TO SOME NEW BANDS YOU LOVE! Based on people's suggestions of Family Force Five last year I checked them out and loved them so much I actually bought their cd. YES, I ACTUALLY PAID FOR MUSIC. HOLY COW! I also snuck in and watched their entire set, twice, from in front of the barricade. Because, um, I was working.. yes, that's it! I was WORKING! MY JOB SUCKS, I HAVE TO WORK WHILE BANDS ARE PLAYING 3 FEET FROM ME. PITY MY LIFE.

Sorry, I think I got excited again for a moment there. It's kind of hard not to, because IT'S TIME FOR WARPED TOUR AGAIN!!! :D

..

If the video is lagging, hit pause and let it load!

Tina Turner

Amanda Fucking Palmer

Dresden Dolls

Patti Smith

Shirley Manson (Garbage)

Tatiana (TAT)

Aja (Neko Vega)

Bikini Kill

Janis Joplin

Alanis Morissette

Annie Lennox

Amy Lee (Evanescence)

Jonnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)

Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees)

Courtney Love (Hole)

Maja Ivarsson (the sounds)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)

Go-Go's

Pat Benetar

Pink

Joan Jett

Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

Stevie Nicks

Sheryl Crow

Cat Power

Portishead

Tori Amos

Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson (Heart)

Deborah Harry (Blondie)

Exene Cervenka (X)

Bif Naked

Bjork 

Kate Bush

Tracy Bonham

Aretha Franklin

Cranberries

(Cocteau Twins)

Danielle Dax

Madonna

Kylie Minogue

Bow Wow Wow

Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)

Cyndi Lauper

P.J. Harvey

Ani DiFranco

Liz Phair

Tsunami Bomb

The Action Design

Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)

Otep Shamaya (Otep)

Fever Ray

For the sake of comparison, The Millionaires "Alcohol"

She has 40 featured photos.

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/missbambi/

http://www.buzznet.com/featured/missbambi/heres-little-flower/?id=54037671

or: heres-little-flower

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/287156749/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/?id=53984381

or: photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3494960910/in/set-72157600076313371/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/get-away-chase/?id=53963701&p=1

or: get-away-chase

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3500989490/in/set-72157594352657197/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/again/?id=53969751

or: again

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3577848599/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/vj-day-times-square/?id=54008991

or:vj-day-times-square

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/2321734570/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/hmm/?id=54094101

or: hmm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/2312454679/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/lights-and-sounds/?id=54018091

or: lights-and-sounds

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/288031064/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/hmmwell/?id=53354831

or: hmmwell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fallen-angel2007/440080586/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/again/?id=53969751

or: again

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3577848599/in/set-72157594352657197/

http://missbambi.buzznet.com/user/photos/something-simple/?id=54007651

or: something-simple

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3500972400/

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/missbambi/photos/melbourne/?id=72055171&p=7

or: Melbourne.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_photos/2323210943/ 

Her Featured Photo of V.J. Day Times Square

The real photographer's post of V.J. Day Times Square on Flickr

©2009 Mike Balakov. Some Rights Reserved

EDIT: The photos I linked have now either been taken down or set to private... but you can still see which ones she had up by looking at the links to the real photographers' images. Also, the fake profile that suggested her for OG is still up. In the meantime someone tipped me to another photo thief and I found the originals for all 5 of the images he's actively claiming he created (see bottom of this journal)

EDIT 2: All the stolen images linked here have now been deleted, and so has Rinat's account on Buzznet. The links to outside sites are still active and you can still see what images these people tried to pass off as their own photography.

http://rinat-photography.buzznet.com/user/photos/free-mind/?id=54025061

http://www.photolight.co.il/show_photo/369485.html

Real Photographer: Kobi Ben Shimon

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/rinat/photos/cuteness/?id=73321281

http://www.photolight.co.il/show_photo/376841.html

Real Photographer: Nikolay Kolnik

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/rinat/photos/blue/?id=73237221

http://en.photolight.co.il/show_photo/group1/374971.html

Real Photographer: dorit chaimovski

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/rinat/photos/cheese/?id=73090141

http://en.photolight.co.il/show_photo/group1/360497.html

Real Photographer: Julia Savchenko

http://rinat.buzznet.com/user/photos/love/?id=53822771

(she appears to have deleted this one, or Buzznet did)

http://my.misgeret.co.il/daniel/ShowPic.php?pic=36299&pos=

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/rinat/photos/summer/?id=72740471

http://my.misgeret.co.il/daniel/ShowPic.php?pic=38292&pos=

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/rinat/photos/make-a-wish/?id=72676941

http://my.misgeret.co.il/daniel/ShowPic.php?pic=50317&pos=

Real Photographer: Daniel Ben-Tolila

There are more :(

The fake profile with another stolen image is: http://noamma.buzznet.com/user/

Photo Title: 1985 Meira:):) Author name: Meir Azulay

Another person posting from fantasy land (read his comments and responses on the images :( )...

http://100tears.buzznet.com/user/photos/high-spe ed-photography/?id=54116281

http://www.flickr.c om/photos/muhammadahmed/1314585776/


http://100 tears.buzznet.com/user/photos/imagine/?id=541162 71

http://www.yeeta.com/_Crayon_Assassin_Photo


http://100tears.buzznet.com/user/photos/high-s peed-photography/?id=54113151

http://www.flickr .com/photos/eldano/2946840079/


http://100tears .buzznet.com/user/photos/high-speed-photography/ ?id=54113111

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrben d/185371160/


http://100tears.buzznet.com/user/ photos/high-speed-photography/?id=54111921

http ://www.flickr.com/photos/32397586@N04/3534070766 /