New Alice in Chains Album

My old favorite metal band just put out their first new album in 15 years today. I have to say I'm nervous about listening to it, because they're just not the same band. Alice in Chains stopped putting out new material and touring after their lead singer Layne Staley's drug addictions started to prevent him from being able to work. His death from an overdose in 2002 seemed to kill of any hope that there would be a new album. But here we are in 2009, with Black Gives Way To Blue...

There's no way anyone could replace Layne's vocals and lyrics, but from what I've heard from the band's new vocalist, that's all he's trying to do.

Layne Staley (1967 - 2002)

I was thinking about buying the album today, making it the first CD I'd paid for in a few years, but I was at the mall and forgot to check it out so I may just get it in mp3 form. My friend just sent me this video from a live performance they did tonight. Most of the clip is them playing their new single, but the last couple minutes is one of their best songs from their 1992 album Dirt. The new one is sub par. The old one's a classic.

And to make up for that, I'm putting up one of their songs that Layne wrote, "Angry Chair":

Sebastian Keys and Tommy Defendi

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Check out more of this set at Naked Kombat

New Building

I haven't done any updates about the move like I promised, so here's one. My internet finally got set up so no more stealing wireless. This apartment building I'm in now is filled with yuppies, all of whom seem to be straight. But if I can't be in Manhattan right now, I might as well have a decent view at least.

I can see Long Island From my house

Another weird thing about the new building is this strange lobby feature I discovered the other night. If you look closely, you'll notice that the large metal panel is actually on a sliding track, to act as a barrier to seal the building shut..?

Innocent decorative feature? Or is this building actually a FEMA concentration camp??? You decide.

Alcoholic Monkeys

This is fucking awesome!

Manhunt Daily: They're Just Like Us

Alphabet

I wanna thank David Mason at House of Vader for getting me into these Amanda Lear videos:

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More From Deployment Vegas

Some more pictures from Tim at Deployment Vegas:

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Remix

Towleroad: Obama Gets a Taste of Kanye West's Ego

9/12

And race has nothing to do with it...

Wonkette: Thousands of Grandmas *Still* Don’t Care For Coloreds

Conner Habib

Conner Habib just did an interview with Manhunt Daily, talking about grad school, books, and men he wants to fuck. Hot and smart... sounds like my type he's exactly my type!

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I Got This When I Tried Ordering Tea From Dunkin Donuts Before Work...

If you can't tell what the liquid in that cup is, it's coffee. While I like coffee, I'm not really a fan of drinking it in the morning. But I guess they're really into it at Dunkin Donuts and this was some kind of sick warning not to try to order tea from them again.

Ricky Sinz

Ricky Sinz Hardcore Hangout

I'm Moving...

And apparently most of what I own are books. Seriously, I feel like that's all I've been packing. I guess that's what I get for being a writer and having been a liberal arts student.

Anyway, tomorrow is going to be hell. The movers are coming in seven hours. Even though I'm not gonna be in Manhattan, I'm still glad to be getting out of this town. I'll prob have pics or something soon.

But the real reason I'm writing this post is because I'm not entirely sure how the internet situation is going to turn out for the next week or so. I may or may not have good access until the cable company comes, so it looks like I'm gonna have to learn how to blog from my iPhone quick! Stay tuned for updates.

Parties with Marines in Jockstraps!

I got an email from something called "Deployment Vegas" thanking me (in advance???) for helping to promote their party next month. The site says its an "annual gathering in Las Vegas for gay military men and their admirers," which doesn't sound bad to me. If anyone is going let me know how it is.

The guy who sent me the email, Tim, attached some pictures. I'm not sure if they're of him or someone else, but since my type is pretty much marines in jockstraps, I decided I had to post them:

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Deployment Vegas

POGO Whistle Blower to State Dept.: "No, they are not jamming guys in the ass per say [sic], but they are showing poor judgenment [sic]"

The Project on Government Oversight has just sent a report to Secretary of State Clinton concerning the "Lord of the Flies environment" that's overtaken private contractors who've been charged with protecting State Department facilities in Afghanistan. Apparently these guys have been putting themselves through gay hazing rituals, and taking pictures of all of it:

One email from a current guard describes scenes in which guards and supervisors are "peeing on people, eating potato chips out of [buttock] cracks, vodka shots out of [buttock] cracks (there is video of that one), broken doors after drnken [sic] brawls, threats and intimidation from those leaders participating in this activity…." Photograph after photograph shows guards—including supervisors—at parties in various stages of nudity, sometimes fondling each other. These parties take place just a few yards from the housing of other supervisors.

Of course this raises all kinds of questions about sexuality, gender, hazing, intimidation, and how they're all at play in the way military and state-supervised operations. Click the link below to see your tax dollars at work:

More Contractors Gone Wild

Gawker: Our Embassy in Afghanistan is Guarded by Sexually Confused Frat Boys

POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul

A friend sent this and it seems pretty relevant to my life right now

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