tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80269899396938473262024-02-06T22:18:39.970-06:00Feeling Good About Bad ThoughtsI sleep under a furnace on a bed of rusty nails with bricks for a pillow. Is it any wonder that I'm a light sleeper?Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-21482587771397597622011-09-09T03:05:00.002-05:002011-09-09T03:09:50.854-05:00This is the end of this thing.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoK-omvTkJg-NOKe_NbhCeXNuePlvsjx4Qyoomtg7pdkAbIiuecB4if52tSdR89y7hpvxsDgERAuBWN4kBv-Zq3FIQR41q3xTpERnfRNPJqpc5LZ8CWwYRjcttwBBvGVNFkemvCJKlwov/s1600/12bb201125080887.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoK-omvTkJg-NOKe_NbhCeXNuePlvsjx4Qyoomtg7pdkAbIiuecB4if52tSdR89y7hpvxsDgERAuBWN4kBv-Zq3FIQR41q3xTpERnfRNPJqpc5LZ8CWwYRjcttwBBvGVNFkemvCJKlwov/s400/12bb201125080887.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650269044058964594" border="0" /></a><br /></div>For the few who still might come around, I just started a new thing. Krotpong.com. Come on by if you wanna. Switched my focus a bit. I'll be posting there now. Laters!Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-62527187336929256812010-03-03T03:50:00.002-06:002010-03-03T03:55:03.327-06:00It's from the Heart.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/1898994283_ef03197c22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 422px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/1898994283_ef03197c22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Oh, I don't know. I have put up a compilation of stuff that I have been listening to for the last month or so. Some of it it is rather... antisocial. Have at it. There is some good shit <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/358271837/Take_a_Chance.rar">here</a>...<br /><br />+Take a Chance and Say You Tried+<br />+===========================+<br />The Pagans - Street Where Nobody Lives<br />The Dicks - Kill Form the Heart (live)<br />Night Kings - Little Drag<br />Joy Division - Autosuggestion (live)<br />Coutnry Teasers - Thank You God for Making Me an Angel<br />100 Flowers - Dyslexia<br />Loves Ugly Children - Suck<br />The Weeds - Wheatfields<br />Sebadoh - Not too Amused<br />The Cure - 100 Years<br />Ritual Tension - Tightrope<br />Black Flag - You Bet We've got Something Personal Against You (live)<br />Amde Petersen's Arme' - Skate Og Dø<br />Dudman - Empty Seat<br />The F.U.s - What You Pay For<br />Mogollar - Hicaz Mandira<br />Magazine - Permafrost<br />Gravitar - Freedom's Just Another Word for Not Getting Paid 02<br />This Heat - S.P.Q.R.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-33568161681170973782010-01-15T15:57:00.002-06:002010-01-15T16:01:24.548-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3582999890_0516716155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3582999890_0516716155.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Whew! It seems I am at a low ebb as far as inspiration goes. So sorry, little blog. I never meant to neglect you to death. Sigh. Well at least this is something nice to look at. Perhaps I'll start trickling out new posts in this new year, perhaps not. We'll just have to wait and see...Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-30253592795905234142009-08-25T01:43:00.001-05:002009-08-25T01:50:55.654-05:00No Chill-Out Room.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/443151925_75808bffc9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/443151925_75808bffc9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A delicious new compilation awaits you! This one is all tech-no flavored. Wrong-headed glitchy beat-slapping! Feel the burn!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> ~Paranoia Anthems~<br /><br />Evolution Control Committee - Hello!<br />Alien Vampires - Ego Sum Qui Intus Habitat<br />Severed Heads - Anthem 82<br />Matt Winch - Transient Ischemia Attack<br />Anne Gillis - Lxgrn 11<br />Coil - Paranoid Inlay<br />Esplendor Geometrico - RotoR<br />Aphex Twin - 54 Cymru Beats<br />Front 242 - Kinetics<br />Ad Vanz Vs. Gescom - Viral<br />Bedouin Sound Clash - Turbo Auto Drive<br />The Boredoms - Arrow<br />Ativ - Horizon S1k<br />Diutesc - Killing Fields<br />Kid 606 - Juvenile Hall Roll Call<br />Skinny Puppy - Subskull<br />Skull Disco/Shackleton - Massacre<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Grab it <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/271167162/Paranoia_Anthems.rar">here</a>.<br /></div></div>Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-7316549308464332412009-08-12T00:51:00.003-05:002009-08-12T01:23:16.756-05:00"Follow Me Down..."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2257077241_a75c519b76.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2257077241_a75c519b76.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />My infrequent posting continues! Here's a big bowl of noise that I've been kicking into my ears for for at least a week.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">~Hard, ain't it Hard.</span>~<br /><br />Leadbelly - I'm on My Last Go-Round<br />Port O'Brien - In Vino Veritas<br />The Moles - Lonely Hearts Get What They Deserve<br />Dave Edwards and His Alabama Ramblers - Done Sold My Soul to the Devil<br />Country Teasers - C&W Song<br />Giant Sand - Center of the Universe<br />Johnnie Lee Wills - Devil's Blues<br />Ernest Tubb - Since the Black Cat Crossed My Path<br />The Weeds - Wheatfields<br />Thee Mighty Caesars - The Bay of Pigs<br />Willie Bryant and Orchestra - A Viper's Moan<br />The Handsome Family - These Golden Jewels<br />Woody Guthrie - Hard, ain't it Hard<br />The Cramps - I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time (live)<br />The Chills - Pink Frost<br />Love - Alone Again or...<br />"22" and Group - It Makes a Long-Time Man Feel Bad<br />The Pagans - Street Where Nobody Lives<br />Son House - Jinx Blues<br />The Gories - Nitroglycerin<br />The Pirates - Cuttin' Out<br />This Heat - A New Kind of Water<br />Leadbelly - Midnight Special<br /></div><br />I haven't made a comp this good in a while. If you like, you may download it <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/266446239/Hard__ain_t_it_Hard.rar">here</a>. XOMr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-2936353897367839422009-07-29T18:22:00.004-05:002009-07-30T03:42:21.350-05:00BleEEeeaAuurghH!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/490917216_7c2b6fe7af.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 352px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/490917216_7c2b6fe7af.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>As a server of intoxicating adult beverages, every two years or so I have to renew my alcohol seller's certification. Thanks to modern technology, I can do this in the comfort of my own home (hooray). Unfortunately, that adds up to around four hours of redundant, confusing, contradictory, condescending, vague horseshit. Not only that, but much of it is horseshit that I generally don't agree with.<br /><br />Today was the day that I renewed my holy, booze-spewing vows to a faceless enforcement agency and let me tell you, I was unhappy about it. I look forward to this little ritual as much as I look forward to, say, having teeth pulled... or forced enemas... it's that bad. I don't recall any other activites involving computers and sitting that make me scream and holler as much as taking my certification course apparently does. I'm glad I was home alone so there was no one to hear my cries of "No fucking way!" "You've got to be fucking kidding me!" "Bullshit!" and the ever popular "What the fuck!?" along with all the absurd variations of those phrases that I come up with out of boredom and hatred.<br /><br />I would try to explain in more detail the whys and whats that make me so frustrated/crazy about this process, but my wounds are too fresh and raw for me to put it all in proper perspective. And really, this has got to be one of the most boring ideas for a blog post that I have ever had.<br /><br />Because I feel badly for having put you guys through all of my grousing, here is a <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/239886427/Day_Late__Dollar_Short.rar">linky</a> for you. Once again, I am smacking you in the face with some <a href="http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2404">Thrones</a>, if you want it. I suggest you take me up on it.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-16731193140772131982009-07-22T03:43:00.002-05:002009-07-22T03:48:51.949-05:00Folksy Fucks Get Fragged.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/415335069_99f8ffc8ef.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 292px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/415335069_99f8ffc8ef.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hm. I have a vision. What I would very much like to see is a cage-match, to the death, between local crotchety old coots <a href="http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/news_team/Jim_Swift">Jim Swift</a> and <a href="http://www.rickrealtor.com/Austin-Kelso.htm"> John Kelso</a>. There should be some wooden rocking chairs in the cage, to be broken up and used as makeshift weapons. Yeah. The "winner" gets put on an ice floe and towed miles and miles out to sea, where the tow rope will be cut and the ship will return to port. It will be the greatest thing ever. I will buy a dvd of this event and watch it every Thanksgiving, just <b>full</b> of fucking thanks.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-91143926101269530282009-07-15T18:36:00.003-05:002009-07-16T03:36:57.233-05:00Sigh... I miss fall.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/406144194_431f5d5ab2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/406144194_431f5d5ab2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />There are only so many days over 100 degrees that a sane person can take without going a little batty. I feel like I have beached and breached that limit oh... last week sometime. Maybe it was when I baked my poor brain during one of my extended bicycle jaunts that I take while the blast-furnace part of the day is still a-blasting. Maybe it was when I was hit ever so gently by a fucking truck last Wednesday, while it was 106. Meh...I'll just say that I'm sick of the heat. Thank Jesus we only have two, three months left of this, tops.<br /><br />Here is some brain cooling music from the <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/239868919/Thrones.rar">Thrones</a>. Heavy, like the Chevy that I do not own. Grab it up, y'all.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-86953317659716650272009-07-08T03:24:00.001-05:002009-07-08T03:25:58.504-05:00Gah! Crabs!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TNmJJAEvPQSvtIXIssHB5u5Uk-rbDGquwTdeRC0agtZsxcrCO1popZeTTUyrltPejHiIi7_VG4NzCJbK1tfGzmx6hGCVUgaH1773hqNpAzIAhbAAmXmv5edhm8dU0lV9FKl96FwT1MyS/s1600-h/AAAsshole+060.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TNmJJAEvPQSvtIXIssHB5u5Uk-rbDGquwTdeRC0agtZsxcrCO1popZeTTUyrltPejHiIi7_VG4NzCJbK1tfGzmx6hGCVUgaH1773hqNpAzIAhbAAmXmv5edhm8dU0lV9FKl96FwT1MyS/s400/AAAsshole+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355995249702868482" border="0" /></a>Here is a little something I'm working on now. It's a skateboard deck for an artistic/rock and roll event on the 12th of July (<a href="http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&friendid=15750978&Band_Show_ID=38533894">link</a>!). If you are in the area, come by and check it out. It should be completely nuts.<br /><br />Also, in keeping with my last few posts, here is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/The_Bug___Rootsman-_Razor_X_Productions_-_Killing_Sound__CAT_159_CD_.rar">The Bug vs. Rootsman</a>, the Killing Sound 2xlp. I promise that this will be the last <a href="http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=20558">Bug</a> post, at least until they release something new. This is their most aggressive and least accessible album (which is saying a lot). Get it!Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-67773264550210241742009-07-07T03:12:00.000-05:002009-07-07T03:13:43.856-05:00The Destruction of Squaresville.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/402795789_4448c0a905_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 564px; height: 426px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/402795789_4448c0a905_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Ahh the Intel Building... such a thorn in the side of our fair city. Partially built, then abandoned after the tech bust of 2001. It stood unfinished and an ugly eyesore until 2007, when I took this picture. Finally fucking finished forever! Fantastic!<br /><br />If you are here reading this you should click on this linky <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/245290772/The_Bug_-_London_Zoo__2008_.rar">here</a>. There is some crazy <a href="http://auralstates.com/2008/09/the-bug-london-zoo-ninja-tune.html">Bug</a> action on the other end of it. I need to put this up here because I am obsessed with this shit. Forgive me, and then download it posthaste. You won't regret it.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-45318395863671754522009-06-25T03:35:00.004-05:002009-06-25T03:53:21.948-05:00It Happened One Night.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsm2T8blGsRfy4F9o9otBr8OPQ9315tH3pu0aePfDfWNpYttSAB154-PumJurNBy6Fu4PhIQ_BaTfDiIwGaxpW3wkNBAmh-cvdoRhytG2Pqk4rwH7f2VhqnAgVxQGEpK7Uw6HFp8RdbmJ/s1600-h/ddf80529c83885aef88111c261686d56.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsm2T8blGsRfy4F9o9otBr8OPQ9315tH3pu0aePfDfWNpYttSAB154-PumJurNBy6Fu4PhIQ_BaTfDiIwGaxpW3wkNBAmh-cvdoRhytG2Pqk4rwH7f2VhqnAgVxQGEpK7Uw6HFp8RdbmJ/s400/ddf80529c83885aef88111c261686d56.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351181829323749682" border="0" /></a>Right before we closed the bar tonight, a drunken lady <i>demanded</i> to know what a Dirty Sanchez was. No one would tell her, not her friends, not the table next door... so it came down to me to explain it. I didn't go into a lot of detail, I just said that it involved anal sex...and mustaches...mustaches made with poop.<br /><br />I have never seen a total stranger so crestfallen at something I said. It didn't feel like I was crushing her spirit, yet there I was, apparently crushing the shit out of it. Let this be a lesson to everyone. Once you learn something, it is very hard to unlearn it, so be careful what you ask for, o.k.?Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-55726204505430445702009-06-23T01:03:00.000-05:002009-06-23T01:03:19.052-05:00At the Threshold.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEico_QDp05Z0tZaLwVJe2MEuJNucmxl4DLvmjpOAG0etx1dFGLwK2lso3G9zRJsX15DHDJzS0JcYIOdMOp-XYX1Fa4wSrcBHWslynHFcJUQ0gKwKSfOYqDLv0H5CydJ_qn3Z_wosZo478Zk/s1600-h/blagojevich+038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEico_QDp05Z0tZaLwVJe2MEuJNucmxl4DLvmjpOAG0etx1dFGLwK2lso3G9zRJsX15DHDJzS0JcYIOdMOp-XYX1Fa4wSrcBHWslynHFcJUQ0gKwKSfOYqDLv0H5CydJ_qn3Z_wosZo478Zk/s400/blagojevich+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350387375794613794" border="0" /></a>Poor little neglected blog. How I do and don't seem to miss you... sigh... I suppose it is helpful that I am out and about these days. I was running pretty low on new experiences there for a while.<br /><br />Being laid up with broken stuff is pretty demoralizing, I have to say. That, and Vicodin is a helluva drug. Doesn't do much for the concentration... or the inspiration, come to find out. Works pretty good on pain. That's about it, though... I say, don't get injured, anyone! It is teh suxx0r.<br /><br />Anyway, I still plan to return to writing a little more regularly, it's just taking me some time to get comfortable again.<br /><br />While you are here you might as well get <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/245290766/The_Bug_-Pressure.rar">this</a>. Because <a href="http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/the-bug/pressure/13143/">it</a> <b>Rules</b>.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-27261551783812885652009-06-08T01:01:00.002-05:002009-06-08T01:03:50.116-05:00Holy Sepulchre.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/410621544_e267b6685a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 339px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/410621544_e267b6685a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Jeez, sure is quiet around here...<br /></div>Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-54238065091606791892009-04-27T02:58:00.001-05:002009-04-27T03:05:31.158-05:00Slime.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/415335249_d7154b6fe6_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 435px; height: 361px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/415335249_d7154b6fe6_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Pretty, pretty slime...<br /></div>Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-19227110535789258032009-04-23T05:05:00.002-05:002009-04-23T05:10:55.153-05:00ZzzzZZztttttkCcZZZZtttk.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/2534093601_b6112b51db_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 262px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/2534093601_b6112b51db_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/224746956/B3_-__tant_Donn_s_-_L_Esprit_Omine_L_Etoile.mp3">This</a> is similar to the sound my brain makes (in my head) when I am very tired. Enjoy my sleepy brain.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-17595040179648649652009-04-20T03:05:00.002-05:002009-04-20T03:08:49.922-05:00Oh...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYP9wVwbPi58juXGl2njlFN-cBk_yQkNKFoMby0oQhfUXwP-J5QrA6epHJEW82BzhtFiiwm7066piJ9GomBVSmUv-rH8m4GA3DsGnwaTCYVdiZFKyTCZapMHvAh_1jJnT9ILtFyNeBZ0Iq/s1600-h/Krampus32.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYP9wVwbPi58juXGl2njlFN-cBk_yQkNKFoMby0oQhfUXwP-J5QrA6epHJEW82BzhtFiiwm7066piJ9GomBVSmUv-rH8m4GA3DsGnwaTCYVdiZFKyTCZapMHvAh_1jJnT9ILtFyNeBZ0Iq/s400/Krampus32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326681777036065666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It's not Krampus time again, is it? No? Whew!<br /></div>Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-30866678878483221192009-04-18T22:31:00.001-05:002009-04-18T22:34:58.270-05:00Breakfast.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xpIoPLQn9lDty2nf1mVECTUO-93FosU6b1ldAzYstAm9wK4b2dfeJeENVnpqS0A64mXOoChKvpUbGfweQWS9IiYbXWNkiaiXPGpCHtouzMiemaXQc7zGWc9SzSi-2oaSlQLwWxDYxu8M/s1600-h/aardymank+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xpIoPLQn9lDty2nf1mVECTUO-93FosU6b1ldAzYstAm9wK4b2dfeJeENVnpqS0A64mXOoChKvpUbGfweQWS9IiYbXWNkiaiXPGpCHtouzMiemaXQc7zGWc9SzSi-2oaSlQLwWxDYxu8M/s400/aardymank+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326240700179439506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYa6D6dXSqYYi2dF7Fv8wOrwyKoncI3233Wd-qMrt08_N-FoA3w_xmQ2k70k3Bp0YaPPd1kgmPMM6YD_GZcJuBxFuN4_ObtJJq5qLTc9ZbKdxuZZ-Mx6JUVqbRJ-MpCHaQ7bOYfA1UqWp/s1600-h/aardymank+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYa6D6dXSqYYi2dF7Fv8wOrwyKoncI3233Wd-qMrt08_N-FoA3w_xmQ2k70k3Bp0YaPPd1kgmPMM6YD_GZcJuBxFuN4_ObtJJq5qLTc9ZbKdxuZZ-Mx6JUVqbRJ-MpCHaQ7bOYfA1UqWp/s400/aardymank+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326240295315560802" border="0" /></a>It was delicious.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-4770598819328954152009-04-18T03:03:00.003-05:002009-04-18T03:13:24.315-05:00Scream Along with Mr. Krotpong!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/402795789_4448c0a905.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 403px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/402795789_4448c0a905.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I've been thinking about screaming for a good long while now. With that in mind, I went through my singles collection looking for that special something... by the time I was finished browsing, I had a stack of about sixty sexy singles sitting silently in front of me.<br /><br />There was nothing too recent in the pile, some of the stuff even went back to the early nineties. I was totally unfamiliar with all of it. They were a mystery. Why did I buy them? I surely must have bought them for a reason. What could it be? I even consider myself a fan of more than a few of the bands in the pile, but I had never heard any of the stuff I pulled.<br /><br />After some selective pruning, I tore it all down into a tidy thirty-eight thrashing, thorax-throttling, thunderous trax.<br /><br />Tough times call for tough music... you're either listening to obscure grindcore, or masked hoodlums are burning down your house. That's how were living now, in these treacherous, taxing times. Violent, noisy deathcore needs to be coming through your speakers or you'll wake up in a bathtub full of iced tea with one or both of your precious kidneys removed and sold on the black market. The choice is yours.<br /><br /><br /><p style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/222705045/Bloodguster.rar">Avoid Something Nasty</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deathclock.com/">Nah, I'll take my chances</a><br /></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px; font-size: 9pt;">As an added bonus, here is what you get if you chose to truly live by downloading Salvation via screeching racket. Creative spelling and usage be damned.<br /></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px; font-size: 9pt;"> {[{Bloodguster}]}<br /><br />Raagg - Death of Last Species<br />Harsh - Obey<br />Hazardous Waste - Very Ill<br />Malefaction - Open Minded Confused<br />My Lai - American Rollback Conspiracy<br />Kontrovers - Krossa Sexismen<br />Beyond Description - Storm<br />Disprove - What You Said<br />Embittered - This Utopian Dream<br />Discript - Hige Fallen Down<br />Gasp - Sore for Days<br />L.i.E. - Legalize It!<br />Ice Nine - Steel Mesh World<br />Devoid of Faith - Cold Sore<br />Cavity - Gone About<br />Floor - Dead Wrong<br />16 - Ride the Snake<br />Thug - Cancer Causes Rats<br />Agents of Satan - Red Impulse<br />Maisie - Moving to Phoenix<br />Spazz - R.T.S.<br />King Brothers - Get on the Bus*+<br />Erosion - Revenge+<br />Gehenna - The Choking Sands+<br />Forced Expression - The Burning<br />Redrum - No Result<br />Sound Like Shit - Forest of Freedom<br />Man is the Bastard - Smile Trick<br />Deathreat - Runs Dry<br />Melt Banana - Get the Head Back<br />Man is the Bastard - Once Upon a ...<br />Hazardous Waste - Existence<br />D,R,Y, - Force<br />Riudo - Complomisos Escondidos<br />Cavity - Seine<br />Ansojuan - The Death Song Punk Ass Fuck<br />Asshole Parade - whither thou?<br />(In)Humanity - Victim in Pain<br /><br />*All these tracks are new to me except for the King Brothers, who are awesome.<br />+ Came from records, not singles.<br /></p>Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-10784506918961625602009-04-16T04:58:00.000-05:002009-04-16T04:59:05.541-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2257077241_a75c519b76.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 467px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2257077241_a75c519b76.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-78727564841901448512009-04-15T00:21:00.002-05:002009-04-15T00:30:06.967-05:00Reëmergence.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2534104273_0af6c0a561.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 341px; height: 455px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2534104273_0af6c0a561.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hello again. Did you miss me? Wait... don't answer that. I was gone for a while there. There were some troubles... but now, it's better. So here I am, back in a-c-t-i-o-n! Thus begins the return of regular posting. Aren't you excited? I am. See you soon!Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-65629511118614758752009-03-27T15:03:00.000-06:002009-03-27T14:47:24.910-06:00For the "Townies."Michael Corcoran wrote some <a href="http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2009/03/23/sxsw_too_many_townies.html">garbage</a>! Got paid for it too, I bet. What a whiny little spoiled brat! I think someone needs a diaper change...Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-36870397802312480602009-03-25T03:14:00.000-06:002009-03-25T02:16:07.042-06:00"You Can't Stop the Spring..."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/1694291257_f34205916b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/1694291257_f34205916b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In case no one has noticed, spring has done sproinked... at least around here it has. We'll probably get one more little cold snap, but after that, we're surely gonna step on that slow train to Sizzletown. As long as there is some more rain it won't be too bad, too soon. I'm hoping for less than forty days in a row of 100-plus degree days, unlike last year. Which was a year filled with a terrible, relentless, withering heat that went on and on and on and on, until everyone was homicidal, but too heat-exhausted to do anything about it.<br /><br />Ha! Weather...Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-11121214009303787322009-03-23T03:38:00.001-06:002009-03-23T15:43:40.342-06:00"Global Pupils Radiating Interference..."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DL0ltxl0Xl3_uL12sMP9sLSEgudXRci_ulKk8hS8AQrwCHK-SPV797-1UQGOyvRsUouauE-6umzNyVsQWaV2m0AyWX7NcE-dr3ezUj5lFxhMM3dyRDGct0a_98h5AFCzKLupRfOBjcTe/s1600-h/handymank+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DL0ltxl0Xl3_uL12sMP9sLSEgudXRci_ulKk8hS8AQrwCHK-SPV797-1UQGOyvRsUouauE-6umzNyVsQWaV2m0AyWX7NcE-dr3ezUj5lFxhMM3dyRDGct0a_98h5AFCzKLupRfOBjcTe/s400/handymank+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316133896700081906" border="0" /></a>I was working at the record store one fine summer's day, when Craig the indie buyer walks up to the counter with a record in his hand.<br /><br />"Here, I don't know how I was able to score this, but I did. You need it." Then he hands me the record.<br /><br />"Thanks," sez I, taking the record in hand. It was kind of an eyebrow-raising moment, because the record was the <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3377949325_a005bac0eb_o.gif">Homosexuals' Record</a>. I put it in my stack, forgot about it for a while, bought it, took it home, forgot about it for...oh, about a year (I have a large collection of records, and it got lost in the shuffle).<br /><br />I remember when I finally did pull it out of the stack. "Hmm, it's time I gave this a spin."<br /><br />It instantly became one of my favorite and most listened-to records ever. Craig was right, bless his little black heart.<br /><br />Fast-forward fourteen years (!), and here I am watching the Homosexuals play at my friend's record store. I never thought I would see the day. And they were great! There is nothing more invigoratin' than seeing an excellent live band, even moreso if I have loved that band for so many years.<br /><br />They played at SXSW last year, with some dandy coverage by the always good, always entertaining <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/03/the-homosexuals.html">WFMU's Beware of the Blog</a>, but I missed them, due to being at work. I figured I would never have the chance to see them. So when I found out that they were playing here again, I brought my little recording rig.<br /><br />Lucky for you guys who missed them, it's pretty good. Once more, I somewhat artlessly chopped it up into separate tracks, and added all the exif data that I could, but damn if it ain't a pretty righteous <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/212442068/H0m05exu415.rar">document</a>. I've been listening to it all afternoon and on into the evening. The sound quality is better than WFMU's, in my humble opinion, more raw, not as flat sounding. Grab it up and see for yourself!Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-81689585880034896992009-03-21T01:11:00.000-06:002009-03-21T00:13:01.550-06:00Wristpocalypse Now.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3372187020_7549fb59b3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 468px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3372187020_7549fb59b3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Ow, it's hurty. My cast/splint came off today. Yay! The staples came out. Alright! The pin stays in for another few weeks. Fucking boo! Oh well, on the road to recovery.Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026989939693847326.post-83957033712936169402009-03-20T13:27:00.001-06:002009-03-22T15:47:30.078-06:00My Broken Wrist Odyssey.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/446540147_c38e49d2ff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 441px; height: 284px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/446540147_c38e49d2ff.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Today begins a new phase in my journey to wrist recovery. Later this afternoon, my forearm will be freed from its plaster bandaged prison, and the pin holding my hand in place will be removed. I am hoping that this will be my last foray into the shiny, shitty world of surgery for a while.<br /><br />When I return, just for laffs, I'll post some pretty pictures of my pre-pin pulled parts. Aren't you guys lucky! See you soon!Mr. Krotponghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11991634122612569016noreply@blogger.com0