Hardcory Mogkenstein's Blog

Scream is playing – get a babysitter!

corymogk — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:31:06 +0000

Scream has a new album out and you can hear and download a cool new song called Stopwatch on their website.

I was looking at Scream’s website where you can download this hot track and noticed the call to get a babysitter and see them play. I can’t think of a better reason to get a babysitter but it’s funny as babysitter’s were the last thing on my mind last time I had the opportunity to see Scream play

Aug 26, 2011:

Playing at the Uptown in Oakland 2night! We go on 11:30PM. Get your ass off the couch! get a babysitter! do what u got to do! come on out!!

According to this interview with Toronto’s Exclaim magazine, Scream won’t be getting to Toronto, or Canada for that matter any time soon, because of that big line that separates Canada and the USA

My New Band: Potluck or Infinity Syndrome

corymogk — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:19:57 +0000

We got a new band together this summer and thought about calling ourselves Infinity Syndrome. Our manager screwed up so we went with what the flyer said: Potluck. Here’s our intro song to the musical extravaganza!

Why are my songs on beemp3?

corymogk — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:27:04 +0000

I saw that some of my songs could be downloaded from beemp3 and thought it curious since I hadn’t put them there. I decided to check their site and this is what I found:

Disclaimer
1. Beemp3.com DOES NOT HOST any of the songs displayed on this site.
2. Beemp3.com indexes these files which are located on remote servers which neither Beemp3.com nor it’s affiliates have any connection with / control of / association with.
3. You download MP3 files from another host service. (NOT FROM BEEMP3.COM)
4. All music on is presented only for fact-finding listening.
5. You MUST remove a song from the computer after listening.
6. If You won’t delete files from the computer, You’ll break the copyrights protection laws.
7. All the rights on the songs are the property of their respective owners.
8. By using this site you agree to have read and understood our Terms Of Service.
9. We are just a SEARCH ENGINE, but we respect an Copyright Laws. So if You have found the link to an illegal mp3 file, please report it to Us through a “Report Copyrighted Link” Form. You can find it on every download form.
OR report it to Us webmaster[AT]Beemp3.com. We will remove it in 3-5 business days.

I did a little more sleuthing and it seemed to be that they had found the songs for download on Last.FM. Interesting.

The question then becomes, how does one benefit from their songs showing up on BeeMP3? My gut feel is that you get a small benefit in case someone finds your song and then goes to search for other songs of yours that they might like but the search engine doesn’t seem that great to me. More importantly, what I don’t know is how many people regularly use BeeMP3.

I think one of the most important things to do is to make sure your MP3′s have your proper band info, song title and contact info in them.

Chew: Jello and Nomeansno

corymogk — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:10:23 +0000

We used to play this song in Speakeasy – this was a very fun one to play!

When will Netflix Canada get the Decline of Western Civilization?

corymogk — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:26:10 +0000

After watching the punk biopics American Hardcore and What We Do Is Secret (about the Germs) it feels like time to rewatch the Decline of Western Civilization. Sadly, Netflix in Canada does not have it available, yet. You can find lots of clips of this on the net if you really want to see it in Canada…

Ian Curtis, Joy Division and Control

corymogk — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:20:08 +0000

I just watched Control, the movie about Ian Curtis and Joy Division. I was never a big fan of Joy Division but do like the song Warsaw that we used to play in Cannibalized in Autumn.

I think Control does a good job of catching the spirit of Joy Division. It’s shot in black and white and has that kind of empty, brooding feel. At one point, Ian Curtis says something like it takes so much to do a show – I put so much into it which really reminded me of Darby Crash in What we do is Secret when and how he says he drinks and does drugs because it hurts so much to perform. It’s that common theme of an artist suffering for and through their art. I felt for Ian Curtis in the movie but felt more for his wife and infant daughter.

The movie also reminded me of Jim Morrison of the Doors and their biopic. I never made a connection between Ian and Jim before, despite them both being baritone singers. Ian had a little piece of paper on the wall of his room that said James Morrison with his birth and death years. Like Darby Crash, they both seemed to be very inwardly focussed and deep. It makes me wonder if music and poetry speaks to that kind of personality type, or helps them to find their voice to speak. It seems to me that the catch is that one could be caught in a circle of those feelings and words and cause themself to spiral downwards.

John Wayne was a Nazi

corymogk — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:41:36 +0000

John Wayne always struck me as an anti-role model, even before hearing the MDC classic John Wayne was a Nazi.
Then today I saw a magazine with the top 50 American celebrities and he was in there with Ronald Reagun. It talked about John Wayne’s 1971 interview in Playboy magazine where he says he believes in white supremacy and that the native americans were selfishly keeping the land to themselves. It’s not totally surprising based on the his movie roles but makes one wonder how he could have so many fond followers.

Hardcory Mogkenstein on the Warped Tour

corymogk — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:41:35 +0000

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Saturday Night Live Punk: Fear

corymogk — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:59:52 +0000

I mentioned before that SCTV taught me all I need to know about punk. Well, Saturday Night Live could teach you a thing or two, too. Here’s what happened when Fear played Saturday Night Live:

FEAR live TV 1981 – wideo

FYI, the Suburban Lawns played SNL, too.

Suburban Lawns

corymogk — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:55:24 +0000

I introduced myself in another blog with:

Somehow, I find myself living in a neighbourhood of suits. I’ve often felt that they’re watching me – I don’t wear a suit to work or spend hours on the weekend pouring chemicals on my yard and running a pollution spewing lawnmower in pursuit of a golf-course like lawn.

I neglected to provide a soundtrack to that post – I guess I’m making up for it now