Wrenched

Massive Attack's album of something or the other playing in the background, the more I try to think about the name, the more my who-gives-a-flying meter glows red. This would be one of the few times I've been inspired to write about myself, ironically enough it took a night of drinking to bring me here but there goes another reading on the meter. I've an idea, lets turn this into a blog post, lets jot down something of substance, lets give 'em something to enjoy or more likely, something they could say they enjoyed without seeming awkward, better yet, lets end this sentence.

It's been about 2 or 3 hours and I still can't attribute the flavour in my mouth to anything one would experience in everyday life, though I'm thoroughly glad to see that cigarettes still bank on mystique, everybody knows what any kind of liqour might taste like, but with cigarettes, theres always that curiosity that momentarily overcomes your regular run'o'the'muck nicotine addiction. Bliss.

Over the past few years, I've dedicated much of my life to passively experiencing everything life has to offer, as well as experiencing what people actually mean when they proudly, yet stupidly proclaim that very statement. The first few words that would probably be on everybody's mind would probably be 'sex, drugs and rock'n'roll' , but really, everybody at this stage knows that the afore-mentioned 'creed' has been done time and time again until a life form becomes reminded of pain.

Ah sweet pain, it runs through our bodies like a black'n'blue river , never all that predictable , yet insultingly 'I told you so' when it does manage to strike you like a rookie ninja on his first day.

Recently I've been received the 'emo' crown (of thorns) after I joined a certain band, and this links me quite neatly to old man river , pain. I know for a fact that the word 'emo' doesn't really mean anything to me apart from a fashion sense or a trend, but I'm yet to meet an actual 'emo-induced' person, If you're one of them, please reply to this post so I can slap you quite swiftly on the face and prove that you aren't, the world has bigger problems than your dye-rottened head can possibly conceive.

*sigh* ignorant fools.

Call it a phase, but it might just be another spliff of experience pour moi, again just taking the world in without a gag reflex, trying out different things.

Being worldly.

Hahahaha thats rich.

I'm going to go ahead and end this little rant or whatever it may mean to you, but before I do, I'd like to formally apologise if I caused any of you to be curious about smoking, go ahead and read the little text on the boxes that informs you about the ramifications of ignorance,

Good day.

I just tried to backspace a speck of dust

Like water over a blue flame,I'm left without a plan of action.
I really haven't got a clue about what to expect in years to come.
Who do you blame when you really would die for something,
and then you realise you're not a part of a TV show where undeserving
actors spin yarns that aren't even original, let alone self-penned, and are ultimately rewarded.

This isn't poetry.
Why are we so weak-willed?, how do we always manage to fail in tests like that,
that inevitably lead to crackly, moral ads that seem to mock, rather than preach?.
I'm tired of beginning every thought with the words "I wish..." ,it makes me seem a really ungrateful,
but then again when do you know when you're genuinely ungrateful ?. Theres always something this world
spews at you, that can always 1up (or 1down) your current state of despair and above all,
Loneliness.

This isn't poetry.
Why do I have to put on a mask of interest whenever I have to read bad writing or silly and stupid blog posts for instance?.
They always put my own pieces into perspective which come off as equally amateurish.
Why are there so many politically-incorrect morons around me, that are quicker to voice their opinion,
than they are to come up with one thats uninfluenced by a wave of folk that hail from the same flock?.

Again, this isn't poetry.

Nope, this time it really isn't poetry.

-Caes


Mementos - Claires ring, AA-IOYP, Augustana, The E.T Ends

Fun with links

Hangman's Joke
Asking Alexandria
The Press
Stu Williamson

Definition

Snowy Days and Stressful Recordings

Hi, this would be my first post of the new year, I do realise its really late but I really had nothing to write about.

Yet now I find myself with a lot to write about but a lack of time, ignoring the fact that my fingers are quite numb (among other extremities). Recording goes well thankfully, my bass is done, and so are the drums.
Right now I'm in an internet cafe which happens to be right underneath a movie theatre, my toes don't feel like they really belong to me and I'm aching for a sandwich.
I'm coming back to Dubai on the 13th, so more news shall follow after that hopefully.

I really don't have much to say apart from..............nope I really don't have anything of substance.

Hope you lot are doing well, if you don't know where I am or what I've been upto, I'm sure someone will be able to fill you in.

Ah well, g'bye

Keywords - York,Recording,Piercing,Pret A Manger,Pig Hut,Delerium,Protest the Hero

The Zen of Carpentry

With these tools carve your face,
with these lies you carve your fate,
with a smile, you carve your allies,
with a finger you carve your enemies.

With error, you wrongfully cry out,
For with pain you craft magnificence.

-Caes

Liquid libido

So I'm at work.....working,

when I come across this one product article about a beverage being released here in Dubai by Al Ahili,
I'll let the image do the rest of the talking.



I <3 Dubai.

Hindsight

Artificial drafts reveal signs of cold weather inside a box
A body's uncontrollable urge to maintain warmth

A resort to reveal reason
A mind's controllable, yet absent attempt to fight sanity

A magazine of bullets to end unhappiness
Smoke it to the butt, stub the filter.

A cup of warm coffee to add to the concotion , a relatively sober speedball of sorts.

These are the steps of the subtle degeneration of man.

A seemingly endless night of worry and despair
A magazine left empty, the situation sarcastically grins.

Roll over on a bed to watch the room convert into an arsenal.
The gleam of a needle, and the grimace of someone who swore "he'd never".

These are the steps of the subtle degeneration of man.

Dialing solace.

It's set, the orchestral gathering of thoughts.

Goodnight.

Fanny e-Bandits

Somebody added me on msn last night, after reading this, I won't really have to explain anything.

DayaaN [got wood?]
Hiya
fun4younow_542
hi
DayaaN [got wood?]
who is this?
fun4younow_542
how are you
DayaaN [got wood?]
I'm good, yourself?
fun4younow_542
busy
DayaaN [got wood?]
Who is this by the way?
fun4younow_542
i am marko ia m in al bustan center you know
DayaaN [got wood?]
I don't think I know a Marko, you might have added me by mistake
fun4younow_542
hello you want to chat, hello
DayaaN [got wood?]
how'd you get my email anyway?
fun4younow_542
no i know you from zorpia
DayaaN [got wood?]
oh?
fun4younow_542
you know al bustan center far from ou
fun4younow_542
f*ck me



at this point I was laughing so hard , I was in tears


DayaaN [got wood?]
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
fun4younow_542
no really
fun4younow_542
f*ck me
fun4younow_542
*gives me a cell-phone number*
DayaaN [got wood?]
sorry pal, I don't swing that way

what he said soon after sent me into more spasms of uncontrollable laughter

fun4younow_542
try
fun4younow_542
come now
DayaaN [got wood?]
no thanks
DayaaN [got wood?]
I hope you find a lot of other fanny bandits , maybe even in Al Bustan :)


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That is all.

Assembly 6

Details are as follows :

Date : October 26th,Thursday
Venue : Lotus Hotel in Deira
Doors open : 7:00 PM
Show starts : 7:30 PM
Ticket Price : 30 AED

Bands performing are as follows (order unconfirmed)

THE SPARKPLUGS (ska)
GANDHI'S COOKBOOK (punk)
BLOODY MARY (punk)
DECOY DEATH TRAP (metalcore)
DEVIANT (thrash)

Organised by the almighty ignite events crewHeadliners for the evening are confirmed as Deviant , The Sparkplugs are a really awesome ska band and I promise you they'll really put on a fun show for you guys, if you've never heard a ska band, you're in for a treat.
Decoy Death Trap are by far one of the most energetic and active bands in the scene, if you want to see the real movers and shakers of the scene today, you'll want to check DDT out.
as for Gandhi's Cookbook and Bloody Mary (from Abu Dhabi), I've never had the pleasure of seeing them live or listened to their material.
So come check them out and stuff on Thursday kai?bye!.

More information (details on how to get there as well) available at ignite-events.com

Cheers.

The Two Decades

So yeah I guess I'm 20 now, doesn't feel much different yet.
Just wanted to say thanks to everybody who wished me and contributed in some way to this very very special day,

I must also show you an e-card that a friend of mine made me (P.S - Thanks Wissam ;) ),



Till next year, cheers to all and have a great day.

Lavatory Graffiti

So I was at Spinneys with Tarun one evening getting something to drink when I decided to answer the call of nature.

Now usually I don't 'go' in places like this, shops,malls,school,the like ,

but if I hadn't gone this time, I would've missed some great art like,


or,


Monet anyone?.

Got Wood?

Woke up that morning with a bad neck and a helluva hangover but I managed to get to Tarun's quick enough,
Kirk wasn't at home and Mark hadn't gotten there yet.
Tarun and I headed over to CBTL for a cappucino.
Kirk calls us over.
We run through our set, didn't go as bad as I thought, managed to sing alright
I think,
Headed over to the venue after getting lost atleast twice.
Ran through sound check.
And I was doing alright so far.


Then the metal kids started pouring in 2 hours later,
Greeted a few people in the crowd and waited until Adham gave us the go.
Hid behind the drumkit after I got bored of walking around.
Quick pep-talk and Adham gives us the 'go'.
We 'went'.



Man it was incredible , we pulled off a really tight set, considering the kind of music we were playing, it was really awesome seeing the crowd enjoying themselves and even (no seriously) moshing :|.
I'm going to end this post here , because I can ^_^.

Thanks a lot to everybody who came and saw us, your support means the world to us , thanks for having an open mind and thanks for listening, we were 'Got Wood?' ;).

This was our setlist for anyone who wanted to know :

Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching
Incubus - Summer Romance (Anti Gravity)
Got Wood? - Star Train
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Got Wood? - Of Today

Cheers all, heres a link with more pics of the show,

Assembly 5 : Re-Ignition

Assembly 5 : Re-Ignition

In order of appearance

1.Got Wood (New name)
2.Nepenthe
3.Devastatrix
4.Sandwash

http://ignite-events.com/

Thursday 7 PM

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P.S Check out DVNT's new tracks on

Purevolume

Audiostreet

The Assemblies are back

The first of the season being on the 7th of September at the Lotus Hotel in Deira.Theres a 20AED entrance charge at the 'gate' and 4 local bands playing including the likes of :

Nepenthe (Thrash/Rock)
Devastatrix (No idea yet)
MorningWood (Jazz/Alternative/Funk)
Sandwash (GrooveCore)

Sure to be a fun way to spend your evening, hope to see you guys there.

Bai Bai!

Cigarette burns and coffee circles

Its easy to draw a link between being in a sensory deprivation tank,

and the relatively slow effects of living alone.

Woke up at around 4:28 PM today and played a little guitar,
conveniently skipped lunch, and managed to get myself to make some coffee an hour after.

Don't get me wrong though, I love this.
I'm afforded a few opportunities of coming home late,getting shitfaced without worrying anybody.

Right now I've got a pack of lights and coffee in front of me, lights dim, and Dire Straits - Fade to black playing.

I've had quite a week too, I won't get into any kind of details , but I wonder how good this will get.

The only reason I'm actually even posting this is because I haven't had the time , energy or need to post in a while.

Well I've got time now,

and stuff.


Oh and if you're wondering whats happening with Deviant (or DVNT as we're now called), the recording process is finally over and we've sent in our demo to CSM so keep your fingers crossed for us , lord knows we've got ours in knots at this point.

Cheers and goodnight.

The Collective Unconscious

The hidden sweeps
The clock runs lean
The faster they run
Fueled by ignorance
To choke their own
To Survive

Angels alight, morning fire
The break of dawn will mark
The final circle
Will we perish this time
Or left alone in this
Self destructive dance
To live
To breathe
To sin

Do you really move
As what I see
Nothing ever changes
Never at peace

Do you really bleed
For all that you do
Comes back to you
Never will be

- Caes

Viva Italia and such

Who would've thought football would've been so much fun, Arnold was lucky enough to get his hands on two VIP tickets to the "Majlis" at the aviation club with an open bar and diner and we took full advantage of it.

Great game blah blah but what was really awesome was...



The ultimate head.

I've been on such a prog kick as of late as far as my music listening habits go.


Life update keywords : Italy,Free,Rehan,Gordian Knot,Fantomas,V-drums,52.

Dayaan's random thought of the day #1

"If modern music is technically nothing but different instruments spewing forth a bevy of notes in an orderly manner......



.............will there ever be a time where all possible combinations of said notes are made?"




Perish the thought, although its a little frightening how close music has gotten to the above statement, yes I'm talking about 'grindcore' and all it's other definitive forms.

It's almost like these bands decide to place notes that don't 'sound right' (yes yes I know, grano salis in mind) and just work from there.
Its not that I don't like it, in fact its quite the opposite, I find it really interesting the way bands like 'Sikth' can claim complete originality (for now) because of their 'strange' sound.

Thats all for now, I just thought I'd better make an update before I'd have to do it at gunpoint.

Saves a lot of fuss really.

*Puts on flame suit*

A State

The 3 songs to trip out to include

1.Tool - Pushit (Live)
2.Pink Floyd - Welcome to the machine
3.Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

I had a pseudo party at my place where I tripped out incredibly.

Cheers and goodnight

Stickboy

A long time ago, about two years to be exact,
A bored, yet ambitious boy decided to liven up a certain forum that he was a part of , by creating a webcomic of his own.
However, owing to a lack of funding, talent and time,
It didn't really look all that appealing.

Believing in simplicity , he ploughed on and soon succeeded in spicening up the website he aimed to....spicen

So here it is, The Adventures of Stickboy

P.S On a side note, your first encounter of any of the strips may lead you to think that they're lame.But fret not little ones, for they were made for that purpose , and above all to be show how being random,

can also be kinda funny ^_^.

Go on then :).












Fin.


Incidentally, I've updated the blog roll on the right ,
I recommend Ishyta's blog, though new, I have a good idea what shes going to do with it,

Cheers all ;).