GATHERED FOR A SACRED RITE

I guess I haven't updated this in a while. Things are looking up since my last post, I got accepted into uni and I start tomorrow, going to be majoring in French and German, yew, language nerdery. On a slightly related note I saw French doom band Monarch last night and they were pretty good - distant female squeals, lots of reverb, stupidly slow tempo and a guitarist intent on doing the most elaborate arm swings before playing any note. I enjoyed it. Crashed at my friend Trevor's house in the ultimate of metal suburbia - Palmerston. Boring, almost prefab looking houses and no trees. desolate as all hell.

In record news I recently got my filthy mitts on both a first press copy AND grindcrusher splatter vinyl copy of Morbid Angel - Altars of madness in pretty much mint condition. Now I just have to persuade one of the few Canberra people in possession of test presses to sell them to me. I fucking love that record. If anyone out there has an Australian tour shirt (93 please) or any issues of Altars of Madness I don't send me a message and I will sort you out.

Aside from this, not much has happened of late - since my last visit to the head doctor I've become a lot more aware of my boredom at times and I feel sort of pathetic when Im not doing anything. My new wheels for the long planned cyclocross/light touring bike should be coming soon, as will the frame. I can't think of anything more fun than riding a bike completely ill suited to riding in the mud in the mud, so bring on the rain I say. Otherwise it's cross laps of the 24hour course. My third set of L's just expired, and I'm amped for another year or so of bike commuting.