The Bends

est. 1979

Saturday, October 17

Social D. Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA

Friday night, October 16th.

The Creeps
Another State of Mind
Mommy's Little Monster
Sick Boys
Don't Drag Me Down
Ring Of Fire
Highway 101
Bad Luck
Reach For The Sky
You Can't take It With You When You Go [new song]
Ball And Chain
[new song, awesome! very slowed down honky tonk]
Nickles and Dimes
Sometimes I Do
Encore:
Making Believe
2nd encore another new song
Still Alive [new song]
Story Of My Life

Wednesday, June 17

"Raw risen"

Purple, or was it blue
which blew my eye wide
open to a view.
Rolling right, into you.

Two
suns of beast and best.
East of sleep and waking west.

A parallel
A double barrel swell
A toast to more in light of stars
requiring lesser rest.

The one who moved the sun, I thank you.

Sunday, March 22

Another joint rolled loose
and smothered by loose lips
I'm bailing water out a sinkin' ship and dousin' the dreams of a fiend.

Restraint and I never
tight like skinny leather
in't he ever learnt from falling down_that face is one scarred frown.

Could'nt kill her with a song
my strong left stage quite a long
stretch ago, priors and premeditation cause it's wrong to fetch a guess.

Friday, February 27

My uniform
pressed like the Chief
yours simply worn
to gather fruits of beasts

I got a thing to sing about it

Smoke from 223
from a coffin nail
they both seal boxes
bent on driving up sails

I had a thing to swing around it

I drove the train eastbound and right
at night while trains were runnin'
my fightin' weight was 10 pounds ago
black math would say black jack's a comin'

I only count back when leavin' towns quick

Landed on my feet but on cracked concrete
rural routes all across my haul
all lies led her to the truth
and I followed mine to the squall.

Monday, February 16

For a girl with no face
or breaths ever drawn
you just may be the one good thing
this boy done saw

since I left the kit and the rifle for the bell
I'll ring it till you come runnin'
and ringin', my joint swells

Tell 'em, 'keep your hands off of my my girl, son'.
Got 40 records and a book shelf, full
and she'll be mine cause that's what I'm gone do.

Yeah, that's what I'm gone do.

Hate to sell you but this day I'll shine,
this day so rare-
I may just be out of time.

Tell me, 'put your hands on me boy, now'
I'm too many years away from sun.
With my hands, they left the rifle cold,
hate to think you ain't the one.

Girl, can't nobody else be the one.

Saturday, February 7

'The delta sway'
2.07.2009 1600 hours

Single die values for 24kg swings [double the roll], 16kg Double Press [actual roll is rep count]:

Maximum sets in 20 minutes.
Swing x 6-4-10-6-12-10-6-6-8-6-12
DBL Press x 2-4-3-5-5-4-3-3-5 alternating-5 side press LR-4

Done. Off to work at The Joe.

Friday, February 6

No 'or', simply 'and'

Hard Style and Kettlebell Sport. They both define kettlebell lifting.

Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market. A conscious eater's dynamic duo.

The White Stripes and The Black Keys. Two revivialist pairs. Two by Two.

It's always and.

The Black Keys at the Electric Factory last night. What I saw was two cats named Pat and Dan shred a sold out house. I did my best to not pay attention to any of the women in the crowd. I wanted to let them enjoy their show. I did notice, however, that all the kittens were out last night. My laws.

What I heard?
Band of Gypsies
Led Zeppelin II
Sonic Youth
And a host of authentic blues musicians who I could not ID by name, but the Keys make clear as influences in their music.

Simply, it was primal and pristine. Won't miss them again.