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Id like to start this with a definition:
Gear(n): What musicians refer to when describing their guitars/recording equipment/drums/amps etc.  Used in a sentence:  "I got some wicked sweet gear"

Okay...now that you know what im refering to..we can get onto business.  Im big on music...if your my friend, you know it..if your my relative, you know it...but im even bigger on the technical things of music.  The amps, the guitars, the mixers...so with this, i hope to draw in a different crowd of people...musicians with similar interests.

In these segments, I will show off a peice of equipment ive been really dying to have/try out or both.  It may also not be directly musical gear...maybe something i found thats cool relating to music.  However, onto the first post in this new section:

The Orange Tiny Terror 1x12 Combo Tube Guitar Amp:

Whats that you ask?  That little orange box?  Well ill tell you..that orange box maybe have some of the best guitar tones ever.  For those who aren't amp savvy, orange amps are responsible for many many tones you here today in new age rock bands...half the band i like use them(Jimmy Eat World, Mae, The Mars Volta, Forever the Sickest Kids..etc).  This is a bit of a "dummed down" version of their bigger amps.  It seems small, but another version of this amp(a head version) has gotten loads of praise.  It can give you a lot of tones..from blues to metal...and gives you some rich dark tone.

The amp only has 3 controls(Volume, Gain, Tone), and 2 switches(7 Watt/5 Watt, On/Off switch).  It is 15 watts, and runs through a single 12inch speaker(hence the 1x12).  It is an all tube amp(those who dont know what that means...it means simply it runs on tubes.  Remember tvs from way back when..known as tube tvs?  similar deal...tubes are said to give amps richer/fuller/smoother sound...overall better.  They are mostly prefered in the music industry by musicians. However, this is just a generel statement).

So now that the basic specifications are out of the way, the reason i want this amp is pretty simple: I want the tones that some of my favorite bands have.  This is very appealing because it has tones of all famous bands, for a cheaper price than most other tube amps.  Listening to the head version of this amp(an amp head is the amp but without a speaker...it is the power section and all the technical part of the amp..but you need to hook it up to a speaker)it shows all the great things this amp can do.  I hope I can go to some place that has orange amps, and play one of these things when they come out...cause god, i want to get that Hey Brittney guitar tone.

At just 17 years of age, Australian native; Edgil Pagaduan is not only a self taught and self accomplished Illustrator and Graphic Designer, but is also in many ways a heroic inspiration to youth. Although admittedly Edgil confesses to not being any different from most other teenagers his own age; obsessed with girls, fashion and music etc, there is another side to the self proclaimed "shy" kid that goes unnoticed by day. One that harbors within his darkly creative soul. Only to be seen breaking through the surface in a brain storm of mayhem with an explosive anatomy of colour. Being of Asian heritage, shades of Edgil's Manga forefathers can undoubtedly be seen in his work. But the point that really needs to be stressed is that Edgil hasn't had any torch passed down to him, from one generation to the next. He's ignited a new flame for his own.

Ed took some time out to give an exclusive interview to The 405. Enjoy.

When did you first realize that illustrating could become a full time career for yourself?

I first started realizing that illustrating could be my full time career around 2 years ago, when a local band called knife to a gunfight asked me for a design, i never knew i would get where i am today.

Where or from whom, do your ideas and inspirations for designs derive from?

Im definitely inspired by a number of artists style-wise, for example im very much influenced by chad lenjer, dan mumford and jimiyo, but with all my ideas and such, they basically pop in my head out of nowhere or it comes from my best friend kivins head, he has some of the most insane ideas in that redhaired head of his its amazing, alot of my more unique and weird pieces were actually some ideas hes thrown at me.

You have a really unique style of drawing with a great deal of detail. Has this always been the case or has your style been influenced? Anime etc

Ive only been drawing in this style for 1 year or so, before that i was a diehard designer with no linework in my designs whatsoever, but then i came around the likes of chad lenjer and dan mumford and was really inspired to try out the illustration style, and since then, i have been doing what i have been doing.

What have you been listening to a lot of recently on your iPod?

Lately is has been a mix, ive always been a soft kind of guy, so if oyu ever take the earphones out of my ears its probably city and colour, but lately ive been listening to alot of diverse stuff from all different genres, some bands ive been listening to are liferuiner, endwell, furious styles, fallout boy, boys like girls and missy higgins.

What's been your biggest achievement this far?

I reckon it would have to be getting to where i am now, i never expected to get where i am, but i sure am grateful.

You've also done some really awesome and original tattoo designs. Have you ever thought about swapping pen and paper for ink and needle?

All the time all the time, i once actually dropped designing and did tattoo flashes for so long, but i got really bored of the whole tattoo style, dont get me wrong i love it, but it gets really repetitive, but i think in about a few months or so, ill be doing alot more tattoo work with a mix of my current style of illustrations which i hope will turn out really well.

Have you ever considered doing your own comic book or working as a comic book illustrator?

To be honest, i would love to do a comic book, but i have a MASSIVE problem drawing the same thing twice haha, so i dont think i will be anytime in the future, though i probably will do some comic book covers.

You've done work for the likes of The Plain White T's, Senses Fail and All American Rejects, but If you could design for any band(or artists or for that matter any thing that would need designing for) past or present, who/what would it be and why?

It would definitely have to be city and colour, i would do a absolutely nutter design for him, it would be a kid in a chicken suit, flying around a city dropping massive buckets of rainbow paint on the buildings, city and colour would definitely have to be my favourite artist/band.

What is the key to keeping your work fresh and not getting mentally/physically burnt out with what you do?

Friends, just taking a break and going out with friends does so much, ive been burnt out and exhausted way too many times and i still am constantly, so when i am i call up a group of friends and we all go hang out and have a good old skate.

Finally, where do you see yourself 5 years from now, in regards to your work, new projects and any other personal aspirations you have in life.

In 5 years? probably still doing what im doing now, if not that then probably a tattoo artist.

You can see more of Edgil's work by visiting his Official MySpace page here!!!

- A

Parker and I are in Florida, doing a bit of an amusement park tour. Hmmm... What to say about it. Well, probably not much. I don't think I can blog on it all at once. But our overall impression is that it is very much hyped and slightly overrated. Sorry to burst everyone's bubble. WDW has a lot of good points but it just doesn't stand up to the weight of expectations. Anyway. Update.

So, we spent that second day in New York since I last posted wandering around the Met in the morning. Very good, very cool, very big and also, very, very, very confusing layout. That place is like a rabbit warren. There are no straight lines to everything. You go into one exhibit and you have to walk all the way back to the entrance in order to make your way to another exhibit. But anyway, nitpicking aside. Here are some pics.

The first exhibit we went to was called Superheroes, Fashion and Fantasy and it was awesome! They don't allow photography in any of the special exhibits so I don't have anything to show you except this pic I got off the internet. Also, here is a New York Times review of it just to titillate. Basically it was about how superheroes and comic books reflect society and culture and how many of the motifs involved in superhero costumes have been coopted by famous fashion designers of the world. Very cool. I thought the fashion items were very way out but aren't those runway items always that way? But - but! We did get to see the original superhero costumes from the movies

• Batman's new costume from The Dark Knight Returns
• Catwoman's costume from Batman Returns
• The second (silver) Iron Man costume from Iron Man
• Spiderman and Venom's costumes from Spiderman 3
• Superman's costume from one of the original Superman movies

Tres cool! Sameer and I really dug it. Also, the text and stuff they used to explain the links between the various costumes and fashion items were very much related to the issues discussed in one of the seminars we attended at the Comic Con. Yes, we are such geeks.

Other exhibits we liked were:

an exhibit on armour and weapons through the ages

more Impressionist art (Anybody recognize this bloke?)

brilliant view of Central Park and the city skyline from the rooftop terrace

and some metal sculptures of plastic things done by some dude who specializes in that

After that we stopped for lunch and then puttered around window shopping and basically killing time until we had to go in for the Conan O' Brien show.

Oh, I may have forgotten to mention that we got tickets for that eventually. Cool show. Conan is soooo funny. The guests were Randy Jackman from American Idols and America's Best Dance Crew, some chick from the Prestige and a new stage play and a band that I'd never heard of but really quite liked called Forever the Sickest Kids. Later that evening we bumped into the drummer from Forever the Sickest kids in Times Square and that was an odd co-incidence. I probably wouldn't have recognized him if it wasn't for the crazy hair which all the guys in the band seem to have. But crazy hair aside, they were pretty good, and are worth a listen.

Funny incident at the beginning of the show before Conan did his intro -- one of the members of the house band (The Max Weinberg 7) kept blowing on his trumpet during the intro and would not stop. Everyone started scratching their heads after one minute but after three the producers and such started throwing hissy fits. There was a general feeling of irritation among the crew after that I think. Oddest thing about being at the Conan O'Brien show is realizing exactly how many people are on the crew, helping to shoot the show -- 17 during one count, and on that tiny stage! You would never know.

Oh, and you know how they always tell you that it's cold in the studio when they shoot the show? Totally untrue. I was there in a thin t-shirt and cotton pants and I was just fine - me, the Woman of Many Layers.

Anyhoo. After that we puttered around some more and then we hooked up with Sameer's friends from Koeberg, Natalie and Martin. They are in the States doing a short course at MIT and came to New York for the weekend. So we hooked up and had dinner together, which was great because we hadn't seen each other in months and months and we got to catch up with some fellow South Africans and reminisce about things we miss from Cape Town, compare notes on things we like about the US, and assimilate the latest office gossip from Koeberg. We ended up staying in the city 'til quite late but made our train comfortably and, after packing, got to bed close to 1am which gave us about four hours of sleep before we had to do the whole taxi/train/plane/bus scenario for the next leg of our trip. It actually went a lot better than we thought it would and though we were a bit bleary eyed the next morning, we were both glad that we'd got to spend the evening with some friends from home.

Next time on The Adventures of Team Parker

• what Disney's got going for it
• how Universal compares
• dolphin porn and Shamu's rocks at Sea World

Of the 14 songs on the iTunes version of their debut CD (Underdog Alma Mater), 6 are found (in various incarnations) on their EPs. So, I'll review ALL of the tracks they've ever released, and compare different versions ;) enjoy. I'll be going by the track-listing of Underdog Alma Mater's iTunes version, and then picking up the three songs I can find that aren't on their CD.

Track #1 - "Whoa Oh! (Me Vs Everyone)" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 8.5/10

This is the band's first single, and it's very catchy. From the lyric gimmicks I live for ("I've got friends in highly low places") to an amazingly catchy hook ("whoa oh whoa-whoa oh, why do I put myself in these situations?") that is impossible not to smile along to, this is definitely worth being the first single... if I really wanted bands to end up on the radio... which I don't, much. Hearing this at the mall, and on the radio (not actually, it lost its battle against some rap song, which I didn't mind so much) kinda made me not like it as much as I should, after all, it is an amazing song. Great beginning to the CD.

Track #2 - "Hey Brittany" - (The Sickest Warped Tour EP, Underdog Alma Mater) EP: 6/10, CD: 8/10

This is the first song the band ever recorded, apparently. One of the band members purchased a song feature on Pure Volume before they had really done anything as a band, much less record a song. So they recorded this one. And it was a major hit. (Or so say the websites I've looked at... I didn't hear about this band until a few months before their CD came out. Anyways...) The intro of the song immediately changes the tone from Whoa Oh! - the song is less guitar driven, and "lowers down" the pace a little, which is definitely a good thing. Probably the most second most catchy song on the CD. The EP version of the song sounds much like the CD version, a synth opening gradually leading into the guitar. The EP version is rougher, although the opening is better in some way... They changed a few of the lyrics. Basically, this song's about "Brittney" a girl one of the band members likes (I think?), but she's not over her earlier boyfriend. I think. Parts of the lyrics don't fit with the rest (this kind of happens with a lot of their songs, actually.) I must say that I like the CD version better--more polished and smooth, and the lyric change was a good idea.

Track #3 - "My Worst Nightmare" (Underdog Alma Mater) 10/10

The first song I hadn't heard of before, I was kind of anxious when I first listened to this. I shouldn't have been. The song begins with a synth opening that sounds a little like Hey Brittney's opening, but the song is very different. I love a good lyric twist, and I got one: "I never did what you said that I did when I was gone (You did what you said that I did when I was gone)." Amazing. An all around AMAZING song.

Track #4 - "Believe Me, I'm Lying" (The Sickest Warped Tour EP; Television Off, Party On; Underdog Alma Mater) SWT: 7/10, TO,PO: 8/10 CD: 9/10

The first track on the first EP I heard by FTSK, this is a pretty amazing song. On The Sickest Warped Tour EP, the song is decidedly rough, but it's still amazingly similar to the other two versions. On Television Off, Party On, the song comes in acoustic, and eventually builds to a dance-y song. On Underdog Alma Mater, the song comes in with a little electronic, but keeps true to TO,PO's precedent. If anything, the CD version's actually better, as they fix the little bugs in their vocal levels that plague their EPs (the song starts off "...stand their while I stab you in the back (with the words) I never never never should have taken this so far. On the EP, you can't hear "(with the words)", the CD brings out the words that were there all along, but you couldn't hear them--and I originally hated the album version because of this: "They added too many extra words!!" Overall, the EP versions are great, but the album one rocks the hardest. I must say I LOVE the little xylophone tinkle that leads from soft chorus to their "shout" chorus.

Track #5 - "The Way She Moves" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 7/10

This song starts off fairly disappointing, the singer is just slightly too whiny, and for the first chorus, I remained unimpressed. Not that it was bad, it was just mediocre. The little DJ scratching tided me over for awhile. Then you get to a slowdown. "It's a terrible thing (terrible thing)" which was a relief, and the guitar bit brought me back up a little. (Wow, I didn't know it took them SO LONG to get to the best part of the song...). But the only reason I like this song is the last few choruses' filtered "away-oh-oh".

Track #6 - "She's A Lady" - (The SWT EP; Television Off, Party On; UAM) SWT: 5/10 TO,PO: 7/10.

This song is probably the least messed with among all their versions. Although it gets progressively tighter and cleaner as you go from The Sickest Warped Tour to Television Off, Party On to the CD. Probably the song I was least impressed with when I first heard them. It's an okay song... but some of it grates, I don't know why. Perhaps because of the lyrics "Take off your shoes, come in the room, and how can we fight when I'm too busy loving you". I didn't need or ask for that. Nor the repetition of "I'm too busy loving you". Gaah. Although, the vocals are almost better on TO,PO than on UAM. Odd.

Track #7 - "Uh Huh" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 5/10

I think of this as the middle of the CD (and well, it is... middle of 14 is 7 after all). Basically, once you've passed this song, you can count yourself as liking Forever the Sickest Kids. This song has some good parts, true: "If I would have known what you were thinking/would have ran for the hills, and then/would have stayed located 'till you're over it". Very nice lyric. But the chorus confuses me: "Uh huh, uh huh, we're doing it." What are they doing? Oh well.

Track #8 - "Phone Call" (Underdog Alma Mater) 6/10

Along with Uh Huh, this is also one of the "middle" tracks. You could call them filler. Although, this is better, as far as filler goes. "All I, All I really wanted was a good job" needs to be heard. Probably the best singing in the whole CD on that line. As the song finishes, bits from the beginning, the end, and the chorus come in, and I like that bit. Overall, though, it's not amazing, just good.

Track #9 - "Breakdown" - (The Sickest Warped Tour EP; Television Off, Party On; Underdog Alma Mater) SWT: 5/10 TO,PO: 9/10 CD: 9/10

This is by far my favorite song of theirs. The Sickest Warped Tour EP wrecks it. The piano was a nice touch, though... but they wrecked the transition out of it. Oh well. Television Off, Party On nails this song. It's immediately captivating--you go "Wow. What was that song?" The CD version is pretty cool too, in fact, it's almost better. Everything's tighter, and it opens with an amazing filtered bit, and then goes into the song. It ends like that too, but the ending bugs me--the beat feels off. The only thing I have against the CD version is the fact that they toned down the horn bit. They left it enough so you could tell it was their if you'd heard their other versions, but it wasn't enough (for me, anyway).

Track #10 - "That For Me" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 6.5/10

Hmm... because I mixed myself up, I listened to Coffee Break before this. And I must say, going back to A) the CD, and B) Electric Guitar is definitely refreshing. I like this song much better when it's after Coffee Break. Hmm... I could say that of Catastrophe (which is after Coffee Break). This is a pretty good song. The least effects in it of the whole CD. Wow. I like this song so much better after Coffee Break. Anyhoo... I like the lines "But Mother I know you know I'm having a good time/I'm sleeping so little, but I'm living the good life/No need to worry about a place to lay my head down, no need to worry about a place to sleep". The chorus is rather ambiguous, though: it could either go "I need somebody to rely on/and you weren't that for me and you'll never be that for me" or "I need somebody to rely on/and you were that for me and you'll never be bad for me". It works both ways, but it bugs me. Too much instrumental, not enough vocals? Who knows. Maybe it goes for both, since he seems to be singing to almost two different people.

Track #11 - "Coffee Break" (The Sickest Warped Tour EP, Underdog Mater) EP: 7/10 CD: 4/10

I'm almost scared to hit play on the EP version of this song. So I'm just gonna review it a bit before I hit play (I figure I ought to listen to all the versions of a song while I'm reviewing it, so I'm listening to the CD's Breakdown while I write this *later* - Oops! I skipped "That For Me" haha.). So. Coffee Break is the slowest song on the CD. It's okay, when you're feeling in a pitiable mood. If not, avoid this song. I like the "I guess this is growing up" and the way that he starts "I'm two cups into my coffee break..." and ends "Now I'm done with my coffee break, I'm turning on my phone now that I've grown up." But between then, it's too whiny. Now to listen to the actual song. I actually like the opening--the acoustic guitar is good. The tuning on the singers... not so much. But apart from that, the song is better on the EP. It's much less whiny. And it's shorter. always a plus. I'm not even going to listen to the original Coffee Break.

Track #12 - "Catastrophe" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 10/10

I love the opening of this song: "wake up, you're a drama queen/carry on like you're supposed to be..." and it continues like that, making it my favorite new song. The only thing I don't like about this song is how far back it is--it's the last non-bonus song on the CD! "How long have you been in your bedroom? It's been three days straight with your sheets and the pillow". I love this song. Maybe because it's after Coffee Break. But it's an amazing song anyways.

Track #13 - "Indiana" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 3/10

This is the first bonus track on the iTunes version of Underdog Alma Mater. It's probably my least favorite song on the CD. Not for a specific reason--it's just boring, and it makes no sense. For one, it reuses a phrase! "We're/we were two weeks in..." also appears in Uh Huh, which coincidentally happens to be another non-favorite. One thing to be said about it, though--I do like the instrumental at the beginning. But it's too long, and it doesn't accomplish anything. I'd rather they have included this "Give and Take (Remix)" or "Hurricane Haley". Supposedly the last one is really good. I wouldn't know, not having purchased my CD at Best Buy.

Track #14 - "Becky Starz (Remix)" - (Underdog Alma Mater) 10/10

Becky Starz was probably my least favorite song on Television Off, Party On. At least, at first. I like it better now (as you'll see). Instead of just rerecord the song, they remixed it, to amazing effect. Although this song will end up really confusing if you haven't heard the original, it sounds amazingly pretty. Featuring plenty of repeated vocals, a cool synth background that makes me think of old school video game music, although it definitely is not, and some piano. Impressively pretty.

Track #15 (EP Only) - "Becky Starz" - (Television Off, Party On) 10/10

Becky Starz originally didn't impress me much. Listening to it again, it is one of the most impressive songs on the EP. Pretty much, the singer is flirting with somebody else's girlfriend. And he gets beaten up for it. And amazingly, the vocals are slightly too quiet, but still amazing. Wow. I like this song so much better post remix. Strange.

Track #16 (EP Only) - "I Don't Know About You, But I Came To Dance" - (Television Off, Party On) 10/10

I love this song, too. Perhaps because it's not on the CD. I don't know. But it is also produced slightly better than the rest of the EP. "You've got my head spinning, heart beating out of my chest/I'm a sucker for lovers, for lovers". I love that line. I'm slightly disappointed that it wasn't included on the CD. But I'm even more disappointed that iTunes took the EP off of their story after the CD was released. Very annoying.

Track #17 (Other) - "Men In Black (Will Smith Cover)" - (Punk Goes Crunk) 10/10

Forever the Sickest Kids also contributed a song to the next Punk Goes ... compilation. Punk Goes Crunk. Basically, you have "punk" bands (you could label them otherwise, usually) covering rap and hip-hop songs. Some of which I didn't know beforehand. Which I don't mind so much. So, FTSK covered Will Smith's Men In Black. And I think it's amazing.

Track #18 - "Hurricane Haley" - (Underdog Alma Mater (Best Buy)) 8/10

After searching online, I found Hurricane Haley online, and listening to it, I'd have to say I like it a lot. Much better than Indiana. Speaking of, why is it called Indiana? They're not from there, they're from Texas... oh well. This song's pretty cool. Nothing special, but it has a bounce to it.

Track #19 - "Give And Take (Remix)" - (Underdog Alma Mater (Best Buy)) 8/10

Hmm... the quality on the version I'm listening to is definitely not amazing. After searching online, I resorted to YouTube, where I found a chipmunk version--the sample rate is sped up so the song sounds like chipmunks. So I listened to that. And I thought it was interesting. Then I recorded it, and tried to slow it down several ways, before looking up the original track length on Wikipedia. 2:21. So I finally listened to the song in its mostly unchanged entirety. And I like it. Much, much better than Indiana. I wish they'd make these available to buy. Alone. Oh well.

Overall:

Underdog Alma Mater: 9/10

Mostly because it doesn't include all the songs from Television Off, Party On, and for messing a little too much with the original songs, I took off one star. But the CD is still very good.

Television Off, Party On: 10/10

The only thing I could maybe do without on this CD is the roughness of the recording. But I still think all of it is amazing, and should definitely be put back up on iTunes.

The Sickest Warped Tour EP: 3/10

While some of the songs are interesting, the overall album is done too badly for me to want to buy any of it. "Coffee Break" was much better than the original, but I don't really need or want two of them, so I'll pass.

iTunes Bonus Tracks: 5/10

Basically a 50/50 split: an amazing job on Becky Starz, but Indiana's awful.

Best Buy Bonus Tracks: 8/10

Wow. I'm jealous. The only thing, they don't have Becky Starz. That's how I comfort myself.

Men In Black (Punk Goes Crunk): 7.5/10

Amazing song, as an original. As a remake, it does pretty cool too... But it sticks almost exactly to the original, which is kinda boring. But hey, it's a cool song.

1. All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right
2. Forever the Sickest Kids - Underdog Alma Mater (download "Hey Brittany" on iTunes and you'll be hooked)

Forever The Sickest Kids
Underdog Alma Matter
In Stores: April 29, 2008

For a band that immediately jumped onto a major label, as well as having a great deal of hype surrounding both their music, and their upcoming release, I expected at least a little bit of effort. Instead, I encountered a pathetic mix of remixed, and remastered old songs. Granted it's the first time any of these songs had major label distribution, regardless, those are the songs with which the band has gained a great deal of their popularity. Everyone has heard them. This album is the epitome of laziness. The few new songs on Underdog Alma Matter, are classic Forever The Sickest Kids. It's a shame there aren't more of them. These are the reason that this band has become so successful, so quickly. This release would have been better suited as a second EP, with only the new songs. As far as I'm concerned, I'll be waiting for a sophmore album before I'm willing to fork out the money to support this band.

Aaron D'Amico

so i have decided to play around here instead for the moment. i figured out how to change my stuff around and make it prettier. the picture on my header i love that photo. i went to the lake with my best friend and we did photos. it was a truly amazing day. so yeah. i love photography it makes me happy. i love how one photo can capture tons of emotions and literally take my breath away. maybe its just me but its something im truly passionate about.  i hope to one day do something with photography in my life but im scared im not good enough. i mean im not anything special. there are tons of people who are billions of times better than me. in the vast sea of artists im just a medeocre person who wants to be good. i doubt i am.

so i decided im meeting him. it will be fun

may 17th im going to a concert and my cousin is helping put it all together so you know what i get to do? thats right! i get to hang out with the bands and chill backstage. who are these bands you ask? well there is infair verona, scenes and sirens, the secret handshake, young and divine, forever the sickest kids, artist vs. poet and quite a few more. but im just super stoked. i mean i get to hang out with these bands and i hope they are as cool as i have imagined.

im lame i need to get back to my report now.

goodbye

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