Sega I love you long time! Yes your eyes do not deceive you Sega has announced at Leipzig today that they will be bringing us a fourth installment of the House of the Dead franchise entitled "Overkill". I am really stoked about this news as I am a big fan of light gun games genre and even a bigger fan of the House of the Dead franchise. Not to mention the fact that the really cheesy 70's B-grade trailer for House of the Dead: Overkill has gotten me even more worked up now. The fourth installment of the franchise is scheduled for release on the Wii in early 2009, and I highly recommend you go check out these screenshots and the trailer.

House of the Dead: Overkill

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gW7Ur7I6YEcSo4_KU3maMkK9JQ1wD92L91181

One of the problems with overkill and inconveniencing parents and such is that they take the next storm less seriously even if it's headed for them. They take the warnings from officials less seriously because nothing besides inconveniences and contrived shortages happened last time.fl

No es la primera vez que se pasa por el Sacred Heart. Ojalá no sea la última. Todavía le quedan por quemar It's a mistake o Who can it be now.

How about trading in your car for a motorbike?

In my and their defence, when someone comes across as anti-car, chances are they're simply anti-overkill.

This is overkill:

This is not:

While I woulnd't call motorcycles the "environmentalists choice", it sure is a viable and efficient motorized way of getting around.

Generally, a 'fuel-efficient' car comes in at about 45 mpg at best (excluding hybrids). Motorcycles like this Yamaha average about 78 mpg. That means that if you're riding it consciously you could probably do better. Like not accelerating up hills, for instance. A simple four-stroke (one cylinder) engine is all one needs to get around (for fair distances).

Some reasons you might not want to get a moto-bike is 1) safety, if that's your concern, 2) bad weather discomfort, if that's your concern, 4) inability to lug things around, and/or, 4) your girlfriend won't let you (and wants to see you in a Hummer) - see above picture.

To conclude, motorcycles are neat (see also: "cool"), and don't drag around extra weight. In my opinion that is the overkill factor; one person occupying a hollow metal machine, dragging ass around the city. Driving half a mile to the store for milk and beer isn't overkill, but 30 million people doing the same thing is.

The strip is called Overkill Much?

It can be viewed here.

When a woman walks into a room fabulously dressed or horrendously under-dressed, it's all about what the other women are seeing (and judging), and I was so fucking lucky to have that experience tonight. . . .

Tonight was tango "practice." Notice the word "practice" as in casual, put your feet up, break out the chips and beer/diet soda.  Do you dress up to go to the gym? Walk the dog? Go running? Do your homework? --the answer we are looking for is "no", if your answer is yes, go away. I'm annoyed by you already.  

Practice used to be a casual night of hanging out and practicing, low key, drink beer, throw moves around the dance floor, show up as you are. And tonight, I did, kind of--does a woman REALLY ever go anywhere w/o a swipe of lipstick or a fluff of her hair? Still, I felt very under-dressed. When I wasn't looking, practice night became fancy party night. Nearly every woman was in a nice dress, heels, earrings, makeup, drinking wine, in wine glasses. No jeans, no pony tails, no come-as-you-are, unless you always look like that, then once again, go away.

At my very heart, I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. I grew up in the mountains and I've never gotten over it. I like to dress up from time to time--I really do--but at the end of any party, dinner, occasion that requires heels and lipstick, I'm ready to pull on my jeans with a deep "sigh. . . ."

So, in my feelings of underdressed-ness I couldn't escape fast enough. If I didn't feel completely ridiculous, I would have turned five feet in the door and left, but I stayed, eased in, danced a dance, drank some water, smiled some, laughed when I was supposed to and slid out the door.

I miss the old studio. It was a downtown dive, a converted art loft, rickety old building, ridiculously steep, smelly stair well, a single bathroom down the hall, bring your own toilet paper style. It was for the brave, the slummers, the anti-glitter crowd. I loved it.

Last week, I was running errands with R. when he about wet himself at the sight of this:

 He was so enamored over the thing he made me take a picture. It's a car. It's black. Yes, it's a Ferrari and it's worth a ridiculous fortune, but honestly I couldn't care less, which is why R and I don't date. He likes his women to look like this car (he denies this.) But I like my men to look like . . . a Toyota truck . . . with kayak racks . . . and a dog. Which brings me back to tonight (honestly, it does) and practice, and all the fancy dresses and fancy women, some laughing a little too hard and the lack of . . . ease, I guess is the right word.

Men would not understand this, let alone see it, but the women were working the room tonight. Feathers were being strutted, preened and shown for each other. It's feeling a bit ridiculous, showy, cumbersome--and there lies the big bummer--or not. I'm just not that party girl anymore. I just don't care that much.

R. love to tell me, "loosen up," and the next time he tells me this I'm going to grab his gonads and tell him he needs to leave. me. alone. 

I love dancing tango. And real laughter. And good friends. But I've done the "scene" and I'm done with it. The joy has fizzled in the all-too-glittery room which is a bit sad, but my cue to leave. This mountain girl may need to find new digs for heartfelt fun and true laughter.

MMMMM! I love love love these! I love the quilted panels, reminds me of the Marc Jacobs Quilted Satchels.  Anyway, if you are serious about snagging these high gloss quilted cuties, you better act fast 'cause this is the butter for your olympic spirit biscuits.  These gems drop August 8th 2008.

Close ups of my personal favs:

Need to link to buy if they aren't dropping at your local sneak boutique? Overkill got you covered (:

Courtesy to Highsnobiety & Overkill

So you wanna talk about redefining rock LPs of the 1980's? Ya just gotta include THE BLASTING CONCEPT VOLUME II in there, chief. Anyone who hoped those "difficult" mid-period BLACK FLAG and SACCHARINE TRUST records were just a fluke couldn't deny that, by 1985, SST Records had undergone a complete and total aesthetic overhaul. The HC punk had become heavy, found hippie, turned jazzy, gone fishin' and then . . . well, kids everywhere were shaking their heads in utter disbelief. This just wasn't what they wanted their oh-so precious punk rock to sound like. Ever.

THE BLASTING CONCEPT VOLUME II encapsulated those revelatory changes, and suggested a dozen more. It was a bold, powerful, collective artistic statement that directly challenged unexamined musical prejudices throughout punk & underground scenes at the time. While the first BLASTING compilation merely corralled previously released material on a handy 12", most of this stuff never turned up anywhere else, making it primary SST documentation. Yes it's got the most boring cover in SST's early annals; but do check out the original, unused Pettibon artwork in the backpages of Joe Carducci's Rock & the Pop Narcotic - a very different graphic representation to ponder when cracking an ear to this aural wonder. Blow by blow, it's

SAINT VITUS: "Look Behind You" - One of my fave early VITUS cuts. Carducci makes mention of a creeping paranoia floating around SST back then, and VITUS pins it here with a singularly leaden, dull-blade. Ouch. This version beats the slightly later, Wino-led version what with more inspired vocals by Scott Reagers and superior drumming from Armando.

DC3: "Theme From an Imaginary Western" - Dez the crooner, won't you take the mic? Oh my god, how I love this. It's hard, heavy, and poignant - brings tears to my eyes. And these eyes don't cry easily.

SWA: "Mystery Girl" - Not my fave SWA song, as it's got one of them distended, disjointed riffs that clutter up their early LPs. But Merrill sounds E. Bloomin' hot and raring to go-go-go, like he's about to whip his dick out in front of whatever loser audience ain't gonna be able to handle SWA this week. You might, but me? I don't ever fast-forward past this one.

BLACK FLAG: "I Can See You" - One of the more off-kilter melodies Ginn came up with in FLAG, and when he solos I start feeling a bit woozy. But lyrically it fits the rec perfectly, as if Ginn's responding to the VITUS track above. Who says he didn't grow eyes in the back of his head?

GONE: "Watch the 'Tractor" - One of GONE's defining moments: pure metallic punk/prog mayhem bliss. A buddy of mine always maintained GONE was responsible for the very best in-store performance ever in the greater Washington DC area, which is totally believable if they sounded anything like this.

WÜRM: "Death Ride" - I am one yahoo who actually digs Simon Smallwood's vocals and the BLUE CHEER bronco these guys saddled on their Feast LP. WÜRM were far too early in the scheme of Heavy Revival to be considered anything more than a joke. But like VOX POP, they helped reintroduce OTT metal to punkers in LA, back when you were still making excuses for owning Haysi Fantayzee records.

OVERKILL: "Over the Edge" - OVERKILL put out the best SST LP most of you never bothered with, and this singularly-great MÖTÖRHEAD bomb is an outtake from that crucial rec. Merrill's vocals are buried which makes him sound even more feral, and drummer Kurt Markham positively murders. I can't not bang my head hard when this one comes on.

SACCHARINE TRUST: "Emotions and Anatomy" - A short outtake from their Worldbroken live record, so it's got Mike Watt playing bass. At the time, this kinda deep searching, exploratory sound got me thinking there were absolutely no more limits to just how far out underground rock could be taken. You younger free-rock types oughta all come pay your respects.

PAINTED WILLIE: "The Big Time" - Not a bad bit of REDD KROSS-like sneer from guys who struggled to find their voice after the brilliance of their initial Ragged Army 7" 45. Most of their records suffer from shitty production, but as I always empathized with punkers who tried rocking it hard and heavy, no doubt I'd have paid to see em do it live if I could.

ANGST: "Just Me" - Depressive folk rock that nicely illustrates the strengths of this Bay-area band. Again I'll maintain that this is entirely in keeping with the vibe (if not the sound) of primo SLEEPERS/NEGATIVE TREND material.

MEAT PUPPETS: "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" - I prefer the PUPS covers of "Child of the Moon" and "No Quarter" but they're all zigzagging stripes off the very same three-legged zebra. I always laugh when Curt maintains she don't love you anymore/ she likes my love better.

MINUTEMEN: "Ain't Talkin' About Love" - Here you probably figured Merrill Ward or Henry Rollins would be the first to come out of the closet with a love for VAN HALEN. Nope: it was Boon who was the real Diamond Dave aficionado all along. I love that, in true MINUTEMEN fashion, they've parred this back to only the 3rd verse and the hey hey heys.

HÜSKER DÜ: "Erase Today" - a great New Day Rising-era outtake. This doesn't actually sound like much else here, but that just illustrates how distinctive these guys' sound actually was. I'm not a huge HD fan, but this is a classic midwestern barnburner anyway you wanna cut it.

OCTOBER FACTION: "I Was Grotesque" - Lifted from the their less-than successful second LP, wherein Dukowski, Ginn, Baiza, Stevenson et al tried to FACTIONalize within the unnatural confines of the studio. They couldn't pull it off and I admit it: I sometimes skip past this one. But I'll always admire their impulse to take the music one step beyond.

TOM TROCCOLI'S DOG: "Todo Para Mi" - A far from ideal cut to end things on, given the quality of all that came before. Me I woulda chose Tom's cover of ANDY & THE RATTLESNAKES "Patience" which ended his own DOG LP from this same year. But really, what better man to bring down these BLASTING curtains than the hippiest, deadheadiest SST roadie of them all? Anybody who couldn't deal would've given up loooong before this track; those who stayed to appreciate it no doubt went on to form all my favorite bands over the next couple decades.

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Paging Greg Ginn: re-release this lost treasure! It's one that'll blow minds, forevermore.

Takes place at concorde 2 brighton, 06/06/06 – Overkill special Halloween party backstage with some very cool people such as Mike Paradinas, Scotch Egg, Ned Beckett etc

Having briefly read through this again i see now its bit hard to follow sometimes i think... anyway - sorry if it is!

Venetian snares / Aaron Funk: whats your name?
A.D. Halliday: my name’s andi, Aaron is it? how are you doing?
V: im doing good – Im sweating, my name’s fifi!
A: ok – is it ok to ask you some questions… first question… written in about ten minutes Im afraid, well… – here we go
Mike paradinas (Aron’s label boss / boss of Planet mu recordings) Yeah, well  – none of it can be about music!
V: No! Its merely stipulation - !
A: oh, ok , nothing to do with music, right…
M.P.: (jokes) What’s your favourite colour?
V: Black crayons!!!
M.P. what’s your favourite sexual position?
V: I don’t know Ive never had sex…
MP: (and…) what’s your favourite pizza?
V: Mushroom… Double mushrooms…
A: Have you had pizza in England?
V: I think I’ve had pizza in England before.
MP: who’s your favourite member of girl’s aloud?
V: who’s that..whats that…
American woman: : they’re pretty bad. Fucking shite..
A: Girls aloud are pretty rubbish.
MP: girls aloud are fucking wicked.
A: OK… I beg to differ man… like…
MP: that one song they did that was good was good… there was a homo version they did… that was good.
A: I don’t know any girls aloud tracks…
V: (answer to previous question) doggy style is my favourite sexual position.
A: Ok its time for you to answer a rubbish question.. or rather an arty question.
Can You identify the sources of such extraordinary emotion in your music…
[general banter]
V: Pardon me? You want me to do what?
[general bafflement…struggling]
A:you know… your music is hard hitting but also very extremely melodic and beautiful…
V: I guess so. The music lately, that I make around my house is a little different. I don’t know, I make music when I’m crying,
MP: Sadness.
V: yes, sadness,
MP: Sadness but joyous sadness. Take your joy and be sad about it.
V: beautiful, but painful.
A: well, there we go – that’ll do!
[giggles of disbelief and wonderment]
A:ok – so, do you have a particular working process?
V:Don’t ask me questions like that man. (laughs)
A:ok. How has your music changed since you’ve been able to travel and play your music to ever expanding audiences?
V: I don’t know.
A: Before you started making music and played to people, did you ever have crap jobs? Like you know… I’ve been a bin man before, a dustbin man.
V: A what? You mean like… well my last real job (laughs a lot ‘my last real job hahaha’)
Was a delivery driver. It was fucking wicked man. I was a delivery driver for a bakery. I loved that job I got fired because I crashed the van. I was driving around this like massive stereo, cos this van had these massive speakers and so id listen to music all day, running around. Free cakes all day. I was backing up really fast. You cant get fired for that so… It was good when I crashed it actually, I got to go on unemployment and so I went on unemployment until it ran out… that was wicked.
A: how much you get for that?
V : you get like half your salary every two weeks. You fill out a form…
A: were you living with your parents during this time?
V: no I was living with my girlfriend, this was a long time ago – about five years ago. But she’s not my girlfriend anymore though…
A: haha has there been a few since then?
V: yeah, quite a few…!
A: An arty question: How do you interpret the musical landscape we live in today?
AW: fuck!!
V: Its like trying to avoid stepping in poo.
A: Avoiding the crap?
V:sure..
A: how do you do with that? You manage it ok..
V: sure
[enter brighton’s DJ Scotch Egg, Aaron’s part time touring buddy in UK/Europe]
SE: Hey!
V: Egg! Hey How are you?
SE: Hi How you?…..
V: just perfect.….OK next!
A: How powerful do you think music is politically?
V:I don’t know?
A: Are you interested in politics? As interested as you average man?
V: How interested in politics is your average man? Im not that interested in politics. Who fucking cares… Canada is where the politics are!
AW: that’s why I moved to England!
A: would you consider moving to England?
V: No, I don’t wanna live in England.
A:England’s a bit rubbish..
V:Its alright, you should see where I live. (laughs a dark laugh)
A: Im from the country. You ever been to dorset?
V: I dont know… I cant remember.
A: where have you been on tour?
V: I don’t know. Rome, France, Austria, Vienna, Cambridge and here. The one in the alps was the best. It was loud (MP agrees).
A:How do you think brighton’s gonna turn out?
V: looks good.
A: I read somewhere on the internet that you were a bit hesitant before joining forces with Mike and Planet – Mu. Has that turned out for the best after all?
MP: HA!! So that’s why you sent me a demo – cos you didn’t want to be on my label!
V: I never sent you a fucking demo!?!
MP: Yes you did
V: yeah but you asked me to – you said you’d bought my record and that you wanted to hear some more tracks.so I sent you a cd. And you sent me loads of planet mu records.
A: so that’s working out for the best then?
V: yep, the more I spoke to mike the more it sounded like a cool idea!
(general banter and laughter people coming in and out of backstage room)
A:cool.
V: yes, now were really special friends! Ha ha ha
I’m not like regular people man, I don’t sit down and think im gonna do this, I’m gonna go to school, and then college and then get a job and settle down and have a kid, then a house, have a kid, and then another kid, and at the weekends have a barbeque… I don’t know…
MP/OTHERS: “Your not like regular people…”
V: I AM NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!! –Your all fucked up!
A: Thanks very much.
V Your welcome!
MP/V: N>e>d> what time are we all playing? It’s n>e>d>’s birthday…

end.

Opening reception JULY 4th
6:00pm-10:00pm

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And, for the last time, Waffle Overkill by Mr. Simon Goetz:

WAFFLE OVERKILL by Simon Goetz

When you walk up to Jace Gace, chances are you’ve got cars scraping past at nosebleed speeds and gargantuan condo-creating cranes looming overhead. Belmont breathes down the waffle restaurant’s neck, and with the intersection of 20th and Belmont within spitting distance, Jace Gace’s umbrella-swathed front patio is a great place from which to watch this sunny, imposing world. You might see fender benders and lovers’ spats, bike wrecks and singing pedestrians. But inside the gray brick building is where the real seeing is.

Forget the snazzy design of the place, with the endless white walls ripe for the hanging and the inverted skateboard ramp sweeping up like a wooden tsunami from the entrance. Forget the four young men who own the place, who form like Voltron to run it, who come out and sit down with you and high-five total strangers. Forget the staff, who are genuinely friendly and boisterous as well, and who will tease you after you have known them for two minutes. Forget the ever-expanding menus of beer, both refined and otherwise. Forget the arsenal of waffles on the menu, from asparagus and curry to cream and fruit to sausage gravy and chocolate and other more vegan options.

Forget all of that shit. Because tonight all of that already incredible stuff is kicking it into overdrive for Jace Gace’s “Overkill” art opening. It’s the most exciting art show to happen in Portland in ages, primarily because it’s a non-juried show. That means anyone could submit, and no one was turned away until the gallery ran out of room (which happened in less than two days).

And so tonight you will have the opportunity to see 98 artists showing over 200 pieces, all in one place. I was able to see part of the show while owners Nathan and Jason were hanging it. It’s at once eclectic and overwhelming and beautiful. Tonight it will bring together a healthy cross section of artists in Portland, and I look forward to surrounding myself with three things that bring be comfort: waffles, beer, and art.

In some placeholder text on the Jace Gace website, where the company’s mission statement will eventually go, it says (of what the mission statement should be) “This statement says something inspiring, not lame, not pretentious, and not shallow. Not too hip, but not ancient. Uplifting, but not spiritual. Inclusive and concise, but not terse. Welcoming, but not perverted. Artistic, but not alienating. Something like that.” Whomever wrote this unintentionally described the philosophy behind this non-juried art show, drawing parallels between the company’s overall mission and that of this “Overkill” show. And I think it will work well. I just hope no one gets any syrup on the artwor

From Jace Gace:

JÁCE GÁCE is excited to announce our 2nd annual all art accepted non-juried show! All are encouraged to submit artwork! Our goal is to fill every nook and cranny of our gallery.

We had such a great response last year with our Overkill show, we decided to do it again! We somehow had exactly 100 artists enter. So lets try to make Overkill #2 even bigger!

Opening reception JULY 4th
6:00pm-10:00pm

Submission information after the cut/jump

Here is write-up by Simon Goetz, former Mayor of Belmont, on the first Overkill Show...entitled: Waffle Overkill

WAFFLE OVERKILL by Simon Goetz

When you walk up to Jace Gace, chances are you’ve got cars scraping past at nosebleed speeds and gargantuan condo-creating cranes looming overhead. Belmont breathes down the waffle restaurant’s neck, and with the intersection of 20th and Belmont within spitting distance, Jace Gace’s umbrella-swathed front patio is a great place from which to watch this sunny, imposing world. You might see fender benders and lovers’ spats, bike wrecks and singing pedestrians. But inside the gray brick building is where the real seeing is.

Forget the snazzy design of the place, with the endless white walls ripe for the hanging and the inverted skateboard ramp sweeping up like a wooden tsunami from the entrance. Forget the four young men who own the place, who form like Voltron to run it, who come out and sit down with you and high-five total strangers. Forget the staff, who are genuinely friendly and boisterous as well, and who will tease you after you have known them for two minutes. Forget the ever-expanding menus of beer, both refined and otherwise. Forget the arsenal of waffles on the menu, from asparagus and curry to cream and fruit to sausage gravy and chocolate and other more vegan options.

Forget all of that shit. Because tonight all of that already incredible stuff is kicking it into overdrive for Jace Gace’s “Overkill” art opening. It’s the most exciting art show to happen in Portland in ages, primarily because it’s a non-juried show. That means anyone could submit, and no one was turned away until the gallery ran out of room (which happened in less than two days).

And so tonight you will have the opportunity to see 98 artists showing over 200 pieces, all in one place. I was able to see part of the show while owners Nathan and Jason were hanging it. It’s at once eclectic and overwhelming and beautiful. Tonight it will bring together a healthy cross section of artists in Portland, and I look forward to surrounding myself with three things that bring be comfort: waffles, beer, and art.

In some placeholder text on the Jace Gace website, where the company’s mission statement will eventually go, it says (of what the mission statement should be) “This statement says something inspiring, not lame, not pretentious, and not shallow. Not too hip, but not ancient. Uplifting, but not spiritual. Inclusive and concise, but not terse. Welcoming, but not perverted. Artistic, but not alienating. Something like that.” Whomever wrote this unintentionally described the philosophy behind this non-juried art show, drawing parallels between the company’s overall mission and that of this “Overkill” show. And I think it will work well. I just hope no one gets any syrup on the artwork.

SUBMISSION RULES:

BRING ARTWORK TO JÁCE GÁCE, 2045 SE BELMONT, PORTLAND, OR.
SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED MONDAY JUNE 30TH AND TUESDAY
JULY 1ST, FROM 10AM-6PM ONLY.
EACH ARTIST IS ALLOWED 2 ENTRIES.
ALL 2D WORK ACCEPTED WITHIN 5'X5'.
ALL ARTWORK MUST BE READY TO HANG.
WE WILL ONLY TURN YOU AWAY IF OUR WALLS ARE FULL.
ALL ARTWORK MUST BE PICKED UP MONDAY JULY 28TH BETWEEN 10AM AND 6PM.

I have been going with my boyfriend for two years. I love him a lot but lately he has been slacking off with his exercise routine and his buff is turning into sluff and I am having some problems with that. You see I am a fitness addict myself and we met at the gym and used to exercise together.  About four months ago he started slacking off saying he is too busy to go to the gym or he has to run an errand for his dad or something. I take pride in my body and I like to take pride in my boyfriend's body too but the way he is behaving I think I will soon be embarrassed to be walking around with him.

How can I get my boyfriend back to the gym? Should I threaten to leave him?

Fed up

Dear fed up,

Just ask your boyfriend why he is avoiding the gym? Maybe he has a simple explanation? Maybe he is not feeling well or maybe he is just not into the gym as he did before, maybe your "addiction" makes what was once fun to him into a chore.  It could be any one of those things but you will not know until you ask him. Do not threaten to leave him if you are not serious because you might just end up losing him. The truth is always the best route.  Perhaps you should check yourself to find out why you live in the gym? Is it for show or for health?  If you want to impress others - find out what are you lacking? Why is it so important to impress people? What would happen if you do not impress others?  How do you know when you impress others and how does that make you feel?  Answering these questions might give you some insight into your own actions and perhaps understanding your boyfriend's behaviour as well.

A nice new Supra Skytop has arrived at Overkill. They got in a new silver/turquoise colorway. Almost the entire upper is covered in silver, otherwise they used turquoise nubuck and white perforated leather for the details.