Written In Ink are a three piece Rock band, based out of Melbourne Australia.

Written In Ink consists of :

Adam: Lead Guitar/Vox, Joe: Drums, Chirs:Bass/Vox

You can visit there myspace page Here

Now here is what the boys had to say:

How long have you been playing?
as a band writtien in ink formed in mid 2007. as individuals we’ve all fairly experinced in music. all been in various bands in the past.

How did you get into playing music?
Joe: Mama gave me 2 spoons and I started from there.
Adam: followed my dad, he was a lead singer in a band.
Chris: Come from a musical family but chose bass because everyone wanted to play guitar.

Who are your idols in music, what band’s have influenced or inspired you?
Adam: Bon Jovi and bands that have influenced me are bands such as guns n roses. motley crue.
Joe: Pearl Jam and Chilli Peppers
Chris: Sam Rivers mainly. He was the bassist of Limp Bizkit. Good control of drive and all. Very moody sound.

Where is the one place you’ve always wanted to play?
Adam: Rod Laver, Vodafone Arena or any hard rock cafe in america.
Joe: MCG, Telstra dome some massive sporting arena would be a dream.
Chris: Somewhere european… and maybe japan.

If you are (or have) going (gone) to college, what would you major in?
Adam: I don’t know? Something to do with sport.
Joe: Women. OH YEAH!
Chris: I’d be a video gaming guru dude. And chuck on loads of weight. YEAH.

What’s your Favorite Website?
Adam: Myspace.com,
Soccernet Joe: youtube.com
Chris: something with porn. lol

How long have you been playing?
Adam: 10 years
Joe: 20 years
Chris: A few years

What other bands have you played with & how (if at all) have they influenced you ?
The Invitation. They’re a super tight band

Where have you played so far?
Espy, revolver and cubby house just to name a few…

Plans for the future ?
Adam: Write, Record, Play Shows. Be happy
Joe: Make heaps of cash.
Chris: I want to be happy… and make cash too. while being happy and good to people!

I want to thank the boys for there time, and encourage you all to check them out!

I’m not a fan of horror, to be honest, it usually bores me. But Zombie movies are something else! (Ok, I admit it, I also like vampire and werewolf films too). Unfortunately, most zombie movies are trash. The ones I like have a bit more to their plot. I want zombies that I can BELIEVE in. So, I thought I’d try my hand at writing film reviews, just in time for Halloween.

28 Days Later (2002)

This is the BEST zombie movie I have ever seen. I’m not sure why. Maybe It’s because it has a believable plot. The story has a decent pace with no boring bits, and although the cast is not well known, they play the characters well. And the one thing that really drew me in: the soundtrack.

28 Weeks Later (2007)

The zombies are back. This time the cast has some better known names, such as Robert Carlyle and Rose Byrne, but these aren’t actors who just rely on their fame to get them through. Again, the believability of the plot helps the film to hold its own, and again the soundtrack tops it off.

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

I laughed. I actually found it funny, sure it’s more than a bit gory, but its simplicity is amusing. Who the hell would take refuge in a shopping mall?????

If you don’t mind a bit of gore and a somewhat predictable plotline, watch it.

It’s not bad, but it’s not brilliant either.

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Its B&W, it’s a classic.

Dramatic music and lots of shrieks.

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

A John Carpenter film. While it’s not really a zombie movie (it’s more of a possession one), it comes pretty damn close. Strangely its set on Mars (would never have guessed it going by the title)

Non Zombie movies that I recommend:

Nightwatch (Nochnoy dozor) (2004) Russian

Daywatch  (Dnevnoy dozor) (2006) Russian

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (2002)

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)

Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loupes) (2001) French

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Emo Clothing Stores:

• Hot Topic
• MerchLine (List of bands stores)
• EBTM.com
• Heart Breaker Clothing
• SmartPunk.com
• Lip-Service.com
• Wal-Mart (dickies!)
• PacSun
• Thrift Stores (seriously, check one out)
• FullBleed.org
• LoudClothing.com

That’s enough for this post

You know what really grinds my gears?

 When i can’t decide to play with my batman or my legos.

 I mean. . . batman has all the skills. But the lego i can make so many things like, lions and jungles and pirates and castles.

But there is a soltion. A lego batman.

This really annoys me. Now struck with a senario in which i can play batman and lego it seems my problem is ultimately resolved. But no.

 Lego batman does not have any of the skills that the real batman doll has. Sure he can now carry a wide arangement of lego weapons, but he doesn’t have a legit cape.

 Legit cape.

Seriously i am pissed off now. It seems to be my parents fault. Why did they buy me batman AND legos. I HATE THEM.

Talking about capes, i mean, why cant spider man have a cape? Spider man is just as good as batman, in fact probably better. Can batman fire webs from his hands? can batman beat bonesaw in the cage? can batman score with kirsten dunst?

I think not.

Kirsten Dunst. I mean what a shit actor. C’mon did you ever see wimbledon? What the fuck! What the fuck! Tennis is lame people, tennis is lame.

 And that is what really grinds my gears.

Stay tuned!

This is going to contain a few quotes from songs by Circle Takes The Square. I’ve been listening to them a lot lately (thanks Bug), and I’m finding a lot of relevance and meaning in their music and lyrics.

“Life is lowly, lowly anonymity.”

Why do so many of us feel unloved, and unwanted. Why are we rejected, always? Does not each one of us deserve to be loved? Life is lowly anonymity. No one knows who we are, no one cares weather or not we exist. What’s the point of this meaningless existence? Why do so many people try to commit suicide?

“in death a noble pose”

Death brings out honesty. It’s not until someone dies that people will say ’he really was a great guy, I wish I’d gotten to know him better.’ What’s wrong with doing it before they die? Just telling one person that you care about them, that you appreciate the fact that they exist, might make all the difference, it might even save a life.

“Tell me who wouldn’t give their lives for such a soap box to die behind”

Everyone wants to be something, achieve something before they die. No one wants to die as a nobody. But the truth is, we don’t realise how many lives we effect, we don’t know who truly cares about us. We’re so wrapped up in our own self pity, so blinded by our tears, we can’t see into the hearts of those who care.

“But the only truth is change, have patience”

Our biggest problem is that we give up too soon. Sometimes you need to have your heart torn to shreds. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you are a weak and pathetic human, that’s how you learn and grow. It might make you cynical, but there’s strength in finding your weaknesses. It’s only when you reach the bottom that the journey upwards begins.

“There’s so much hope buried underneath tragedy”

Learn, Live, Grow. Sometimes tragedy leads to happiness. Don’t give up when it all goes wrong, your life isn’t over, even though it may feel like it is.

“Time heals wounds, but you have to learn to live with the scars”

Not CTTS quote, but one of my own, from a novel I’m writing. I don’t know if it will ever get published, but I’ve got to try. I’ve got to take my own advice.

P.S. Go find yourself some real emo music. I recommend Circle Takes The Square.

“Can we stop for lunch somewhere?” asked one friend.

“There’s a McDonald’s right off of this exit, want to go in there?” responded his mother. We all nodded yes. She made a right and we were on our way to McDonald’s.

Several minutes later we were standing in line at McDonald’s, getting ready to order. I tapped my friend on the shoulder and said quietly, “Hot chick just walked in, look to your right.”

“Dude I hate those whiny emo bitches. They’re like a walking death with nice tits.”

“She’s wearing a fucking Minor Threat shirt, it can’t be that bad.”

And in typical me fashion, I slid out of line and walked in her direction. She got hotter with every step I took. She had that big poofy scene chick hair that I like so much and was wearing a huge ass pair of headphones; the kind that cancel out all the noise around you. Apparently she was with a group of friends, as I was later told, but I was too focused on her C cups to notice.

I was standing directly in front of her.

“I like your shirt. They’re one of my favorite bands,” I stated.

She took off her headphones and wrapped them around her neck. “I’m sorry, what did you say?”

“I like your shirt. They’re one of my favorite bands,” I repeated.

“Haha, me too. I like your shirt as well.” She pointed down at my Circle Takes the Square tee.

I came.

I tried to keep my cool. “I didn’t think a lot of people liked them,” I said.

“Neither did I,” she replied.

My semen was dripping down my leg. There was a bit of an awkward pause.

“What are you listening to?” I asked. I thought I could hear City of Caterpillar’s “And You’re Wondering How a Top Floor Could Replace Heaven” faintly out of her headphones, but I wasn’t so sure.

“City of Caterpillar.”

I didn’t think I would ever stop cumming at this point. My shoes were becoming warm and sticky. I felt like Tim Allen in a dressing room for young boys. I wanted to rip off all of her clothes right there and have violent intercourse with her.

“I think we’re going to be good friends,” I said.

Sigh. If only something like this would actually happen.

Your life sucks. You don’t look the way you want to look, you don’t have any friends, and no one cares about you. Your parents are mean, your siblings are spoiled, your boy/girlfriend dumped/cheated on you. Life is misery; you cry, you cut, you want to suicide.

I feel sorry for you, but can you shut the fuck up? Seriously. Don’t you think I have enough of my own problems without you whining in my ear for hours on end about how you can’t go to the concert you wanted to go to, that you’ve been grounded for another month, that your goldfish died.

Get over it.

Oh, you’re oh so miserable, you’re depressed, maybe you have some nasty mental illness, but you won’t go get yourself checked out.

Here’s what I think: It can always get worse.

You might get hit by a bus. Or maybe a satellite will fall through your roof and your dog will be killed, or your house will burn down, taking with it all your expensive clothes.

Actually, I really don’t care about you. You bore me with all your exaggerated problems; you bore me with your imagined loneliness. Your poetry sucks, your songs are lame, and you couldn’t play a tune to save your life. I’m sick of your shitty myspace photos, all tears and frowns, I’m sure you’d look really nice if you smiled in a normal photograph, you know, old school.

I don’t hate you, I don’t hate the way you dress, and I don’t hate the music you listen to. What I do hate is the stereotype you’ve helped create. I hate the way YOU have helped to give emo a bad name.

And one more thing, I want you to remember: There is always someone worse off than you.

Have a nice day.

If you’re really lucky you might even get the occasional film review out of me. Not the latest releases, but films that I think are cool, and you HAVE to watch.

My next post should interest all you emokids.

Thats all from me…. for now.

If you need any help with recent or upcoming releases of music, here are some helpful sites with recent and upcoming releases:

Sputnik Music
Metacritic’s release calender

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A bit about my music taste:

I don’t want you guys to get the idea I hate emo, pop/punk, post-hardcore, post-emo, screamo, punk, hardcore, et cetera. I love all of these genres. What I don’t love is crappy music, and unfortunately, many of you listen to it. If I’m given a crap album to review I will tear it a new asshole. Don’t think I won’t. Don’t think that for a second. I also apologize in advance for any genre confusion or any other misinformation I write about. I try my best. Here are some bands I like in the aforementioned genres:

AFI, Against Me!, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, At the Drive-In, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, Biffy Clyro, Black Flag, blink-182, Bomb the Music Industry!, Bouncing Souls, Brand New, and so on. I don’t want to end up listing my entire music library.

If I don’t get to a review within the next week, you can expect me to start them towards the middle of August. Otherwise, the next entry from me will be about my time in SoCal with Griff and the album we will be recording together.

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