The best record of the year, hands down!

The story behind this album can be found everywhere, so I won't even bother. It's THE BOSS, so you know it's perfect from the get go. But check out this packaging. It gets 7 out of 5 stars according to my own private graphic nerd rating system.

(Oh, and here is a very interesting story about the cover photo. Nerd alert, again.)

Austin Lucas

Take this job and shove it!

All my friends are into liquid trends

We're not that hopeless, we're not as fucked as you think...

"In short lived moments, we can do anything..."

Dear Landlord, München 2010

Water Pistol Man, full of ammunition...

I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death.

I am patient boy. I wait, I wait, I wait.

Nothing feels good

"Everybody's got a hungry heart..."

"But maybe everything that dies some day comes back."

"Everything dies, baby, that's a fact..."

Young Livers

"Words were unforgettable. Actions are unforgivable."

If you have nothing to say, post photos...

Steve Ebner, 360 flip to fakie

"There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are." - Ernst Haas

A random photo and a not quite all that random quote...

While going through my negatives recently, I discovered the photo above. Is it just me, or does it really look like this?

Anyway, it made me think of something Henry Rollins once said:

"When I was 18, I wanted to fuck on the floor and break shit. When I was 25, I wanted to fuck on the floor and break shit. When I was 35, I wanted to fuck on the floor and break shit. Now I'm 40 and I wanna fuck on the floor and break shit."

I am 36 years old now. You do the math.

So I published a photo book...

If you are looking for xmas presents, look no further. I recently published my first photo book, and it would make one hell of a gift for all your friends and enemies, lovers and haters, parents and kids.

The book is called Listen To Your Heart, because this is what it's all about at the end of the day. It's a hand-numbered limited edition (200 copies only!) spiral-bound 50 page photo book printed on high quality 300 gram paper stock, showcasing independent artists (in alphabetical order) like:

The 101, Against Me!, A Painted Mayor, Baroness, Bleubird, Brutal Knights, Burial Year, Champion, Chang Ffos, Client, Converge, Cursed, Dälek, The Deep Eynde, Die Unsichtbaren, Dimitrij, Division of Laura Lee, Dominic, Doomriders, The Feelers, GodSentUs, Hanin Elias, Hezekiah, I Walk The Line, Modern Life Is War, Mr. Lif, Nikad, Obstacles, Overmars, Paint It Black, R'N'R, Sage Francis, Song of Zarathustra, Strike Anywhere, Suma, Ted Leo, Texta, Tiger Lou, Tragedy, Transistor Transistor, Unsane, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Worlds Between Us, Yaphet Kotto, and The Yellow Press.

Nate Newton and Jeff Caudill wrote intro texts for the book (or rather outro, because it's in the back). They create some truly amazing music and have been supportive beyond the call of duty. Thanks bros!

The book is 12 Euro from hand to hand, it's 13.25 Euro postpaid in Austria, 15.70 Euro postpaid in Europe, and 17.45 Euro postpaid in the US of A. If you like convenient online shopping, this is your best guess.

(Top: GodSentUs, bottom: Modern Life Is War)