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G.L.O.S.S. in Boston, MA on 09.21.15

I don’t use this tumblr to post anything any more and I sure as hell don’t use the Facebook page I planned on using. As usual I’m hiding away on punk message boards, so I’ll post here what I did there: I got to be in a room full of people who have been marginalized by the very special kind of monsters New England breeds. And we were screaming songs of "Fuck THAT shit." and "Fight back." and "We'll fight along with you." like it was the way things always were and will be, and not could have been, should've been. And we weren't alone for a night.

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Vegan in Quetzaltenango

This blog is still pretty much dead (go to youtube for video updates). Back in Quetzaltenango / Xela.

I updated the Happycow page for Quetzaltenango with a ton of restaurants, specific vegan dishes and correct google map locations. That is to say, I wasted a whole bunch of time yet again on some stupid fucking bullshit whose utility to anyone is suspect at best.

Summary is also apt for my youtube page and pretty much any/all endeavors I undertake in life.

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Move to Faccebook Pages

Hey you.

I started a Facebook Page today which I suspect I will be using more than this tumblr: https://www.facebook.com/IStillLoveSciFi

If you haven't noticed, I haven't posted new videos in awhile even though I've been shooting them. Hopefully you know that you can always go directly to my YouTube channel to see what I've been shooting: https://www.youtube.com/user/allenhsieh

Switching to Facebook since it's easier to post and will hopefully reach a wider audience.

Thanks for tuning in.

- Allen

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Safe and sound

I want a movie where the opening scene is a cold open of the boys from season 4 of The Wire goofing around and being kids on a stoop for the first 20 minutes as the camera slowly pans out to a city in ruins with the audience slowly realizing there is no one else around for miles. The movie then becomes a post-apocalyptic road trip movie where they try to find somewhere “safe". Shoot it as an allegory, where the default state of being for persons of certain colors isn’t “living" but “surviving".

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Mother fuckers in Central America can write a straight edge anthem like no ones business.

I R MOSHIN'

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La Oveja Negra @ Casa De Victor (Guatemala) on 06.29.13 (Sample) 

Full when I get back to the US

--- Pissed off Guatemalan Hardcore. They haven't played in a while because their bassist had a stroke (?!) so they were a tiny bit sloppy, still good though.

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xUna Vez Masx @ Casa De Victor (Guatemala) on 06.29.13 (Sample)

Full when I get back to the US

-- I'll write so much more at a later time but xuvmx is fucking ripping GUATEMALAN YOUTH CREW. The PA was basically non existent so anything vocals you do hear is Roy/The kids screaming their hearts out. They open up with a cover of "Out of Step" which yeah, I AM FUCKING DOWN. Check out their killer demo here: http://xunavezmasx.bandcamp.com/

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Screaming Females @ Triple Six Klubhaus (New Orleans, LA) on 06.04.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/06.04.13_ScreamingFemales

-- Last thing I shot in NoLA. Hopefully not last ever. Watching Marissa shred is always fun.

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The Ghostwood @ Triple Six Klubhaus (New Orleans, LA) on 06.04.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/06.04.13_TheGhostwood

-- Second and last show I went to in NoLA was The Ghostwood + Screaming Females. I remember booking these guys in High School at the Che right before I left for college (it's still on the NoLADIY.org site)

They still bring the Jawbreaker-y punk goodness. Really wish I filmed them as well 8 ago (IT'S BEEN 8 FUCKING YEARS?!) but I used to never film shows I booked since they weren't always... well attended, so I would feel like a huge jackass if it was just me and a camera running back and forth from the sound board. What I'm trying to say is, I need a time machine back to like first grade to redo basically, I don't know, like my whole fucking life.

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Black Pus @ Mudlark Theatre (New Orleans, LA) on 05.28.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.28.13_BlackPus

-- First thing I shot in America in 15 months. It's Brian from Lightning Bolt's Solo outing. Great set in a great venue that reminded me of Che Cafe. Was only in NoLA for 2 weeks but fell so so SO hard for the city. I absolutely want to live there for a bit in the future. Any one got any job leads? Haha. (No I'm fucking serious, you got a job lead in NoLA for Jan of next year?)

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Sleaze 湯湯水水 @ Revolver (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.24.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.24.13_Sleaze

-- First band I saw in Taiwan. Only fitting that they be the last I saw as well. Best dudes, pushing the limits of what music in Taiwan can sound like.

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No Order (無秩序) @ Revolver (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.24.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.24.13_NoOrder

-- Taiwan's only active hardcore band. My boyzzzzzzzz. You know what it is.

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Revilement @ Pipe Livehouse (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.18.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.18.13_Revilement

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Stench of Lust @ Pipe Livehouse (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.18.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.18.13_StenchOfLust

- Taiwanese grindcore, members of Revilement and a few other broken up Taiwanese bands.

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No Order (無秩序) @ Pipe Livehouse (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.18.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.18.13_NoOrder

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Bazöoka @ Pipe Livehouse (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.18.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.18.13_Bazooka

-- Pretty much members of all the other Metal bands in Taiwan in one supergroup.

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Terror Squad (Japan) @ Pipe Livehouse (Taipei, Taiwan) on 05.18.13 (Sample)

Full @ http://archive.org/details/05.18.13_TerrorSquad

-- Such a fucking ridiculously amazing set. Best fucking band.