#one thing about me is i fucking love odetta. know this and also know that if ur a folk fan you need to be listening to odetta

[youngestdaughtersyndrome]

6, 7, 26, 42, and 55

6. Whos an artist you really like but are embarassed to admit it?

The first answer that comes to mind is the smiths because its like suuuch whiny dude music and also fuck morrissey but also they have a killer rhythm section and hes occasionally real as hell so 🤷‍♀️ but also van halen. Just bc i feel like its so random but they were my special little guys age 12 and they will forever have a place in my heart and head

7. Would you wear a tshirt of a band youre not into?

NOOOOO NO NO. Maybe im also just like paranoid that someones gonna come up to me and be like Oh yeah? Name three of their songs and then im gonna look like a POSER but i have to be intimately acquainted with at least one of their albums before i wear a shirt lol

26. Have you ever pretended to like an artist/song just to fit in or please somebody?

An ex of mine was a massive swiftie so i memorized her whole discography (because thats just what i do) but instead of giving my true feelings on it (kind of went downhill after speak now and has an overly large reliance on lyrics that makes the quality if the song slip) i said i liked it lol

42. Your favorite "no skips" album(s)

First of all every album is a no skip even if i hate a song because that song is important to the soundscape of the album regardless of my feelings towards it and skipping is like. Disrespectful??? Idk man. Secondly i have a lot of albums that i like every track off of so i will only name one (1) and right now that is at the gate of the horn by odetta which is easily one of the most albums ever

55. An album you learned to love after listening to again and again

A lot of late 70s and onwards tom waits is like that .... the first listen youre like ????? The second listen u start getting into it and the third listen youre like This may be the greatest thing ive ever heard. Anyways real gone (2004) is VERY good if ur into experimental blues give it a chance

[pinkisopod]

24 25 🙂

arya youre so fucking real for sending LOL

What is an alternative life path your OC might have gone down? How different would their life be if they'd made those decisions?

now i get to answer for all four of them <3 theres more but the four i posted about lol

sav - would be a farmer in india if his village hadnt been decimated. he would have developed an interest in plants regardless but it would be more tame. dunno if hed be trans still but probably? would not have transitioned tho. probably wouldnt have learned to read but its not absolutely impossible

ode - unlike my other three, she lacks a significant life defining incident. she was born into this street circus and stayed in it and eventually moved upwards enough to accrue power in the mob world. its the 'ideal' trajectory i guess. i think she really lucked out finding sav tho. she probably would have otherwise gotten so attached to someone who would have taken advantage of her and abused her :c

ananke - dont really know for sure what would have happened had he not been trafficked since it literally happened as a goddamn embryo. he doesnt know this but he comes from a black family in the equivalent of liverpool so he would have grown up in a tight knit community. he would have a hard time due to being a little autistic but i think he would have found a somewhat honest life (whatever that means in this world). worked in some kind of store im feeling pawn shop for some reason

rosie - so if she had not been kidnapped and chimera’d, she’d been one miserable princess (not sure if that’s still gonna be her title) forced to marry one of the royals of england. she understands the importance of this and would not have complained publicly but she would be soooo sad :/ she’s my little baby butch lesbian.

What is your favorite thing about your OC?

so a lot of these characters are traits i adore cherrypicked from preexisting characters that have disppointed me LOLLLLLL this amuses me so ill answer in terms of this

sav - tgs jekyll's extreme compartmentalization of his emotions even pre-potion. sav can come off as really cold cause of this but hes more just wary of vulnerability and socially awkward. i love this fucking trait so much man

odetta - UMMMM shes my clasic bpd-coded gal . asuka - eva (monster) - pariston - mariko you know the drill. all time favorite trope probably Lol

ananke - so i make a lot of mean characters but thats cause i just find it so fun to figure out why they are so mean. ananke isnt really mean but he can be nastier than youd expect... and i like that. he's resentful of his circumstances but redirects that anger away from the source of his problems. hes honestly such a nice guy tho generally speaking sorry ananke :( also hes inspired a little by izutsumi, al from fmab, but MOSTLY sans + papyrus from the handplate comic .

rosie - straight up marie antoinette and oscar from rose of versailles combined but in a way that doesnt piss me off so much. shes a little like rapunzel + h+c pariston as well <3 sheltered child with an enormous burden that she only later realizes isnt a good cause at all and certainly not worth destroying her life over. also i just love wings and flying and shes got WINGS and flies

[dachi-chan25]

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three (1987)

What is it about?

The Second installment of the Dark Tower picks up on Roland, the Gunslinger in a quest for the Dark Tower, guilt ridden for his actions towards Jack on the first book but still determined to fulfill the Dark Man’s prophecy and Draw his three companions: The Prisioner, The Lady in the Shadows and The Pusher, when he finally summons the three of them they head onto the uncertain path.

Thoughts:

-Gosh after reading this book I am doubly salty about the movie (we could have had it all~) it just blew my mind anew, I wasn’t expecting any of the stuff that happened in this book yet it all felt so fitting.

-The Three chosen I think was the most unexpected thing for me, you know my generical mind was just expecting these exceptional heroes(I should know better after reading so much Stephen King) or at the very least ordinary people but booooooy a junkie, a shizophrenic disabled black woman and a gross ass murderer, and they made me care so much about 2 of them (Eddie and Odetta of course) I was not expecting that at all.

- Roland, man like I love this cold hard asshole so much, cuz he is no hidden softie or anything of the sort but he always comes to care about his comarades even if he tells himself is not the practical thing to do, even if he has lost and killed people he loved he doesn’t lose his capacity to still love and care about people and I think that’s beautiful, specially after all the fucking shit he goes through in this book.

-That goddamned cliffhanger!!! I do not deserve this, like aghhhhhh I NEED to know what happens next (also Susannah Dean? Yes I love it that Odetta finally choses who she wants to be) but the next book was published on 1991 which means I have to read two books more to get there #challenge accepted.

-Dammit Thomas and Dennis from “The Eyes of the Dragon” and their final confrontation with Flagg is mentioned in this damn book by Roland but he just skimms over it and asknrhd I need answers!!!!

Movie/TV adaptations:

Nope, zero, nada.

Quotes:

“Control the things you can control, maggot. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing.”

“What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common….”

“Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.”

“We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.”

“He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did conquer all.” (my favorite one)

“For every mother who ever cursed God for her child dead in the road, for every father who ever cursed the man who sent him away from the factory with no job, for every child who was ever born to pain and asked why, this is the answer. Our lives are like these things I build. Sometimes they fall down for a reason, sometimes they fall down for no reason at all.”

Next Book: “Misery”

[dables]

Every Single Show I’ve Ever Played 2006-2018

A few things to note:

-The bands I have played live with are Death Mullet, Dables, Mr. Waffle, Closet Monster, DAN, Trolls, and Supergroup Rivals......a few other projects that I have played or recorded with at some point, but never played an actual show with are The Omnipotent Berserkers, Odetta, and Last Castle.

-Any time Dables is listed from 2006-2010, it was a solo performance. From 2011 on, it was a full band performance unless otherwise noted. -The bands listed for each show are in the order they performed in, the top being the band that played last, the bottom being the first band of the show.

-Some shows I bothered to write down the setlist and if so, they are listed here, other shows I did not.

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1. 6/3/06 - Fountain Inn Civic Center Fountain Inn, SC

Death Mullet The Map Says We're Fucked Me and Sir Octagon The Autumn Militia Sk3ptik@l Dables

2. 6/21/2006 - Ground Zero (open mic night I think) Spartanburg, SC

The Sharpest Knives in The Drawer Among Thieves some other punk band, can’t remember Death Mullet

3. 7/8/2006 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC

River Chicken Sleazoid Mafia 666 Death Mullet Sk3ptik@l

4. 7/29/2006 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC

Headsnap From Graves of Valor Death Mullet one other band, can’t remember their name

5. 10/3/2006 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC Vital Remains Dismember Grave Recourse Blade of The Ripper Demericous Death Mullet

-In December 2006, Death Mullet had booked a show at Ground Zero and canceled it, I remember a band called Sugahim was playing, I still have the flyer on a hard drive somewhere, effectively the end of Death Mullet.

6,7,8. Sometime between March-May 2007: played three different shows as Mr. Waffle at The Pickin' Parlor in Greenville, SC

9,10. Sometime between June-August 2007 Dables played two shows at Keller's House Party Satan in Bondage also performed at both This was the first time “Powerglove Bitchslap” was performed

Sometime in September 2007: -Was supposed to play as Mr. Waffle at Ground Zero, but Jake didn't show up. But Ko (now known as Company or Brian Robert Hannon) played their first show along with John Edgerton opening and some other band I can't remember.

11. Early October 2007 played first acoustic Dables mini-show at R3V3RB---I think I played Feeling Close to Throwing Up or either some Ween song to about 6-7 people.  Was some sort of open mic night thing, but nobody showed up. I only played about three songs and then just politely left.

12. 10/13/2007 - R3V3RB (first location) 810 Pendleton St Greenville, SC

Dables Quetzatl Clippzclippedoutclippings Collaboration with Sounds SCF

-performed Powerglove Bitchslap in it’s entirety

13. sometime November 2007 - Dables played open mic night at R3V3RB various musicians played, about 6 different acts. I think Clippzclippedoutclippings was there, I remember a duo playing two chord organs, also a few acoustic guitar singer/songwriters....also Justin Blackburn was reading some poetry too. Alex (from Death Mullet, Closet Monster, and he produced a bunch of Dables stuff) got up and played some lead acoustic guitar on Psychedelic Mess, marking his first time playing at a show since the final Death Mullet show.

setlist: Are You in The Wrong World/various tape manipulation noise Sally/various tape manipulation nose (acoustic set) The Generic Song Psychedelic Mess Feeling Close To Throwing Up My Brain Itches Mozzarella Swastikas

14. 12/28/2007 - R3V3RB (first location) 810 Pendleton St Greenville, SC

Preacher's Gun Good Friends, Bad Company Dables

-performed Powerglove Bitchslap in it’s entirety

15. 2/15/2008 - R3V3RB (first location) 810 Pendleton St Greenville, SC

Ko Coma Cinema Days Off Screen Dables

-performed Powerglove Bitchslap in it’s entirety

16. 4/19/2008 - Cooks Bridge Rd. Party in the woods Fountain Inn,SC

The Blueroots The Nitekrawlers Ko Durbin Creek Dables Shallow Palace

-Performed Powerglove Bitchslap in it’s entirety. -They did not like me, haha.......wrong set to the wrong crowd. I should’ve done an acoustic set but at the time I felt like going all out and giving them Powerglove Bitchslap instead. 4 or 5 people laughed their asses off and had a great time during my set, I remember one drunk guy was hugging me and blubbering for like 10 minutes after the show telling me how much he loved my set. The rest of ‘em...couldn’t WAIT for me to finish as nerdcore hip hop wasn’t their thing I guess...and they let me know it hahaha!! Oh well, I got drunk as hell afterwards and slept in my car, had a great night overall, despite those who got annoyed by the novelty white boy rapper for 35ish minutes. Shallow Palace, Ko, and The Blueroots all absolutely killed it and played amazing sets which all blew me away. Those three bands were all in their prime in ‘08.

Ko had recently released “The Opposite of What You Would Call Ordinary” with their original drummer Kelly who passed away a few years later, and they played one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my life, with so much energy,  thank god I didn’t have to go after them, I wouldn’t of done it, I would’ve just said “Nah, I’m not playing anymore tonight!”. They were amazing, and made everyone there a fan that night. Top it off with equally energetic and amazing sets from Shallow Palace and The Blueroots....it’s an honor and also slighty embarrassing that they let me do my stupid thing the same night as Ko, Shallow Palace, and The Blueroots were all at their peak, performing mind-blowing sets and such an awesome display of musicianship and talent, out on a wooden stage, surrounded by trees out in the middle of Nowheresville....should’ve played that acoustic set LOL.

17. 5/24/2008 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC

Dables hour long two part show 1 half acoustic folk/1 half nerdcore rap the other band booked did not show up, can’t remember who it was

1st set:(not correct order) Mozzarella Swastikas Plastic Jesus My Brain Itches Zero Amounts of Shit Brown Eyed Angel Psychedelic Mess Feeling Close to Throwing Up

2nd set: Powerglove Bitchslap performance

18. 9/20/2008-R3V3RB (second location) 109 Augusta Rd Greenville, SC

Oddknock Epileptic Fit (Jake Xingu) Clippzclippedoutclippings Closet Monster

19. 2/27/2009 - R3V3RB (third location) 11 College St Greenville, SC

Closet Monster The Fuzz Cremes The Pedestrians Magicool Beauty Fool (Jake Xingu)

20. 4/11/2009 - Cooks Bridge Rd Party in the Woods Fountain Inn, SC

The Blueroots Closet Monster (final show with Jake on drums and Kenny puked on stage) The Nitekrawlers John Edgerton and some others

-Sometime in May or June 2009 is when me and my roommate/cousin Kenny got robbed, and I moved out in late Oct-early Nov 2009.

21. 12/5/2009 - House Show Fountain Inn, SC

Dables Satan in Bondage Coma Cinema

-Dables did two sets, as well as played drums/percussion for Coma Cinema

1st set: All The Retards Are Gettin' Married Eat Acid and Listen to The Boredoms Love Will Rise Above Brown Eyed Angel Psychedelic Mess I Have Nothing Important To Say Zero Amounts of Shit The Generic Song

encore: We Don't Need No Drummer

2nd set: Powerglove Bitchslap in it's entirety with Keller as 'Tha Hype Man Supremo'

22. 3/12/2010 - The Hangar Greenville, SC

Peelander Z Math The Band Now in 3-D (this was their first show) Dables

setlist: All The Retards Are Gettin’ Married Eat Acid and Listen to The Boredoms Boredumb Nancy Botwin Love Headache I Have Nothing Important to Say We Don’t Need No Drummer Welcome to Reality This is Nothing The Generic Song

23. 5/21/2010 - The Apartment Fountain Inn, SC

Dables DAN Albino Satan in Bondage

setlist: Love Headache All The Retards Are Gettin’ Married Boredumb Welcome to Reality Kill and Die (with Sid on vocals) Eat Acid and Listen To The Boredoms Facenose I Have Nothing Important To Say A Smiling Piece of Plastic

24. 5/28/2010 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC

The Emotron Culture Prophet Hectagons The Lizard and The Lady Dables

full set: Love Headache Eat Acid and Listen To The Boredoms All The Retards (cut short due to time...I was super late to the show, long story)

25. 6/26/2010 - The Apartment Fountain Inn,SC

Jake Xingu Dables Albino Satan in Bondage Justin Blackburn DAN setlist: Eat Acid and Listen to The Boredoms Love Headache All The Retards Are Gettin’ Married Boredumb Zero Amounts of Shit I Have Nothing Important to Say We’re All Fucked! Something (Butthole Surfers cover)

26. 7/5/2010 - The Hangar Greenville, SC

The Codependents Ditching Cody Forgetting Fera The Beer Sluggers DAN Satan in Bondage & like 2 more I think

-This ended up being the final DAN show. -Early December 2010 is when the current lineup with Jake Garrett and Cody Blackwell first got together.

27. 3/17/2011 - Karma Greenville, SC

Dables and The Fountain Inn Jam Sadplant Dirtbag Love Affair Coma Cinema Satan in Bondage

Setlist: All The Retards Boredumb Paint The Town Brown Love Headache Sorry Entertainer Hey Sid I Live My Broken Dreams Effervescing Elephant Piece of Rock Sleepytime

-Our first show we were stupidly billed as Dables and The Fountain Inn Jam because that’s we named the first demo we recorded as a 3 piece. Dropped that dumb name after 1 show. Cody played drums on Broken Dreams, Effervescing Elephant, Piece of Rock, and Sleepytime which we did for at least a year until we decided to keep Cody on bass and Jake on drums for every song (except Sleepytime).

28. 3/25/2011 - Karma Greenville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Dables The Blueroots

setlist: All The Retards Boredumb Paint The Town Brown Love Headache (first time with new drum intro) Sorry Entertainer Lady Sniff Hey Sid I Live My Broken Dreams Effervescing Elephant Piece of Rock Sleepytime Negative Superman

29. 4/09/2011 - Suite 8 Greenville, SC

Terrorist as Terror Transient as As Cities Burn The Soap as Black Sabbath Satan in Bondage as Nirvana Dables Plays Daniel Johnston Reuben from The Francis Vertigo as Neutral Milk Hotel

setlist: I Live My Broken Dreams Museum of Love Phantom of My Own Opera Casper The Friendly Ghost Get Yourself Together Devil Town Funeral Home

-was supposed to play 4/23/2011 at Karma with Shoot The Blitz, Junkhat, Luna's Lament, Shadow of Myself, K Trik E, but we couldn't show up and canceled---me and Keller went to the show anyways, and Shadow of Myself's equipment got stolen out of their van in the parking lot.

30. 5/13/2011 - Gumby's Food and Spirits Greenville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Dables The Blueroots

setlist: All The Retards Paint The Town Brown Boredumb Love Headache Sorry Entertainer Casper The Friendly Ghost Hey Sid Nancy Botwin I Live My Broken Dreams Effervescing Elephant Piece of Rock Sleepytime Negative Superman

31. 6/25/2011 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC

-There were 2 shows this night. An early show with metalcore bands and a late show with the “weirder” bands.

(2nd show:) The Emotron Johnny Tango Jake Xingu Dables

(1st show:) Destruction of A King Adalia Labyrinthe Silence Autumns Blood

our set: All The Retards Paint The Town Brown Red Eye Boredumb Casper The Friendly Ghost Sorry Entertainer Nancy Botwin Sleepytime

32. 7/1/2011 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Din of Thieves The Head Dables

-First time playing Radio Room

setlist: All The Retards Paint The Town Brown Red Eye Boredumb Love Headache Sorry Entertainer Casper The Friendly Ghost Hey Sid Nancy Botwin I Live My Broken Dreams Effervescing Elephant Piece of Rock Sleepytime Negative Superman

33. 9/15/2011 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables Mason Jar Menagerie Can't Kids

34. 10/7/2011 - Cooks Bridge Deep Roots Family Records Festival Fountain Inn, SC

The Foothills Toe Jam Mason Jar Menagerie Dables The Blueroots Chicken Jam

setlist: The Void All The Retards Casper The Friendly Ghost Sorry Entertainer Hey Sid Boredumb Paint The Town Brown Love Headache Nancy Botwin Sleepytime

35. 11/18/2011 - The Radio Room (BENNYFIT) Greenville, SC

Dables Mason Jar Menagerie The Blueroots

36. 02/3/2012 - The Artistry Greenville, SC

Romancing The Devil Dables (acoustic solo set) DJ Fernando

setlist: Love Will Rise Above Negative Superman Desperate Man Feeling Close to Throwing Up Demoralize Your Mind Psychedelic Mess I Did Acid with Caroline (Johnston cover) The Generic Song No Matter Where I Go

37. 02/17/2012 - Cody's House Party Fountain Inn, SC

Dables Mason Jar Menagerie Fed to Lions (The Foothills Toe Jam was supposed to play but the cops shut us down)

38. 03/17/2012 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables M is We Two People Playing Music

-almost got busted by cops for smoking weed in the parking lot this night, right before we played. The cops were super open minded and just confiscated what we had and said not to do it again. Nobody got arrested!

setlist: The Void Paint The Town Brown All The Retards Are Gettin’ Married Love Headache Casper The Friendly Ghost Sorry Entertainer Boredumb Nancy Botwin Hey Sid Red Eye Awkwardly Awkward Piece of Rock Sleepytime

39. 06/16/2012 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

CD Release Show for "Dables"

Dables Halmos Foothills Toe Jam

setlist: Looks Like Rain (1st time) Paint The Town Brown Mountain Dew (1st time) All The Retards Are Gettin’ Married Boredumb Love Headache Sorry Entertainer Wasn’t Good Enough Live Forever (1st time) Nancy Botwin Awkwardly Awkward The Void Sleepytime

40. 07/6/2012 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Fed to Lions Dables Red Pines Of All Trades

41. 7/7/2012 - Steve Sancho's Practice Space 802 Columbia, SC

not really a show but about 6 people saw us practice, so I'm counting it, mostly because it was the first time we played outside of the upstate, and this is where we recorded the main tracks for our split with Mason Jar Menagerie titled “Deep Roots For Sale”

42. 8/28/2012 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Andy D Dables The No Counts

43. 10/20/2012 - The House Simpsonville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Dables The Foothills Toe Jam The Gypsy Queens Red Pines The Blueroots

44. 11/3/2012 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables Red Pines Killing Kuddles

-Killing Kuddles band didn’t show up because his drummer got arrested or something, so he did a solo set using only an electric guitar.

45. 11/9/2012 - Casa de Santengelo (Ryan's House Show) Greenville, SC

Sun Sweet Sun Dables Blast & The Detergents Francis Vertigo

46. 12/21/2012 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables MEH Crocker Katalyst Trublklef

-Billed as “The End of The World” show due to that stupid Mayan calendar thing. Death metal band Vindictive Sovereign was supposed to play but canceled like two days before. This was a benefit show to help fund a new venue called Garaj Mahal, which ended up only lasting about a two years.  But that was two years worth of great shows, so I’ll give them that.

47. 03/03/2013 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Company Dables (acoustic set with the full band)

setlist: The Size of The Moon Negative Superman Frank (Ween) She Fucks Me (Ween) Don’t Worry I’m in Heaven Now Falling Apart Willow Garden Love Will Rise Above

48. 04/20/2013 - Garaj Mahal Greenville, SC MEH Dables They Eat Their Own God Rubrics Satan in Bondage

-Cody got arrested while driving home after this show. They tried to get him on possession and a DUI even though he was completely sober. The cop searched his car and found a small one-hitter bowl with resin in it that he didn’t even remember was in the car, but there was no actual weed in the car. He was able to get everything dropped to a possession of paraphernalia misdemeanor. He got busted on 4/20 for not being high.With a vehicle full of instruments and amplifiers. Oh, and one little tiny pipe with nothing in it.  What tremendous irony and misfortune. Cody probably doesn’t remember this night too fondly. I remember Rubrics covering Negative Creep and they had begun writing sludgier, heavier material lately that they played and it was a blast.  I remember They Eat Their Own God being especially gross and brutal crust punk that I enjoyed. And of course Keller and the MEH boys did their thing and were both awkwardly awesome and satisfyingly weird. The crowd went nuts, heavy moshing at this show, perhaps the biggest pit we have played to. Those punk kids know how to slam, and they do it the entire show. Great show. Aside from Cody getting arrested.

49. 07/20/2013 - Garaj Mahal Greenville, SC The Unit MEH Divulgence Waft Dables Rubrics Interstellar Upstarts Now in 3D Weapon YZ The Devil & St. Pat

-This show was called Gusto Fest 2 and we played it without Cody on the bass, just me and Jake because Cody couldn’t get the day off work for some reason.  It also marks the first performance of the song “Utterly Pointless” with Jake on drums during it.

50. 08/8/2013 - Cabin Floor Records Greenville, SC

Satan in Bondage Permanent Makeup Dables Weapon YZ

51. 11/22/2013 - The Radio Room Greenville, SC

Grown Up Avenger Stuff Dables Young International

52. 12/14/2013 - Garaj Mahal Greenville, SC

Rubrics as Nirvana Interstellar Upstarts as Minor Threat Chunx as Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Now in 3D as The Misfits People of Mars as The Beatles Dables as Daniel Johnston

53. 01/11/2014 - The House Simpsonville, SC

Dables 72nd and Central Sun Brother

54. 2/6/2014 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt Michael Parallax Four AM Friends

55. 5/22/2014 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables Laundry Day Revolt Plan 8 People of Mars

56. 6/12/2014 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Dumb Doctors Dables

57. 6/18/2014 - Makeout Manor (Alex From Rubrics House Show) Greenville,SC

Dirty Kills Rubrics Dables Lewis Turn Out

58. 9/28/2014 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables Couches People of Mars

59. 10/31/2014 - House of Mars (Sid & Clayton's House) Simpsonville, SC

Shoot The Blitz The Hilary Keane Project John The Revelator Dables Anarcho Aggression Sun Brother -Halloween 2014, this was SPOOKYFEST. People of Mars, MEH, Crocker, Jubbyfuk, Wasted Wine, and Jericho Bros were supposed to play but didn't due to rain (this was an outdoor show) and/or canceling the week of the show, and also cops getting called and shutting the show down early. It was a great success with much shenanigans and things going wrong, but everyone was stoned and drunk and we played one of the best sets we have ever played while dressed as Jesus, a Ghostbuster, and Burt Reynolds.I think Shoot The Blitz played 3 and 1/2 songs, then the show got shut down completely by the cops because we were being loud as hell. Great show.

60. 12/31/2014 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie A Moment Electric Dables

61. 3/20/2015 - The House Simpsonville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie John The Revelator Durbin Creek String Band Dables Before There Were Gods Amy Harrison Chad Hudson (didn't play because he got arrested mere hours before the show. Nobody knew where he was until the show was practically over, when someone finally found out that he just got arrested earlier that day.)

62. 4/25/2015 - The House Simpsonville, SC

Dables Fed to Lions James Nichols & The Limbs

63. 5/1/2015 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dalmatian Mamma Bear Dables Wounded Hollow

64. 5/19/2015 - The House Simpsonville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Dables Battle Ave (they didn't show up, so Dables played a longer than usual set and Mason Jar played two sets. Basically took over The House for several hours, as usual)

65. 6/19/2015 - The Soundbox Tavern (formerly The House) Simpsonville, SC

Dables The Long Canes Chad Hudson Mason Jar Menagerie Amy Lynne Harrison The Forty Bale John The Revelator

-Before There Were Gods were supposed to close out the show but didn’t play because of how late it was. We didn’t finish our set until about 1:00 AM.

66. 11/21/2015 - The Royal American Charleston, SC

The Long Canes Dables Before There Were Gods Mason Jar Menagerie Amy Lynne Harrison Chad Hudson John The Revelator

67. 1/19/2016 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

The Emotron Dables Jack Toft

68. 1/29/2016 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables Crown The Cake Jericho Brothers

69. 5/6/2016 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Before There Were Gods (CD Release) Dables Babylon

70. 5/28/2016 - Art Bar Columbia, SC

Axattack Semicasual Hollowborn Dables Alley Way

71. 6/3/2016 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Dables Odd Television

-This was the 10 Year Anniversary of Dables show. We did two full 50 minute sets. The first one was half solo songs, the way my shows were from 2006-2010, and half an acoustic full band set. The second set was a “regular” Dables electric full band set.

72. 7/2/2016 - The Soundbox Tavern Simpsonville, SC

The Indoor Kids Floco Torres The Reason You Stayed Solaire Dables Bizness Suit Actual Something

-Sun Brother was supposed to close out this show as they were the ones who booked the whole thing, billed as “Bandcamp 2″, but had to cancel due to one the members having health issues.

73. 10/15/2016 - Frets and Necks Fest Hartsville, SC

Festival with 50+ bands including Deep Roots Family Records bands: Dables Mason Jar Menagerie Amy Lynne Reed The Last Southern Gentlemen (formerly Chad Hudson) John The Revelator

-This would turn out to be the final Dables show with Jake and Cody as Jake decided to take an indefinite hiatus from Dables as he focuses more on his other projects such as Mason Jar Menagerie and John The Revelator. However, we may get back together again someday (never officially broke up, just went on indefinite hiatus) but as of today (7/7/18) I have not played with Jake and Cody at the same time since this show.

74. 11/18/2016 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Trolls (FIRST SHOW!) Glass Mansions Snoot

--Canceled a Dables show at Soundbox Tavern on 11/26/16 because Cody couldn't get off work (John The Revelator and Amy Lynne Reed still played though). --Canceled a Trolls show at Radio Room on 1/7/17 because of snow (Hugger Mugger and Joie were supposed to play too).

75. 2/4/2017 - Gottrocks Greenville, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Trolls Matt Gleason

76. 3/4/2017 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Glass Mansions Trolls Hugger Mugger

--On 3/19/2017 played 3 Trolls songs (Backseat Rider, Left and Right, Pocket Dimension Person) followed by an improvisation 10-15 minute jam with a different drummer (can’t remember his name-I met him about an hour before we played) at Saluda River Yacht Club in Greenville, SC at Mickey's birthday party because Naveed (Trolls drummer) didn’t show up, although this was never an “official” show anyways, more of a last-minute “you guys want to play a few songs tonight?” kinda thing, so I’m not counting it as an official show.  Our friends Shit Karate did a 30 min set afterwords as well.

77. 3/26/2017 - Nophest Atlanta, GA

in order: (our set was 4:45-5:15pm) The Downs, Holders, The Bantam Breaks, Heatbunnies, Trolls, Sex Farm, 20K Leagues Under The Sea, The Callous Daoboys, Glass Mansions, Alabama Rose, Digigost, Eureka Failure, A Very Loud Death

-This was a 3 day weekend festival being held in a warehouse with no A/C and no real sound man/good equipment.  Extremely DIY.  We played on Sunday. I remember sweating profusely, not being able to hear my band, while about 20 people watched us. They seemed to like it. We played right after a punk band that wore giant Easter bunny outfits. Good stuff.

78. 4/15/2017 - Merck Mountain Festival Central, SC

Mason Jar Menagerie Adam Carter Trolls Tiger Junction -This was an outdoor show in the middle of nowhere. The Merck family had set up a small “stage” in front of a garage on their property that was literally in the middle of the woods.  You had to drive down a mile of dirt road just to get to where the stage was. The festival lasted two days, with people camping out and everything. We didn’t attend the second night which the lineup was Dustin Owens & The First Amendment, Bad Mojo, Silver Tounge Devils, sympL, Lionz of Zion, Taught By Heroes, and Evan’s Dilemma. Naveed was on shrooms at this show, and had an episode with some racist hillbillies that he managed to work into his youtube show The Cinco Sanders Show in a hilarious way. We played a really solid set too, probably the tightest one we ever did, everyone was firing on all cylinders to these drunk white southerners out in the woods of Central, SC, and they all could tell that Trolls was killing it that night, whether they understood what was happening or not, they just heard the rock n roll. Most of the people up front did anyways, I dunno about the rest of the crowd...Regardless, I think this was my favorite Trolls show.

79. 4/28/2017 - Gottrocks Greenville, SC

Superbob Trolls

80. 5/20/2017 - Saluda River Yacht Club Greenville, SC

Trolls The Alternative Facts (Saluda River Yacht Club House Band)

-This was Trolls final show with original drummer Naveed, as he moved away to Portland a month or so afterwards.

81. 9/1/2017 - Radio Room (New Location in old IPA building!) Greenville, SC

The Winter Sounds Pinky Doodle Poodle The Indoor Kids Trolls

-This was both our new drummer Truston’s first and last show with Trolls.  A week or two after the show, Caleb (Trolls vocalist) told everyone he would soon be moving to California to be with his wife’s family. Since he was the one who started the band, we decided to end it. Can’t have Trolls without Caleb =(.

82. 2/22/2018 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

St Maurice The Buzzards of Fuzz Supergroup Rivals (first show)

83. 4/23/2018 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

The Boo Jays (reunion show) Supergroup Rivals

84. 4/30/2018 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Supergroup Rivals Eureka California Inside Out and Backwards

85. 7/24/2018 - Ground Zero (2nd location) Spartanburg, SC

Cut Throat Freakshow The Emotron Supergroup Rivals

86. 1/11/2019 - Radio Room Greenville, SC

Supergroup Rivals (EP & Short Film Release) The Accuser III Kings Evan’s Dilemma

87. 1/18/2019 - Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC III Kings Supergroup Rivals 72nd and Central

88. 2/22/2019 - Eighth State Brewing Company Pinky Doodle Poodle Supergroup Rivals

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That’s it so far. 80+ official shows, plus a handful of “unofficial” ones in 13 years. And many that got booked and fell through for every reason imaginable.  Besides one show in Atlanta, I have never played a show outside of South Carolina. My goal was never really to be a big, touring musician anyways. My lifestyle just wouldn’t support that. My goals and passions have mostly been focused on writing and recording music, with occasional shows for fun. I do wish that I had played a lot more and been more active about booking shows, as I did the majority of the booking myself at most of these shows in this list.  I do hope to do some small East Coast tours some day, but chances of that are slim. But I do have a LOT of recorded material, which was always my real goal anyways, just to record the ideas that I get for songs and make albums that I enjoy and am proud of, and that will last forever as a complete piece of music that anyone can listen to, at any time. My plans for the future is to start playing more shows out of town and recording some new music with Supergroup Rivals, and hopefully get Jake and Cody to do Dables again, whether it just be another album or play a few local shows, among other projects. I’m going to finish this blog off with a list of all the lineups of my bands, since none of this would of been possible without all the great musicians and friends I have played with the past 12 years. Cheers, dudes.

Death Mullet (lineup 1): David Walker - bass,vocals Matt Spearman - guitar Cody Blackwell - drums Death Mullet (lineup 2): David Walker - vocals Cody Blackwell - guitar, backing vocals Alex Murray - bass Jake Garrett - drums

Mr. Waffle: Cody Blackwell - guitar David Walker - bass Jake Garrett - drums Closet Monster: David Walker - bass, vocals, guitar, drum machines Alex Murray - guitar Adam Young - keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Dables: David Walker - guitar, vocals Cody Blackwell - bass, vocals Jake Garrett - drums DAN: Sid Shurer - vocals, keyboards David Walker - guitar, vocals, drum machine Clayton Marks - bass, vocals

Trolls (lineup 1): Caleb Riley - vocals Mickey Kriese - guitar, vocals David Walker - bass, backing vocals Cinco Sanders - drums, percussion Trolls (lineup 2): Caleb Riley - vocals Mickey Kriese - guitar, vocals David Walker - bass, backing vocals Truston Carter - drums Supergroup Rivals: Zach Guttery - guitar, vocals Mickey Kriese - guitar, vocals David Walker - bass Chris Larocque - drums

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The genres of all my bands are as such: Death Mullet (metal, grindcore, comedy rock, hard rock) Mr. Waffle (experimental psychedelic rock, jam band)

DAN (psychedelic punk, comedy/novelty rock)

Closet Monster (noise, experimental psychedelic rock)

Trolls (punk ‘n roll, hard rock)

Supergroup Rivals (stoner rock, sludge metal, hard rock) Last Castle (raw black metal) Dables (everything....hard rock, stoner rock, comedy/novelty, psychedelic grunge, experimental, noise, punk, hip hop, electronic, traditional folk, folk rock, fuzzfolk, singer/songwriter stuff, stoner metal, sludge metal, avant-garde, synthpop, post-punk, shoegaze, funk, emo, pop, blues, alternative, garage rock, lo-fi slacker pop, total bullshit....pretty much you name it, Dables has experimented with all of the above and probably more.)

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The Sky Is Cracked

What makes the inability to walk and venture out even more agonizing is the fact that the concrete sky has cracked and we have had such beautiful blue skies and a trickle of warmth in the sun! I feel like a dog, sadly staring out the window.  My only venture out is to the balcony to smoke and I grimace at the thought of not being able to meander through the second-hand shops and drink a coffee and do some busking.

But it is amazing to see how your body heals itself bit by bit, day by day.  I have watched the skin reform on the foot and the scab flake off; the swelling go down and the movement of toes returning.  Sometimes I neglect my body – I am too lost in my thoughts and indulgences to give it proper attention.  But an accident and recovery like this makes you realise how much your body looks after you.

When one is used to always being in motion and living at a very fast and exhilarating pace, being bed-ridden will slow you down somewhat and make you reflect on things.  I am trying to think of what the lessons are to this injury and the good sides, of which there are many.

I should concentrate more on any task I am performing.

I should not feel so proud and think that I don’t need any help.

I should look after my body a bit more.

I know what bad physical pain feels like for only the second time in my life. (I broke my leg twenty years ago.)

I shouldn’t drink so much.

I can draw people and portraits fucking good.

We are all one slip away from our day or life taking a massive turn for the worse – or better.

There are a lot more lessons as well, but they will surface the more I digest and recover from this experience.  I am planning a venture out today, though.  If I go the studio and pick up the guitar I could try a busk tomorrow. Yesterday I made it to the Spaty to buy some tobacco, which was do-able, but still hurt a bit.  But today is the last day on my train ticket so I at least want to get the last journey out of it.

After years of bunking the train here and always getting away with a fine I feel so happy to buy a ticket. It costs 60 a month and for the amount of time I spend on the trains - it is a worthy investment.  Otherwise, the journeys become fearful with paranoia trying to guess if there is a ticket inspector in plain clothes just got on, and then your stomach fluttering when the doors close and you hear them dreaded words “Farhkarten Bitte”.  I couldn’t read or focus on a book in peace, so the 60 a month is worth it for the peace of mind and ability to concentrate on what I’m reading.

My usual victuals in Berlin are – A coffee or three in the morning, followed by some Yorkshire tea - A sandwhich of cheese and bread at the stroke of afternoonish – more tea and maybe a coffee - a doner kebab or plate between a mixture of pilseners for the evenings injestion.  I found this amazing Lebanese place by Box Hagenerplatz.  It’s called Ali Baba and for 5.50 you get a huge plate full of salad, hummous, fried and roasted and seasoned schwarma and lots of other goodness.  It is the best meal in Berlin and I was eating it 5 or six times a week.

One Sunday I was going there and then discovered that they have a lovely Flea Market at Boxhangener every Sunday.  I was mooching about and saw this lovely set of old DDR speakers. I asked him how much and he tells me forty.  I wince and say “Ahhh, I only have 15 euroes on me” He goes “Ok give me 30”.  I say “I only have 15 on me”  “Ok, give me 20” I repeat.  “I only have 15 on me”.  “Ok give me 15”.  So after a lovely Lebanese plate I return to the studio carrying a lovely old set of speakers.  I hooked them up and they sounded delightfully DDR.

I have taken such pride and love in getting everything for the studio. Everything I have as either been found, foraged or given and bought with love.  After a good week of busking with Louis I would return with pockets full of geld and feel excited to go the markets and shops to buy lots of stuff for the place.  But the strangest thing is – when I have really needed or wanted certain things for the place, I step outside and someone has left it in the hallway.  This happened for a big display unit and a SONY amp and also a big speaker, which made a perfect decoration and nearly completed the place.  It is still a work in progress but whenever I find something, it just seems to fit in place like a perfect puzzle.  I have a great feng shui in there and a REAL coziness.

The best thing is – I can do whatever I want to do.  Whether it is drawing, playing piano, singing, recording or writing – I just do whatever I am in the mood for.  Not feel like I should be doing something in particular, just doing what I feel.  That is a nice feeling.   A lot of the time I just sit and truly listen to music.  Absorb it and feel it and hear it an environment where I am not bothering anyone to turn it up to eleven.  It is just as important to listen as well as to play.

My playlists have mostly been consisting of – Tom Waits, Beck, Devandra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes, Bowie, Odetta, Nina Simone, Dylan, Conor Oberst, Mark Lanegan, Bon Iver, Iron and Wine, Paul Simon, Ray Lamontagne, Sigor Ros, The Lumineers and many more in between.

I am playing the piano a lot, and am building a full set of songs that I can play and sing nicely on it.  I am really enjoying the morning coffee and smoke and then just spending hours pounding the piano.  I express myself quite freely on the keys, and enjoy playing with dynamics and melancholy to craziness and darkness.  I did the hard work of teaching myself when I was twenty, so now I am just enjoying it and expanding on that hard work I did all them years ago.

Ok, well its time for a cuppa ana smoke now.  I am enjoying the speed at which I can express my inner monologue on here, the notebook, though neat and beautiful is a little slower in its capturing the flow of your thoughts.  So let's hope I keep in the habit of this “blogging” but can’t promise ya. Adios.