BRING YO SELF TO THE SHOW!

if you haven't been to a show in a while come to this one! i wish i woulda got this up sooner. also... greeze my vote didn't mean shit! hahaaha

happy november! october columns have been up even though i never made an announcement, so check that shit out...

and don't forget to vote today!!!! no matter what you think, your vote really does count!!!
browneyepie.com & print supports obama/biden, and proposals 1 & 2 (if ya live in MI!)!!!!

i know a lot of you younger punks think it's pointless, but even if you don't agree with my politics, it's still important to vote- this is probably going to be the most historic voting time of our lives, unless some of you were around for kennedy! if obama wins, this country will see serious change in a positive direction for years to come! obama can get us out of the mess bush jr. put us in!!!

if you don't know about the proposals, #1 is for the use of medical marijuana, which in my opinion will ultimately lead to decriminalization (in time...), and #2 supports the use of stem cell research, which contrary to popular belief, will not be funded through tax money, but will be using cells that would normally be thrown away! imagine cures for cancer, diabetes, and other things that plague our friends and families lives!!!! it will all come from stem cell research!!!

so go vote! it only takes a minute or two...

happy devils night!!! and happy birthtday to our columnistress courtney!!! happy samhain, hapy halloween!!!

the october columns are up...except casey's because i misplaced it...my bad. but i emailed him and hopefully we'll have it in soon! http://www.browneyepie.com/columns/oct2008.html

happy fuckin' october!

september's columns went up last night, just in time.

i cannot for the life of me get rollover links to work in blogger- the columns link is the 2nd icon from the left. once there, if september isn't listed, refresh the page and it will be. i know...a fucking hassle, but it's worth it! september's topic is the soundtrack to your life... enjoy!

and FOLLOW this blog for email updates if ya wanna know what's going on when!

THE MCGRAFT PARK BANDSHELL SHOW DID NOT HAPPEN.
ITS HARDER TO SET ONE OF THOSE UP THAN ORIGINALL PLANNED!
ITS OCTOBER! THE LEAVES ARE TURNING ORANGE!
the bandshell show info will be up here as soon as I get it!

ALSO DONT MISS THESE SHOWS:





check out my livejournal for pictures of the POTHOLE HOUSE SHOW
the other night! IT WAS A BLAST

http://caseytheloring.livejournal.com

you will thrill as the dramatic events leading to the close of time are revealed during this exciting punk show!

TONIGHT @ the pothole- 3209 peck street, muskegon, mi 49444. it's a benefit for a new kitty who needs her shots and other medical expenses. donations only and appreciated!

featuring:
S&M hc punk from gr
PLANET OF I.D. mkg spoken explosions
POSITIVE NOISE mostly mkg hc

SHOW STARTS AT 7 PM SHARP!!!

no booze either, drunky! everyone is welcome to spend the night- MCGRAFT PARK SHOW TOMORROW!

follow this blog for all the updates!

HUGE show sunday @ mcgraft park (lakeside) in MKG SUNDAY!!! starts @ 3pm sharp!

browneyepie dotcom needs your support! it's time to renew the dotcom part again!!! please paypal $1.00 to greezus@gmail.com and heelp keep this thing breathing...
browneyepie print just got a copy machine! our very first press! well, it's a copier, not a printing press, and yes, there is a big difference!

sock's column is up for august, so i think that's all of 'em. the topic was: when did you know you were punk, and what was our first/best show...something like that!
punks before profits ryan might be doing an occasional update here and there to let us know what's up in GR... gonna have a bunch of reviews up soon. will repost then.
subscribe to this blog for updates... but i might be switching over to wordpress soon!

other news: after 7 years, BADCOCKS have reunited with original guitarist, DICK BADCOCK (gr's krabs, weapon-x...). They should be ready for something before too long, so look out! LOW LIFE SCUM has no future. guitarist BIG KEV is back, while guitartist predARTHUR is going back to alabama for the winter again in october. i forget the name of his band with BEE & JEFF, but what about that band too? more good bands going to shit. RICK JOHNSON ROCK N ROLL MACHINE is a full band now. how he finds time while touring the world with MUSTARD PLUG making the big punk rock bucks, i don't know...

i might be looking to sell a drumset. kontakt me if yr interested...

wish YOU could write columns too? YOU can! kontakt me if interested. september's topic will be emailed out soon!

CHECK IT OUT!!!

a couple being called "the bonnie and clyde" of graffiti...
i read this article this morning from the chicago sun times, which led me to this blog. proud of my reply to someone's comment -although i did get childish at the end, i couldn't resist! some people make it too easy!!!

new columns up!!! and there's new faces and old faces and not everyone has their shit in yet, so keep checking back...and enjoy!
greeze

GO TO THIS SHOW. i just read a long archived bep post from 3/02 about the icepicks funeral.
the icepick will never die.

oh and greeze imma kick your ass for posting your link to the orphanage pictures as a myspace link! you know people without myspaces cant look at them! you dink!

seeya at the show folk's! stay punk! go swimming! casey

something to tide you over until this month's columns are up...

pics of the first orphanage show last june!!!

greeze's casey's

i was running on punk rock time so the columns will be a week late. i'm working on bunch of pictures....i really am too!

3 MUSKEGON SHOWS IN A WEEK
take that grand rapids!

ALL YOU MUSKEGON PUNKS HIDING UNDER A ROCK GET YOUR ASSES OUT! WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!

SUPPORT TOURING BANDS COMING THROUGH MUSKEGON.

ended up getting to go see hombrinus dudes, magrudergrind, skarp, & phobia at the daac on 3.29-
it was a fucking rad show! hombrinus dudes' drummer now lives in north carolina, so he flew in for the gig...rockstar style! maurice quit magrudergrind. they are still rad, but i was looking forward to seeing maurice... maybe next time. skarp- i think they're my new favorite band for the moment. got a rad skarp shirt & a limited to 500 pressing bury your dead 12" picture disc. got a handful of records from ryan and claire (punx before profits (who also let me paypal them the loot the next day! thanks again!!!)). and then phobia. rumors were running around all over that phobia had a $800 guarantee, and since the daac holds 80 people, at $10 a pop, the guarantee was met. but i wondered about the other 3 bands, the venue, and whoever booked it... what were they getting? so i asked skarp about this via myspace, and this is their response:

From:	Skarp
Date:	Jun 7, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject:	SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ********* PLEASE REPOST
Body	There was a lot of talk and rumors going around about Phobia on this tour, none is quite sure where it came from but what was being said was that Phobia had between an $800 and $1000 guarantee per show on this tour, we even heard a couple times people saying (or typing) that phobia takes all the money per show and Magrudergrind and Skarp do not get paid. These acusitions are completely false and ridiculous. There were absolutely no guarantees on this tour, Phobia had none and asked for none, neither did Magrudergrind or Skarp. During the booking of this tour the guy who did most of the booking talked to each promoter and said that we were hoping for at least $600 per show, for the full package of all 3 bands, not per band. This was what we were hoping for, there was never any contracts, never any solid guarantees, we were hoping for $200 a night per band which is in no way asking a lot considering gas is $4.50 in many places on the east and mid west. We have heard and seen a lot of shit talking about Phobia demanding insane amounts of money, of course noone ever confronted Phobia to find out what the real deal was, just talked shit behind their backs, talked shit in message boards and ever spray painted shit about them at venues we played at ("Fuck Phobia, $800 guarantees are not punk", no assholes defacing the inside of the only fucking punk run collective that brings shows into your town so that you can enjoy them without profiting off of you in not fucking punk") Bottom line is Phobia had no guarantee, this tour package had no guarantee, everything was split three ways evenly, some shows did well payout wise some shows did not, where it didnt even cover the gas it took us to get to the show. thats life and thats punk fucking rock for you, if any of the bands on this tour went out expecting to make money then we wouldnt be touring in the first place, especially phobia who has been playing grind and touring this way for 18 years. So instead of starting and spreading rumors about bands that are just trying to play music, hit the road and have fun with friends, confront the situation when it arises with the people involved, please, Magrudergrind, Phobia and Skarp are all more than happy to discuss anything of concern at anytime, but please lets keep this shit punk and refrain from the shit talking internet gossip, leave that shit to the kids with the floppy bangs, white belts and my chemical romance shirts .

...so there you have it, straight from skarps mouth...

i took a bunch of pictures, and am working on the picture hosting thing though...
here's some that kristen took! they start with skarp...
and there's a pic of me snapping pics, so i'm tellin' ya the truth here!

blackout fucking grind!

here's an excerpt from an email exchange with an old friend this morning, whom i haven't seen in years:


it's weird- the paths we take and end up on. it's like the first time i heard punk rock music and it just hit me, and going to the ice pick for the first time- i knew that's what i wanted to be- or do... in high school college was the last thing i wanted to do- i remember sitting in government class and some guy from the bank came in to talk, and he said something like "i'm sure you all want to be rich when you grow up!"
i raised my hand and said "i didn't- that i wanted to be punk rock, be in punk rock bands, tour the world, and be poor."
i slept a lot in that class (yet somehow i think i managed to get an 'a' in it)- after i said that norm told me "i could go to sleep now if i wanted..."
and i did.

i stumbled upon this blog awhile ago: fugitive equilibrium.
it's a rad blog by a rad dude marc, and he reviews 7"records and posts .mp3's along with cover art and excellent reviews. lots of older stuff that a lot of you have probably never seen... he also has a lot of links to similar blogs... tons of out of print shit is up and out there for the pickin'! rad... i guess that's the word for the day.

as usual, my idea of podcasts seems to be turning into a pipe dream, but i still wanna make it happen, it just might take a little longer than i thought.

i deleted the warehouse pics that were up. i wanna figure out a way/place that everyone could post pics to, but i think i said that last time...

and it looks like the columns are done again. don't know what happened.

also, i got a promo disc a little while back from just rock pr- the band: DESTROY EVERYTHING from chicago- the lp is titled "FREEDOM OF SPEECH MEANS TALK IS CHEAP". veterans of the scene, they bring their own brand of p-rock to the table- fast and catchy. starting around '96 from the ashes of two other chicago bands- cigarettes and the insane war tomatoes. released 4.1.08 on tent city records, they kinda remind me of a mix between face to face and nofx with a lot more snot. spikey hair/no hair/who cares...it's a decent, catchy album that yr sure to enjoy. i fucked up by not posting this earlier- they played saginaw on the 13th... my bad. apologies...

also, june 20-21st, in muskegon, is the rock for rosie fest, a 2 day backyard event to help benefit a 3 year old with cancer. flyer/more info...

and, while it's not a punk rock event, i will be covering the ROTHBURY festival july 3-6, thanks to megan @ madison house publicity!!!

columnists-get in touch!

im so fucking sorry to anyone who showed up for the icepick show only to find out that it was cancelled with no real notice, bands cancelled on me, and mark kept my deposit.... FUDGE is all i can say, and eat. and BLAKE MUDGE





COME TO THIS, WONT BE CANCELLED, OR ILL BE A MONKEYS UNCLE!

MUSKEGON PUNX BRING YO PAINTS!!!!!!!!!!

SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET THIS THING UP HERE, LOYAL BEP READERS PLEASE COME. THE BAND BARREN IS COMING FROM CHICAGO. I THINK THERES A MEMBER OF NO SLOGAN IN THE BAND AND THEY HAVE A GIRL SINGER. YOU KNOW WHO ATTENTION SPAN IS.... AND IM ALSO TRYING TO GET A NEW PUNK BAND FROM GRAND HAVEN CALLED ARTICLE 15 TO PLAY AS WELL... PLEASE COME! SUPPORT MARK SPANIOLA!!! SUPPORT THE MOSS!!! SUPPORT THE SCENE.






and incase you missed the season premier of my new tv show on muskegon cable channel 97 last week, its also available on our AWESOME (shitty) website i made in like 4 and a half minutes.




Stay classy Muskegon,
Casey

ok. it's april. it's spring time. and i haven't heard of shit going on, except for these sunday shows at the daac, which are next to impossible for me to make it to... note to self and the two other people that look at this- see if karen in gr will do gr updates! good idea.

the short version: the long awaited bep comp entitled roots: vol one has been put on hold for now, but instead, starting next month (if i get more hosting space) i will be doing either a once a month or biweekly podcast!

the long version (follow my brain...)

another good idea i once had was a west michigan cd comp of local 80's punk rock. some of the best shit that you probably never heard. faithful readers might remember me mentioning said comp several times in previous months. i had 100 discs half hand screened with only one more color to go. i had finished the front and back artwork (on a totally different note, our own piece of work, lowlife art will be back around the end of the month!) and even those pain in the ass side panels. i had a couple test prints made and they fit perfect. i had most of the bands and songs picked out that i felt essential in muskegon/west mi. p-rock for your ears. shit that i thought would blow you away- even if some of it was not your politics, a lot of the songs are things we all deal with- even if it's not part of your lifestyle, these things were/are part of our scene- like it or not.
anyways, i had the shit pretty much down, and permission from most of the bands- not that something as trivial as permission mattered/s to me when it comes to a project like this. it is a part of our history, and as a dweller on past events, i felt- and in a big way still feel that this is an important thing to do- even if only 50 people ever heard it- it could quite possibly change their lives- or so i think...at the very least the consumer would have access to rad shit that has long been archived in the personal stashes of a few hundred people at most. anyways, for the sake of being fair, i contacted most of the bands and the ones i did talk to were pretty stoked about it.
so everything seemed a go. i just had to finalize the track list, talk to one more band, get the inserts and all that printed and cut, and then inserted. it all sounds rad as i type, but i now know it was a pipe dream for the most part, and here's why: have you noticed all the past tense talk? i know, and if you know me, that i tend to procrastinate. sometimes a lot- shit- look at the state of the pie-online, print- which is long overdue, the shitshop, the news (but i gotta give big ups to casey and travis for helping out- but seriously, if you have some news about a local, punk rock (whatever THAT means these days- it is much more than music-), send it in!!! tell one of those two dudes or tell me. this was originally started by me, but fairly quickly became a community project- an important, yet sometimes troublesome project- but it made me feel good to do, and to communicate with others and have others share their personal thoughts/stories/or whatever the fuck they felt like writing that week. i miss the pain in the ass that putting up columns can be every week... living where i do, i'm out of the loop for the most part, even if i'm in muskegon a few times a month- that has always been my biggest complaint- people not sending shit in- because when this site was thriving, i felt like there was a strong bond with everyone in our scene- even with all of it's little subgroups and whatnot. when this became a community project, it took part- no matter how small of a part, but a part nonetheless, of our community to make it happen- even when there was a lot of bad shit going on and in-scene fights and just plain bullshit- we were still together. but i have seriously wandered off subject here- the cd comp. well, it got set aside from lack of motivation and a bunch of other excuses- some got used for personal use when we ran out of blanks, and a big stack of them got used for the second pressing of lowlife's first album. but there is still a stack of them. maybe something limited in the future- but i never stopped thinking about putting it out. then the other day i was walking my dog in the woods with headphones on, listening to an old MRR podcast, and i thought fuck yeah! that's the answer... podcasts. i just need to find some hosting space for it. i'm planning on doing a half hour show once a month- maybe twice depending on how it goes. i've got a lot of rad ideas for it (or so i think)- but if you want your band's shit on it, contact me for the address. so that's my plan for next month- the first installment of bep podcasts will be out sometime in may!
other than that, i'm tired, i'm wired...maybe i should try counting sheep...

holy blowout 2008!

march 22nd at the icepick (beautiful downtown muskegon), featuring: cocksnot, aneurysm, and the showers. same punk rock time, same punk rock price. the ice pick music theatre society is a private club. members and guests only...

hey everyone. thanks to those who showed up at my birthday party. it meant a lot to me.
me, sock, and dfj are hanging out at 3358 tonight. We are gonna write some columns. Greeze has to fix all these broken links andmake things look better on this shit.

UPCOMING SHOW!
best show in a long time!!!!


I will see you there!
-casey

Good news. Columns are up. Shows are going. The pie steamrolls ahead. Word on the street is that the southern house show went really well. Lots of people. Muskegon reppin' big for the out of towners.

Ice pick show coming up. Make sure to come out.

the long awaited new columns are finally up!!!

BEE got knocked out in GR by UNO, a big dumb boot boy three times his size...right after backing down from a fight with a big black dude! i always thought skins were down for their own for the most part. guess i was wrong...

crappy new year from brown eye pie!!!

hey dudes, quit getting on my ass about the columns not being up! ITS ALL GREEZE! I SWEAR.
that motha fugga not only is solely responsible for the loss of suckbomb.com, but he is also a slow fudge packin' woodsmen from the north! HAHA!
Anyways, I am renting a car and going to Florida for this awesome punk fest called 'this is for you fest' gotta get out of this shitty snowy state! BIKES AND SWIMMING HERE I COME.

when I get back I better see all of you loyal readers at the Southern Houses' last show.
I am moving to the HEIGHTS! woo hoo!







don't be an idiot. STAY PUNK!
-casey

So real quick, the ivan cd release party was this past weekend, and I have all kinds of pictures from it. Check them out here:

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z35/tdodge41/Ivan%20GH%20CD%20Release%20Party/

Quick bit:

Ice Pick Show this Friday
(12/07/07)

If He Dies He Dies
Reinventing Yesterday
Their Teeth Will Be of Lions

Same thing. You know the drill.

Be there.

Oh yea... who would be interested in doing a evangelist inspired show? Have everyone dress up as evangelists and heal people? Sounds awesome to me.

Hey everyone... quick update on life in Muskegon.

Show this Friday at the Ice Pick, thats Nov 23rd!
Tribute to Transvestites!

Faggot Breeder
Tenebrous
Lowlife Scum
+1 other I dont know or remember

you know the drill... usually 5 bucks, im sure there might be a discount if you come with a costume.

Thats all for now!

FUCK HOUSING INSPECTORS!!!

im a fuckup. im sorry the columns aren't up yet. my computer broke.
i got a new job. the southern house is falling apart. the downstairs got evicted, and the upstairs is freezing with no heat. fuck our landlord, and fuck DTE energy. both are wangs. I have a new job at the Health hutt which consumes my entire mon-thur life. one of these days im brining my laptop to Mouse House to see if they can fix it. hold tight.
Anyone else hear rumours about the Harbor Theatre becomming the ROCK HARBOUR CAFE again!? that would be badass. oh and Ian didn't die. hahahaha. its fucking cold in this house.
someone come over and kick my ass.

-casey