in about two weeks, i will be 35 years old. i started going to hardcore shows in 1991.

i realize that by usual standards, i am not old. but by hardcore standards, i am considered ancient.

i have 2 kids. i have bills. i have a career. and yet, im still hunting for that certain 7" on clear green vinyl, or doing an occasional stage dive.

i only loosely consider myself an adult. i have responsibilities like bills, getting my kid to school on time, showing up for work, etc.…

so as previously stated, i am going to try and do a blog every week. we have asked a couple of other people to do a weekly column, so lets see how that goes.

someone made a post in the forum about how notpop will kind of not go anywhere, and this is a distinct possibility. the only way that this site will be any fun for anybody is if people contribute. much like the hardcore scene itself, it suffers from "everybody wanna be a nigga, nobody wanna BE a nigga". i understand that its…

i always feel like i need to be doing or making something, and im a bit of a troll.

those are the two reasons why i convinced Josh to revamp notpop. plain and simple. i need something to do.

with the flood of social media, youd think my mind would be overstimulated. and to an extent, it is... but with utter bullshit most of the time.

Facebook is rather annoying. instagram is cluttered with things that should be on tumblr, and tumblr moves way too fast for me. twitter is…