Yeah, yeah this may be old news to some of you but a shoutout to my buddy Alex for turning me onto this, CAT SCANNING!  Yeah fuck your planking or hatting or whatever everyone is doing….this is the real deal. Just put your cat on a scanner and DONE, you rule.  I’m gonna do one later but I wanted to get you all started.

Go check out the Cat Scan tumblr. Don’t sleep!

It’s been a while. Hell, I don’t think I’ve ever put out a solo web edit of me riding fixed freestyle. Over the last two months, I’ve been collecting a few clips of riding in Austin with the Sweathogs. We’ve had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy!

John Prolly, our resident Viking man, metal expert, and cyclist extraordinaire, has ignited the rabid curiosity of the internet. Because Prolly only goes to the extreme. The recent Austin transplant has a new interview up as part of Street Carnage‘s Word On The Street series. In it he discusses leaving NYC (I know, right?) for the sunny hills of Texas, the cycling scene in the southwest, and his recent foray into domesticity.

That’s right, John Prolly has a house. A house with a backyard. Texas: it changes people. He also casually mentions the 20-40 mile bike rides he’s now able to take on a day to day basis. John, we know you possess the calves of four men, but that’s no reason to rub it in. For more Prolly, check out his website and look out for his posts on the Bloglin. And if you’re in Austin and something red comes zooming past you, don’t worry, it’s probably just Prolly.

I think I’ve finally recovered from the events of last week here in Austin. SxSW took over my town, leaving the streets and people a mess while filling the airwaves with tunes from every genre of music. There were Americana bands playing on rooftops next to dubstep raves, metal shows in between hip hop sets, punk rock icons punching promoters and droves of half-naked men and women looking for a hole or a pole to hump. If you could manage to filter all that out, there was actually a lot of great music to be had. We already saw my coverage of Dark Castle’s set at the Thrasher Magazine Death Match, so let’s take a minute to soak in some bass.

Ever since 2006, I’ve been going to Trouble and Bass shows in Brooklyn and lemme tell ya, the guys have come a long way from packing it into Club Boogaloo on the South Side of Williamsburg. When people talk about music scenes blossoming, I can name a few bands but the label that’s blossomed before my eyes is T&B. From their early days of 4×4, dubstep and riddem beats, the guys have become a full-blown bass army. I caught up with them at this year’s SxSW Trouble and Bass showcase at Barcelona and tried to take as many photos as I could before the club got packed at 6pm.

2011 SxSW Recon: Trouble and Bass Showcase at Barcelona

The last show I caught at the Thrasher Magazine Death Match SxSW showcase was Brooklyn’s NAAM. I’ve seen these guys countless times and they’re easily one of the better doom metal bands in NYC. I know that’s not saying much but their performance was quick and to the point. From bloody knucks, to big beards and breaks, NAAM brought a good mix of the sludgy shit we all love to the showcase.

2011 SxSW Recon: Thrasher Magazine Death Match – NAAM

The whole time bands were playing at the Scoot Inn, skaters were outside shredding the Thrasher Magazine mobile half-pipe. It was a great break from photographing bands and the mob-scenes that engulfed Austin.

2011 SxSW Recon: Thrasher Magazine Death Match Half-Pipe Photos

When I was trying to figure out how I’d review The Body‘s performance at the Thrasher Magazine Death Match here at SxSW, I remembered my review of All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood I wrote last year.

“It is my opinion that it takes unique individuals to create engaging music, regardless of the genre. While genres will influence the individuals, there is something within them that drives and motivates them to create something new and fresh. Countless examples exist and yet only few truly succeed at producing quality and original sounds. Lee Buford and Chip King make up the Body and no, that’s not an homage to the Judea-Christian belief of the body of Christ, more of an allusion. In fact, Buford and King are about as far from religious as you could get, citing influences ranging from Manson to Body Count.”

As a metal band, you want to express your personality on stage as much as you do on the album and The Body did just that!

2011 SxSW Recon: Thrasher Magazine Death Match – The Body

With all the doom and death (metal) surrounding the Thrasher Magazine Death Match showcase at the Scoot Inn, I was glad to see Brooklyn-based Liturgy on the bill for Thursday. While I’m not the biggest fan of their first EP, Immortal Life, their album Renihilation hit a bit closer to my taste. The guys put on a great live show and since they went on before Zoroaster, the crowd was a bit bigger than The Body’s.

2011 SxSW Recon: Thrasher Magazine Death Match – Liturgy

Since their first self-titled release, through Dog Magic, Voice of Saturn and Matador, I’ve been a huge fan of Zoroaster. Regardless to what you might think, the South reigns fucking supreme over doom metal and Atlanta is one hotspot that is ready for battle. At the Thrasher Magazine Death Match Zoroaster showed how they wage war in the South. They fight with the right equipment, with massive, crushing riffs and vocals.

2011 SxSW Recon: Thrasher Magazine Death Match – Zoroaster

Now I’m gonna be really brief here with this band. I grew up in Wilmington, NC where the music scene revolved around a handful of bands. One of those bands was Weedeater. At the time, I remember being in highschool and seeing them in 1999 at a local spot. All I could think was that Weedeater front-man Dixie Dave was like Ozzy but on more drugs. Here we are, over a decade later and I’m still seeing them live. Yesterday at the Thrasher Magazine Death Match, Weedeater absolutely blew every other band straight out of the fucking water.

2011 SxSW Recon: Thrasher Magazine Death Match – Weedeater

That concludes my coverage of bands but we all know that the real fun is people watching. I headed out each night with my 35mm film camera loaded with some B&W and shot photos of all the crowds. As a part of my ongoing Recent Roll series, these photos came out fan-fucking-tastic!

Recent Roll: The Freaks Come Out at Night in Austin

Yeah, yeah I know this has been retweeted a thousand times by now, but it’s just too goddamn funny. Twitter may just be the greatest thing to ever happened to Sports and Sports Celebrities. If you’re clueless to what this is all about and what prompted this freakout, here ya go.

Yes? No? Prolly’d?

Prolly’d? Who cares… these kids are geeky as hell but man do they ever fuckin’ rip on this cover. Fuck any and every middle-school to high school band I ever knew or was part of would have given a left nit each to be able to cover “Cowboys From Hell” this fucking well.

They must have really read up on those old Riffer Madness columns Dimebag used to write from Guitar World Magazine. I bet Darrell is givin’ these kids a big old thumbs up and bong hit from the great beyond.

Prolly just sent this video clip over to me, and asked “Prolly’d?” to which I replied “No.” Apparently some dude in Austin, TX (his name is Polaris Banks if any of you feel compelled to google him) put together this short that I think he is trying to get optioned into a feature length film.

Honestly, I haven’t taken the time to really investigate this video and get the full scoop, but it’s DEFINITELY worth the almost three minutes of your time. The actor behind the mask is no Elias Koteas, but it’s still satisfying to watch him bust open some guy’s face with a hockey stick.

I’m sure I’m late on this guy, but with all the Juggalo obsession that goes on over here on the Bloglin, I figured someone might appreciate this. Borgore’s a new “hot” producer in the Dubstep scene. His forthcoming EP entitled Borgore “Ruined Dubstep” is due out by the end of the month. With tracks like Nympho, it’s easy to see how his shock value is gaining him attention.

Kinda like what ICP did to Wigger rock right? Maybe? Prolly not.

Wait, did Hitler quote me at the 1:44 mark? Did the Nazi’s just get Prolly’d?