best + metal — i keep a diary

Why even bother being in a band with your brother....

the june roundup

June, 2011

Hahaha.

dave and marina's wedding

May 30, 2009

SHA-BOOM! Bonus points for somehow also managing to throw up metal horns whist simultaneously releasing the ball, Posh. Nicely done.

the march roundup: part two

March, 2008

Dude, you gotta love the Fatty! Check him out here doing the old "I will shoot you with METAL!" move that he probably saw Billy Sheehan do in a Mr. Big DVD box set that he probably totally owns. Hahaha. SOOO GOOD!

the february roundup

February, 2008

Maya (showing off her former-gymnast skills) and Mark!

the february roundup

February, 2008

...and Satanism / Mötley Crüe. Hahahah. (We would've outnumbered Team: Jew but Katie was out in Minnesota spending the holidays with her family).

the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005

December 24, 2005

That's when we found this gem! Fatty's driver's license from the late, hair-metal 80s. This is back when he was in a band called, and I swear I'm not making this up, Nasty Magic!!!

the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005

December 24, 2005

Scott Ian from Anthrax!!! First Emilie's boyfriend turns out to be in NIN, and then I end up at a party with Scott Ian??? It's like all the wishes I made back in 1987 finally came true! (Now if I could only get a handjob from Samantha Foxx....)

the november roundup

November, 2005

Well, Vin took my feedback and pretty much nailed it on his second sketch. Hahahahaha. BINGO! I think we have a winner!

fatty's birthday mural

July 27, 2005

Karen and Sarah showing off their bootwear.

visiting dave upstate and snowstorm misshapes

January 22, 2005

San Francisco definitely has a leg-up on NYC when it comes to the non-ironic appreciation of metal. There are waaaaay too many people in NYC that wear 80s metal shirts because they think it's funny or kitschy - but in SF you would only wear a Slayer shirt if you thought that Slayer FUCKING RULZ (which they do).

emily visits san francisco

October 15, 2004

michael s ↗+

Oh, so I forgot to mention. On the walk over to Sarah's, I ran into my friend Emily on the street who pointed out David Lee Roth's new two-storey apartment to me. I won't give away his exact address, but suffice it to say, one of the floors has a prominent balcony that overlooks a heavily foot-trafficked area of the Lower East Side). Anyway, she told me that according to rumor, DLR was having a huge Fourth of July party on his balcony. When I relayed this info to Grant and the Fatty, we all decided that we had no choice: we had to round up a group and attempt to crash it.

a diamond dave 4th of july

July 04, 2004

...really into karaoke. Here's Emma on Seth's shoulders.

sarah's birthday bash: part two

February 07, 2004

...TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART!

sarah's birthday bash: part one

February 07, 2004

Hans, me and Fatty. Hahahaha. Soooooo good.

european vacation part 4: london & ac/dc

October 21, 2003

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When Candy and Sarah started all dirty dancing and pointing the fan at themselves (to achieve that true "lesbians in a Whitesnake rock video" effect), I knew it was time to call it a night (before I lost my tiny mind). Happy Birthday, Sarah and Herman! Woooooooo!

sarah's lingerie karaoke birthday party

August 06, 2003

I was trying to take a video of us rocking out but took a picture instead and managed to capture us in the midst of some pretty serious MetalFaces (check out Fatty pretending to play kit in the background with his DrummerFAce in full effect. Hahaha).

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

August 01, 2003

Special Guest Commentary from Grant Stoddard via IM: "As we learned early on, the main perk of bartending is having total control of the juke box *and* full license to play air guitar along to the metal anthems you select."

(Major bonus points taken away from whoever took this pic and managed to almost crop me completely out while I'm making what looks like it could've been the best "metal face" I've ever pulled. Curse you!)

guest bartending at iggy's keltic lounge

May 08, 2003

Check this out: Fatty found his old drivers license back from his hair metal days. He played lead axe (that's guitar) for the infamous band "Nasty Magic." (And no I'm not kidding. Do you really think I could've made that name up?)

end of january

January 18, 2003

Proprietor and emcee "Owen the Brummie" gives madd props where madd props is due with a double index finger hail. This was the exact moment where the Arlene Grocery foundations were thoroughly shaken for the first of four times on that fateful evening.

heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery

December 30, 2002

Why yes, it is real sateen. Why do you ask?

fucked company book-release party

May 14, 2002

Dave G (The Ladies' Choice) has got to get with the program! He's all in the background making his "Party Guy Face" when we clearly told him that it was a "Blue Steel" moment.

goodbye, billyburg

April 13, 2002