the reality tunnel

defiance, ohio and the war on terror

hey yall!! hope yer doin good. i just wanted to tell you about this funny/scary thing that happened! me and dan were at the wto protests in montreal (buckwild!) and when we were on our way back into the states the border cops were giving us a really hard time and searching my car like nobody’s biz. in the trunk they found a lyrics booklet from yalls cd and one cop was like “HERES some anarchy stuff!” they started Freaking Out and grilling me like “who is defiance ohio! how closely are you associated with defiance ohio?! when is the last time you saw these people?! what is terrorware?! where is defiance ohio now?!” and i was like “what! i don’t even know!” then the cop was like “i’m gonna check this out!” and he went inside to look at your website.. and he made a copy of the booklet! the weirdest thing was that i had tons of books and zines that were really radical/specifically about anarchy but they just skimmed over those.. it was s o weird! i don’t know what their conclusion was but they finally let us go and we were laughing so hard but it was also pretty fucked up, especially since we had just endured several days of police abuse and our patience for bullshit was worn quite thin. AAAHH!!! anyways, shit, hope yer having lots of fun, maybe i’ll see you next month, i’m thinking of driving to bloomington before i go to south america. that’s where yall live right? don’t worry, i didnt tell the police! hahaha Love syd

halftone screens in photoshop

http://www.lunareclipse.net/halftone.htm

actually, it looks way cooler to use a halftone mask to convert the image to a bitmap.

song lyrics for new bucket band song that i wrote while in pa

when we picked up our slingshots and smashed the glass on the SUV,
were we suddenly more safe or suddenly more free?
and did the symbolism mean anything to anyone but me?
and did we forget what we were driving for?

i’ve got a sneaking suspicion that this feels like revenge.
and that we’re caught in a cycle that seems like it never ends.

and i’d like to believe
that i could be tough enough or smart enough
to force every one to agree
but there’s a tradeoff in this game we play
between waging wars
and living lfe as we please.