Emma and myself drove down to Atlanta, GA yesterday evening to see Killswitch Engage, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Everytime I Die.  What a exciting trip it was.  We left Clemson around 4:30pm, and when we got about half way to Atlanta it started to sleet.  It is now 5:30pm, and snow starts pouring down like it's winter wonderland.  I love snow; I'd much rather see snow than ice anyday when I'm driving.  We got into the Atlanta at about 6:15, and it was bumper to bumper traffic.  Wrecks were everywhere, I know I saw at least 4 ambulances on the interstate.  So, we were backed up in traffic for a little over an hour.  It took us 20 minutes to go 5 miles to EXIT 249C!!!  Finally, we got out of the 15 mph interstate traffic.  

Just to let you know, the show was scheduled to start at 7pm;  we got to the parking of the Tabernacle at 7:30, and we snagged the last parking place in that particular lot.  To our surprise, the show didn't get cancelled due to the lowsy, and dangerous driving conditions but  was delayed until a little after 7:30.  THE PLACE WAS PACKED!!!  To Emma and my surprise, Dillinger Escape Plan opened up the show!!!  They were scheduled to play 3rd, right before Killswitch.  Dillinger Escape Plan was amazing; they are truely great musicians.  But to my surprise, the crowd didn't get into a frenzy during their set, no pits!!!  During their set, they thanked everyone for coming out due to the conditions, and they announced that members of Mastodon and Norma Jean were in the building.  Next, Everytime I Die played, and the place went ape shit.  Hardcore pits sprang up like fucking weeds, weed started blazin, and the crowd was in some serious movement.  Emma and I were in the middle of it all.  During their set, they announced that we were one of the lucky crowds that got to see Dillinger Escape Plan because apparentely Dillinger Escape Plan is banned from playing in some states!!!  WOW!!!  Now it was time for Killswitch Engage, the lights went out, and "The Price Is Right" music started playing.  Each member of the band was asked to come on down!!! LOL...  The first song kicked in, and everyone broke loose.  Circle and Hardcore pits were crazier than ever, and crowd surfing was out of control.  They played 8 songs off of "As Daylight Dies" including Holy Diver!!!  The rest of the set was from "Alive Or Just Breathing" and "The End Of Heartache".  They came out and did a two song enchor, and the show was over. 

It was about midnight when the show ended.  Emma and myself had to figure out whether to drive back to Clemson or stay in Atlanta for the night.  We gave the road a try, and the interstate wasn't bad at all.  I told Emma this story of a Waffle House right outside of Atlanta that was the craziest Waffle House experiece I have ever witnessed.  It just so happened that the Waffle House that Emma and I went to last night was the exact same one that I had that crazy experience at.  So, here's the story about that crazy Waffle House experience from about a year and a half ago.  

Some friends of mine and myself went to this same Waffle House about a year and a half ago.  We had our order taken, and then our waitress began to mop the floor before she swepped it.  WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!!!  Well, her manager definetely gave her two cents to the waitress... in a not so nice manner and with a few choice words added in there for good measure!!! LOL...  Well, our waitress threw down the mop, and told the manager that she quits.  ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!!!  The two women go outside, and they are yelling back and forth.  My friend, Justin, goes outside to hear what the hell is going on.  He came back in with a very excited and shocked look on his face.  The manager punched our waitress in the stomach!!!  The waitress said "You just punched my baby!!!"  "OH SHIT" is what we said.  Right in front of us was another waitress sitting in a booth counting all the receipts.  She looked back at us and said, "Oh it's no big deal, she was going to have an abortion anyways.... she's a bitch too."  DAMN!!!!!!!

Back to last night, Emma and I left Waffle House, got off the interstate, slipped and slided all the way back to Clemson on 76 doing 35 mph, and got back to Clemson at 3am.         

"The Metalocalypse" returns to WSBF airwaves on Sunday January 13th (my 21st Birthday!!!) at 11pm to 1am.  Hope you all tune in because it's going to be a hell of a show.  If you do not live in Clemson or the surrounding areas of Clemson, you can listen via live stream by going to www.wsbf.net and clicking the live stream tab.  Each week's show is archived, so don't worry if you miss the show.  If you happen to miss the show, just click the schedule tab and click "The Metalocalypse" on the chart.

Cheers,
Ellis    

Hello everybody!!!  First off, I hope that you all had a happy and a safe new year.  Now that it is 2008, we have another great year of metal ahead of us.  You can get that weekly dose of metal starting in January... as you already now.  If everything goes as we plan, Emma and I will have our first show on Sunday January 13th (my 21st birthday)!!!!  

Emma and I are going to discuss the show's direction shortly after she gets back to Clemson, which will be after Friday (January 4th).  An idea that I've been pondering is whether or not to set a theme for every show.  If we set a theme, then the show is set on one particular genre or subgenre of extreme metal.  

As of late, I've been doing a little research on the history of extreme metal.  I've been digging through my collection of death and grindcore cd's and seperating them into various piles.  This weekend I'll spend a day in the WSBF library, and browse through the massive collection of extreme metal that WSBF has accumilated over the years.  Knowing what exactly is in the library and in each of our personal collections, we'll be able to decide the direction of each show. 

So until this weekend, I leave you all to watch various videos via bulletins.  Check these bands out, go to their myspace page, go to their shows, and support extreme underground bands.

-Ellis      

Emma and I will be hosting "The Metalocalypse" on 88.1 WSBF FM CLEMSON on your radio dial starting in January.  For all those out there that aren't familiar with "The Metalocalypse", it is a long running metal specialty show.  The time and day has not been confirmed, but we're looking to have a two hour Sunday evening slot.  Why Sunday?  Well, that was the traditional metal slot for years at WSBF, and why break that tradition.  This show will be the heaviest show on WSBF, guaranteed.  We're pulling out all stops, and breaking down some barriers.  Bringing in new up-in-coming bands.  The brutal of brutal national and international acts in death, deathcore, grindcore, and black metal.  So, what can you expect from this show?  You can expect Emma and myself playing some of the sickest bands from past to present.  These bands include but not limited too (in no particular order of importance or senority):

Carcass (REUNION MUTHA FUCKERS), Napalm Death, Suffocation, At The Gates, Obituary, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Exhumed, Entombed, Hypocrisy, Anal Cunt, Death (RIP), Skinless, Gaza, Fuck The Facts, Nightwish, Mortician, Decapitated, Necrophagist, The Faceless, Ion Dissonance, Regurgitate, BTBAM, Genghis Tron, Cephalic Carnage, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dying Fetus, Pig Destroyer, Despised Icon, Skeletonwitch, Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza, Soilwork, Darkthrone, Black Dahlia Murder, Animosity, The Acacia Strain, 3 Inches of Blood, Aborted, All Shall Perish, All That Remains, Cattle Decapitation, Vader, Behemoth, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse, Celtic Frost, Dark Tranquillity, Darkest Hour, Dismember, Ed Gein, Emperor, Heaven Shall Burn, Gorefest, Gorguts, Intronaut, Isis, Kataklysm, Morbid Angel, Pelican, Psyopus, The Red Chord, Satyricon, Impending Doom, Suicide Silence, Through The Eyes of the Dead, Amon Amarth, Paradise Lost, The Chariot, The Agony Scene,......

AND I (don't know what Emma thinks about this stuff) MAY THROW IN A FEW PORNO-GOREGRIND BANDS FOR GOOD MEASURE:

Throatplunger, Waco Jesus, and XXX Maniac           

So, keep on checking back for more updates.  Let us know what you think.  Give us feedback, recommendations, or complaints (from your parents for listening to this sick repulsive shit.. LOL)

And keep on listening to WSBF FM CLEMSON

ALSO, If you don't live in Clemson, SC or surrouding areas, you can listen to us via live stream by going to www.wsbf.net

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Well, I just made it back to Anderson from my weekend long stay in Myrtle Beach.  You're probably wondering what happened, since you're obviously reading this. So, here it is.

DAY 1:

Austin and I started our adventure down to Myrtle Beach in the wrong direction.  Since niether of us had ever driven down to Myrtle before, we figured that we could take I-85 South towards Atlanta.  WRONG!!!  We went an hour and a half towards Altanta thinking that it would bring us back into South Carolina towards Myrtle Beach.  So, we found out that we had to go North towards Greenville and take Exit 42 towards Columbia.  Well, we burned a good 3 hours getting back on track, but we made it to Myrtle Beach around 11pm.  This is where the fun starts.

Austin calls Dustin, his brother who was getting married on Saturday, and asked him where he wanted us to meet him.  He told us to go to the Hard Rock Park's parking lot and wait there for him.  So, we do that.  While Austin and I were sitting in the car with the windows rolled up and the music thumping; we hear something like mumbling.  Austin and I turn to our left and there is this guy with a flashlight on us.  So, I rolled down the window to see what he wanted, and he doesn't say anything.  So, Austin and I are like wtf.  The guy turns around and starts walking back towards the Hard Rock Park, and then gets into his truck.  He comes around to where we are, and we got the biggest "WELCOME TO MYRTLE BEACH" ...... NOT.  The first thing this security officer says is, "You guys smokin dope!?"  We said no we weren't, and he proceeds to interegate us by saying "Well, I saw a lighter!"  Austin then replies, "Yeah, cigarettes!"  So, the security officer says, "Well, why didn't you answer me when I was yelling at you'll!?"  Austin says, "B/c we had our windows up and the music blarring!"  The security officer was stunned at this point because Austin made him look like a complete ass.  So, the security officer says, "Well, you can't park here because this is private property!"  We then tell him, "We didn't see anything posted saying that, so how are we suppose to know?"  "Well, you can't park here, so go park across the street."  We look across the street, and there is a UPS.  What a genius this security gaurd is by telling us to go park at UPS, which is also private property.  So, Austin asks him "Well, isn't UPS private property too?"  The security gaurd then says, "Well, yeah it is."  STUPID!!!

So, after Dustin (Austin's brother), Megan (Dustin's soon to be bride), Heather (Austin's sister), and her husband Sherman arrived we went to a Latin Club where Austin's brother Wesley works at.  Wesley is a bouncer there.  We get there, and we find that we are the only white people in the entire place.  Wesley tells us that about a month ago this guy got stabbed 5 times in there.  We also found out that a drug deal goes down every 30 seconds in the men's bathroom.  There was only 1 or 2 air conditioning vents that worked in the entire club, so I was burning up.

DAY 2:

I'll get to the juicy stuff quick.  The wedding and the reception lasted from 5pm til about 8pm.  So for the afterparty, we went to Broadway of Myrtle Beach, which has all these shops, restaurants, and bars.  We went to this place that had an arcade and a 21 + bar.  We all stayed in the arcade, which was HUGE!!!!  It was a two story arcade with a bunch of great stuff.  Well, there were these two girls that Austin and I saw at the arcade.  Very attrative girls; the only downfall was that they were hookers, and you could tell.  One of the girls had this white and very short tinkerbell looking dress that bairly covered anything.  The other girl had this very tight leather dress that also barely covered up anything.  Well, they were walking around, and you couldn't help but look.  The girls walked past this married couple, and the wife had a disgusted look on her face, couldn't say the same for her husband.  He had a huge smile on his face.  Well, these girls decided to go upstairs, and I believe every guy looked up stairs as they walked up... since you could see the girl's thongs.  Well, security jumped all over them very fast, and kicked them out.  The girls came back about 30 minutes later, and started roaming around to find single guys.  They got kicked out for the second time.

Austin and I left the arcade after being there for a good 3 hours, and we met everybody outside.  We got out there just in time to see some more interesting events.  This drunk guy on the balcony looks at Sherman and says "Why don't you take a picture since you looking so hard!"  Sherman said "Take a picture of this" and flicks him off, and Sherman tells him to come down.  Words are exchanged and Heather (Sherman's wife/Austin's sister) tells him to go to the car.  Well, three guys come down after Sherman starts to walk away.  They started circling us, but they didn't do anything. 

Day 3:

Was the cool off day, packing, lunch at Sticky Fingers, and then a 5 hour drive home.     

Tomorrow is the day.  Austin Gurley and I are taking a weekend trip down to Myrtle Beach, and it better be ready for the two of us.  We're leaving right after my Applied Calculus test, which ends at noon.  We'll probably arrive in Myrtle around 7 or 7:30, and we're going to hit the strip.  We're staying at his sister's house, and attending his brother's wedding on Saturday.  Who knows what grand adventures or things Austin and I will get into?  All I know is that this trip is a much needed break from school, and I'm really looking forward to it.  But first, I have to study hard for my Applied Calculus test. 

Ask me any question that you would like, and I will answer it truthfully.

OK..........GO!!!!!!!!!!