Ahh Tucson, Arizona; home of many memories.

It also has quite the murky side. Ever since I lost all that weight in late 2004 I started to slowly emerge myself into the 'scene' of Tucson. The scene here is full of pretentious social networking sluts (and bros, emos, indies, etc) attempting to make a name for themselves.

Now before I start bitching any further about the wacky unnecessary cliques that dwell in our little spot in southern Arizona, I will say that there are some plus sides to the scene in Tucson. The music scene is great (most of the time). I do have a lot more fun going to the living room or going to Plush and forking out five bucks to see a live show (namely Portugal The Man's last show at Plush was amazing). 4th avenue is a great place to walk around and explore the many freaks and geeks that lurk on that side of town. You don't have to spend a lot of money either (unless you wander into some wacky Native American tourist shop). For the record, Plush IS my favorite bar on 4th avenue. Mostly because even on weeknights you can just rest easy on the couch with a scotch & coke and simply enjoy an ambient jazz band do their thing without being bothered by the Bro's & Ho's that lurk around O' Maleys.

Anywho, onto the downside of Tucson. As I slowly emersed myself into the "who knows who" or to be more blunt "who's fucking who" side of the scene, I noticed less and less substance through the people involved. Most of this was involved in simple conversation. You could'nt simply debate or have a meaningful conversation with someone without them spouting off about some pierced, tattoed "celebrity" of Tucson being a dick to some innocent newbie in town.

And after that Skrappys shooting that took place, (I believe one person was killed? Not too sure on that one) it went downhill even further. I've said it before and I'll say it again and I don't care who's life it affects because if you look further into my text you'll see it has an all around peaceful message. The only "tragedy" that went down at Skrappys was that ALL the straight-edge "CREW" morons werent fatally wounded. Honestly Tucson, that's what you've become? A bunch of idiot crews? I don't even know the names; all I know is if you have some 'gnar' thing or anything for that matter in front of your socially networked nickname, you're a piece of shit.

/end rant

Cheers,
- Sammers