more from the night in the FLICKR set HERE

Last night I went to see Glassjaw play at the Starland Ballroom in Sayerville, NJ. Easily sold out. It was my first time seeing them and they fucking killed, murdered, pillaged, smashed, destroyed…repeat. Hung with CC’s and friends one last time before we are whisked into 2010 by the hands of time. was a hell of a time.

we talked and laughed about these

TOUCH U on 12seconds.tv

‘TIL IT HURTS on 12seconds.tv

and this

Making Love on 12seconds.tv

and as I walked out, this happened. Peace taTHAT guy.

HAVE A FUCKING HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR FUCKERS. SEE YOU ON THE INTERNET IN 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Download it – http://timmywiggins.bandcamp.com/

My CC brotherman Timmy Wiggins just dropped his new mixtape hosted by Chauncey. It’s free and dope and I’m glad I’m on it.

I figure it’s been a while since I actually wrote something discussing what I’ve been up to. Well I’ve been pretty wrapped up in trying to make life better so that I can make better music, if that makes any sense. There were some ultimate highs and lows since Scifentology II dropped and I’ve decided nearly two years later that it’s time to take a break from touring and playing shows for a little while (not too long) to try and finish up my Gas Galaxy EP, and another project that has been under wraps for quite sometime now, before I go back out. For those that have been following my twitter and who know me personally, you may know that for about the last 6 months I’ve been putting together a small but adequate studio set up at home and getting it up and running so I can be more productive musically and literally produce, explore, and learn the engineering/software aspect of it. It’s a challenge I’ve been pretty animate about and with the help of some of my tremendously talented friends, specifically one who is not with us anymore, it’s gotten very serious. I think what will come out of it, when it does, is going to showcase a new step in the way I approach my music and one that has already taught me much more than I knew prior to going in. Gas Galaxy is almost finished but I’ve decided I had to further perfect some things and add one more song, which I’m in the process of making right now. At this stage I’ve become a lot more nitpicky about songs although now the outcome will be exactly how I intended for them to be, where that wasn’t necessarily the case in the past. I believe as an artist, getting your art as close to what you think defines perfect, is something you never stop working towards. At least for me it is. If you came to the last couple of shows, you saw I played two new songs from the ep aside from Gas Galaxy to see how they would go over and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at the response from songs that people never heard prior. I mean EXTREMELY amped. 2009 was a great year for working with new people and accomplishing things that I never have before. CCWM is as strong as ever and moving at a pace that would be hard for anyone to keep up with let alone those of us who are involved. Glad those of you, new fans and old, are around for the ride and in our company as we put out new music and play shows. We just make the music and hope you continue to move forward with us as we approach the last year of another decade, and beyond for that matter. I expect Gas Galaxy to come out early 2010 now and I think it’s appropriate to wait until this year is over anyway to put out my next release. Some people have been asking about what happened to the monthly blog I wrote on Definitivejux.net. Basically I took a break from that too in order to free up some more time to concentrate on new tunes and not have to worry about making another deadline, in life. I’m going to make an effort to write more here at yakballz.net, aside from the normal video/picture updates, movie reviews etc. Expect the unexpected. I wish you all well, a happy holidays, and a sincere THANK YOU for supporting what the fuck I do.

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WHAT A NIGHT!

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video by Damien Neva

COMING TO YOUR TOWN BIATCH!

10/08/09 in Portland, ME at Asylum
10/09/09 in Providence, RI at Jerky’s Live Music Hall
10/10/09 in Allston, MA at Harpers Ferry

photo by Damien Neva

official flyer, take it down and pass it around.

My brother Chauncey CC will be accompanying me on this mini-adventure. There will be other special guests in attendance. Certainly not to be missed.

PS I will be debuting most of the songs from Gas Galaxy at these shows.