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In The Summertime

By b. murphy | Published 07/02/2010

Summer is upon us. Nothing says summer like mesh shorts and the beach. Grab these from xchatomanx and hit the surf. The ocean is cool, but my favorite swim spot was always Bulls Rock in West Boylston. Now, it’s certainly off the books, since it’s a reservoir, but it was always a great spot for jumping and swimming. Way better than the train bridge in West Boylston. You had to walk out pretty far along a path, maybe a mile, but the end result was worth it. The water was deep and there were a few ledges to jump from. One about 4″, one 8″ and one more like 12-16″. Watching Lou do a gainer off the top was fucking impressive. I know we escaped from the hot bowels of Worcester many times to enjoy this spot. Always brought a great crew. What’s your favorite swim spot?

Only The No Fun Remain

By b. murphy | Published 05/09/2010

When Bane recorded Give Blood, we packed a bunch of dudes into a 15 passenger van and drove down to DC. At the time, I was just barely 25 so it was touch and go on whether I could rent it or not. We finally secured the vehicle, rounded everyone in Worcester up, and made the drive.

Lets see if I can remember everyone who made the trip (if I forgot anyone, let me know).

AJ
Cushman
Spaulding
Jeremy
Lou
Beshaw
Hudson
Tre
Big Bob
Myself

People I forgot. Whoops.

Jim C
Seth
E. Mitch

Great ride. I drove the whole way as the rental place wouldn’t have it any other way. Down and back. We broke out late at night and didn’t arrive in DC until the very morning. It was still too early for backup vocals so we hit the local indoor pool.

Not everyone brought shorts. In fact, Lou only had white boxes. Now if you don’t know Lou (from Barrit and The Swarm and …), he’s really, really, really brown. Wet white boxers + brown dude = many unhappy parents. He was asked politely by the pool staff to leave.

Not everyone was down for swimming and in van football. We called them “No Fun.” Cough … Tre … Cough. Lots of shenanigans went down in that van. Lots.

So we rolled back to the studio and were getting ready for backups. Of course, lots of horse play going on in the booth. LOTS.

At one point, Brian Mcternan (I bet you were wondering how’d I work Battery into this, weren’t you?) had to scold us a few times. He even singled Lou out for being too rambunctious.

“Cut it out, dude.”

“Whatever, Brian McDickhead.”

“You know I can hear you, right?”

LOL. These are the times we’ll remember!