Cool, I'm finally Buying my busting JBL4410a tweeter. I've been working with TR-5's until now, But those are budget speakers. No more JBLs sitting on the floor doing nothing with a busted tweeter. It's costing me about 14,000 yen, Not too much. Speaking of Purchases, the Lord supplied another Batch of Money through my trust fund (thanks Grandpa)so I will be buying a couple cymbals, New drum heads for both sides of everything, an elec/acoustic guitar with Case, a Beta52, Rode NT-5's, another Pair of Sony MDR7506, A new Fast computer (Maybe a 3.8 X2 64bit dual core) and while I was in the US I got a Groove Tubes Brick Mic preamp.
TTL, I'm just so thankful to Jesus for his supply. If we do his work, He'll supply all our needs to do the Job. I'll take New Pic's when everything comes In.

We are in the Middle of FDTP, and boy…It’s heavy. It’s cool because we get to join the whole crew for get-outs most of the time, and the beach is Perfect already. If it’s this warm now, In August it’s probably going to be…Warmer. Global warming man, there’s No way out! Thank you Jesus for Jesus and his soon second coming...
Check it out. Uncle James, Found, the at the Garbage dump (a Japanese dump that is) a 1977 Fender USA Mustang. For real. I just saw the same guitar go on digimart for 130,000 Yen, but I think its worth more. Maybe not, maybe 77’ was just a Bad year. There’s no bridge, and it doesn’t work right now, but I will do what it takes to fix this thing. Killer.
Anyway, People wanted me to finish my wordstock story, But…If I go into that much detail its just going to take too Long. So I’ll Just Give my Thoughts and words of love to everyone I met there, Guys and girls, the trip was so so fun, thanks for being a part of it.
I said it.
My Favorite Band was POA, But I really liked all the bands for different reasons. I super enjoyed Metanoya, that was fun in a lot of ways, maybe also because the twin’s Agnes and Benedict are super cool in real life. They say, if you stare long enough at a piece of the stage the twins don’t occupy, you might actually see these different guys appear on the stage, with guitars and stuff. Weird huh? I tried it, and this dude appeared! But get this: he looked a lot like the guy peter who played in cesco’s Band. I crowd surfed for the first time in my short life during their set. It was so fun because…while I was up there, I was closer to God. (Like higher in elevation)
Cesco’s Band was sweet too, just cause of all personalities on Stage. The Guitar section was Peter, Godfrey, and Mac…Big Mac. He was Huge, all over the place. That was fun. And Cesco is a rush to hear, His voice really is power. I have to say I enjoyed his slow set more, because his voice was more out front and blasting with power…. He hits these High Notes without a flinch or straining his neck. Thanks Cesco for working out the trip and buying the tickets, it was a real blessing!
POA was so tight, so Professional. Gabe, Marky, Tony, and Tim are all real nice guys and I had a lot of fun getting to know them all. I will always consider them great dudes and good friends. Get your CD recorded please!
SOE…Justin is the Man. He is like…completely Cool. Totally just like chilled out but not like lethargic, just real. I really admire him because he’s been through stuff but he’s got faith and conviction. His wife is Hot too. And Andrew is pretty awesome. You have to hear this band he sings for, ten bullet Plan, they didn’t play at WS. But I hear some junky demos and this band is the real deal. I’m just hoping they can pull together and record some stuff.
Julie, sadly I missed her Set, But She is real fun to be around. She’s so cool. She’s like a real chick in a good way. It was real fun meeting you Julie.
Anybody else…
Haven, Godfrey, and all you Teens and staff, I can’t keep going or the post will become to long. But, I will say t’was good, you were good. Thanks! And It’s a revolution. Its WARTIME.
Ps. I’m starting to write again, But its hard to find the time to write with XD on your tail. Pray for me

We, Shun, Jo, and I depart from the HCS at 7:00AM. Before everyone else wakes up….Now when’s the last time you did that?? We settle in for the long drive from Tateyama for Narita, about 4 hours. We go by my folks place on the way, where we have a scare about suitcases and luggage straps. Mom tells us things get stolen often right out of the Bag. So Shun and Jo decide to buy plastic wire strap to stick their zippers together, Lucky for me I had like a combination lock on mine. Right before hitting the airport, We Pooled our money and bought 6 packs of NATO, hopefully we could watch with pleasure the twins eat it.
We Hook up with Cesco and Mike at the airport, Getting Through all the paperwork and security go real smoothly. Mac shows up, but he is taking a flight 2 hours behind us. So at last, we Board some Delta plane, I think it was a DC-888 or something. But that doesn’t matter. What did matter is that, each passenger had their own little screen, where for the duration of the flight they could watch whatever Movies they wanted. (Or…documentaries….) Shun and Jo were Happy.
Takeoff….was pretty fun. It’s a real rush cause it was my first plane, and man, did I feel the power between my legs. Airplane food is not bad. We flew through a very Short night, 4 hours later it was day again and…Low and behold…below us was, CANADA!!!! We got pretty close to the Rockies; we could even see cabins and dirt roads, waaaaay down there. The flight got so so so boring. To stay alive I began to hype myself up like “Its Canada!!! It’s a house!!! A city!!! Wow…a real Canadian Desert!!!” and stuff. I realized there was only one Young stewardess on the plane. The others were Ancient, and trying to hide the fact behind bright blue eye makeup and bleach blonde hair. Delta probably isn’t allowed to fire them or something.
At Last we Land in Atlanta…the First American I see out the window Is a Black guy on the tarmac thinking hees real cool wearing his knee pads on his shins, sunglasses, Backwards Cap, and Tons of chewing Gum, Holding is head like…way to high as he shakes his blinking stick around. What a contrast to Japan. I begin to Fear for my luggage instantly.
Walking to Immigration, I go to the line for Americans. There 2 more black guys behind the desk. There must have been something else the other black guy could do…But here there was 2 of them. He asks me what my trip to Japan was for. I explain…there never was a trip and I was born there. Stupidly, on my piece of paper I gave to him, I circled that I have liquids. Because…Hey I do. He asked me what those liquids are. I proudly said I was bringing Japanese Sake to a friend. “Are you 21?” “No”. (Slowly leans back) “You CANNOT carry alcohol into the country!!! It’s like bringing a Gun into the country!” “Oh sorry sir, But I didn’t buy the alcohol (Lie) and my friend who it’s for is over 21”. “What’s your friends’ name?” (He’s holding my passport open which says “Stephen” on it) I hesitantly say “Stephen”, while feeling stupid. “Last name?” Now I really feel stupid. “Buckle” I say. “YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW YOUR FRIENDS NAME!” at least it felt like he was shouting. I gave up hope, I thought he would arrest and torture me. Finally he let me through with a “DON’T BRING ALCOHAL INTO THE COUNTRY!” which was weird because my alcohol was still in my check in luggage which I pickup later. I gave it to Mike D to carry before we went through customs, he put in his carry on (Uh oh…) Shunnie got his bags searched because he told them he had sembe. It sounded suspicious I guess. The black guy probably never heard of sembe, probably because rap music doesn’t inform listeners about sembe. It must have sounded the same as “Oh, I have hxcdighp in my bag”. Now I would take him down.
You know what is funny about Atlanta airport? In Narita, they have signs and arrows. “Luggage” “international” “Domestic”. In Atlanta, which by the way is a gross, dirty, huge airport, they find it more efficient to yell at you. A conveniently placed black person yells “Domestic Transfers this way!!” There is no sign. Another one Yells “Place your Bags here NOW!” another says “OVERSIZED Luggage THERE!!!” Maybe they were talking about some of the people there, I don’t know. Again, No signs.
So we arrive at the “check your carry on luggage for the flight to SA.” Place. The black guy took my Sake from MikeD, in the name of national security. We wished him well, several times. Helpful comments like “hope you enjoy” and “It opens by hand” were met with frowns. We Changed our Money Next. I had about 650$ In Cash by the end, 400$ of which went to purchasing the Groove tubes brick Mic Preamp. So after 56$ on wordstock entry, I had pretty much 200$ I needed to spend before I went home. I lived that week quite happily….ahh, Good times, TTL.
Back to the story. Mike and I spot another guy, a white guy, carefully carrying my Bottle of Sake through the airport, towards the staff door. He comes right back out without it. Mike again wishes this guy well that he enjoys it, and the dude shyly makes a second of eye contact and hurries along. National Security My Bottom.
In Atlanta There are golf cart type things that will carry the elderly or very fat around the airport as service. That’s nice, except they also carry with them a siren which is loud and constantly crying “Hey you aren’t Fat so you need to walk, HAHA and to top off our fun you cant even talk as you walk because we are driving right next to you with our siren HAHA!”. I want to go to San Antonio I think.
Soon enough, we board our plane. It’s much smaller. I’m pretty sure it was a DC- something or other though, I guess delta doesn’t like Boeing. We take off. Jo sits next to me and Is sleeping during the announcement where the black lady said what kind of snacks the plane had available, and please tell her what you want as soon as we get there. So she comes, I ask for my Quaker oats bar, and Jo Jolts out of his sleep with the question “Uh…what kind of snacks is there?” the woman’s response scared me. Mind you, she is a stewardess serving us. “I’m not telling you again, I’ve only already told you 3 times!” the seats around us chuckle at her “humor”. I tell her, “I’m Sorry, he slept through the announcement and we’ve been awake for 26 hours, Haha.” I chuckle to fit in with the others. The 2nd black stewardess woman right behind her Joins in the fun with another Joke directed at Jo, Shun and I. “we have drinks here…Uh you guys are ok right? You know what drinks are?” “Haha” I say with the seats laughing at our expense. Both those women should be fired. That’s one big difference between Japan and the U.S that would never happen in Japan. They would probably be fired in Japan. WE land…SAN Antonio! This airport is Nice. Small, but cool and Shiny. We await our Bags, and Boom. 2 familiar Faces, Steve and Justin have come to pick us up! Yay! They are both wearing STEM t-shirts, they look pretty good. Thanks Christian for the design. The Journey is Over. On the way to Fiesta Home we stop by an American McDonalds. The rumor was, the Burgers are Bigger in the US. So I was ready. Well, the M-fries and Burger were exactly the same as Japanese size. The M-drink however, was a Japanese L-size. I choose a Quarter Pounder which they don’t have on the menu in Japan, but it’s Just a puffed up Cheese burger. It Taste the same. So we arrived at the fiesta Home. Uh- Let me rephrase that, the fiesta Giant Ranch. They must have like 1/20th of Texas or something in their yard. And apparently it’s only like 400,000 yen a month on Rent. Insane. But the People there are really really cool. We decided to pull a prank, and tell everyone there Shun couldn’t speak English. We fooled Haven. But after about 10 minutes nobody was talking to shun and he looked bored. So he confessed. To greet us over from the Other Home was Tony and Marky, Thanks for coming over guys, after a shower and an Hour of fellowship and Meeting new cool People, I retired to the trailer to Join Shun and Jo in peaceful rest, pretty darn Tired.

Metanoya is showing up tomorrow night!! I say.

for 2 weeks, Yes.
I'm freaked out, In a good a Way. It's the first time I've ever Been out of
Japan. I'm Canadian American, and Never Been out of Japan. Never even Been
on a plane actually. I'm Not actually Looking forward to "Wordstock" Much. I
Mean...The DVD is cool, and Its going to be a awesome Gathering. I'm Looking
forward to Meeting everyone there. But...I'm more excited about Just seeing
another country, and seeing the Family In the U.S. and Mexico. I'm actually
really interested In Just seeing the Family and How it is around the world.
It's Going to be a Lot of firsts. Rahh.
In Other news, We wrapped up 2 1/2 days of Practice, We won't play together
as a Band again until we are in S.A. Before Mike went home we took some
pictures of the crew So you can get used to us.
We are Meeting up at Narita on the 3ird, and Heading to S.A. to Hang out
with SOE, POA, Metanoya etc. Playing 2 sets of 45 mins, word has it we may
be the opening band...

Alright guys, heres some "Behind the scenes" Pics from the shoots of Crave and Death Music.
Don't want to give away too much of the Death Music video, But Its a song about system music remember. Have a good one. the Crave Music video Is linked to in the Post below this one.

ALRIGHT men and women, the first video from "Heavenly Music" is done. Download the "crave" video here. Thanks for waiting. This Video is Best Viewed In DIVX or VLZ media player. If played in Windows Media player or Winamp, the video will become somewhat "Jittery" and choppy.

Crave MV

Disclaimer: Although Jesse is wearing light eyeliner in the video, It is video makeup and not something he wears in real life. We are sorry that we did actually, because in the end it wasn't too inspiring and not something we want to promote.

Yessir, STEM is Coming to Wordstock. The Idea has Been out for a while, But I haven't said anything until It was for sure. But yes, The Lord supplied the Money Through an Awesome guy, Sean. Thanks for Sponsoring, Sean. GBY! It Just Cleared my Home council, and I'm a happy boy. the Band Line-up Has Many Changes, Here's the Band.
Steven -Vocals/Guitar
Shun- Guitar
Jo- Bass
MIKE D-drums.
You've all Heard Shun Before, He's the real Jose. He's Playing Lead in "Heavy
Metal song", and played the lead in Anthem".
Jo, the Bass player from Razzmatazz Shun's Old Band)
and MikeD....Thank you.
Jesse, won't able to Make it for a few reasons, He has Jobs He needs to do on dates during wordstock, and he He is saving every penny for Recording equipment, GBH!
So hope to see you all there, this year Looks Like it'll be the biggest one yet. Make sure ya'll make it.

(Ps. Crave Is going through final stages, Aaron is now going through a terrible time known as getting a Drivers License. Which is why its been taking a while to finish it up.)

Alright- Just to clear up any debate, People think I COPY OTHER BANDS?
That’s good. Because If you didn't I'd think your nuts. Of course I copy Genres. Look at it this way. It goes with any other kind of art. If something hits your key, then you like listening to it. You like making it.
I personally am a Fan of Punk rock and its sub-genres, and I like Plenty of Metal too. Anything with fast drums man. So….What I write and what I “produce” Is going to be something I like. OK. Good fine. Everyone can live with that. But- Some People seem to think some of the songs on heavenly music are straight up rips. You know, like “rapturous feeling”. (To those people, Please Show me one. Post a link to a clip of the song you say I’m copying. I need to hear it.) Or they say, “Hey Steve, Uh maybe you should turn off the radio”. Hmm. Before the Renewal in 2004, I listened to plenty of Pans tunes. Maybe 2-3-4 hours a day. I had the Technology to do that as well (Like a good MD walkman…Can’t afford an MP3 player these days). I got my hands on everything. So I have Plenty of Genre Influence from that time.
Since the renewal, I wiped my albums and strove to make system music a Non-part of my life. And Now, Yes, I do have an agreement with the Lord Concerning Reference Music to help me with my mixing mostly. But it never leaves the studio, and Is Rare inside the studio as well, Trust me. So- Yes I like Alt-rock. So… I SING ALT-ROCK! Is that so hard to get? I hope not. Hey- You try writing an album. Let’s see how original you can get, and then see if people will listen to it! It’s harder then you think. So yeah, sure I copy stuff. I take stuff from here or there and build a new song with it.
Everyone does that, Even Big bands. Maybe you can read some books on song-writing.
Ps- And down with Pan’s Shit! WE don’t need it- Unless you want to screw your head. The devil is only Pumping so much time and Money into the Music industry because its got so much Power to shape the way we think- and It's not just the Letters that say that Either, Every Secular educational Book, article and DVD about Music I’ve read says the same thing.

Hey guys, Thanks for keeping the action going on here.
As you all know, like 2 weeks ago Aaron and crew came over and we were able
to shoot two music videos for Heavenly Music, Crave, and Death Music. Crave
will be done first, Aaron Is currently still In the middle of upgrading his
film studio, so the editing got a start but now Wolf Studios is
computer-less. So I guess when Crave is done, its done. No word on the
timing, Bummer. PTL.
In other news, things have been stirring recently about a trip to... Texas sometime in uh... May. I’ll get back to you on that one when we have
something concrete.

Hey, have you ever heard of KANDO Bando? That’s right. It’s the HCS Band
since last summer. And we did record a little GP CD before Christmas to sell
at our performances. Some people are a little mixed up as to whom exactly is
in the band etc. well, here they are.
Florence, 17, Vocals
Abner, 17, Guitar
Shinji, 15, Guitar
Naoto, 13, Keys
Taka, 14, Bass
Steve, 19, Drums
And yes, everything on the CD is played by the guys in the band, exactly the
way we play live. Here’s the cover of the album some of you might have
downloaded from Joe’s website. (Now available at Glitch radio.)

I'm in the middle of the feast 2007 here, having a good time. I never had 3 1/2 of word straight (with short breaks) before. Felt cool. Other then that, not much is happening now, But in a few short days, Aaron and Jesse will come over and we will shoot two music Videos! nice, those are always fun (minus the setting up work) In the meantime as a low-budget promo video for Heavenly Music, check this out.

It's something Aaron put together with the live footage of AIP Japan. Have a good one.