Throw me to the wolves
They’re already circling

The chance has gone
Falling like sand
Through my lifeless hands

Tinted sunsets
Cold mornings
Asphalt
Desperate conversations

Who said things happen for a reason?
Things happen ‘cos you fucking make them

The most beautiful of things
That four letter word.

Reason is keeping its distance from me
All that I am, flag to the enemy
All that I can, here comes uncertainty
All those late nights smiling reluctantly

Background noise, absence of colour
This is where I long to be

I walk through the darkest rooms
Full of gloom and minds like mazes
And rejoice ’cause I’ll be the voice
Of your failure fucking generation
Still don’t belong to anyone
This is a life of hesitation
And we’d all trade one night to remember
For the years we’ve carelessly wasted

Big dreams and half full drinks
A few pills in your guts
So now it’s easy to think or breathe
And true love was just a marketed ploy
So guys can hit their lines
And girls can grab their boys

Sweet innocence with loser’s luck
I know you think you’re giving love
But you’re just getting fucked
Guess what?
I looked and you know what I found?
That you can’t expect to trust this world
When you can’t even trust yourself

And your head starts to spin
As you dance to the beat
Because tomorrow isn’t promised
But it’s sure as fuck is coming
And your body starts to shake
As you sing in the streets
Because it’s cold outside
So you better start running

Don’t count on me to save your life
When I’ve never had
A clear enough perspective on mine
And I know things change
we’ll go our separate ways
And alive is the only thing
It seems we’ve stayed lately

And the truth isn’t always easy to believe
You walk alone to the sound of your own heartbeat
And I know it’s not always so easy to see
But we are still all so fucking beautiful to me

“Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible.
God and the devil are fighting there,
and the battlefield is the heart of man.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky

On December 5th On the Rocks in Newquay will be host to one of the best local gigs of the year. We have American hardcore punk giants Ruiner playing a headline show as part of their European tour, with support from 4 more awesome hardcore/punk bands.

Ruiner: Signed to Bridge 9 records, Ruiner are sailing off the back of the amazing ‘Hell is Empty’ record released in September. These guys will blow your face off and make this a night never to forget.

Unrestrained: Oregon hardcore rockers Unrestrained give Ruiner the perfect support with rolling shout along hardcore which will melt your face.

Crocus: Local punk favourites, Crocus give one of the best live performances I’ve ever seen. Constant touring of UK and Europe have paid off for these guys and they’re definitely one to watch.

The River Card: Touring buddies with Unrestrained, the River Card are making their mark in UK punk with serious airplay on Rafdio 1 punk show and supporting Uk giants such as Dead Swans and US favourites the Carrier.

Downtown Riots: Local female-fronted hardcore punk back with a new lineup and new material. Gaining support slots for acts such as Gallows, the Blackout and now Ruiner, DTR are hoping to smash their way into the scene starting off with this gig.

Tickets are £4 advance or £5 on the door.
FOR TICKETS CONTACT WICKEDSTICKSPROMOTIONS@GOOGLEMAIL.COM

Over 18s only,
Bring ID

On the Rocks 01637 872897

Raindrops like needles tear away my skin
Every step I take, a small piece of me is left behind.
Thunderous juggernauts moan into my bow
The blackness of the Atlantic highway before me.

Lapping, rippling, laughing, crippling

Up to the southern depths
Weighed down by fear.

Leaving the moonlight glancing comfort from the transitionary ceiling
Dark enshrouds.
Dragged towards the howling souls of dreams
Sleep forever
Awake, never.

In an absence of light only knowing would show the way
This is what keeps the silence.

Illustration by Christopher Jones, MA Illustration UCF

With fresh, crisp leaves gliding gently down. Being laid to rest on damp, mossy grass.
I start to feel the cold as I sit in the tall, eccentric shadow of an oak, standing in between me and the Autumnal sunset.
The cold sunlight is reflecting a crystal clear image of the ground foliage to me, just before a gust of wind invites the branches to dance, sending even more laminar life-givers to their death.

BT has cut off our internet. We have the ‘Unlimited’ package, but some we have managed to download, stream, and waste over 110gb in the past month, leading to the deactivation of our broadband until the next billing month. Which is over a week away. Currently writing this in Wetherspoons, surrounded by gawping drunkards puzzled by the sight of a laptop in a pub.

I first saw the story through the Greenpeace website, then further researched it through various news websites such as BBC and Guardian. I rang Wiz Baines who is head of the Cornwall Greenpeace group and a Greenpeace activist to get some quotes and her views on the story. She was on a train returning from London where she was at a meeting about Kingsnorth when E.ON released the news. As you can imagine she was pretty excited. I managed to get some decent quotes from her and I now know that she is a reliable contact for similar stories in the future.

Via NASA’s live streaming on their website, today I watched the LCROSS probe smash into the Cabeus crater on the Moon’s South pole, the final acts of a mission sent to find water on the Moon. After 5.6 million miles orbiting the Earth and Moon, the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite was fired into the crater in the hope that the dust slung into the atmosphere from the impact would contain traces of water, and would be analysed by NASA. At 7.31am ET an empty rocket fired by the LCROSS probe hit the crater, with the probe itself impacting four minutes later. IT WAS AWESOME but I was a little late for photography. Totally worth it though. An interesting and exciting day for space exploration.