Diary

Diary




been another damn minute

so life has been cool since writing the last post
we've been busy playing too many shows locally, we booked a little weekender around recording the shit we've been writing since we kicked kendall out of the band, it's really good, i like the direction we're headed in, personally, i found two more jobs and i'm now working about 8 shifts a week between the two, it's fucking rough but whatever that's just how it is
i made a new run of shirts for this tour
the design is really cool and i wouldn't be opposed to printing more of those, i'm trying to move into a house with alex and logan and tea soon, should be good to finally have a base of operation i guess
we looked at a place last night, doesn't seem like we could have basement shows so we may have to settle for the occasional living room matine, which i honestly prefer
i may start a distro of some sort
wanted to start a label forever ago but i'd rather just release my own bands shit right now, i don't feel like being let down and stepped on by other people again
i was asked to book this band that are getting too big for their own good and they fucking show hopped me after i set up a really good bill for them, i understand the desire to play bigger shows but they just act like they're being indoctrinated into the hardcore scene and it's so fucking obvious that they're not
i wish them the best of luck but it really just affirmed what the fuck i do this for
fuck an ego

5/15/2018      4:06 pm


-jordan

been a damn minute

sorry i've been absent from this page for a while, i recently got fired from my job, not saying i stole money from the register, not saying i didn't either, fuck it though life goes on and i all the sudden have time for things that actually bring me some joy
we're working hard on writing this longer thing, we're gonna have tapes in the UK via Vanity Pill Records, they released ATTACKROBOTATTACK sometime last year, Reece is a really nice person
we're probably going to try to get it on a 10" in America, we can do that shit ourselves but we may contact a label or two for help
we're on probation for a year, we can't tour until early 2019 but that honestly gives us a lot of time to focus on writing and evolving, we're planning on recording in Lancaster with Ben from KIDS at his studio, Alex and Logan know him through recording their old band, Magnolia
we're having a lot of fun right now, these are my friends and i have their backs no matter what, some meatheads threatened us to stay out of new jersey, threatened to sue us all because we outed their shitty behavior, then they backed down and apologized when our friends in SICK SHIT dropped shows they had booked, so much for being a "shit band with no influence" fucking jocks
no room for transphobes in diy
i'm working on a zine with my best friend Tea, who takes all our pictures, i promise our record will have an insert
diy music is too apathetic right now and it shows
Olin from Friendly Otter Records is assembling a larger run of our tapes that will be available online, to get our tour demo version, you gotta come see us at a show, or if you're a friend, send us an email, for all i care this is 1992 and i'm gonna act like it
(as i type on a fucking laptop)

i love ya'll, this gives me an infinite amount of purpose in this shitty life, -jordan (5pm march 8th, 2018)

that was fun

tour was fun, i've finally had a second to sit down at a computer
a huge thank you is owed to joe scibelli, den ny, dennis bird, and max ludewig for booking and hosting us
shit was a blast, i can't wait to go tour again
we need to record for whatever comes next and then for whatever comes after that
we have some tentative plans
life has been weird, it's always strange being domesticated even after such a short time on the road
work fucking sucks, they just fired someone cool and they keep hiring people who are actually excited to work
which is fucking lame
i want to quit but i dropped out of college and i'm afraid i'm not gonna be able to find something that pays as well
plus i get away with a lot of shit there
so i guess until it get real bad i'll stick it out
at least now i'm the only person who goes on tour
which means i'd be covered for the next time i need to
that's all i got
i've been watching a lot of anime lately
been listening to a lot of vivian k again


1/9/2017       2:12pm


-jordan

soonsoonsoon!

tour is less than forty eight hours away
very excited to play around
two days ago the vans battery died
and i was fucking frantically trying to get it jumped
so i could drive it to get it repaired
everything worked out though
been working a lot
recently got back on my bullshit anime wise
so that's that
don't really have too much to say
we made 24 tapes for tour
friendly otter is doing a run of twenty something i think
we have shirts
i'll be bringing my old bands tapes
come buy some shit
see ya'll soon

12/31/2017       12:52 AM


-jordan


oh fuck wait, happy new year ya'll, hopefully 2018 is a better year,

we'll have some shit for you sometime soon

post show sads

every time i play a show i'm reminded
of why i continue to ruin my voice
i'm so glad i moved to philadelphia for this
i'm so glad we're going to tour
everyone in this band is a great person
i've been working a lot
every month i run into a tragedy
and when confronted with tragedy
my first instinct is to run
and run and run and run
to whatever place will sell me what i need to take my life
but this is where i run to now
this is where i'm comfortable


10/16/2017     2:53 am

-jordan

plans

well, we kicked kendall out of the band
it was nothing personal
just commitment i suppose
he doesn't see it that way but that's ok
i don't think there's any bad blood
we got our recordings back and they're mixed and ready to release
we're waiting to hear back from some people about a tape release
worse comes to worse we'll just release it ourselves
we think it sounds great but we know that what
we're currently writing is better
and so much fun to play live
speaking of playing live
we have a show in a deli in new jersey planned for November 4th
and another show in New Haven, CT planned for November 18th
and after that we've got nothing until we hit the road on
new year's morning
alright
i've got an episode of epicly later'd to watch while i still have internet

we'll have music for you soon

10/12/2017      1:27 am


-jordan

goings on

we haven't gotten our recordings back from uarts
which is sort of a bummer
we're gonna change some shit around
we know what we have to improve
today i was biking home to play a Fei Lung show
on a street that has signs that say bikes may use the full lane
i don't even use the full lane cause i'm not an asshole
i was off to the side and someone was still honking at me
even though i gave them plenty of room and time to pass
they kept on honking so i decided to ride dead in the middle
dick move on my part
but don't fuckin honk at me
they kept going and i pointed at every "bike may use full lane"
sign that i passed
they yelled out their window for me to move
and i was totally letting them go
so i was frustrated and i yelled back
"just fucking hit me already"
i eventually got pretty ahead of them cause i don't have to follow every light or stop sign
but they caught up and were going pretty fast
so i cut into an alley and they followed me and sprayed me with
water from their car
they called me a pussy
i'm glad i'm not offended by things easily
it's just frustrating that people are in such a rush to get somewhere that they have to yell and scream
when they can't go as fast as possible
the show went terribly cause we hadn't practiced
but whatever it was last minute
i'm glad i don't play an instrument in binary
cause i have a lot of improving to do
my job is giving me full time
i'm saving as much as possible before we tour in the spring
i hope we can go on a full us in the summer
but i have to talk to everyone about that first
i get over excited about this kind of thing
probably because outside of music
nothing is too important to me
it finally feels like fall in philadelphia
which means it feels like winter for me
having spent 19 years of my life in florida
i'm looking forward to braving the cold
we might head out for a week in winter if possible
this shit is all i care about
Omar from Heritage Unit has this really great playlist of good emo shit on youtube
found some great stuff on there
you should check it out

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10/2/2017      1:32 am

-jordan


post-recording

so we played our demo live over and over again
hopefully some of it is usable for a demo, i'm sure it will be
as long as we sort through the stems of the audio
and pick what's best
hopefully we have something for ya'll soon
to be honest
i'm excited for what's going to immediately follow the demo
i think the demo is great don't get me wrong
but it seems that we've definitely found a direction
after taking stabs at different sounds
we'll be playing a lot locally through october
when we have something physical to give you all
we'll embark on something bigger
and hopefully it carries us to where we want to go
touring outside of the united states would be incredible
i'm willing to go quit jobs for it
my life isn't so serious
thanks for watching the live stream by the way
it was nice to not be watched by just the people in the room

9/27/17      2:51 am

-jordan

recording

on wednesday we're recording a four song demo
logan and alex go to school at uarts here in philadelphia
so we're able to utilize their facilities
still diy (sorta)
we're recording in front of a class studying live sound
so that should be awkward
i wonder if they've ever heard "emoviolence"
i wonder what they're expecting
i wonder if they'll dig it
i wonder what you're all expecting
my work schedule is pretty set in stone now
which means i can properly plan more and more and more
for this project of ours
life has been pretty ok
my camera is either broken
or i forgot how to shoot film
the place i send my rolls to doesn't send me the error shots
only the ones that look good
and i've gotten one email saying there was nothing in the roll
and another email with one double exposed picture
so i'm bummed
tons of memories i'll never relive
because i can't recall things too well
that's just life i guess
oh shit, i forgot to mention our next show
unless we hop on something else
will be october 14th at broke down palace
it's a benefit show for Beyond the Bars
which gives inmates some chance at rehabilitation
fuck the american prison system

see ya,

9/15/2017     12:53 am

-jordan

transplants


in 10 days I will officially be a resident of Philadelphia.
it's exciting to finally leave NJ and already be on
a better path. 
B1NARY is beginning to finally find a rhythm
with song writing. the last 2 songs we've written
are things i can claim to be "proud of"
usually i do not feel this way about my endeavors
i'm very thankful for these other individuals
i'm glad to call them my friends...

9/12/17   2:17 pm 

-dijon


binary swings the blues


we've finally written all the songs we need
in order to have a short set
the four songs will go on our demo tape
which will probably be called
"demo"
i'm excited to play in a week or two
i have a new tattoo i have to show off
it's seeming like i'm the only one who's gonna use this here diary page
well, here's what i'm listening to at the moment
it's a massive emo playlist that omar from heritage unit (and a bunch of other bands) made




later

8/30/17   12:30 am

-jordan







full at last


we've finally practiced as a full band
it's going really well
my partner gave alex an orchid tattoo
it's the orchid side of the
orchid/pig destroyer 7"
looks really fucking good
he's the most elite of us all
having only just got into bands like
usurp synapse, love lost but not forgotten,
the spirit of versailles
you know
the good shit
we've got a song that sounds like tsov
and i'm stoked as someone who likes to whine
our facebook page has something close to 150 likes at the moment
which is great considering we haven't posted anything
we're a hype band
apparently
our first show is with a bunch of bands way heavier than us
i want to make someone cry mosh
so come see us on the 9th of september
cry mosh your hearts out

'till next time

8/27/17  2am

-jordan





first entry


well well well, the website has finally come together
we've been practicing more often than i've practiced with any other band, we're writing songs faster than we can record them,
we're having fun, everyone is really sweet
i'm jordan by the way
i moved to philadelphia from south east florida to play with these people, so it's a plus that i like them
just figured i'd post on here since i just made the site
felt stupid to leave it blank
i suppose i should tell you about myself
i play in a band called Fei Lung
it's a lot softer than BINARY and there are only two of us
Dijon/Dylan who plays drums for BINARY also drums for Fei Lung
it started as a solo thing
I dig film photography, music, anime, and uh, i can't think of anything else at the moment, gotta go practice fei lung songs

....

later

8/22/17 6pm


-jordan