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

here

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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

peep

here are some pictures from practice

and hangs

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