Latin For Truth

a blog ran and operated by Charles Ray Hastings Jr. and Tom Lovejoy of Latin For Punk Rock.

We begin our first tour since January tomorrow, getting trashy and ready right now.

-Riffs

the best part about caring...

is people who hide their ignorance behind sarcasm. Just let the underdog win for once, let someone be courageous by coming out to the world and being honest to their intent. Stop fucking making jokes so we can all enjoy what you find uncomfortable. We get it, you’re supremely immature with your sexuality and it scares the shit out of you when someone presents something more complex, when someone doesn’t identify with gender roles. I get it. I was twelve at one point too. It scared the shit out of me. My step-father called me gay everyday, asked me if I liked boys, asked what was wrong with me, but guess what, I’m 25, been through all the confusion and came out heterosexual. Nothing good or bad about that, just who I am. Neither side is looking for your approval, everyone just wants to breathe free of guilt and judgement. So stop making your dumb fucking jokes and let a man/woman/gender-unidentified human being enjoy the breathing and exhaling. Let them enjoy whatever love and understanding in themselves and their partners they can find in a rude, self-centered world.

CRH 

I’m not into busting anyone’s chops about whether or not they like our new tunes or whether or not they like our old tunes. A band is a living breathing artistic entity. It’s a small community that is ran by four or five individuals who, if they have a soul, are constantly growing and bettering themselves, taking an active role in curving their shitty tastes into a more accurate portrayal of who they are. Change is good, if you’re changing that means you’re still alive, still thinking, still creating.So with all that in mind, quick learners will change from record to record. We soak up records like spiritual scriptures. Listen, enjoy, pick apart, and soak it into our musical DNA. How can the same guy who only listened to Gorilla Biscuits, Shook Ones, Dan Yemin related bands, etc. find records like Miles Davis’s Sketches of Spain, Tom Wait’s Small Change, Townes Van Zandt’s Delta Momma Blues and go back to writing riffs he wrote as jokes. The answer is he can’t, that he is me, I can’t go back to writing joke riffs for the sake of entertaining kids who won’t pay for the record either way. I now write stuff I can stand behind when I’m forty and we play just as fast and intense as we use to, it’s just more poignant and focused artistically. Aside from the different music hitting my ears, there was a ton of other reasons we changed our sound a bit. We’re now a singer/guitarist band, which lets us play around more with music cause we don’t have a vocalist two-stepping in place while we noodle around. I can also write more personal lyrics cause it’s mostly coming out of my mouth. The big reason for the change is I was tired of seeing kids get hurt to positive music. Kids swinging their fists to celebrate music with a positive statement. So like anyone who takes their music as art, an act of effective communication, we changed the art a bit.It’s just weird, the whole thing cause I see this chatter all the time but the use of gay as a synonym for shitty kind of pushed me to posting this. I have a ton of gay friends, they all fucking rule ten times harder than you. Gay should prolly actually be used as a very positive word if we’re going to throw it around in our casual lexicon. Fuck this closet homophobia bullshit. It’s 2012.If we’re going to be honest, since most people get to be honest about the art that I create every year, pop punk sucks mostly. Breakdowns are the most redundant beat, section of usually the most useless music. You can tell a kid writes most the lyrics to these tunes cause all the shit is about is friends, girls, vans, and loss of innocence. I sincerely apologize for being 25, not living in a magical land of nostalgia meant for teens who are now having to pay for their own phone bill and love reminiscing of the days of the great innocence.so to sum all this up, I love you if you support our band, old or new record, even if you’ve never made a purchase from us. Ears equate to something for me, so keep your ears open if you’re down for the ride. The thing is though, we’re not going to stop moving. I create for me, I try to be good at my craft so others can identify with what I create.Love y’all, Charles H. 

I’m not into busting anyone’s chops about whether or not they like our new tunes or whether or not they like our old tunes. A band is a living breathing artistic entity. It’s a small community that is ran by four or five individuals who, if they have a soul, are constantly growing and bettering themselves, taking an active role in curving their shitty tastes into a more accurate portrayal of who they are. Change is good, if you’re changing that means you’re still alive, still thinking, still creating.

So with all that in mind, quick learners will change from record to record. We soak up records like spiritual scriptures. Listen, enjoy, pick apart, and soak it into our musical DNA. How can the same guy who only listened to Gorilla Biscuits, Shook Ones, Dan Yemin related bands, etc. find records like Miles Davis’s Sketches of Spain, Tom Wait’s Small Change, Townes Van Zandt’s Delta Momma Blues and go back to writing riffs he wrote as jokes. The answer is he can’t, that he is me, I can’t go back to writing joke riffs for the sake of entertaining kids who won’t pay for the record either way. I now write stuff I can stand behind when I’m forty and we play just as fast and intense as we use to, it’s just more poignant and focused artistically. Aside from the different music hitting my ears, there was a ton of other reasons we changed our sound a bit. We’re now a singer/guitarist band, which lets us play around more with music cause we don’t have a vocalist two-stepping in place while we noodle around. I can also write more personal lyrics cause it’s mostly coming out of my mouth. The big reason for the change is I was tired of seeing kids get hurt to positive music. Kids swinging their fists to celebrate music with a positive statement. So like anyone who takes their music as art, an act of effective communication, we changed the art a bit.

It’s just weird, the whole thing cause I see this chatter all the time but the use of gay as a synonym for shitty kind of pushed me to posting this. I have a ton of gay friends, they all fucking rule ten times harder than you. Gay should prolly actually be used as a very positive word if we’re going to throw it around in our casual lexicon. Fuck this closet homophobia bullshit. It’s 2012.

If we’re going to be honest, since most people get to be honest about the art that I create every year, pop punk sucks mostly. Breakdowns are the most redundant beat, section of usually the most useless music. You can tell a kid writes most the lyrics to these tunes cause all the shit is about is friends, girls, vans, and loss of innocence. I sincerely apologize for being 25, not living in a magical land of nostalgia meant for teens who are now having to pay for their own phone bill and love reminiscing of the days of the great innocence.

so to sum all this up, I love you if you support our band, old or new record, even if you’ve never made a purchase from us. Ears equate to something for me, so keep your ears open if you’re down for the ride. The thing is though, we’re not going to stop moving. I create for me, I try to be good at my craft so others can identify with what I create.

Love y’all,

Charles H. 

ithinkimlosingsleepoverthis asked: Hey so now that you're gonna be going on that tour are you gonna have merch there?!?! :)

still working on it, ha. Merch debt ain’t no joke. Thank you for your interest. Soon as it comes in I’ll be posting about it.

Introducing Wild Ones Tour: Part 2, We’re going to destroy every fucking thing!  Carridale, Latin for Truth, and the Tired and True  5/14   Whitesburg, KY   -  Letcher County Tourism Building 5/15   Boiling Springs, SC  -  Sound Stage Music Hall 5/16  Columbia, SC  -  One Unit Art Space 5/17  Jacksonville, FL  -  Burro Bar 5/18   Douglasville, GA  - The Seven Venue   5/19  Madison, AL  -   Insanity Skate Park 5/20  Baton Rouge, LA   -   HTGT Thrift   5/21  Houston, TX  -  TBA 5/22  Austin, TX  -   Mohawk 5/23  San Antonio, TX   -   The White Rabbit 5/24  Midland,TX   -  The Pinebox 5/25  Amarillo, TX  -  Vientiane Nights 5/26  Broken Arrow, OK  -   Rudy’s House 5/27  Memphis, TN   -  East Win Christian Church 5/28 OFF DAY  5/29  St. Louis, MO  -   Fubar   5/30  Barrington, IL   -  Penny Rd Pub 5/31  Indianapolis, IN  -  The Hoosier Dome 6/1  Port Huron, MI  -  Chas. Schoor VFW POST 796 6/2  Ravenna, MI  -  180 Room 6/3  Detroit, MI  -  4731 Venue  6/4  Columbus, OH  -  The Purple Grape 6/5  Akron, OH  -  The Vortex 6/6  Buffalo, NY  -  Pro Music center 6/7  Rochester, NY  -  TBA 6/8  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  The Loft  6/9  Milford, CT  -  Point Beach Clubhouse 6/10  Rockville Centre, NY  -  The Vibe Lounge 6/11  Philadelphia, PA  -  Station Bar  6/12  Richmond,VA  -  The Camel   6/13   Virginia Beach, VA  -  Shaka’s  6/14   Hamptonville, NC  -  House Show 6/15   Charleston, SC   -  Jimbos Rock Lounge 6/16   Knoxville, TN   - TBA 6/17   Cookeville, TN   -  The Fallout  Links  Carridale: http://www.carridale.com Latin for Truth: http://www.facebook.com/latinfortruth The Tired and True: http://www.facebook.com/thetiredandtrue 

Introducing Wild Ones Tour: Part 2, We’re going to destroy every fucking thing! 

Carridale, Latin for Truth, and the Tired and True 

5/14   Whitesburg, KY   -  Letcher County Tourism Building 
5/15   Boiling Springs, SC  -  Sound Stage Music Hall 
5/16  Columbia, SC  -  One Unit Art Space 
5/17  Jacksonville, FL  -  Burro Bar 
5/18   Douglasville, GA  - The Seven Venue   
5/19  Madison, AL  -   Insanity Skate Park 
5/20  Baton Rouge, LA   -   HTGT Thrift   
5/21  Houston, TX  -  TBA 
5/22  Austin, TX  -   Mohawk 
5/23  San Antonio, TX   -   The White Rabbit 
5/24  Midland,TX   -  The Pinebox 
5/25  Amarillo, TX  -  Vientiane Nights 
5/26  Broken Arrow, OK  -   Rudy’s House 
5/27  Memphis, TN   -  East Win Christian Church 
5/28 OFF DAY  
5/29  St. Louis, MO  -   Fubar   
5/30  Barrington, IL   -  Penny Rd Pub 
5/31  Indianapolis, IN  -  The Hoosier Dome 
6/1  Port Huron, MI  -  Chas. Schoor VFW POST 796 
6/2  Ravenna, MI  -  180 Room 
6/3  Detroit, MI  -  4731 Venue  
6/4  Columbus, OH  -  The Purple Grape 
6/5  Akron, OH  -  The Vortex 
6/6  Buffalo, NY  -  Pro Music center 
6/7  Rochester, NY  -  TBA 
6/8  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  The Loft  
6/9  Milford, CT  -  Point Beach Clubhouse 
6/10  Rockville Centre, NY  -  The Vibe Lounge 
6/11  Philadelphia, PA  -  Station Bar  
6/12  Richmond,VA  -  The Camel   
6/13   Virginia Beach, VA  -  Shaka’s  
6/14   Hamptonville, NC  -  House Show 
6/15   Charleston, SC   -  Jimbos Rock Lounge 
6/16   Knoxville, TN   - TBA 
6/17   Cookeville, TN   -  The Fallout 

Links 

Carridale: http://www.carridale.com 
Latin for Truth: http://www.facebook.com/latinfortruth 
The Tired and True: http://www.facebook.com/thetiredandtrue 

New Team Shithead release: DVE’s XOXO from Detroit

Pretty proud of this record. It’s definitely a strange record but fits well with the TS idealism and aesthetics. Think if the Pixies would have started six months ago and identified with digital lofi aesthetics with a punk rock approach to tracking records.

The record was written and recorded in three days with just one acoustic guitar and bass on stolen software on ancient compaq purchased originally for 250 dollars; mixed and mastered in three days. The post production was arranged by Eris, initial tracking was mostly done by Wolf King, the pair sharing vocals duties throughout the record. 

 http://sexandsexandsex.bandcamp.com/album/xoxo-from-detroit

Charles H.