Crushing Krisis

Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand

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Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.

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Demo update: Everything except for “never say goodbye” has been mixed down at least once; everything should be whittled down to a final mix tonight in the studio and burned to cd so i can get a track order together. A few promo copies might be floating around by Thursday of next week, but the earliest chance to grab a cdr copy of the disc will be in the Quad at Drexel on May 3rd, where we’ll have a limited number of copies for sale for $3. Anyone who buys a cdr copy can simply trade it back to upgrade to a pressed one when i get them done next month (not that there’ll be any difference, other than artwork). If you’d like a promo copy and you won’t physically be seeing me soon, you’ll need to send me $4 (shipping is $.99), or you can wait to order the mp3.com version which will be up early next month (and will cost $6). Obviously there won’t be any free copies this time, only because i’m trying to get together enough money to get a decent sized run of discs pressed in the near future. Got it? Cool. Check back this weekend for further promo audio.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/04/3274947/

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When my aunt Joyce first heard about me being the overnight and day visit coordinator for the admissions office at Drexel, the first thing she asked was “Have you met any cute girls?” Forget for a moment how incredibly innapropriate it would be for me to hit on cute pre-freshmen, and just notice that the first thing that Joyce asks me about any situation i get myself into is how many cute girls the situation contains. Since i was somewhat incommunicado during the rehearsal period for good woman of setzuan no one in my family ever really heard about or met Selina other than my mother, so they’re all stuck assuming i’m in the same little anti-dating zone that i was in in high school. And, to an extent i still am, but i just think it’s hilarious how they pump me for information constantly to see if i’m seeing anyone, or thinking about seeing anyone, or thinking about anyone. I think one or two of my other aunts might have finally given up and assumed that i’m gay based on my total lack of apparent attraction to the opposite sex (and my utter refusal to attend any sort of go-go bar with my father every year around my birthday), but the wonderful thing about my family in that respect is that they’re very accepting but they never bring things like that up on their own. So, as far as i’m concerned, the gayer the better – that way i don’t need to hear them bitch all the time about my lonesome love life.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/04/3274847/

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Three consecutive nights of four hour trips into the recording studio will yield my completed studio demo on Saturday, ready for track-listing and duplication. Duplication, however, is the major issue at hand. I could just copy discs one at a time and put lables on them as i did last time, but i think the whopping 25 discs that were made indicates what a pain in the ass that is. I could go through Mp3.com, where i’d make back half of each unit price, but i can’t use either of the covers i recorded because of legal issues. Finally, i could just get 150 discs pressed and printed, but that would cost as much as $4 per unit out of pocket, so i’d need to charge at least $3 per disc to cover my expenses. So, what do you think? Do you want new music from me bad enough to send me a few dollars in the mail, or is it mostly important for me to get it out fast and free? The whole point is to spread it to the masses, so i really care what your opinion is.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/04/3252273/

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Isn’t it funny how a hard day at work turns into a mad scramble to pay off your credit card debt as soon as you find out your childhood idol will be potentially opening her US tour in your hometown? Anyhow, all my work stuff is taken care of, so i can just sit here and check my messages all day while i line up who’s got which credit card, and who can come on which night.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/04/3243557/