Issue Oriented Blog Article

Hey all,

Just a quick update: Thanks to Ronen Kauffman for allowing me to contribute to his Issue Oriented website. Here´s the link to a blog entry I just wrote called “The Past is the Prelude to the Present”:

http://www.issueoriented.com/justoneblog/brian-peterson-the-past-is-the-prelude-to-the-present/

Also, thanks to Kurt Orzeck for running this interview with me on his “Bad Penny” music blog.:

http://thebadpennyblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/burning-questions-for-brian-peterson-a-conversation-about-hardcore-punk-and-beyond/
Check it out!

More info and updates coming soon. Happy new year!

Take care,
Brian/Burning Fight

Burning Fight Chicago Show Weekend

Wow!

This weekend, the shows, the bands, the faces, energy, smiles, thoughts and words… I’m still taking it all in… 

I had a smile stretched ear to ear this weekend and my lips would quiver at times because my face muscles aren’t accustomed to smiling that much for that long. Tears of joy and pride came during Jim’s speech before Unbroken. The intensity that followed with stage dives and the look on peoples’ faces, fulfilled me in a way that’s been missing for a very long time. 

Jim and I put in over ten months of extremely hard work into organizing twenty-two bands, securing the Metro, insurance, tickets, flights, hotels, transportation, photographers, food, special requests, answering a million ridiculous questions, yet all the while knowing that all of our headaches and irritations would pay off in the end. 

It absolutely did. Though I wasn’t expecting it to pay off as grandly as it did. It exceeded all of my hopes for a fun and smooth weekend. I’m so proud to be a part of such a passionate, compassionate, and heartfelt hardcore community. 

Thanks to everyone who came out and truly enjoyed themselves without looking for things to be negative and complain about, like so many of us often do. 

Congratulations to Brian for selling out of all 700 copies of his book that were available at the show!

MAJOR SUCCESS!
Sincerely, 
Thank you, thank you, thank you, 
Caitlin/Burning Fight Team

Pre-Order Burning Fight From www.revhq.com

Revelation has just posted a link to pre-order Burning Fight directly from them.  Shipping date should be around May 7th.  If you order directly from Rev HQ (or some other select indie outlets) the cost of the book will be slightly cheaper than when it goes into retail stores this summer.

Here’s the link to pre-order Burning Fight:

http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&Id=REVBKS03

After working on this project for six years, it's such a wonderful
feeling to see it become fully realized.  Thank you to all the 150+
people I interviewed, everyone who contributed photos or other images,
everyone who gave me their support along the way, and to Revelation
for helping me see this project through to the end.

Much more info about the book coming soon...

Take care,
Brian/Burning Fight