Nah...I have a hard time listening to most new punk/hardcore nowadays. I find that rolling out oldies (gasp...) like "New Day Rising" from Husker Du or "Haunted Town" from the Effigies gets the old blood moving more than anything out there. You do your thing MKRG...whiskey or without.
One more question:
On TB2's (man, I yuppied up that name - gu-faw!) site, it says "An external water bottle pocket stores your hydration supplement." Can you fit your bottle Ripple in there for your trips to the recording studio?