Nice, looks like they had a lot fun lol. Two of the best bands around; it’s pretty sweet having bad ass Girl Groups in Twenty Eleven.
“Lovers Lane” music video can be found at the link below.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/08/hunx_and_his_punx_lovers_lane.php
The following is a playlist I made of my favorite Cole Alexander moments from the various music outlets he has participated in over the years. Though I have to admit, the title is somewhat misleading because none of his solo, Old King Cole Younger releases appear here- I’m not really well-acquainted with them. Just to clarify, I’m not saying these are the best Black Lips songs nor am I even saying these are the best songs Cole provides his vocals on. Instead, this list focuses on what are in my opinion Punk Slime songs that are extremely unique to Cole’s singing and songwriting style, if you want to call it that. Numbers that would be completely different if it was someone else singing, at least to me. Okay, here it goes.
1) Sea of Blasphemy– Black Lips, from Let It Bloom (2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVVDdAmmeXE
2) Dog Years- Ghetto Cross, from Ghetto Cross 7″ (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f46eRyYBoFw
3) Ghetto Cross– Black Lips, from We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMEy9w0iXPo
4) Lock and Key– Black Lips, from Good Bad Not Evil (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2oQoufJQ98
5) How Do You Tell a Child That Someone Has Died– Black Lips, from Good Bad Not Evil (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_i_SbCytiQ
6) Steal Your Soul– The Spooks, from Death From Beyond the Grave (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcjX5d3dO6E
7) California Boys– The Spooks, from Death From Beyond the Grave (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aAzkrYAZ8&feature=related
8) The Drop I Hold– Black Lips, from 200 Million Thousand (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slILJ4u90AQ
9) Spidey’s Curse– Black Lips, from Arabia Mountain (2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TjTcTGEGI
10) Dirty Hands– Black Lips, from Let It Bloom (2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmlpGeWEeQ– This is one of my favorite live versions
11) Bow Down and Die– The Almighty Defenders, from The AlmightyDefenders (2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIY0lDjyhj8
12) Don’t Mess Up My Baby- Black Lips, from Arabia Mountain (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rMDR6FNs4
13) Empassant– Black Lips, from Let It Bloom (2005)
I couldn’t find a youtube link for this, what a disgrace :(. But, no need to fear, here is a linke to last year’s Toronto Tocks interview with Cole, where the epic, Bloom’ closer can be heard. http://torontotocks.podbean.com/2010/04/15/interview-with-cole-alexander-of-the-black-lips-toronto-tocks-6/
Well, there you have it, some great pieces of flower punk to share with your infant children, they are the wave of the future, you know? Now, settle down and have dem children cause your brain is fried!
So, what are some of your favorite “Cole” anthems? You know where the comment section is.
Listen to the OG’s of KLYAM (Chris not included!) spin a hodge podge of fun, which has included songs from: Tandoori Knights, TLC, Dr. Dre, and Prince!
On Saturday, September 24, KLYAM fave Girls will be hitting up the Paramount Theater. Up until this point, I have never heard of this place, should be interesting though.
Get yourself or a loved one the new Cumstain record! Y’all should know by now how much we loved last year’s Cumstain cassette tape from Burger Records, well now Burger is releasing the LP on vinyl.
“Cumstain’s debut LP “Hurry Up And Kill Yourself You Scum Bag Trust Me Your Mother Won’t Miss You” cumming soon from Burger & Under The Gun Records!!!”- Burger Records
http://www.freewebs.com/burgerrecords/apps/webstore/products/show/2550271
“JUST PICKED UP THE TEST PRESSINGS FOR CUMSTAIN’S “HURRY UP AND KILL YOURSELF YOU SCUM BAG TRUST ME YOUR MOTHER WON’T MISS YOU” LP!!! pre-sale for the colored vinyl will be happening tomorrow and we’ll be having a Cumstain contest to win a test pressing of the record soon!!! STAY SICK AND STAY TUNED!!! xoxo, BRGR”- Burger Records Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/BURGER-RECORDS/54654484004
Fuck yeah!
Just for the guys in Beets. The Beets play good music, I think Bill would have dug them.
“I’d like to see those two little hairless peach fishes locked in a 69, keep their fucking mouths busy, so they don’t have to sing for us.”- Bill on Debbie and Tiffany Gibson, teenny boppers.
From the men that brought you such classics as Black Lips and Deerhunter, comes another Atlanta Hero: GHETTO CROSS!
SNEAKPEEK is a hot new band that reminds me a lot of the Vivian Girls, especially in the vocals. The band describes themselves as “a female fronted lo-fi/garage/grunge/psych band from Echo Park, California.” I can definitely see the “grunge” quality and I think it works well. Right now they are recording a seven song EP that will be released this Summer. Check out the link below for demos and live recordings.
Full Title: American: The Bill Hicks Story
Director(s): Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas
Year: 2009
Comments: Bill Hicks has been my personal hero since I was young enough to act out Goat Boy and it wasn’t sketchy. Well, that’s not true, Goat Boy was always sketchy. But, horniness aside, American does an amazing job of recreating Bill’s world for all of his fans to appreciate every nuance that made Bill Bill. Using a cut and paste style of animation (really something I and several other viewers have never seen before), the movie literally recreates the special events of Bill’s life. The whole documentary is actual stills of the people, places, and perceptions that mattered the most to Bill. Over these images we hear the voices of the characters that shaped our hero’s story the greatest. Everyone from best friend/music and film collaborator Kevin Booth to Bill’s mother the proper, sweet Mary Hicks. I think that’s what separates this documentary from others; the fact that it is so personal, with all the interviews coming from people who knew Bill very personally, instead of just random celebrities. Despite the caustic, dark, and savage comedy of Mr. Hicks, with this film we see Bill’s true vision to its greatest potential, we realize how amazing and unique Bill was (like we didn’t already?). This film and the people in it articulate Bill’s message of love, laughter, and the truth in some ways better than he ever did. This is a rather affectionate documentary and honestly, as a fan, I couldn’t ask for more. I’m so glad to see the “Dark Poet” get so much respect and admiration. At the end of the day, while I totally enjoyed this feature, very little of it was new to me, but that’s not so much a flaw of the film, but more of a case of my excessive fandom. I’d seriously recommend this to fans and non-fans alike, but for die-hards, I’d say from my experience Kevin Booth’s autobiography, Agent of Evolution (2004) is the most detailed account of Bill’s life. In general, watch and/or listen to Bill’s comedy itself- it’s life altering, life affiriming, and best of all just plain fucking hilarious.
In the spirit of Bill.
Grade: 9/10
This is a terrific example of how The Moldy Peaches broke the conventional rules of pop songs and juxtaposed humor with sentiment.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 