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Category Archives: Art
SOTD: Biggie- “Gimmie the Loot” (1994)
This is easily one of my all time favorite rap songs; it has everything- incredible delivery, danceable beats, dark, violent, but simultaneously amusing lyrics, flawless flow, and best of all you can sing along to it, it’s very interactive in that almost Fugazi way. You know what I mean?
And this is when y’all should be nodding your head and saying “nigga you ain’t got to explain shit…”
SOTD: No Age- “Dead Plane” (2007)
I love the build ups on Weirdo Rippers (2007), No Age’s first LP (well sorta…). Everything is purposeful, in other words, I get exactly why they do everything, or at least I think I do. The anticipation, the quiet is made all the more exceptional when they finally explode into the heavier half of the song and include vocals as well. For a lot of artists, I can’t get into their build ups, they just seem to be creating dead space and wasting my time, which is probably not the case, but it seems that way. In any case, a great tune and this video perfectly captures it. Now, all I need is to get No Age to play in my basement…
P.S. Dean is wearing a Mika Miko shirt. Go Dean!
Best Coast @ Scion Garage Fest
Word…
Classic Film Review: 1981
Full Title: 1981
Director: Ricardo Trogi
Year: 2009
Comments: This film is truly delightful, a word I rarely use to describe a film. The movie is a semi-autobiographical account of Ricardo Trogi’s family life as Italian immigrants in Quebec in 1981. The plot takes place when Trogi is twelve years old and therefore the film itself is (brilliantly) seen through the eyes of a twelve year old. Though this flick deals with several serious issues such as immigration and the resulting prejudices that come with it, it is overall a light hearted, amusing work, and as I said earlier, delightful. Trogi uses 1981 as a character; the young Ricardo Trogi needs to keep up with the fast paced times and all the new gagets and hoodwinks (stylish jackets, trapper keepers, video games, etc) and what have you that every cool twelve year old must have or they ain’t shit. Since, Ricardo is the new kid with a funny accent, it makes all of these “necessities” all the more important and in fact, it would be the end of the world if he didn’t have them. The adult Trogi, the filmmaker, uses these humorous adolescent anecdotes to highlight the more serious, social perils, anxieties, if you will, of being working class and not being able to afford everything everyone else (seemingly) around you has. Ultimately, being happy. Over the course of the film the boy grows up…. a little and he learns that at the end of the day, sometimes the world is just a phony place.
Grade: 7/10
Anthony Needle Drops Arabia Mountain
http://theneedledrop.com/2011/06/black-lips-arabia-mountain-review/
Anthony gives us a solid ten minute review- interesting thoughts as always; I can’t believe I had never conjured up The Ramones sound on “Raw Meat,” indeed I hear it now haha.
Shannon and the Clams- “Sleep Talk” Official Video
Good evening Rock and Rollers, here’s the (somewhat) new, badass music video for Shannon and the Clam’s “Sleep Talk,” the final track from the album of the same name. A review of this album will be up soon!
SOTD: Mark Dinning- “Teen Angel” (1960)
This is a really sad song of the “teen tragedy” variety; just listen to the words.
BUT! on a brighter note, this is a classic from the American Graffitti soundtrack (1973), of which I listen to religiously, especially during the summertime, and whadya know the sun is out and so am I… peace!
Cloud Nothings- “Hey Cool Kid”
Speaking of Wavves, I saw these cool kids, Cloud Nothings open for Wavves, nearly a year ago (June 22, 2010) at the Great Scott and though I have checked out their music from time to time, I recently stumbled upon this performance and I was really blown away by it… so blown away I just had to share it with y’all. I’ll keep my eye on CN in the future, as should you.
King of the Beach Revisited
So y’all know how much we loved Wavves’ 2010 classic King of the Beach (KLYAM Record of the Year), well in honor of the year anniversery of the digital release of the “Post Acid” single, Glen and I decided to dedicate twenty minutes or so to discussing the greater points of the LP, some of the band’s background/history, and most important of all, whether it holds up after one year and whether or not it will continue to receive as much praise as time goes by.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 