A video doesn’t do any justice for anything as awesome as a Black Lips live show, but this one captures some of the energy and sounds for sure.
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Mind Melting Mondays!
This is yet another new series for you klyamers, whoever or wherever you may be! With that being said, I will be up front right now, more likely than not, this series will not appear every Monday. Sorry lol. Anyway, basically these “mind melting” ditties are all of the noise rock, pop, etc. variety. Today we have the classic, 80s noise punk practicioners, Scratch Acid, a big influence on various underground musicians including Kurt Cobain, who was seen wearing a SA shirt in at least one photo. The song for you today is called “The Greatest Gift.” Enjoy!
Chris
Chris On…
This is a new series in which I briefly reveal my main views on various issues/topics. So, here’s Chris on
Welfare: In a perfect world there will be no welfare and the wealth will be perfectly distributed and everyone will contribute something positive to society. Well, we’re not quite there yet haha. Many people need it and then many others take advantage of the system, so I understand why most people have a big beef about it. Unfortunately, folks don’t see the real enemy; we should be more infuriated at the government for stealing our hard earned money and funding mass murder, oil thirsty, campaigns amonst other heinous crimes against humanity. Also, Americans never mention corporate welfare, which needs to be cut immediately as Ralph Nader declared. Most likely they are unaware of the greatest “welfare cheats,” the major corporations perhaps because the corporate media will not report it.
G.G. Allin: He was a vile, John Wayne Gacey wannabe, loser. He was the man you love to hate, with good reason. Musically, the songs were average to below average, with exceptions. I enjoy the exceptions far more than some talented pussy, singer-songwriter like John Mayer, who is perhaps “better” than Jesus Christ Allin, but doesn’t give me the kicks. GG was sadistic, but in a savagely hilrarious way. Completely unique and committed to doing whatever the fuck he felt like doing at that moment, whether it be relieving himself on stage, smearing shit all over his body, and then throwing the remnants at his audience, or marrying a teenage, die hard, fan! This quality, as strange as it sounds, is incredibly admirable and it is unfortunate that he didn’t use his fearlessness in a constructive manner. Oh well, I suppose being a complete, sociopathic, meance to society is infinitely more fascinating.
Taste In Females: Well, this is for looks only and I have other tastes, but these are my strongest preferences. Dirty blonde hair, blue/green eyes, rosy red cheeks, long, pinkish/light red tonuge, tight jeans sporting a nice little butt, akin to Holden’s descriptiong of Sally Hayes’ tush at the skating rink! “Che Tits” I’ll let your mind wander on that one ahaha. I bet whatever images conjure up in your psyche is better than me explaining my deal. And how could I forget BIG BLACK BOOTS!!! :) Lord knows I have a strange fetish for this article of clothing. I actually dig other colored boots, but particularly black. When I see a good pair on some fine, young thing it’s like a beatiful whiplash! Now, inner beaty, that’s a whole other story, too complicated for just a few lines.
Chris
CD Review: Stroke [2009]
Band: Various Artists
Release: 2009
***DISC ONE***
1. “Pull Down The Shades” – Jay Reatard – A+
2. “Rebel” – The Checks – A
3. “Ain’t It Nice” – The Bleeding Allstars – A+
4. “Don’t Catch Fire” – Peter Gutteridge – B+
5. “Luck or Loveliness” – The Chills – C
6. “Nothing’s Going to Happen” – David Kilgour – B-
7. “All My Hollowless to You” – The Crying Wolfs” – B+
8. “Beauty” – Stephin Merritt – B
9. “Nostalgia’s No Excuse” – Portastatic – B+
10. “Crush” – The Mint Chicks – B-
11. “I’ve Left Memories Behind” – Jay and Sam Clarkson – B-
12. “Burning Blue” – Sky Green Leopards – A
13. “The Slide” – Shayne Carter – B
14. “Grand Mal” -Pumice – C-
15. “Knoxed Out” – Hamish Kilgour – D+
***DISC TWO***
1. “Not Given Lightly” – Boh Runga – B+
2. “Bodies” – Bill Doss – C+
3. “Sign the Dotted Line” – Jeff Magnum – B-
4. “Lapse” – Bill Callahan – B+
5. “Growth Spurt” – Genghis Smith – B+
6. “Coloured” – Yo La Tengo – B
7. “Dunno Much About Life but I Know How to Breathe” – AC Newman – C+
8. “Glide” – Alec Bathgate – B+
9. “Inside Story” – Don McGlashan – B
10. “The Outer Skin” – Sean Donnelly – B+
11. “What Goes Up” – Lambchop – C
12. “Brave” – The Mountain Goats – B
13. “Round These Walls” – The Tokey Tones & Friends – A-
14. “Just Do It” – The Bats – A-
15. “My Only Friend” – Will Oldham – B+
16. “It’s Love” – The Pyjama Party – B+
17. “Becoming Something Other” – Jordan Luck – B-
18. “Driftwood” – The Verlaines – B+
19. “Song of the Tall Poppy” – Lou Barlow – B-
20. “Nappin’ In Lapland” – The Nothing – C-
21. “Sunday Song” – Tall Dwarfs – B
Comments: Jay starts off this cover tribute album to Chris Knox, a highly inspirational rock musician from New Zealand, with “Pull,” originally more of a punk sharp shooter. Jay managed (talking about him in the past tense is depressing) to make it really sound like his own with a softer combination of acoustic and electric. It’s awesome to listen to Jay’s faux Brit accent come out when he chants “pool down the shaydes” haha if you know what I mean. Fun bubblegum rock comes on “Rebel” which reminds me of “Buddy Holly” by Weezer. I had to double check that JR didn’t sing “Ain’t” because it sounds literally like something he’d do. I’m going to say he definitely stole (or playfully borrowed) elements of this song and incorporated them on various releases, namely “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me” but others as well. “Don’t Catch Fire” is a slow erotic shoe-gazer, I guess. “I watch your strip tease till I have to go.” That’s an intense line. “Burning Blue” is comparable to softer Jay stuff so obviously it’s awesome! And check out that song title…look familiar?
Final Evaluation: Very Positive (Disc 1>Disc 2)
Peggy Wang Makes Posts!
She’s just like me…except she’s in a really awesome band as well!
Here. Go and see how her shit: http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy
Great Bradford Cox Quote
Talking about album leaks:
When Lotus Plaza came out I was like a mom or something. Keeping up. The way that it went from anticipation anticipation anticipation anticipation…it’s such a sexual thing. You know what I mean it’s like they really wanted to see him with his clothes off. The album leaks like a fucking homemade sex video or something. Once the real album comes out it’s almost like yeah, I fucked her. I fucked him. I fucked that person already. When they first start getting it on they’re like “oh my God Atlas Sound is shit compared to this! Deerhunter is shit! Lotus Plaza is Deerhunter! Lotus Plaza is the essential essence of good music! Lotus Plaza is the transcendental…” The first two weeks it’s always the same. Then a week later they’re is a backlash. I’m tired of hearing about how good this is. The album isn’t even out yet! Think about In Utero: it took a year of 92/93/94 for that cycle to fully happen. There was an important day like Election Day. There’s not that anymore. People have destroyed a format of art. I have too. I’m not being Mr. Highhorse. I’m sorry for the tirade.”
In Honor Of Saturday Morning
No Age Notes!!!
– There’s a new album in the works.
– The band has been writing it for the past year.
– 60 to 75 percent done according to Randy Randall.
– Two confirmed songs are “Fever Dreaming” and “New Two”
– It may or may not come out this summer.
– The band is also working on a documentary about all-ages venues.
Beach House – Zebra
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I listened to and reviewed this album for the first time back in November. Talk about an early leak! It’s among the better things that I’ve heard for 2010, but it’s a little blase, aka something bitchfuck media won’t admit! Take this song “Zebra.” You got to admit it’s pretty awesome, but at certain points I feel sort of disappointed. “Any way you run, you run before us” is simply an excellent chorus, but this song calls for some kind of loud extravagant epicness. The ending is quite solid, but in the middle it’s just all right. What do you think?
Song Of the Day
Chris
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 