Release: January 1, 2011 Title: Our Color Green (The Singles) Tracks:
1) All Good Junkies Go to Heaven
2) Jesus Glue
3) Natural Born Farmer
4) Stars
5) You Think You’re (John Fucking Lennon)
Label: No Fucking Label! Self-Released suckas!
For Glassjaw fans this is somewhat of a milestone. Their last major release was 2002’s Worship and Tribute, fans have been waiting for what feels like an eternity for the “new album.” Hopefully this is jus a precursor to a new LP. A review of this EP will be up soon.
Full Title: Punch Drunk Love Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Year: 2002 Comments: Ever since I was a little kid I have been a fan of Adam Sandler as a comedian, but after watching this film I have gained more respect/appreciation for him than ever before. For years people told me to see this film and I put it off for whatever reasons (now, I’m kicking myself in the teeth for waiting so long!). I have seen Sandler in “serious” roles in Reign Over Me (2007) and Funny People (2009), but neither of these films convinced me that Sandler was (or could be) a terrific actor. PDL has done just that for me and so much more. Firstly, the story tells the tale of Barry Egan (Sandler), a businessman that suffers from severe social issues and has yet to make any real connection with anyone in his life, particularly a romantic relationship, which he clearly desires. Soon, he finds his sister hooking him up with a sweet friend from her work, Lena (Emily Watson), whom oddly takes a liking to Barry (and vice versa) and attempts to understand his peculiar, little world. Now, it is time for the timid, introverted Barry to obliterate his defense mechanisms and for once actually live his life. All in all, this is a top notch flick, Paul Thomas Anderson is a master raconteur: the story is slow, but purposefully slow, if that makes any sense. It revels in its characters, letting them develop, so when they finally ACT it is all the more meaninful. Also, the music is incredible and nicely complements what is happening on screen. We hear a loud, pounding score that perfectly corresponds to the mayhem occuring in the paranoid, disturbed brain of Barry’s. Without a doubt, one of the finest films of the last decade. I plan on revisiting this in the future.
Classic TV show that sadly I never tuned into; I hope at least some of you did. I can’t believe I just started watching this now, man I didn’t know what I was missing! Freaks and Geeks will appear in my upcoming “Chris’s Top TV Shows” list.
Back with another song and this time I am going to put the Rolling Stones up to task against Otis Redding and Cat Power using their classic “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
First up: The Rolling Stones
Next up: Otis Redding
Lastly: Cat Power
I am sticking with the Stones hands down on this one, I dig Ottis and Cat Power but when they were in their prime, in my view The Rolling Stones was the greatest rock band of all time.
Band: The Beets Release: 1/2011 Label: Captured Tracks
1. “Cold Lips” – A- 2. “Dead” – B 3. “Hens and Roosters” – A- 4. “Watching T.V.” – B 5. “Pops N’ Me” – A- 6. “Floating” – A- 7. “Eat No Dick 2” – C
8. “Let It Dim” – B- 9. “Knock On Wood” – B- 10. “Just A Whim” – A- 11. “Your Name Is On My Bones” – A-
12. “Young Girls” – B+
13. “Flight 14” – A-
Comments: The Beets of Queens, New York (word to Queens — the best borough in NYC), a staple in the NYC DIY community, have followed up their first collection of songs with Stay Home, thirteen new songs about staying home. The coy, stripped down nature of these tunes are typically inviting and catchy. Stay Home is definitely meritorious of better acclaim than it will probably get. The more ‘professional’ music personalities will most likely brush this to the side given its home recording quality. The songs themselves have a Beat Happening feel to them, driven by neat vocal harmonies (“Floating”) and puerile topics (“Hens and Roosters,” “Pops and Me”). What separates The Beets from the rest of them is the singer Juan Wauters…his accent and delivery, specifically.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 