Answer: The music I love makes me feel like Alex in A Clockwork Orange when he has an orgasm from listening to the great Ludwig Van. The music I disdain makes me feel like Alex later in the film when he is conditioned to feel nothing but utter torment when he hears Beethoven’s Ninth, to the point of “doing himself in.” I don’t feel suicidal, but the likes of Jason Mraz with his “I’m Yours” is nothing short of pure torment!
Here’s a bit of the old ultra violence… viddy well brothers and sisters!
If you haven’t seen the film or read the book you have no idea what the fuck I am saying lol.
“Pulp Fiction is one of the greatest movies of all time and you know what, I have yet to seen another film top it”- Me
Going with the flow of Glen’s earlier post on Roy Orbison I decided to switch gears with a film. To the above statement, anyone agree, disagree, why? Better films? Thoughts on Tarantino and his style? etc. In my Cultural Studies class today we discussed high and low art/culture and it’s relation to Post-Modernism. In other words, is anything “real” anymore? Are Tarantino’s and others’ works merely unoriginal pieces filled with references, simply a giant reference. What do y’all think?
Band: Eddy Current Suppression Ring Release: 2010 [Rush to Relax] Label: Goner
Comments: Heard this on WMBR yesterday and decided to give it another listen. It’s nice to know that this Aussie band knows the correct grammar instead of the lame “I Gotta Feeling,” which… makes no sense at all. Enough about that. Time to pop on the headphones. This is not bad. It’s a lyrically simplistic garage punk rhyme. It’s not so catchy, but almost innocently fetching. I’d say if it wasn’t for the bridge and the guitar solo at the end this would be really lackluster.
Band: The Walkmen Release: 2006 Label: Record Collection
1. “Louisiana” – A+ 2. “Danny’s At The Wedding” – A+ 3. “Good For You’s Good For Me” – A+ 4. “Emma Get Me A Lemon” – A 5. “All Hands & The Cook” – A+ 6. “Lost in Boston” – A+ 7. “Don’t Get Me Down” – A- 8. “Tenley Town” – A+ 9. “This Job Is Kiling Me” – A 10. “Brandy Alexander” – A 11. “Always After You” – A 12. “Another One Goes By” – A++
Comments: Naturally, this is a fantastic Walkmen album. It’s faster and more instrumentally chaotic than say You and Me or Everyone Who Pretended; more garage rock focused, if you will. Hamilton’s delivery and style is much different than most of what is classified under that garage or post-punk revival umbrella. It’s a more vintage and structurally fascinating way of going about business. Take for example, “Tenley Town.” It’s the band’s heaviest song (can I call it a punk jam?) and might seem a little experimental on the band’s part, but it fits in so well with the softer stuff. “Another One Goes By” is a great Bob Dylan-esque album closer. You can barely hear a really catchy lead guitar part in the middle of the song. Great flow. I’d say it’s my favorite song off this album. Best for last as they say.
Ohh how my mind wanders…. Only my dome would drift into this random thought: Is it just me or does anybody else find it funny that some of the most prominent Black Panthers had the same first names as some classic White Americans? In some cases Wimpy White Boys! For example, Huey Newton, Minister of Defense shares the same name with that worthy of hanging on the Ghetto Cross, homo bitch, Huey Lewis! And then there’s Fred Hampton and Fred Flintstone! Oh and who could forget Eldridge Cleaver, shares the same name with the Whitest Television family to enter your living room! Don’t get me wrong, these names aren’t flaws in any way and don’t discredit their importance, but I simply find it amusing.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 