I always forget about them…not that this time though:
CD Review: Is And Always Was
Band: Daniel Johnston
Label: Eternal Yip Eye
Release: October 2009
1. “Mind Movies” – 9.4
2. “Fake Records of Rock and Roll” – 8.2
3. “Queenie The Doggie” – 9.3
4. “High Horse” – 9.4
5. “Without You” – 8.9
6. “I Had Lost My Mind” – 9.2
7. “Freedom” – 8.9
8. “Tears” – 9.3
9. “Is And Always Was” – 9.4
10. “Lost In My Infinite Memory” – 8.9
11. “Light of Day” – 8.9
Comments: Daniel Johnston’s “outsider” shtick ended sometime ago, but his awkwardness in music still lives on. He’s just a funny guy at the heart of it all. Very simplistic and catchy tunes show a happy Daniel…a “Love Wheel” Daniel, but not as obnoxious. No more “True Love Will Find You In The End” or “Devil Town” downers. He even tries out a Dinosaur Jr./Built to Spill kind of thing with “I Had Lost My Mind.” I’m not falling over because of this album, but I’m glad to see Danny still kicking it around at the age of 48.
Grade: 9.1
Newspaper Company McClatchy Struggles This Quarter
Things aren’t looking up for newspapers.
Amid the secular and cyclical slowdown in print advertising, McClatchy Company (MNI, the third largest newspaper company in the U.S. and the publisher of 30 daily newspapers including the Miami Herald and Sacramento Bee, reported third-quarter 2009 results.
McClatchy is facing the same dramatic decline in advertising revenue, as the rest of the newspaper industry. Total advertising revenue fell 28.1% year-on-year to $266.1 million. However, circulation revenue stabilized, up 6.7% to $69 million due to increase in circulation prices. As a result, total revenue slipped 23.1% to $347.4 million.
To combat the downturn, management undertook cost-cutting initiatives, focused on building Internet operations and reduced debt load. McClatchy had lowered its headcounts, and cut executive pay. The company was able to lower its cash expenses by 29.4% and total operating expenses by 30.2%.
UN: Cooperation With Sudanese Government Important
KHARTOUM, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Thursday affirmed importance of cooperation with the Sudanese government to find lasting solutions to the conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in the country, namely in Darfur, eastern Sudan and southern Sudan.
The UN’s probably right. Too bad the Sudanese government couldn’t care less about refugees.
Public Option To Arrive By Christmas?
So says at least one senator…
Health care reform legislation will be on President Barack Obama’s desk by Christmas, Americans will be mandated to buy insurance and those who can’t afford coverage will have a public option — or maybe they won’t, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, told reporters from around the country today.
Four of the five committees that have approved legislation “will have a public option,” as an alternative for people who can’t afford private coverage, he said during a teleconference organized by Families USA, a health consumers advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.
CD Review: Born Again Revisited
Band: Times New Viking
Release: September 22, 2009
Label: Matador
1. “Martin Luther King Day” – 9.0
2. “I Smell Bubblegum” – 8.7
3. “City On Drugs” – 9.2
4. “Born Again Revisited” – 8.5
5. “Little World” – 8.8
6. “No Time No Hope” – 9.4
7. “Half Day In Hell” – 9.1
8. “Something Moore” – 9.3
9. “2/11 Don’t Forget” – 9.3
10. “These Days” – 9.2
11. “(No) Sympathy” – 8.9
12. “High Holidays” – 8.4
13. “Hustlers, Psycho, Son” – 8.7
14. “Move To California” – 9.2
15. “Take The Piss” – 8.3
Comments: Beneath the static there is some level of goodness on here. Unfortunately, the better part of this album suffers from “not as good as Wavves” syndrome. The better tracks are the cleaner tracks…you know, the ones that aren’t layered in fuzz up to the neck. A good balance of 40% lo-fi noise and 60% breathable pop (like No Age) would be nice rather than the 75%-25% madness going on here.
Grade: 8.9
He’s A Whore!
Cheap Trick- He’s A Whore (1977) ORIGINAL
Big Black- He’s A Whore (1987) COVER
I’m a fan of both songs and both bands, but I’m a wayyy bigger fan of Big Black and their cover; it’s one of my personal favorites! Which version do you prefer?
Chris
Songs of the Week!
Cypress Hill- Hand On the Pump (1991)
The King Khan & BBQ Show- Love You So (2004)
Bad Brains- Big Take Over (1982)
Strange Boys- No Way For a Slave to Behave (2009)
Chris
Just One More…
Just one more obscure, drug related video for today.
Haha, Ohh Timothy!
Chris
Don’t Smoke Pot…
Haha, ohh those wacky turtles, wacky like the federal government. All hyporcrites, cause the turtles get super baked, hence all the munching on pizza and the feds don’t give a shit about the top two drug killers: Tobacco and Alcohol, yet pot, which kills no one is illegal. Wacky indeed. This is funny propaganda though.
Chris
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 