Has Been Free I should say. I guess in March of 2009, former drug kingpin, “Freeway” Ricky Ross was released from prison for being a “model prisoner.” He was then sent to a halfway house and finally on September 29, 2009, he was completely released. How did I miss this?! Why didn’t anyone tell me? Here’s his Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1476132542&v=wall&ref=ts#/pages/Freeway-Ricky-Ross/183099564357?v=wall&ref=mf
Chris
This is a trailer for the new Kevin Booth documentary. This time he focues specifcally on Marijuana (as the title clearly indicates) as opposed to his last film, American Drug War, which evaluated all or most drugs related to the drug war. I hope he include the reality of Obama’s (at least so far) abandoment of his campaign promises concerning law enforcement’s handling of drugs. Anyway, I’ll be seeing this soon.
Chris
Band: Jemina Pearl
Release: October 6, 2009
Label: Ecstatic Peace (Thurston Moore)
1. “Heartbeats” – 9.2
2. “After Hours” – 8.9
3. “Ecstatic Appeal” – 8.7
4. “Band on the Run” – 8.3
5. “I Hate People” – 9.5
6. “Looking For Trouble” – 8.7
7. “Retrograde” – 9.0
8. “Nashville Shores” – 8.8
9. “No Good” – 8.9
10. “D Is For Danger” – 8.7
11. “Selfish Heart” – 8.2
12. “Undesirable” – 8.5
13. “So Sick” – 8.9
Comments: With the Vivian Girls and Mika Miko, I felt a certain kind of like punk grrl vibe, but Jemina sounds like a girly girl just happening to sing punk. She’s really good at sounding clear, making me hesitant to call this natural garagey punk, which tends to be “dirty.” Overall, this sounds like cleaner garage a la Hunx, except with a pure female voice. It’s catchy, but I wouldn’t listen to it on a regular basis, other than maybe one or two songs.
Grade: 8.7
This face rings a bell with a lot of people. He’s creepy. http://www.thisman.org/history.htm
Random title indeed. This is an extremely brief commentary or rant if you will on something that occurs quite often when I am discussing music with other music devotees. Here’s the setup:
Someone asks me if I like some Progressive Rock band like Dream Theater or King Krimson and then I respond that I’m not really into Prog Rock, yet every time this incident happens I am sporting a shirt with one of the few prog bands I listen to (i.e. Tool, Pink Floyd). Most of the music related shirts I wear would be appropos, like the Ramones or the Black Lips, but for some strange reason, I am never seen wearing such shirts when this question arises. I don’t know, I think it’s slightly amusing enough to make a post out of the situation…. and I’m also procrastinating my french homework.
Chris
In what seems like an eternity, two weeks, Glen and I will be rocking out and experiencing the Supreme Genuis of the King Khan & BBQ Show! Can’t Wait.
Chris
When No Age used to tour regularly!
They still are on the road like 98% of the time, don’t get me wrong, but they were here in July ’08 then November ’08 and then April ’09 (on a special occasion). My luck they’ll schedule a date here the same night as the Pixies or Sonic Youth show.
I dig if tickets aren’t sold out. The date is December 13 and that’s a Sunday night. If I do manage to get a ticket, I know that I’ll do all that I can do to get there earlier than last time when I saw Animal Collective from the way back, but by the grace of God (and a few pushy-shove people) I managed to get really close to the front. I don’t think that will happen at an Arctic Monkeys show.
Haven’t gotten all crazy over them, though I do recognize they have put out some great tracks over the years. That said…seminal indie powerhouses? Been signed to Epic since 2000 thus I thinks not.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 