July 2010
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The Flaming Lips, Oneida at Central Park...
Y’know, festival crowds suck. When Oneida opened up the show last night, dropping all sorts of free-jazz, ambient drones, and electronic squalls, building and building in intensity throughout their 40-minute set, it seemed like I was the only person in attendance who even knew a band was playing. The constant stream of people coming and going, excited to see the psychedelic version of...
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Hey, remember that Fucked Up song with the girl... →
Well, here it is, minus that girl, and with Zola Jesus instead. I like the changes, but I still loved Annie-Claude Deschênes’ growling vocals on that live version. Ah well, still super awesome.
Here’s my tweet about it:
Just listened to that new Fucked Up song while pooping. Highly recommended for an exciting and dramatic “hardcore pooping” experience.
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We Never Learn: The Gunk Undergut, 1988-2001
… Then there was the contest between the Reverend [Horton Heat] and Dwarves drummer Vadge Moore to see who could have sex with the most people. “Yeah, everyone had some money riding on who would win,” Eddie [Spaghetti] says. “I bet on Vadge. He took down this really disgusting fat girl on the very last night we were there and won the contest. The grand total winning...
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Psychedelic Music: I guess this is a "round-up..."
You might be wondering what I’ve been doing instead of writing up music, like I should. I mean, I should be doing this more now, right? I’ve graduated, and I’m now unemployed.
Well, I’ve been doing some research. When not reading We Never Learn, Eric Davidson’s excellent oral history of garage punk, and catching up on all the garage punk I missed out on while...
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T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey at...
The Lynch Theater might not be the best venue for the all powerful Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, but even with the fixed-seating, nobody really had a choice but to get with the groove at last night’s performance. The band, active for more than forty years, combines elements of Latin and African music with American psychedelic rock, funk, and soul sounds with an ease you just don’t see that...
Every day I get up and ask myself “Is it okay to wear my Bukkake Boys shirt today?” I can’t tell if the fact that I’ve had no reason not to for the past month is a sign that my life has become an exercise in freedom or a showcase of pointlessness.
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Dth with Chris Rehm - Honesty is God Songs to...
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Datus - Tanyas Vitiate (Limbic Systems)
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Jackson Bennet - Little Brain
I figured I...
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The Oblivians/Andre Ethier at The Knitting Factory
Just in case you missed it, The Oblivians, supported by Andre Ethier, put on a free concert Thursday night at the Knitting Factory. Although I’m not a big fan of corporate involvement in music, I guess I should show some appreciation to Scion for sponsoring the event, not only because I didn’t have to pay money to go, but also because they were giving out free Black Lips/Pierced...
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The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts: The Pack...
Corey from Sex Sux (Amen) and I have decided to destroy you. Here’s how we’re going to do it: collaborative blogging. Knowing Corey to be a fan of theirs, I asked him to check out The Pack A.D.’s most recent record, We Kill Computers. Over on Corey’s blog, we talked about Woven Bones’ new one, In and Out and Back Again. Once you’re done here, head over and...