BACK TO PART ONE - PART TWO "That you would hear a kind of chimy, South African-style guitar line, and the first thing you think of is Paul Simon? It's a little bit pathetic." - Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig "Paul Simon hasn't suddenly gotten good. But he has come up with a GREAT idea. 'Hey, this music I love,' he says to himself, he says, 'Let's have me sing in my pussy voice over it and call it "Paul Simon."'" - [...]
Rinjo's latest podcast (which is excellent) got me thinking. He said (and I paraphrase) that he's never been a particularly political person and America is OK with him. There's nothing WRONG with that, it's just a far cry from my own personal views. I never say "(insert random nation here) is BETTER than the US", because I haven't spent nearly 32 years in any other nation. I do know that, at least in theory, many nations seem more than a few steps ahead of the US in terms of health care, education, crime and ethnic tolerance. Bottom line: I find [...]

Speaking of black metal, Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of Living Colour's Stain . I'm admittedly not a huge fan of the band, as their records are wildly disjointed. They have a soul singer for a vocalist (Corey Glover), Ornette Coleman-meets-Eddie Van Halen for a guitarist (Vernon Reid), and an avant-funk rhythm section (Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish/Muzz Skillings), with songs that range from reggae and afro-pop to full-on metal. This Little Pig Go Away Bi But Stain is by far [...]

Only a few pix today. Ffffound while browsing Ffffound , of course. Click on this...its no Nora. [...]
Holy crapoly, two posts in two days! I'm suddenly prolific again! A side-effect of said increased productivity is that I have nothing to say right now, so I'll just get straight to the tunage. Primal Scream If They Move Kill 'Em (My Bloody Valentine Arkestra Mix) If They Move Kill 'Em (12'' Disco Mix) Darklands Badlands It's hard to pick a genre when cataloging Primal Scream. I don't think Alternative indie acid house techno brit-pop rock is [...]
Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters From The Onion . This would be funnier if, in light of the nontroversy involving Barack Obama's American flag pin , it weren't so sadly true. Also, here's a Living Colour song that basically talks about the same thing as the Onion video. Only with more bitchin' guitar solos. Download : Living Colour - "Cult Of Personality" Vernon Reid is totally underrated. (Jonathan Graef)
Hilly Kristal was Googling, and re-Googling, the name of his club. "See, now it says [number] matches," he said to the woman sitting across from him. He tapped the screen a couple times, let his finger slide down. This was October 29th, 2006, two weeks after Patti Smith and her band and her guests and a room full-to-bursting with well-wishers stopped by for one last stomp on consecrated ground. Places have power. If you don't believe that, then you've never gotten close to the bathrooms at CBGB's. The awning had been pulled [...]
Aujourd'hui j'aimerais aller en Suisse prendre le frais funk, à Montreux exactement au bord du lac. Dans l'antre du festival à l'auditorium Stravinski. Ce soir Beverly Night (je connais pas) + Living Colour + Sly Stone Que veux tu que je te dises ? C'est une belle affiche qui réunit deux groupes que j'adore. Voilà c'est dit. Rien de tel qu'une bonne crête de punk pour faire du funk !!! [...]

One advantage to getting older, apart from senior citizen discounts, is gaining better a sense of perspective about the whys and wherefores of things. Hindsight often gets dismissed as the fiefdom of Monday morning quarterbacks, but as long as one doesn't get caught up in trying to rail against the immutable, it can provide quite valuable insights that may have eluded our younger selves. The crushing disappointment at not getting a much coveted Star Wars AT-AT toy for Christmas back in 1982 is tempered by the realization that, at the time, one's father had just been [...]
Song: Bi Artist: Living Colour Album: Stain Comments: This was Living Colour's 3rd album. I haven't listened to it in about 10 years. Still, this admiration of the Bi lifestyle is pretty stupid. Song: End the Hate (Live) Artist: Wide Awake Album: 25 Song Discography Comments: My biggest problem with this discography and Absolution's complete discography is the inclusion of these really crappy live tracks. This stuff probably sounded better in 1988. Song: [...]