Jack of Diamonds The Daily Flash Nuggets Comments: Harmonica driven psych folk. Not terribly interesting. Black Coffee Black Flag Slip It In Comments: Anger and coffee feeding me, is probably the best line from this song. When I first heard this song I wrongly thought Black Flag was trying to do the Descendents thing with coffee. But it was all in my mind. One thing that is cool about this is Ginn's solo. I think this is where [...]
It seems about time for another blast from the jukebox, so here are 5 more fun and fuzzy bits of rock's past. Pretty much straight garage fodder this week, heavy on the sneer and completely essential. [MP3] Thee Midniters - Jump, Jive & Harmonize L.A. rockers Thee Midniters work their way through the soul-blues maneuvers like old pros. A crash of rhythm and some blues harp wailing in the background all with that heavy fuzz riff holding it all together. [MP3] The Little Boy [...]
Decade: 2 (2002-2003)the unknown bomber, Baghdad, 2003Verses 4,5,6; chapters 8,9,10.Ivor Cutler, Once a Fortnight.The Mekons, Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem.The New Pornographers, The Laws Have Changed.Auguries and imprecations: Ivor Cutler, the last eccentric: recorded in 2002, dead in 2006; Mekons on OOOH!, their best LP of the decade, 2002; New Pornographers on 2003's Electric Version ("What

Schadenfreude is a feeling you've probably had, even if you don't know what it means. German-born sociologist Theodor Adorno defined Schadenfreude as "largely unanticipated delight in the suffering of another which is cognized as trivial and/or appropriate." Anticipated or not, there is something slightly uncomfortable about taking pleasure in another's pain. But the singers in today's mix sound pretty damn smug about their adversaries' demise. People say, "hate to say I told you so," but really they love it. William Bell - I Told You So I bet you regret it already, [...]