Freeform KDVS 90.3FM in Davis presents... OPERATION: RESTORE MAXIMUM FREEDOM VI On Saturday, October 11, 2008 ten groups will take to the stage of Plainfield Station to rock Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom VI, the DIY underground music festival presented by freeform alternative KDVS 90.3FM in Davis. It kicks off at 1:30pm with KDVS DJs spinning killer tracks from this year's top albums. The live music starts blasting at 2pm, with an eight hour roller coaster of punk to experimental to raw folk to indie to psych [...]
With the grand success of my first podcast (IX-V Vol.1), I've been invited back on Saigon Market to create another fabulous download. So here it is... ¡vIvA lA mExIco! IX-Volume 2 // In celebration of Mexican Independence day I called upon my friend Mexican David to hook a girl up with some spanish/Mexican punk. I have no idea what any of the bands are saying nor do I have any information on them. So I guess if you want to know something, ask. Mexican David will probably read this. Also -- when listening pay attention to the beginning [...]
Remember when Suicide Girls were cool? Remember when I wanted to be one? Remember makeoutclub.com and the pirate's cove? No????? Well, good because you're better off for it and you probably didn't know me back then. Right now I'm looking at the Suicide Girl's myspace page and it's dumb. All the girls are ugly with uglier tattoos. I used to be all about this shit back in the day when I listened to 25 ta life in ken's lowered civic (which was stolen 3 times). Driving around was the cooooooolest while we listened to the cooooooooolest music. For [...]
Not unlike Los Saicos, The Monks derived out of a free-form existence during the mid-sixties. 5 American GIs stationed in Germany pretty much just doing their own weird-ass shit during a weird-ass time in a weird-ass place. As for me, I have no concept of the 60s. I pretty much only think of hippies and one of my mom's favorite movie, American Graffiti . Regardless, The Monks and Los Saicos both had a certain provocative sensibility that didn't fit. The Monks were less aggressive but just as unpolished and alternative. They approached chuck-berry's underbelly with a sort of repeditive [...]
My dear friend Mexican David set me up with the Los Saicos compilation. (Holla mi amigo) Los Saicos (1964-66) are a legendary influential garage-punk outfit out of Peru // Um, that date is seriously crazy. The first to form that younggrittysurfdevilpunkgarage sound, Los Saicos developed independently of any outside influences years ahead of their time -- for fuck's sake, PERU?? The only other exception would be The Monks (1966). Not only is their existence ephermeral, but kind of mysterious. Never having released a proper lp, only singles -- Los Saicos didn't include much if any info [...]
'Out' today, 'in' tomorrow... Lately I've been loving music that I persistently have avoided for years and ears. Mainly because I'm dumb and my parents wanted me to listen to it. And I don't ever listen to my parents unless they are giving me something that starts with an m and rhymes with honey . Over the years, yes I've made grandiose mistakes by means of this practice. But you know what?! I am my own stubborn ass lady and I don't care if I came out of your v__ or not // GIMME [...]
I was listening to WMFU last night on my drive through the glorious garden hills of Jersey as WFMU was broadcasting live coverage of the sold-out All Tomorrow's Parties out of glorious Monticello, NY. And this fucking death barrel noise was streaming out of my mom's volvo speakers. Now I'm not much of a metal head but I was all, "shit -- this rules". Fuck I really despise any sort of genre labeling as if you could tell what color my panties were just by looking at my itunes. That didn't make any sense, who cares. Anywase, Om totally ripped [...]
As I write this I am 63 miles away from tonight's show. This entire weekend I've been moving my shit out of the city and into my new lovely home, built in 1890 by a wealthy steel worker for his 2nd daughter Claire. Supposedly her ashes were discarded in the fireplace. Creepy/awesome, right? But I just want to emphasize how STOKED I am for tonight's show. I don't really know how to discuss the excitement churning within my mental status without getting a little too personal on the subject. Whatever, peep this lineup: Blank Dogs, Eat Skull, Psychedelic Horseshit, Little [...]
Artist on Artist: Brian Wilson & Zooey Deschanel Brian Wilson & Zooey Deschanel -- myspace Artist on Artist interview. It's very cute.
People are dumb. And that sucks. It sucks even more when they have an audience. While picking up some breakfast sandwiches in glorious Easton, Pa I tuned the radio to 1400 AM WEST -- regular programs of what you would expect on a small town local AM station / big band, baby boomer soft pop and spanish folk songs . But, man o man, this DJ dude ruined my listening experience. He was all in a 9/11 tribute moment discussing his fervent encouragement to remember 9/11 -- "never forget", he said. Building this statement, he made a point to [...]
I've been listening to Victim of Time's radio all day at work. It's a sure way to cockblock that IX-V dick. Cool. They also have a decent collection of band info, all aphabeticalized n shit for your IX-V organized mind. [posted Friday Oct 12th, 2007] In this ever-changing world where entertainment lays closely between the hearts and groins of millions of music fanatics, it is impossible to stay on top of what is going on around us. With thousands upon thousands of bands forming, recording and breaking up before they even see [...]
So weird walking past where the twin towers were. So weird to think of the devastation. So weird to see the hole in the ground. So weird to not know what to do... If we can do anything in remembrance of this terrible anniversary, it should be to love with clarity and peace in our hearts. In honor of those who died.
The bubble love pop indie rock your pants off sing your heart out band, HEXA just posted some new songs up on myspace. And supposedly they have some more videos up on their website . And supposedly they are recording more for an in-the-works record, possibly / maybe -- someone help me out?! HEXA - OWL IS YELLOW MYSPACE | OFFICIAL
Does anyone else think 'Golden Pass' is a histerical name? Sounds religiously perverted / accepted. Well for 50 bucks you get a wrist band that will let you in to all of the shows (morning, afternoon and night). 5 days of drinking and sweating and that band is going to be fuckkkkking gross. Sic Alps Tearjerkers Crusaders Of Love Dan Melchior Oh Sees Limes Jeff Evans & His Southern Aces Cheap Time Ooga Boogas Vivian Girls Black Time Cola Freaks Pierced Arrows (awesome) Intelligence Mouserocket TVK Static Static Box Elders John Paul Keith King [...]
And I think it rules. I don't know much about music. What I do know has been streamed to me via my last.fm app, wherein I'm reading band bios and ignoring my g-document to do list. But, whatever I get so excited about music and the people behind said music. Even more so, I find myself molding some sort of future as I want it -- giving a grand ol' fuck you to what I thought my life would be like at 25 (I seriously wrote down at age 11 that I wanted to be married with kids, dog, geo [...]
Charles Burns exhibit / Adam Baumgold Gallery NYC, Sept 5 - Oct 12 ... But Charles Burns' doesn't suck. My love for him grows stronger and stronger every day. So much that I'm going to get the above tattooed all hella big extending from the top of my neck down to the crevasse of my asshole. Also, supposedly he will be collaborating with Faesthetic on a threadless tshirt design (???). I've steered clear of threadless for this long - if true, I'll be jumping on that shit like flies on [...]
http://aloftdev.com/slowlikemo lasses/whoress.mp3 SHIT, WRONG BLOG. BUT I GUESS I'LL LEAVE IT UP ANYWAY. BELONGS ON LILVAYNE.BLOGSPOT.COM .
My friend Dimitri over at Booty Bassment has a really amazing poster of Nelly hanging in his bathroom appropriately above the toilet -- Nelly is all wading in some public pool water looking cold as hell and trying just as hard to look hawt. Every poster that I've seen of Nelly is terrible. Even the one I just made. I can't even begin to express how much he sucks. Don't even consider comparing his posters for different levels of suckage. With him, I see only full throttle suckage. In the name of the father, son and [...]
Good god -- more In the Red fools. Whatever, Intelligence sounds good to me. Releasing a new covers 7-inch through Plastic Idol Records , take a listen to the Stephin Merritt's ditty == gorgeous. Hopefully they deliver all the way. By deliver I mean, my bed, now ... I'm so tired. Currently on tour with some pretty good fools (see below) Three of their tracks are available off Fantastic Weapon and You Ain't No Picasso beware of the blogs. Intelligence Tour Dates 8/29 - - Portland, OR - - [...]
Today while walking to the grocery store some dude yelled "sexy ass" at me. Can I say that I'm feeling how SEXY ASS just rolls off my tongue. Much like how yelling WHORE just feels so damn good. With that, available in an extremely limited amount, PARADISE VENDORS INC. presents two VERY sexy ass cassette tapes. Helen Friel hand-made all of the boxes. The whore does some sexy ass work with paper. PVI001 Split C15 cassette // Talbot Tagora (Seattle) / Hand Jobs (Brooklyn) + Yellow [...]
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