tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18279653473844691242024-02-18T18:23:46.411-08:00Fort AwesomeJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-76862789745509871242013-04-02T12:33:00.001-07:002013-04-02T12:33:31.531-07:00Potential costume ideaMichael Nesmith in Head<br />
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<br /><br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-41655123041243852922012-11-01T09:44:00.001-07:002012-11-01T09:44:22.788-07:00All right! Yes! Fort Awesome part ??: the returning!So my final year of university happened and so did Halloween. I am not quite done with school yet of course, but I thought I'd drop in:<br />I've been a horror movie fiend these past few weeks, Here's an itinerary(I'll get more into em as soon as I can)<br />
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Dead Zone- Excellent, Christopher Walken needed an oscar nomination<br />
Pet Semetary: God awful except for Fred Gwyne<br />
American Werewolf in London: Fantastic, Cronenberg's the Fly owes a lot to this movie with the psychological torment of the main character and the body horror<br />
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and next, I'll be watching:<br />
The two other Hammer Horror Dracula films ( Christopher Lee-Fuck yes!)<br />
House of The Devil (an 80s style Horror movie from three years ago)<br />
Friday the 13th<br />
Return of Frankenstein(with Peter Cushing!)<br />
So look out for those! :D<br />
<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-55599959321498981962012-03-29T12:45:00.001-07:002012-03-29T12:45:55.355-07:00Are you bored of 77 punk?Then check out some of <a href="http://artdecade.blogspot.com/search/label/1977">this</a><br />hJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-37028917469875540682012-01-19T11:44:00.000-08:002012-01-19T11:48:28.619-08:00Happy Birthday by Altered ImagesIt's so damn stupid a song, it's brilliant.<br />Take a nice listen right <a href="http://dalstonoxfamshop.blogspot.com/2008/04/nme-002-jive-wire.html"> 'ere</a><br />Here's what the lead singer, <a ref="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01010/PF-clare-grogan_1010223c.jpg">Clare Grogan</a> looks like nowadays. Very Thatcherish, yes?JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-502480332907506652012-01-13T15:45:00.000-08:002012-01-13T15:59:18.483-08:00Short review of Man who fell to earthgood cinematography and good acting from Bowie. It's basically a more depressing, sexual version of Edward Scissorhands.JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-2321991554813350642011-12-27T14:37:00.001-08:002011-12-27T14:48:21.700-08:00The Ramones- the accidental first parody of a boy bandSorry Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett but the Ramones were the first band to satirize the manufactured pop stuff since the lead three members seemed to parody the archetypes accidentally, think about it.<br /><br />1)Joey: So sensitive that the poor man had OCD<br /><br />2)Johnny the tough guy to the point of being a racist, controlling asshole<br /><br />3) Dee Dee-the "wacky" guy who was obsessed with nazis and even fantasized about killing his girlfriend in a song. Also illiterate as any account on the making of Rock n Roll High School will tell you(took him 50 some takes just to get the word Pizza)<br /><br />4)Tommy/Marky: the straight man who tried to keep everyone together although Marky was an alcoholic for a while and well, with people like the above going at each other's throats(for good reason, granted, Johnny stole Joey's ladyfriend and married her), who could blame him?JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-89803052838210439132011-12-22T15:13:00.001-08:002011-12-22T15:13:32.983-08:00This is fucking brilliant<a href="http://www.goodbadmusic.com/2011/12/19/hardcore-or-die/"> Just watch it and tell me I'm wrong</a>JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-40174370183481916422011-12-08T10:55:00.000-08:002011-12-08T11:02:14.141-08:00Just a note<a href="http://stereogum.com/858202/download-the-10-best-coldplay-covers/franchises/listomania/">When choosing to what Coldplay Scientist cover to listen to</a>, go with the Aimme Mann one because Willie Nelson and his voice is a letdown.<br />In the meantime, here are some of my other favorite female sung covers:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4hg9VrYX4&ob=av2e">Colin Farell's ex sings a Smiths tune</a> (Much better than it sounds, believe me)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTPo4zRI2Q">Neko Case sings some Tom Waits</a>, probably far better than Scarlett Johansen<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMT3fxpocXE">Sia sings Radiohead</a>, although here, the violins are the standout part.JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-63036426821716024492011-12-03T20:11:00.000-08:002011-12-03T20:13:55.964-08:00This is an issueGorillaz are going to have converse shoes in Feburary of 2012. The problem?<br />Nike as usual, has <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2014325/Nike-workers-kicked-slapped-verbally-abused-factories-making-Converse-line-Indonesia.html">pretty big sweatshop issues</a>, especially in the case of Converse.JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-90207920360131798962011-09-19T19:51:00.000-07:002011-09-19T19:55:21.454-07:00Damn itEveryone needs to hear some Flying Burrito bros/Gram Parsons <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c4jvp3wdtl2"> right</a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?noen2rd3m21"> fuckin</a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?j5ymybzymnx"> now!</a>JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-53150356249289977262011-09-11T00:10:00.001-07:002011-09-11T15:30:15.214-07:00my 9/11 tenth anniversary playlist and why1) New York State of Mind- Billy Joel:Yes, this was far, far too overplayed in the month or so after the attacks, but listening to it in its original form, it's a soft solitary, sad ode to his favorite city. I picture a young Joel standing on an apartment's roof looking out over the city with a beer in hand just as the sun goes down. He's come a long way from Hollywood whether it was for a gig or to visit his best girl, but now he gets to unwind from the long tedious, likely heated drive and savor the metropolis in all its charm. I don't care what a <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2209526/">dickish slate writer</a> says, Joel's all right here. Basically, the calm before the storm as it were<br /><br />2) A Pair of Brown Eyes-The Pogues: My Boy Shane seems to have predicted certain tragedy about 16 years before it occured, but I'm not trying to spout any conspiracy theories here: Shane says the song was about talking to a war veteran in a pub just as the narrator was going through a breakup, but this song could easily apply to 9/11 too, besides, who didn't want to drink and cry for a few hours after watching all the news coverage?<br /><br />3) Two silver trees-Calexico: This is from the Nevver blog and it has a nice haunting melody and whispering to it, capturing the specter of death and paranoia that hung over the city and nation for weeks afterward<br /><br />4) All is Violent, All is bright: Another meloncholy piece courtesy of the Nevver blog, a bit cheesy with the guitars at first, but then it gives off a good tense industrial vibe<br /><br />5)Hallejuah- Jeff Buckley: I don't think there's any explanation necessary for this one, although I sort of prefer John Cale's version better if only for the vocals. But this is very beautiful on its own, especially the guitar solo.<br /><br />6) This Mess we're in- PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke: I haven't listened to PJ Harvey that much, but she works nicely with Yorke's (good and emotional, mind you) wailing though I have to give the prize for vocal work here to Yorke, he's the hero of this tragic love story and does a hell of a job with it. A good mix of mourning and fear here; I picture a man stumbling from the wreckage and squinting through the sobbing, confused crowd trying to find someone, anyone he can clutch on to for help.<br /><br />7) Oh Comely-Neutral Milk Hotel: from the one and perhaps only both surreal and heartbreaking album ever. The lyrics seem absurd, but with the acoustic guitar and Jeff Mangum's strained voice? god damn. Just get Aeroplane Over the Sea, seriously.<br /><br />8) I really feel(Lunar Flex) Drum Club; Another ominous industrial sounding track, complete with middle eastern chanting. Very primal scream like like except slower and apocalyptic. Listening to this, you can picture a taxi slowly moving through a wrecked city.<br /><br />9) The National Anthem- Radiohead: I could see this song used in a Bourne Identity film, it's a perfect five minute summary of a panic attack with Thom wailing a mantra about large crowds(everyone's around) and attempting to hang onto sanity(Hanging on). My most favorite Radiohead song ever is probably Idiotique for it's almost pogo-esque beat against bleak lyrics, but this may very well be at a close second(well, okay, second place is probably Paranoid Android). I guess then you could say Kid A is an electronic, paranoid version of Aeroplane over the sea?JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-48640164526806171712011-09-10T14:39:00.000-07:002011-09-10T19:32:02.169-07:00Todd Haynes' Superstar a mini reviewMovie's <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=622130510713940545"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kudos to the effort and the amount of Barbie dolls that it took , but overall, it just feels very tasteless and well, campy. I understand his attempt to present 70s light pop as literal plastic and obviously how society's ideals of beauty translates to barbie dolls and thus anorexia, but all in all, I was unimpressed.</span><br /></a>JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-90106544099795880122011-09-03T12:39:00.000-07:002011-09-03T12:40:13.183-07:00thoughts on Straight edgeWell, only one question really: where the fuck were the lady straight edge bands?!!!
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<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-83745493926649894882011-09-01T17:27:00.001-07:002011-09-01T17:28:05.173-07:00QuestionIs <a href="http://www.reappropriate.com/2010/10/28/the-orientalism-of-nicki-minaj/">what Nicki Minaj is doing</a> all that different from the works of Wu Tang clan or RZA?
<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-51710656096454830592011-08-30T01:43:00.000-07:002011-08-30T01:53:00.383-07:00Punk and the swastika<a href="http://punk77.co.uk/groups/punkandtheswastika.htm"> for a certain somebody</a>
<br />Okay so some of the punks back then were kinda dumb,but they were young and could relate to the feeling of being in Nazi Germany(oppression of labor unions, Powell,etc.) Did I mention that Johnny Rotten had a great love of Reggae and Siouxsie would later fully speak out against racism? Read the whole feature, it's a tad bitter in places, but it's a lot more complicated than just "punks wearing swastikas are ultimately racist!" Was it a stupid gesture? Yes. Was it somewhat, perhaps a tiny bit understandable in context of their surrounding environment? Also yes.
<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-17666940109356595952011-08-29T19:19:00.000-07:002011-08-29T19:35:39.593-07:00call me fucking stupidBut I'm actually kinda happy a hip hop artist with D.I.Y. internet Roots <a href="http://rebelfrequencies.blogspot.com/2011/08/rewarding-idiocy.html">won an MTV award</a> And anyway, couldn't A tribe called quest also be grouped under the White hipster fanbase genre of rap? Methinks there's a bit of ageism going on here.
<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-17718046865100293752011-08-17T14:27:00.000-07:002011-08-17T15:37:07.439-07:00thoughtsImperial Bedroom: It's a much less unnerving version of Pinkerton set in a jazz bar. Poor lil Declan mopes and mulls over whether to talk to a girl, scolds himself for not being the right type and regrets past loves that went sour. And he's not at all sarcastic about it; he's quite, reserved and,well, sad. It's quite a far cry from the sarcastic Costello many were used to on his earlier stuff. While it lacks the agonized wail of a Gordan Gano, say, Imperial Bedroom is the best damned Jazzy emo precursor out there. Get of yer ass and get it.
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<br />Crazy Rhythms: The rhythms aren't crazy, but they're good. Pitchfork called this geek rock and I'd agree in some respect; Loveless love, Moscow Nights and Original love deal with the yearn of no longer being a virgin,but most of the time, this record sounds like a really good garage band tuning up and practicing, giving it all a nice suburban "we're rocking out to beat ennui" vibe.
<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-91254024465856429742011-08-16T21:52:00.001-07:002011-08-16T22:13:38.054-07:00AssesmentsMission Of Burma: Like the Minutemen, they aren't so much punk as acoustic rock and as much as I hate to say it, this didn't draw me in. The guitars on All world cowboy romance were quite impressive, but overall it didn't have the catchy hook of a "Shit from an old notebook" or the smooth softness of "Do you want New Wave or do you want the truth"
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<br />Young Marble Giants: Now this? Incredible- these guys flirted with everything from pre 8 bit noises on "The Taxi"(Seriously, these guys coulda been video game composers if they wanted to) to simple guitar pop on "Wurlitzer Juke box" t0 the60s spaghetti western guitar sound on " Choci Loni" and the lady's voice makes it all even more unnerving. No wonder they didn't record another album, it probably couldn't top this one! Bravo kids, bravo!
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<br />Next up: Imperial Bedroom and Crazy Rhythms.
<br />JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-22299684882695098882011-08-16T16:43:00.000-07:002011-08-16T20:52:38.056-07:00In which I peruse selections from the Pitchfork various best album of the (insert decade here)I went to bed early last night and with not much to do, I decided to check out Pitchfork's picks for best albums of the 70s, 80s, and 90s- here's the ones picked out as most intriguing either due to a lyric sample or description alone:
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<br />80s:
<br />Imperial Bedroom-Elvis Costello: apparently, this was quite the personal album. Oh, and I have to thank him for producing Rum,sodomy and the lash of course.
<br />Fear and Whisky-Mekons- described by Eric Carr as a " drunken redneck lecturing on socialist economic policies" I am in!
<br />Signals, Call and Marches- Mission to Burma: Academy fight song is a catchy sonovabitch(okay, it's not on this album, but still) and That's when I reach for my revolver packs an emotional wallop(why the fuck hasn't it been used in some remake of Hamlet?) so why else wouldn't you want to listen?
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<br />Crazy Rythyms- The Feelies: Being impressed with their cover of Paint it Black,making the sitar filled classic into a low key yet rallying cry for raining on people's parades(I assume) and their original Boy with Perpetual nervousness, I decided to check out the rest of their album. Oh and Brendan reid says they were a precursor to Weezer only obviously not as creepy as River Cumuo(let's hope)
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<br />And don't the Kids just love it- Televison Personalities:Pitchfork sez these guys invented Twee, but to me, stuff like This Angry Silence or Part time punk highlights something darker: it's basically a much sadder version of Charlie Brown. Twee's actually more cheerful even when it talks about relationship problems
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<br />Colossal Youth-Young Marble Giants: The final Day is a short, disturbing gem, and apparently, the morbidly fascinating idea of the apocalypse haunts the rest of the album too:
<br /><blockquote>Though the album's spare, perfectly placed strokes of guitar, bass, organ, and voice would have more of an effect on mopey slowcore types and basement four-trackers, the ineffable thing about the Giants' music was how simultaneously haunting and cheery they could be. "Eating Noddemix" is music for brushing your teeth to the morning after an apocalypse, and the inimitable "Wurlitzer Jukebox" is a dance track for the last man on earth, with a geiger counter relentlessly ticking out the beat. Om, baby, yeah. --Brendan Reid</blockquote> <p> Brushing teeth?A Geiger counter? Oh Boy!</p><p>E2-E4-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_G%C3%B6ttsching" title="Manuel Göttsching">Manuel Göttsching</a>. The last name alone sold me</p><p>
<br /></p><p>70s:</p><p>Band of Gypsies- Jimi Hendrix: Never heard this one, nuff said.</p><p>A tribute to Jack Johnson-Miles Davis: Not a fan of boxing,but this somehow intriguied me</p><p>Historie de Melody Nelson-Serge Gainsbourg: Apparently a very creepy album about Serge's ladyfriend. Sounds like another precursor to Pinkerton</p><p>
<br /></p><p>I'll do the 90s list tomorrow, but today's selection I chose to download Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth and Misson Of Burma's Signals, Calls and Marches. My reviews will come soon.
<br /></p>JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-60137412613765430262011-08-02T07:32:00.000-07:002011-08-02T07:38:06.515-07:00Book O MormonDidn't get to see the musical,but I got the broadway cast recording and shall be listening to it. Methinks "Fuck you, God" may very well be on par with that of The Pogues' gallows humor, vulgar semi religious anthems such as Sickbed of Cuchulain or Sally Mcleanne, but we shall see.JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-68500222736607698042011-07-29T17:17:00.000-07:002011-07-29T17:18:20.031-07:00read this man's blog<a href="http://sites.williams.edu/cthorne/"> it's good</a>JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-69729525935763954792011-07-20T23:32:00.000-07:002011-07-20T23:35:15.665-07:00Doug Fieger, you wicked dead bastardWhy? Why in god's name must My Sharona be so fucking catchy enough for me to listen to it three times in a row? I think I'm gonna listen to it a fourth time..ooh yes.<br />Is their first album actually in any good?JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-8590473159443508232011-07-20T16:24:00.000-07:002011-07-20T19:45:18.113-07:00oh Drunksongs blog-<a href="http://drunksongs.blogspot.com/"> How I miss thee</a><br /><br />Along with Something I learned today, 7 inch punk, and Born in the basement(where'd that one get off to?), this blog opened me up to a whole slew of punk sub genres. It took a long, long time for me to determine who exactly my favorites were(the selection was overwhelming and back then, I could only judge whether I liked it or not based on "catchiness"),but they certainly introduced me to good stuff like Descendent's 'Merican and The Specials. God bless them.JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-75082007496415556632011-07-05T22:32:00.000-07:002011-07-05T23:11:24.798-07:00Boys of SummerThis is the only Eagles associated song I will ever tolerate; it's an interesting parallel to songs The Descendants, particularly Silly Girl and Hope, all of which lament onof lost love, but Henley represents the regret that comes later in life. Rather than simply obsess over the girl who got away and vow that he's the only one for her, Henley pines for her while also realizing his juvenile foolishness("Don't look back, you can never look back"). Sure, he's still in love with her, but at least he's honest about his behavior, if not necessarily outright self loathing. There's a similar structure in Pulp's Common People(I'll get to that one later); Jarvis starts out berating his supposed love interest about how lower class people live, but as the song builds , he turns inward, revealing his hatred for himself and the way his life turned out. While Milo Ackerman had a whole 20 years or so in front of him during Milo Goes to College 40 something Henley was trapped between the nostalgia of youth and embracing a sad existence as an adult in the bleak year of 1985.JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827965347384469124.post-44831448546682794532011-07-01T15:36:00.000-07:002011-07-01T15:42:42.884-07:00Am I a crazy weirdoor do the lyrics to Dag Nasty's What Now allude to more than a bromantic friendship?:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">silly boy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> in over his head again</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> silly boy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> doing his best again</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> silly boy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> why don't you ever learn?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> silly boy you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> can't help getting hurt</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> behind us- lying and hiding</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> behind us - the lying and hiding</span><br /><br />I know it's not much, you gotta hear the spoken word part to understand:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqLSSdoW2Zc<br />Tell me yer thoughts<br /><br />coming up sometime: Between The Descendents and Motley Crue lies The Donnas- an assessmentJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com0