The last few times I picked up a guitar, I realized that I knew like 2 songs all the way through, and even then, the lyrics were shaky to me at best. I suppose I've been going through the last few years with some sort of pretence of crafting something new out of nothing, but considering the fact that I've barely written anything in the last two ( Read more... )

I will pay you $25 dollars per trip to drive me to montreal. This is not a joke. I will not pay you in Canadian Tire money, Monopoly Money, or Disney Funbucks, I will pay cold hard cash. Oh yeah ( Read more... )

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I didn't realize this, but Nikki Sudden died last week. The Swell Maps and other of those early Rough Trade bands were a really big part of my life a few years ago, and Nikki continued to make weird albums and generally be a crazy dude for a while. He will be very missed in these parts.


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So nobody told me Pussy Galore were back together


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Last night I went to Videodrome 2 at the MOCCA to see a bunch of VJs "battle". I went there in the hopes of catching some of the latest TV Carnage stuff, but instead it was just a bunch of european guys "fucking shit up" with masks on. I've seen a couple of VJ things before, and most of the time it's just mixing a bunch of japanese movies with ( Read more... )

You know that song by Weird Al called "Phoning in Sick" or something from his Bad Hair Day LP? If you haven't, it's one of those songs Weird Al puts on his records that aren't parodies of anything, and are kind of creepy because he sings them like he really means it, but they still have goofy Weird Al lyrics. It concerns a man phoning in sick to ( Read more... )

ok steve birek et all.

YouFaves (music - more stuff coming tomorrow):

Black Flag News Report with Chuck Dukowski being Chuck Dukowski, from some video at Target

Elvis Costello does Radio Radio on SNL 1979

The Screamers do 122 Hours of Fear

The Monks on Beat Club

France Gall - Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son '65

Beastie Boys from 1982That's ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm as pompous as the next guy, but this is a bit much.

way to suck the fun out of it, guy.

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