December 20, 2007

The Slackers - Henderson Swamp
Urban Blight - Escape From Reality
The Siren 6! - This Can't Be What You Meant
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Alkaline Trio - Goodbye Forever
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Deep Dark Basement
Dillinger Four - #51 Dick Butkus
Four Tomorrow - Better Walk A Little Faster
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Sebadoh - Rebound
Push To Talk - Talk Is Cheap
Touch Committee - Gold Coast
Going Steady - Kakenukete Seishun
Superchunk - On The Mouth
The Queers - She's A Cretin
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J-Church - Cool Guitar Girl
Superdrag - Feeling Like I Do
Seaweed - Losing Skin
Naked Raygun - Home of the Brave
Toys That Kill - All I Care About Is Me, My Rum, and You
Operation Ivy - Gonna Find You
Bigrig - Expansive Heart
Les Savy Fav - Rodeo
The Spandecks - Paranoia
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Calling All Monsters - Lake Wave/So Many
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
Blotto - The Guitar Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
Gunmoll - Less Than You Hoped For
Mr. T Experience - You're The Only One
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
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Pizzicato Five - A New Song
April March & The Makers - Try to Cry
The Thermals - Our Trip
The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
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Cap'n Jazz - Little League
The Pixies - Broken Face
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Hate & Kill

I'm A Homer

Recently I discovered the wonderful record that is Just A Fire's "Light Up". How did I miss this gem over the last few years?!?! I tried to describe it to someone, and ended up saying that it was like a dubby mix of The Clash and Jawbox. As awful as that may sound, it doesn't! Hooray for awkward sentence structure. This is yet another non-ska record that has been overlooked by the world thanks to being a part of the Asian Man Records roster.

Speaking of, I saw the Andrew Jackson Jihad record in the ska section of Streetlight Records yesterday. Great work there guys! Andrew Jackson Jihad are on tour now, tonight in Santa Cruz, and tomorrow in San Jose, a show that I'm organizing. GO! I'm sure if you read this blog, you probably already know about this show anyway, but if you don't, here:


In summation, most of my favorite records from 2007 were Asian Man releases, Bomb The Music Industry's "Get Warmer" and AJJ's "People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World" actually having been released year, and Just A Fire's "Light Up", which I finally discovered this year. Woohoo!

December 13, 2007

Skankin Pickle - Rotten Banana Legs
Mu330 - Ireland
Los Rudiments - Too Late
Potshot - Since Yesterday
Rancid - Daly City Train
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Good Night - Brights
Your Song Is Good - Shortcake pt. 4
Rx Bandits - Apparition
The Advantage - Ducktails
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The Minutemen - The Glory of Man
Eastern Youth - Bura Bura Bushi
Ted Leo - Little Girl in Bloom
Les Savy Fav - Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old
Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy
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Andrew Jackson Jihad - Let Us Get Murdered
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Love My Children
The Weakerthans - Sun in an Empty Room
Nate Kavanaugh & The Replacematts - This Whole World
The Hold Steady - You Can Make Him Like You
Lemuria - Rough Draft
Jawbreaker - Jinx Removing
Mega City Four - Twenty One Again
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Going Steady - Wakamonotachi
Fugazi - Bed for the Scraping
Pteradon - Broadway
Fatal Flying Guilloteens - Hello, Boss!!!
Bear Claw - Stubborn Agenda
Just A Fire - Graduation
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Guided by Voices - A Contest Featuring Human Beings
The Cherry Tempo - City of Squares
Judy and Mary - Over Drive

The type of sound that these young'uns don't know!

December 6, 2007

Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Home Made Song
Slow Gherkin - Shed Some Skin
Fishbone - Ugly
The Specials - Gangsters
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Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz
The Buzzcocks - Harmony in my Head
Stout City Rockers - Common Man
Toys That Kill - Bill Buckner
The Misfits - Some Kinda Hate
The Libertines - Last Post on the Bugle
The Unicorns - Les Os
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The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away
Busy Signals - Look the Other Way
Japanther - Challenge
The Thermals - Out of the Old and Thin
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
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Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do?
Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
The Minutemen - Anchor
We Versus the Shark - We Versus the Inevitability of Death
Sparta Locals - Hotaru
Enon - Pleasure and Privilege
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Touch Committee - Blue Glass
Just A Fire - The Source of the Sound
Boilermaker - Hill
Pteradon - Urban Pirate Style
Jawbox - His Only Trade
Andrew WK - It's Time to Party
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The Lawrence Arms - 100 Resolutions
Leatherface - Dead Industrial Atmosphere
Bear Claw - Short but Sweet
The Honor System - Muffled by Concrete
Drive Like Jehu - Golden Brown
Eastern Youth - Freedom
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Sakerock - 2A3l (this title might show up as garbled japanese until I fix it)
My Korean Friends - A Story Like the Wind
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Come Baby Come

Schwachan

I had the pleasure of seeing "Pumping Iron" last night, the bodybuilding movie featuring Arnold Schwarznegger and Lou Ferrigno among others. The direction and soundtrack were executed perfectly to emphasize how meaningless bodybuilding is. The movie also shows pretty clearly how disgusting of a person Arnold Schwarznegger really is.

For further proof, watch this amazing Youtube clip:

Bookhunter

I just finished reading Bookhunter by Jason Shiga, and it was ridiculously and enjoyably over the top. Without giving too much away, it's like a pulp action story about a detective and his team who are investigating the theft of a rare antique Bible. The artwork is deceptively simple, but actually does a great job of accentuating the moods of the characters and of the action sequences. There's a lot of technical jargon relating to book binding and the running of a library, which is so over the top considering the subject matter of this "gritty" crime story, that one can't help but find it absurdly entertaining.

If you want a taste of some Jason Shiga before checking out this book, check out his comic FLEEP.

Thanks to Biguglyadam for introducing me to Jason Shiga all those years ago.

November 22, 2007

Special Thanksgiving show with guest host Mike Park!

The Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away
The Muffs - Oh Nina
The Mr. T Experience - My Stupid Life
J Church - The Heroic Trio
The HOLiDAYS - Your World
Digger - Feeling What I'm Thinking
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Japanther - $100 Cover
Toys That Kill - Control the Sun
Hot Snakes - Ben Gurion
The Fucking Ocean - Song for Anthony Soltero
The Thermals - Power Doesn't Run on Nothing
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The Hot Toddies - Sugar Daddy
Lemuria - Piranha
Dillinger Four - ¡¡Noble Stabbings!!
Crimpshrine - Summertime
Jawbreaker - Indictment
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The Clash - Guns on the Roof
Bomb The Music Industry! - I Don't Love You Anymore
Chris Murray - The Higher the Monkey Climb
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Ted Leo - The Unwanted Things
Television - See No Evil
Mike Watt - Against The 70's
The Skatalites - Golden Love
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Billy Bragg - A New England
The Sonics - Don't Believe In Christmas
Shonen Knife - Water Wine
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Andrew Jackson Jihad - People
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J Church - My Favorite Place
Operation Ivy - Here We Go Again
Elvis Costello - Big Boys
Harold Ray Live In Concert - Ain't Nothing But A House Party
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The Specials - Monkey Man
Superchunk - Her Royal Fisticuffs
Queers - Houston, We Have A Problem
Husker Du - Never Talking To You Again

NIIICE NIIICE NI NIIIIICENINCIENIONIIIIIIIICE

Holy moly.

I've been listening to lots of KNBR lately. Those of you who know me may or may not know that I love me some sports talk radio. I'm not super into sports, perhaps with the exception of baseball, but the local sports talk talent it unbelievable. Ralph Barbieri and Tom Tolbert are a great duo, nonstop laughs, really smart, and just all around lovable people. Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks are likable enough, occasionally funny, and almost entertaining enough when not. At least they're more interesting than news-talk and top-40 radio.

The real king, though, is Gary Radnich. His show isn't so much sports talk, but rather a sports-related front for a middle-aged white guy to talk about hip-hop, getting down with the ladies, and all sorts of useless pop-culture trivia. When Gary is on a roll, it's especially great hearing him, first, groan when a caller wants to talk about trivial sports matter, and, second, immediately cut the caller off to resume talking about whatever random "good knowledge" he's dropping on the audience that day. Gary also surrounds himself with hilarious talent: Ray Woodson is his straight man, an equally knowledgeable pop culture aficionado; Tony Bruno, the most famous sports talk host nationwide, is Gary's only competition when it comes to obnoxious old white men with a knowledge of hip-hop; Dan Dibley, young goofy announcer whose son provides so many child-versions of Gary's rotation of catchphrases, including: "Good knowledge"; "You gots to get down"; "GOODBYE"; etc; (I don't really know how to use colons and semicolons); The various interns and producers, Mike, Thin Tim, and others also provide for good laughs as Gary's motley sidekicks.

Today, Gary and Tony were talking about Amy Winehouse. Tony was talking about her first date on tour which totally flopped and how she was booed savagely. Gary's first comment on her was that "I can't even look at her!" which I totally agreed with, because she looks totally disgusting. They also dissed her singing and songs, which I also agreed with. She certainly ain't no Sean Kingston!!!

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I recently saw a few good movies, here's a quick roundup:

Troll 2: Horrible. VERY funny.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance: Very funny, great use of dark comedy, until the end when it's totally dark without any comedy at all. Probably the most depressing of all of Park Chan Wook's revenge trilogy. This killed the mood for everyone on halloween, hooray for me suggesting we watch it! Bae Du-Na is hella cute in this.

The Host: Another great dark comedy from Korea. I think that the commentary and it's execution in the film was great. Bae Du-Na is not as cute in this, but still tight.

Milo & Otis: Cutest movie of all time? Probably. Bae Du-Na may be cute, but she has nothing to do with this ultra cute movie.

Going to see the new Joe Strummer documentary that comes out here tomorrow (not so new in other parts of the world, I know).

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On a side note, have you guys out there ever wanted to go up to a girl and totally platonically tell her how beautiful she may be? I wanna do this all time, but I don't wanna seem like a creep! Why are there so many pretty girls out there?

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AHHHH! I know there's more I wanted to write about, but it's 2:30 AM practically and my brain is fried.

November 15, 2007

Calling All Monsters - We Are: Special Forces
Toys That Kill - Blanket
Hundreds and Thousands - Ned Kelly
The New Trust - Wake Up, It's the Nineties
The Fucking Ocean - Literacy Test
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
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Bomb The Music Industry! - Jobs Schmobs
Operation Ivy - Bombshell
Dillinger Four - file under "ADULT URBAN CONTEMPORARY"
Japanther - River Phoenix
Mega City Four - Things I Never Said
Cobra Skulls - The Cobra and the Man-Whore
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Les Savy Fav - The Equestrian
Bear Claw - Short but Sweet
Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
Fugazi - Ex Spectator
Rx Bandits - To Our Unborn Daughters
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Andrew Jackson Jihad - Bad Bad Things
Common Rider - Classics of Love
Deerhoof - Run Over Speed Light
The Unicorns - Innoculate Innocuous
The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
Husker Du - Private Plane
Bracket - Warren's Song Pt. 9
The Hot Toddies - Sugar Daddy
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Dethklok - Bloodrocuted
Hepcat - Nigel
The Toasters - I'm Running Right Through The World
Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero
Skankin Pickle - Fights
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The Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place
Ted Leo - Come Baby Come
Superdrag - Sucked Out
Weakerthans - Civil Twilight
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Slow Gherkin - Salsipuedes
Twinkle - Teen Anguish



Background Music:
Mono - Finlandia
Madlib - Indian Hump

November 8, 2007

Short Round - The Alcohol Talking
Bomb The Music Industry! - Bike Test 1 2 3
The Vandals - I Know, Huh?
J-Church - Overconfident
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Jawbox - Mirrorful
Going Steady - Kakenukete Seishun
Alkaline Trio - Goodbye Forever
Crimpshrine - Pretty Mess
Japanther - River Phoenix
Toys That Kill - Safe and Warm
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Hundreds and Thousands - The Pros and Cons
Les Savy Fav - Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old
Sparta Locals - Hotaru
Touch Committee - Blue Glass
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Calling All Monsters - Conventions of Wizards\
Turbo Fruits - Know Too Much
The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
The Hot Toddies - Sugar Daddy
Bomb Bassetts - Total Destruction To Your Mind
Lemuria - Little Silver Children
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Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams From the Hill
The Weakerthans - Watermark
Track Star - These Horses Carry Blood
Wheat - Courting Ed Templeton
The Cherry Tempo - Treble Is High
Andrew Jackson Jihad - People
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The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
Operation Ivy - Bankshot
Stephen Malkmus - Phantasies
The Promise Ring - Happiness Is All the Rage
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Portastatic - Sour Shores
Guided by Voices - The Best of Jill Hives
Magnetic Fields - No One Will Ever Love You
Archers of Loaf - Floating Friends
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Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
Going Steady - Wakamonotachi

Here's the article I mentioned about Lance Hahn:
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/11.07.07/music-hahn-0745.html

Join, or Die... with a vengeance

In case you don't know, the Join, Or Die collective of musicians from Santa Cruz, CA are pretty much the best thing ever. They've slowed down their activity as of late, but my formative years as a music fan would've been meaningless had Slow Gherkin, The Huxtables, Good Night and others not been a part of it. In fact, I think Slow Gherkin is the most underrated band of all time, even among fans of the ska niche in which they were abandoned by the world at large.

Having said all this, what the heck is up with this: http://jod.no-place.com/
News Flash! You aren't Join, Or Die! The Mae Shi may be the bees knees to greasy-haired, thrift store robbing, Xiu Xiu zealots worldwide, but by 2003 (when their phony JOD was established) the real JOD had already been around and experienced its peak! Heck, Xiu Xiu could've told them that!

Poseurs! The whole lot of 'em!


P.S. I just watched a youtube video of that band Midori, whose singer blurs out her eyes in all their promotional material... WHAT A BUNCH OF F@$*ING GARBAGE!!! Pure marketing b.s.

November 1, 2007

Small Brown Bike - Like a Future With No Friend
Crimpshrine - Wake Up
Hot Snakes - Ben Gurion
Pteradon - Urban Pirate Style
Derangements - In the Car
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Bomb The Music Industry - 493 Ruth
Calling All Monsters - Lake Wave (So Many)
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
Les Savy Fav - Raging in the Plague Age
Brainiac - Martian Dance Invasion
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Drive Like Jehu - Human Interest
Fugazi - Epic Problem
Jawbreaker - Donatello
Rx Bandits - Crushing Destroyer
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Gunmoll - Less Than You Hoped For
Husker Du - The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill
DESA - Voltaire's Fable
Bleach03 - Not Peter
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Andrew Jackson Jihad - People
Why? - Women Eye No
Wheat - I Had Angels Watching Over Me
The Advantage - Goonies 2
Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer
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Japanther - Vagabond
Toys That Kill - Bomb Sniffin Dogs
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz
The Hot Toddies - Sugar Daddy
Sambomaster - Sono Nukumori ni You ga Aru
Mr. T Experience - I Don't Need You Now
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The Weakerthans - Night Windows
Mega City Four - Twenty One Again
Alkaline Trio - Clavicle
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Cap'n Jazz - Basil's Kite
Slow Gherkin - Tap Dancing
Eastern Youth - Itsudemo koko ni iru


Tonight's Background Music:
Madlib - Indian Deli
Mono - Little Boy (1945-Future)

Look What Came In The Mail

After a few weeks of impatiently waiting, Shiina Ringo's "Mayonaka wa Junketsu" 12" and the two new Mu-Stars mix CDs have arrived!!! I was pleasantly surprised to see that the 12" was actually brand-new, still sealed, even though the site had it listed and priced as used. WOOHOO!!!




Look at what DIDN'T come in the mail:

October 25, 2007

BREAKfAST - Jason Adams
Ging Nang Boyz - Inu Ningen
Spandecks - Paranoia
Track Star - Payback
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Andrew WK - Not Going To Bed
Bomb The Music Industry! - I Don't Love You Anymore
The Aquabats - Chemical Bomb
Andrew Jackson Jihad - People
The Weakerthans - Utilities
Sean Na Na - Help Me Up the Hill
The Hot Toddies - Sugar Daddy
Feist - Somewhere Down The Road
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Weezer - No Other One
Pinback - Subbing for Eden
Wheat - Round in the Corners
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Why? - Dream On Cortelyou
Pavement - Newark Wilder
Sparta Locals - Pogo
Elvis Costello - Little Triggers
The New Pornographers - All The Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
The Dismemberment Plan - Girl O'Clock
The Unicorns - I Don't Wanna Die
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
Deerhoof - Dinner For Two
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Eastern Youth - Freedom
Drive Like Jehu - Golden Brown
Discount - Sleeping Motor Boy
Toys That Kill - Runnin' The Front
The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
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Television - Elevation
Rx Bandits - 1980/One Million Miles an Hour, Fast Asleep
Derangements - Tsunagare Kairo
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - Rumble Seats and Running Boards
Green Day - Jar
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Dr. Frank - She Turned Out to be Crazy
The Buzzcocks - Lipstick
Lemuria - Little Silver Children
Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz

October 18, 2007

Feist - Somewhere Down the Road
Ted Leo - Ghosts
Sean Na Na - Hairspray
The Shins - Kissing the Lipless
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Polysics - Black Out Fall Out
Enon - Disposable Parts
Why? - A Little Titanic
Bumps - Baby Johann
BREAKfAST - Breakfast? Eat Rice
The Minutemen - Viet Nam
No Age - Sun Spots
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things
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Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
Afghan Whigs - What Jail is Like
Pavement - Summer Babe
Silkworm - The Operative
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Calling All Monsters - Baby Bear
Superchunk - Her Royal Fisticuffs
The Libertines - Time for Heroes
Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
Four Tomorrow - Better Walk A Little Faster
Kind of Like Spitting - Born Beautiful
Eastern Youth - Tokyo Clear Zero Degrees Celsius
Dirty Little Secret - Three Way Sex
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Supergrass - Cheapskate
Chisel - 8 A.M. All Day
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
The New Pornographers - Failsafe
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The Slackers - Wasted Days
The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight
The Cherry Tempo - Wake Up! Gertrude Stein
Hockey Night - Princess Starcrystal
Lemuria - Little Silver Children
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Bomb The Music Industry! - Unlimited Breadsticks, Soup and Salad Days
Sambomaster - Utsukushiki Ningen no Hibi
J-Church - Overconfident
Cap'n Jazz - Take On Me

Tonight's background music:
Howard Hello - Lazy
Mono - Yearning

GONZ

Two good friends call him their favorite skater. MARK GONZALEZ!!!



PS: I wish I had gotten into skating when I was younger! C'est la vie.

Social Distortion SUCKS!!!

San Jo's very own Jason Adams:

I Will Never Be Able To Do This

THAT'S INCREDIBLE

Hoosier Love?

I got the scoop on a special Mu330 show going on tonight in Santa Cruz as part of their singer Dan Potthast's wedding celebrations. The bride and groom's relatives and friends gathered at the P Street house, and Mu330 played all the hits!!!... until the cops came and told them to cut the noise. It was a special night and I'm glad I could be a part of it, now I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

October 11, 2007

Bomb The Music Industry! - Jobs Schmobs
Pteradon - Broadway
Rx Bandits - To Our Unborn Daughters
Pixies - Rock Music
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Rocket From The Crypt - Made For You
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Fire in the Dancehall
Andrew WK - I Want To See You Go Wild
Toys That Kill - Blanket
Baby Guts - Cringe
BREAKfAST - Breakfast? Eat Rice
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No Age - My Life's Alright Without You
The Coathangers - Parcheezzi
Coco - The End
The Minutemen - Viet Nam
Sparta Locals - Gap
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Feist - Somewhere Down The Road
Twinkle - The Candidate
Mu330 - Favorite Show
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Where Have All the Rudeboys Gone?
The New Pornographers - Mutiny, I Promise You
Slow Gherkin - Salsipuedes
Sean Na Na - The Hunter
The Weakerthans - Relative Surplus Value
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The Muffs - I Need A Face
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
I Sing The Body Electric! - Lemon Wedge
Superdrag - Bloody Hell
Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
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The Advantage - Bubble Bobble / Bubble Bobble-Shark Skeleton
Polysics - I My Me Mine
The Aquabats - Canis Lupus
My Korean Friends - Turtle Tax
The Cherry Tempo - Japanimation
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Chris Murray - Switchblade to Soul
Track Star - Payback
Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer
Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Home Made Song


Tonight's background music:
Hepcat - Tommy's Song
Mono - Finlandia

YEAH!

Super Monkeys

Courtesy of JJ, the weirdest song/video combo since that Crispin Glover video:

Mailbox

New in the mail:
Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine
Black Summer #3 by Warren Ellis
The Boys GN #1 by Garth Ennis

Comic nerdism.

Boy! I wish I wrote about anything other than pop culture.

October 4, 2007

Breakfast - True Do Me
Minor Threat - Screaming At A Wall
Toys That Kill - Activate
NOFX - Leave It Alone
Union 13 - Sobre Vivir
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Operation Ivy - Missionary
Fifteen - No Tion
Going Steady - Kakenukete Seishun
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living With The Living
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Man or Astroman? - Theme from Eeviac
Sleater Kinney - Not What You Want
Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
Track Star - Cities on Cities
Silkworm - Scrawl
Sparta Locals - Ougon Wave
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Feist - Somewhere Down the Road
Sean Na Na - Help Me Up The Hill
I Sing The Body Electric - I Do
John Vanderslice - Time To Go
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Husker Du - If I Told you
Mega City Four - Twenty One Again
Crimpshrine - Summertime
Bomb The Music Industry! - 493 Ruth
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding
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The New Pornographers - All the Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
The Specials - Monkey Man
April March and Los Cincos - Theme for the Lime Cafe
Manu Chao - Mi Vida
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Why? - Miss Ohio's Nameless
Slow Gherkin - Snakes
The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
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The Slackers - Henderson Swamp
I Need Sleep - Natural Disasters
Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero
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The Weakerthans - Plea from a cat named Virtute
The Weakerthans - Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure


Hooray for more on-air mistakes! I RULE!

September 27, 2007

I'm back!!! I'm also not as prepared as I wish I was for today. I gotta start playing new stuff, as in stuff that I don't always play every week. OR MAYBE I WON'T!!!

Hepcat - I Can't Wait
Bomb The Music Industry - I Don't Love You Anymore
Fishbone - Ugly
Chisel - The Dog In Me
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Ging Nang Boyz - I Don't Wanna Die
Mega City Four - Miles Apart
Pinback - From Nothing to Nowhere
Track Star - This Is Number Forty Two
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Sean Na Na - Hairspray
The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours
The Constantines - Young Lions
Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All
Toys That Kill - Moon = Ghettobird
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Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
Rx Bandits - And the Battle Begun
Bad Brains - Pure Love
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
Clorox Girls - Boys Girls
Afrirampo - Afrirampo
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Sicko - Hipster Boyfriend
Anti45 - 18 Years Gone
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Smoking Popes - Pretty Pathetic
John Vanderslice - Time To Go
My Korean Friends - An Apology
Lemuria - Home
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Weezer - Tired of Sex
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Dial Up
Racetrack - Sharpest Pencils
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Andrew Jackson Jihad - People
Jawbreaker - Shield Your Eyes
Calling All Monsters - Sometimes I Wish You Weren't Dead
Cap'n Jazz - Little League
Knapsack - Skip the Details

I'M BACK

Dear loyal readers and listeners (ELVIS?), THIS SONG IS GOOD is BACK! KSCU 103.3, Thursday nights, 7-9 PM.

I really want to play some tight new stuff for all of you, in particular the rad new Bomb The Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Ging Nang Boyz records. Tune in tomorrow night please!!! If you don't live in the area you can check out www.kscu.org for an online stream.

Whazzzzzap

No one cares, but here I am on the road, and here is what is keeping me occupied:

Final Fantasy VI on Game Boy
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Cachorros by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Prince by Machiavelli
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice split

I also was able to view a live action version of The Fly, aka Mistah Feshbach.

WEIRDOS

Boy oh boy, have I had some creepy moments in my life, but even at my worst I have never been nearly as awesome (I mean DESPICABLE) as these guys. So, without further ado, on with the wacked out reviewers on YELP:

David A.

edit :I changed my score.Not a friendly place anymore.Good looking- Nazi cashier's unfriendly attitude finally drove me away.

I WONDER WHY???????? If this guy is 1/100th as creepy in real life as he is here...

Mike H.
This guy isn't so much creepy, as just a creep.

Boy, it's a slow day at work.

In other news, I won't be doing my show for the remainder of the quarter. Hopefully I'll be back in late September or October though. I'll try to keep this badboy updated with stuff of note, so keep checking back!

Don't get caught with your pants down... again!!!

Mineta Kazunobu, the singer of my favorite band in the world, The Ging Nang Boyz, was arrested for removing his little short shorts in front of thousands at the Formoz Festival in Taiwan. NICE??? This is his second time being arrested for public indecency, the first coming in front of a crowd of 45,000 at the 2005 Rock In Japan Festival.



Check these links below for more dirt:
Article 1
Article 2

This is the best quote ever:

"After the concert, we took him to the police bureau," police officer Tang Se-huai said. "He appeared scared and nervous, saying he did not know he was not supposed to do this in Taiwan."

Ging Nang Boyz will be releasing a new single entitled "I Don't Wanna Die" (or AIDONWANADAI as they transcribe it) on August 22. You can peep their site at http://www.hatsukoi.biz for more info.

July 26, 2007

NOFX - The Decline
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The Aquabats - Magic Chicken
Stephen Malkmus - Phantasies
The Polyphonic Spree - Mental Cabaret
The Dismemberment Plan - Pay for the Piano
The Unicorns - I Don't Wanna Die
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We All Have Hooks for Hands - Jumpin Jean-Luc
Matt & Kim - No More Long Years
I Need Sleep - Dance Like an Idiot
Matt Pond PA - Reading
Archers of Loaf - Web In Front
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Superdrag - I Am Incinerator
Frank Black - Headache
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Dial Up
Superchunk - From The Curve
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Antelope - The Demon
The Minutemen - The Glory of Man
Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
Unwound - Warmth Prospect
Track Star - These Horses Carry Blood
Jawbreaker - Do You Still Hate Me?
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Toys That Kill - Bill Buckner
The Thermals - An Endless Supply
Crimpshrine - Trying Too Hard
Green Day - Dry Ice
The Eat - Communist Radio
Lemuria - Home
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Television - Marquee Moon
Sparta Locals - Peace
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Rx Bandits - On A Lonely Screen
Rx Bandits - 1980
Rx Bandits - One Million Miles An Hour, Fast Asleep

July 19, 2007

Jawbreaker - Bivouac
Ging Nang Boyz - Nipponjin
Cap'n Jazz - Puddle Splashers
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Mega City Four - Start
Lemuria - Little Silver Children
Misfits - Static Age
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz
Calling All Monsters - We Are Special Forces
Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away
Eastern Youth - Muyohnosuke
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WESTERN FRONT Live On-Air
Come Home From the Movies
Jerkshit
Hawks and Sparrows
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Merchandise (Fugazi cover)
Chesterfield King (Jawbreaker cover)
Exhausted
Babymaker
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Western Front picks the tunes!
The Minutemen - Vietnam
Gunmoll - Less Than You Hoped For
Lawrence Arms - The Revisionist
Dillinger Four - A Floater Left With Pleasure in the Executive Washroom
Hot Water Music - One Step To Slip
Leatherface - Dead Industrial Atmosphere
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The Ramones - Commando
The Saint Catherines - Ring of Fire = 4 Points
Smoke or Fire - Cops and Drugs
Smoking Popes - Megan
The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey
Alkaline Trio - For Your Lungs Only
Small Brown Bike - The Vacuum
Shinobu - Trepanning
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Either Side of the Same Town
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Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Home Made Song
Fishbone - Ugly



For more info on Western Front, check them out at www.myspace.com/westernfrontmusic! NIIIIICE!

There'll be no tears in the end

Excerpt from "No Tears" by Scarface:
I've got this killer up inside of me
I can't talk to my mother, so I talk to my diary
I'm goin off on the deep end
I find myself face to face with myself while I'm sleepin
I see your picture in my head and my hands shake
You can run, you can hide, but there's no escape
My inner feelings show no mercy on my enemy
I got to get this muthafucka before he gets to me
So in your own blood you'll bathe
And I won't stop until I put this muthafucka in his fuckin grave
And I can say this once again
You can cry but you'll still die, there'll be no tears in the end

"Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" by the Geto Boys:
At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn
Candle sticks in the dark, visions of bodies bein burned
Four walls just starin at a nigga
I'm paranoid, sleepin with my finger on the trigger
My mother's always stressin I ain't livin right
But I ain't going out without a fight
See, everytime my eyes close
I start sweatin, and blood starts comin out my nose
It's somebody watchin the Ak'
But I don't know who it is, so I'm watchin my back
I can see him when I'm deep in the covers
When I awake I don't see the motherfucker
He owns a black hat like I own
A black suit and a cane like my own
Some might say, "Take a chill, B"
But fuck that shit! There's a nigga trying to kill me
I'm poppin in the clip when the wind blows
Every twenty seconds got me peepin out my window
Investigatin the joint for traps
Checkin my telephone for taps
I'm starin at the woman on the corner
It's fucked up when your mind is playin tricks on ya

I make big money, I drive big cars
Everybody know me, it's like I'm a movie star
But late at night, somethin ain't right
I feel I'm being tailed by the same sucker's head lights
Is it that fool that I ran off the block?
Or is it that nigga last week that I shot?
Or is it the one I beat for five thousand dollars
Thought he had 'caine but it was Gold Medal Flour
Reach under my seat, grabbed my popper for the suckers
Ain't no use to me lyin, I was scareder than a motherfucker
Hooked a left into Popeye's and bailed out quick
If it's goin down let's get this shit over with
Here they come, just like I figured
I got my hand on the motherfuckin trigger
What I saw'll make your ass start gigglin
Three black, crippled and crazy senior citizens
I live by the sword
I take my boys everywhere I go, because I'm paranoid
I keep lookin over my shoulder and peepin around corners
My mind is playin tricks on me

Day by day it's more impossible to cope
I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope
Can't keep a steady hand because I'm nervous
Every Sunday mornin I'm in service
Prayin for forgiveness
And tryin to find an exit out the business
I know the Lord is lookin at me
But yet and still it's hard for me to feel happy
I often drift while I drive
Havin fatal thoughts of suicide
BANG and get it over with
And then I'm worry-free, but that's bullshit
I got a little boy to look after
And if I died then my child would be a bastard
I had a woman down with me
But to me it seemed like she was down to get me
She helped me out in this shit
But to me she was just another bitch
Now she's back with her mother
Now I'm realizing that I love her
Now I'm feelin lonely
My mind is playin tricks on me

This year Halloween fell on a weekend
Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treatin
Robbin little kids for bags
Till an old man got behind our ass
So we speeded up the pace
Took a look back, and he was right before our face
He'd be in for a squabble no doubt
So I swung and hit the nigga in his mouth
He was goin down, we figured
But this was no ordinary nigga
He stood about six or seven feet
Now, that's the nigga I'd be seein in my sleep
So we triple-teamed on him
Droppin them motherfuckin B's on him
The more I swung the more blood flew
Then he disappeared and my boys disappeared, too
Then I felt just like a fiend
It wasn't even close to Halloween
It was dark as fuck on the streets
My hands were all bloody, from punchin on the concrete
God damn, homie
My mind is playin tricks on me


Excerpts from "Dirty Bitch" by Bushwick Bill:
It started out beautiful, but you was playin possum
To me, you was just a fuck, but our relationship blossomed
Got attached to your kids, I loved 'em like my own
I loved 'em like my own
Referred to your daughter as my daughter, your son as my son
Called you my wife, even if it was common law
Never saw a better creature in my life
How could the one who stole my heart, make me reach for my knife
(Why you reachin for your knife?) Cause I'ma stab that bitch
(What if they take your freedom Bill?) They can have that shit
....
Why you wanna bring me down?
Why you wanna bring me down? You dirty bitch


Man, the heaviness of the Geto Boys lyrics never really hit me until tonight. I always knew how extreme they were, but the total paranoia and utter sadness is what really makes them great. To them, the life of a gangster is a double-edged sword, and the way they rap about it is so amazing to me. I always wondered why rappers loved the movie Scarface so much, because it seems like they only paid attention to Tony's rise up the ladder, hustling his way to wealth and notoriety, while somehow managing to ignore the consequences of his actions that lead to his downfall. For once, I kind of understand the movie's appeal, but only among the likes of the Geto Boys, of whom the rapper Scarface is appropriately a member. I can't think of anything more articulate to write to wrap up this paragraph... but dang, this is seriously some heavy stuff.

HERNIA

I heard about this song from my aunt of all people, and it's very funny and cute. Not unlike the blood covered bandage on my stomach from this hernia surgery I just had. Hooray!

July 12, 2007

This Is My Fist - A History of Rats
Toys That Kill - Bill Buckner
Pinhead Gunpowder - 2nd Street
The Thermals - No Culture Icons
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Superchunk - Her Royal Fisticuffs
Silkworm - The Third
The Cherry Tempo - Japanimation
Antelope - Mirroring
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Superdrag - I Am Incinerator
Track Star - These Horses Carry Blood
Supergrass - Richard III
Get Him Eat Him - Exposure
Call Me Lightning - Meet The Skeletons
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Slow Gherkin - Human
Two Gallants - Seems Like Home To Me
Wilco - Please Be Patient With Me
Against Me - Cavalier Eternal
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JASON-SAN JASON-SAN's J-POP JAMZ
Tokyo Jihen - OSCA
Ueto Aya - Kaze
Morning Musume - Love Machine
Tommy February6 - Love Me or Die
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Orange Range - Shanghai Honey
Fujimoto Miki - Boogie Train '03
FLOW - Dream Express
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Aiko - Boyfriend
Kids Alike - Rep
Goto Maki - Afurechau... be in love
Every Little Thing - Fundamental Love
Speed - Kiwi Love
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Koda Kumi - Won't Be Long
Yaida Hitomi - Creamed Potatoes

Daft Cyber Punk

The new Kanye West song rockin' a Daft Punk beat is a totally sweet homage to Akira. Peep it, fools!

July 5, 2007

Built to Spill - In The Morning
Superdrag - My Day Will Come
Mates of State - La'hov
Calvin Johnson & The Sons of Soil - Sand
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Chisel - 8 AM All Day
April March - Mignonette
Lemuria - Clean
The HOLiDAYS - Your World
Two Gallants - Seems Like Home to Me
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The Aislers Set - One Half Laughing
Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
Stephen Malkmus - Post-Paint Boy
Cub - Voracious
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Tokyo Jihen - OSCA
The Unicorns - Sea Ghost
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
Bigwig - The Girl in the Green Jacket
The Ergs - Trouble In River City
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Andrew WK - Not Going To Bed
xbxrx - Here to Ruin the Party
Call Me Lightning - Shadow Twin
The Advantage - Metroid - Kraid's Lair
John Zorn - You Will Be Shot
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This Is My Fist! - Nerd Camp
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar
Weezer - The Good Life
Crimpshrine - Pretty Mess
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My Korean Friends - Wait Outside These Walls
Mega City Four - Miles Apart
Superdrag - Sucked Out
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Ging Nang Boyz - Hikari (live)

Thank you, come again!

The Kwik-E-Mart exists!!! Other blogs and news publications have covered this topic better than I, but I don't care! I WAS AT A REAL LIFE KWIK-E-MART!!!

Shore Leave

Sorry folks, I won't be here for my show this week! A million pardons!

Let this sweet video tide you over until next week:

Sakerock - Instro Band

June 21, 2007

Television - Marquee Moon
The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion
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This Is My Fist! - A History of Rats
Strike Anywhere - Chalkline
xbxrx - Sheets and Organs
Jawbreaker - Donatello
Operation Ivy - The Crowd
Matt & Kim - Light Speed
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Twinkle - Go! Quickly, Go!
Chisel - The Dog In Me
The Ergs - Books About Miles Davis
Sparta Locals - Ougon Wave
Call Me Lightning - Billion Eyes
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Superdrag - Comfortably Bummed
Jonny Manak & The Depressives - Rebound Town (by request)
The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
Toys That Kill - Bomb Sniffin' Dogs
Hot Snakes - XOX
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Andrew WK - PARTY PARTY PARTY
The Advantage - Megaman II - Stage Select + Metal Man
The Unicorns - I Was Born (a Unicorn)
The Aquabats - Monsters Wedding
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Lemuria - Silver Children
Dillinger Four - Fired-Side Chat
Crimpshrine - Safely Wasting Away
I Need Sleep - Pervert Like Herbert
Built To Spill - Sidewalk
The Narrator - August 32nd
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Har Mar Superstar - Power Lunch
Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu
The Specials - Too Much Too Young
Skankin' Pickle - Fights
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Keyboard - S.R.S.F.
Ging Nang Boyz - Inu Ningen
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat
Cap'n Jazz - Little League
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Track Star - West Coast Weather

My Dream Girl

The lovely Shiina Ringo's band Tokyo Jihen has a new song entitled "OSCA". It grew on me really fast. There's also 6 different postings of it on youtube.

Really Get Down!

HOLY CRAP!!! I just discovered a 12 minute version of Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up"!!! SO GOOD!!! Now, it is not only the best soul jam ever, but also the longest, wankiest, best soul jam ever.

GAH!!!! 2K7

There are few things in life that truly get me all worked up and angry. Mainly, I can't stand listening to or watching a sports game where my team is losing. It gives me unnecessary stress that really isn't founded upon any good reason, so I'm usually pretty quick to turn away from such games. The other thing in life that really makes me angry are stupid drivers!!!

While it's easy enough to turn off a game, you can't avoid a stupid driver. Stupid drivers can easily ruin what is otherwise a fairly relaxing pasttime and totally turn your sunny driving disposition sour. Here are the traits of a wack driver:

• They use their brake when the space between them and the next car is giant. HEY PENDEJO, let up off of the gas pedal instead!!!
• They tailgate you despite lanes to the right and left of you being completely free of traffic.
• They don't pull up far enough at a stop light, so they don't trigger the sensor that makes the light change.
• They parallel park head first.
• They drive slowly in the fast lane. This sort of crappy driving ALWAYS results in traffic backups as people have to worm their way through and around other slow cars to pass these troglodytes.

Man, I could probably go on for days. I would sell my car if I could manage life without it, but I'm just not disciplined enough.

June 14, 2007

Mega City Four - Start
Cap'n Jazz - Take On Me
Green Day - Dry Ice
The Ergs - Bike Shoppe
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This Is My Fist! - Wooden Bullets
Sambomaster - Utsukushiki Ningen No Hibi
Crimpshrine - Trying Too Hard
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
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Rancid - Maxwell Murder
Eastern Youth - Zigzag, Zigzag, Ticktock, Ticktock
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Andrew WK - Party Party Party
The Misfits - Theme for a Jackal
Big D & The Kids Table - I'm Yours Boston
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living With the Living
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Murder City Devils - Boom Swagger Boom
Afrirampo - Akan kono mama kaesanai
Rx Bandits - To Our Unborn Daughters
The Exit - Darlin
My Korean Friends - A Story Like the Wind
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The Keegman Cometh
Hockey Night - Get Real
Land of Talk - All My Friends
Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed
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The Dismemberment Plan - Gyroscope
Shapes + Sizes - Islands Gone Bad
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
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Irving - Turn of the Century
Gunmoll - Less Than You Hoped For
Alkaline Trio - Rooftops
Les Savy Fav - Tragic Monsters
Pavement - Cherry Area
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Superdrag - Keep It Close To Me
Built To Spill - You Were Right
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Ging Nang Boyz - Seishun Jidai

Party Party Party

VBS.tv, the online broadcasting branch of Vice Magazine, has a show called "Soft Focus" hosted by Ian Svevonius of Nation of Ulysses. Accompanying his interview with Andrew WK is this interview from an old issue of Vice in 2000. While Vice is one of the stupidest magazines around, this interview is not, and I felt hip for having read this interview in the original magazine despite hating Vice magazine.

http://vice.typepad.com/vbs/2007/03/music_partying_.html

Woohoo!

Shortcake pt. 4

Today 3 brothers came into my work with the most 1994-haircuts ever, each a variation of the look immortalized by Rider Strong of Boy Meets World fame. Their last name also happened to be PAGAN.

It reminded me of this dude who came into the store once wearing a bright orange t-shirt, orange baseball cap, and an orange-chamoflage skirt! He also had a goatee, and his name was TROLLMAN. He also smelled like week old carrion.

The Pagans were well groomed and polite though, they just happened to look like they came out of a timewarp, or like they'd been hiding out in a bunker listening to Tripping Daisy for the last 15 years.

June 7, 2007

Toys That Kill - Moon=Ghettobird
Leatherface - Springtime
This Is My Fist! - Nerd Camp
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Screeching Weasel - Falling Apart
The Ergs - Trouble In River City
Scared of Chaka - Wanna Make It Happen
Brain Failure - Coming Down To Beijing
Lemuria - Piranha
The Hold Steady - Girls Like Status
Elliott Smith - New Monkey
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Pavement - Gold Soundz
The Narrator - Breaking the Turtle
Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat
Eastern Youth - Bura Bura Bushi
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The Pope - The Power of Sports
Nuts & Milk - Night Soldier
Ging Nang Boyz - Doutei Fooku...
Johnny Manak - Every Night's A Friday
The Only Ones - You've Got to Pay
The Thermals - Out of the Old and Thin
The Exploding Hearts - Thorns in Roses
The Unicorns - The Clap
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Silkworm - I Must Prepare (Tablecloth Tint)
Built to Spill - Reasons
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
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Ted Leo / Pharmacists - The Great Communicator
That Dog - Gagged and Tied
Track Star - Payback
Superdrag - Destination Ursa Major
The Weakerthans - Anchorless
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The Fucking Ocean - Adam
Les Savy Fav - We'll Make A Lover of You
Sparta Locals - Violence Summer
Thee More Shallows - Oh Yes, Another Mother
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Keyboard - Spend the Night
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz
Operation Ivy - Bankshot
Rx Bandits - Apparition
The Cherry Tempo - City of Squares
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Slow Gherkin - 11:47

Also

Dear Blogosphere

Oh how I have neglected thee.

Recap of the last few weeks/months/epochs:
-The season finale of Heroes was a little disappointing, but the season as a whole was great. I'm looking to forward to seeing what they cook up for season 2. Did anyone else catch the allusion to a WORSE villain than Syler, when the girl referenced a villain who could see her when she thinks of him?
-I saw the season finale of Lost despite ignoring the rest of the season. It started out to so weak, but I heard that it got really good after that... I dunno man, I'm pretty skeptical.
-The Shield continues to be totally insane/amazing.
-I saw Mike Hale, Matt Skiba and Chuck Ragan play a big show in San Jo. Chuck Ragan's set was a pleasant surprise, a step up from the usual singer songwriter stuff that punks are wont to deliver once they step away from a band.
-I went with Chirpy Boy to see Ted Leo at Slim's for the 2nd time in a month. Aside from the large contingent of bros and drunk dads at the show, it was one of the better times I've seen Ted Leo.
-Saw The Ergs and Lemuria last night in San Jose and was incredibly pleased to see such a last minute show get such a good turnout. Hooray for you San Jose, I won't write you off completely just yet.
-I movie-hopped with a beautiful young lady and saw Hot Fuzz and Pirates 3. I loved Shawn of the Dead so Hot Fuzz's awesomeness wasn't a surprise, but Pirates was surprisingly good considering that I haven't seen either of the first 2 in the series, and also the bad reviews that the movie has been receiving. I may even go back to see it again to catch the parts that I slept through.
-I missed seeing Manu Chao and The Hold Steady who were playing at competing shows 2 nights ago. Did anyone go to either, and if so, how was it?
-I'm currently listening to the new album from Your Song Is Good. I'll need more time to soak it in, but it looks like these masters of instrumental caribbean-lounge-soul-ska are back in fine form.
-I went to Fanimecon in San Jose for work, peddling anime wares to nerds. A lot more people are dressing up these days than they used to, and male nerds are learning to bathe more often. I did, however, meet the stupidest fan ever, and she kindly allowed me to make fun of her ruthlessly for at least 5 minutes. Whatever compelled her to withstand my abuse is something I don't understand, but I'm simultaneously grateful/annoyed that she stuck around so long.

That's it! For all of you radio listening folks, the show last week with Morgan was totally fun to do. Next week I'll be having guest DJ JJ down to the station to play annoying J-pop.

May 24, 2007

Andrew WK - Party Party Party
Calling All Monsters - We Are Special Forces
Ted Leo - Treble in Trouble
This Is My Fist! - Hooray for the Home Team
Ging Nang Boyz - Japanese title to be filled in later since I forgot it
The Ergs - Trouble in River City
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El-P - EMG
Nuts & Milk - Can't Do Anything
The Weakerthans - Greatest Hits Collection
Bracket - Parade
Crimpshrine - Trying Too Hard
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The Bangs - Into You
Akiakane - EMI
The HOLiDAYS - Friends
Cub - Voracious
The Spandecks - Sweets
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British Sea Power - Remember Me
Pavement - Summer Babe
Archers of Loaf - Freezing Point
The Cherry Tempo - Japanimation
The Dying Californian - Blue Handed
The Minutemen - Jesus & Tequila
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Morgan's Jamz
Gunmoll - Less Than You Hoped For
Leatherface - Watching You Sleep
The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
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Sugar - A Good Idea
Robert Pollard - Dancing Girls & Dancing Men
Dead Milkmen - The Woman Who Was Also a Mongoose
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The Descendents - Dry Spell
Jawbox - Savory
Unwound - Mile Me Deaf
Stevie Wonder - I Love Every Little Thing About You
Elvis Costello - Stalin Malone
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Ging Nang Boyz - Kakenukete Seishun
Jawbreaker - Bivouac

May 10, 2007

Cap'n Jazz - Little League
Alkaline Trio - Bleeder
Unwound - Seen Not Heard
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Track Star - These Horses Carry Blood
Weezer - Why Bother?
Jawbreaker - Condition Oakland
Lync - Pathetic
Sparta Locals - Grungy Sister
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The Promise Ring - The Sea of Cortez
Rival Schools - My Echo
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - La Costa Brava
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The Dying Californian - Second Shadow
Low - Your Poison
Grinderman - Depth Charge Ethel
Dinosaur Jr. - Lose
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Feist - My Moon My Man
Pavement - Perfume-V
Lush - Ladykillers
Murder City Devils - Dancin' Shoes
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
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Mineta Kazunobu & Six-Nines - Bokutachi wa Sekai wo Kaeru koto ga Dekinai???
Cheeseburger - Walkin' After Midnight
Gogol Bordello - Occurrence on the Border (Hopping on a Pogo-Gypsy Stick)
The Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic
Fifteen - Situations
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Dillinger Four - Smells Like OK Soda
Calling All Monsters - Conventions of Wizards
Fugazi - Epic Problem
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Treble in Trouble
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Slow Gherkin - Roger

Cats Rock!

Here's an awesome video:



Here's some more crazy videos that I recommend. I know you cat lovers wanna have a looksie!!!

Nora the Piano-Playing Cat pt. I
pt. II

Thanks to Ric for the first video! CATS!

May 3, 2007

Bad Manners - Special Brew
Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Home Made Song
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Hepcat - I Can't Wait
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Unwanted Things
The Slackers - So This is the Night
Skankin' Pickle - Fakin' Jamaican
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Monkey - Cha-Cha-Ska
The Unicorns - Inoculate Innocuous
The Siren Six! - If You're Not Now, You Never Were
Apples in Stereo - Sundial Song (misreading the title, I thought it said "Suicidal Song")
Feist - My Moon My Man
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High Llamas - Rollin'
Low - Pretty People
Cibo Matto - Flowers
Devo - Girl U Want
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Modest Mouse - March Into The Sea
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Survival Sickness
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Chisel - The Last Good Time
Middlepicker - Flea Flicker
Les Savy Fav - Blackouts on Thursday
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The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Spandecks - Paranoia
Jawbreaker - Boxcar
Crimpshrine - Wake Up
Outtaline - Broken Dreams
This Is My Fist - You Sank My Battleship
Cap'n Jazz - Little League
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Dillinger Four - ¡¡Noble Stabbing!!
The Blockheads - Tired of Myself
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - Rumble Seats + Running Boards
Ging Nang Boyz - Seishun Jidai

Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr's new album can be heard streaming HERE. It's not too shabby! Hooray for bands reuniting and not sucking.

Despicable People

I was reading up on this comics artist Joe Matt whose stuff I was interested in reading when I stumbled upon this dual interview with him and Rivers Cuomo. All I'd heard about Joe Matt was that he was a totally despicable weirdo with extreme social problems, but seeing him here in comparison with Rivers Cuomo, well...

http://wma.weezernation.com/199707peep.html

Cats rule, dogs drool

Read this

April 19, 2007

Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
The New Trust - The Life of the Infidel Comes Crashing Down
Fugazi - The Argument
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Feist - My Moon My Man
Calling All Monsters - We Are Special Forces
Modest Mouse - Florida
Sparta Locals - Gap
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Ever Felt Cheated
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TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Nation of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound
Murder City Devils - Ready For More
Slow Gherkin - Baby Snake
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Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Toro and the Toreador
Low - Your Poison
Why? - Ferris Wheel
Cornelius - Omstart
Keyboard - Krul!
Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Shin Shin Shin
Chris Murray - One Everything
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The Unicorns - Les Os
The Briefs - Year Long Summer
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
The Undertones - Get Over You
Superdrag - NA Kicker
The Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
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The Hold Steady - Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Who Do You Love?
The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion
The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
The Siren Six - Back Is Breaking
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British Sea Power - Remember Me
The Dismemberment Plan - Following Through
Weezer - Across The Sea

April 12, 2007

Crimpshrine - Wake Up
Pteradon - Broadway
The New Trust - The Lost Language
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Shinobu - Trepanning (by request)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The World Stops Turning
Tulsa - Fiddler's Green
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Operation Ivy - Bombshell
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Toys That Kill - Moon=Ghettobird
Dan Sartain - Gun vs. Knife
Akiakane - EMI (Sex Pistols cover)
Jonny Manak & The Depressives - Every Night's A Friday
Murder City Devils - Dancin' Shoes
Alkaline Trio - Jaked on Green Beers
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Eastern Youth - Bura Bura Bushi
Pavement - Silence Kit
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Track Star - Low Rent/High Life
Mineta Kazunobu & Six-Nines - Bokutachi wa Sekai wo Kaeru Koto ga Dekinai???
The Weakerthans - Anchorless
The Rentals - These Days
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Deerhoof - +81
I Need Sleep - Pervert Like Herbert
The Specials - Monkey Man
Chris Murray - I'm Ready For Love
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Ash - Girl From Mars
Pixies - Gigantic
The Wunder Years - The Hopeless Romantic
Jawbreaker - Jinx Removing
Mr. T Experience - I'm Like Yeah But She's All No
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The Misfits - Teenagers From Mars
The Queers - Brian Wilson
The Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar
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Fishbone - Freddie's Dead (Curtis Mayfield cover)
Keyboard - S.R.S.F.
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
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Cap'n Jazz - Little League

Paisano!

I'm so psyched for the movie, Aquateen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, coming out in 2 days!!!

Check out the horribl[y]e good trailer here.
http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/movie/index.html


Today, the Ging Nang Boyz DVD Bokutachi wa Sekai wo Kaeru Koto ga Dekinai came out in Japan. I'm in it! Suckers!!!

The Gods MUST Be Crazy

Upcoming shows I want to see:

April 14 - Ted Leo @ Slims (not only do I want to see this one, I actually bought tickets for this!)
April 26 & 27 - TRACK STAR @ The Hemlock (SO NIIIIIIIIIIIICE!)
May 9 - Matt Skiba, Chuck Ragan and Mike Hale @ MACLA (gotta earn my scene points!)
May 15 & 16 - Dinosaur Jr. @ Slims (mustn't forget earplugs)
May 25 - Brother Ali @ Slims (hip-hop shows invariably suck, but Brother Ali is angry and tight to listen to)
May 30 - The Hold Steady @ Slims (I honestly haven't been to Slims in 4 or 5 years. When did they start having good shows again???)
June 14 - The Queers @ Bottom of the Hill

There's probably more, but I don't care to finish this.

Here's some shows I will definitely NOT be going to, but I guess it wouldn't be so bad to see them again. Japan's premier schoolgirl ska band, ORESKABAND, will be on the warped tour!!! WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?! (Thanks to JJ for the tipoff, homeboy makes me look more on the ball to all you loyal blog readers)
08/18 The Gorge Amphitheatre Seattle, WA
08/19 Columbia Meadows Portland, OR
08/22 Selland Arena Fresno, CA
08/23 Sleep Train Amphitheater Sacramento, CA
08/24 Coors Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
08/25 Home Depot Center Los Angeles, CA

April 5, 2007

Ging Nang Boyz - Nipponjin
Crimpshrine - Trying Too Hard
The Queers - I Can't Stand You
Johnny Manak and the Depressives - Partner in Crime
Shinobu - Trepanning
Spandecks - Paranoia
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The Minutemen - Glory of Man
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The World Stops Turning
Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
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Afrirampo - Do Do Do
Your Mother - Flowertown
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - Rumble Seats + Running Boards
The Weakerthans - Greatest Hits Collection
Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
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J Church - My Favorite Place
Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
Agent Orange - Bloodstains (by request)
Pixies - Cecilia Ann
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Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams from the Hill
The Queers - Girl About Town
The Wunder Years - Superbowl Sunday
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The Misfits - Skulls
Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
Gunmoll - Make Yourself Bleed
Fugazi - Epic Problem
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The Dismemberment Plan - Secret Curse
The New Pornographers - To Wild Homes
Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit
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The Exploding Hearts - Thorns in Roses
The Jam - In The City
Ash - Kung Fu
The Buzzcocks - Lipstick
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Discount - Broken To Blue
Akiakane - Kasumisou
Feist - My Moon My Man
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Les Savy Fav - One Way Widow
Sparta Locals - Gap
Rx Bandits - 1980
Rx Bandits - One Million Miles an Hour, Fast Asleep
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Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Great Communicator

TV PARTY

Yesterday I watched the premier of the 6th season of THE SHIELD. I usually don't like cop shows and bad-boy anti-heros, but THE SHIELD is just too intense to not be enthalled by. Here's a simple description of what has happened in every episode since episode 1, season 1: Something bad from before is haunting Vic (the bad boy anti-hero played by Michael Chiklis) and his team, and they're scrambling to solve the problem, or cover up the problem. Instead of fixing things, things keep getting worse and worse. IT'S SO INTENSE!!! This season, Forest Whitaker is back as a deranged IA cop trying to take down Vic. Sure enough, after just one episode, Vic is getting his ish f-ed up!!!

I also went back to watching The Office, which is like every horribly awkward social situation ever crammed into one awesome/unwatchable show. The stories and characters are so compelling because of the genuine humanity portrayed, but I almost feel like I'd rather avert my eyes and be spared the pain of watching these social train wrecks pile up one after the other. SO GOOD!!!

Heroes returns to TV with new episodes April 23... NIIICE!!! I can't wait!!!!

I'm a lazy jerk

At the risk of having this turn into a lazy blog filled with my stupid discoveries from youtube, here's Crispin Glover's "Clowny Clown Clown."

F-ed Up Japanese TV

I've been to Japan 3 times. Honestly, that's not enough to time to gauge the quality of different things, but my experiences regarding television there have been almost completely negative. Whenever I would flip on the TV it would be nothing but stupid variety shows with fat dudes eating some remote town's specialty cuisine and screaming, "Aw yeah! That's hella tasty!" or, the other type of variety show would just be a bunch of 3rd rate celebrities watching a documentary about some remote town's specialty cuisine and nodding in amazement, "Oooooh! How interesting!" Needless to say, it's horrible, horrible television. Thanks to the magic of youtube, I've been exposed to some genuinely awesome Japanese shows. Congratulations Japanese TV, you convinced me that you don't totally suck.

Silent Library (thanks to Max for the tip!)
This one is pretty self explanitory

Part 1

Click here for part 2

Hard Gay
Razor Ramon Hard Gay is some wacked out comedian/wrestler who made his name by running up to people on the street and humping them. I thought he was kind of amusing before, but not great. Here he is facind former pornstar Nao Oikawa in a competition to see who can be the sexiest with unsexy objects. I thought it was a very funny video. DO YOU???

March 29, 2007

Why? - Darla
The Hold Steady - Southtown Girls
The Nice Boys - Teenage Night
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Nate Kavanaugh, live in studio:
This Song
See What You Mean
Abe Lincoln
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Old 97s - Big Brown Eyes
Ted Leo - La Costa Brava
Albert Hammond - Cartoon Music for Superheroes
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More Nate:
Advice
High Sierras
Professor Emeritus
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The Weakerthans - Diagnosis
The Queers - Girl About Town
Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
Akiakane - Hanamichi
Frank Black - Thalassocracy
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The HOLiDAYS - Friends (Going Steady cover)
Deerhoof - The Galaxist
The Unicorns - Sea Ghost
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Nate, AGAIN!!!
Tuna Ketchup (Daniel Johnston cover)
House on the Hill
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The New Trust - Wake Up, It's the Nineties
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
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The Return of Nate:
Leave It On the Doorstep
Constellations
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Chris Murray - I'm Ready for Love
Slow Gherkin - Baby Snake
Supergrass - Cheapskate
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Farewell to Nate:
Untitled tight new song

Check out Nate's tightness HERE!!!!

W.E.B. Du Bomb

The new Ted Leo video for Bomb.Repeat.Bomb. I suppose the apolitical haters of the world probably don't like this song. I like how annoying it is, especially since most of the Shake the Sheets loving Ted Leo fans are probably like "OMG, WTF!!!"

Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.

Shena, Shena! Shena, Shena, Shenaaaa-aaah!

I wrote a review of Shena Ringo's new album on Keikaku. Peep it HERE if you'd like.

After that, you should watch this video of the lovely Ringo with her band Tokyo Jihen. GAH!!! SHE'S SO PRETTY!

Half-Hearted Update!

I've seen some shows recently:

Ted Leo @ Great American Music Hall
The band who was main support was kinda cool, but I forget what their name was. Ted Leo was even more cool, possibly ICE COLD. He played a great mixture of songs from every album between The Tyranny Distance and Living With the Living. He also ended his encore with a Chumbawumba cover. I think half the crowd was underwhelmed by the new songs, and the encore, but that's just 'cuz they can't handle Ted Leo. He's too real for them. YEAH, I WENT THERE. At the risk of sounding like a total dufus, I'm actually pretty serious about that. Ted Leo likes what he likes, writes what he likes, and represents it to the fullest. If you don't like Ted Leo playing a Chumbawumba song then you are A) a moron, B)unaware that Chumbawumba isn't just "Tubthumping", C) a moron. Sure, it may seem a strange choice for a cover, but only if you haven't considered the awesome cross-section of artists he's covered, including Jimmy Cliff, Lauryn Hill, Split Enz, The Jam, etc... In conclusion, Ted Leo is TOIGHT.

GO!GO!7188 @ The Independent
Go!Go!7188 headlined the 2007 edition of the annual Japan Nite tour, which included acts such as HY, Oreskaband, The 50 Kaitenz and Asakusa Jinta. A quick rundown of each band's performance is as follows:

Asakusa Jinta: Weird ragtime, but with a saxophonist prettier than possibly any girl I've ever seen, and also with a voice more annoying than any girl I've ever heard. Overall, an enjoyable band.

The 50 Kaitenz: Run of the mill garage rock band, but with some enjoyable antics, lyrics and banter. The guitarist looked a mixture of Mineta from Ging Nang Boyz and Jason from Short Round.

Oreskaband: A 6-piece, all school-girl ska band. They really love the Specials. They used the song "Little Bitch" as their intro music, but apparently I'm the only person who found that hilarious. They covered "Monkey Man", albeit not a true Specials song, and it was significantly better than the butchered piece of crap that these girls had the gall to release on CD. The rest of their songs were cheesy 3rd wave that I probably would've enjoyed when I was 15, but now I can't really stomach that sort of stuff. Nevertheless, their energy was great. In particular, the trumpeter and trombonist's rapport and banter made me enjoy their set. They gave a lesson on Osaka-ben, or as they called it "New Osaka language". This is where the American audience was treated to a skit involving two crazy girls pretending to fight and one of them screams "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!!"

HY: Think of this band as Maroon 5, John Mayer, and Vanilla Ice rolled into one horrible band. What I'm trying to say is that this band was whiter than the whitest, soul-lacking gringo, and they aren't even white!!! Apparently every Japanese person alive loves this band. I walked out in the middle of their set and was pleasantly surprised to see at least 40 red-blooded Americans outside with me avoiding the sonic torture that is HY.

Go!Go!7188: Everyone from outside came back in to catch Go!Go!, even though a bunch of wack Japanese fans left after HY had finished. BAH! Good riddance, I say. Go!Go! is amazing, and I had forgotten just how good until I saw them again. They started out with "Jet Ninjin" from their first album, and ripped through a set of classics, including "Thunder Girl", "C7" and "Ukifune". The encore "Bungu" was terrific as well. The best quote of the night came from the weird lifeless singer Yuu when she said, seemingly unprompted, "I am not child. I am adult."

Some doofus videotaped the band setting up at the show and posted it HERE on youtube, but didn't actually videotape any of their set. What a dufus?? HUH? Yeah, I know.

Taft's Brigade and Pteradon @ Graeme Matthew
There's not much I could say about Pteradon and TB that I haven't said before (albeit not in this blog). They are tight.

BUT, the other bands this night were like every ska-punk band from 1997-2000 reincarnated in a new generation of kids who don't know better. Between them, they played at least 4 Rancid covers, and 2 bands covered the same song twice that night, NOFX's "Bob". I love me some ska, and I love me some punk, but I just wish these sorts of bands wouldn't base all their musical ideas on Rancid and NOFX. How about ripping off some better bands, like Operation Ivy or Fruity? Having formerly been in a mediocre ska-punk band, I totally know what I'd wanna do were I start another ska-punk band.

March 22, 2007

The Specials - It Doesn't Make It Alright
The Siren Six! - Begin
Fishbone - Ma & Pa
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Unwanted Things
Skankin' Pickle - It's Not Too Late
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Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Superhopper - Kermit Hates Music
Go!Go!7188 - Thunder Girl
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Dan Sartain - Gun vs. Knife
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Capitalism Stole My Virginity
Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
Murder City Devils - Dancin' Shoes
Calling All Monsters - We Are Special Forces
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The Unicorns - Ready To Die
Cap'n Jazz - Puddle Splashers
Pixies - Velouria
The New Trust - The Lost Language
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BOBOSO's OBNOXIOUS DANCE MIX
Sin With Sebastian - Shut Up and Sleep With Me
Tom Jones - Sex Bomb (Mousse T remix)
Earth Wind & Fire - September '99 remix
Moloko - Sing It Back
Shiina Ringo - Oiran
Lil Suzy - Take Me In Your Arms
Connie - Funky Little Beat
Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London
Morning Musume - Love Machine
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The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion
Pavement - Silence Kit
Supergrass - Alright
The Queers - Girl About Town
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Hepcat - Tommy's Song
The Aquabats - Lobster Bucket
Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Shin Shin Shin
Keyboard - Siamese
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Ging Nang Boyz - Tokyo

THE BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN

RAP CAT

March 15, 2007

Dinosaur Jr. - Raisans
Dan Sartain - Thought It Over
Afrirampo - Akan Kono Mama Kaesanai
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Ted Leo - The Unwanted Things
Common Rider - Signal, Signal
Chris Murray - Switchblade to Soul
Monkey - $30 Suit
Bad Manners - Special Brew
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The Queers - Girl About Town
Mr. T Experience - I Fell For You
Superhopper - It's Alright, It's Okay
Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
MU330 - Favorite Show
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The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Dillinger Four - Smells Like OK Soda
Crimpshrine - Pretty Mess
Ging Nang Boyz - Trash
The Muffs - Oh Nina
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Trainees A & B play:
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
The Sugarcubes - Vitamin
Deerhoof - Panda Panda Panda
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
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The Hives - Abra Cadaver
The Walkmen - The Rat
The Go Team - Panther Dash
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bedrock Anthem
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Operation Ivy - Soundsystem
Scared of Chaka - Wanna Make It Happen
Screeching Weasel - I Wanna Be With You Tonight
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Internation Noise Conspiracy - Bigger Cages Longer Chains
The New Trust - Wake Up, It's the Nineties
Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
Built to Spill - Dystopian Dream Girl
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Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
Cap'n Jazz - Puddle Splashers

March 8, 2007

Going Steady - Wakamonotachi
Dillinger Four - ¡¡Noble Stabbings!!
Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King
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Crimpshrine - Wake Up
Toys That Kill - Song About Jed
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat
The Weakerthans - Greatest Hits Collection
Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
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The New Trust - Wake Up, It's the Nineties
BREAKfAST - Bf Strut
The Minutemen - Vietnam
Fruity - Punk Teacher Fight Together
Dan Sartain - Gun vs. Kinfe
The Blue Hearts - Linda Linda
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Screeching Weasel - The Science of Myth
The Mutts - Dog on Dog
Scared of Chaka - Cashed Out
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow
The Pixies - Cecilia Ann
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Deerhoof - Choco Fight
The Dead Milkmen - If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire
Cap'n Jazz - Forget Who We Are
The Misfits - Theme for a Jackal
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This Is My Fist! - Wooden Bullets
Calling All Monsters - Everyone and Every Other One
The Queers - Aishiteruyo Kanojo
Slow Gherkin - He's Gotta Go
Sleater Kinney - Turn It On
Green Day - Dry Ice
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Shonen Knife - Banana Chips
The Spunks - #1
Rocket From the Crypt - I'm Not Invisible
Static Thought - Next To You (if Sting lost his voice and smoked 5 packs a day)
Short Round - Troublemaking Sweetheart
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Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Home Made Song
Symarip - These Boots Are Made For Stompin'
School Jackets - I Love Music, I Love You
Rx Bandits - To Our Unborn Daughters
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Pavement - Gold Soundz

March 1, 2007

Supergrass - We're Not Supposed To
The Minutemen - #1 Hit Song
Pavement - Silence Kit
Sebadoh - Willing Wait
Nate Kavanaugh - I'm No Picasso
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Built To Spill - Car
Why? - Afterschool America
The Weakerthans - Hospital Vespers
Keyboard - Nu Song
Chris Murray - Moment
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Binkan Shonentai - Sound of Shimokitazawa
Sonic Youth - Razor Blade
Common Rider - Dixie Roadrash
The Hot IQs - Web in Front (Archers of Loaf cover)
Frank Black - Headache
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Blanks 77 - If You Were a Beer
Dan Sartain - Gun vs. Knife
The Junior Panthers - Cover Up
Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar
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TRAINEE EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!!!!!!
Generic Trainees A & B ROCK YOUR WORLD!!!!
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Spandecks - Paranoia
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - Rumble Seats & Rumble Boards
Toys That Kill - Runnin' the Front
This Is My Fist! - A History of Rats
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The New Trust - The Lost Language
Fugazi - Cashout
Operation Ivy - The Crowd
Cap'n Jazz - Take On Me (A-Ha cover)
Sparta Locals - Ougon Wave
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The Rap$callionz - X-Tra Large Pimpin'

February 22, 2007

Sorry for missing the show last week.

PSYCHE!

Ging Nang Boyz - Seishun Jidai
Cap'n Jazz - Bluegrassish
Slow Gherkin - Salsipuedes
Nate Kavanaugh & The Replacematts - I'm No Picasso
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Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
Superdrag - Slot Machine/Phaser
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Deerhoof - Cast Off Crown
Menomena - Muscle'n Flo
Hot IQs - Elephant in White
The Junior Panthers - No Turning Back
Track Star - Low Rent/High Life
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Keyboard - Shiny Rainbow Seahorse Fantasy
The Weakerthans - Diagnosis
The Broken West - You Can Build An Island
The Dismemberment Plan - What Do You Want Me To Say?
The Close - They Get Around
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Afrirampo - Dododo
Toys That Kill - Runnin' The Front
Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams From the Hill
Enon - Pleasure and Privilege
Scared of Chaka - Speedy
The Buzzcocks - Lipstick
Green Day - Jar
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King Uszniewicz and his Uszniewicztones - Surfin' School
Operation Ivy - Bombshell
The Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance?
The Murder City Devils - Dancin' Shoes
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Sons of Cain
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Crimpshrine - Summertime
The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
Blank-Its - Food For Flies
The Briefs - Poor and Weird
This Is My Fist! - A History of Rats
Ging Nang Boyz - TRASH

I'm Bored

Thank goodness the internet has become the futuristic source of knowledge we've always hoped for.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22092

Dinosaur Jr.

Whoa! Maybe I'm just out of it, but, since when is this band releasing a new album???

Peep the new songs on their myspace page...

http://myspace.com/dinosaurjr

Not too bad!

February 8, 2007

I thought this was my best show yet, but I only got one call! Muy triste, no?

Cap'n Jazz - Little League
Ging Nang Boyz - Kakenukete Seishun
Crimpshrine - Wake Up
Jawbreaker - Shield Your Eyes
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Calling All Monsters - We Are: Special Forces
Afrirampo - Afrirampo
The Heartaches - Time
Blank Its - Food for Flies
Les Hate Pinks - My City is Sick of Pizza
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Dillinger Four - D4=Putting the "F" Back in "Art"
Something For The Broken - It's All Gotta Go Sour Sometime
The Obsessors - She's A Klepto
Spandecks - French Doll
Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On
Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away
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The Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away
Scared of Chaka - Wanna Make It Happen
Sebadoh - Ocean
Twinkle - TEEN ANGUISH
The Fucking Ocean - Song for Anthony Soltero
The Advantage - Ducktails - Moon
Operation Ivy - Soundsystem
The Specials - Little Bitch
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Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles (by request!)
Fugazi - Merchandise
The Misfits - We Are 138
Screeching Weasel - Veronica Hates Me
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Eastern Youth - The World Shatters and Resonates in my Ears
Rx Bandits - ...And the Battle Begun
The Evens - Cut from the Cloth
The Weakerthans - Sounds Familiar
Mike Park - Blue Marble
Nate Kavanaugh & The Replacematts - Held the Hand
I Sing The Body Electric! - The Alcohol and the Space Cadet
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Keyboard - Siamese
Short Round - Post Office Date
Sparta Locals - Gap
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Slow Gherkin - Shed Some Skin (best...song...ever?)

POLYSICK BRAH!

I wrote about the Polysics show I went to last week for Keikaku.net. Check out it, yo!!!

I'm Free!!!

Today I woke up to discover that the water heater in my house had exploded. Instead of dousing myself with freezing water in the shower, I instead took a slightly less demeaning path by giving myself a sponge bath. GAH!!!

Then, on the way to work I heard the new Killers and Fallout Boy singles. Maybe they aren't so new. Regardless, The Killers sound nothing like Bruce Springsteen, and this whole Americana schtick that they're perpetrating is totally wack. The Fallout Boy song sounds like Bell Biv Devoe's attempt to be a cookie-cutter emo band, or, more appropriately, Fallout Boy's attempt to be anything but a cookie-cutter emo band. Now I remember why I exclusively listen to sports talk radio.

On the way home from work I heard a song about ghost riding the whip set to the music of Ray Parker Jr.'s tribute to Huey Lewis, "Ghostbusters".

"Whatcha gonna do? GHOST RIDE IT!"

Speaking of Ray Parker Jr....

Check out homeboy's website here!!!

February 2, 2007

WHAT WAS I DOING TODAY??? Did I scare all of you away, or did Bill Withers ROCK YOUR WORLD???

Ging Nang Boyz - Ano Ko ha Ayanami Rei ga Suki
Toys That Kill - Blanket
Ted Leo - Sons Of Cain
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Hot Snakes - Ben Gurion
Nice Boys - Teenage Night
Queers - Aishiteru yo Kanojo
Dillinger Four - ¡¡Noble Stabbings!!
The Heartaches - Teenage Love Affair
The Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance?
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Nate Kavanaugh - I'm No Picasso
The Evens - Dinner with the President
Built to Spill - Big Dipper
Sonic Youth - Razor Blade
Chisel - The Last Good Time
I Sing The Body Electric! - Open the Door
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Chris Murray - We Do The Ska
Symarip - These Boots Are Made For Stompin'
Bad Manners - Sally Brown
Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Home Made Song
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Mirah - Nobody Has To Stay
Keyboard - Krull
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Owen - The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi
EE - Capital Plans
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The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
The Fucking Ocean - It's True
Polysics - XCT
The Advantage - Castlevania III - Boss Music/Willow - Village/MEGAMAN II - Bubbleman
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Rx Bandits - Tainted Wheat
The Exit - Don't Push
Calling All Monsters - Wholesale Retail
Cap'n Jazz - Puddle Splashers
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Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz
Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
The Buzzcocks - Lipstick
Going Steady - Kakenukete Seishun

Shows - A Backlog

Last week I went to see a show in San Francisco. I walked in the door of the High Dive, off of the Embarcadero, and right as I was about to start talking to my homey James from Push to Talk, this total middle-aged, a-hole, hyphen-loving, schmooze-bag tries to buy us all drinks and then talk our ears off about his genius business ventures in Shanghai:

"Yeah man, all these jazz cats who went to Korea and Japan 10 years ago have ended up in China and they're opening up these killer studios in Shanghai. CAN YOU IMAGINE RECORDING IN SHANGHAI? How much do you think that would be?"

"I dunno. You just record until the label cuts off the money!" (laughs shared by all)

(oblivious to anything anyone else has said) "Well what we're doing, we're pairing up bands with DJs, DJs are big in China. People in China don't know about music, they just like booze, so we're pairing up our music tours with Jack Daniels and Johnny Walker, and we're driving these party buses around with DJs. You see, what we got going, we got these buses with hydraulics, so we just drive around and set up and start rockin' with the DJs.

"Yeah, I'm sure setting up your party bus in Tiananmen Square is a genius idea." (more laughs at his expense)

"Actually, we're working with a club right around the corner from there. But, anyway, what we're doing is working with these DJs. We just paired up the Rolling Stones with them out there, it was great. Chinese people love music, music is huge in China. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW COOL THAT WOULD BE? Wouldn't you love going to China and recording then touring?" So anyway, what band are you in anyway?"

"I'm not in any of the bands tonight."

"Oh well anyway, What we're doing in China is real cool. Wouldn't it be killer to record in Shanghai and be the first one. You could call it the Shanghai Sessions. We'd bring the bands out there and pair them up with DJs. People in China, are just waiting for us to serve up some rock to them. You know what I'm saying?"

The worst part about all this was that me and my friend Skylar got cornered, so we were both trying to find a way out of it without having to ditch the other. I really had to go to the bathroom, so I skipped out halfway and left Skylar to fend for himself. I felt bad for leaving him there, so I finished up quickly and went back to find Skylar outside among a few other people, so I thought they could provide enough distraction for us, but bald homeboy wouldn't relent!! That's when we just called him on his bluff and told him, "LISTEN DUDE. Sign me a check and we'll fly to China and record, tour, party down, whatever. If you can't do that for us, SHUT THE F UP!!!!!!!!!"

Anyway, even after escaping from homeboy's fly-eating mouth, the show showed no signs of starting on time. So me and Skylar and a couple of his homeboys drove off to the Mission to get burritos. We hit up Los Farolitos, a place I've been to a couple of times before. The food was especially good this time, but the salsa wasn't so great. I'll stick with EL ABUELO in SAN JO, thank you very much!

We drove back to the show and got there in time to see most of Coke vs. Bills' set. The members of CvB are the bassist Joe and guitarist Matt from Rx Bandits, though Matt plays drums in CvB. Pretty much just a trashy, garagey hardcore band, just bass and guitar, with some really cool vocal interplay between the 2 members.

Up next, after much drunken revelry/procrastinating, the next band finally got up to perform... PUSH TO TALK! NIIIICE.

I haven't seen them in quite a while, in almost a year probably. Since that time they've acquired a new drummer (ex-KGB), new guitarist (ex-A Burning Water), and a new bassist (ex-Push to Talk guitarist). I was kind of skeptical about how it would turn out, but they were really together, in a way that can't really be described. Together in energy, mood, purpose. Purpose? I told you I couldn't really describe it!!! It was really nice to see them again. I felt bad for having doubted their tightness for a even a second. I hear that they have their album out in Japan now, and that it's selling like HOT CAKES!!! Has anyone ever actually seen a hot cake sell though? Maybe it's not selling so well after all?????



You can listen to Coke vs. Bills HERE

For Push to Talk, go HERE mofos!