Went to a show at a place called Albion House tonight. I got there late but was able to catch 2 1/2 bands -- Thought Crusade, Black & Blue, and Gryphyns. Gryphyns were like the "Safety Second, Body Last" Locust record without guitar having a seance with Neurosis and salted with City of Caterpillar--all informed with a certain rock swagger, a genuflection of je nais se quois. Thought Crusade and Black & Blue were fucking stompers.
After that I cruised to my friend's house for a High Life around a campfire. I remembered watching the Joe Strummer film by Julien Temple, The Future is Unwritten, where so much of it focused on Joe's affection for the campfire setting. Fantastic portrayal of a really talented communicator.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
WHAT.Album of the Day today...
The album of the day today over at allmusic.com was Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with Your Funeral, My Trial.
I love that record. I used to talk about those lyrics with one of my professors and counting the references to Shakespeare in that album, of which there are many.
OTHER NEW RECORDS I NEED:
New Black Mountain album
New No Age
I'm tired. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I love that record. I used to talk about those lyrics with one of my professors and counting the references to Shakespeare in that album, of which there are many.
OTHER NEW RECORDS I NEED:
New Black Mountain album
New No Age
I'm tired. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Thursday, September 23, 2010
More Marr
Aglophilia has set in. More British music news:
Johnny Marr is releasing a single in a philanthropic move to end homelessness. The charity benefiting from the whole thing is a called Centrepoint, and you can read all about it here. The reason this is particularly of interest? I spent a good portion of my evening last night talking about how much I love The Smiths and Oasis, as per usual, and this video came up during the course of conversation. Check out Noel talking about Johnny Marr, it rules.
Johnny Marr is releasing a single in a philanthropic move to end homelessness. The charity benefiting from the whole thing is a called Centrepoint, and you can read all about it here. The reason this is particularly of interest? I spent a good portion of my evening last night talking about how much I love The Smiths and Oasis, as per usual, and this video came up during the course of conversation. Check out Noel talking about Johnny Marr, it rules.
Glaswegian Legend Bobby Gillespie
After listening to the Jesus and Mary Chain nonstop this morning, I was doing a little research on my favorite Glasgow rockers and saw this article on Bobby Gillespie from the Guardian way back in 2008. Favorite quote has to be when he's asked if he supports Hamas, and he responds by saying "No, I support Celtic FC." Legend!
Of course, this bit of reading did move me directly from The Jesus and Mary Chain straight to Primal Scream today. Great band.
Link to the article: HERE.
Of course, this bit of reading did move me directly from The Jesus and Mary Chain straight to Primal Scream today. Great band.
Link to the article: HERE.
Strange and possibly true
1 Bobby Gillespie named his second son Lux after Lux Interior, the singer of horror rockers the Cramps.
2 Gillespie attracted controversy during Primal Scream's set at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival for insulting the crowd with a Nazi salute. He later claimed he did it because a hippy stole his ale.
3 Though Gillespie once defaced a 'Make Poverty History' poster so that it read 'Make Israel History', he does not support Hamas. 'No,' he said in 2006, 'I support Celtic.'
4 He was a roadie for the Eighties band Altered Images and the drummer for the Jesus and Mary Chain before forming Primal Scream.
5 Gillespie owns a bow tie formerly owned by Johnny Thunders.
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