oh hey... i didn't hear you come in. i'm going to the mission of burma show tomorrow. i want 2 party with clint. listening to the new so cow 7"... it's really fucking good...
water cooler jam gossip? new dillinger four record??? does it chortle out cosmic thunder???? does it wallow in shitz????
this will be addressed in a new segment called "loverz and haterz!!!" topic::::
new D4 record "Civil War"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crucial punditz for t'day... Mark (of Born Hairy/MCM fame) and Dave (of Sci-Fi Nightmares/MCM fame) have been both loverz and haterz. it's not about who's top or bottom.. it's about having a safe forum to express love. or hate.
mark;
"One could say that D4 has lost its edge, and that sentiment isn't entirely off-base. Overall, Civil War is a good record, one that would make me reach for it regularly and even sing along on occasion. This album isn't without its low moments however, the lack of piss and vinegar just feels too obvious not to mention. I think most of Paddy's songs are weak (Fruity Pebbles is really crappy, so much so in fact I wonder if it's a joke, though I think Parishiltonisametaphor is solid). There are also no songs with Billy singing lead vocals. I think one of the areas where D4 excels is when all three singers have songs. I just don't know if I'm really hearing six year's worth of efforts here.
The bright side is that there are a few real cookers too. 'Minimum Wage Is A Gateway Drug' is classic D4 both lyrically and musically. The plain truth is even the weakest D4 album is still destined to be one of the better records out this year. Just don't listen to it right after Midwestern Songs of the Americas."
dave:
"So when I first heard this record my knee jerk reaction was that this was the worst shit since that new Stooges record came out. Now that there has been some time to let the dust settle I've come to some new realizations. Is it as bad as "The Weirdness"? No. But, is it a good record? Once again, no. In the end, this record is just disapointing. The pace of the record is slower and the play time is longer. The production is weak. Paddy only contributes 3 songs to the record (which is fine by me, I've always thought Erik was the stronger writer) and they are the three worst songs on the record. The dynamics that once made this my favorite band are gone. It's just four dudes that have other things going on that decided to get together, go through the motions, and record some songs that they had individually written. That's what it sounds like at least."
Pate:
it kinda vibes arrivals by way of the new pinhead gunpowder. not as weird or compelling in my brain as the new FUcked Up record.. but more enjoyable to listen to. i'm way down wit it. dave said that the song "gainseville" 4 sure captured his experience living there. luvz it.
so there's all sorts of water cooler gossip scuttlebutting around the streetz. first up a gnarly reissue in the works...
crucial ups to 1 2 3 4 go records for getting a nobunny "love visions" lp reissue in the workx. shitz crucial. Some of the songs are fucking unbelievably catchy (i.e. I am a girlfriend) others are less than crucial but overall the record still fucking smokes... For people like me who slept on the first pressing... hit up the preorder... three hundred on gold vinyl. i stuck a nobunny mp3 at the end of this paragraph.. you can download some from dudez myspace too.
I've got an epic post in the works for soon with guest contributors and all types of shit... cause the new Dillinger Four record got leaked and so far lovers luv 2 luv and haterz luv 2 hate.
also... the new So Cow "Commuting" 7" is finally out... stoked for this........... get @ it @ Bakersfield's going underground records
makes me want to pull out my old Boys records. (check out this it's lame but cool video)
i thought some of those statues jamz were mind blowing. and they were. especially pin point.
but i don't know what to make of that marvelous darlings shit.
in other newz............ theres some gilman movie out i kind of want to see, some of the interviews and live footage look choice but some looks sketch... i got the gilman book a while back and partz were pretty interesting but on the whole a punk book like going underground is way more interesting. buy going underground here.
fucked up record update... i'm more intrigued that the new fucked up record is taking up so much of my epic brainspace than i am by the record itself. they put up a new song here. take the song black albino bones... the front runner for my album fave.. (i'm not gonna post that shit up here... cause the album hasn't been released yet and whatev) but that song was one of the songs that initially sketched me out the most. it had hardcore vocals with a really cleanly sung chorus. It was a similar idea to the wacness of the screamo/sing type shit of a lot of crap bands... but executed way differently. so whatever.
you've probably seen this. i hadn't. (big ups stan) this is the best music video i've seen in a while;
so yo, the new Fucked Up record... which is essentially a new agey-workout-hardcore record has started to grow on me a little. it's not bad... it's silly and cheesy but also rocking in the same vein as andrew wk. so i'm into it.
what's pretty good is that new pinhead gunpowder 7" like, it's suprisingly good. better than most of the stuff i've heard. i still like "achin to be" and "2nd street" better than most of the new songz. but those 2 are like classicz so they're hard 2 fuck wit. plus rumor has it that somebody from green day is totally in that band...
in pinhead gunpowder related newz... upon my summer revisitation of old cometbus' i gotta say that for realz the first 1/3 of double duce is pretty amazing.. like fucking fresh 2 death. you can hear samplez of some of their jamz by clicking on their linked up name at the start of this paragraph.
so... i know i got the new (old) observers recordings on the super hyphy green vinyl... only 200 pressed i think. it's a german release of their first demo so shit sounds raw and totallyz dope. check one of the songs here. even haterz are humbled by how hot that jam iz.
