I'm going to go on two assumptions right now:
1. Anyone who reads this knows me personally
2. That being said, those people also already know that I dont buy music. I'm lucky enough to have a job where I can get my hands on almost any album ever released. For those that I cant get, I'm pretty good at getting music via the www.
There are a few things, though, that are nearly impossible to acquire by either means. There are also those albums that I enjoy enough to purchase on vinyl.
Here's a fun list:
Via iTunes:
Dan Padilla - Foosball Club
The Miighty Flashlight - S/T
Toys That Kill - Shanked!
The Underground Railroad to Candyland - Bird Roughs
The Saints - Prehistoric Sounds
On Vinyl:
Saviours - Crucifire
Torche - S/T
Floor - S/T
Floor - Dove
Isis - Panopticon
Big Business - Head For The Shallow
Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom
What I'm rea
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dumb.
Approximately two months ago, I was driving from SD back to the District of Columbia when I came to a very important realization. High, midway through the state of MN, I realized that FYP was/is the most retardedly awesome band ever.
I've been a fan of Toys That Kill for years, but I could never stomach much FYP.
I've listened to these albums on a nearly daily basis since Mid-June:
Essential listening:
Toys That Kill - Citizens Abortion
Toys That Kill - Shanked!
Underground Railroad to Candyland - Bird Roughs
F.Y.P. - My Man Grumpy
F.Y.P - Toys That Kill
If you enjoyed those:
F.Y.P. - Toilet Bread Kids
Toys That Kill - Control The Sun
F.Y.P. - Dance My Dunce
Todd C. is fucking brilliant.
I've been a fan of Toys That Kill for years, but I could never stomach much FYP.
I've listened to these albums on a nearly daily basis since Mid-June:
Essential listening:
Toys That Kill - Citizens Abortion
Toys That Kill - Shanked!
Underground Railroad to Candyland - Bird Roughs
F.Y.P. - My Man Grumpy
F.Y.P - Toys That Kill
If you enjoyed those:
F.Y.P. - Toilet Bread Kids
Toys That Kill - Control The Sun
F.Y.P. - Dance My Dunce
Todd C. is fucking brilliant.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Things that were awesome in February
February is always a real shit month.
February makes you think that it's almost spring one day, then kicks you in the balls the next. I fucking hate a useless "R." Groundhog Day has just become so goddamn commercial. Valentines day is stupid.
February's only redeeming quality, really, is the 2-3 days that it should be February, but isnt.
Here are some things that made the month a little more tolerable:
Note: Scroll to the bottom of this mess to download
1. Jim O'Rourke - All Downhill From Here (4:59)
2. Sonic Youth - Rain on Tin (7:56)
3. At The Drive In - Hulahoop Wounds (3:24)
4. Joan of Arc - (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common (3:47)
5. Owls - Anyone Can Have A Good Time (5:34)
6. Shellac - Canada (2:21)
7. Kalas - Frozen Suns (6:51)
8. Fugazi - And the Same (3:27)
9. 10. The Fucking Champs - Earthen Sculptor.mp3
10. 11. Dead Meadow - Untitled.mp3
11. 12. Mercury Rev - Something for Joey.mp3
12. 13. Do Make Think Say - in mind.mp3
13. 14. Shalamar - The Second Time Around.mp3
1. Jim O'Rourke - All Downhill From Here
-I've been digging through his catalog for a few months now. A great song from Insignificance.
2. Sonic Youth - Rain on Tin
-Sonic Youth's Marquee Moon. Jim O'Rourke on bass.
3. At The Drive In - Hulahoop Wounds
-A song I've often overlooked whenever I bust out In Casino Out, but one of their best.
4-5 Joan of Arc - (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common
Owls - Anyone Can Have A Good Time
-Sometimes you need an irritating voice to get you through the day. Joan of Arc's Live From Chicago 1999 is a very underrated album.
6. Shellac - Canada
-Spend some time with Teraform, you'll enjoy yourself.
7. Kalas - Frozen Suns
-A Matt Pike from Sleep/High On Fire side project. The album cover (and music to an extent) reminds me of the NES game Karnov for some reason, and I love it!
8. Fugazi - And the Same
-Not their best, but someone played it on a jukebox at the bar one night and I was reminded how much it ruled.
9. The Fucking Champs - Earthen Sculptor
-The Fucking Champs write the best soundtracks to the best Nintendo games that never existed.
10. Dead Meadow - Untitled
-After a few bowls smoked out of a makeshift applepipe. From Feathers
11-12 Mercury Rev - Something for Joey
Do Make Think Say - in mind
-Provided a fine soundtrack for my bus trip to New York City.
13. Shalamar - The Second Time Around
-I came across this at work while editing an American Top 40 from 1980. Everything about this song is awesome..right down to the album cover:
For download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WJS7X4JF
Having trouble? Get with the times..
Enter the code, wait the 45 seconds and choose 'free download.' The file is compressed. PC users may need Winrar and Mac users may need Unrarx.
See you next month! Perhaps next week, depending on the response I get from this.
February makes you think that it's almost spring one day, then kicks you in the balls the next. I fucking hate a useless "R." Groundhog Day has just become so goddamn commercial. Valentines day is stupid.
February's only redeeming quality, really, is the 2-3 days that it should be February, but isnt.
Here are some things that made the month a little more tolerable:
Note: Scroll to the bottom of this mess to download
1. Jim O'Rourke - All Downhill From Here (4:59)
2. Sonic Youth - Rain on Tin (7:56)
3. At The Drive In - Hulahoop Wounds (3:24)
4. Joan of Arc - (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common (3:47)
5. Owls - Anyone Can Have A Good Time (5:34)
6. Shellac - Canada (2:21)
7. Kalas - Frozen Suns (6:51)
8. Fugazi - And the Same (3:27)
9. 10. The Fucking Champs - Earthen Sculptor.mp3
10. 11. Dead Meadow - Untitled.mp3
11. 12. Mercury Rev - Something for Joey.mp3
12. 13. Do Make Think Say - in mind.mp3
13. 14. Shalamar - The Second Time Around.mp3
1. Jim O'Rourke - All Downhill From Here
-I've been digging through his catalog for a few months now. A great song from Insignificance.
2. Sonic Youth - Rain on Tin
-Sonic Youth's Marquee Moon. Jim O'Rourke on bass.
3. At The Drive In - Hulahoop Wounds
-A song I've often overlooked whenever I bust out In Casino Out, but one of their best.
4-5 Joan of Arc - (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common
Owls - Anyone Can Have A Good Time
-Sometimes you need an irritating voice to get you through the day. Joan of Arc's Live From Chicago 1999 is a very underrated album.
6. Shellac - Canada
-Spend some time with Teraform, you'll enjoy yourself.
7. Kalas - Frozen Suns
-A Matt Pike from Sleep/High On Fire side project. The album cover (and music to an extent) reminds me of the NES game Karnov for some reason, and I love it!
8. Fugazi - And the Same
-Not their best, but someone played it on a jukebox at the bar one night and I was reminded how much it ruled.
9. The Fucking Champs - Earthen Sculptor
-The Fucking Champs write the best soundtracks to the best Nintendo games that never existed.
10. Dead Meadow - Untitled
-After a few bowls smoked out of a makeshift applepipe. From Feathers
11-12 Mercury Rev - Something for Joey
Do Make Think Say - in mind
-Provided a fine soundtrack for my bus trip to New York City.
13. Shalamar - The Second Time Around
-I came across this at work while editing an American Top 40 from 1980. Everything about this song is awesome..right down to the album cover:
For download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WJS7X4JF
Having trouble? Get with the times..
Enter the code, wait the 45 seconds and choose 'free download.' The file is compressed. PC users may need Winrar and Mac users may need Unrarx.
See you next month! Perhaps next week, depending on the response I get from this.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Virginia Finally takes a stand..
Va. lawmaker seeks ban on replica genitalia after girl spots rubber testicles on trailer hitch.
RICHMOND, Va. - It's one thing to dangle fuzzy dice from a rear view mirror, but decorating a trailer hitch with a large pair of rubber testicles might be a bit much in Virginia. State Del. Lionel Spruill introduced a bill Tuesday to ban displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles, calling it a safety issue because it could distract other drivers. Under his measure, displaying the ornamentation on a motor vehicle would be a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.
He said the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter spotted an example of the trail hitch adornment and asked her father to explain it. "'I didn't know what to tell her,"' Spruill said the constituent told him before Spruill vowed to stop such displays. "I said, 'Sir, I'm going to be a laughingstock, but I'm going to do it,"' he said. The Virginia General Assembly has some experience with offbeat bills. Three years ago, it drew widespread attention with an unsuccessful effort to outlaw baggy pants worn so low they expose underwear. Spruill, 61, said the indignity of the "droopy drawers" debate wouldn't deter him. He said he won't hesitate to bring a set of $24.95 trailer testicles with him for a legislative show-and-tell. "I'm going to do it," Spruill told a handful of reporters after Tuesday's House session adjourned. "I'm going to bring them out here and show them to you till they tell me to stop."
RICHMOND, Va. - It's one thing to dangle fuzzy dice from a rear view mirror, but decorating a trailer hitch with a large pair of rubber testicles might be a bit much in Virginia. State Del. Lionel Spruill introduced a bill Tuesday to ban displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles, calling it a safety issue because it could distract other drivers. Under his measure, displaying the ornamentation on a motor vehicle would be a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.
He said the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter spotted an example of the trail hitch adornment and asked her father to explain it. "'I didn't know what to tell her,"' Spruill said the constituent told him before Spruill vowed to stop such displays. "I said, 'Sir, I'm going to be a laughingstock, but I'm going to do it,"' he said. The Virginia General Assembly has some experience with offbeat bills. Three years ago, it drew widespread attention with an unsuccessful effort to outlaw baggy pants worn so low they expose underwear. Spruill, 61, said the indignity of the "droopy drawers" debate wouldn't deter him. He said he won't hesitate to bring a set of $24.95 trailer testicles with him for a legislative show-and-tell. "I'm going to do it," Spruill told a handful of reporters after Tuesday's House session adjourned. "I'm going to bring them out here and show them to you till they tell me to stop."
