An interesting point well taken.
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Special Olympic Weekend Music Meltdown Syndrome: I’ll be the first to admit that the Olympic Games are another form of warfare.
In place of firearms we have hockey sticks and ski poles. We use curling rocks and hockey pucks for ammunition. And the biathlon? Duh!
Of course, the hosting country would not want to squander home-ice advantage. Hence, the Opening Ceremonies in Sochi, USSR - er, Russia will bombard us with propaganda about how great the Motherland is over inferior nations like Sweden, Finland, China, Japan… in other words, if it ain’t Russian, it’s crap, you suck and deserve to get pwned by the Motherland.
But to celebrate the good times to come, I’d start off with the Clash. Why? Because.
(via http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=gOoLHki-PYw&u=/watch?v=xRErXD7h660&feature=share)
One of life’s greatest mysteries is not the final destination, but the trip leading to it.
I’m sure that it’s much longer than I thought it would be.
Tuesday Music Meltdown - I just read that Devo’s Rob Casale passed away at 61 today.
Many people of my generation remember Devo’s biggest worldwide hit, “Whip It”. But they got me much earlier with “Uncontrollable Urge”, “Mongoloid” and “Jocko Homo” (“Are we not men? / We are Devo”). They were techno without being robotic, punk without being hostile. One might be tempted to say that they were ahead of their time, displaying an eclecticism predating that shown by future bands such as Radiohead and Mastodon.
If they were to pull off something similar today, Devo would have been relegated to college radio, YouTube and internet holes-in-the-wall, indie renegades staying underground. But back in the 70s and 80s, radio and television were the only media available to upstart bands who leaned quickly how to play the game and subvert the rules from within.
Sleep well, Rob Casale. Once again, I’m feeling old.
(via http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=D3oPv5M22ZI&u=/watch?v=zqSta1K6B24&feature=share)
Tuesday “Pre-Stormpocalype” Music Meltdown: Fucked Up’s Magnum Opus “Year of the Dragon” (via Noisey and Exclaim)
Some people say that there is a thin line between punk and metal. Both contain screaming and loud guitars. Both decry the human condition and status quo. And the players simply wear whatever they want on stage.
GWAR have made many brave attempts in erasing this line over the past 30 years. Now with Dave Brockie gone, the task has fallen upon a Toronto band called Fucked-Up.
I’ve never really gotten into the band. From previous videos, it seemed that their performances matched their name. But through Vice’s Noisey magazine (by way of Exclaim), they decided to go a little prog with their version of punk-metal (or is it metal-punk) with an 18-minute epic of dystopian soundscapes.
And since there is going to be a big-ass storm coming my way on Wednesday, what better way to pass the time than to be immersed in an incendiary wave of electric noise.
While I’m dining on fresh roasted groundhog. This weather so-far has really been so fucked-up.
Tuesday Music Meltdown: After 4 days in the intensive care unit of Dartmouth General Hospital, I’m simply getting restless mainly because I have tonnes of stuff to do. But this song makes a lot of sense.
Monday “S***! They’re still around?” Music Meltdown: HIM’s vid for “Into The Night”
For many years, I expect Ville Valo and the boys to be a permanent fixture on any “Twilight” or “Hunger Games” soundtrack since virtually all of their songs revolve around love, death and supposedly un-death.
And I thought that given the life expectancy for many modern rock bands is 5-10 years after their breakout hit that HIM would be HIStory.
Then I stumbled upon this new offering and it sounded good.
And I soon realized that I’m probably a bigger ass for assuming that all bands have pre-determined short shelf-lives.
Just in case you don’t know about HIM, here’s another example of this rarely exposed Finnish band…
And as an extra bonus, the video for the title track from HIM’s latest release, “Tears on Tape”…
Weekend Music Meltdown: This makes me feel young again.
When I first heard this song, I thought: “What the hell?”
Then I realized that it was a lot catchier than I thought.
[The Clash - Radio Clash - Tom Synder Show 1981 (by clashman14)]
Life is Tweet: Ice-T’s words of wisdom…
The TRUTH is cold.
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL)March 29, 2014
And the world stops for no-one. Amen
The funniest thing about life is that no matter how many times you might run into walls in your travels, there will always be an open door somewhere…
… and then you keep on walking into more walls.
Come Hell or High Water
Let me sleep in until the rain lets up
Let me sleep in when the sun comes out
Leave me be. Just leave me alone
Let me sleep until I decide to wake up
Don’t wait up. I’m taking my time
Don’t wait up. Just leave me alone
Until the rain lets up, I stay where I am
Don’t wait up. Just leave me be
Let it slide. Let it ride
It’s not worth the waste of your precious time
Let it up. Let it go
Come Hell or high water stay where you are
Don’t go to the shopping mall
There’s nothing to do. There’s nothing to buy
You’ll see nothing but sweet fuck all
Rumours, innuendoes, gossips and lies
Don’t go to the discotheque
You’ll fall down and break your neck
Get drunk get stupid and pick a fight
Dance without rhythm all through the night
Don’t waste your time trying to find my groove