virilio

revisiting a lot of the Husker Du catalog: esp Zen and New Day. The Fall, too. Witch Trials, Hex Enduction. Live.

remember trying to turn my sister on to it inna day.

also, Method Actors, Homosexuals, and the French band that is utterly awesome.....Feeling of Love. James Brown box set. Try me, Bewildered...

rocking some Stooges.

i mean really, the Ron Asheton riffs on TV EYE, Loose, and 1970...unreal. LA Blues. Funhouse.

snowing in Colorado, in the immortal phrases of Cameo: word up.

listening to a bunch of old vinyl at my mom's....mine, not hers. She's got all this old Stax Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Joe Tex type stuff. Otis is the man.

standouts in the almost new year: Husker Du: New Day Rising; Pavement: Slanted/Enchanted; Minutemen: what makes a man start fires?....and Best of the Isley Brothers.

also: AIC: Damn That River

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7sCkGFD6A&feature=related

Would:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGOrBx9jc3M&feature=related

back in Colorado after the holidays. what a ride. Portland, ABQ, and Dallas. Got to see my niece Nora (now 1.5 years)....what a sweetie she is.

flying sucks. airports suck.

"got to have something to sit on, before I carry ya home".

--James Brown

man, no Frank's Wild Year's takers....i guess i am a geezer. fuckin hell.

my mom emails me that she likes Of Montreal. she's 60.

we used to listen to Sly and the Fam Stone Stand! and James Brown for Christmas. Sam and Dave.

she's awesome.

so i'm at the grocery store, standing in the check -out aisle. like the good lemming. the magazine racks....such bad consciousness there. celebrity horseshit. who cares? transparent window into the cultural psychosis. how many times can Cosmo print a list of "10 Sex Tricks" that will make you a tiger in the bedroom (without being slutty)....or something. i hope someone is cataloging all these tricks...some...
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"no one ever went broke over-estimating the vulgarity of the american people". i first this quote in a Kurt Vonnegut novel, pretty sure. but i see the same thing in a lot of other places.

is it Vonnegut, or some creepy ad exec (veritas!) like Eddie Bernays?

today's old school rocker: Slint: Good Morning, Captain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoH5MPIgM7c&feature=related

and:

the Mats: Gary's Got a Boner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8r-LnsRY64

listening to a lot of Desmond Dekker and live Feelies from 85 i guess....thinking that the winamp shuffle algorithm is bullshit.

noticing that Smyth and Succor are no longer active on the site. sad. some cool, beautiful women from what little i know.

that bodysuit banner ad is pretty hot.

my sister emails me that Gang of Four was on NPR. she stole a bunch of my vinyl, but hey. now she knows. now she sends me emails about G4. "my job is done here". would like to have those flaming lips original colored vinyls back....and hatful of hollow. NPR is a bit weak IMO, but hell Gf4. best guitar sound ever. note the sub...
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i always thought this was a pretty cool, if not post-punk overlord type tune from Husker Du's drummer....Grant Hart. Mould gets all the love, but Hart had many great, earnest straight ahead punk rock Husker classics. this is a little dif, with ? and the Mysterions feel....