Im On This Like White On Rice

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! What is this? What is this?

DC Recordings: an answer to my prayers?

MIXES by DC Artists and Songs
*listen to em all, but the White light circus one is especially good. Starts a bit slo, but makes up for it. And yes, Im biased b/c it has a cloud one song in it. But that doesn't mean its not good. B/c it is and you need to get on it.

This is a record label that i found through a song, through a band, through a google search and lo! a label with a bunch of good things on it! I spent all last night going through this website and this label etc and cot damn! Nice work. Color me impressed and color me poor since Im going to probably buy a bunch of records from them. Color me also semi informed re: prog rock now, b/c there is some prog rock thrown in these mixes. I like it: being fed good food w/o knowing its good for me.

In addition to the good mixes, the bands themselves are actually good! Despite being English! The record covers are good too! WTF England?

Not since Mo' Wax have I been this excited about England and its music. I SHUDDER to think that the UK may have gotten its groove back. The exchange rate is too awful for this to happen.

but back to free and pleasant things.

Shoegazy Fields! Revisited! ALLLRIGHT!
The Oscillation/ The Orichalc Phase


There is a serious lack of this stuff (these bands) on the toob, so enjoy the mixes. Im breaking out the marmite* and PG Tipps.

*Yes, I do eat it, and have for years (yes, VGMT its better). Its healthy and its especially fun to tell people you don't like that its actually english chocolate and watch what happens when they eat it. Well its fun if you like making a hypocrite throw up. At the time I sure did. Still do.
See you in hell, i guess!

Why Does No One Care?

Does anyone realize how close we came to losing an iconic rock GOD this morning?

David Lee Roth almost died from a peanut allergy this morning.

Yes, we almost lost david lee roth. Yes. David Lee Roth. DAVID LEE ROTH.

Let it sink in a little. I know its upsetting. I was upset. In fact, Im still quite shaken. Here I am watching news about Iranian rockets, and gmail tells me DLR almost died this morning. Why is attention not being paid? Why does no one care? Did I give dave a kennahura by including him in my "celebrate you although you arent dead yet" post?

Well, its all relatively ok b/c the Canadians saved him. GO CANADA! Not since I was able to drink in your country at 19 have I been so proud of our neighbor to the north. You did us a solid. You did ME a solid.

This song stinks but the video is funny.

My doctor said I have to take a LAXATIVE!

And heres some Van Halen for you.


God I love this band. Stay alive Diamond Dave. PLEASE. At least until i see you in concert with VH.

Then do as you will.

Bonus! My favorite canadians- 5 neat guys!

Five Neat Guys

Journey: The Video Game

HOLY SHIT!

RUN FOR THE ESCAPE VEHICLE! Leave those herpetic girls (and guys!) alone! Which ones are the girls? The blue and pink ones that look like bugs, I think. I cant be too sure since everything sort of looks like everything else in this game. If only Journey had paid as much attention to the production of their video games as they did their records.

Heres the FAST PACED and EXCITING game play!

Whoa! Dont blink! You'll miss something....um, something that looks like everything else in this game.
Im no gamer, but even I know this is one AWFUL game.

But Journey's songs translated nicely (read: are barely recognizable)

Quality Cinema: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

Oh MAN am I EXCITED!
You know a movie is good when its underwritten by Topps Chewing Gum!



I think my nom de guerre reveals me as a GPK fan. I'm consistently entertained by all things "fart/bodily functions/stupid/low brow" humor, and well, I dont know how much lower you can get than GPK. They were great b/c they were completely literal, collectable, and b/c I was beat up once with a Cabbage Patch Kid, so i like things that mock them. (true story: my friend also broke her nose on one, those faces are &*@#&(&@# hard).

This crappy movie lives up to the astoundingly high bar set by the crappy trading cards that came before it. Its really, truly, a colossal piece of garbage. Everything about it is bad. Everything. Which means its totally good.

Happy 4th From Sam the Eagle

An open letter

Dear currently hip/pretty good dj I saw last night:

First the good. Your set was good: solid A-. I would have liked to stay longer, but everyone was pissing and moaning that they wanted Mahmoun's or sleep, so i was unable to hear most of it, but the ten minutes or so I heard we're better than what i heard the prior two hours. I regret leaving early, which is unusual for me and a club and a dj who i havent seen and whose band I dont like.

Now the bad.

As you walked upstairs, I couldnt help but notice your sneakers.



Im not sure if anyone told you, but these are girls shoes. Not even ladies shoes: GIRLS shoes. I had them in junior high, and I loved them dearly. Girls/ladies have so little that you men haven't taken from us. If i cant get a decent pair of Nikes without making them myself (b/c the boys ones are ALWAYS nicer), you cant wear Skippy's. No. Not yours.

On a second, and somewhat more important note re: these shoes. Why on earth would you want to wear them? I cant possibly think of a more emasculating shoe. They make your feet look small and dainty. And in WHITE no less? What's next?



Which brings me to my third and final point. If this is the fashion these days (this= female shoes on men) then i fucking QUIT. I quit this life, i quit this earth, I just about give up. It's bad enough my ears are assaulted on a daily basis with Danity Kane and all the other garbage (including the "hip shit" people like). My eyes deserve to have peace.

So thank you DJ man for a good evening. I'll cut you some major slack b/c no one cares what shoes you wear and b/c Im happy you chose to think more about your record choices than your footwear choices- but for the rest of the male population, please DO NOT IMITATE this trend. Some people have a "pass": chances are YOU DONT.

Thnx!

Thank God Part II

I can die now. I finally found the last song i was looking for.

I cant even think of how many times i typed in "on the beat" and "lyrics" and "up the street" etc. in google and i got nothing.
But ALAS! I was patient. Diligent. Clarity of purpose, peeps.

As usual it probably wasnt worth all the effort and time i extended. Like most things. But it was fun. Like most wastes of time.