Friday, February 27, 2009

yes (Janes Addiction and Nine Inch Nails tour this summer -- together)


NIN: Burn Live from on stage, Melbourne 2.25.09 [HD] from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.



NIN: 1,000,000 Live from on stage, Sydney 2.22.09 [HD] from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Sometimes, I can't figure out what to say

I start over at "Rambling background"

Chain and the Gang
Down With Liberty… Up With Chains!
K Records
Street: 04.07
Chain and the Gang = Mojo Nixon + Modern Lovers + D.N.A.
Rule of thumb: be very skeptical of anything that smacks of "No Wave", especially anything after 1984, as it is one of numerous genres that non-musicians hear and think "this is so easy, I can do this". But look back at any of the bands with substance during the heyday and you see musical geniuses such as Arto Lindsay and Glen Branca at the helm. After five seconds of the slinky "Chain Gang Theme (I See Progress), your mind screams "New York, 1980", but you notice Not some dumbshit with a borrowed Jasmine acoustic.
Describe what it is
Old school political messages which works, somehow "politics, you gotta throw a brick (July twenty-six)"
From rocking "interview with the chain gang"
Starts simple
Shows depth
Purposeful sloppiness
Reparations

Rambling background
Chain and The Gang is Nation of Ulysses, Weird War, The Make-Up etc. founder Ian Svenonius's latest punk outlet, and, knowing his penchant for anything goes, this project is exactly what you expect: anything goes! Rooted in a sloppy No-Wave aesthetic (the interesting, creative version of that crud), ___'s lackadaisical
He still hates indie rock and stupid interviewers (" America is still one big conspiracy ("Deathbed confession")

Pissed but cool vocal delivery
(You might mistake this for a re-release from 1980)


The line-up and style might change, but the song remains the same: Svenonius' 13-Point Program to Destroy America is still in effect.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Squid's Ear -- First Review!

http://www.squidco.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=866

Friday, February 20, 2009

I is famous

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/flickr-finds/flickr-finds-organized-workflow-or-a-messy-production-076943