tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62437555983148138052024-03-12T23:45:47.573-04:00Rawk TalkIt's the Tiger Beat of stoner / doom / sludge / heavy / psych rock. iwishuwould and area.personality talk about rawk. Respectful discourse encouraged! All others deleted and / or publicly mocked.area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-73592757244441926322015-09-10T15:54:00.002-04:002015-09-10T15:54:14.735-04:00uncle fuckin acid and the goddamned deadbeats!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DUDE: so last night I went to go scope out <a href="http://acidcoven.com/" target="_blank">Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats</a> up at Center Stage's, along with <a href="https://thehatchet.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Ruby the Hatchet</a> and <a href="https://ecstaticvision.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Ecstatic Visions</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been way stoked on Uncle Acid n'em for a long time now, and have been DYING to catch them live, but they've never played the South before and I've never been able to get away to catch them elsewhere (although God knows I've tried). They are here from <a href="https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Cambridge, England</a>, which is pretty far out, they just released their latest album, <a href="http://www.riseaboverecords.com/artists/riseaboveartists/uncleacid/" target="_blank">Night Creeper</a> like a week ago, and Atlanta was the first stop on this tour! FAR FUCKING OUT, MAAAAN!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's a lil tune called Melody Lane from that new album for y'all listening pleasure:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Man so through some truly divine comeuppance, I was granted, by the Magic of the Interweb™, a guest list pass to the show! So in turn I was able to pass along my tickets to these two wizards, who thoroughly enjoyed themselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Behold: Eva Deva and Bert LeVert McDert</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also through the Magic of the Interweb™ I was granted this Photography Hall Pass. Now RawkTalk has always been defined by our shitty photography, and everyone trust THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THAT. Instead, we are now able to bring you closer, to the bands that you love, in the shittiest photos man has ever know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I was really honestly psyched out to see Ecstatic Visions once more, and what's funny is we actually <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2015/02/motherfuckin-facemelting-at-meltasia.html" target="_blank">saw them play on this day last year at Meltasia</a> (thanks, fb for reminding me of that yesterday). I mean I just <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2015/06/crotch-chimes-and-heavy-psych-with.html" target="_blank">seent them a few months ago</a> too, but they be having subtractions and additions to they group so I was interested to hear what they sounded like with the sax man addition! Also I was really hoping for my wizard friends to see them too because its right up their alley, BUT we totally missed almost all of that shit! They are NOT on Central Stoner Time (CST) at Center Stage, BE WARNED: show at 8:30 means SHOW STARTS EDZACKLY AT MOTHERFUCKING 8:30. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We DID however get to catch all of Ruby the Hatchet which was pretty far out. I haven't listened to them at all but they been on my radar, and actually my wizard friends are way into them, so they gave me mem'ry stick with some RTH tunes on it after the show so that I can jam to them some more. They put on a great fucking show, and I went down front to take some terrible fotos of them, behold!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next up was Uncle Acid- man, they are so SKITTLY! They look real menacing and whatnot in the like one foto I've ever seen of them, and they did a real good job of making sure you couldn't see SHIT but hair and shadows while they were on stage. But you can tell they are not from here because they are all wearing like little boots and blazers and shit, they just don't look like the long hairs I'm used to, so EDZOTIC! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So they totally kicked so much ass, and everyone in the fucking place was rawkin all hard and totally having a major Long Haired Toss Off™, like so :</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But srsly, this is like one of the few shows I've been too lately where everyone was totally just zonin' and not like talking to each other, or fucking off on their phones. They played a wide array of songs off alla their albums, and everyone just ate that shit the fuck up, myself included. I wish they were playing again tonight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One thing that was puzzling to me was they stage decor for their set- there was like some metal trashcans out there and a brick wall- WTH? I don't think you can appreciate that in any of my shitty fotos, but I swear that's what was there. If I gain any insight into why I will update this shit, I swear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since the new album, Night Creeper, just came out a few days ago and I knew the show was happening like immediately after that, I just waited to buy my copy til I got to the show. Then LO AND MOTHERFUCKING BEHOLD, thru the Magic of the Innerweb™ I was able to get the boys to sign that shit! All except for Mr. Starrs. GODDAMN IT MR. STARRS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The vinyl looks real cool, like clear, right? But then I thought, man, is this glow in the dark? So I held it up to my blacklight and it kinda looked glowy, but I could just be hallucinating. It wouldn't be the first time. But speaking of blacklight shit, THESE MOTHERFUCKERS TOTALLY HAD BLACKLIGHT POSTERS! So you KNOW I got me one for the colllection! Here it go: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So that was srsly one of the most satisfying shows I've been to in a while, on all fronts. I hope alla them have a nice time here so they'll come back again and again (like some kinda facemelting zombie boys!!) </span><br />
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I read this <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2014/12/this-christmas-i-plan-to-listen-to-zz.html" target="_blank">completely amazing Christmas gift guide for audiophiles</a> recently, and then guess what happened? I got two of the things for Christmas! Yeah!<br />
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The very best gift I got was from my Kevs, and it was my <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00990Z13S" target="_blank">super awesome Crosley record player</a>. I love it!!! Of course.<br />
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The other gift I got was a subscription to <a href="http://vinylmeplease.com/" target="_blank">Vinyl Me, Please</a>. I got my first record in January and you know what happened then? Listening party! And now what's gonna happen? Rawk Talk!<br />
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For our first of hopefully many listening parties, we invited all chicks over to listen and drink, but only one could make it. Fortunately it was one of our most awesomest friends - Teresa! I think we are going to try and do this monthly from now on tho, and probably with a different group of people every time.<br />
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So the deal with VMP is that you get a special edition record every month, plus a work of art, plus a recipe for a cocktail pairing for one low low price. That price is $27, which is a little steep just for a record, but considering they are special editions, any one might wind up being worth a lot at some point.<br />
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This month's album was "The Year of Hibernation" by Youth Lagoon, which I think is just some guy. Here's a song:<br />
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The whole album is seriously, totally chill. We all agreed: not our style of music, but beautiful nonetheless. Here goes a pic:<br />
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Oh and also it's on purple marbled vinyl!<br />
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Here goes the art work:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So finally their record has come out today! Weeeee! I pre-ordered it, like a total fucking nerd, so I actually got it in the mail Friday, but then I was hanging out at the pool so fucking hard all weekend I didn't get pop it on until last night. Totes ordered the fucking sherbety swirl vinyl cause I'm a girrrrrrrl. Here goes a recreation of what happened last night in my living room.</span></div>
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iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-87383128887596087252015-05-11T18:14:00.001-04:002015-05-11T18:14:02.383-04:00Austin Psych Fest Live! This is the endSo we stuck around for 13th Floor Elevators and that was er something. Time waits for no man, especially Roky Erickson. I wish I had got close enough to see how they were synthesizing the jug sound do I could properly bitch about it. Roky, like everyone over 90, has no range, but he still managed to raise a lil hell. I heard him sing, "You're Gonna Miss Me" so bucket list item is check. <div><br></div><div>We laid out on a blanket and enjoyed that a lot, but then we got too sleepy and we had to leave. The cheese fries from Frank's were amaze. </div>area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-41111163719095288032015-05-10T22:01:00.001-04:002015-05-10T22:25:22.196-04:00Austin Psych Fest Live! More time happenedSince the first time I heard them, I knew one day I would end up layin on a blanket in a field somewhere totally incapacitated listening to the Black Angels play live. While its awesome to be sharin this blanket with you Dawg I know you know I'd rather be sharing it with the Black Angels. They are rocking me sufficiently for now. No need to rassel them to the ground. <div><br></div><div>Before we saw Samsara Blues Experiment who set the whole damn pace for today. Half speed. They were awesome. </div><div><br></div><div>We just left Black Angels to see Follakzoid from Chile. It was kind of like leaving the US to go to Canada, but they're great nonetheless. 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Thanks and sorry, babe. </div><div><br></div><div>Coming up later: 13th Floor Elevators, Flaming Lips, and Fuzzzzzzzz</div>area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-81382614193169588682015-05-10T00:32:00.001-04:002015-05-10T01:09:43.315-04:00Austin Psych Fest Live! The past 24 hoursSo lastnight we saw Spiritualized, and it was super weird. Did the band go away after the 90's and then come back totally reinvented recently? Or did a different band assume their name? Because it was kind of a lot of straight ahead rock instead of intense electronic buildups and releases. Late phase bands can be confusing. <div><br></div><div>Then we saw The Swords and they totally rocked! I really enjoyed them, but at what cost? They were playing in a massive tent and it got hot and gross in there so we had to go find a spot out the back. </div><div><br></div><div>Then we decided to just listen to a bit of Tame Impala and then go. TI sounded great, but I don't like the new tracks. I really dislike the manwoman song. The let it happen one is ok. Did you read that article about Kevin Parker doing ONE THOUSAND vocal takes for manwoman? I don't know what to say about that. But there was a chick doing free oil cleanses so we got our faces washed and then left. </div><div><br></div><div>We weren't too interested in the bands today so we haven't seen too much, but the weather has been amazing! Nice and dry and cool and breezy! Yeah! Dawg said we needed a waterbed, which would rule! But I countered with this:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8ZCrivvTeaRDMXCYKuIjp8J9wzKUL8rngOsIK_M_qtJWqZbof4QNRAlRWdqkAlTTZkNvdsQASRlERGTdRAiem6VwQFAKsSTEDCxCwuZY7jwDZfYameeJWBg5R45EasVYcIQPWx8jLbs/s640/blogger-image--468226797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8ZCrivvTeaRDMXCYKuIjp8J9wzKUL8rngOsIK_M_qtJWqZbof4QNRAlRWdqkAlTTZkNvdsQASRlERGTdRAiem6VwQFAKsSTEDCxCwuZY7jwDZfYameeJWBg5R45EasVYcIQPWx8jLbs/s640/blogger-image--468226797.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>But when I went to google image it i got this:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndIIMhdh6lF6p1KuN7F-wiPA2jm8ID2VOz0s6i8wYguXSxfOKHB5KBbO-f4GMtHYrvb4BkXtOiXaf5qWFOJczK6wOTOxS3D89yqFMg1egqvOBH5TgwlYGY8IEEJA7pPnOnLoz2iPLRoE/s640/blogger-image-474979638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndIIMhdh6lF6p1KuN7F-wiPA2jm8ID2VOz0s6i8wYguXSxfOKHB5KBbO-f4GMtHYrvb4BkXtOiXaf5qWFOJczK6wOTOxS3D89yqFMg1egqvOBH5TgwlYGY8IEEJA7pPnOnLoz2iPLRoE/s640/blogger-image-474979638.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And now I think we have to get a giant outdoor clamshell bed to take to festivals. We could probably get some cadre of Dirtbags to move it around for us, right? </div><div><br></div><div>VOTE NOW!</div><div><br></div><div>The other thing that's making tonight rule is the newest addition to my shoe closet:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR0aAHWr14yxv_nkPZND1XCcyz3CCZOWL_j0L2fN5MtU_DJXA84siRM1rDQJ9igsIPJd3b4wRcTC7uNxhbMSOPAoSsPDHGnafL3S9EJF2cA552vtOdwNYH9jHhBQMkrkcg5zqdbzyBXI/s640/blogger-image--1161987544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR0aAHWr14yxv_nkPZND1XCcyz3CCZOWL_j0L2fN5MtU_DJXA84siRM1rDQJ9igsIPJd3b4wRcTC7uNxhbMSOPAoSsPDHGnafL3S9EJF2cA552vtOdwNYH9jHhBQMkrkcg5zqdbzyBXI/s640/blogger-image--1161987544.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Fuck yes</div><div><br></div><div>We heard the Oh Sees on the main stage. They're a lot more poppy and musically organized than I thought they would be! But enjoyable. </div><div><br></div><div>Then we saw Primal Scream. They must have been pretty forgettable because</div><div><br></div><div>Now we're listening to Earth and it is so righteous. They are so droney and stoney and delicious. Here goes Earth:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjuUOUEazmMkh1bYrpQflsSJKOLpQCT0wrIsCmQrznMU3YnvL9hfGL_kyMqoMy2Ag4OgASCGlj7waz1zbzKxsggXYxct-V2_0f92Xi363IsmV6QcSJ-FHwB3cqlHZjlnV9S6NS7Jk2lw/s640/blogger-image--1730785469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjuUOUEazmMkh1bYrpQflsSJKOLpQCT0wrIsCmQrznMU3YnvL9hfGL_kyMqoMy2Ag4OgASCGlj7waz1zbzKxsggXYxct-V2_0f92Xi363IsmV6QcSJ-FHwB3cqlHZjlnV9S6NS7Jk2lw/s640/blogger-image--1730785469.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Look! 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In fact, most everything on the main stage sounds great. I purposefully avoided DIIV so I dunno about them. </div><div><br></div><div>We discovered Mini Mansions and Holy Drug Couple. We should adopt that moniker, Dawg. Gotta listen to them more closely later. </div><div><br></div><div>Now we're sitting at White Fence and they're / he's playin and playin. It just doesn't sound as good as some of his stuff I've heard. </div><div><br></div><div>Next up: Spiritualized, still at it after 73 years together, but I can still dig it. Then Swords and Tame Impala. 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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since I heard about <a href="http://www.meltasia.com/" target="_blank">Meltasia Music Festival</a> I all was hot to git my ass up there. I think I heard the first announcement via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/DANAVA/212228184445" target="_blank">Danava's fb</a> post and I got all kinds of pumped- cause SRSLY. WTF? WHO PLAYS <a href="http://cityoflafayettega.org/" target="_blank">LaFayette GA</a>??? (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaFayette,_Georgia" target="_blank">pronounced Luh-FAY-ette</a>, cause we don't like to sound like a bunch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs" target="_blank">fucking frogs </a>in Georgia) and then I know I heard an announcement on <a href="http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2014/06/10/meltasia-music-festival-lineup/" target="_blank">the Obelisk</a> fb too and it was like cemented into my brain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In between the announcement of Meltasia and the actual event I went to the <a href="http://www.127sale.com/" target="_blank">World's Longest Yardsale</a> with my mom, sisters, and niece and nephews (it was waaay fucking fun). I ended up finding several BOA records-awesome! It was actually crazy because the very first stop we made in <a href="http://www.cityofgadsden.com/" target="_blank">Gadsden, AL</a> there was a dude with a ton of vinyl spread out on a tarp in a church parking lot (under a tree, thank god)- he had a such an amazing selection of shit- but y'know in varying degrees of beat up to great condition. I got all hype for the BOA album and he was like "they used to hang out here in Gadsden a bunch back in the day, Jim Dandy n 'em....."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Totally scored that and the Grand Funk red album, Bloodrock, and fuck it I don't have Band of Gypsies on vinyl, why not. The prices were great but he kept telling me he had more vinyl in the back of his van and don't I want to look, and you know what? Actually I did, but my family was wrapping up and I really needed to jet too...but I did peek in there:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it doesn't even matter because <a href="http://instagram.com/meltasia" target="_blank">all the other drawings on the IG and FB pages</a> were hella entertaining, and ones much better and also much worse than ours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only foreseeable problem with Meltasia was <a href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00037.1" target="_blank">the fucking oppressive heat and humidity that defines Georgia in the summertime</a> (and I don't know where the fuck you're from, but the first week of September in Georgia, is essentially still August, the hottest, most hellacious, month of all). Now I love rawkin, and I love camping, but I fucking HATE the heat. There is no escaping it here. The same weekend of Meltasia was the <a href="http://www.stonemountainpark.com/events/yellow-daisy-festival.aspx" target="_blank">Yellow Daisy festival</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain" target="_blank">Stone Mountain</a> (my native homeland) and I was planning on hitting it before I took off to LaFayette. At one point that day I looked down to find my <i>wrist </i>sweating. I would have died had I spent the entire weekend at Meltasia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately, prior to that weekend I had enough sense, and live in such a proximity that I felt a scouting mission was in order. Find the route up there, scope the campgrounds, and feel if there is any useful difference in temperature. It was also a chance to test the waters of my new car, the wagonette. Behold, the wagonette, in the field at Cherokee farms, LaFayette, GA:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was, sadly, still hot as balls, so we had to just go for one day. Although all the days had great lineups, I would have been the saddest to miss Sunday, so Sunday it was. Now in addition to Danava and BOA I was looking forward to catching <a href="http://teepeerecords.com/bands/lecherous_gaze/index.php" target="_blank">Lecherous Gaze</a>- they are label mates of Kadavar so it must be somethin to it! I really would've liked to have seen all the bands but it just wasn't in the cards man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So anyway, we hauled our asses up there and I did my normal pre-event panic. I had even had the customary anxiety dreams about the event in the days leading up. Classic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was some confusion at the entry, but everyone was really friendly, so zero fucks given. We parked and spent a short eternity bracing ourselves to get out into the heat. We were instantly greeted by a super friendly older dude with a tupperware container full of mushrooms and space cake. He gave us some neighborly tips about the lay of the land, and we were good to go. This was the first inkling that this was a terribly small scale event- I kinda had wondered because of the few followers on the FB event page, but it was so many bands on the roster, and not just small names either (or at least to me), I couldn't imagine that this shit was not going to be massive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The festival had three stages, and everything was timed out to happen right after each other. It was really set up great- lots of wandering space, fucking professional looking setups, sound, lights, the werks. So once we got settled in with a beer we wandered over the orange stage </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a lovely set to get acclimated to. Also this was great because there was totally all these tents and tables and chairs and shit by the sides of the stages! Perfect for olds like us! In fact this was the perfect lotto scratchin table. And what could make for a more perfect day then scratchin some lotto and gittin yer fuckin face melted off? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After re-upping on delicious beers we swayed slowly down the hill towards this totally magical sound emanating from the blue stage. This was where shit really started to hit the fan in terms of facemelting. This fucking ass shit was nonstop rocking my fucking face off. This was Ecstatic Visions from Philadelphia. They totally had TWO motherfucking drummers and homeboy on guitar/vocals had a fucking chimes set swinging from his mic. *SWEET* They had a real psychedelic sound, and it was also fucking heavy and righteous. I read on the Obelisk that <a href="http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2014/09/08/ecstatic-vision-relapse/" target="_blank">they are signing up to make an album due out next year</a>. STOKED FOR THAT SHIT. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were totally awesome and the dude just kept kicking the shit out the chimes when it was chime time. Love them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[note from area.personality: This is about the only thing from Meltasia that I actually remember, and it was mainly because of the Crotch Chimes™. They were truly magical.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be perfectly honest I was kinda bummed out because they were playing all their new music and not the hits (which is totally fiiiine, but i mean, y'know...) and it was kinda slower jams and I just was not feelin it. But it was a cool vibe and in between songs he kept sputtering out all this madness and I had no idea what the fuck he was going on about like at all. Maybe it was just me. Maybe it was him. Who knows. But either way that was kinda fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[note from area.personality: ok, i do remember this. it was just awful. sorry dawg. i actually made us move before it was over to get my body away from this mess. BOA had their moment. it's fucking over. srsly.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BUT WAIT: YOU FORGOT THE FUCKING MERCH!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OMG I almost cried when I realized I forgot to get some fucking MERCH, maaaaaaan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got all into a panic once I realized my error. I frantically sent homeboy a message, begging for merch. And he was so kind he actually sent me some fucking shirts. GOD BLESS YOU, <a href="http://andyssensuousworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ANDY ANIMAL</a>!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would be remiss if I did not fret over at least one boy during this entry. As you all know I typically go for the lawng haired skittly type. But I especially love me a big ol sloppy dirtbag type, although it would be inaccurate to call this man a dirtbag. He was totally kind (with regards to the merch) and obvi threw a kickass party. Luckily I am not the only chick on the innerweb with a major boner for him, so I feel slightly less crazy admitting this here (alternatively every chick I work with has seen these fotos and listened to me get all werked up over him ad nauseum, just as I have listened to every detail of their crushes on every clean cut vanilla ass white boy/dark chocolate baldhead). All that being said, it kind of ruins it for me, in terms of talking SO MUCH MOTHERFUCKING SHIT about how hot a dude is after having actually interacted with him in some level in real life. </span><br />
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<br />iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com1LaFayette, GA 30728, USA34.7048022 -85.28189980000001934.6003812 -85.443261300000017 34.809223200000005 -85.120538300000021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-50552744841235984662015-02-26T16:59:00.000-05:002015-02-26T17:01:08.444-05:00Love Clearinghouse! FTW! Part 2You know what I'm really bad about? Having a part 1 and not a part 2. I looked back at this series I was going to do, and it was all miserable and self-indulgent and not any good, really. <br />
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But you know, there's always gotta be a part 2, at least, when there's a part 1. And since it's all about LUV I gotta finish this shit in February.<br />
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Instead of all the miserable and confusing commentary, though, I think I'll just leave it at a few shout-outs to past loves and call it a day. And when you see how bad the songs are that are associated with my train wreck of a love life, well, it should tell you something.<br />
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Everything about my heart must go...<br />
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At least the first one rocks still! This one is for my first real boyfriend, my high school sweetheart. We were together for about five years, which was more than 25% of my life back then, so it was a big deal. I totally loved him, but I knew it couldn't go on forever, so we broke up and got back together a lot. This is the song about breaking up all the time. LOL I thought I was such a grown-ass woman back then! I didn't know shit! It's actually shocking that I can still be taken aback by how shitty and miserable love is. Anyway, thanks Janis...<br />
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Then there was this boy I had a brief relationship with... Now that I'm so old it feels weird to even think about the teenage version of myself having "relationships." Anyway, that one was awesome for what it was, but it ended badly and with distance. A few years later this song came out, and his was the part of my heart I sang it to. The bright spot in this post is that I found this recording with J. Mascis, my favorite musician in the entire universe and only possible candidate for Lockscreen Loverboy™.<br />
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This one's a weird one. I went to see the Moody Blues with my college boyfriend, and I think that's when I learned of this horrible MB songs from their 'yes, we're still current' era. There's even a horribly dated official video that goes with it. Anyway, this is a stupid and peppy song that I knew <b><i>back then</i></b> I would hear at some point later in my life and think of that kid. He was a good guy. It was doomed from the start.<br />
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GUH, sorry about all the late phase rawking! Anyway, fast forward through all that mess and here's a song for Thor's father. Now let's be clear, Thor's father and I never hung out and listened to music together. Thor's father was very briefly and transitorily in my heartspace for one reason and one reason only: I was experiencing The Heat™, and he is the Master Progenitor™. But I was listening to this song a lot during that era, so here goes.<br />
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<br />area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-60039235103573983382015-02-23T21:43:00.003-05:002015-02-23T21:43:42.895-05:00We need to talk: CRUSH DU JOUR: Radio Moscow<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look, I know
its been a while, and I can't keep my damn thoughts straight any more. I
don't know what we have an haven't discussed on this blog any more. Did
I actually write that shit? on an actual computer? Or did I just think
about writing about it constantly?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That being said, I think I really need to address my <a href="http://radiomoscow.net/" target="_blank">Radio Moscow</a> obsession. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I first heard about Radio Moscow from <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2014/04/redneck-riviera-record-hunting.html" target="_blank">the dude at the record store at the beach</a>.
What a great guy! I asked to play a couple of used records and he was
into all the shit i was bringin up there, so he made me some
recommendations on some new shit I'd be into and Radio Moscow was one of
them. RIGHT FUCKING ON HOMEBOY. NICE JOB!!!! Although admittedly at
first I was like ummm Radio Moscow? I fucking <i>hate </i>Russian
people. I dunno if I can get into that, he was all like nah nah they're
from the Midwest or some shit. GOOD. (Although I really dig that lil
group <a href="http://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">the Re-stoned,</a> who are Russian, despite that they are Russians. I guess I can't generalize everybody as hard as I want to)</span><br />
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love this fucking song- it not only facemelts, but also has a killer
drum solo, and them knockin cymbals or whatever clackin around back
there. Also I always love that his vocals are reverbed the fuck to
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I first googled them I was kinda like, damn look at these lil floaty
lookin thangs! These lil flower children and shit! But you would never
know it to look at them how fucking heavy, psychedelic, bluesy, and RAWKIN they
actually are. Not to mention they have a good look. I totally dig their
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So
of course I bought it on vinyl from homeboy at the beach, but I don't
think it came with a download code: BUMMER. (Side note: I think if I'm
buying a new a new album and its a fucking record, that shit should come
with a download code. C'mon man, srsly. A new record is like $20, throw
me a fucking bone already). So I think my listening to it was limited
to the living room for a while, which is not a big deal, but I really
want to have that shit in my car when its some bitchin scenery, in my
headphones when I'm walking up Stone Mountain, etc. So some kinda way I
got me some digital copies of the their albums and ever since then its
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They have been absolutely rawkin my fuckin face off for like the last year and a half. I ended up getting that <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2014/07/vinyl-roundup-chattanooga-tennessee.html" target="_blank">Alive at the Deep Blues Fest album in Chattanooga</a>, and that shit is fucking incredibly good too. It really made me want to see them live, and <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2013/12/austin-fucking-psych-festival-uncle.html" target="_blank">I really wished they had been at the Austin Psych Fest last year</a>,
but they keep touring the fucking
world, but aren't ever touring the fucking states. And I'm like hello!
Y'all! I'm down to travel for shows, y'all all know that, but the shit
is
not coinciding for me and Radio Moscow and I'm really ready to get
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also i really want them to come here on here tour because i am in desperate need of some MERRRRRRR-CH, maaaaaan. </span><br />
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friend Don, the mastermind behind <a href="http://thegreatsouthernbrainfart.com/" target="_blank">the Great Southern Brainfart</a>, said
that he was nonplussed by their live performance when he seent them open
for Graveyard in Atlanta a couple years back. I think Don's just jealous
that I'm all <a href="http://thacoolchronicles.blogspot.com/2013/10/blinded-by-penis-5-signs-you-been.html" target="_blank">dickmatized</a> by them tho, and I will be the judge of that
when I finally get to see them live too. So there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So they had a new album come out last year. Its also the jam. Here goes a version of "So Alone" live from the Magical Dirt album</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love how he's always talkin bout bein' so alone, and confused, and heartbroken and shit, and I'm like dayum
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While I was <strike>internet stalking</strike> researching Radio Moscow at werk one day (shhhh! that shit is SO not allowed! I rarely have time for it at work, but you know, you can't stop when you're feelin all obsessed and shit) I enjoyed
a good conversation with my coworker (a 45 year old black chick from
NYC) about which one of them could fuck the best, which was totally
entertaining. Thanks Dhonyale, but we will have to agree to disagree on
that one, until one of us does some real journalism and actually tests
those waters, we'll just keep guessing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But srsly y'all, I'm having a huge crush
on Parker Griggs, the likes of which I haven't seen since I was madly in love with Lupus Lindemann of Kadavar about this time last year. I've been being a creepy internet stalker. Sorry Parker, I know you are a real
person, with your own life beyond rawkin everyone's fucking face off, but
you are elevated to fantasy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Dream-Date-Game/dp/B002A8B4JQ#" target="_blank">dream date</a> status in my world.</span><br />
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of the other things I'm stoked about with Radio Moscow is that there is
so much more for me to hear from them that I haven't heard yet. There's a couple other lil nuggets floatin around out there, aside from the three albums that I got, including some re-release demo bits. Also hoping they keep putting out gems forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not crazy about the album artwork but that doesn't really matter so much as the actual music. But then again, the longer I look at these, the more I like them. I think. Shit is def totes "my colors".</span><br />
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hardest part of writing this is trying to figure out which songs to
include cause like every single one is such a fucking ripper. I like
that his voice is all rough and deep and shit, like it doesn't look like
what I think would come outta him based on how he look in fotos. I also </span>dig the songs without lyrics as much as the ones with lyrics, cause the jams are so JAMMIN even without them. Which is really what I'm all about here. Well, that, and a metric ton of hair attached to some dirtbag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I really dig the fuck out of these fucking guitar effects changin up in the Brain Cycles title track. I feel like that's how the fuck my brain be feelin sometimes too. I reckon Ima just leave y'all with that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He's such a fucking killer blues guitarist I just cant help but find myself totally fucking shred whipped by him.<i> And</i>
he's got all that LAWNG BEAUTIFUL HAIYUH to boot? Just stop already. So
welcome to my roster of all time favorite bands, Radio Moscow. And dear
Parker Griggs, enjoy your status as crush du jour and celebrated <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2015/02/lockscreen-loverboys.html" target="_blank">Lockscreen Loverboy</a>. </span><br />
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<br />iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-37003901057695384622015-02-21T16:16:00.002-05:002015-02-24T08:03:47.281-05:00Lockscreen Loverboys™ <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a quick note for clarification:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will often times refer to my most current object of rawk obsession as my Lockscreen Loveryboy™ (YES I am trademarking the shit out of all my various tweenage girl vernacular now). What I'm talkin bout here is my fucking phone lockscreen, which features a rotating array of glorious, lawng haired, facemelting mens of rawk. Behold, some examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that you know about that part of my total tweenage fangirl part of my personality, please enjoy the rest of our regularly scheduled content..... </span>iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-63664149754395518502015-02-04T12:48:00.001-05:002015-02-04T12:48:35.732-05:00Love Clearinghouse! FTW! Part 1Ahhhhh <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/emily-hartridge-10-reasons-why-valentines-day-sucks_n_2680512.html" target="_blank">February </a>is finally upon us once again. <a href="http://www.hercampus.com/school/la-verne/10-reasons-why-valentines-day-sucks" target="_blank">Love month</a>. If you're happily in <a href="http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/813270/10-reasons-why-valentine-s-day-sucks" target="_blank">love</a>, I hope you hug up and<a href="http://www.babble.com/babble-voices/the-top-ten-reasons-why-valentines-day-sucks/" target="_blank"> love the everloving crap</a> out of him or her. Yay!<br />
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This post is for everybody else.<br />
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It's a LOVE CLEARINGHOUSE! Everything about my heart MUST GO! It's like Cyber Monday meets Locker Clean-Out Friday! WOOOOOOOO<br />
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<b>PART 1: SET UP FOR FAILURE</b><br />
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How are all these records organized?<br />
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So first off, I'd like to give a big fat FUCK YOU to <a href="http://jezebel.com/walt-disney-was-a-miserable-bastard-before-mickey-mouse-1633364247" target="_blank">Walt Disney</a> for this bullshit:<br />
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Way to set us up with some unrealistic expectations. Because of this, and the many Disney propagandas, all the little chicks grow up thinking, some day my prince will come. He will see me and instantly love me because he will know that I am really pretty, and sweet, and quiet, and hardworking, and oh so well behaved! Well guess what? You just got tricked into being sweet and quiet and hardworking and well behaved FOR YOUR WHOLE LIFE by an evil corporation. There are no princes. Even real princes are not princes. Like the one I went to school with who was pushing a shopping cart full of prostitutes down the street at 3 am on a Tuesday. True story.<br />
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Speaking of school, there was a class at that time called, "Lives Ruined by Literature." I didn't take it, but the title always intrigued me. I've always thought that there should be a class called "Lives Ruined by Music" and then maybe I wouldn't feel so alone in my anguish. Disney's not the only motherfucker on the block. There are all these amazing songs about unconditional LOVE! PASSION! HONOR! VALOR! So why does it seem crazy to expect to see those sentiments reflected in reality?<br />
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I always thought, shit, I would be so happy if someone wrote this song for me. Or even just played it for me. Or told me they felt this way about me. I reckon someone probably has, at some point, for maybe 3 minutes. And I'm like, okay dude, chill, come on and get you some. And then they turn back into a frog. Always, always, always.<br />
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I am so glad the moon is finally waning. The flood gates can come down. That felt good.area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-9865994177286615512015-01-09T16:22:00.000-05:002015-01-09T16:22:25.194-05:00The Panic™<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just a short entry for future reference. The Panic™, as it shall henceforth be known, is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic" target="_blank">a sensation that one might experience</a> upon exposure to a righteous load of tuneage, as in a super sweet stash of records, or the like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This particular cache was at a multi-vendor spot in Atlanta, they had a huge showy records room at the front of the store, but it honestly was a disappointment. There were several other vendors that had records, but all a typical, kinda sorry ass collection. This little cove, however was SLAM FUCKING FULL of gems! The Panic™ took hold....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet Jesus. It didn't take much more than walking into the place to make The Panic™ git a grip. I mean, I knew we were gonna go there, but then I didn't realize the full extent of the MAGNITUDE of the fucking place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or especially upon finding <a href="http://www.127sale.com/" target="_blank">a dude selling vinyl out of his VAN on a fucking TARP on the side of the road in ALABAMA</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is actually not the picture of the dude I had in mind. This is a separate, way more organized, way less exciting selection, on the same journey, but it illustrates my point. The dude I'm thinking of was in <a href="http://www.cityofgadsden.com/" target="_blank">Gadsden, AL</a> and it was so fucking awesome- we pulled up to this big yard sale in a church parking lot and there he was with a couple of crates laid out on a tarp up under a tree, next to his van. THEY WERE FULL OF FUCKING GEMS, albeit in varying condition. The Panic™ensued. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was srsly the greatest- he had SO MANY TREASURES. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would define my personal Panic™ as instant skyrocketing blood pressure, diaphoresis, anxiety and frantic agitation, and loss of all reason and logic. It is most difficult to reel it in, and if you don't reel it in you'll spend all your damn money and leave with a bunch of crap you may not really care about. Alternatively, if you reel it <i>too far in</i> you will leave behind many treasures and gems and you will regret it for the rest of your life and always remember the proverbial "one that got away". </span></div>
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This is our first, but hopefully we can keep it up. Like we keep up everything so very well.<br />
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While you're shopping, listen to this tune from <a href="http://www.ambds.com/" target="_blank">A Million Billion Dying Suns</a>, one of my new favorites. It's a little peppier than I normally like my tunes, but you're going to need that energy for all your shopping!<br />
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Buying a gift for the true audiophile can be super tricky because tastes in specific music and gear vary wildly, and people are really passionate about what they like. Obvs, it's best to know something about the recipient's tastes before you venture forth, because even if you think their taste in music is completely retarded, the goal is to make them happy. Although feel free to say something horribly derisive after they open it and are all happy. Having said all that:<br />
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Everyone has their main, badass system in the room with their vinyl and other media, and this is where they like to hear their music usually. BUT, that's no reason to believe that it's the ONLY room they might want to hear their music. If I had the money I would have a different system in every room. I fell in love with <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00990Z13S" target="_blank">this little record player from Crosley</a> a while back, and I am soooo proud to say that it was ages before they started carrying them at hipster mecca <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/" target="_blank">Urban Outfitters</a>.<br />
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Take that, UO! And hipsters, beware: do you ever think about who the trendsetters get their ideas from? That's right. Middle aged mothers. Right now I'm wearing a sweater from Lands' End and some Hush Puppies. Go ahead and shudder. Then go buy some stock. Anyway, I love the idea of having extra record players everywhere. Like the bathroom! And I love the idea of lying on the rug with my face propped in my hands, just staring at the record while listening to it, like we did when we were kids. Like in <a href="http://www.cortandfatboy.com/2012/06/01/friday-june-1st-2012/" target="_blank">that Wes Anderson film about that orphan boy scout</a>.<br />
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The idea here is that you put together music with food and / or drink. You have to know what music the person wants, which reminds me... PEOPLE OF EARTH: MAKE YOURSELF A DAMN WISHLIST ON <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/" target="_blank">AMAZON</a>. I personally feel it's inconsiderate in this day and age to not have one. Anyway, instead of just chucking them a CD in what can only be a CD-sized wrapper, make it a curated event. Here's my example. I have had John & Yoko's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fantasy" target="_blank">Double Fantasy</a> in every format over the years and I've lost it several times now. I would really, really like it on vinyl again. If you know me well, you know the story of how I came down with some horrible illness when I was eight years old and was bedridden for a couple of weeks. My Mom kept me alive on a diet of orange juice and sesame sticks. I didn't want to eat anything, but it was the first time I'd tried sesame sticks and I loved them. I think the salt was a magical curative. Anyway, she was going out and asked me if I needed anything. I said yes, I needed Double Fantasy, which was just released that day. Sure enough, she came home with the telltale bag from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle%27s_Records_%26_Tapes" target="_blank">Turtle's</a>, and I wore that record (both of them, it's a double) OUT. And my Mom NEVER, EVER pays retail for ANYTHING. It was quite the event. So to me, the perfect example would be Double Fantasy on vinyl, with sesame sticks (the little fried ones, not the big stupid ones), some orange juice, <a href="http://www.spiritsoftheusa.com/products/coyote2.html" target="_blank">jalapeno vodka</a>, and some of that <a href="http://www.salttraders.com/margarita-salt-with-chipotle-chile/" target="_blank">chipotle margarita salt</a>. What? I'm a grown up. But whoever got me that would have to know me really, really well. You don't have to be that amazingly thoughtful to make it a fun experience. More examples:<br />
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<tr><td>Electronica / Dance / Trance</td><td>A bottle of <a href="http://www.vicks.com/products/nyquil/" target="_blank">Nyquil </a>and some carbs</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hip Hop / Rap</td><td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YLy4j8EZIk" target="_blank">Hot Cheetos and Takis</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sludge / Psych / Doom / Stoner Rock</td><td>Buffalo chicken sliders, tequila, weed (IJS)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Indy Rock</td><td>single barrel scotch, a cigar, a gift card to <a href="http://www.marytoddhairco.com/" target="_blank">Mary Todd's</a>, a single speed bicycle, etc.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country</td><td>White chicken and beans, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH1JThlQKe4" target="_blank">some really tight pants</a> (look for it at 1:26)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Funk / Soul</td><td>Cigarettes and shades and a fun hat</td></tr>
<tr><td>Butt Rock</td><td>Beef jerky, an energy drink, and loads of roughage</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Eagles</td><td>Some Twinkies and a Bud Light. Can you gift card a lobotomy?</td></tr>
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If your recipient is truly a garbage disposal of music, then there are some very inexpensive and / or high value ways to get music thrown at him or her on the regular. Well, there's really only one way, subscription services, but there are several of them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.themusicboxsubscriptions.com/" target="_blank">The Music Box</a> is a subscription service that sends out either several CD's and loads of merch for $10 a month, or a mix CD for $5 a month (or $13 a month for both) of music from unsigned bands. It's basically a kind of promotion vehicle, but a really good idea nonetheless. However, of the 6 or so CD's he got over 3 months, my own personal garbage disposal of rock only liked <a href="http://www.morningfatty.com/" target="_blank">one CD</a>. They give you a questionnaire at the beginning to try and figure out what you might like, but I think they just got it all wrong for Poor Kevs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jukeboxbox.com/" target="_blank">Jukebox </a>is a similar subscription service, except it is $14 a month plus shipping & handling, and they appear to send out more music and merch per package.<br />
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<a href="http://vinylmeplease.com/" target="_blank">Vinyl Me, Please</a> - For $25 a month, the recipient gets a limited edition LP pressed exclusively for Vinyl Me, Please members, an original 12” x 12” art print and a custom cocktail pairing (suggestion, not the actual cocktail), access to The Standard, a weekly music & gear digest (which you don't need because you can read <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rawk Talk</a> for free), and special members-only pricing on additional records & gear. I can't decide if this would be worth it or not. Definitely check out their <a href="http://vinylmeplease.com/archive/" target="_blank">archive</a> first and see if the kind of music (aka All Over the Place) is the kind of thing the recipient would be into. The potential bonus is that one day the record could conceivably be worth more money.<br />
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<a href="http://www.turntablekitchen.com/pairings-box/" target="_blank">The Pairings Box from Turntable Kitchen</a> is a combination of #2 and #3, but seems pretty much geared to the Indy loving type. For $25 a month, the recipient gets an exclusive 7" vinyl, a digital mixtape, three seasonal recipes, 1-2 premium ingredients, and tasting notes. The idea is to make and eat a meal (with or without other people) while listening to the vinyl and mixtape. Beware: one month the premium ingredient was a little packet of fancy salt. So your recipient could end up standing there with a 45, a packet of salt, and a confused look on his or her face. But again, the records are special edition and could end up being worth more than the value of the subscription.<br />
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Do you really need to prove your love to someone? If that someone is a music nerd, there is a very easy way to do it. Just look up the crazy expensive box set for their favorite band and enter your credit card information.<br />
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If you really need to prove your love to me and Dawg, go buy <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Flaming-Lips-Zaireeka-Colored-Boxset/dp/B00CKYFM2K" target="_blank">Zaireeka </a>and four of those Crosleys so we can <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaireeka" target="_blank">play it properly</a>!<br />
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That would actually set you back way less than <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Beatles-Super-Rare-Boxed-Collection/dp/B002B613UW" target="_blank">this little gem from the Beatles</a>...<br />
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At the risk of sounding like an oldster, I cannot conceive of spending $500 for <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Metalslug-Complete-Sound-Game-Music/dp/B000GLKNAK" target="_blank">a used box set of music from a video game</a>. What the fuck is this? Does anyone know?<br />
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You could spend <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Remastered-Rolling-Stones/dp/B0000YWHKM" target="_blank">$8K on the Rolling Stones</a>. You could spend <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Elvis-Sleeve-Collection-Replica-Limited/dp/B000LZJRVW" target="_blank">$5K on Elvis</a>. You could spend <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Ghosts-1-4-Nine-Inch-Nails/dp/B001QVKI1S" target="_blank">$4K on Nine Inch Nails</a>, for Christ's sake. But I'm clearly getting carried away. Here are this year's crazy expensive new boxed sets:<br />
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<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-Maurizio-Pollini/dp/B00NJ1MMZ8" target="_blank">Beethoven for $104</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Lead-Belly-Smithsonian-Folkways-Collection/dp/B00QHCKH8U" target="_blank">Lead Belly for $100</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/G-Stands-Go-Betweens-Vol-1/dp/B00QNUF2UE" target="_blank">The Go-Betweens on Vinyl for $168</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Dicks-Picks-Vol-12-Providence/dp/B00QG6IEIC" target="_blank">The Grateful Dead for $50</a> (yeah, that's expensive for the unpteenth box set from these guys)<br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Alive-Boxset-Colored-Digital-Download/dp/B00PCGY9OU" target="_blank">Daft Punk on Vinyl for $120</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Live-Nickelsdorf-1984-Sun-Arkestra/dp/B00N2B1Z4O" target="_blank">Sun Ra & Arkestra on Vinyl for $70</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Anthology-1964-1971-5CD-Box/dp/B00NJADEJ2" target="_blank">The Kinks Anthology on CD for $70</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Sinatra-London-3CD-1DVD-Box/dp/B00O0MBMCY" target="_blank">Sinatra + DVD for $60</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Strut-Lenny-Kravitz/dp/B00NMJQKPU" target="_blank">Lenny Kravitz for $70</a><br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Polydor-Years-LP-Box-Set/dp/B00M9STBGK" target="_blank">Rainbow on Vinyl for $140</a> (wut)<br />
<a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Hot-Box-1974-1994-Destroy-Monsters/dp/B00LBKI42Y" target="_blank">Destroy All Monsters for $105</a><br />
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I could go on and on, but there are way, way too many of them to list. You get the idea. The one on my wishlist for this year is Wilco's <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot-1994-2014-Download/dp/B00OGU6PK4" target="_blank">Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1984-2014</a>, preferably on vinyl, because I am a smart girl from Gen X and this is what we need to have.<br />
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For old vinyl, always go to <a href="http://oncepossessed.com/" target="_blank">Once Possessed</a> in Lilburn. Bonus - they do gift certificates! So easy and hassle-free.<br />
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When shopping on Amazon, instead of going to amazon.com, go to <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/">smile.amazon.com</a>. You pick a charity, and every time you buy something from them using that smile.amazon.com URL, they donate a portion of their sales to that charity. Bonus points if you choose <a href="http://www.noahs-ark.org/" target="_blank">Noah's Ark Rehabilitation Center</a> in Locust Grove, GA - I will love you for that.area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-2768551192026313752014-11-25T20:03:00.000-05:002014-11-28T15:23:02.472-05:00SKOGEN BRINNER: diggin that viking rawk!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, in the not too distant past, <a href="http://www.subliminalsounds.se/" target="_blank">Subliminal Sounds</a> posted up on fb about this band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/skogenbrinner" target="_blank">Skogen Brinner</a> having new songs and all. I took the bait and am so glad that I did! I really been diggin their heavy sound....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, this one song on the old album makes me wanna do the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankhead_Bounce" target="_blank">Bankhead Bounce</a> whenever I hear it (not to date and locate myself...the BB was a dance style that originated in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWATS" target="_blank">the SWATS </a>back in the 1990's) Here it goes layered over the original video for the Bankhead Bounce-its syncs up eerily well:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now you will never look at skogen brinner the same again! </span>iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-11377008155437404222014-11-21T11:33:00.000-05:002014-11-21T11:33:48.147-05:00And now, a word from your hostsThere's only a handful of y'all who are not our real life friends, acquaintances, consorts, or what have you, so it's time to get to know us better. We could do this with a bunch of endless words, but why when we have the magic of facebook insta-video hacking? We made 'thank-you' videos for each other on FB, but you know what really pisses us off? When the music sucks. Which it did. So behold, our lives, our friendship as FB sees it, but with killer audio. As it should be.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for the invite to guest blog on
my recent concert filled week. I hope the vast reading audience will
like it so much they clamor for more. About the blogger, <a href="http://likethedew.com/author/nancyjanem/" target="_blank">I am mother of one half of rawk talk</a> and I have a long history of concert
attendance. In fact, <a href="http://baltimoreorless.tumblr.com/post/97380743658/beatles-at-the-baltimore-civic-center-sept-13-1964" target="_blank">my very first concert</a> was <a href="http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1964.0913.beatles.html" target="_blank">September 16, 1964</a>. As
<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/catonsville/ph-beatles-baltimore-64-pg-20140911-photogallery.html" target="_blank">a sixth grader</a> I traveled by Greyhound bus from <a href="http://www.high-point.net/" target="_blank">High Point, NC</a> to
<a href="http://www.baltimorecity.gov/" target="_blank">Baltimore, MD</a> to see the Beatles on their first American tour, but
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Saturday November 8, the spouse and I
attended the Aretha Franklin show at <a href="https://foxtheatre.org/" target="_blank">the grandly beautiful FoxTheater in Atlanta</a>. This was the day after my birthday so as a part
of the festivities we splurged on orchestra seats and dang, scored
second row, center. The crowd was mainly silverbacks, like us, but
there was a sprinkling of 30’s and 40’s as well, which always
makes me happy for some reason. I also noticed those pathetic few
who wanted to introduce the grandkids to classic soul. Sad for all
of them. They had the poor little urchins dressed in their starched
khakis, mini Brooks Brothers, Sunday dresses and hair bows. I guess
just to make sure the evening was an unforgettable trip into the
fires of hell for the little ones. The groups were the usual mix of
single ladies, gay couples, multi-cultural, mixed race, and plain
vanilla like us. Hats were a frequent fashion statement as were bald
heads. But unlike most Atlanta events, people dressed up. They were
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looking good. She has experienced undisclosed health issues and
whatever it is has not damaged her voice one bit. She has, however,
lost a shit ton of weight. Her breasts, previously the size of large
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danced, played the piano, and sang like it was 1971, never missing a
high or low note. She opened with a Jackie Wilson tune (Your Love
Keeps Lifting Me) and the crowd stood and moved their (mostly)
arthritic bones in excitement. Arriving center stage she shed the
first of 3 fur coats that eventually landed on the grand piano. I was
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She was backed by a 19 piece band and
three great backup singers. The classics mixed throughout the show
never failed to bring the crowd to standing while singing along and
finger shaking, fist pumping and dancing in place. Chain of Fools, I
Never Loved a Man (The Way I Loved You) Freeway of Love, and she
closed with the requisite RESPECT. But there were some great
surprises. Her rendition of Sam Cooke’s You Send Me was flawless
and left me wanting a much longer version. And she really delivered
on Adele’s Rolling in the Deep, a song that is perfect for her
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inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She grew up singing
gospel like so many of her peers. Her career includes 112 charted
singles and she has won a total 18 Grammies. The show we saw
reflected both her otherworldly talent and the beauty and assuredness
of a woman who knows she is loved and revered. </span><br />
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November 12, 2014. Again we are out of the house and off to the
Fabulous Fox Theater. This time to see an all-star tribute to Lynyrd
Skynyrd. Because we spent so wildly on Aretha tickets we had decided
to pass on this show but then slow ticket sales forced them to reduce
prices. I think they needed a crowd since this concert was filmed.
Anyway we bought tickets the week before the show and ended up 10<sup>th</sup>
row orchestra. Our seats were on the far right aisle which turned out
to be a great thing. Due to so many artists participating in this
show the side door of the Fox (facing Ponce) was turned into stage
door for the night. So here comes all the stars, standing beside us,
posing for photos with fans and looking rough as hell.</span><br />
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randomly noted sights seen on the Facebook for all to enjoy. Let me
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our age, no people of color, mostly 40 and 50 something from (I hope)
far, far OTP. They stood for most of the show and raised one arm in
the air, either pointing to the sky or fist pumping. This was the
pretty universal audience stance throughout. And really, people did
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rocking Whiskey Rock a Roller. Every act following delivered
flawless versions of Skynyrd classics. Blackberry Smoke (from
Atlanta) tore up Working for the MCA and Jason Isbell killed I Know a
Little. Trace Adkins rocked What’s Your Name. A duo of Charlie
Daniels and Donnie Van Zandt energized the tiring audience with
guitar solos on Down South Jukin. The spouse and I loved Peter
Frampton’s wild bluesy Call Me the Breeze. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We saw also saw Cheap Trick, Gov’t
Mule, moe, Alabama, John Hiatt, Robert Randolph, O.A.R., Warren
Haynes, but I’m saving the best for last. Greg was there. If you
have to ask Greg who, stop reading now. He played organ and sang in a
vaguely gospel style, Tuesday’s Gone. </span></div>
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was time for Lynyrd Skynyrd. First every single performer in the show
for full stage, rousing, Sweet Home. This nearly drove the crowd to
frenzy. And as you would expect, they closed with the redneck anthem,
the southern siren song, the heckler’s chorus, Free Bird. </span></div>
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and amazing guitars. It was late and we had to work the next day but
we stayed until the lights were up and Roy Rogers was singing Happy
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reflecting back on this stunning week
of concerts I am amazed that I have been lucky enough to see some of
the most influential musicians of all time. Their talent and
inspiration has been a constant with me as I grew up, raised a
family, and worked hard. It has put me to sleep and helped me wake
in the morning. And now I am sharing with you gentle Rawkers. Rawk
on. </span></div>
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<br />iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-23395060069872134042014-07-31T15:51:00.000-04:002014-07-31T15:51:00.545-04:00vinyl roundup: chattanooga, tennessee!so i made a short trip north to Chattanooga and Nashville a few weeks ago, and <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">FINALLY: </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-schwimmer/mercury-retrograde-ends-o_b_5536804.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">merc retro is over</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">, so I feel like I can write about shit again. its about damn time.</span><br />
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i brought some jamz along, since michis car only has cd capability.
now personally, my (previous vehicle- i have since purchased a new car
with all kinds of new fangled technology) car only has the radio, a tape
deck, and luckily, also a cd slot. thank god for the tape deck- i have
successfully used my tape deck to transmit all kinds of sounds since
before i drove a car with a CD player. when i had nought but a tape deck
i just used my tape adapter to hook up my portable CD player. with the
wagen i just used the tape adaptor to hook up my ipod, ipad, and even my
phone now that the interwebs is available by phone. i also purchased a
satellite radio receiver that totally played thru the tape adaptor. i
was fully connected up in there, but unfortch the actually driving
mechanisms of my poor little old wagon were starting to devolve and
really do some far out shit, which I am not going to go into here. im
just saying that to say that we had to take michis wagon because it was
more reliable despite its stark disadvantage in the tuneage department.
so with only cd and radio capabilities in mind i selected a few discs
(and burned like two of my playlists to disc) so we would not be stuck
listening to country and talk radio once we got too far out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/shop/well-hung/" target="_blank">Well Hung:</a> a hungarian psych/funk mix rerelease off finders keepers, a fave<br />
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I also felt inspired by <a href="http://www.hank3.com/" target="_blank">hank 3</a> for the whole nashville journey so i brought along one of his albums, and we played it like twice before michi got crotchety about it. <br />
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man so the trip to nashville was actually for a wedding of friends, but you know i gotta werk in some vinyl time. if theres anything i feel like i am a master of, its planning a trip. so for this like two day trip i totally made a fucking pinterest board of where all the record stores are along the way, as well as <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/iwishuwould1/nashville-ish/" target="_blank">other points of interest</a>. u gotta maximize your journeys, man.<br />
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well my chattanooga pin board was pitiful because i only tagged one place. but it turned out to be a super awesome record store full of great selections and great prices. it was especially weird because it was located in a shopping mall, sort of outside or one the outskirts of Chattanooga. that didnt deter us because we are always down for a scenic drive thru the hood. the place turned out to be awesome- just my kinda spot- a little bit of new stuff, a ton of old stuff, and even some fun merch and gear. they actually had a ton of books and coffee mugs and all kinds of ephemera. turntables and soundsystem components and the like. and the lady running the spot was super friendly and allowed us to play some of the records we wanted to hear.<br />
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really like <a href="http://www.chattanooga.gov/" target="_blank">chattanooga</a>, its just seated in a pretty part of the state
and they seem to keep it nice there. thats not to say that it doesnt
have a grimy, industrial side, but i like it all. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/20/technology/innovation/chattanooga-internet/" target="_blank">they also have like the fastest, bestest, govt run innerwebs in the universe,</a> and its way progressive for a southern city. we actually went to
see jack white perform there a few years ago when he put out
blunderbuss, it was his first tour stop. and he hadn't played out in
like ages. we saw him play there and it was pretty kickass, but i
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<a href="http://fortherecordonline.com/" target="_blank">For the Record</a> was the shop we popped in: <br />
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michi ended up with probably the best score of this venture: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattstax" target="_blank">wattstaxx</a> soundtrack</div>
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whenever he has something cool he gets all smug about it and i can hardly stand it, but this really is great. in fact i became completely obsessed with it there for a few good weeks. totally. fucking. obsessed. so wattstaxx was this big ass black music festival in <a href="http://empowerla.org/watts/" target="_blank">watts california </a>back in the 70s. an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuAwSbxbNk" target="_blank">award winning documentary</a> was made about it and this is the soundtrack. which is totally killer. and also totally diverse. it is in fact so killer that i had to include four different songs from it, that i love. (you can also stream the entire documentary right on youtubes. peep the hotlink above!)<br />
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i got this used copy of the <a href="http://www.nuclearblast.com/en/music/band/about/219863.graveyard.html" target="_blank">Graveyard </a>album . we heard graveyard for the first time at the <a href="http://www.austinpsychfest.com/" target="_blank">psych fest</a>, although i had read lots of great things and was totally pysched out to hear them .. they really wailed. so i was happy to get this.<br />
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so this is probably my most favorite score from that day. im pretty sure its a leftover from their record store day event (not sure actually). but it is a live album from this <a href="http://deepbluesfest.com/" target="_blank">deep blues festival</a>, and every fucking song on it rules. i picked it up cause it looked cool and it was 20% off ( a new vinyl). then i saw that it featured performances by the <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2014/02/big-boys-of-rawk-inspired-by-buffalo.html" target="_blank">buffalo killers</a> and <a href="http://radiomoscow.net/" target="_blank">radio moscow</a> and i felt myself getting all hot, like i found some shit i wasnt supposed to have, or like they didnt realize how fucking cool it was and it shouldnt srsly be 20% off. so i got the panic, and it wasnt unwarranted: his album rules. </div>
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omg that alive at deep blues is the shit and a half. its actually impossible to find the versions of these songs off this album online. like i have really tried, and i would just upload it myself to youtube, but im not sure i feel like doing that- i mean who even knows how to do that shit, right? and what if i get sued? i have no idea. so youll just have to enjoy these versions of the songs, and know that the ones on this album are way better. this album was great because it did come with the mp3 download code, which i think all new vinyl should include. new records are so fucking expensive and even with all my tape adaptor wiazardry i couldnt listen to a record in my car. although they did make those at one point. i have heard from my mom that my dad at one time had one. anyway to mp3 download was way cool because it came with bonus tracks! right awn!!<br />
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who has sample ribs?! like that dude brought us over each a rib, then they had an array of dips to try! Shout out the <a href="http://www.thereelsofsteel.com/" target="_blank">Michis friend, Jerry</a>, our <a href="http://www.pingram.me/tag/viethick" target="_blank">Viethick</a> representative, who recommended this spot .<a href="http://thesmokehouse.com/" target="_blank">Jim Olivers Smokehouse</a> in <a href="http://www.townofmonteagle-tn.gov/" target="_blank">Monteagle</a>, Tn- kinda like a real deal Crackerbarrel, but with a <i>buffet</i>. <br />
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the smoke shop next door was also so intriguing we had to stop in. Also we were so full and miserable we had to move around before we could just get back in the car. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Amish-Hippie/579375975455589" target="_blank">The Amish Hippy</a> had an array of junk, vintage shit, custom hippy ass clothing, and pipes, but nothing we really gave a shit about (except awesome hippy rings, but we left those too)<br />
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the record store open late.. so my pintrest board for record shops in nashville was better, but still teeny. we hit up this one down by the honky tonks at night which was cool because it was saturday night and stil open, we just cruised thru, because i have not yet entered the phase of my life where i am into country and western music, but that may or may not be bubblin up inside me as I blaze on into the years. it was kinda sad in there because saturday night at those honky tonks is like utter tourist Party Hell. so many assholes. so drunk. im talkin frat brothers, hen parties, white pants all night long. people yelling slurring staggering. it could be accurately described as a hot mess. and heres this lil records shop in the middle of it all: big spacious caverous inside, not a lot of selections, and not hardly any customers, while the outside just raged on. it still looked cool with the neon lights though, and i like to think they do a brisk business during the daytime, when people who are actually interesed in that kind of thing are able to get in there.<br />
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Man, I hate it when an elderly relative gets too far gone and you have to put them down. I guess it happens to all of us sooner or later. But sadly, I think it's time to put <a href="http://www.damonalbarnmusic.com/" target="_blank">Damon Albarn</a> on the proverbial <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2160/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die" target="_blank">ice floe</a> and give it a good shove into the sea.<br />
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My brother (via SMS): Have you heard the new Damon Albarn album?<br />
Me: Yes<br />
My brother: It made me question my entire adolescence.<br />
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I loved the fuck out of <a href="http://www.blur.co.uk/" target="_blank">Blur</a> back in the day. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc18xt5wQnk" target="_blank">WOO-HOO</a> song was just like a gateway drug, frankly. I bought every album and played them to death. My brother and I regularly watched the DVD with all their videos. I used to sing "This is a Low" to my babies during lullaby time. I first cheated on my ex-husband to "Tender." Good memories.<br />
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Then he did this collaboration with <a href="http://www.dangermousesite.com/" target="_blank">Danger Mouse</a>, who I adore, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_%26_the_Queen" target="_blank">The Good, the Bad & the Queen</a>. I bought it. It was ok. Which, thinking back, was really a disappointment since I loved both of them. Then he did another side project with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_(musician)" target="_blank">Flea </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Allen_(musician)" target="_blank">Tony Allen</a> called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Juice_%26_the_Moon" target="_blank">Rocket Juice & the Moon</a> which I had never even heard of until I started writing this blog entry. I guess the writing was on the wall.<br />
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Y'all, I don't know what else to say. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, DAMON ALBARN? DOES ANYONE KNOW? CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-29757566601253866902014-06-02T12:16:00.003-04:002014-06-02T17:11:14.096-04:00ROCK N ROLL HELLRIDE: KADAVAR @ the masquerade<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iwishuwould]: With the <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2014/01/kadavar-one-direction-of.html" target="_blank">Kadavar</a> show looming on the horizon, I'd been on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis" target="_blank">rock n roll hellride </a>lately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess I got a bad case of the nerves because I could barely sleep in the days leading up to the show. I kept having these off the wall dreams. The first was that we went to <a href="http://www.masqueradeatlanta.com/" target="_blank">the Masquerade</a>, and each band that was gonna be playing had their own bar, with a craft station. The other band touring with Kadavar were <a href="http://mothershipusa.com/" target="_blank">Mothership</a>, from <a href="http://www.dallascityhall.com/" target="_blank">Dallas</a>. In my dream their craft station was a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/iwishuwould1/curtains-ideas/" target="_blank">tie dye curtains</a> station: FUN.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iwishuwould]: Next up was Kadavar. They also did not disappoint. But more about that in a moment. At this time I would like to say that I thought it was fucking weird that they were playing Masquerade. I would have expected them to play the Earl. They are an awesome band, who should have at least enough fans (in Atlanta) to play the Earl. Its just the best choice. and plus its my favorite venue, and its right around the corner from <a href="http://www.casanuevaurbanfarm.com/" target="_blank">Casa Nueva</a>. But alas, they are from Germany, and therefore had no way of knowing about the Earl vs Masquerade. Although maybe there is some new thing going around why bands are playing the Masquerade. I've noticed several shows coming up that are gonna be there and it seems like a new trend.....that being said, Masquerade was actually a pretty good spot for this show- there actually were not so many people there as I expected (but it would've been enough for the Earl, IJS). So it was cool to be able to get up close. Also the sound was pretty good. The stage was just like a platform so you were really up close to them. that was fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This shit was highly anticipated by the ladies of RawkTalk (and my neighbor, Thunder). They brought all the righteous jams out (I mean shit, they only have two albums, what were they really gonna do?) But they played a nice long set and lots of songs off both albums, and of course all the "hit singles" (that would be all the songs they got videos for, natch). Leading up to the show I actually tried to refrain from listening to their albums because I honestly had played that shit out so hard when I first got a hold of it, and I really wanted to get myself all in a twist for live version. Which would explain why I mistakenly thought they were jamming at some points, when it was really just songs off the first album. Also shit sounds different live. Also I drank my weight in Jaegar and beers before they went on, as per usual. this is also the reason that I will never be the kind of blogger who includes set lists- like I'd ever remember that much detail! I'm a nerd and a spazz over music, but not to the point where I'm taking notes, and thinking about what I'ma write about it while its happening. I like to let go and let God, as it were, in the presence of live music. That's also why you'll typically only see a couple of shitty photos out of me- just enough to prove to myself that i was actually there the next day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iwishuwould]: They were tight as all hell- you can tell they been playin them songs the fuck out cause it was just tight and easy for them. and I think they had a fan going so their hair was like fluffy ass cotton candy just blowin in the breeze. That drummer was playing his fucking nutsacks off- and it looked like he never even broke a sweat. Nice job, Kadavar! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wandered back to find area.personality and she had cornered Tiger of Kadavar! Now I'm not gonna lie- I totally prepared a gift bag for them (perhaps inspired by my crafty dreams?) that included mixtapes and lotto tickets, along with several other small, ahem, tokens of adoration. So I presented him with the gift bag and told him in some mangled german what was in there. Then I think we begged for a photo, and he took off into the back, and I was like oh shit- are we supposed to follow him or is he running away from us? But we totally followed him and he took us back to get the photo with the bassist, Dragon, too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iwishuwould]: but to be honest, I don't think a pelvic thrust was gonna fix the lingering sense of dread and defeat that welled up inside of me after that night. I hate to be so fucking emo but I srsly like couldn't even eat for two days after that. (and i always want to eat). so i reached out to homeboy over at <a href="http://www.monsterfresh.com/" target="_blank">monster fresh</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I loved his story because it brings all the awkwardness, but its from the artist's side, not the interviewer's side. I wish Kadavar had been the ones slurring their words and going on and on about girly gibberish. But one good thing was borne of this debacle: we have a unified vision of Rawk Talk now. Before we were just bloggin haphazardly, without any real mission. But it has become apparent based on our interview questions that we are truly the <a href="http://www.bopandtigerbeat.com/" target="_blank">Tiger Beat</a> of Stoner/Psych Rock. Its weird to be a chick and be into all this heavy music because, like guys who are into heavy music, you really just dig the tunes, maaaan, and you really feel the sound, and get hype for the rawk, yet, unlike dudes, you get to develop debilitating crushes on the musicians if you like. And you get to look at them all lusty and imagine what their hair smells like, and totally photoshop your picture next to their picture and cackle about it with your BFF, and draws hearts and kittens all around pictures of them, and totally plan how you will ultimately come down on them and destroy them... wait... sorry...I mean all that's <i>if you want to</i>. You can also totally just appreciate the music and all the blood, sweat, and tears (and probably farts) that these guys put into the music, and have a damn good time with it. </span><br />
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Knock knock! What do Jack White and <a href="http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/" target="_blank">Kenny Rogers</a> have in common? Earworms ahoy.<br />
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(And PS, in case you don't know what PTL refers to, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_PTL_Club" target="_blank">here</a>. I would hate for any reader to feel excluded from the lexicon.)area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-82796697002932391642014-05-22T13:23:00.001-04:002014-05-22T13:27:51.556-04:00earwurm du jour: werk version<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I werk at a children's hospital and we get <a href="http://projects.ajc.com/names/list/" target="_blank">a lot of insane child names</a> up in here sometimes. In particular I work in a unit where we have "frequent flyers" or children who return for therapy again and again. Some of them have names that just trigger my internal radio to start playing certain songs. It doesn't necessarily have to be the name of a song although that happens. It is often a rhyming name, or sometimes even a drug name with a particular cadence that matches a melody of a song.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the cadence of the drug </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amlodipine" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Amlodipine</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> perfectly matches this shit. Thankfully I now see this drug so often that the madness has stopped, somewhat...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">finally a coworker named Frank inevitably summons this song onto internal radio (thank god he is only working like every other weekend or I might go insane)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are loads of other workplace song association examples I could present to you here, but I'd rather test the waters and see exactly how crazy I appear after this. Does this happen to other people? Surely it must, but to this degree? Worse? How do you cope with it? I mean I always have some lil jam rattlin around in there, but the ability of certain names/drugs to conjure is noteworthy. But as far as earworms go you could do worse than<a href="http://l7official.com/" target="_blank"> fucking L7</a>! </span></div>
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OK, <a href="http://www.woodsist.com/woods/" target="_blank">Woods</a> is a band that opened for <a href="http://www.dungen-music.com/" target="_blank">Dungen </a>in 2009, which is really the only reason I knew about them ever. I bought their 2009 album "Songs of Shame," which is such a great name for an album btw, but I wound up not really liking it very much. And srsly, can you blame me? Pause the above now and listen to this shit for a second.<br />
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INORITE? You can hardly believe it's the same band. Neither can I. Lead singer Jeremy Earl's voice sounds like some whiny <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato" target="_blank">castrato</a>, and frankly, it sounds like they are all just barely learning to play their instruments. Which I actually love to hear from new bands sometimes, but this was their fourth album. Also, as an aside, this video sucks and it reminds me of when Dawg sent me that article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Knight" target="_blank">Katherine Knight</a>. Wait! Are they Australian? Oh no, nevermind, they're from Brooklyn.<br />
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Oh, I mean it's going to be alright for everyone except me. Why? Because I had no idea that they are incredible now, and not only did I miss them playing at <a href="http://www.austinpsychfest.com/2014-festival/" target="_blank">Austin Psych Fest</a>, but I also missed them playing here in Atlanta at <a href="http://www.masqueradeatlanta.com/" target="_blank">Masquerade </a>on 4/29.<br />
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(BTW, what's up with the awesome bands suddenly playing Purgatory? That used to be the shit hole bar for local bands to play for drunks while the awesome bands drowned them out.)<br />
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Goddammit Woods! Why did you have to go and get all awesome suddenly and not tell me about it beforehand? Now who knows when they will be back here. I am loving almost every song on their new release "With Light and Love," which came out on tax day. They have mastered their instruments and the vocal production sounds superb. I love the hit single (above) because it sounds like one of those Important Songs because it talk about Us, and because it has a great kum-ba-ya hippie vibe to it. Great, great melody also.<br />
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I also am loving the title tune because it is 9 minutes long, rambles all over the damn place, and has some great solo work.<br />
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But whatever, man. Their album art is cool and their music RAWKS. So pleased to hear them mature into something really worth listening to. But dammit! When will they be back in Atlanta? They seem to play here all the time, but now that I love them I bet they will never be back. DAMMIT.area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-30249513225554711202014-05-11T23:33:00.000-04:002014-05-11T23:33:29.049-04:00no jet lag? well what now?: jamz du jourman, so the hostess of one of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jetlag885fm" target="_blank">my fave radio programs</a> is not on tonight! shes been gone for a sec but she had a substitute host/ess while she been gone, but with prescribed playlists for our listening pleasure. but not tonight. and man! i was ready to jam! and thats ordinarily no big deal, but i had left my ipod at home in my other purse, and i have presently played out all my cds in the car. and tapes. yes, i have a tape player in my car and actively listen to tapes. <br />
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quicksilver messenger band: fresh air<br />
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so i have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/iwishuwould21" target="_blank">these...playlists</a>....<br />
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back in the day i used tomake mixtapes. like, so many motherfuckin mixtapes.<br />
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here they go (well, some of them, the ones i didnt give away):<br />
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so basically, the moral of this all is, i had to resort to my youtube playlists ive been cobbling together slowly lately.
its just borne of necessity really, and convenience. i think i first
started just making these lists of shit i wanna watch again later, like
when time permits. and as i shazam shit on my radio shows, i just find
them on youtube and stick on them on these nonsensical lists, that in
hard times, musically, i have something (semi) new to listen too and
love. its like prescreened jams. like as in i heard it once and thought
enough of it to tag it (generally drunkenly) and add to some playlist
somehow. and ive enjoyed them again and again on many occasions, that
were musically times of need. like at our <a href="http://www.sleazestaxxx.com/" target="_blank">sleazestaxx</a> rehearsal in the
mountains, after we were all over practicing and drunk, and needed jams,
but had only some wee speakers to hijack, i just popped these on and i realized these will work . <br />
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suck (from the righteously named album "Time to Suck"): (a cover of donovan's) season of the witch<br />
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i know many of these i heard on radio programs that i like on <a href="http://www2.gsu.edu/~www885/" target="_blank">wras 88.5</a>, and it makes me sad about <a href="http://theinkyfinger.com/wras-announcement/" target="_blank">all the drama going on with them and the university right now</a>. i have much more to say about that, but thats another topic, for another time....<br />
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so forgive me for kind of making a playlist/mixtape of songs i heard elsewhere, but, really, thats how you hear anything, yes? through others, right? well anyhow, through the magic of youtube.....<br />
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...i got really stoked on this other <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/sheppar" target="_blank">youtube channel: this dude richaftersabbath</a> posts all this great sort of obscure heavy rock shit and i just dig it! i dunno how i found his channel first- perhaps from <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2014/04/redneck-riviera-record-hunting.html" target="_blank">that Fat album I go tin the redneck riveiera</a>?
like i think i googled that album to listen to it (after i had bought
it just to be able to hear it on my phone or some shit) and he had
posted it. so i looked at all the other shit he puts up and its great.
plus he does all these other playlists and shit and its great!<br />
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jpt scare band: sleeping sickness<br />
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i got a <a href="http://www.isaiahmitchell.net/" target="_blank">guitar lesson from Isaiah from Earthless</a> for xmas from my amiga buena, Teresa! he taught me the basics to three songs and this stooges song is one of them. and its really cool actually because a few weeks ago, when the drummer of the stooges passed away, a blog I like to read a lot, the Obelisk, <a href="http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2014/03/17/the-stooges-fun-house-in-full/" target="_blank">featured this album as his "Monday full-length"</a> (thats what she said), and i really, really dug this album. i played it like a bunch of times again and again, so its timely and fun to learn it. and easy. most importantly kinda easy...<br />
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the stooges: i wanna be your dog<br />
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i dunno, i feel like just sharing some jamz du jour tonight. i got an bunch of other stuff to RawkTalk about, but its so much to synthesize, and regurgitate, and whatnot, and i really just wanted to jam. i feel real bent out of shape about the shit with the radio station, and i got a lot to say about it. but another day. i also want to finish telling you all about pysch fest- the last day was great! i never felt tired there, and i really, REALLY never wanted to come back home. well not back to work ever, thats for sure. i could psych fest for the rest of my life. <br />
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and theres that highly anticipated Kadavar show at the masquerade like a month ago, with the totally mortifying, botched interview.i couldnt eat for like two days after that. thats a tough blog to write. but the show was killer, and i really dug <a href="http://mothershipusa.com/" target="_blank">Mothership,</a> the tour partners. i really wanna RawkTalk all about it, but gimme some time, yall. lets just jam tonight, <br />
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<br />iwishuwouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312150281649600862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243755598314813805.post-9731690201962019962014-05-08T12:48:00.000-04:002014-05-08T12:48:49.826-04:00I Fell in a Hole While Shopping for Vinyl in AustinWe had a pretty packed weekend, really. But no weekend getaway can be properly deemed complete without a trip to a used record store. We came close to missing it, but as fate would have it, there was like a 90 minute wait for <a href="http://www.southcongresscafe.com/" target="_blank">brunch</a> on Sunday morning, and there just happened to be a vinyl shop a block away. Score!
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We popped into <a href="http://friendsofsound.com/" target="_blank">Friends of Sound </a>on S. Congress -- well, no, it has an address on S. Congress, but it's really on the back side of the block in the alley, and the ingress is really, really creepy. iwishuwould pointed out the newly cleaned bloody rags hanging on a rack outside the door, and I noticed underneath there were all these empty Jelly Belly dispensers... as if someone had been trying to lure children or maybe people with the munchies... In any case, Friends of Sound! Clean it up! Be friends of vision as well! Once we got inside, it was full of dusty records and filthy, music-lovin' types just like any record store. They had a pretty amazing selection, tons of records, but it was a little pricey. New Arrivals (to-be-sorted) were $25! That's too much for a used record that's not some special collectors' edition or something. I guess they change the price once they sort them? And the $25 is just if you have to have it before they have time to price it properly? Also I wasn't really excited about the prospect of taking vinyl back on the plane, and I was dragging pretty hard from getting out of bed before noon, so it was really more of a window shopping thing. But the way they had everything organized was kind of nuts. I always find the different used vinyl stores' taxonomy / etymology of the discs interesting. I was fairly amused to begin with, but then I ran across this:
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Dad Rock? WTF? The thing that made it more hilarious was that I didn't recognize any of the bands in that group, and I don't mean to brag, but <em>I Know My Bands</em>. I was just going to post this picture and say "Look everybody! At this hilarious thing! Tee-hee!" But then, like a good journalist should, I did some half-assed, cursory research. Dad Rock is a thing! What?<br />
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Yeah, that's from the<a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/dadrock" target="_blank"> Oxford American English dictionary</a>, so I guess I'm the last to know...<br />
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But this instantly clears it all up for me for a second. All I have to do is think of Larry and his love of <a href="http://rawktalk.blogspot.com/2013/09/daddy-daughter-dinosaur-date.html" target="_blank">dinosaur bands</a>, like his favorite, <a href="http://www.grandfunkrailroad.com/" target="_blank">Grand Funk Railroad</a>, plus other faves like <a href="http://steppenwolf.com/" target="_blank">Steppenwolf</a>, <a href="http://www.threedognight.com/" target="_blank">Three Dog Night</a>, and <a href="http://www.venturahighway.com/" target="_blank">America</a>. OK, yeah. Dadrock. <br />
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But wait, aren't there some Dads that aren't 70? Kevs is a Dad in his 50's, and he has <a href="http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive-rock.asp" target="_blank">a totally different taste in music</a>. Johnny Foos just turned 40 and he's a Dad, and again, <a href="http://turquoisej.com/" target="_blank">his music taste is completely different</a> from Dad or Kevs. My nephew Alex is also a Dad and he's just turning 21 this month. And again, <a href="http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com/" target="_blank">completely different taste in music.</a><br />
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Like many people my age, <a href="http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/wilco-rocks-steady-20121122" target="_blank">I turned to Jeff Tweedy for all the answers</a>. But I thought he came off sounding like a defensive, grouchy old Dad about it. So then I turned to a stranger called <a href="http://dad-rock.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">dad-rock</a> on tumblr to see if he could light my path. He defines Dad Rock as "a genre of rock music popular among boomer-aged dads." Which would be fine if he didn't then go on to define "the holy trinity of dad-rock: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page" because that just makes it all super confusing for me. I've said this before and I'll say it again: Eric Clapton is the most overrated musician in the history of space and time. I am insulted on behalf of all Dads everywhere. Second, you would have to be deaf to not love Jimi Hendrix, no matter how guilty of a pleasure it may be. I feel like both he and Led Zepplin have too much of a timeless appeal to be nailed to boomer Dads. So, thanks for nothing, tumblr stranger.<br />
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Apparently, <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1561451/the-national-stop-fighting-the-dad-rock-label-this-time-we-didnt-care" target="_blank">the National</a> has been fighting the Dad Rock label, so it must be something good. (Sorry Zach, couldn't resist myself)<br />
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So then I popped over to<a href="http://flavorwire.com/447934/20-dad-rock-albums-you-should-learn-to-love" target="_blank"> flavorwire to check out their list of 20 Dadrock albums that I should listen to in the car with my Dad on a road trip</a>, and I can assure you that this list would mainly just piss me and Dad off completely. I think this list was written for someone who has a Dad that's about my age, but with crap taste in music.<br />
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I think I've spent enough time in this hole, the stupid articles just go on and on listing bands that don't make any sense to me. I'll stick with the dictionary definition, but not necessarily its example sentence. Dad Rock is just music that you can't like beyond a guilty pleasure because your Dad liked it. Which would, eventually, include all rock music.area.personalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721633008364259720noreply@blogger.com0