Tuesday, December 21, 2010
R. CRUMB AND HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS (1974)
Far deep in the layers of your skull, there should be a small circuit that is intended to make you smile at the simple things in life. This fine, delicate trigger is very important for your survival as a decent human being. So small and so simple, it tries to keep up with your transcending adult responsibilities and is usually snuffed out around the age of 15. That is why most people are assholes.
If for some rare reason you still have the smiling personality of your fifteen-year old self, and you rejoice at the little inside jokes of your own little world, then you can appreciate the ability to sit back and look around at the assholes taking life so serious while you go on humming either Benny Hill, Looney Tunes or the Three Stooges theme songs in your silly head.
Now that we're on that level, let me introduce to you R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders.
These guys are for people like us who like to sit back and smile at that Big Full Moon...
People who enjoy laughing at the most intelligent, stupid instances of everyday life and people who like to drop off the cliff in the back of their skull to all of those places that only they can see; where there is a band shell nestled in a quiet summer town at dusk and the clocks are all broken. Sitting amongst your dreams, you can watch that moon rise and listen to the sweet sounds of a light heart...
Thanks Kenny!
Friday, December 17, 2010
LA SEXORCISTO: DEVIL MUSIC, VOL.1 - White Zombie (1992)
Here's something that just kills me... It has been NINETEEN YEARS since this album came out. NINETEEN! Everything is nineteen...
I know you may know of this glorious beast of a record, and if you do than you certainly agree that it is one of the coolest records ever made. Way ahead of it's time and all that jazz, I still get a hard on when this one rolls. The drumming of Ivan de Prume (had to look that one up) is pure thunder on every track and it sounds like the snare is going to cave in and die every time he hits it... he hits my hair...we all know Rob Zombie like we know Peter Pan peanut butter and he delivers here on the band's third album with true homage to everything cool. You dig horror movies and zombies and strippers and hell raising and sci-fi and old Twilight Zones and beer and fast cars and Black Sabbath?
Put this in your ears Jack...
Monday, December 13, 2010
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 1966
*funfact - written by sonny bono, the original was cher's biggest solo hit of the sixties, peaking at #2*
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Company Band (2009)
These guys rock the hell out of the joint. Formed in 2006 by Clutch frontman Neil Fallon, Fireball Ministry frontman James Rota, CKY drummer Jess Margera, Guitarist Dave Bone, and Fu Manchu bassist Brad Davis with all intentions of just jamming together for fun. Well, one thing led to another and we have this killer album of tunes that will get you thumping that head.
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