Speaking of synth pop

Gary Numan... Mr synth-pop one hit wonder in the US actually had a whole load of great songs.He was also the King of the goofy looking freeze frame face in almost all his videos. His secret weapon musically was a real rhythm section. Yes, real drums and a exceptionally gifted bass player named Paul Gardiner. He was also had a hate/hate relationship with the UK press... so much so he wrote a song about it... Here it is....

It seems I have heard this recently

But it had different lyrics and less moogs. Is there nothing Pete Shelley can't do...

A far out kinda group...

I got the Snakedrill EP by Wire when I was 17 and the Ideal copy soon after that. It was not because of this appearance on the suzanne somers hosted late show. Enjoy the Interview at the end featuring a super mulletized Graham Lewis (this was the 80's ya know)

I'm in love with the Hawthorn...

Here is the final "Best of..." from last year. The best song released last year was...


Alaska By Camera Obscura

It follows the great tradition of essential b-sides such as Roman Holiday,Return to send Her and Lemon Juice and Paper Cuts.

Listen to it Here and go get it on Amazon...and get the other singles too. It truly does not get any better than this band.

2007 list again

Best video. Breaker- Low from the Drums and Guns album.

The second best album released last year. The album is a stark reminder of the times we are living in. One group of people gorge themselves to no end while the carnage goes on all around us. In a few lines it pulls down the facade of politics and civilized debate revealing the ugly reality of the world.

Our bodies break
And the blood just spills and spills
But here we sit debating math
It's just a shame
My hand just kills and kills
There's gotta be an end to that
There's gotta be an end to that

I really find it hard to believe there is and end to it. Most people just have to be content to watch others eat the cake. However they can clap along with American Idol and remain oblivious.

Time to Quit

I just finished finished the Book "Black Postcards" by Dean Wareham. In the first part of the book he explains the reasons he quit Galaxie 500. The short version is that the other band members Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang (who were also a couple)were pretentious spoiled rich kids who were annoying as all get out. Well look at this video, it pretty much speaks for itself. Dean is the one who looks like he really does not want to be there and tries to inject a little humor into the highbrow BS Damon and Naomi are spouting.

2007 List..better late than never

Here is my best of list. I don't have the time or patience to put in all the links in but I will try to do my best.

• Best Album. Modest Mouse- We were dead before the ship Even Sank. Ham fisted to sublime and back.. just like life.

The US better get it's ducks in a pile

Well apparently Europe has surpassed the US as the "king of spam". I guess we could put a man on the friggin moon but have trouble keeping up with all those pesky EU countries. Don't get me wrong, we are still rocking the world with spam, but we just have to pull together as a country to get back up to the top. More info Here

More Video Memories

This piece of crap is about 20 years old...but I cannot stop watching it and wondering what these radical dudes are up to today and if they keep in touch.

Mondo Boffo !!!!!!!!

I was seriously wondering if this video was part of my imagination. It has been about 20 years since I saw it on the MTV. I just wish it was not on friggin myspace video... enjoy!!!

MySpaceTV Videos: I Wanna Be A Marine



The video it leads into at the end is Muscoviet Musquito

Interesting...(To Me at least)

This is another post from me reminiscing about some old thing from when I was younger. I had a Columbia House cassette copy of Duran Durans "Rio" Album when I was about 15. I played the crap out of it and still have it around here somewhere. When it came time to get a CD copy of it a few years ago I was surprised by not only by fact the songs sounded like totally different mixes but also that little parts of songs were missing. Well... I turns out there are multiple versions of the album out there. There are 14 different mixes/edits of the title track alone. Someone has also put together instructions on how to reassemble the US album version here.


I may do it sometime... or I will just dust off the cassette.

Last night...

Last night I could not sleep so I slapped on the ipod and set it for random play. About 3 songs in "A day in the life" by the Beatles came on and It brought up a very vivid memory of the first time I had heard the song. It must have been 1982 and I was up at my grandparents cottage in Cadillac MI. I was up there with my family and my cousins from Wisconsin. My grandparents had a clock radio that projected the time on the ceiling it was mechanical and it would slowly change every minute. It was really late and my brother and my cousin were already asleep. When the piano intro started up and John Lennon started singing " I read the news today..." I knew it was the Beatles but it was not like any of the Beatles I had ever heard because my folks only had the Red Album on 8-track. It was dark and ominous like the moonlit shadows of the trees coming in the windows that night. It seemed lonely and like I was, lying there feeling like I was the only person awake up in Cadillac that night. The lyrics were not of the "I want to hold your hand" type I was used to hearing from the Fab Four, they were downright scary to me at the time, violent in a Richard Cory kind of way in the first verse. Then Paul appeared in the song with his alarm clock and sings his little ditty in the middle, now that was the Beatles I knew. He did not stay for long as he was swept away by Johns ahhhs and back to what I thought was a Wold War Two reference about there being "4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" then the orchestra whirled around and went faster and faster until.... Duuuuuuuunnnnnnnn... the apocalyptic piano chord brought the whole song, and for a second for me, the whole world to an end. I don't remember if they played any other songs after that, but I think after that night I knew that there were deeper things going on in the world of music than I was used to hearing.

Memories....

I found this picture on my computer. It is from the 2002 auction of Napsters assets. I wonder If Snowcap has as cool a logo. I get the feeling there will be another auction in Shawn Fannings future

Number two

That is a huge plate o' hash-browns... courtesy of Remember When Cafe on South Washington Ave in fabulous Holland MI. Whoooo is it big... I had some and they were good.

Two for Food !

Here are two food related thoughts jammed into a couple of space filling blog postings. First up we have a little "I would not have thought of that" moment I had while I was fueling up my car last week thursday. (Ok look back up at picture)
Hmmmm It is a good thing they spared no expense trying to attract the pay at the pump types to come in and try the the chicken sandwich. Most of the time when I am pumping the gas it would never have occurred to me that I could get a chicken sandwich at the gas station. I just deep down kind of wish they could have incorporated the big red premium gas label into the ad.... maybe I would have gone in to check it out.

Hey ! I was there !

We were right behind the person who took this... I absolutely love this band.

New one for the fan(s)

New font engaged...

New Order Broke up again...it really is OK with me after the last Crappy album. Peter Hook has had enough and wants to rock a bit more I guess.

Well, it has been a while

I have not updated this thing in a while. Camino + Keychain + Me + Blogger = Gotta log in every darn time I want to post.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!


Anyway to catch up I went to the South Bend airport a while back and went to the mens room and thought "wow those are some fancy urinals".

Well they are sinks ...I am glad I looked around before I used em...

well that's it....

I have to get an iPhone


Cool

Numbers

I found these numbers in Estes Park Colorado. They were written on the wall of the cleanest public bathroom I have ever been in. The fact they were not washed away makes me think they are very important. If anything happens to me it is because of these numbers.