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Another of Theo Jansen's marvelous Strandbeests, via Dennis Cooper's The Weaklings
Here’s an interview with Titus Andronicus about their album, The Monitor, which I’ve been enjoying the hell out of lately. Question: am I the only person who thinks that first question about the lyric fusing allusions to Springsteen and Billy Bragg in “A More Perfect Union” also contains a third reference that they don’t mention? The line they quote is “I never wanted to change the world/ but I’m looking for a new New Jersey”, which is the Bragg paraphrase (“I’m not looking for a new England”), but the next line is “Cuz tramps like us, baby we were born to die”, which obviously is Springsteen at the beginning, but did anyone else hear “born to die” and think CHOKING VICTIM? Seems like something these guys would have on their radar. Anyway. If you like the idea of something that sounds like Bright Eyes but with its ball intact, or some version of the Hold Steady that is just as passionate but never has quite as much fun, this is maybe your new jam.
Here’s a playlist by fantasy/sci-fi legend Michael Moorcock at Paper Cuts. This made me really happy to read–his thoughts on the Dead (at the top) and Dylan (at the bottom) pretty much describe my own feelings to a T. The rest is good too.
Sometimes I wonder why I still bother to go to Pitchfork. Then I remember. It’s because sometimes I learn stuff like this.
From the Archives of WTF (not held at UT Austin): The year is 1996, and Snoop Dogg is reviewing The Aristocats for Entertainment Weekly. (via Angela Petrella‘s facebook.)
And Boing Boing offers up Son House’s “Death Letter” as their Greatest Song of All Time of the Day.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCNbacVt5w&
Tags: Angela Petrella, Michael Moorcock, Son House, Theo Jansen, Titus Andronicus
Yes. the new Titus Andronicus is pretty awesome – i really like ‘the enemy of everywhere’ reprise throughout…
in keeping w/this post, new white stripes: http://www.mediafire.com/?2mhnnyzteyz
Yes. the new Titus Andronicus is pretty awesome – i really like ‘the enemy of everywhere’ reprise throughout…
in keeping w/this post, new white stripes: http://www.mediafire.com/?2mhnnyzteyz
I couldn’t get into the new Titus Andronicus. Maybe I’ll give it another chance. I’ve been really enjoying the new Caribou and Tallest Man on Earth albums–I think you’d really dig the latter, Justin.
I couldn’t get into the new Titus Andronicus. Maybe I’ll give it another chance. I’ve been really enjoying the new Caribou and Tallest Man on Earth albums–I think you’d really dig the latter, Justin.
Woah, thanks man.
Woah, thanks man.
Tell me more about TMoE. my emusic credits roll over today so I can do some splurging. I’m seeing a 2008 album called Shallow Grave, but that’s it. is there a newer one?
Tell me more about TMoE. my emusic credits roll over today so I can do some splurging. I’m seeing a 2008 album called Shallow Grave, but that’s it. is there a newer one?
Newer one comes out in a few weeks, but Shallow Graves is fantastic too.
Give this one a listen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiJ6X7-xKy8
All of the links to the new album have been taken down, but I’ll send you one once it pops up again. If you want it, here’s a link to his first record: http://www.mediafire.com/?2nmjktmuzxe
In the spirit of great stuff, here’s a great thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJociGAc5D4&sns=em
Newer one comes out in a few weeks, but Shallow Graves is fantastic too.
Give this one a listen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiJ6X7-xKy8
All of the links to the new album have been taken down, but I’ll send you one once it pops up again. If you want it, here’s a link to his first record: http://www.mediafire.com/?2nmjktmuzxe
In the spirit of great stuff, here’s a great thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJociGAc5D4&sns=em
Is this the live album?
Is this the live album?
No, they weren’t thinking of CHOKING VICTIM. They were thinking of Bruce Springsteen. Only you were thinking of CHOKING VICTIM. Which is why you’re Justin Taylor and the rest of us are not. This is a fact.
No, they weren’t thinking of CHOKING VICTIM. They were thinking of Bruce Springsteen. Only you were thinking of CHOKING VICTIM. Which is why you’re Justin Taylor and the rest of us are not. This is a fact.
Andronicus is rocking a mad ad space over on punknews.org
Andronicus is rocking a mad ad space over on punknews.org
Heard this album at work this week. I was convinced it was a side project of Conor Oberst.
It’s probably more awesome, in certain ways, that it’s not.
Also, hell yeah to them dropping a Fung Wah and a Fenway reference in the first verse.
Heard this album at work this week. I was convinced it was a side project of Conor Oberst.
It’s probably more awesome, in certain ways, that it’s not.
Also, hell yeah to them dropping a Fung Wah and a Fenway reference in the first verse.
“baby we were born to run” is the ending of the Springsteen line. but the singer for TA says “baby we were born to die.” Now, you could read this as simple punk angst whatever–except that “born to die” is the title of a Choking Victim song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsRLdzAmeY8
Since CV was a major anarchopunk NYC band in the 90s, and TA was formed in ’05 in Glennrock, NJ, it is almost absolutely 100% guaranteed that the guys in TA heard of, and probably saw several shows by CV in one of its incarnations (also including Leftover Crack, Crack Rock Steady 7, etc) during their adolescence. May or may not have personally known members of the band (they were all guys on the scene, and hardly inaccessible) etc etc etc.
So that’s what I meant– that the chain of reference starts with Bragg, moves through Springsteen, and then concludes with Choking Victim. None of this means I’m correct, but it does mean that there was an underlying logic for what I said, and evidence for my claim. What I’m saying is that even if I turn out to be wrong, I’m still right. And **that’s** what makes me Justin Taylor. And you Ass-Brackets.
Cheers!
“baby we were born to run” is the ending of the Springsteen line. but the singer for TA says “baby we were born to die.” Now, you could read this as simple punk angst whatever–except that “born to die” is the title of a Choking Victim song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsRLdzAmeY8
Since CV was a major anarchopunk NYC band in the 90s, and TA was formed in ’05 in Glennrock, NJ, it is almost absolutely 100% guaranteed that the guys in TA heard of, and probably saw several shows by CV in one of its incarnations (also including Leftover Crack, Crack Rock Steady 7, etc) during their adolescence. May or may not have personally known members of the band (they were all guys on the scene, and hardly inaccessible) etc etc etc.
So that’s what I meant– that the chain of reference starts with Bragg, moves through Springsteen, and then concludes with Choking Victim. None of this means I’m correct, but it does mean that there was an underlying logic for what I said, and evidence for my claim. What I’m saying is that even if I turn out to be wrong, I’m still right. And **that’s** what makes me Justin Taylor. And you Ass-Brackets.
Cheers!
You are an easy lay.
You are an easy lay.
Becther brackets, bud. ;)
Becther brackets, bud. ;)
I fucking love Son House. That is all.
I fucking love Son House. That is all.