Soothing Soul Suckers

If you’ve caught the show or looked at the playlists you have noticed that Slasher Sylvan knows his shit when it comes to metal. He sent me a message the other day and recommended the Mortuary Drape-Secret Sudaria LP (pictured above) that is available at Nuclear War Now. I ordered it without hesitation and I have no doubt that it kicks ass. If you’re into metal I recommend you do the same.

I also picked up the first Midnight CD for $5 from NWN. I expect to have both in time for the next show.

Bong-Stone Mountain
Lou Reed-The Cask
Cop Shoot Cop-We Shall Be Changed
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention-Po-Jama People
Happy Flowers-Unhappy Meal
Sonic Youth-Malibu Gas Station
Our Love Will Destroy the World-Goddess of Ten
Cannibal Corpse-Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead
Mercyful Fate-Banshee
Bergraven-Ondkall
Manowar-Heart of Steel
Order of the Ebon Hand-Tears in Red
Bolt Thrower-The Killchain
Cadaver Inc-Murderhead
Deathspell Omega-Desecration Master
Mortuary Drape-Zombie
Thunderbolt-May the Dead Rise and Smell the Incense
Son of the Blind-Cursed Universe

And on the six hundred and sixty sixth day Satan said, “Let there be a Michael Jackson marathon!”

Not on my watch Dark Lord.

Going to play in the mountains near Bozeman this afternoon and then come out full of hate and spite just in time for the show. Slasher Sylvan and I will be beating you over the head with some metal. In addition, I have some new Bong, some Our Love Will Destroy the World, Zappa and ?. So get ready to blaze the chalwa and meditate with us tonight.

…sayeth Lovecraft’s “Mad Arab”.

Michael Jackson is dead. Or so they say.

I saw him in concert at old Cleveland Stadium on the Jackson’s “Victory Tour” in 1984. Fucking horrific. A juggler opened.

“That’s ignorant!”

Went to Helena and hung out in and near the Capitol. Snapped a few shots from under the copper dome. It was dark and my camera is shit so I did the best I could.

“These are the tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Not exactly the boy from next door.”

On the way to Helena I listened to Lou Reed’s “The Raven”. It’s is incredible and vastly underrated. The typical reviewer fuckstains looking for “Sweet Jane Pt. 2″ and Transformer 2003 were hugely disappointed and trashed the album. They didn’t know jack from shit.

“The Raven” began Lou’s recent run of esoteric albums and runs the gamut from classic Lou, spoken word, noise and absurdist lounge music. His cohorts on the album include Laurie Anderson, Steve Buscemi, Willam Dafoe, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ornette Coleman, Antony and his stellar backing band.

Really great shit. It’s easy to get lost in Lou’s adaptations/interpretations of Poe’s work. He reworks a couple old songs and throws in some new ones too.

Here’s Willam Dafoe narrating The Raven. With some differences from the common version that make it even more sinister. Not sure if Lou altered it or it’s another Poe but it’s pretty wicked.

I’ve never done karaoke but if I did this would be my cut.

Teddy Pendergrass-Turn Off The Lights

Dig the picture of Teddy in his chair with a kitty.

Exploring the Tube tonight and looking for various shit to watch and listen to. Stumbled on this awesome video of Grand Funk performing on a Hershey, PA t.v. station.

I bet some people’s sets exploded after this shit was sent over the airwaves.

This blog brought to my attention courtesy of General Custard.

Mind-Melting Demo Disasters

Some of it will make you laugh and some of it will make you cry tears of shame for the musicians involved.

Got my batch of Our Love Will Destroy The World stuff the other day. Haven’t got to the wax due to my turntable being fucked, B is transferring the cassette to CDR for me (fucking tapes, why won’t they die?) so I’ve got the Goddess of Ten CDR on the player.

Fucking Kick Ass.

This is the kind of shit you wish Eye from the Boredoms was doing instead of these goddamn Nike sponsored events like Boadrum. Well fuck it, Campbell Kneale has picked up the slack big time. I was a fan of Birchville Cat Motel but I found the music to be a little spotty sometimes. I haven’t been let down by his new project OLWDTW yet. This particular CDR is 40 minutes long, features dogs barking, tablas jamming and general mayhem. I was listening today and got lost in the song. I started the disc and next thing I know I’m at the 34 minute mark. That’s good shit folks.

If you’re interested, get this fucker quick. It was limited to 50 copies. Aquarius got 30 of them and it is probably the best bet to pick one up unless Campbell is holding one. HIGHLY FUCKING RECOMMENDED__GET IT WHILE YOU CAN

Two Poison posts in two weeks too much for you? Tough shit.

C.C. fucking rocks and if you don’t think so you can kiss my brown eye.

He’s not technically flashy but he is a whammy bar master with a great ear for melody. For guitar playing he’s as much an influence on me as anybody. Here’s a Poison classic with a sweet C.C. guitar solo set to somebody’s vacation in Paris.