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mjp

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Yeah Roni, Motorcycle Girl is on the anthology.

GKHL, Sony is showing his age in that last clip. We go back and forth in email a lot, and he recently told me that he continues to tour with young bands who are bouncing off the walls and clowning in the van when all he wants to do is get some sleep. ;) He said after five or six songs he's ready to collapse, but he keeps going.

The lyric in She Blew It tells his whole story:

You'll never see what's hurting me
'cause I am more than alone


I've probably mentioned that I'm working on a book, and the years I spent playing with him are a big part of it. I know a lot of things about him that I don't think he necessarily wants to see in a book, but such is art, right? I love the guy and I don't want to hurt him, but everyone who tries to play music for a living is a really weird asshole in one way or another. All of us. Even those nice girls you took home from Coachella Rob. ;)

So Sonny. Yeah. I'm up to my ears in him the last few months. I'm in the vid Ambreen posted, for a second here and there. I was the blur to the left of Sonny as you faced the stage.
 

Gerard K H Love

Appreciate your friends
Thanks Ambreen for finding that- I think it was posted in here a couple of years ago because I remember that the cameraman or editor only shows a blur of you boyfriend.

mjp,
Write the book because we only remember the assholes and the crazy ones.
 

nervas

more crickets than friends
Just finished "Cabinet of Curiosities" by the mighty Jane's Addiction. I'm always skeptical about shelling out 50bucks for a box set of unreleased stuff. However since most of the 3 discs are demo versions of already released songs, I thought I couldn't go wrong. I was right! for once! It's always fun to hear your favorite songs in the infancy stages and see where they were born from. There are two discs of demos and a few b-sides, the 3rd is a live disc and Jane's is pretty good live! The 4th is a DVD of live performances. If ya like Jane's Addiction, I'm sure you wont be dissapointed with this box set. the packaging is pretty cool too.
 

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
I'm listening to the new Bob Dylan album. It has a few good songs, I think.
It came with an extra CD & DVD. The extra CD is a 60 min. radio show called, "Theme Time Radio Hour, hosted by Bob Dylan. Tonight's episode: Friends And Neighbors". Dylans plays country and blues music by people like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Howlin'Wolf, The Rolling Stones, Little Walther, Carole King, Hank Williams etc.etc.
The DVD was a bit disappointing though. It's a 10 min. interview with Roy Silver, one of Dylan's early managers (or maybe his very first manager?), and there's nothing else on the DVD...
 
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Feelin a bit Punkish :D

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hoochmonkey9

Art should be its own hammer.
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Sharon Jones kickin' ass and taking names.



tough it out until about the 2 minute mark. it's worth it just to see awkward white shoegazers trying to funk out. (don't get me wrong, I'm not poking fun, as I too am an awkward white shoegazer. I just have the sense not to get on the same stage as Sharon Jones.)
 

mjp

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tough it out until about the 2 minute mark...
That clip goes off the douche-chill meter in the first couple minutes there, and is then admirably salvaged before the iceberg collision and sinking that seemed inevitable.

I blame Pete Seeger for having the cockeyed optimism, pluck and moxie to get groups of people large and small singing songs together. Now every knucklehead with an acoustic guitar wants to start a hootenanny. That type of thing should be left to the professionals.
 

hoochmonkey9

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listening to a couple cds I gave my wife for Mother's day:

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St. Vincent - Actor
 

hoochmonkey9

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yeah, with a few exceptions, if you asked me what year I thought each song was recorded in, I'd probably say "Uh, 1978?" but I have no problem with that.

punk rock warrior indeed. he must be nearing 60, and still touring and recording. hats off for sticking with it (or not dying) and continually putting out very good punk rock.

it's a very strong collection. although trying to stuff the 3 lps into the sleeve is a bit of a challenge.
 
[...] punk rock warrior indeed.
... gets me back to ELSE ADMIRE:

on Mai 1st, he gave a concert, that I videotaped (like so many of him). Have been thrown right into the soap-bubble-machine by some pogo-dancers.
This is what I looked like afterwards. The cam got wet and was nearly damaged. And I bit into my left cheek from the inside. Of course I was going on filming to the end to pretend being tough. ;-))
 

hoochmonkey9

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Roni, that's a nasty looking bite.

and I'm pretty sure you weren't pretending to be tough. all a case of "liquid courage", if you get my drift.
 
I do get your drift.
But since I was on work (filming) I wasn't that "liquid". Had only two wines through the concert. Been drinking afterwards back home, of course.
 
Christian Death - Prophecies ( song The Great Swarm Of Bees right now wrecking my headphones, louder, LOUDER, LOUDER! )
 

hank solo

Just practicin' steps and keepin' outta the fights
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Eagles of Death Metal. Are they Pomo? Easy listening anyway.
 

nervas

more crickets than friends
Well I actually work in the OC, though I live in the LA and today as I stopped by my local bestbuy to pick up a mixer for my home use only dj set, there was a band playing. I guess it was their record release party. Kind of odd, to be playing right there in the middle of a bestbuy? Since the family was expecting me a bit late tonight, I stuck around for a little while. They were called Sleep For Sleepers? They had a crowd of around 14 people there pretty into what they were doing. According to the signs posted throughout bestbuy they are an indie rock christain band. I did'nt dig e'm too much, so only stuck around for about 4 songs then split....so that's what I was listening to today until I got home, hooked up my mixer and switched between The Strokes LP's and Placebo Mp3's. At least the mixer works well.
 
Hahaha funny clip indeed. Kung Fu my ass try to karate chop a bullet.
Or something like that.

Listening to a Carcass mix cd at the moment.
 
I'm trying to get into some classical music but all i can think of is beethoven and mozart. I'm also looking for music with non-english lyrics ( there's nothing like something beautiful that you don't understand). Any suggestions? "Rock n Roll Animal" best Lou Reed album ever!!
 
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