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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: June 30, 2016, 04:46:41 PM »

^ Yeah, I only could find a few songs on Soundcloud, I'm hoping that eventually someone uploads it to the Youtubes.

Here ya go. This blog is a pretty good resource for punk/HC stuff.

http://cutnpasteyoface.blogspot.com/2012/07/kremlin.html

Awesome, thanks!

Double that. Never heard the Unscrewed EP either. BONUS!!

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: June 29, 2016, 04:07:44 AM »

I really wish Black Panties would ditch the keyboards though.

Agreed. I prefer organic hate to synthetic.

Also, I listened to some of that last Kremlin tape and it smokes. Some metally guitar I wasn't expecting, but goes great against the rest of their commotion. Again, somebody get this stuff on wax.

Still have never heard that last tape, still listen to Drunk in the Gulag regularly.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Sandra Bell 'Dreams Of Falling' LP out 6/24 via Straight to Video Records

« on: June 21, 2016, 08:24:14 AM »

One of my most listened to albums of the past year... Hope I can snag a copy up in the north.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: June 20, 2016, 02:00:53 PM »

Very excited to hear there's new Homostupids/CCR Headcleaner, still haven't caught up on that Michael Morley stuff, and I listened to Craig Leon's "Nommos" last night. Thank you and good evening gentlemen and a couple ladies.
 

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: June 17, 2016, 06:04:33 AM »

Lots of Richard Pinhas lately. The early Heldon recordings as well as some of his first solo work, especially "L'Ethique" and "East West", "L'Ethique" being my favourite probably.

The second Pleasure Leftists 12", girlfriend bought it for me cause I think she felt sorry for me having to stream it all the time. 

A batch of tapes from this label in Winnipeg called Korea Undok Group, found em through the Penultimate Press distro. LP compilation coming out soon on the latter of those two. Very excited to find some Canadian shit of this ilk that speaks to me.   

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: halifax or nova scotia help august 20-27th, 2016?

« on: June 16, 2016, 05:30:51 PM »

There's still some good crust bands! Definitely not as many as there used to be.

https://caustix902.bandcamp.com
https://dustbin902.bandcamp.com

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: halifax or nova scotia help august 20-27th, 2016?

« on: June 16, 2016, 05:25:55 PM »

E-mail this address:

   Sadrad@googlegroups.com

That's our all ages/diy space. Something like 50 people will get the e-mail and if anyone wants to put the show on you're in business! Pretty unlikely that no one will help you out.

Alternatively, if you're a rock and roll band, you could just wait till Cody comes back on this board to hype up some of his shit, he might help you out too, maybe even a bar show if you're after some extra cash.

Not me though I'm not good for anything.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: June 03, 2016, 07:21:45 AM »

Been after INU for a bit.  Heard the live one is supposedly tougher/punker/etc-er.

They sound like two completely different bands from what I remember. The s/t is like a deranged power pop band, whereas the live one is sloppy as fuck with him basically yelling at the audience. Both are great. "I want to be a movie star!"

Limbus 3 "New Atlantis" this morning. Free music from Heidelberg circa '69 with some home made instruments, including one called the "totalophone". Just read a very weird interview with one of the dudes from the band who basically ends every sentence with an exclamation mark.

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Music Shit / Re: Bad Review

« on: June 01, 2016, 12:39:31 PM »

Bad reviews of your own band are often more insightful and interesting than the good ones.  Especially now.

I went through a phase when I was obsessed with trying to get a bad review (specifically from people whose opinions I respected)... to the point of putting littles notes in the mail outs to get the reviewer fired up. Probably a good example of my psychological depravity.   

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Non-Music Shit / Re: what are you reading?

« on: May 24, 2016, 07:53:32 AM »

ST Lore's double novella Institute Zagreb 1986/The Air of Conquerors

How is this? I really regret not ordering it when it was on sale in the Distort distro last summer cause it's inexplicably been popping up in my head ever since. His interview in the zine was interesting enough, as was the small writing excerpt.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: what are you reading?

« on: May 22, 2016, 11:31:41 AM »

been very slowly reading Don Quixote for a couple months.. i fall asleep after reading a few pages most nights.  It's great but i might need to find something else to read on the side soon. read some elmore leonard short western stories which were cool. what was i reading before don quixote?? i don't even remember now.

I've been meaning to read DQ for years. Maybe this will finally be the one...

Recently read Jean Genet's "Our Lady of the Flowers", what I imagine was a pretty key influence on at least some of the Goth acts of the 80's and beyond. Street style sexuality wrapped up in a deeply poetical narrative, written from a prison cell as masturbation material. Some very philosophical masturbation material at that! Feel like it's one of those books that has the power to free the latent writer in all of us, much like Burroughs, except replace Sci-Fi with the Gothic and heroin with prison.

Also enjoyed "Another Country" by James Baldwin, my first time reading one of his novels. Not what I expected, as it wasn't just told from an afro-american perspective like a handful of other black american fiction I've read (which isn't a huge amount, obviously, some Ralph Ellison, a Toni Morrison book, mostly autobios, short stories, and poetry). Very powerful story telling with shit heating up for a whole mix of characters, culminating of course in deeply engrained racial tensions but also something else that distinctly transcends race, mainly what I read as degrading relationships in the face of individualism, not as a lament or critique either just a picture of it. I'll be reading more of him for sure.

Also been pretty caught up in the socialist journalism as of late. Read a big book called "Exposing Lies of the Empire" by Andre Vltchek, a real freelancer kind of guy who contributes to Counterpunch pretty regularly. It was a passionate and very inspiring read, written by someone who has spent the bulk of his life working in war zones, ghettos, and refugee camps around the world. Says he felt like he wasn't making any sort of impact writing in a dry journalistic/analytical kind of way so he amped up the emotionalism a great deal to try and inspire people to take to the streets. Means I take what little analysis he offers with a grain of salt, and I'll have to continue to look into what he describes more to formulate my own perspective. Still, the guy has lived it, has even been imprisoned and tortured on occasion, is funded by zero organizations, corporate or independent, so at the very least he's a vital voice if you're looking to get fired up about this piece of shit world we live in and also find some love for your fellow humans. Some of the things he describes will likely be burned in my consciousness forever, or until the next time I get too drunk to remember that I care about human suffering.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: May 21, 2016, 11:46:47 AM »

When Rob goes eunuch high on the chorus of "Exciter," I laugh uncontrollably-  sorry bout that

Wild how he can still hit those notes. Saw them this past November and it was obvious that he had to try really hard to pull it off, but he did it every time. He also changed his jacket after every song, sometimes during songs, to the extent that he showcased what I believe to be at least a dozen different coats. He also brought the ol hog out on stage and revved it up during "Hell Bent for Leather", not to mention the giant screen behind them projecting the respective album covers for each song they played, making it feel like you were staring at an iTunes library. Yep, nothin funny about those guys...

Flip Shit "Outgoing Rockers" 7" and Death Camp live cassette both arrived in the mail today (Flip Shit order inspired by the respective thread on this board), playing right now. Is it just a coincidence between these two bands or is the guitar shredding caliber always this high in Rochester?

No coincidence there, follow those up with The Temptators "Welcome Home" CS and Beastman "Reinventing The Wheel" 45. Maybe hunt down a copy of The Punks' demo too, but that ain't even fair being that it's guitar guy from The Sug.

I guess they're a few years old at this point, but I'm a big fan of the first Narcs 7", Brain Car's 'Rock'N'Roll Bologna' EP, and Bad Taste / Brain Car split outta that scene.

Listening to the Death Camp cassette again today, love the Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence interlude, and the general Lizzy feel in some of those leads. A bit sloppier than I'd noticed on the first few plays, and I like that about it, even if it weren't a live recording. Some great songs. Could imagine if they met up with the wrong producer in a different time and place it'd easily sound like some alt-metal bullshit. I'll check out the above in due time.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: May 20, 2016, 12:00:06 PM »

Lesson learned: don't hate a band just because you heard a song you didn't like five or so years and they spawned a pile of bands in your town that you'd prefer didn't exist.

Onto Pharoah Sanders "Summun Bukmun Umyun (Deaf Dumb Blind)" now. Probably better than that Beuna Vista Social Club movie I've been meaning to watch for weeks.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: May 20, 2016, 08:44:12 AM »

Flip Shit "Outgoing Rockers" 7" and Death Camp live cassette both arrived in the mail today (Flip Shit order inspired by the respective thread on this board), playing right now. Is it just a coincidence between these two bands or is the guitar shredding caliber always this high in Rochester?

Have also been exploring the world of Father Yod and YaHoWha 13, inspired by an old Bixobal Fanzine I've had hanging on my wall for years but hadn't finished until only recently (weird how that happens). Definitely falls in the category of "true psychedelia", with all the legitimate cult action to back it up. Still active in a way, according the now very dated zine (2008), fronted a guy that looks exactly like Father Yod (named Electricity) of the modern Source Family.

Also Tunnel Canary, some exquisite industrial noise scree of the Vancouver 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RLX7GI_GlQ (scoured from the same fanzine).

Also:

The past month I've listened to rihanna's "anti" album more than anything else. Love it.

"Same Ol' Mistakes" is a helluva jam! Notice the banjo?

Also:

Judas Priest- Stained Class- stumbled on a cheap used copy and it's a hilarious singalong anthem party: " All stand for Exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiter!"

What's so FUCKING hilarious about Judas Priest???

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: May 11, 2016, 03:49:24 PM »

maaan spent all day with the line "we'll just survive we'll just survive we'll just survive..." in my head, trying to figure it what it's from. bingo it's the verlaines!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ManzpeuzhjI&list=PLCF61C94719412EC5&index=4

"got too many things on my mind, to talk of one, at any one time."

was listening to buffy saint marie's "illuminations" last night. amazing record, the electronic post-production really takes it into a new level of coolness. makes me think of the folkiest parts of early hawkwind.