Happiest of happy birthdays to two of my best buds (ha!) and Kiki, the punk librarian from Mobtown. What a blessed occaission, this anniversary of their respective births. Makes me tingly and goofy-hearted. To celebrate, robo is drinking at home, playing video games. Lucky man!
In fascinating important news, I have hitched yet another ride on the vegan train. Do not tempt me with mayonnaise sammiches.
Records! All vinyl this time out (I've been on a kick lately):
–> The Fall “Live At The Witch Trials”: This 180g, Italian re-ish of the Falls seminal, neck-twichingly great debut hit the spot quite nicely, especially considering the damage done to my opinion of them with their dreadful showing at All Tomorrow's Parties this past April. A lot of folks (Kiki, namely) loved that show, because a lot of folks are apologists for washed-up nincompoops who like to shit and smear it all over their legacy by fronting a Fall cover band staffed with grunge-hack rejects.
But I digress. Buy it now!
–> Fiddlehead “The Deaf Waiter”: Years ago, Allied Records (the label that issued this 10″ EP) released a compilation of punk bands called, “Music For The Proletariat”. Alongside J Church and Jawbreaker and Seein' Red was a track by this Atlanta band, which I remember liking a good amount. Now, if I hadn't sold the CD 5 years ago, I might have remembered that I only liked the first 30 seconds of their tune, (a tough, charging Drive Like Jehu sentiment) before it descended into lame '90's alt-rock typification for the rest of the track. “The Deaf Waiter” is made of the same middle-of-the-road matter that made up the lion's share of that one tune, and as a result, is really disappointing. But hey, it was $4 at Good Records, so why the hell not?
–> Scratch Acid “s/t”: Fantastic debut 12″ from pre-Jesus Lizardites Yow & Sims. Yeah, you can get this on CD (along with everything else they did) from Touch & Go for not too much more than I paid ($10), but man, it sounds incredible. The rhythm section (Sims and Rey Washam) are astounding, solid and just plain scary.
Of course, I called Kiki right after I purchased this to gloat a little. And of course, she already had it, along with everything else they ever did, and even saw them play in DC back in the day. She rules.
–> Ganger “Soul Static Sound Trilogy 12.3″: I mainly bought this because I already have the first two in the series, and I'm selectively obsessive-compulsive. Not as engaging as the first two singles, but as a work of art it's impressive.