Highlights: “Forkboy”, “Mate Spawn and Die”, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away”
Ministry meets Jello Biafra, literally. Al Jourgensen ripping out buzzsaw guitar metal riffs, backed by nondescript bassist Paul Barker and angry monkey drummer Jeff Ward,…
Fucking love this album. Can’t thank you enough for introducing me to it. My head always hurts after listening to Forkboy though. Just can’t help but headbang to it XD
I’m telling you, if there’s another band out there who sounds like “Forkboy”, I want to hear them.
Album of the Day - Lard - ‘The Last Temptation of Reid’
Lard - The Last Temptation of Reid - 9/10
Highlights: “Forkboy”, “Mate Spawn and Die”, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away”
Ministry meets Jello Biafra, literally. Al Jourgensen ripping out buzzsaw guitar metal riffs, backed by nondescript bassist Paul Barker and angry monkey drummer Jeff Ward, underneath Jello’s characteristic political warble. A blend of industrial metal and punk I wish I heard more often. A bit meandering in places (“Can God Fill Teeth?”), but sometimes funny, always tough, always furious, and utterly addicting. Also features a cover of Napoleon XIV’s “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!” that’s even more demented than the original. Buy it.
Emails Show How Hawaii Stiffed Arizona Secretary Of State’s Birther Investigation
Posting to point out, 1, that this is pretty damn funny on Hawaii’s part. And 2, the last paragraph of the final email says to me that Bennett here gets it. He understands now what someone should have told him earlier: the birthers aren’t out for proof. They don’t care that Obama is indeed a born American citizen. They just want any excuse to kick him out, regardless of evidence or, hell, facts. Someone should have told Bennett before this all happened not to listen to the lunatic fringe.
Currently listening to this band unironically. There’s no real explanation other than I’ve not been annoyed enough to stop.
Sgt Frog Abridged - Episode 17
Album of the Day - Jarvis Cocker: ‘Jarvis’
[Trying a new music review format. I’ll just take an album I’m listening to a lot and do a short review of it, in lieu of writing out a full one.]
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Recommended tracks: “Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time”, “Heavy Weather”
My comparisons of Jarvis to Elvis Costello are well served. Not only does he look like Costello nowadays, this album has shown me that he is a damn fine tunesmith. “Further Complications” may rock marginally more, but Jarvis is better written, sung, and produced. Still need to listen to Pulp, but I’m gonna have a hard time stopping this one to do so.
No it doesn’t. I don’t like this assumption. If you don’t support it, then that’s all well and dandy BUT, if you STRONGLY oppose, dislike people because of their sexual orientation, or protest and shit and actually try and make sure that gay marriage is banned and is never allowed to be made a thing, THEN you’re a bad person.
It does make for an amusing spin, though.
“It’s not that being homophobic makes you a bad person or anything! Some of my best friends are bigots!”
