Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween Horror: "The Horror of Every Day Modern Life!!!"

i hate my job i hate my job i hate my job
i hate my job i hate my job i hate my job

the words repeat over and over
inside his head
as he feels more sucked in by the day
with seemingly less chance of escape
how did he end up here?

i hate my job i hate my job i hate my job

the clock patiently ticks away
closer and closer to the morning

i hate my job i hate my job i hate my job

it was only for the money
make some cash...then get the hell out
but it didn't end up like that

I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job

The debts stays the same, not going down,
no other jobs, can't afford to move,
ain't getting laid ain't getting paid...enough

I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job 

3 years now, how many more?
1 more, 2 more, 20 MORE!!!

i despise my job i despise my job i despise my job

waking up in the morning
(did he wake up? was he already awake?
if you don't sleep you never wake up...)

i kill my job i kill my job i kill my job

he'll be there next week, definitely til xmas, then?

I am my job I am my job I am my job
I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself

he drinks his coffee...like he does every day
he has his shower, brushes his teeth,
mindlessly walks to the car
puts the key in the ignition
and drives to that place

I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job
I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job

he parks his car outside the trailer
where he works
and he sits
and he sits
and he laughs
the laughter increasing hysterically

I HATE MY JOB! I HATE MY JOB!
I HATE MY JOB! I HATE MY JOB!

he laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs
then he hears banging on the windows
he turns the radio up louder

I HATE MY FUCKING JOB!!
I HATE MY FUCKING JOB!!

more banging on the windows
...the sound of sirens
voices whispering...
and he laughs and laughs and laughs
as he's taken away in the ambulance
he thinks to himself:

I didn't know it was this easy
to take time off from work!
&&&&&&&&&&

Boo!!!!
top 2 (fantastic) paintings done by Yue Minjun
bottom photo from the classic "Evil Dead II" - one of the greatest movies of all-time!
***********************

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Stray Thoughts from a 1 week vacation to Prince Rupert and Terrace, BC...Neil Young, poetry, drawings & Paul Jones

The following is taken from my notebook...and memory...October 11th - 18th...flying solo in PR & Terrace!
##########################

I heard an angel
calling me
down on the
devil's sidewalk,
I put my
bottle down
picked up a
joint instead
anti-depressants
and walked down
this empty street
feeling the wind
slap my face
and shake me
down to the core...
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

driving past the finished line and i ain't finished yet...
Paul Jones: Crucifix in a Horseshoe (1971) The ex-Manfred Mann group lead singer uncorks a classic and no one seems to notice or remember...i love the lyrics...making fun of stardom and everything that goes with it...literate...catchy as all hell...i think this is a lost classic!!! Here's a review.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

listened to a couple
getting it on
in the next room,
wishing it was you and me
fucking like dogs
in the noonday sun.
##############

saw a small bear at the side of the road...finally...it's been over a year since I saw my last bear.
&&&&&&&&&

sometimes a critically acclaimed album from an artist you really like, can not quite hit the spot with you, for one reason or another...or just aesthetically? This is true of Neil Young - one of my all-time favs...Top 5 material fer sure...Harvest Moon? seems to be considered fairly classic....yet...it just doesn't hit the spot for me..it's sorta...ya know?...boring...except for the song about his dog that died. Harvest? well, it's pretty close to classic and it does have some of his best songs...ever. Needle and the Damage Done & Old Man are classic, baby, fucking classic...alabama's a close 3rd for me, but heart of gold? blech...

now with neil there are albums of his i love that critics seem to dis. Reactor? i just love the sound of this...mashed potatoes indeed...Life? not classic, but Too Lonely, Prisoners of Rock'n'Roll & Cryin' Eyes are a fucking great trio of hard rocking tunes...and inca queen is beautiful.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Were Sonic's Rendezvous Band one of the greatest rock bands of all-time? Listening to the box set, I would find it difficult to argue against it.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Music & Me

i have more fun
stoned
alone
at home
just my music and me
my escape from reality 
and you can say 
what you're going to say
but i can't hear
what you're sayin'
cause it's just
my music and me.
***************
the truth behind room 411 at the highliner...


********************

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Harvey Dog's fav bands and musicians: The B's - Beatles & Beefheart then interupitis...

It's time for the B's! Grab that cd list and let's see who I feel like talking about...
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

The Beatles: well well well...the beatles were the 1st that i couldn't ignore...the beatles....the FUCKING beatles!!! there are some haters out there --- [i'm looking at you teezy luciow and randy!!]...what can i say...the 1st album i completely went insane over was The Beatles 1967-1970 - the classic Blue Album! got it as a xmas present and it still sounds great!! i am the walrus was, like, my fav song at the time...and i still love it...I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together...brilliant! as a kid i would read whatever i could of the beatles. i was fascinated by their story - i remember reading Hunter Davies bio of the beatles and it felt decadent to a catholic virgin of 11-12...they talked about drugs - and it sounded so cool...these days i can see that the beatles were not infallible - and i'm not as crazy about sgt pepper as i used to be, but it still has absolute classics on it (title track, lovely rita, day in the life - but not she's leaving home or when i'm 64 - schmaltzy or what?? ...fucking mccartney...). the white album would be my fav, followed by abbey road or the blue album...rubber soul was pretty great too...i even like let it be! man, i can't deny it...i'm still a big fan!!


Captain Beefheart: TOP 10...nope...TOP 5! definitely!!! i become more of a fan of the captain each and every year...like most people (unless you have a mental illness) trout mask sounded somewhat...different? than anything else, so it took a few listens and then you start differentiating the songs and you get your favs...moonlight on vermont, china pig, dust blows forward, veteran days poppy...then you start picking out even more...ella guru, well, orange claw hammer -- then it all makes sense, and you feel content...my first captain was an 8-track of unconditionally guaranteed...bought on holiday in some mall in the states for like 50 cents...i always loved the name - beefheart -- fart...hahahaha...beeffart...yep, a life-long fan of fart humour is born...and i loved that 8 track! i was maybe 12-13 - i didn't know about selling out yet. i change up my fav captain depending what i last listened to...trout mask (of course)...loved spotlight kid and clear spot...shiny beast and doc at the radar are incredible...also read his bio by mike barnes (2004) found at toronto's world's largest book store....in fact, read it twice...i suspect the captain took more drugs than i realized...then it all makes sense...and makes you feel content...
(interruptus...now 2 days later...)
this will be continued in another post - next up
The Bintangs!!
David Bowie drops in for a visit...Charles Bukowski gets drunk,
buttholes and an animal...
and a buckley named tim...

*************