A new job is taken on! Security lives!!
racing towards the unemployment line
when good timing
walked into the picture
(I mean...my contract was done last Monday)
I'm staying
where I like it
BUT
It's taken time away from my blog!! 2 people moved on, so in 3 days I was trained for 2 different jobs and left to my own devices...
I ain't complaining, it's tiring though...ahhhh
The boss is cool...always a bonus.
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Music Tidbits
I've been downloading Zappa stuff from this site: Kill Ugly Radio: Gilles Friday Boot. There's a Zappa boot or gig available for download every Friday. Only for us Zappa fanatics...
I must be listening to a LOT of weird shit! I listened to Don Cherry & John Coltrane: The Avant-Garde (1960) and it's as amazing as you would expect, but it sounded surprisingly trad to me. I do need to listen to more Don Cherry! Coltrane could be my fav jazz guy...fuck that!! One of my fav musicians. Period..........
Been listening to some early George Harrison solo stuff. I don't bother listening to The Beatles anymore, but George has become my fav little beetle. Beware of Abcko (1970) is a fantastic bootleg, and I can relate to those that think Spector's production took away from the inner song. I'll keep my copy of All Things Must Pass though. Especially with the poster!!!!!
Randy California: Kapt. Kopter (1972)
WOW! This is amazing! Spirit were one of the best late 60s bands...
criminally under-rated...
this solo album is great!!
Randy did a shit load of great stuff in the 70s. Listen to Spirit: Live at Rockpalast (1978) for proof. Incredible live album! Next stop is the 80s stuff, but I'm already satisfied!
Agitation Free were fucking incredible!
I'm enjoying The Legendary Pink Dots: Maria Dimension (1991). I heard about these guys from Ricardo Wang's What's This Called?. Very cool.
Starting to watch more videos on You Tube. Saw some old rare New York Dolls clips. Especially from their last shows. Great stuff. I see that the new New York Dolls video for "Dance Like a Monkey" is splitting the fans. 1/2 love it, the other half think it's awful. Too soft. I think it's a great song. The video? It's fun, but what kind of video would you expect for this song? The new album's pretty strong. The new album got me to go back and listen to classic Dolls, David Johansen's stuff and Johnny Thunders with and without The Heartbreakers.
That makes it worth it for me.
[aside: I really like David Johansen & The Harry Smiths.
Q. David Johansen sings the blues???
A. Fucking right!
So Mole...how was Jandek??
I must say I am still contemplating this mysterious wonder by the name of Jandek.
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the mind melds
into torrents
of fantastical reams of light
bleeding through ears of tin
music travels far and wide
back to the beginning of time
...the end of time
has it happened?
a constant state of puzzlement
at our species
...puzzlement
at our behavior
the past is
cut into the stone of our minds
and we run and run and run
and...
we can never escape the past.
the beauty of memories
the terror of the truth
I see people confused
confused like me
confused like you
the future approaches
unsure
hesitant
frightened at our destruction
baffled at our brutality
we wonder why???
why needless tragedies?
why needless deaths??
babies taken from mothers
lonely and scared
nothing to hold on to...
...except strands of sanity
that become more strained
every second....
Then I turn on the tv
and see the
glorification of violence
and I see the answer
I see the fucking answer
The answer is US
the eternal question?
why???
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