I think everyone and their mother should watch Breaking Bad...if you have not already. Not since Six Feet Under has a show blown me away like this. Its so addictive and amazing. I never seen story telling like this. Each episode is as dense as an episode of Arrested Development. WATCH IT!
In my never ending quest to catch up on 90's bands I missed out on, as well as always trying to catch up on anything Albini has worked on, I got the album SUPERSONIC STORYBOOK from Urge Overkill. Ill be damned if it isn't a rocker. Lotta really good tunes on there. I guess I never gave em a shot on account of only knowing their Neil Diamond cover from Pulp Fiction.
This album actually kinda reminds me of that Sweet Apple album that I bought last month.
God bless the 90's
On a side note, a funny story about the infamous GBV UO tour:
Guided by Voices served as opening act for Urge Overkill on the Chicago trio's late '95 tour. But, feeling the pinch of 30-minute sets and getting the nightly bum's rush from the UO road crew, Pollard's temper boiled over one night in Toronto. That was the night the band came out for an encore but roadies started to break down their equipment to prepare for the main act. Pollard took offense, and shoving ensued."And the bouncer, whom I'd been spilling beer on all night, came up and punched me."
Pollard said he felt the band had been "betraying" fans who paid $ 20 for a mere half-hour of opening act material. So Guided by Voices soon dropped out of the tour.
Here are a couple of pics Kevin took from this past Saturday, the top one being my fave. Seeing Dave pre pass out in front of a fire is one of my favorite past times.
Holy shitballs! Does the good news ever stop coming?! No. GBV. Detroit. Devils Night. Saturday October 30th.
I say we dress up as a GBV reference. I am thinking of going as the Astral City Slicker as seen on the cover of Mag Earwhig! Or maybe the wizard from the Bee Thousand cover?
Came home, did some dishes, Adrian and Tony popped in for a beer. Scotty and Nick came over after that. Got pumped up and cranked vinyl. Refused. Kittens. The Jesus Lizard. Went out.
I took a bunch of pictures with this app I got from Greyscalegorilla, and it makes your pictures look awesome. Its called CrossProcess. Go buy it. It rules.
I am living the summer that refuses to end!! This long weekend I will be flying to Taiwan for a week. Then a couple weeks following that I will be in New York Fucking City for a week (4 Pavement shows). Could this year get any more incredible?!?!??!?! Oh yea, it can.....GBV in October.
I just found the Hard Rock Zombies soundtrack on iTunes for 5 bucks!!! UNREAL!! This has been 10 years in the making!!!
UPDATE: While iTunes has a couple songs from the movie soundtrack, the soundtrack below is the actual one you want. It has all the hits from the movie. So good. Now my new goal is to get a physical copy of this gem!
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