Entries from September 2009

September 27, 2009

Ask An Alternative High School Teacher

Today we’ll speak with someone who has seen the future that is our children. The future sez “Start buying krugerrands now!”

So…the kids these days. What are they listening to? How bad is it?
I think teenagers’ taste in music are as all over the place as they always have been, only they’re typically listening to the [...]

September 22, 2009

Ask A Former Banking IT Guy Who Wants To Become An O-Chemist (Or Something Like That)

T. is part of my e-minarchisto posse (much love for the gry massive) but sometimes he’d say things about music that would make me cry blood. This is my attempt to eff the ineffable.

You and I are ebony and ivory (I probably tan better than you do) musically-speaking. If you’re into it I’m out of [...]

September 17, 2009

Health – Get Color

Someone took Coil and Duran Duran and smushed them up into one package. I never cared for anything from Health before this album, but there’s a depth and fractured 80s weirdness here that’s lovely. And lovely like Gold is the Metal…, not the totally shit return of New Wave DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP routine [...]

September 17, 2009

Om – God Is Good

Once again Steve Albini does his engineering thing and Om does their post-stoner drone thing, though with a new drummer.
There are two striking things about God is Good: Emil Amos‘ drumming is actually better than Chris Hakius, and the shift towards a more stereotypically “ethno” flourish is somewhat painful. I am upfront about my general [...]

September 10, 2009

Boredoms @ Terminal 5 – 9/9/09

They played “Acid Police”!