Songs for the Pepsi Generation, Part 1
25 August, 2005
the damned - stranger on the town
the stranglers - golden brown
When I was about 13 or so, my uncle (youngest of 7) made my mom (oldest of 7) a tape called Songs for the Pepsi Generation, AKA the Best Mixtape I Had Ever Heard. I listened to it nonstop in my walkman for no less than 9 months, and it is firmly connected with a variety of odd events in my life, which I won't get into just yet. Here are a couple songs from that tape:
The Damned, starring Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies, were up there with the Sex Pistols in terms of being in punk early, often, and without any apologies...in fact I think they might have bear the Pistols to the punch. This is my favorite track of theirs. Check that bassline. I'm bitin it. Horn section!
The Stranglers, as far as I can tell, were a few British guys who were involved somewhat with Richard Thompson in the 70's, and ended up making some pretty good music. Golden Brown is their biggest hit, and for good reason. You may remember it from Snatch, when Brad is fighting some behemoth, and also...from Sunny Day Real Estate's "Pheurton Skerto..." posted by the_front at 3:11 PM 0 comments |
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Hard Enough to Dent Yo' Trunk
17 August, 2005
Tha Alkaholiks: Make Room
From 21 & Over (Loud, 1993)
My first exposure to the 'Liks was at some cheesy attendance required rally at my high school the year this came out. Actually, maybe it was on King T's album, but that's not the point. The point is that the step squad (your school had one, right?) did a routine to this song, the fly girls with the braids were looking right, and my freshman ass was like, what is this? I went straight out and bought the tape.
Fast forward four years, and I had literaly worn the cassete out, thanks in part to the_front and the rest of the freshman dorm peanut gallery's insistance that 21 and Over be in constant rotation in the '85 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon (RIP). So I've graduated to a CD copy (and vinyl, thank you very much), and this still knocks. Gets the party started for sure. Just remember next time you see me drop this at the spot that in the back of my mind I'm seeing a scene a la Bring it On (note to aspiring movie execs: when's the step squad version of this going to surface?) in my head, thinking back to rocking this on the JVC boombox. Word. posted by dstill808 at 1:14 PM |
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first post!
10 August, 2005
i already made this post, but i am making it again, because we switched over to blogger. neat pete. this is the short version of that post.
my friend will has been talking to me for the past couple years about this band called minus the bear, and i kind of blew him off, like you sometimes just do, for whatever reason.
recently i got their albums, and MAN are they good. they are RIDICULOUS good. one of the guys is dave knudson from the band botch, whose other members are in these arms are snakes, and one of the other guys is matt bayles, whose production credits range from pretty girls make graves to pearl jam(?!?!?). they are some good solid indie rock, aided by amazing songwriting and a really pleasant prog leaning. they range from trip hoppy to distorted layer mayhem.
also, we saw the hot snakes' last ever san diego show the other night, and they are an amazing reminder of: rock. ill be posting about them soon.
absinthe party at the fly honey warehouse
drilling posted by the_front at 8:33 PM |
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25 August, 2005
the damned - stranger on the town
the stranglers - golden brown
When I was about 13 or so, my uncle (youngest of 7) made my mom (oldest of 7) a tape called Songs for the Pepsi Generation, AKA the Best Mixtape I Had Ever Heard. I listened to it nonstop in my walkman for no less than 9 months, and it is firmly connected with a variety of odd events in my life, which I won't get into just yet. Here are a couple songs from that tape:
The Damned, starring Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies, were up there with the Sex Pistols in terms of being in punk early, often, and without any apologies...in fact I think they might have bear the Pistols to the punch. This is my favorite track of theirs. Check that bassline. I'm bitin it. Horn section!
The Stranglers, as far as I can tell, were a few British guys who were involved somewhat with Richard Thompson in the 70's, and ended up making some pretty good music. Golden Brown is their biggest hit, and for good reason. You may remember it from Snatch, when Brad is fighting some behemoth, and also...from Sunny Day Real Estate's "Pheurton Skerto..." posted by the_front at 3:11 PM 0 comments |
Hard Enough to Dent Yo' Trunk
17 August, 2005
Tha Alkaholiks: Make Room
From 21 & Over (Loud, 1993)
My first exposure to the 'Liks was at some cheesy attendance required rally at my high school the year this came out. Actually, maybe it was on King T's album, but that's not the point. The point is that the step squad (your school had one, right?) did a routine to this song, the fly girls with the braids were looking right, and my freshman ass was like, what is this? I went straight out and bought the tape.
Fast forward four years, and I had literaly worn the cassete out, thanks in part to the_front and the rest of the freshman dorm peanut gallery's insistance that 21 and Over be in constant rotation in the '85 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon (RIP). So I've graduated to a CD copy (and vinyl, thank you very much), and this still knocks. Gets the party started for sure. Just remember next time you see me drop this at the spot that in the back of my mind I'm seeing a scene a la Bring it On (note to aspiring movie execs: when's the step squad version of this going to surface?) in my head, thinking back to rocking this on the JVC boombox. Word. posted by dstill808 at 1:14 PM |
first post!
10 August, 2005
i already made this post, but i am making it again, because we switched over to blogger. neat pete. this is the short version of that post.
my friend will has been talking to me for the past couple years about this band called minus the bear, and i kind of blew him off, like you sometimes just do, for whatever reason.
recently i got their albums, and MAN are they good. they are RIDICULOUS good. one of the guys is dave knudson from the band botch, whose other members are in these arms are snakes, and one of the other guys is matt bayles, whose production credits range from pretty girls make graves to pearl jam(?!?!?). they are some good solid indie rock, aided by amazing songwriting and a really pleasant prog leaning. they range from trip hoppy to distorted layer mayhem.
also, we saw the hot snakes' last ever san diego show the other night, and they are an amazing reminder of: rock. ill be posting about them soon.
absinthe party at the fly honey warehouse
drilling posted by the_front at 8:33 PM |