r.i.p.

007 - Desmond Dekker
Israelites - Desmond Dekker

if'n

"I started to realize two things. First, that there were a lot of things in that in your day to day life that you could chock up to being explainable by Dungeons and Dragons' magic. The second thing was that being an atheist is a pretty dark and scary thing. When you have to witness something like your godfather dying and you're not the sort of person who believes in God and you're actually face to face confronting your own mortality, it's fucked. You're like, "Whoa! I didn't even realize how scared I was of death." And then all of a sudden the existence of something like Dungeons and Dragons' magic becomes a lot more explainable." Read the rest of the interview with Final Fantasy on Mocking Music

If I Were A Carp (Live) - Final Fantasy

Jars of Lars - Final Fantasy

our boys don't holler until it's all in

The advertising industry is cashing in on the World Cup hype this year....thought I would share this hilarious German vibrator ad that's circulating around the office. I wonder if they come in team colors?

Bouncy Ball - Ladyfuzz

kick ass tuesday

Sing Song Sung - La Rocca

Come On Children - The Small Faces

everybody hates a tourist

Went to see Art School Confidential this weekend...only worth seeing if you were an art major. It is loaded with "art school profiling"...and the rest of the plot isn't meaty enough to keep you entertained.

One of the sub-plots follows a former art student that has become a serial killer...I kept wondering if Daniel Clowes was inspired by Bob Berdella...who attended my alma mater, KCAI.

No one has ever captured the "art school slumming" mentality quite like Pulp...

he's back...

Should I Stay or Should I Go - Mr. David Viner

Bonus Track : Tricycle - Psapp

julian is my co-pilot

I am alive and well...just uninspired by new music at the moment. So I am listening to old favorites over and over. The Teardrop Explodes album Kilimanjaro to be more specific. I remember listening to the track Treason repetitively while sitting in my bedroom with the lights out...I must have been 12-13. It is such an amazing pop song that seemed to perfectly capture my mood at the time. I stumbled across it again recently and am listening to it repetitively once again...it perfectly captures my current mood at 35. A great song grows with you...

Treason - The Teardrop Explodes

from a diddle-eyed joe to damned if i know

Feeling nostalgic...I love Gary Oldman...his turn as the blood-sucking dandy was brilliant! Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was classic! But he will always be Sid to me.

Mr. Strummer never looked better!

meet mr. david viner

Mr. Viner is my current obsession...he used to be a roadie for the Kills. Sweet and simple...just like I like it!

Corrina Corrina - Mr. David Viner

His Website
His MySpace (check out the track Sick and Tired)

more dead than alive

I've been thinking about drugs lately...not taking drugs...but what a recurring theme they have been in my life. Especially considering that I have never been a drug user. I have watched while people that I loved destroyed themselves with drugs and drink. It is so painful and you feel so powerless...then you just feel angry. Angry because these people are pissing their lives away...because in my experience they are amazing, interesting, talented people full of potential. One of the most painful things you can ever experience is loving an addict.

It is also really confusing to me...if you are already dissatisfied with your life and have a desire to numb yourself...why use something that you KNOW is going to fuck up your situation even more. This might sound harsh but if you wanna die...blow your brains out...don't choose the wimpy long-term suicide plan. If you want to live then get your shit together and start making changes. Becoming an addict is like choosing to live in some kinda fucked up limbo...and drag other people with you...emotionally. It is a heartbreaking thing to watch. It's not sexy or cool...it's fucking boring and predictable...and it's always the same...

Golden Brown - The Stranglers