Awww…if only I had been born 10 years earlier. My first exposure to ACDC was with Back in Black in 1980 or so, when it first came out…I was about 11 years old. I went to my friend Roy “Hamsterhead” Miyake’s birthday party and his Mom gave away gifts to all the guests, I got Back in Black on cassette. In my opinion, except for a few songs here and there over the years, Back in Black is the last good ACDC album. My wife would not agree with me as she is a die hard fan of everything they’ve done…
My political rant in the form of a couple of songs from the Clash live, circa 1979-09-21 at The Palladium, New York, NY…
I’m So Bored With The U.S.A.
I Fought The Law
and last but not least, my favorite…
The Guns Of Brixton
Kind of along those lines, politically relevant and a band I’ve been damaging my ears with lately. The Sleaford Mods are absolutely incredible (mentioned that a few times in the last several months here). The highly charged, poetic vocals and those simple yet profound beats/producing. Just found out about this live set of the of theirs on Soundcloud, Live at the Fat Fox. Check it out there or here…
Sleaford Mods live at the Fat Fox – Trash Arts Live Sessions
Badass cartoon short called Detective 007…
This past year we had two foreign exchange students (one the year before that), and this year we will have two more. I’m not a 100% into it, the Wife just loves it, but I do get something out of the experience and the boys certainly do. Anyway, the one from Mexico this year, Adrian, was mostly a rap fan but he did delve into some other genres. He turned me onto this band called the Arctic Monkeys, a British rock band that has sort of a garage feel to them. Probably more mainstream than I usually groove to, but I can’t deny that I dig ’em and they have sort of an edge (which a band must have for them to be on my radar). This tune is introduced by a DJ on KROQ (my old station in the LA days, no idea what it’s like today)…
R U Mine
Haven’t done a deal on Prince (the artist formally known as), or his death yet. What to say? Hmmm… Death by prescription, no different than death by illegal drugs or alcohol. Seems like artists are especially prone to that, or maybe it’s just because it’s “important” when they die. I was not a huge fan of his music, but there were several tunes that I did like, “When Doves Cry”, “Raspberry Beret”, “1999”, just to name a few. No doubt the guy was very talented and his music was loved by many of my friends. So I ran across this tune, a variation of one of the ones I really like, from a soundcheck he did at some point in time. May he and all the other not so famous folks who have been taken by the demon of addiction rest in peace…
Prince – When Doves Scream (Unreleased)