1. I still think XTC are the bee's knees. Lots of hidden early gems on rarities compilations like "Rag N' Bone Buffet", "Explode Together--Dub Experiments", and even on Mr. Partridge's newer efforts, such as Moonstrance...
2. I'm still standing still...the picture to the right is a document of a rare sight--I'm moving! Thanks to Mister Steve Truesdell, who installed an electrified tin sheet beneath the stage, ala Hammy Hamster, in order for this to happen--a great photographer also, even made me look "cool" by blurring...
3. Haven't really had time to look at any old Rock School videos. Perhaps I'm just old, but all of the "School of Rock" and Gene Vincent's "Rock School" clips seem to get in the way, and I get cranky easily...
4. Wilko Johnson is still aces in my books. Upon further investigation, he claims that he got his sound/ style from 50's/ 60's rocker Johnny Kidd, of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates--needs looking into...
5. The last few issues of MOJO have come and gone, and, in all honesty, I don't remember what was in them. The Cds that come with the magazine have also been unremarkable, at least to me...
6. As I type this, it dawns upon me, with a familiar shiver, that we (The Responsibles) are playing next Friday night. The gig is not listed on the club's website, or anywhere else. The poster we made does not appear on any telephone pole near you. Additionally, we are to wait for further developments. Ah well, it's a gig at a cool club, with a regular clientele (very important, a built-in audience) and the promoter is a busy fellow...nobody's perfect...nothing worth making a satirical video over, anyway...perhaps in a couple of weeks there will be a "review" of sorts...
7. The summer has unofficially begun, and so far, no outdoor/ festival gigs--but, in this world, there are no such things as absolutes, and as I mentioned, it all comes down to a democratic vote...
8. Last week was somewhat of a Greg Ginn/ Black Flag overload--my ears hurt, and I cannot do one more push-up or "feel the burn"...Henry Rollins, I have let you down...
9. Does anybody read this blog...? Just asking, that's all. Perhaps it's my fault for not publicizing its existence enough...maybe I should be "spicier", and if so, which condiment...?
I read it too when I have a chance. To be honest, it's not all that often. BUT I am here right?
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