I'm still alive, just ignore those rumors. Uh, well, that other rumor might be true, but... uh... yeah, no comment
I just heard a new-to-me band on Pandora. Finally Pandora sends me flowers instead of recycled old stuff (it sent me some David Bowie today - I didn't have the heart to give Sufferagette City thumbs down, but I should have).
Yeah, anyway, so I head this... shoot, what does it get called these days? Oh yeah, I heard this 'revivalist' punk rock that I've never heard before. So I stopped what I was doing to go see the details. Its a Japanese??? band called Sparks & Twinky. They have a 2006 album called 'Chikara', which I can't find any information about. Now I don't know that I can say that it's particularly remarkable. I can't comment on their style, or their level of talent. What I can say is that I feel joy from discovering bands like this. Yes, it took 5 years to reach my ears. But for as long as there are small groups like this out there, there is a future for punk rock. A bright future.
This is how I felt when I found out about my current favorite (yet defunct) punk group 'Monkeystrikes'. Man, its a good feeling. It makes me want to be a record promoter for these tiny groups. Which I imagine I am, in some tiny, unhelpful way.
In other news, Jemina Pearl (Be Your Own Pet) has apparently given up on maintaining her Punk Til You Puke blog. I'm sure that just means that she has a real social life. I still expect to see many great things from her.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Happy New (PUNK) Year!
I got my Associate's degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Technology, and I am excited about my future! I'm going to set the world on fire.... after my nap.
I have a terrible crime to confess. I let my Pandora subscription lapse. The *really* big bummer was that I continued to listen to the station in December as if my subscription was still going. I was so horrified on December 11; when my free Pandora time ran out. Three agonizing weeks with only my sparse Punk recordings to keep me company. I was so depressed about it that I didn't realize until today that I could be listening to the station again if I wanted to.
Not a whole lot of news right now... and what the hell am I listening to? 'White Witch'??? A Whitesnake sound-alike band? Hehehehehehehe. Mwahahahahaha! They get the finger. Thumbs down!!! Ah, I missed doing that. Some decisions are tougher, but I love kicking Pandora's stupid choices off of the station.
Just gave thumbs up to a Yeah Yeah Yeahs song 'No No No'. Don't get me wrong. I like Art Rock like them, TOOL, and several others that I cannot remember just now. I'm a TOOL freak, but I won't play them on my station because the 'Art' part doesn't quite make them punk. Then Pandora sees the 'Art Rock' tag and puts all manner of junk on the station. This makes it really tough to play only certain songs from these groups. I have to thumbs down 10 songs for each one that I want played. And that brings me to noise rock.
I won't claim to be a huge fan of noise rock, but I am trying to add a few bands like The (International) Noise Conspiracy, whom I am mildly impressed with. This will naturally lead to some... 'interesting' music getting played. Since I am not going to re-subscribe for a while, it is going to take me longer than normal to cull the undesirably harsh things that Pandora throws into the mix. Also, I definitely need to get more Iggy Pop on the station. This is puzzling to be because I started the station with Iggy.Punk out!
I have a terrible crime to confess. I let my Pandora subscription lapse. The *really* big bummer was that I continued to listen to the station in December as if my subscription was still going. I was so horrified on December 11; when my free Pandora time ran out. Three agonizing weeks with only my sparse Punk recordings to keep me company. I was so depressed about it that I didn't realize until today that I could be listening to the station again if I wanted to.
Not a whole lot of news right now... and what the hell am I listening to? 'White Witch'??? A Whitesnake sound-alike band? Hehehehehehehe. Mwahahahahaha! They get the finger. Thumbs down!!! Ah, I missed doing that. Some decisions are tougher, but I love kicking Pandora's stupid choices off of the station.
Just gave thumbs up to a Yeah Yeah Yeahs song 'No No No'. Don't get me wrong. I like Art Rock like them, TOOL, and several others that I cannot remember just now. I'm a TOOL freak, but I won't play them on my station because the 'Art' part doesn't quite make them punk. Then Pandora sees the 'Art Rock' tag and puts all manner of junk on the station. This makes it really tough to play only certain songs from these groups. I have to thumbs down 10 songs for each one that I want played. And that brings me to noise rock.
I won't claim to be a huge fan of noise rock, but I am trying to add a few bands like The (International) Noise Conspiracy, whom I am mildly impressed with. This will naturally lead to some... 'interesting' music getting played. Since I am not going to re-subscribe for a while, it is going to take me longer than normal to cull the undesirably harsh things that Pandora throws into the mix. Also, I definitely need to get more Iggy Pop on the station. This is puzzling to be because I started the station with Iggy.Punk out!
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