We don't smoke in the house, which is I guess a good thing, odor, smoking less and so on, but God there are times when it would be nice to be able to smoke and be on the computer at the same time. Anybody got a spare laptop? :-D
There have been many times in my life when this tune was the sum total of my person experience and opinion on relationships.
It's funny how we feel sorry for ourselves when we've been "done wrong" in relationships, yet there's mostly just a feeling of relief when we are the ones who have "done wrong". I guess Suicidal Tendencies really had something going with that first LP as so many of the songs like that one or the "hits", 'Institutionalized' or 'Subliminal' were so easy to relate to. I was very impressed, in what was it, 83 0r 84 when it first came out, but was less impressed with the whole Suicidal gang. Rat packers, just like every other so called gang of tough guys. Wish had something rare to share by the band but I've just got that LP and 'Welcome to Venice', but I'm sure everyone's heard those. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0s_uhi0Wu4&w=560&h=315]
Not by a long shot do I think I'm unique in sometimes wandering in a seemingly aimless fashion or just plain old dead set on a mission to find something specific on Youtube. Fucking IMMENSE site with these mysterious saints of the music lover surrounded by masses of idiots. Sites like my humble Mustard Relics are in a losing battle for the attention of a select few, when confronted by monsters like Youtube and Facebook. Fuck it, we'll keep plugging away, knowing that we are morally obligated to persevere. So I take from monstrous behemoths like Youtube (who profit in the billions and yet I still support them), using a marvelous tool of imaginative pirates like, JDownloader and tear the music right out of the videos. Not selfishly of course because here they are in semi secrecy for my 5 or 10 friends. Almost self destructive in a sense because it detracts from the main post/topic but somehow it all makes sense and is cohesive in my mind. So...
I was in a folk mood the other day and ran across this one (Punk way before punk was born),
Don't you just love the clarity of my prehistoric digital camera? Couldn't find a scan to steal so as you've seen before that's what you get. Ah, Siouxsie, the stuff teenage crushes are made of. Less lustful than say the blue ball infatuation of Wendy O. Williams, but of course the music and the musicians themselves are mountains more than that. This was/is some serious shit. I only saw The Banshees once, much later than this in 1987, during their Peek -A-Boo tour. Insanely good and a contrast because I had seen Yellowman the previous night at the same venue in Berkeley, California. Even though I was with a woman I was seeing at the time (long story), I was mesmerized. More than that was that they put on an out of this world performance. Songs from every record up to that point and it all came out perfect (maybe it was just the super high quality bud I had, and shared at both shows). I have most of what Siouxsie officially put out whether it be with the Banshees or the Creatures, but not really any rarities. In high school it was mostly the Bau Haus, Jesus & Mary Chain, Love & Rockets crowd that was into her, but I always figured that her roots were punk so I wouldn't have to answer to the punk rock rule writers. Stopped following her 10 or 15 years ago so I don't know what made me put this one on the plate today. You can get all this from the recently released 'Siouxsie and the Banshees at the BBC' 3 CD/1 DVD set, so I'm not really providing with you much more than a sample of some of my favorite stuff. Dig it or don't.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBxYKO6hDy4&w=560&h=315]
Not like I haven't babbled on enough so we'll keep this short. Stumbled upon these a while back, I can't remember which site, the 'Love in a Void' take on this is well worth it. Later.
Track Studios 1977
The makeshift skate park in the garage, pretty much the only concrete slab for miles. I'll miss my boy until I see him again next summer.
I don't know what it is about Black Metal that I dig, especially the lo fi stuff. After all I am the ONLY person that REALLY understands Christianity. It goes back to the early Venom and Slayer days, and reading 
Shouldn't make assumptions based on appearances, but pretty sure these ladies enjoy same sex partners (actually after some research, this and the bands that followed were self proclaimed Dyke bands). The reality is I could give a fuck about sexuality or whose companionship you seek. Everyone deserves to be happy. La Grenuda, which may have some kind of slang meaning, but my Spanish/English dictionary says that it means, "the shaggy". Got this record not too long ago on a whim from Ebay and paid more that I usually do for bands I know nothing about. Not a whole lot of info on this band outta Portland. I did find this review of this, their one and only 7", "Two members of La Grenuda are now in 
Team Dresch is another post-LaGrenuda band, that in my humble opinion shreds. A little more sophisticated, especially in terms of the drumming, but still with that hard passion. 
The post goes out to a good brother of mine who also is a regular around here, you know who you are. A year younger than me and the cancer has already forced it's way into his life. Hard to find anybody these days who hasn't been touched in some way or another by the disease. It's all in how you choose to live I guess but I have a feeling some of that shit is forced upon us. A tall glass of water to the folks makin' sure you're around for all of us who love you. Take it easy brother.
