Antiseen - Commando

Just a real short one but I imagine everyone has been busy with family and what not.  Yesterday I was with my father in law as he died at home on Christmas day.  A peaceful death that was sad yet amazing.  I think that's the way I want to go even though it's not the way I lived my life.  One minute he was breathing and the next he wasn't.  I guess it's that way with everyone no matter how they die.  He was a real cowboy, cattle rustler, truck driver who lived a hard life of his own.  I wish I had a picture to share with you but instead here's a picture that makes me think of him.

Here's a song I've been wanting to post.  I love it when great bands cover great songs by great bands.

AntiSeen - Commando

Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life

 Well I'm going to be gone for 4-5 days and I wanted to leave you with something really mellow for the holidays.  I mean really mellow.  A good friend of mine that I met in San Diego, who in that small world world way turned out to be a close friend of Jodie F.'s from Humboldt, turned me onto this band.  I was in my super heavy drinking, starting to be solitary way.  It's about as far from the power violence hardcore stuff you know I dig, as music can be, but it has it's time and place.  Those mellow, dreamy, thoughtful, reflective or even romantic moments when you're in the mood.  These guys are popular, I gather, with the people who listen to this kind of music regularly.  You can go to their website here, http://www.sparklehorse.com/ . I have branched out a bit as I've aged and I hope you guys give it a listen. It’s A Wonderful Life King Of Nails

 

Grimace - Quagmire CD

Well I wanted to post this one before Marten changed his mind about letting me put it up.  I got my copy before it officially came out so I have a homemade cover (above).  I couldn't find much out there about the band or the now famous label, Bongload Records (thanx to Beck, who I met around this time when Garden Weasel played with Grimace and Muzza Chunka in Garberville).  I did find a used copy for sale by some guy for $4 and a little bit about Marten.  It said that he was now (15 years ago) in the band Crutch on the same label.  Well this release was a lot different from the DEMO, which was good, but the cd takes the band to a whole other level, especially in terms of the drumming.  Rob was more of a standard metal drummer while Darin had his own jazzy rockin kind of style, that fit well with the rest of the band and their unorthodoxy.  The rest of the band had played together for a bit longer and were tight as fuck.  You know though, this CD is one of my favorites but it doesn't compare to seeing them live.  We (WD40, Garden Weasel, Grout) played with them a hundred times and I never got sick of that.  They were always heavy and seemed super tight live, and had a really rockin energy.  Got any live stuff I can post Marten?  The only show or party I remember specifically was the show we played with them and Muzza Chunka down in Garberville.  Not much of a turnout, which meant people missed a really good show.  Great guys to hang out with either individually or together.  Five very different guys that just clicked.  My two faves are Dirty Old Man and They Came To Me (which I think was about people like me, temporary Humboldt residents).  Anyway, give it a listen and maybe you'll like a song or two...

Weaned on a Pickle

Frankenhippie

Pete Townsend Syndrome

Dirty Old Man

They Came To Me

Rubberneck

Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Christian Scientist

Distilled Evil

ATACRA

Hand of Fumes

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