Random Ramblings™ (600th post)

600 fucking posts baby! It took 7 1/2 years which makes this one of my biggest accomplishments.  This place may not be God's gift to the music lover, but it is one music lover's attempt to enlighten and entertain (and I enjoy hearing the sound of my own voice). We don't get many comments these days, certainly not like we used to, but still lots of hits and bands are still dropping me notes to give their work a listen. Speaking of which, I'm way behind on my reviews, there's about 10 bands spinning on the virtual turntable right now (plus all the real shit I've been picking up here and there [yes I finally made to someplace with a record store {4 hours away} so I could celebrate Record Store Day]).   Expect (or not) to read reviews about the likes of... The Chewers Tyranny is Tyranny Empty Hands Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends Toten Schwan Records Dancing Deadlips A Band of Orcs Nomad/Wort split There's just so little time, either I listen to music sent to me and write reviews or I listen to the records that I buy. For instance, just bought the 2x10", 1x7" Eternal Soul boxset, a dark ambient/neo-classical collection, because there was a Karjalan Sissit composition on there, and, as it turns out, I was completely turned upside down by another tune... Arditi - Religion of the Blood Still on an industrial kick, check this... Mustard Relics Industrial Mix 1 ...same thing on Youtube Trying to think happy thoughts but this country is so fucked right now, more of an oligarchy than it ever was. In the 50s a CEO made 20x what the lowest employee made, now it's 265x. Gluttony is the American dream. And what the fuck is up with the Obama hating? I hate to play the race card, but that seems to be the only thing to explain it, a Black President. People vehemently hate the guy, but in my opinion he's just another politician. My biggest problem with him was his support of the National Defense Authorization Act, but all those idiots supported it. And now that this guy is on his way out, we've got idiots lining up to put their hat in the ring. They'll sing their song and dance, but nothing will change, the rich will continue to get rich (by whatever means) and the poor will continue to be poor.  So fucking frustrating.  Meanwhile, my pet issue is the legalization of hemp.  Yeah they should legalize/decriminalize marijuana and set free all non-violent drug offenders, but where it's at is hemp.  For once, we should be stepping backward in time to when it was used for everything from medicine to wiping your ass.  When this happens, even though it would be a baby step I would feel like human existence makes sense (at least in this country because the rest of the world is just as fucked, if not more so). My buddy Bjorn from Sweden laid another PDJ oldie from '95 on me, great tune, definitely share worthy... pilleemandjoonks - penis He also laid a whole live set on me, but I need to split the tracks, edit/label them, so expect that on the horizon too. I guess other than being fixated on industrial music, I have dabbled a bit in the doom, stoner, sludge realm. This was mainly brought on by my old Humboldt friend and KFJC DJ, Ophelia Necro and her Husband's band Bog Oak. They inspired this (and supplied the last tune)... Mustard Relics Stoner Mix 1 ...same thing on Youtube From the best claymation guy out there right now, Lee Hardcastle...his brutal take on the flick Frozen... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dooAjI6yOhg] Just in case the link disappears, here it is again, FROZEN - Blood Test scene

Delta 9 - From Darkness 12"

My main man, when it comes to feeding my mind with Industrial Hardcore, Seanocide, came through in spades with this one. I asked if he knew of any seriously ugly, evil hardcore gabber type shit and one of his suggestions was this 12" from 2008, the first release on his own Devil Times Nine label.  UGLY & EVIL in spades!!!  This is seriously some of the best hardcore I have ever heard.  This guy Delta 9 comes from another world, because they don't have shit this cool on planet Earth. It's hardcore of the finest sort, but it's got elements of straight up industrial music and isn't limited, it's sophisticated. There's that, almost military steady banging, mixed with the perfect sinister samples and constantly changing melodies to keep you guessing. Anybody who says that these electro freaks aren't really artists or musicians, hasn't heard this guy and this may well be his masterpiece...unfucking believeable... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRaX3hJ2MUU&w=790&h=593]

 

"Humboldt in Hollywood" w/ Nathan Pierce

I don't remember Nathan (not because he's not memorable, more so because I'm a mushbrain), but he's one of those old Humboldt heads, the locally born and bred variety, that was around during the 7 years I lived up there (87-94). I've chatted with him a bit on the dreaded Facebook and of course the topic was music. Turns out he's got a connect at Kchung Radio 1630 am, Chinatown, Los Angeles and he was fixin' to DJ a Humboldt "punk rock" broadcast...turns out he did two broadcast, two weeks apart. He played about 90% of the bands that I remember from that time, mid-80s, early 90s, plus some killer ones from after that.  Well worth a listen if you're a fan of that special breed of punk that only Humboldt could have produced...  Humboldt In Hollywood 05.12.2014 Humboldt In Hollywood 05.26.2014