i fucking HATE the beatles!

seriously, i fucking hate the beatles. at their best they were a cheap donovan rip off (at least donovan hung out and autographed a photo of his uncut baby cock.) hidden behind a fleet of corporate marketers. (does every lyric really have to include "positive identifiers", really? EVERY lyric?) at their worst they were a mediocre cover band. not to deny that some of them (not paul) had some sort of creative / inquisitive streak, but they never really explored it, only mocked and strangled it like a cheap whore that "speaka no englese". (plastic ono band's "approximately infinite universe" is one of the best pop/rock albums ever.) (harrison and starr made some good use of their free time and money as well.)
they made a hand full of mediocre pop records, and trillions of dollars. good for them. can't we all move on? i went through a phase as a youngster where i played the shit out of "abbey road". not 'cause i liked it that much, but because i was so intrigued by the way it laid out a pattern for commercial rock/pop that wouldn't falter for almost 20 years. the only track i really liked was "her majesty". it closes the whole satirical experience with a stark admittance of conceit. brief, sparse arrangement. the lyric makes a cozy metaphore for the industry in which they work/live. it's kinda charming. still haven't heard it in years. don't need/want to. i know it all too well.
just had to get that out there. thanks.
p.s.
fuck you all. john, paul, george, ringo, brian, and everyone else involved. you're the reason kids listen to shit like N'SYNC,GBV, POBPAH, at all that generic, condescending, sheltered crap. even after death you deep throat ronald mcdonald. i could be wrong (easily) but, i think you knew better. you ass fucked the corporate whore and shoved your shttty cock down everyones throat for generations. at least the germs told us that they were shitting in our mouths. you never really had that level of dignity. fuck you.

9-9-9 El Rio

Killer 9-9-9 show at El Rio! The Bay Area 51 PLayers, Cupcake, and Piles. All 'round radness.

Bay Area 51's 14th Best Party to date!

Work, Piles, Long Legged Woman, Frankie America, stand up comedy, mad joints and all 'round awesomosity.T oo bad my battery died before Piles played.

I can't get off this fucking air

i'll be DJing tomorrow night (Aug. 27th) from 7-10pm pst on KFJC 89.7
stream it or catch the archive: http://www.kfjc.org/
i'll be playing alot of ohio experimental awesomosity.

Celine Dion & The Awesomes

Last weeks "San Francisco's Doomed" festival actually got off to a great start before settling into the expected parade of half assed cliches we all expect. First Celine Dion, then the Awesomes.:

4 tapes 4 summer

since i haven't posted in awhile, and probably won't be posting much all summer i'll try to make 'em good ones. here's four killer noise tapes from a few years ago. for some reason they all make me think of summer. enjoy.

horse spirit penetrates - blades of grass
mouth pet - diary of lisa frank
oubliette / blue shift collab - mock live tour cs
to-night golden curls - all hallows eve dress

lambsbread

here's a treat for you lambsbread fans. i had totally forgotten about this shit. back in '07 shane and i had been talking about doing a lambsbread / twink bully split on teen action records. lambsbread are one of those bands that tries to record every jam, and releases almost every recording. at the time they were taking a bit of a break. zac living in detroit and travelling with james from skaters, while shane and kathy stayed on the farm. i had been trying to document most of the shows at skylab at the time so shane recommended i pull something together from my archives since there was no way to tell how long it might be until they had some new jams. i did, but it never got released for a number of reasons. but anyway, here it is. enjoy