My younger self advises me that it’s better with drugs

1. Violent Femmes - s/t
2. Breeders - Last Splash
3. Clash - London Calling
4. Beatles - Revolver
5. Dead Milkmen - Eat Your Paisley

I switch back and forth between Reign in Blood and Seasons.

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“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”

Read 📚 & Play 🎶

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Which member(s) did you have a crush on?

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Blake Babies 🇺🇸 Sunburn (1989)

I didn’t have this LP in 89. Thus it’s the sound of the early 90s for me. Juliana Hatfield at full force. John Strohm is one of my favorite guitarists. One of the reasons I bought a Strat. I couldn’t afford a Princeton amp.

The revolving door would turn again, as Dio being given a solo contract on the strength of Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules sowed discord in the band. I don’t think it was Ronnie James’s fault. I imagine that, in hindsight, none of the others would have wanted to deprive the world of Holy Diver. Or the others. Keeping Ronnie James to themselves would have been like caging a majestic animal.

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Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1982)

With due respect to the extended Black Sabbath universe, Dio is the only person (excepting perhaps Rob Halford, who was not featured on any LP) who could follow Ozzy. Tighter, NWOBHM influenced, Dio’s vocals are perfect.

Hopefully, that kid learning guitar will take away the idea that they should write simple parts themselves. Iommi is considered capable, but not a top-tier shredder. Music shouldn’t be a competition or power trip; music should be democratic and communal. Early Sabbath’s ensemble dynamic is a case study in how to do it.

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Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

Paranoid, Ramones, Nevermind hold a special place for me. I admire bands who make masterpieces outta easy riffs/chord progressions. A kid learning guitar can play the songs easily. Geezer’s lyrics inspire creative writing

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Black Lips 🇺🇸 Arabia Mountain (2011)

The band’s early LPs were raw & feral, then they got a producer capable of wrangling them (Mark Ronson, of Amy Winehouse fame). The result is the first truly coherent Black Lips LP. Less puke, more garage pop.

I wish I had taken a course like that. That sounds rad.

And though the last sentence reads like it was written by ChatGPT, Pop Matters’s 2010 review is on point: “The first step is admitting there’s never been anything particularly revelatory about the Black Angels. Even their name is a nod to rock’s dark history, a nod to the Velvet Underground’s “The Black Angel’s Death Song”, a grim little number even by Lou Reed’s decayed standards. . . Even Alex Maas’ vocals sound like Grace Slick doing a Jim Morrison impression. “But even if the Black Angels don’t necessarily cover any new territory, they lay it to waste with brain-scrambling guitars that come off like the lost soundtrack to a drive-in double feature of biker and slasher flicks. Dirty shit goes down to the music of the Black Angels. The music doesn’t embrace you as much as it props you up while the world spins into oblivion.”

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Black Angels 🇺🇸 Phosphene Dream (2010)

Phosphene Dream seems like the moment Black Angels matured. A feast for the ears: Rickenbacker jangle thru stereo tremolo and spring reverb. Unusual beat pairings. Shorter songs. A throwback to 13th Floor Elevators.

I did leave my door open while cooking and found Ted (I named him that because he is uncatchable and resourceful in the wilderness) in my bedroom about an hour later. I’d take him in but already have three.

Apes aren’t monkeys. When I see or hear someone refer to a chimp as a monkey it causes a great rage to build in me.

I have a similar situation. We’re at a point where he will rub against my leg but still won’t let me touch him.

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Primitives 🇬🇧 “Really Stupid” (demo) 1985

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I guess what I was thinking before is that Debut has more manic pixie energy, where Post is somewhat overwrought. Overwrought can be good when done correctly (late Beatles, Radiohead, etc.). Wall-to-wall bangers on this.

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Björk - Post (1995)

A sillier me, a week ago, said that, in middle-age, Debut is the one I most often reach for. I’ve been listening to Post daily since then, and I feel the need to correct past me. This is the best one. Duh.

LSD

I already speak in riddles. I guess I could up my game by forcing myself to speak in *rhyming * riddles, because I lack the coordination to walk backwards.

Happy Birthday to Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees).

I’m listening to him reading his autobiography on audiobook. (I very rarely listen to audiobooks, but his Merseyside accent is captivating.) I need to get in the annual habit of bleaching my hair in celebration of his birthday.

Oh, scene hair (sigh). Glad I was too old for that and could grow a gnarly beard instead.

At the risk of seeming uncool, not exactly. But it definitely convinced me to stay in school.

Don’t want to answer all of that. I think the pay was $4.75 and I had to dress like Fred Flintstone.

In other #MetalSky news, I recently finished a survey on recent (2022-2024) UK black metal (and adjacent metal).

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#MetalSky Pthumulhu 🇮🇸 Tungumál Svarthola (Language of the Black Hole)

Another record from last year I missed. Spooky, doomy sludge and heavy as hell. I assume the songs explore eldritch horror and the void of space, but Icelandic is hard and I have no idea other than my instinct on this. Recommend!

Awesome! I’ll check them out. I like most of their stuff. Really good songs on Grrr too. 😎

I really like the way Björk pronounces “ghetto blaster.”

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Björk - Debut (1993)

For most of my life, Post has been my favorite. In middle-age, it’s totally Debut. If I have one gripe, it’s that it echoes late Sugarcubes but loses the Einar rapping magic.

Those are very good choices