BC across the UK & the EU

ATTENTION: EUROPEAN READERS OF THIS WEBLOG

AMERICA'S BLUES CONTROL TOURS YOUR REGION

Aug 30 2009 8:00P
ROWF ROWF ROWF FEST w/ Tropa Macaca, Bridget Hayden + more Manchester, UK
Aug 31 2009 8:00P
VICTORIA HOTEL w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman Leeds, UK
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
HEAD OF STEAM w/ Tropa Macaca, Eyeballs Newcastle, UK
Sep 2 2009 8:30P
13TH NOTE w/ Tropa Macaca, Nackt Insecten/Single Helix Trio, Wounded Knee Glasgow, Scotland
Sep 3 2009 8:00P
OSCILLATIONS FEST w/ Tropa Macaca, Thread Pulls, Misaligned Men of Automaton Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
THOMAS HOUSE w/ Tropa Macaca Dublin, Ireland
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
THE CHAMELEON w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman, Prize Pets Nottingham, UK
Sep 6 2009 8:00P
BARDEN’S BOUDOIR w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman London, UK
Sep 7 2009 8:30P
MAAKHAVEN w/ Tropa Macaca Den Haag, Netherlands
Sep 8 2009 8:00P
OCCII w/ Tropa Macaca, City Hands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 9 2009 8:00P
WORM w/ Tropa Macaca, City Hands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sep 10 2009 8:00P
WEST GERMANY w/ Tropa Macaca Berlin, Germany
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
EKIDNA w/ Tropa Macaca, Belzebu Katmandu Carpi, Italy
Sep 13 2009 5:00P
AREA FESTEGGIAMENTI w/ Tropa Macaca, Hybrida Soundsystem Vernasso di San Pietro al Natisone, Italy
Sep 14 2009 8:00P
GAMBETTOLA w/ Tropa Macaca Cesena, Italy
Sep 15 2009 8:00P
SECRET PLACE w/ Tropa Macaca Milano, Italy
Sep 16 2009 8:00P
SALON DES AMATEURS - Blues Control DJ set, Tropa Macaca Düsseldorf, Germany
Sep 17 2009 8:30P
KULTURRAMPE w/ Tropa Macaca Krefeld, Germany
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
KC BELGIE w/ Tropa Macaca, R.O.T., Cluster, Amolvacy, Alexander Tucker, The Last Gifted, GOL Hasselt, Belgium
Sep 20 2009 5:30P
INCUBATE FEST w/ Deepkiss 720, Gregg Kowalsky, Sheik Anorak, Saxony Speedcore Force Tilburg, Netherlands
Sep 21 2009 8:00P
LE RIGOLETTO w/ Tropa Macaca Paris, France
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
LA NICHE w/ Tropa Macaca Grenoble, France
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
CHANDAL w/ Tropa Macaca Barcelona, Spain
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
LA BOITE w/ Tropa Macaca, Lüger Madrid, Spain
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
MUSEU DO CHIADO w/ Tropa Macaca Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
PASSOS MANUEL w/ Tropa Macaca Porto, Portugal
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
THE MILLER London, UK

Some ink for Eric Bruntlett

Well it was a wild weekend. Werth hit a few out, so did Howard. Even Eric Bruntlett played an uncharacteristically critical role on Sunday. Some hits, some errors.. and he single-handedly turned a goddamn triple play. Take a peak...

A Slug & KV West Coast Engagements

That's right. It's a digital photograph of a slug. All that white crud coming from it's head? Beats me, I'm no slug doctor.

Here's a list of KV tourdates on the West. He boarded the plane carrying an acoustic guitar, a banjo, and a radiant wife. Do me a favor and be sure to give him a real laid-back, mellow welcome over there.


Aug 25 2009 8:00P
Galaxy Theature w/ BUILT TO SPILL, WOODS Santa ANA, California
Aug 26 2009 8:00P
Troubador w/ DUNGEN, WOODS Los Angeles, California
Aug 27 2009 8:00P
Echoplex w/ Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band Los Angeles, California
Aug 28 2009 8:00P
Muddy Waters w/ WOODS Santa Barbara, California
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
mexican summer/folk yeah outdoor fest Big Sur, California
Aug 30 2009 8:00P
Bottom of the Hill w/ DUNGEN, WOODS San Francisco, California
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
Berbati’s Pan w/ DUNGEN, WOODS Portland, Oregon
Sep 2 2009 8:00P
Basement 1287 w/ EAT SKULL Eugene, Oregon
Sep 3 2009 8:00P
House Party w/ EAT SKULL San Francisco, California
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
tba w/ EAT SKULL Sacramento, California
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
FYF Fest w/ EAT SKULL + others Los Angeles, California

HOMOSTUPIDS in NY

Well, the HOMOSTUPIDS are playing two gigs in the New York area this weekend. Who gives a shit? Readers of this web log, that's who. Be sure to check out their black-hole take on punk music if you're the kind of person who lives in Brooklyn.




so there's a daytime appearance...



and there's a nighttime gig at a place called Death by Audio.

THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AND THE END IS ALWAYS NEAR

Live Music Sunday Aug 16.. KURT VILE, BLUES CONTROL, MEGAJAM BOOZE BAND

Raul or Eyes?

"Shitman" tracklist and buying instructions..

Yo squad..

Well my little email inbox is all cluttered up. "How do I get my shitty hands on a copy of the Fmen album?" "Yo brah, what's up with that Fmen shit? I got to hear it!" and "I've been sucking dicks for weeks.. which one do I need to suck on to get this Fmen album?" Well, it's this one. Americans are encouraged to Paypal $14 to TestosterTunes@gmail.com with the message "I want to suck on that thing" and we'll get one to you. Canadians? paypal $16. The rest of you? $21. You don't like paypal? Shoot over an electronic mail.

This record is also available from Midheaven/Revolver, Fusetron, Parts Unknown, Florida's Dying, My Mind's Eye, Missing Link, and at the finer record shops in the nation and the world.

Astute listeners will note that, like My War, Shitman climbs a peak of psychosis on side b. Tracks like "Treblinka (Going Back)", "Blank Dream", "Are You Hungry", and "Timmy's Lament" will really appeal to all you sociopaths with turntables and paypal accounts.

Here's the tracklist ...

FACTORYMEN
"Shitman" LP
RR//TT#23

side one

SHOWING THE MOVIE
CHOOSING A CAMPSITE
TOMMY TELEPHONE
EDGE OF THE BATHROOM
BARK LIKE DOG
KISSING THE RAPIST
ALLEYMEN

side two

TREBLINKA (GOING BACK)
BLANK DREAM
ANSWER THE DOOR
SINKMAN
ARE YOU HUNGRY
NEXUS OF THE CRISIS
TIMMY'S LAMENT

The Man Who Got Away

TV's DAVID PUTTY is....

THE WOMAN CHASER

BLUES CONTROL record release event in NYC, USA

ATTN: all readers condemned to the Mid-Atlantic region.

This coming Saturday evening, BLUES CONTROL is hosting some sort of party at an art gallery in Brooklyn, NY in honor of their recent, stellar album titled "Local Flavor". You all are encouraged to attend despite the poor choice of venue and locale. You'll get to see BC (possibly joined by KV and Jesse Turbo) and others (including some kind of six-string street performer...) play some music and you'll get to look at an entire room of paintings which were painted by a painter named Octavius Neveaux and inspired by the band. The band BLUES CONTROL. Evidently the guy would listen to one BC tune all day long and paint the day away, filling up a canvas with something that may or may not refer to his soundtrack for that day.

So it's at a place called the Cinders Gallery at 103 Havemeyer St and it starts at 7 and ends at 11. See ya there..

There's likely more detailed information provided here.

2 web-based videos of questionable quality and merit..

Excellent subjects though. Here's something to watch about CLOCKCLEAN ER and then something about BLUES CONTROL.. Keep an eye peeled for Andy Giles in the Cleaner vid. No unexpected guests in the BC segment..

"Shitman"

FACTORYMEN
“Shitman” LP
RR//TT#23

“Shitman” is the new record from Cleveland’s FACTORYMEN. It’s a thirteen track, double-sided vinyl album that will be wildly praised by some and categorically dismissed by others. You probably already know where you stand.

JAYSON WERTH WALK OFF 3 RUN HR IN THE 13TH !!!!

EXCITEMENT IN A PHOTO !!! 10 STRAIGHT !! GO PHILS !!!!

A Taste of BOB BOILEAU

I'll tell ya what. There's a lot of unsung heroes in this business. We're talking about SHOW BUSINESS. Behind each KURT VILE track is an equally gifted recording engineer. Behind each HOMOSTUPIDS release -- a similarly tasteless entertainment manager. The FNU RONNIES? They're likely fueled by a thankless provider of illegal stimulants. So CLOCKCLEAN ER... those guys were blessed to have in their camp a true professional. He's an accomplished model and actor with parts in television programs and full-length feature films. Of course, we're talking about ROBERT BOILEAU. He's appeared in truTV's Forensic Files, M. Night Shamalan's "The Happening", and pictured in the gatefold to CLOCKCLEAN ER's "Babylon Rules".

Take a look at some his work right here on YouTube, an internet-based video sharing network. And this is just a taste. Look for him later this year opposite Reese Witherspoon in a film with noted Professional Sports Fan Jack Nicholson..

Here he is in THE HAPPENING.. skip ahead to 3:45 and peak to Mark Wahlberg's left. (MARKS'S LEFT!! NOT YOURS!!)



And here's Bob in a pilot-commercial for the Subway Hoagie Chain. It was rejected. He is only featured in the beginning and the end. The middle is pretty stupid.

The 2009 Philadelphia Philles All-Stars: A Photo Essay

They say things are going to get a whole lot better, all I know is THEY FUCKING BETTER.

Happy Birthday U.S.A.

Let freedom ring. Please celebrate responsibly, people. And remember that fireworks are stupid.

KV on the Big Stage !!!!!

A Flier for a Live Music Event

LIVE MUSIC IN PHILA

TUESDAY JUNE 30
@ The Marvelous Music
40th Street btwn Locust & Walnut

BIRDS OF MAYA
PUFFY AREOLAS
WATERY LOVE

8pm
BYO
$5

KURT VILE GETS THE LED OUT !!!! MP3 DOWNLOAD !!!

So Kurt Vile managed to show up on time to his guest appearance on a recent MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB drive-time radio broadcast. He brought to the studio his singular brand of charming banter and infectious laughter and he provided some fine musical hits from both above and below ground. Here's an mp3 download for those of you that were too lazy or too unemployed to hear it live. Go ahead and jam it in your cubicle or on your iPhone or whatever...

Music for your Methlab - 6/11/09 - **Co-Host: Kurt Vile**

MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB – 7AM to 9AM – 6/11/09 – WKDU 91.7 FM – WWW.WKDU.ORG

Debris' – Leisurely Waiting
Pigs – Psychopath
Cramps – Zombie Dance
Pathetix – Nil Carboredum
Sly & the Revolutionaries – Rizla
Kurt Vile – My Best Friends (Don't Even Pass This)
J.B.'s – Hot Pants Road
Spacemen 3 – Losing Touch with my Mind*
Wire – Mannequin*
Watery Love – (I'm A) Skull*
Ramones – Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (single)*
The Walker Brothers – Make It Easy On Yourself*
Royal Trux – Juicy Juicy Juice*
The Fall – Couldn't Get Ahead*
Suicide – Las Vegas Man*
Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Working Man*
Led Zeppelin – Poor Tom*
Neil Young – Last Dance*
Electro-Tones – Ghost Train
Dillinger – Cocaine in my Brain*
My Bloody Valentine – Strawberry Wine*
Gerry Rafferty – Right Down the Line*
Tommy Jay – Tough Luck Roy*
Sam Esh & Hard Black Thing – The Girl Got Off Weak from Snakebite*
Bob Dylan – When I Paint My Masterpiece*
Fugs – I Couldn't Get High*
Ronnie Ray's Playboys – The Vulture
The Dream Syndicate – Tell Me When It's Over*
Teenage Panzerkorps – Unfavorable Meanings*
John Fahey – The Waltz That Carried Us Away & Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart*
CCR – Effigy*

* DENOTES PICK BY KURT VILE

7 to 8 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/v4fuea

8 to 9 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/pptu8h

9 to 9:03 (CCR tail-end) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/vo9zi9

KURT VILE to co-host FM radio broadcast MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB!!!!

That's right... listen to Richie Records // TestosterTunes recording artist KURT VILE (pictured above, left) co-host the venerable MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB broadcast tomorrow morning, Thursday June 11, 7-9AM EST on WKDU 91.7 FM in Philadelphia. You could even listen online at wkdu.org...

Here's what the host has to say...


Date: Jun 10, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Thurs 6/11 - KURT VILE to co-host MFYM
Body: Outstanding Philadelphian KURT VILE is slated to co-host MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB this Thursday, June 11th.

KV will be playing his faves and announcing raffle ticket winners from 7AM onward. Be sure to tune in.

Cheers,
- ss

MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB
"Home of the 5-Day Forecast"
Thursdays - 7AM to 9AM - WKDU 91.7 FM

"Debut 45" sold out

RR//TT#22 WATERY LOVE "Debut 45" is all gone for mail order. Interested buyers might have success at an independent record store. Those in this tri-state area might be able to score a copy from the band at a live performance.

Finally some good news...

http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/20090608_Stop_in_the_name_of_love.html?cmpid=16339736

Thunderkit

100th web log post!! Another Other Voices!! Purling Hiss!!

One Hundred messages to you lucky readers. Truly a milestone. Enough celebrating. Here's another guest music review from Max Milgram.. a concise, no-nonsense description of a shredding 6-track compact disc made by PURLING HISS of Philadelphia.



"Purling Hiss" - a music review by Max Milgram

Aparently "purling" is an actual word having to do with rippling water or something. Huh. This is the solo project of perenially jolly Birds of Maya (seriously among the best modern full-throttle rock bands) guitarist Mike Pollize. Those familiar with the Birds' frenzied action will find much to rejoice here, with a similarly overloaded assault. What this lacks in BOM's pounding groove more than makes up for in slobbering guitar excess. The opening track has a weird avant-Van Halen tech feel. Things really get going on the second track that is right up the alley for fans of High Rise, Afflicted Man, Monoshock, and other such gonzoid psycho-delic guitar punkers, complete with Pollize howling something about his baby. There's riffs on this puppy, but mainly just constant wah-ed out guitar shredding. Is this what Terry Brooks sounds like?

KV live in Phila !!! Tuesday May 26 !!!

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
w/ Times New Viking

Tuesday May 26
8pm
@Kong Fu Necktie
in Philadelphia

bring $$

An image of Rollins (Jimmy) & others

A CLOCKCLEAN ER TIMEPIECE FOR SALE IN HONG KONG !!!!!

Well it's official. The Chinese are tasteless even though Chan Ho Park had a quality start vs. the Dodgers. Take a peak at this watch which ships from the Orient..

JAYSON WERTH STEALS HOME.... WHOA BRO

Go Phils.

NEW MUSIC FOR AMERICANS TO BUY

RR//TT#22 WATERY LOVE'S "Debut 45"

"In the never interesting saga to determine Punk's best primitive hooligans, MEN will blog & sputter endlessly about Drunks W/Guns or Brainbombs as martyrs of the cause. And who amongst us would deny either their berth on the altar? As an agnostic, I cannot count the stations of said cross, but I do respect it nonetheless. So it's refreshing to see a band wander into this Garage of Gethsemane & fire up their own corroded engine, pistons wheezing, oil belching, you know how it goes; many are crucified, but few resurrected. Where Watery Love fit into this scenario remains to be determined, but when it comes to archaic beats, they're already dragging their knuckles over sainted simpletons such as Butter Utter, Deutscher Abschaum & Just Urbain. 45 rpm's haven't sounded this hairy in many moons & as debut's go, they don't come more scabrous. Get one now before they learn to talk".

Roland Woodbe, Siltblog

**** NOTE: THIS RECORD IS AVAILABLE FROM REVOLVER/MIDHEAVEN, FUSETRON, FLORIDAS DYING, FAN DEATH, ACADEMY ANNEX, & MORE *****

How much?
$7 to the USA by paypal to TestosterTunes [at] gmail [dot] com

Allow about 2 weeks for delivery.

A GERMS clip courtesy of YouTube

FREE LIVE MUSIC FOR A FRIDAY EVENING

FRIDAY MAY 1st
ANDY GILES
DAN DIMAGGIO
U.S. GIRLS

@

Juanita & Juan's

125 North 11th Street (corner of 11th & Cherry in Chinatown)

Philadelphia, PA

STARTS PROMPTLY at 7pm

Contact info for KNOWN QUANTITY by WILLIE LANE

Those interested in KNOWN QUANTITY by WILLIE LANE, which was discussed in a previous entry, can send a note to silversleeve@gmail.com.

RR//TT #21-1 SOLD OUT

The 12" vinyl format of THE HUNCBACK E.P. by KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS is sold out. Please do not try to buy it from me or my staff.

The CDEP format is available for $10 postpaid to TestosterTunes [at] gmail [dot] com. Please expect up to 2 weeks for delivery.

Other Voices...

Occasionally, voices other than that of God will be published on this web log -- voices that are under-represented in the Media. So here's the voice of first-time, long-time Max Milgram. We asked him to discuss a turtle, some ducks, and the correct way to roast some pork. Instead he got on his high-horse and decided to tell you all about some new record or some shit..

"Known Quantity" by WILLIE LANE
a review by Max Milgram

"Known Quantity" is a slow crawl through nocturnal guitar ragas and blues. Some of it is reminiscent of Sandy Bull at his most FX-damaged but this is much more time-warping and dislocating and much less mustache- and heroin-driven than Bull ever was. This also appears to be less linear, if I may be so bold, than many current and past six string wrestlers, giving a pleasingly disorienting and alien vibe. Lest anyone accuse me of uncharacteristic optimism, I guess I could complain that the song titles aren't racist enough. Regardless, this is an excellent contemporary psychedelic guitar burner that sounds equally at home during late night binge drinking as it does at an early morning frittata preparation.

TUES DAY NIGHT MUSIC NIGHT

It's the third Tuesday again.. time for Music Night at Atlantis: The Lost Bar w/ DJs Democracy & Penetrator. Guest bartender this time around... Cassandra. On the television? Phils vs. Brewers. Probably some NHL and/or NBA playoffs as well. Kenzinger Beer for $3 a pint. Cheap.

checking in with the HOMOSTUPIDS...

A photo of Lean Steve w/ Stupids manager, named in honor of an Irish poet who prefers to write in French.

Karen of Cleaner and Josh of the Stupids. Possibly dancing or cheering on a great American sports team like the Phillies, the Eagles, the Flyers, or the 76ers. Or maybe Bernard Hopkins.


Good news for HOMOSTUPIDS fans. The OG Skull Music group out of Clevo has granted us a rare glimpse into their fascinating minds. They've answered some questions for us. Their responses are just as coy and hostile as you would expect from these animals...

TestosterTunes: What the fuck is a Homostupid?

HOMOSTUPIDS: A sin.

TT: Which one of you guys is the leader?

HS: Ask Beckett our manager.

TT: Where do you get your ideas from?

HS: Our manager.

TT: You guys seem like you’re into snuff films and that kind of bullshit.

HS: That is a nonquestion.

TT: What can we expect from the Buffalo Sabers this postseason?

HS: Golf and heavy petting with the Flyers.

TT: How intimidating is it to be a working rock band in the shadow of the Hall of Fame?

HS: It is very inspiring all those artists have really done it.

TT: Do you ever see that Dave E. guy walking around or riding the bus or anything? How about Dwid?

HS: Who is Dave E. and how about Dwid.

TT: Does everyone in Cleveland abuse alcohol?

HS: I know you are but what am I?

TT: Do your neighbors like you?

HS: Yes.

TT: Do you parents respect you?

HS: VERY WELL THANK YOU.

Checking in w/ BLUES CONTROL

When the music ethnographers exhaust worthwhile periods and they get around to investigating the train wreck early 2000s, surely BLUES CONTROL will rank highly. Formed in Harlem, the duo was recently chased out of the greater-Brooklyn area for being overly in-touch with reality and insufficiently wacky and full of shit. Some readers may charge that BC's low-key avant-soothing sounds are inconsistent with the generally macho focus of this web log. To those people we say, "go fuck yourself."

Russ Waterhouse & Lea Cho will be choosing between-band music at Saturday's Cleaner gig (starts early... 8pm). They were characteristically gracious enough to answer a few questions in anticipation of the event..

TestosterTunes: What's the best album by the Scorps?

Russ Waterhouse: Wish I could say Virgin Killer, because of the killer cover, but it's pretty weak. Fly To The Rainbow is a favorite, but Love At First Sting was the hit, so that must be the best.

Lea Cho: Taken by Force is the most underrated early Scorps record. the last song sounds like a chorus of mail-order brides...Sharkey would probably be into it.

TT: Better frontman.. Larry Lifeless or Diamond Dave?

RW: Larry David.

LC: When a man wearing a Boston Sewer Commission t-shirt puts his arm around you, asks if you know "Adolf Satan", tries to make out with you, and then takes you backstage to demonstrate power tools.....how can you not be infatuated??

TT: Spring rolls or egg rolls?

RW: Egg drop soup. The mo egg the better.

LC: I got some hot wings that'll last all night.

TT: What size t-shirts to you guys wear?

RW: XXXL, with a Padres logo. U Gotta Go 2 Mo's 4 That.

LC: I prefer a mens small. If you don't have any, just use Max as a reference.

Checking in with THE LAMPS

THE LAMPS are a fine vitriolic guitar band from the Los Angeles area and they don't sound half as delicate as the above photograph suggests. Truthfully, they produce the type of reductive, lashing-out type of rock music that we can all agree kicks ass. THE LAMPS have two self-titled full-lengths on In The Red that definitely kick ass and a handful of singles that probably kick ass. In fact, THE LAMPS kick enough ass to warrant an invite to CLOCKCLEAN ER's final gig in Philadelphia. There's a first time to visit the east coast for everyone. Catch 'em at that event or in NY if you didn't meet the standards for the Philly performance. Have a listen for yourself right here.

Here's what frontman MONTY BUCKLES has to say for himself...

TestosterTunes: What the fuck is a Lamp?

Monty Buckles: Got the idea sitting in someone's car in the pacific northwest watching streetlights go by. Like non-specific names that can kind of mean anything.

TT: Do you actually think it's worth your time to visit the East Coast?

MB: That remains to be seen. Here's hoping. I've never been to Philadelphia. Hopefully be able to see the Liberty Bell or something. Honor & a privilege to be asked to play C.C.ER's last show and get to play with a bunch of great bands. Looking forward to playing for people that haven't seen us before & haven't had their minds poisoned by our vast track record of lot's of lackluster local shows.

TT: Here's one for the singer.. why so angry? What's all the yelling about?

MB: Dunno, at first it just seemed like the easiest way to try and sing when you're tone-deaf with a voicebox like an old rock. Just seems better then 'singing' - makes me picture dipshits at a piano belting out show-tunes, or longhairs wailing over 60's inspired drone, or sensitive folky types warbling out of their beard-holes. Lots of local bands, with overly ambitious, anti-intellectual, pretentious vapid copycats make me want to go out to skin them alive and roast them on a spit.

TT: What do the Lamps prefer.. long-boarding or water-skiing?

MB: I went water skiing once when I was a kid an immediately erupted into cowardly, shameful. tears. Went surfing once and spent most of the time getting water forced into every cavity in my dome while getting scraped on the bottom. Beach culture makes me want to start an oil spill, or at least choke someone to death. Tim likes surfing.

TT: L.A. is known for fit bodies and plastic attitudes. What's your secret to success?

MB: All the cliches about LA are true. Everytime I am ready to defend the place I'll meet someone that should be executed on the spot to prevent their pestilent and awful genetic material from further contaminating the already vastly imperfect gene pool. Lots of dumb and shallow people. But there are also great pockets of humanity, little oases of people that are all the more remarkable for where they have taken a foothold. Roses growing in shit.

If I ever get successful, I'll let you know, constantly have a financial sword over my head. If you look up my credit the video from The Ring comes on. Right now I have received a summons for nonpayment of debt, might have my bank account seized, have been having to sell things to make rent, have no idea how I am going to pay for a variety of bills that require attention not to mention my rent. Also, I am single and spent my considerable spare time glowering or feeling sorry for myself instead of getting things done. If my life was visualized, it would be a guy on a treadmill not going anywhere. If I had known how my life would turn out in this no-longer young period of full-fledged adulthood, I would have slit my own throat long ago. If anyone wants to know how to do any of these things, I'll happily share any lessons glomed from a misspent and puerile life.

TT: How do you guys feel about the Sex Pistols?

MB: I like them. Great powerful production, good clever/stupid lyrics, and its hard to fault Steve Jones, silly as he may be. Has aged well, tickles the wanna-drive-fast-and-sing-along gene but good, and Lydon had great tastes. McClaren can dry up and fly away, though.

TT: Any new Lamps music that we should start getting wet for?

MB: Have like 1/3rd of new record written, more or less. We've been practicing WEEKLY (a Lamps record!!!) for a few months now and intend to try and record another full length to vast local indifference.

thanks dude.....

HARRY KALAS: "2008 World Champions of Baseball"

RIP HARRY KALAS