We finished our own lives. Now we finished off the wine. Now we're used to staying up all night. Two hearts beating OH YEAH! OH YEAH! Japandroid's "Young Hearts Spark Fire"
It's almost raining today.
My little brother's school was the one that had the Swine Flu outbreak. I think the whole Swine Flu thing is a bit silly. Diseases are dangerous but this one is dangerous to Mexico and babies only. If you start feeling sick, go to the doctor. This super flu is treatable. Everyone stop freaking out.
The semester is winding down. Ghost Mall has been going pretty well. We have our seventh show tomorrow. We still have only 4 songs but hopefully that'll change soon. I guess 7 shows isn't that big a deal either but considering Hidden Power had only 8 in 6 months, 7 in 1 is pretty good. The plan is to write a few more, record them and shop them around to a couple of labels. Maybe put out a 7"
Oh check out this band, Sharks Roar. Killer dudes. Killer tunes. Like a more melodic, less abrasive Jawbreaker.
My external hard drive decided to delete all of my Pavement. Bummer.
Summer is almost upon us. So time to break out the summer records. Here's a list of favorite summer records of mine.
Desaparecidos - "Read Music/ Speak Spanish"
Japandroids - "Post-Nothing"
Guided By Voices - "Alien Lanes"
Japanther - "Skuffed Up My Huffy"
Pavement - "Slanted and Enchanted"
UGK - Any and everything.
That's the short list. I'm really digging that Japandroids record and Guided By Voices lately.
Just about time for band practice. Playing with Terror Pigeon tomorrow!
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Showing posts with label Desaparecidos. Show all posts
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Welcome!
Let me begin by introducing myself and my musical tastes. My name is Pierce. I love run on sentences. I grew up on Bright Eyes and pop-punk. I don't like Radiohead. Glam is the most underrated genre that has ever existed. I'm a sucker for cute bands. If it makes me dance, I'll probably listen to it more than once. I love folk, post-rock, 80s hardcore (Minor Threat, Black Flag, etc.), things Stephen Malkmus does, noise rock, 90s emo (The Promise Ring, Texas Is The Reason, etc.), bands with The Strokes swagger and/or Iggy Pop's presence. I'm a sucker for most girl vocalists and any twee band. Also, The Ramones are more important than most people give them credit.
I'm willing to admit that sometimes there is no rhyme or reason for why I like something. But basically, if I get excited about a band, you should too. If you don't, it's no skin off my teeth.
There. It's like we've known each other for years. And so it begins.
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For my first foray into the world of internet music journalism, the band responsible for my blog's name. Desaparecidos.One brilliant album. Read Music/ speak Spanish
I bought this album during my senior year of high school. I had an internship in the city and once I realized that I didn't have to be there all the time, I would wander down the 6 line and hang around St. Marks, my own private punk rock getaway that was, you know, surrounded by a Barnes&Noble and a couple of Starbucks. But, regardless I thought I was really cool trying to blend in with the hip Cooper Union kids and aging punks despite my Catholic school uniform.
I went into Kim's Underground blah blah whatever it's called. (I always just called it Kim's.) Anyway, I went in and I browsed the used CD rack. I was never looking for anything in particular. But, somehow I knew what the cover looked like. I had only ever heard one song that my girlfriend at the time put on a cassette that we listened to in my Dad's car a lot. At the time, I thought Conor Oberst was completely untouchable so I figured that it would be fine. Plus it was only 8 bucks. I bought that and a Postal Service single.
That CD made its home in my Sony Walkman CD player for months. It was bigger than girls and high school. It wanted to start a coup and make its own clothes and only play basement shows and only sell CDs with handmade sleeves. It was everything I couldn't have. Conor Oberst let his punk rock out for the first time since the demise of Commander Venus and the world would be a better place if he chilled with the psychics and just got back to rockin.
So now I extend to you the opportunity to let this album live with you a bit. Let it buy you only organic groceries, invite its political activist friends over for dinner and boycott companies that have sweatshops. You won't regret it.
Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish
Tracklist:
01. Man And Wife, The Former (Financial Planning)
02. Manana
03. Greater Omaha
04. Man And Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods)
05. Mall of America
06. The Happiest Place On Earth
07. Survival of the Fittest/It's a Jungle Out There
08. $$$$
09. Hole in One
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I'm willing to admit that sometimes there is no rhyme or reason for why I like something. But basically, if I get excited about a band, you should too. If you don't, it's no skin off my teeth.
There. It's like we've known each other for years. And so it begins.
**********************************************************************************
For my first foray into the world of internet music journalism, the band responsible for my blog's name. Desaparecidos.One brilliant album. Read Music/ speak Spanish
I bought this album during my senior year of high school. I had an internship in the city and once I realized that I didn't have to be there all the time, I would wander down the 6 line and hang around St. Marks, my own private punk rock getaway that was, you know, surrounded by a Barnes&Noble and a couple of Starbucks. But, regardless I thought I was really cool trying to blend in with the hip Cooper Union kids and aging punks despite my Catholic school uniform.
I went into Kim's Underground blah blah whatever it's called. (I always just called it Kim's.) Anyway, I went in and I browsed the used CD rack. I was never looking for anything in particular. But, somehow I knew what the cover looked like. I had only ever heard one song that my girlfriend at the time put on a cassette that we listened to in my Dad's car a lot. At the time, I thought Conor Oberst was completely untouchable so I figured that it would be fine. Plus it was only 8 bucks. I bought that and a Postal Service single.
That CD made its home in my Sony Walkman CD player for months. It was bigger than girls and high school. It wanted to start a coup and make its own clothes and only play basement shows and only sell CDs with handmade sleeves. It was everything I couldn't have. Conor Oberst let his punk rock out for the first time since the demise of Commander Venus and the world would be a better place if he chilled with the psychics and just got back to rockin.
So now I extend to you the opportunity to let this album live with you a bit. Let it buy you only organic groceries, invite its political activist friends over for dinner and boycott companies that have sweatshops. You won't regret it.
Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish
Tracklist:
01. Man And Wife, The Former (Financial Planning)
02. Manana
03. Greater Omaha
04. Man And Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods)
05. Mall of America
06. The Happiest Place On Earth
07. Survival of the Fittest/It's a Jungle Out There
08. $$$$
09. Hole in One
...
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