Sex, News & Violins 11.08.07
Posted by Jamie Buttineau on 11.08.2007
I may be slightly tardy, my apologies. Shoegaze comes roaring back, it's a cold November for The Decemberists, Okkervil River seems to enjoy doing something called "touring" apparently, and we looked under a rock and found The B-52s. Plus Britney Spears does stupid things and people seem to slightly dislike me! Fantastical!
Another week, another week late column. My workload seems to be increasing substantially every week so I think lateness may be an unfortunate hindrance to this column for a little while. But whatever, schedules are for hippies and communists anyway. Let's rock the party.
Viewer Mail
Hey folks, can you say flame war? Because we got ourselves a flame war! Yee haw! Karen Ann Lopez has managed to make a threepeat, as she appears in my column for the third time to hurl insults at me. This lady loves her some hate mail. Let's see what wacky zaniness she has for us today! Oh boy!:
Hmm. Ramblings of a musical snob? All I can say to that is this, in
regards to your being a critic. It has long been said that those who
can't
do, criticize, and your column is only further evidence in proving that
theory. It is more than obvious that you are jealous of Bon Jovi and
wish
that you could have even a fraction of his success. You have no depth,
no
substance, and I wouldn't doubt in the least if you were tone deaf
judging
by your taste in music.
Despite your aversion to VILLE VALO and HIM, they will continue to gain
popularity in this country. (Especially, since Mr.Valo was recently
recruited to pen the theme for the next James Bond movie.). Even New
York
City has shown their love for the band, demanding that a second show be
added at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square after the first show sold
out.
As the great Frank Sinatra sang, "If you can make it there, you can
make
it anywhere".
As far as your criticism of my writing skills, you are a fool. I have
been
in the Financial Industry for 15 years, currently working for an
International Bank, and I am heralded within the company for my writing
ability (using real words, not making up ridiculous slang terms such as
your little gem "Craptastic".) I am also a writer in the midst of
completing and shopping my first novel (under a Nom de Plume, of
course).
A feat that I am certain, you would never be able to achieve given the
shallow, pointless, unintelligible and egotistical rantings that you
post
on your website. (By the by, I used the word "retort" because I was
referring to your response to my email, not to your overall column or
"report" as you seem to have preferred calling it.)
If my emails lack in proper punctuation, it is due to the fact that
they
have been typed quickly, as I have much work to do, given the fact
that,
unlike you, I have a real job.
Lastly, we have a wonderful expression here in NJ that is used in
response
to people like you who think that their opinion should be valued above
all
others. "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one, and yours
stinks".
Hahaha oh man, this, this is beautiful stuff. Seriously, I have waiting nearly the entire time I've been writing this column for someone to just continually send me hate mail like this. It took 70 columns but I finally got it. Awesome. So, let's go through this thing bit by bit shall we?
Firstly, I'm not a musician. I've had scattered bands here and there but I've never intended to really be a musician. I did it more for fun. In fact my interests lie more in writing. I just happen to write about music because I like music, and also I hate the crap that gets put out there these days and is passed off as quality. Pop music these days has deteriorated to the point where every bleach blonde bubbleheaded bimbo (that's alliteration!) can stand behind a mic while some douchebag with fancy equipment or Garageband or something contorts and alters her voice. Tis a sad thing. So that brings me to your first point, that I'm jealous of Bon Jovi….Excuse me a moment.
Hoo hoo, hoo hoo, aaaaaaaahhh. That's better. Seriously, jealous of Bon Jovi? That's your "retort"? Yes, I wish I was a decent if not mediocre arena rocker with feathered hair. Look, I'd love to nail all the chicks that Bon Jovi gets or star in the crappy vampire movies that he "acts" in, but really, I can think of way cooler people to be jealous of. You see, just because I insult someone, doesn't mean I'm jealous of them. Because, that's stupid.
I make fun of 50 Cent because he's an egotistical brain dead lump of clay who stumbled into the world of hip hop because he had important friends and a reputation for being used as target practice. I make fun of Britney Spears because she's a worthless human being who would rather snort cocaine and drink herself stupid then raise her two kids. I make fun of Hinder because their music sounds like someone swallowed a cat, then the cat died, then the cat somehow became undead as a zombie and clawed away at the guys vocal cords. Then after the cat was somehow removed he decided to fix his injured vocal cords by drinking a mixture of Jack Daniels, shards of glass, tiny rocks and perhaps an arrowhead or two. Then that person decided to sing songs so bad they would make Nickelback blush. You see Karen, you silly silly person you, I mock not because I envy, I mock because I enjoy mocking people I hate and despise. I mean, that's the simplest reason to mock anything. Don't overcomplicate things ladygirl, that's not one of the foundations of good storytelling.
Speaking of storytelling (that's a segue!), you're writing a novel hmmm? The next great American novel is it hmmm? The next Catcher In The Rye is it hmmm? The next Ernest Hemingway are you hmmm? Let's see, you like Bon Jovi and Ville Valo. So either it's a crappy romance novel (or perhaps, a CRAPTASTIC romance novel! With craptasticity so craptiful that it's crapocity uncrapulates all other forms of crapification!) or something to do with vampires. Oh oh, I bet it's a vampire romance novel! And I bet neck biting is a metaphor for sexual intercourse! My god, you're the next Maya Angelou! I mean you must be a fantastic writer, after all the employees at the bank marvel at your writing skills! And if anyone knows good writing, it's people who work at a bank.
Oh, and let's take a look at this little gem of a quote right here:
If my emails lack in proper punctuation, it is due to the fact that
they
have been typed quickly, as I have much work to do, given the fact
that,
unlike you, I have a real job.
OOOOOOOHHHH SNAP!!! OOOOOOOHHHHH SNAP SON!!! NO YOU DID-ANT, NO YOU DID-ANT!! YOU JUST GOT ALL UPS IN MY GRILLS!! OH IT IS ON LIKE NECKBONE!! LIKE NECKBONE SUGAR BABYCAKES!!
No offense lady, but the Financial Industry? I dunno, that seems kind of…Well, boring to me. Banks are like cold, sterile mausoleums where money goes to die (that's a simile!). Man that must be depressing. No wonder you spend all your time writing poorly written hate mail and craptastic vampire romance novels. Do you need a hug?
No offense to anyone else who works in a bank but, it's just not for me. I'd rather continue making my money the way I have for years: by juggling flaming chainsaws while riding a unicycle on the streets. I'm a pillar of the community.
And finally, you tell me that opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one and that mine stinks. So, you spend an entire hate mail basically tearing me apart for being juvenile and a bad writer, than you end your hate mail with what is essentially a fart joke? Sad, hoisted by your own petard.
So, I draw close yet another thrilling entry in the Karen Ann Lopez Diary of Hatred and Inanity. You're a credit to bank tellers everywhere my dear. If only I had a picture of what surely must be your stunning beauty. I do however have something that must be close…
Apparently back in August Daft Punk put out a call for a bunch of people to videotape a show of theirs in Brooklyn and compile the footage together into a video like the Beastie Boys did a little while ago. The result is yet another awesome video of Daft Punk performing that makes me really seriously consider buying their live DVD set when it's released this month. Seriously, I once doubted the ability of two French guys in robot costumes to put on amazing live performances, and I have long since been proven a fool. Potential warning however, I wouldn't recommend this video if you happen to be epileptic, lots and lots of jump cuts baby.
Justice, "D.A.N.C.E."
Live from Jimmy Kimmel Live, October 9, 2007
From one group of French dudes to another. Can somebody please explain to me how the fuck this performance went under my radar? Seriously, this perhaps the coolest thing I've seen in ages! Let's face it, Justice unfortunately doesn't have the same advantage of being dressed in robot suits and having a giant colourful lite brite pyramid of awesomeness to make their performances spectacular. So they decided to have some people perform for them. Only not just any people, fuckin' 80's superstar impersonators! It's almost unfathomable how great this is. We got Michael Jackson (red jacket, pre-pedophile era) on vocals, Stevie Wonder on drums (for some reason), Rick James on bass, and motherfuckin' Prince on guitar yo. And also some guy who I actually thought was Rod Stewart but some guy in the Youtube comments says it's actually supposed to be a member of Duran Duran. I like that idea more.
Headlines!!
It's A Good Time To Be Ian Wright
First a new Radiohead album comes out of nowhere to capture the hearts and minds of the world, now rumours surface that we may be getting a new My Bloody Valentine album. Yes, we knew that new My Bloody Valentine material was in the works. However, did you know that that material may arrive as soon as this year?! SAY WHAAAAT?!!
Indeed, according to an interview band member Kevin Shields Vice's vbs.tv program "Soft Focus" when he states that the album may be out this year. Hey, let's look at some Kevin Shields quotes from the interview!
"We were making a record in the 90s, around when the band broke up in 1995...and I continued with Bilinda [Butcher, guitarist/vocalist]. We kinda made...most of an album...
"[The new album is] going to be this 96/97 half-finished record finished, and then a compilation of stuff we did before that in 1993–94, and a little bit of new stuff.
"I pretty much know what the one that's going to come out this year is going to sound like because it's already pretty much three-quarters done already...it sounds like what we sounded like-- different but not radically different. People will go, 'Yeah, it sounds like My Bloody Valentine.'"
So there you go folks, the father of shoegaze is returning to the airwaves. Well, probably not the airwaves so much as shoegaze ain't exactly all that mainstream. Nor was it ever really come to think of it. But a new My Bloody Valentine album is definitely something to celebrate. The question is however, 16 years after Loveless will this now very overly hyped comeback measure up to their past greatness? I say, maybe!
Alas, Tragedy Hath Struck Thy Indie Storysmiths. I Hope It's Not The Consumption
In rather sad news, The Decemberists have been forced to call off their somewhat recently announced Long and Short Of It tour due a lingering illness that was afflicted one of the band members. So if you bought tickets to a Decemberists lately, well, sucks to be you. Here's a message from Colin Meloy himself from the band's website:
"With much regret the Decemberists have cancelled the remainder of 'The Long and Short of It' tour.
"One of our band members has been ill for a while but we thought all would be well in time for these tour dates. After a couple shows, though, it has become clear that the illness is much worse than we had initially realized. We need to return home so our friend can mend.
"It saddens us to disappoint our fans. We hope everybody understands it is only because of an extreme situation that we had to cancel a tour we've all been excited about doing since the idea was originally hatched.
"Our deepest apologies but at this time no plans are being made to reschedule the dates. Ticket holders should seek refunds at point of purchase.".
Bummer. Thus, the following shows are kaputsky.
CANCELLED:
11-01 New York, NY - Terminal 5 ("Long of It") *
11-02 New York, NY - Terminal 5 ("Short of It") *
11-03 Boston, MA - Orpheum ("Long of It") *
11-04 Boston, MA - Orpheum ("Short of It") *
11-06 Winston-Salem, NC - Millennium Center ("Long of It") *
11-07 Winston-Salem, NC - Millennium Center ("Short of It") *
11-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ("Long of It") *
11-10 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ("Short of It") *
11-11 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ("Long of It") *
11-12 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ("Short of It") *
11-13 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall (WYEP benefit show) *
11-15 Columbus, OH - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion ("Long of It") *
11-16 Columbus, OH - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion ("Short of It") *
11-18 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater ("Long of It") *
11-19 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater ("Short of It") *
11-23 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ("Long of It") *
11-24 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ("Short of It") *
11-25 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ("Long of It") *
11-26 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ("Short of It") *
11-29 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ("Long of It") *
11-30 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ("Short of It") *
12-01 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre ("Long of It") *
12-02 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre ("Short of It") *
12-05 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom ("Long of It") *
12-06 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom ("Short of It") *
12-07 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom (fan's choice) *
12-08 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre ("Long of It") *
12-09 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre ("Short of It") *
* with Laura Veirs and Saltbreakers
River Keeps On Rolling
Okkervil River has decreed that touring only in 2007 is unacceptable and therefore they have extended their tour well into 2008. Well, maybe not well into 2008, there's three dates in February of next year. So, kind of into 2008 would probably be more accurate. They seem like a band worth checking out, even if the lead singer looks like he has some form of Down's syndrome or something. Seriously, he freaks me out a bit.
This is not a column or maybe:
11-07 Nottingham, England - The Social
11-08 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University
11-09 Glasgow, Scotland - Nice N Sleazy
11-10 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
11-12 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
11-13 Paris, France - La Cigalle #
11-14 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
11-19 Vienna, Austria - Szene
11-20 Munich, Germany - Registratur
11-22 Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
11-23 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
11-24 Muenster, Germany - Gleiss 22
11-25 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
11-26 Berlin, Germany - Lido
11-27 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
11-29 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
11-30 Stockholm, Sweden - Spark Club @ Debaser Medis
12-01 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
12-04 Brighton, England - Pressure Point
12-05 Liverpool, England - Liverpool Academy
12-06 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's
12-07 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
12-08 Cardiff, Wales - Barfly
12-09 London, England - Luminaire
12-10 London, England – Luminaire
02-02 Belfast, Northern Ireland – Empire
02-03 Edinburgh, Scotland – Cabaret Voltaire
02-05 London, England - Scala
# with Vic Chesnutt
Tin Roof Rusted
The B-52's are making a new album. That's right, The fuckin' B-52's are releasing a brand new CD. And I'm well aware that it'll probably be god awful. In fact, I know it will be. Whenever an older band comes out several years later and makes new music it almost always blows. There are exceptions of course, but that's very rare.
Still I'm hoping and praying that somehow, just somehow the gods of music will give us just one more kickass album by these guys. I'm not gonna lie, they're one of my guiltiest pleasures. And everybody has tried at least once to impersonate Fred Schnieder's voice. They're iconic, they're goofy, they're campy, they're ridiculous and they're awesome.
Their new album is called Funplex, and will be their first album since 1992's Good Stuff. It comes out on February 26 of next year and guess what? I gots me a tracklist.
Funplex Tracklist:
01 Pump
02 Hot Corner
03 Ultraviolet
04 Juliet of the Spirits
05 Funplex
06 Eyes Wide Open
07 Love in the Year 3000
08 Deviant Ingredient
09 Too Much to Think About
10 Dancing Now
11 Keep This Party Going
Also, they got a few live dates lined up thus far. And I dare you to find something more fun than going to see The B-52's live. I double dog dare ya.
Everybody had, matching towels!:
11-15 Santa Ynez, CA - Chumash Casino Resort
11-16 West Hollywood, CA - The Roxy
11-17 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
02-15 Jacksonville, FL - The Florida Theatre
RAPIDFIRE NEWS SMARTASSERY!!
Huh, this might become a regular thing due to all the press coverage she gets these days. Yes ladies and gentlemen it's time for yet another edition of…
Rapidfire Britney Spearsery!!
So much crap on this girl these days I hardly know where to begin. Let's start with the kids. Apparently Britney is such a bad freakin' parent that she'll only get two visits a week with her kids and they'll be court supervised. Also she needs to submit to drug testing twice a week. You know, I once said that Britney Spears was turning into Courtney Love. I think the transformation is complete. I mean for god's sake even Courtney got to keep her kids. Man, I always thought marrying K-Fed was the worst thing she ever did but it seems like divorcing him was even worse. Seriously, I'm still having a hard time getting over the fact that K-Fed is apparently a better parent and person than somebody. That, doesn't seem right at all.
Now onto car troubles. She paid off the person whose car she crashed into back in August to avoid a hit and run charge although she still faces a charge for driving without a license. Of course that's nothing compared to the fact that she may have run over the feet of a cop. That's right, Britney Spears may have run over a cop's feet. You know, at this point I seriously think she's just trying to top whatever stupid shit she's done in the past with even more stupid shit. I think it's a little game, she wants to see just how much ridiculous shit she can cram into an entire year. She's doing quite well really. At this point I think we need to start taking bets on what she does next. I've even worked out some odds:
Britney hits a homeless person with her car and drives off: 3-1
Britney indecently exposes herself to a minor: 4-1
Britney forgets kids at a mall or on side of street or elsewhere: 2-1
Britney caught with possession of an illegal firearm: 8-1
Britney caught doing heroin: 5-1
Britney sleeps with Nick Carter: 2-1
Britney sleeps with Aaron Carter: 3-1
Britney sleeps with Jimmy Carter: 6-1
Britney does nazi salute: 4-1
Britney goes to perform in the middle east dressed up like Muhammad: 8-1
Britney sits in the middle of a busy street and starts crying: 2-1
Britney throws rock at Presidental candidate: 5-1
Britney eats one of her own kids: 9-1
Britney eats someone else's kids: 10-1
And so on and so forth. If you're a bookie feel free to lift those for your own gain.
Britney has also pissed off the Catholic church, although I'm reasonably sure they probably didn't like her very much to begin with. In her latest album Blackout (which is probably the most apt title she could have chosen) one of the pictures in the liner notes of the album depicts Britney in suggestive poses with a Catholic priest. See for yourself! Yay!
Ooooo, how provocative. Hey, remember a while back when she was basically named the Christian paragon of virtue and virginity? Man, that was funny back then and in hindsight it's even more hilarious.
Chances of Britney being caught in a confessional giving head: 7-1.
Man, if this is what happens when you become a teenage pop superstar, then I am so changing my life's ambition.
And now, surprisingly there is non-Britney related news. I am as shocked as you are.
T-Pain was arrested in Florida with a suspended license. Seriously, is it that hard for celebrities to find chauffeurs these days? When did the chauffeur go out of style? Dammit people they wear funny hats and drive you around, how can you not want one of those?!
Alice Cooper has said that he thinks that Ozzy Osbourne's reality show hurt his musical career. Alice Cooper also thinks that sugar makes candy taste sweet and the sun is what makes everything so bright. He's observant.
50 Cent's latest music video has been banned by both MTV and BET due to its title of "I Still Kill", so it's been changed to "I Still Will". Fiddy also felt the need to open his mouth on the subject, which often leads to horrible or hilarious results: "I don't think they have a problem with the group the Killers being called 'The Killers' and I don't think anyone's protesting that Guns N' Roses is called 'Guns N' Roses.'" Well for one thing, I don't think anyone actually looks at The Killers and says "my god, there goes a group of gangstas the likes of which have never been seen!" And no one's really protested about anything having to do with Guns ‘N Roses in a long time. Also, neither of those groups are a jacked up semi-retarded rapper with a bad temper who randomly attacks and beats the shit out of anyone who doesn't say he's great. So yeah, there's kind of a difference. You moron you.
Avril Lavigne has promised that her 2008 tour will the her best tour ever. Because she's apparently still a 15 year old girl, and thus everything will the best thing ever.
Beyonce's next album is scheduled to be a dance album. As long as the videos are as batshit crazy as that one where she dressed up like Sharon Stone from Basic Instinct it's all good.
Electrelane have gone on indefinite hiatus. So if you like Electrelane, that's a bummer. Otherwise, carry on with your business.
Radiohead's newest, industry destroying album will be released in stores after all. Because even trend buckers need to make a buck.
Meat Loaf will do anything for love, but he won't finish his tour. No, he won't do that.
Van Halen's tour might be extended into 2008. Which means that no one in the band has died just yet.
Amy Winehouse is still having problems with her US work visa. Apparently the US doesn't want a crazy person who may or may not be addicted to crack cocaine to come into their country. Who knew?
Ville Valo will write the theme song for the next James Bond movie. As a result, the next James Bond movie will suck. HA! SUCK ON THAT LOPEZ!
I actually don't even hate Ville Valo even slightly. I just like to antagonize. I'm a bad wittle boy.
Kanye West is apparently working on a book which will contain some of his "Kanye-isms". I don't really have anything else to say on the matter, although even I was unaware that Kanye had "isms".
Coldplay has apparently finished work on their next album. So if you want to hear something that sounds like dumbed down Radiohead or more professional Maroon 5, then Coldplay is where it's at. That's Coldplay, always making sure that the middle ground is easily appeased.
Although "The Scientist" is a good song I'll give them that.
Billboard Top 20
1, Carrie Woods, Carnival Ride – Nooooo!! The robot has returned to suck the blood from the innocent! Keep her away from your children, she has no soul! SHE HAS NO SOUL!!
2. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, Raising Sand – So, we can't get any new Led Zeppelin but we have to get this? Seriously, I'd take a crappy Zeppelin song over this any day of the week.
3. Gary Allan, Living Hard – Dunno who this is. Let's wiki it….And…He's a country singer. Ok then, don't care.
4. Serj Tankian, Elect The Dead – Hmmm, I like System Of The Down but I'm reluctant to pick this up. I'll need some encouragement before I consider grabbing this solo album.
5. Josh Groban, Noel – So is this a Christmas album or what? Because seriously, it seems like Christmas begins earlier and earlier every year. I mean seeing the department stores set out the decorations early was one thing, but releasing Christmas albums nearly a full two months before Christmas? That seems a little extreme.
6. Coheed and Cambria, No World For Tomorrow – I'm not gonna lie, for all their pretentiousness and over the top storytelling, I kinda like these guys. I know it's odd, but fuck it, let them tell their insane stories of sci fi weirdness. Go Coheed, tell your stories! TELL THEM BEFORE THE PORTALS OF SPACE CLOSE IN ON YOU!! REVEAL YOUR SECRETS TO THE UNIVERSE!! BEWARE THE KLINGONS, BEWARE THEM I SAY!!!
7. Kid Rock, Rock ‘N Roll Jesus – I'm pretty sure Jesus would take offence to a douchebag such as yourself comparing yourself to him. In fact, you've probably just pissed him off. Expect a plague of locusts motherfucker.
8. Rascal Flatts, Still Feels Goods – Strange, I feel like I'm going to vomit in my mouth.
9. Seether, Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces – Sounds like something I do in cheap bars every night.
10. Various Artists, High School Musical 2 Soundtrack – I kind of wish high school was like this back in my day. It would have given me a reason to slit my wrists.
11. Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II – I didn't think having dreams made of chrome sounded healthy the first time. The second time it seems like it would be even worse.
12. Bruce Springsteen, Magic – Went from number 1 all the way to number 12. I guess that is pretty magical.
13. Juanes, La Vida… Es Un Ratico – Oh you better believe I don't give a shit about this.
14. Reba McEntire, Reba Duets – Ahh, enough with the singing already.
15. Colbie Caillat, I still don't know who this really is. All I know is her name simultaneously reminds me of Stephen Colbert and the Samurai Pizza Cats. And both things combined into one make me happy.
16. Kanye West, Graduation – One of the best albums of the entire fuckin' year. Suck on that Rascal Flatts, you dicks you.
17. Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana 2 Soundtrack/Meet Miley Cyrus – If she wants to honour her father she needs to grow a fe-mullet posthaste.
18. Soulja Tell ‘Em, souljaboytellem.com - Still have no idea what the fuck this is. But I do know that I still probably hate the fuck out of it.
19. Keyshia Cole, Just Like You – You eat out of the trash and murder hobos in their sleep too?! God, we're so alike you and me, Ms. Cole. So alike.
20. Matchbox Twenty, Exile On Mainstream – I didn't even know these guys were really still around. Man, the 90's just won't die will they?
Important New Releases Of the Week….According To Me
Like a full month after the album is released and I finally get around to talking about it. Well I needed time to digest this one, I wasn't sure about it at first. But now I've listened to it several times (and by several I mean about 60 times) I've come to the conclusion that it's awesome. Very awesome. This album has basically come out of nowhere to top most people's favourite albums of 2007 lists. Sure, it's not exactly as groundbreaking or iconic as past Radiohead albums, but it's definitely their most accessible album and quite possibly their most fun. Plus, you can steal the thing online for free from the band's own website, which is definitely an added bonus. It's fantastic in several different ways, but it's Radiohead so that goes without saying. Get it now.
The Greatest Video Ever Made Of The Week
Of Montreal, "Gronlandic Edit"
From the album Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, 2007
Wow, that's just fucking weird. Really I could leave it at that and that's all the info you would need. This is just really fucking bizarre. It's basically a whole bunch of animation made by something on major psychedelic drugs. There's the pope with a skull for a head, random people groping each other, Dick Cheney, basically anything that's weird and wrong. I mean intense stuff, like 6 forms of acid combined together to create some kind of super acid. If you happen to be on any drugs at the moment I would not recommend watching this. Or, maybe I do recommend watching it. Either way, I'm pretty sure at the end you brain will be broken.
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The 411Music Top Five is up and running again. So, that's another thing I'll probably be unable to contribute to. Grrrrrrreat.
IT'S OVER!!
And somehow I manage to squeeze another column within my oh so busy schedule. And this was fullsized too! Good for me. I'll be back next week….Probably. See you then or thereabouts.
