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The Wisdom Of Frank Zappa. Content Warning.
Introduction In my Vocal posts, I often mention Frank Zappa, his music and his words. You can read some of these stories here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Beat
Hüsker Dü - "The Living End"
Searching, ever searching... Melodies soar, the guitars fuzz and buzz, and staccato drumbeats fire like miniature truth grenades onto the top of the listener's skull. Bob Mould holds forth with a middling plaintive growl, somewhere between a reasoned, cultured singer and someone pleading for the return of his soul from a very, very dark place, with enough harsh, abrasive tinge to his snotboy vocalizations to offset the bitterness and grief. But all of that is what you'd expect from a rock review, right?
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
Rifkin's Final Victim
Dave Rubinstein (a.k.a. "Dave Insurgent") was the lead singer of Eighties hardcore punk pioneers REAGAN YOUTH, a band that started in the hallways of Forrest Hills Highschool in Queens, where the Ramones hail from. Originally created by Rubinstein, a rebellious youth whose father fought in WW2 and whose mother survived Auschwitz, Dave started the band with his friend Dave Bukija (Dave Cripple), often getting a physics teacher to roadie for them. In time, they changed their original name, which was "Pus," to the more marketable (but no less offensive) REAGAN YOUTH. The name is meant as a satirical joke on the right-wing conservative policies of Ronald Reagan, and the Hitler Youth.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
Top Death Metal Videos
Death. It's what's for dinner (after the long, slow lunch buffet of life). Whether or not you "savor the salt" of your earthly existence, or clench your jaw and raise your fist at the capricious whims of an unjust God, you can't deny that, once upon a time, death metal was poised to go mainstream. Of course, that never happened, despite certain bands courting major label success.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
The Edgar Allen Poelay List. Top Story - January 2022.
This is A Playlist Infiltrated and Inspired By The Spirit of Edgar Allen Poe and a conversation with my good friend Lesley. It is on YouTube here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Echoes of Euphoria: Reliving the Love Parade Sensation of 1999
Introduction: In the annals of music history, certain events stand as defining moments that reverberate through time. The Love Parade of 1999 in Berlin was precisely such a seismic cultural moment. An electrifying convergence of music, people, and an ethos of unity transformed the city's streets into a rhapsody of euphoria. In this narrative, we take a journey back to the unforgettable Love Parade of '99, where the resonance of techno anthems merged with a sea of exuberant souls, leaving an indelible mark on the tapestry of rave culture.
By Ivan Ipšić3 years ago in Beat
Love Songs for the Retarded
The name of the band and the title of the album will no doubt confuse and trigger some. No worries to the "Woke" crowd--this band is as politically correct as they come. Although they didn't start out that way.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
Seasons Of The Witch
Introduction This is a relentless but simple-to-play song which featured in the series "Britannia! and inspired a poem from me here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Amadeus (Director's Cut)
"The chief aim of philosophy would be to divine for man, that most unfortunate bipedal beast, the means by which he may discover the inscrutable and capricious ways by which Divine Providence means to enact His will, and so navigate his course thereby, to avoid the thorns and brambles of misfortune." Marquis de Sade, Justine (1791)
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
Ugly Music for Stupid People (Or Should it Be: Stupid Music for Ugly People? How the F**k Should I know?)
I'm an ugly motherfucker. So what? So FUCKING WHAT? (You got a fuckin' problem with it?) "Well I've been to Hastings, and I've been to Brighton, I've been to Eastbourne, too, so what? So what?"
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
Top Five Punk Rock Videos
I grew up listening to all the hardest mosh pit music. But as much as I loved thrash, death metal, hardcore, industrial, and what-have-you (all the music of youth misfits and outcasts, basically) my first love was always PUNK ROCK (well, I guess you could kind of consider hardcore and all those other genres as offshoots or "crossover" or, whatever). I was quite the slam dancer back in the days when I could still go and get in such a crowd and not expect to be carried to Emergency by EMTs on a stretcher.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Beat
City of Love
Summerset, with its picturesque landscapes and the echoes of love in the air, had become a sanctuary for the intertwined souls of Olivia, Jacob, Emily, Benjamin, Lily, Samuel, Isabella, Ethan, and Grace. In this chapter, their journeys would continue to unfold, revealing the intricacies of their hearts and the paths they would tread in pursuit of love and personal fulfillment.
By Love in Humanity3 years ago in Beat