On the Day When I Was Born Daddy Sat Down And Cried.

Promises Promises! I know I promised to post those interviews I have just been really busy the last few days. I swear I will be posting more. Be patient

Afternoon Bong Hits

Before You See The Light You Must Die

This song makes me want to punch someone in the face!

We'd Be As Rich As The Stones If Only We'd Sold As Many Records As Them.

Wow! Most of Bad News and More Bad News is on You Tube. This is one of my favorite movies ever. It's Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, and Nigel Planer from "The Young Ones." It also has Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French from "Absolutely Fabulous." The concept is like Spinal Tap but it's definitely original. If you love "The Young Ones" or "Bottom," then I urge you to watch this. In fact watch this and then follow it up with "Spinal Tap," for some guaranteed funny time.



Rik Mayall as Colin Grigson is the best!

Morning Bong Hits

How's Your Second Head? Is It The First One You Started Out With?

I apologize for not posting any interviews yet. I have been busy at work but I promise to start putting them up this weekend. I was a little worried being that they are a year old but I don't think that is too outdated. Anyhow I am going to try and start getting some new interviews soon so I can keep this blog updated. If you or anyone you know are doing anything interesting musically hit me up. It seems like lately I have been only listening to old stuff but am always open to new music.

So I was just thinking about all the old NYC venues I used to hit up back when I was a teen in the 90's. Long gone are the days of smoking clove cigarettes at The Cooler, Tramps, Brownies, and Coney Island High. I can't tell you how many times I saw The Make-Up, Unwound, and many many terrible bands that are all slipping my mind. I spent so many of my teenage hours listening to Huggybear, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile,Beat Happening, Unrest,Nation Of Ulysses,Unwound, Peechees, Tuscadero etc.I loved Kill Rock Stars, K, Lookout, Teenbeat, and Wiija records. I think I would cringe if I listened to some of this stuff now. Although I downloaded both NOU albums a few months back and they still sound good.If anyone has any old pictures please send them to me! I have to go through my stuff as well and see if I still have anything left. Unfortunately I threw away almost all of my old 7inches and sold most of my record collection to Princeton Record Exchange when I was 18 or 19 because I felt that I grew out of my youth. I remember my first zine was called "Glamour Tramp." What a terrible name! The A in Glamour was written out like an anarchy sign. I used to worship Sonic Youth as well and remember replicating the cover of "Goo" in my 8th grade art class. The highlight of my summer going into high school was going to see Sonic Youth and Pavement at Lollapalooza. I felt this music was mine and remember getting angry when they played "Rebel Girl" on Roseanne. Ha! Well that is enough nostalgia for the moment! Next time I will talk about all the metal that I listened to as a child.

The Ugly Duck Is Starting To Smile

I would like to take a moment to talk about a few great bands that I feel are completely underrated (I could go on for hours about bands that I think are overrated but that will be another post). The first band I would like to talk about are the dB's. The more I listen to "Stands for Decibels," the more I fall in love with songs like "Bad Reputation," "Living a Lie," "The Fight," and "Neverland."I think some of these songs are perfect. It's really catchy music and it's a shame you hardly ever hear of this band. One of the founders Chris Stamey played with Alex Chilton and Television before forming this band. It makes me upset that REM get all the credit for this type of music. I will say that the first few REM albums are great but they should have broken up before they became the terrible mess they are today. If you like The dB's then also check out The Feelies(terrible band name) album "Crazy Rythms." This album took a while to grow on me but now I love it. Another great band that I think happens goes greatly unnoticed is Cockney Rebel, a fantastic glam rock group formed and fronted by Steve Harley. If you love Roxy Music, Sweet, Bowie, T Rex or Slade then you must listen to Cockney Rebel. I wold recommend their albums "Human Menagerie," "Psychomodo," and "The Best Years of Our Lives." Also I have been into another glam rock singer named Jobriath. He was the first openly gay singer in the 70's and unfortunately this was the death of his career. .He dropped out and became a cabaret singer sadly he died of AIDS in 1983. Morrissey reissued his 2 albums that were out of print.

The dB's


Cockney Rebel


Jobriath

I'm not crazy about the Bobby Digital album but this is one of my favorite cuts off it.

Witchcraft Destroys Minds

About a year ago I started a zine called Dark Entries. The reason I started this zine was because I needed an outlet to write about music. I decided to be old fashioned and go back to my teenage roots. Also, I was working a boring office job and was using all of their resources. Well I ended up getting laid off and was too broke to publish it. I decided to embrace these modern times and do a blog instead. Eventually I will publish all of the interviews that I did last year for your reading enjoyment. I have been against doing this ever since my friend Stephanie said that the word blog sounds like throw up. Times are tough my friends and I cannot afford to make cute little zines that will most likely be thrown away before being read. So I hope you enjoy my rants and opinions on music and please feel free to leave any comments, complaints, or death threats (actually ixnay on the death threats). Also I will try and post new entries daily, so keep checking in everyday.Thanks!