ain't dead ///

I ain't dead.

Been busy recording a few albums and being a stay at home dad. 

I'll post up a mass of awesome bands in the coming days.

Until then, this should be enough for you and if it's not, eat a bag of dix:

-WT

rickolus ///

jacksonville, fl hero Rick Colado has been blowing away hometown kids for years. he has proven to be a prolific song writer, releasing at least 6 albums under the name
RickoLus since 2004. It is hard to pin point, really. Taken together, his work gives us a well orchestrated collage of styles. That is what I like about him, the only 'rule' he follows is melody. He isn't just song writing, he is composing.

If this is too much for ya, check out his earlier work with
Julius Airwave for some great indie pop tunes.

anywho, he has a new album coming out soon. keep a look out.

-JW

kristen stewart /// don't change

Last night Kristen Stewart appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. And of course the blogosphere was quick to call it out for being another "awkward" appearance.

Here it is:



Here's another one that Gawker called a "disaster" and "trainwreck":



I just don't get it. In every interview that I've seen, Kristen Stewart seems like a decent, real person. Somebody that would actually be fun to hang out with. Not a Hollywood phony like a lot of the empty vessels that wander onto a late night couch with rehearsed dialogue. Admittedly, she is a little bit awkward in these interviews, but it is endearing. Plus, you'd feel a bit awkward too. You know, if you had to sit on couch and be asked a bunch of inane questions by a perverted old man in front of an audience of troglodytes.

Keep it real, Kristen Stewart.
Don't change.

_GP

vapid and hollow charade ///

Yay, Senate confirmation hearings! Let's hope discussion of Kagan's pubes remains pillow talk. But seriously, Kagan's first day before the Senate Judiciary Committee was beyond simply vapid or hollow. It was downright laden with ignorance. Senate Republicans let their true regressive colors shine brightly yesterday as they took turns bashing Thurgood Marshall for being a judicial activist. Usually "judicial activism", when employed by the right, is used as a pejorative to disparage any progressively minded judge. But this time around, one can't help but think the phrase was conjured not only to attack Marshall--and those associated with him--but was also a broader denigration of the Supreme Court's role in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

It is frightening to think that some of our elected officials would be completely OK with this


or this


or this


or this


We don't have a post-racial America.
We don't have a post-racist America.


_GP

guitar hero army ///

After the rise of Guitar Hero, I see this as a very real possibility.

While it remains to be seen what effect these games will have on

future rock stars and underground phenoms, but I can already imagine

reading in a future blog, "I knew I wanted to spend my life playing music

when I walked into my brother's room and witnessed him just pressing

the heck out of those buttons, I mean, you should have seen his star power score."

I want to see a "Band Nerd" video game. You have to awkwardly lug around your heavy, 
bulky instrument(in it's case) to and from school every day. Think tetris on a school bus.
What else? Spit valves, mystery hand me down uniforms, and you lose points for every successful
interaction with the opposite sex. You can call it an edutainment, cause the shit you learn from that 
experience is what drives the rock'n' roll dreams of many.

-JW

iPhone 4 /// world sick

With the global release of the iPhone 4, throngs of pseudonerds came billowing out of their parents' basements and exposed their skin to natural sunlight for the first time since the release of the iPad.

Note the paleness of the faces and the dearth of females in the line. Women aren't dumb enough to be so prodigal with their time; their biological clocks are ticking. (AP photo by Kiichiro Soto)

The fact that the homo sapien--which is suppose to mean "wise man"--would stand in line to pay for an overpriced phone blows my mind. Quite frankly it galls me. I think these people would stand in a guillotine line if the evil marketing masterminds at Apple Inc. could:

1) ensure that the guillotine has sexy product architecture

and

2) somehow spin being headless as vogue and a superior personal attribute. Those "headed PC people" are soooo passé.

Mac: Hello, I'm a Mac.

PC: And I'm a PC.

Mac: So how's all that "having a head attached to your shoulders" working out for you? You know--with the limited head motion, neck cricks--do I really need to present a laundry list of the dubious attributes associated with having your head attached at the shoulders?

PC: They are just minor inconveniences. Thank you.

Mac: Well, if you call being a giant stuffed shirt a minor inconvenience, then I guess you're right.

PC: Hey, I may be a bit conventional, but that's no reason to make personal attacks.

Mac: Well, if you call being an office stiff a bit conventional, then I guess you're right.

PC: Speaking of "call"--what about all those dropped calls iPhone 4 users are already complaining about? I suppose you expect users to be unconventional in the way they hold the phone too?

end scene.

This one is for you, Duncan McRoberts: chop heads.

_GP

goonies/// 25 years

"The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. Next time you take another test, it will be at another school. Our parents want what's best for us, but they've got to do what's right for them, because it's their time, their time up there. Down here it's our time. It's our time down here."

sigh.

If you missed it, this was my favorite movie as a kid, i watched it almost everyday. It was an adventure about a group of kids searching for a lost stash of pirate treasure to save their small town. Damn, that is still relevant.

goonies never say die.

-JW

chat box ///

I decided to add a chat box to our side bar so all you cretins can give us your opinions without going through the trouble of posting a comment. 

If you have suggestions for making our blog better or music we should be hearing, speak up, kids!

We're lame and shit, so you'll probably see us having petty conversations in there, as well.

-WT

osteoferocious ///

This band's name alone makes me want to be all "FUCK YEAH" and stuff, and their music does the same.

Two Indiana dudes making up beat punk in their own way.

Dig on these tunes for the days when you're stuck in the office or inside and you need a summer pick me up.

OSTEOFEROCIOUS @ MYSPACE

-WT

facebook say whaaat? ///

If you're not already keen to it, we're on FACEBOOK!

Like our page or whatever.

We post funny shit on there that doesn't get posted on here. 

Diversity. 

Empowerment. 

Grape drink.

JUNGLE ROT @ FACEBOOK

-WT

plastic plastic /// k eyes

Hey everybody, it's shameless plug Friday. My band, Plastic Plastic, just completed the finishing touches on a new song that we recorded called "K Eyes". It's a bit dreamy, a bit poppy, a bit noisy, and gritty. We'll be hooking it up with the White Moon Singles Club in the near future.

Plastic Plastic @ bandcamp

_GP

oilpocalypse ///

According to REUTERS, a robot which was attempting to close off the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico had an "accident" and caused even more oil to begin pouring out into the ocean.

I know some of you who don't live in the Gulf area haven't been hearing as much about this catastrophe on your local news networks, etc, but please educate yourselves about this. 

It is no stretch to call this the worst man made disaster in history and for those of us living in Florida, Louisiana, etc, our way of life is going to be changed radically and possibly permanently. 

Check out the full article on this latest fuck up over at REUTERS.

ROBOFUCKUP @ REUTERS

-WT

evil toxie wreaks havoc ///

I love Troma.

-WT

xray eyeballs ///

Brooklyn's XRAY EYEBALLS is one of the only bands coming out of the city that I like right now. 

Tongue dragging, psych-ish rock n' roll with a bizarre air about it. 

The band just posted some freshly recorded songs on their blog and they're pretty damn awesome. 

I suggest you go check them out and if you live in the Brooklyn area, keep an ear out for shows.

XRAY EYEBALLS @ BLOGSPOT

-WT

firelight ///

SNL Digital Short: Firelight

I lol'd.

-WT

beach music poser pussies ///

I was bored and sitting around watching videos on YouTube and came across a couple of FADER interviews. 

One was BEST COAST and the other WAVVES. 

Both Bethany Cosentino and Nathan Williams confess that they don't actually enjoy going to the beach and are afraid of the ocean.

WHY IN THE FUCK ARE YOU PLAYING "BEACH MUSIC" THEN?

-WT

stop, i can't take it ///

I vote that we fill the Gulf oil leak with all of the boring ass drone bands that seem to be ever so prevalent.

They're a highly renewable resource. 

If you would like more info on drone bands, visit your local American Apparel. 

-WT

broken tree fort ///

According to it's MySpace, BROKEN TREE FORT has been making music for 13 years. It also says they're from Egypt, so who gives a fuck, right?

I can barely read or write anymore and I'm half retarded, so it's time for some sporadic poetry:

RAMSHACKLE BUCKET FUCKER

KING OF THE TURNBUCKLER

NEVER HAD A CHANCE AT ROMANCE

PUNCHED OUT JOEY RAMONE

AND DID A RAIN DANCE

That's what this band sounds like.

Also, Half Japanese.

Fuck you and go listen to them.

BROKEN TREE FORT @ MYSPACE

-WT

suckerberg ///

A different type of boob.

_GP

colin rich /// camera-balloon

Pacific Star II from Colin Rich on Vimeo.

Colin Rich constructed a homemade camera-balloon that reached about 24 miles in altitude. The pictures in the above video are breathtaking. And to put a few things in perspective:

(1) The U.S designates people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) as astronauts.

(2) 24 miles (126720 ft) is about three times higher than the altitude of most commercial flights.

(3) 25 miles is above 99.95% of the Earth's atmosphere.

Very awesome.

via Huff Post
via the Atlantic
via GOOD

_GP

happy father's day ///

Hope it's a good one!

-WT

top 5 existentialism songs /// a primer

to explain the basic concepts (or dilemmas) of existentialism, i present to you songs that succinctly explain each of 6 facts we must face.

1. The Flaming Lips- Do You Realize??

Dilemma: capacity for self awareness

I realize, therefor I am. This is the foundation. Because we are aware, we are faced with choices in life that determine our own happiness, meaning, relationships, etc. Doing nothing is a choice, btw.

2. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy-Death to Every One

Dilemma: awareness of death

"i'm not afraid to die, cos life is long and it's tremendous and we're glad that you're here with us and since we know an end will come it makes our living fun"

3. Built to Spill- Randy Described Eternity

Dilemma:Search for Meaning

Human's natural state is a constant search for meaning in a random world. Order must be found amongst chaos. And this pretty much explains the whole science, math, and religion thing we got going.

4. Grandaddy- Miner at the Dial-a-view

Dilemma: Alienation and a Need for Connectedness

"There is a paradox in the position that humans are both alone and related,

this paradox decribes the human condition. To think that we can cure this condition

or that it should be cured is erroneous"

-Gerlad Corey

5. Kiss Rock and Roll All Nite

Dilemma: freedom vs. responsibility

I really do not need to explain this one.

6. Every Band Ever- Every Song Ever

Dilemma: Anxiety as a Condition of Living

Keep living, dammit.

-JW

tom waits /// live in paris 1979

In 1979, Tom Waits performed in the land of striped shirts, cheese, and labor strikes--France. The performance took place at Theatre le Palace. I think that's French for the Palace Theater. Footage from that night has been divinely resurrected from the archives courtesy of the Tom Waits official webpage.

Part 1


"Tom Waits performs at Theatre le Palace in Paris, France. This was recorded for French television and broadcast on the program “Palace One” back in 1980. The first part here features the songs “Heartattack and Vine” and “‘Til the Money Runs Out.” I will post the additional three segments shortly. Please enjoy." - tomwaits.com

Part 2


"More great footage of Tom Waits performing in 1979 at the Theatre le Palace in Paris. This second installment features “Annie’s Back in Town” from the Paradise Alley soundtrack and “I Wish I Was in New Orleans” from the pivotal 1976 album Small Change." -tomwaits.com

Part 3



Part 4



_GP

makeout videotape /// heat wave

-WT

wavves /// king of the beach

Just heard this album in it's entirety and here is my verdict:

75% filler with some really lame ass "chillwave" type songs. My guess is Little Lord Douchelaroy got stoned and fell asleep on the synthesizer. 

When the kid is doing it right on this album, however, he's totally on. 

"Idiot", "Post-Acid", and the title track are all awesome pop punk songs.

Overall, though, I still say I'm right. This kid is nothing special and is not the next Kurt Cobain.

I shop at Wal-Mart.

-WT

stereotyping people ///

Flavorwire hit back with another installment of Stereotyping People By Their Favorite Indie Bands.

Sample the hilarity:

"Sonic Youth
Guys who mistake their blender for a radio."

If you missed the first installment, check out Part 1 here.

_GP

gonerfest seven /// line up announced

GONERFEST will be happening again for the seventh time in MEMPHIS on September 22nd this year!

Check out this insane line-up. FUCKING GUITAR WOLF!

GUITAR WOLF (Japan)
SUPER WILD HORSES (Australia)
TOTAL CONTROL (Australia)
UV RACE (Australia)
RATAS DEL VATICANO (Mexico)
THEE OH SEES (California)
RED MASS (Canada)
MSR JEFFREY EVANS (Memphis)
WILD THING (California)
MENTHOLS (Michigan)
GUINEA WORMS (Ohio)
PARTING GIFTS (Memphis/Nashville)- Greg Cartwright new project
VERMILLION SANDS (Italy)
DAVE CLOUD (Nashville)
SO COW (Ireland)
MISSING MONUMENTS (New Orleans)
PERSONAL & THE PIZZAS (Pizzaville, USA)
LIMES (Memphis)
HAUNTED GEORGE (California)
WOUNDED LION (California)
LAMPS (Los Angeles)
OUTDOORSMEN (San Francisco)
LEGENDARY WINGS (Michigan)
JAMES ARTHUR'S MANHUNT (Texas)
DESTRUCTION UNIT (Arizona)
BURNING SANDS (Memphis)

 

Amazing.

Get more info at the website below.

GONERFEST SEVEN @ GONER

-WT

broken social scene /// meet me in the basement

Broken Social Scene performing "Meet Me in the Basement" on Light Night with Jimmy Fallon.

_GP

dean & britta /// friday i'm in love

This is Dean & Britta's cover of "Friday I'm In Love" by the Cure. It's from a Cure tribute album called Just Like Heaven. Pretty killer tribute album by the way.

I <3 Friday.

_GP

Buzz Aldrin /// the next meme

What is up with Buzz Aldrin? The guy was recently on 30 Rock, the Webby Awards, and apparently, coming up on season 7 of top chef. Does this dude need money? Is he going through a transformative and reflective period in his later years? Is he jealous of Betty White?

He is an American hero. No, an Earth hero. He was on the fucking moon, for god's sake. I respect him so much, I am writing with proper uppercase letters for once. I don't know how, but we should show this man some love while he is still around. Really, he flew in a giant tin can for over 230,000 miles and plummeted to a rock hard surface without med teams on standby. That is guts. We should exult his name right up there with Neil. Here's to being number 2...

Fist Pump!

-JW

thurston moore /// fri/end

 

-WT

devo /// on the colbert report

Devo has been making their rounds on late night shows in support of their first album in twenty years called Something for Everybody. Last night they were on The Colbert Report for an interview and performance of the new single "Fresh". "Fresh" is immediately catchy and embodies a lot of the great classic Devo elements that everyone knows and loves. I normally cringe at the site of old dudes rockin' out. Not in this case! This is absolutely fantastic.

Interview

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Devo
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News

Performance of "Fresh"

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Devo - Fresh
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News

_GP

attack attack! /// ac-130 vocal covers

The ennui of summer is officially here. Across the nation, barely pubescent boys with screen names like "xXxHardcoreWankerxXx" & "xXxPen15ShredderxXx" have locked themselves in their parents' study to record themselves singing bad hardcore screamo songs.

Check out more of the goods:



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The kid with the tank takes the cake. He has it all. The Justin Bieber hair. The killer pipes. And one-man band air instrument skillzzzz!

What did I learn from all of this?

Attack Attack! is right. I am better off dead.

_GP

fag cop /// attack of the killer bong rips

FAG COP @ MYSPACE 

-WT

against me! /// interview

INsite Gainesville conducted an interview (page 44) with Tom Gabel from Against Me! to hype up the release of White Crosses. I know, I know. This is a band that hardly anybody with "cred" cares about anymore. And almost everyone in Gainesville has an anecdote about Tom Gabel being a douche. But check out the interview--at least for hilarity's sake. In the the interview, Gabel states that his favorite actor is Ryan Reynolds because he is "so funny".

I guess you can't call Tom Gabel's movie preferences pretentious.

_GP

leadbelly /// take this hammer

(note: video starts at 0:38)

The only possible way to follow-up a Howlin' Wolf post.

_GP

howlin wolf /// moanin at midnight

I was working on a 1950's music dump via YouTube videos when I came across this song and memories came rolling back. It then occurred to me that any song I posted alongside this would just seem like kiddie shit.

This is some swampy Mississippi evil from 1951. Be careful or you might lose your soul while listening to it.

-WT

link wray /// trail of the lonesome pine

-WT

the pop filter /// females in the rock

just wanted to give a shout out to our friend rahawa on this good read of a post on female rockers and the respect they deserve. Check out her blog The Pop Filter sometime. And yes, we post links from other music blogs. that's how we ride.

-JW

summer 2010 ///

 

Fuck BP.

-WT

cold warps /// endless bummer

COLD WARPS is a Canadian band making fun as shit garage-y power pop with plenty of jangles and fast drums.

You can listen to their newest EP, ENDLESS BUMMER for free over @ BANDCAMP.

COLD WARPS @ BANDCAMP

-WT

no joy ///

No Joy is a RIGHTEOUS shoegaze band. They have two fantastic songs up on their Bandcamp. The song "No Summer", my favorite of the two, is 4 minutes and 11 seconds of pure summer fun despite the title. It starts off with a nice guitar groove, sparse piano, and My Blood Valentinesque vocal melodies. In that time span, a few time changes are thrown in and the outro will melt your face off (in the totally cool Indiana Jones way). This song is an epic journey. If your summer has been a bummer so far, check this song out to uplift your spirit.

No Joy @ bandcamp

buy a 7" @ Mexican Summer

_GP

wrong wrong ///

Now that I've started perusing BANDCAMP and not MYSPACE, I'm finding new music with ease.

My newest discovery thanks to this site is WRONG WRONG. Light, yet moody strummy folk with reverbed vocals and a little fuzz here and there, but not ruined to shit like so many lo-fi artists these days.

If you're a fan of Phil Elverum, this might be your jam.

Check out the few EP's this cat has up.

WRONG WRONG @ BANDCAMP

-WT

surfer blood /// has balls?

Mad props to SURFER BLOOD for putting their foot down and calling a dick when they see a dick.

Apparently they played a show organized by POPLIFE down in Miami over the weekend and the security was douching it up and the band called that shit out on stage and the promoter then decided not to pay them their cut of what ended up being an accumulated $12,000 (the tickets were fucking $20 for PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART and SURFER BLOOD, what the hell?)

Good call, though, guys. 

Fuck douchebag security guys and uppity fancy ass promoters. 

-WT

sean hannity /// conservative dicktory

Sean "Massengill" Hannity.
This puts a whole new meaning to the "douche bag" and "douches" JR labels.

via Urban Pranker
via Reddit

_GP

myspace eats nards ///

I rely a lot on MySpace to find new music for this here blog and while it's usually a shitty, clunky site, I deal with it because it's one of the only places I know of where you can randomly stumble upon cool bands. 

This has become even harder to do, though, since MySpace changed their flash music player to some weird ass new format which FUCKING CRASHES MY BROWSER EVERY TIME I USE IT.

People have said to me "HAY WAYLON, DOWNLOAD CHROMES, BOO" and my response is "GOOGLE HATES OSX TIGER USERS SO I CAN'T, BITCH" and I'm stuck using Firefox, which is functional, but MySpace doesn't give a fuck.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is, send me some MP3's if you can or a Bandcamp page as opposed to a MySpace page because I'm gonna blow that fucking website up.

Love.

-WT

negative creep ///

-WT

summer time ///

It's time to get out to the fuckin' ocean before the oil spill ruins my state. 

Daytona, FLA here we come.

Getcha some dem noodleses.

-WT

cats being assholes ///

my cat also really likes knocking my shit off of tables and other flat surfaces.

you: (whine) "this has nothing do to with music."

me: are you the world cup? what? no?

then shut the hell up.

-JW

lady gaga /// the finger

Agreed.

_GP

vampire graves ///

This is a NAT GEO article from last year about a suspected "vampire" grave found near Venice. 

It's pretty fucking cool.

Someone should shove a brick in Edward's mouth. 

VAMPIRES @ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

-WT