# 161

1. Collection II (The Misfits)
2. Live At La Olympic Auditorium 4/5/80 (Public Image Limited)
3. Real Live Kill...Ripe From The Vine 7" (Gogogoairheart) *3*
4. A South Bronx Story (ESG)
5. The Legend Lives On (Jah Wobble)
6. Discocrappy 'Disk 2' (Charles Bronson)
7. Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks 'EP' (The Rapture) *3*
8. Face The Truth (Steve Malkmus)

# 160

1. Totality (Orchid)
2. Love Love Love (Glass Candy)
3. Some Girls Wander By Mistake (Sisters Of Mercy)
4. Bats Out Of Harm (FM Bats)
5. Complete Discocrappy 'Disk 1' (Charles Bronson)
6. This Night (Destroyer)

The Charles Bronson album has 96 tracks on the first disk. I understand all of the songs were between 1 minute to 30 seconds but still...... it seemed like a lifetime. It is very good, I'm not complaining. After searching around a bunch of different stores in Portland (with no luck) I finally found a place online that carried the new FM Bats album. I love getting things in the mail. Oh, and the Sisters of Mercy..... today was good all around.

I am conflicted again with the task of making my lunch for work tomorrow. I might be up for awhile putting this simple chore off to the side.

Alex, where's the update? I thought you were going to keep up.

# 159

1. Beverley Atonale (Ladybug Transistor)
2. Organisation (Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark)
3. Compact Disk (Public Image Limited)
4. Open Up And Bleed! (Iggy & The Stooges)
5. Boys Don't Cry (The Cure)
6. Texas, 1986: Live At The Continental Club (Sonic Youth)

# 158

1. S/T (Duran Duran)
2. Collection (The Misfits)
3. Bastards And Rarities 1989-1994 (Swell)
4. Tennesse 'EP' (Silver Jews)
5. Too Much Too Soon (New York Dolls)
6. Acoustic Citsuoca 'EP' (My Morning Jacket)
7. Germicide: Live At The Whiskey 1977 (The Germs)
8. The 3 Way (Lilys)

# 157

1. Whatever, Mortal (Papa M)
2. Fast Japanese Spin Cycle 'EP' (Guided By Voices)
3. The Man, The King, The Girl (Deerhoof)
4. La Mia Vita Violenta (Blonde Redhead)
5. Science Faire (Apples In Stereo)
6. The Horrible Truth About Burma (Mission Of Burma)
7. Blackpool Deluxe 'EP' (White Stripes)
8. La Sirena De Pecera 'EP' (Old Time Relijun)
9. All This And More 'Disk 2' (The Dead Boys)

It is crazy hot in Portland. Crazy. My chances of getting a good nights sleep are not looking good.

Keep up the good work Alex.

Happy Birthday Chachi...

Chachi turned 1 today. Looks like he grew a set of spider legs. Science is amazing.

# 156

1. Live At Jittery Joe's (Jeff Mangum)
2. Cactuses Come In Flocks (Melt Banana)
3. Bad Moon Rising (Sonic Youth)
4. All This And More 'Disk 1' (The Dead Boys)

# 155

1. Share The Fantasy (Godheadsilo)
2. Wire On The Box: 1979 (Wire)
3. Wandering Stranger (Entrance)
4. Helpless (Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death)
5. Houdini (Melvins)

PBK got engaged tonight.

:)

# 154

1. Skyward In Triumph (Godheadsilo)
2. Anodyne (Uncle Tupelo)
3. Live At The 9:30 Club, 8/16/2002 (My Morning Jacket)
4. 2012 (Old Time Relijun)
5. Fake Train (Unwound)
6. Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
7. Starlite Walker (Silver Jews)

Possibly the best album artwork ever. I don't know why, it just is.

# 153

1. To Live And Die In L.A. 'Soundtrack' (Wang Chung)
2. Transformer (Lou Reed)
3. Cherry Peel (Of Montreal)
4. Beach Bumbs Must Die (Thee Headcoats)
5. Hold That Tiger (Sonic Youth)

I decided to follow up a crummy day with some Wang Chung. Good soundtrack, really good movie.

# 152

1. Forging Steel And Laying Stone (Akimbo)
2. At Dawn (My Morning Jacket)
3. Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (The Rolling Stones)
4. Bleach (Nirvana)
5. The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen)
6. Mutiny/The Bad Seed (The Birthday Party)
7. Green Cosmos (Deerhoof)
8. Harshing Your Mellow (Akimbo)

Not even Mick could have saved me today from myself. Akimbo? They have all of the makings of something I would really enjoy (lots of screaming). I'm sure you're thinking to yourself that I liked it so much this morning I had to wrap my day up with some more. End on a high note maybe? Sad, that was not the case. Something about it just isn't right. I also listened to Nirvana for the first time today... ever (no joke, only real expierence is stuff on the radio). Again...... nope. Even the Boss wasn't as good as I remembered in highschool. I used to love that album when I was younger. Have I hit a dry spell? Do I listen to too much music at work? Should I take out my headphones and socialize with the rest of my peers?

Just Between Friends?

I watched it tonight. I probably saw this movie about fifty times on HBO when I was a kid. Mary Tyler Moore is freaky/creepy skinny in this movie. Oh, I thought there was going to be more crying and screaming...... I guess that was in 'Ordianry People'..... my mistake.

"Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested."

I also started season three of Deadwood.

# 151

1. 154 (Wire)
2. Electric Warrior (T Rex)
3. Overkill (Motorhead)

I love baseball season. I'm going to Seattle to catch two games of a three game series. Giants vs. Mariners (the Mariners stink by the way). Barry Bonds will be doing a little DH and Jason Schmidt will be pitching tomorrow afternoon. Bring on the steroids.

# 150

1. Don't Wake Me Up (Microphones)
2. Dale Crover 'EP' (Melvins)
3. Joe Preston 'EP' (Melvins)
4. King Buzzo 'EP' (Melvins)
5. Confusion Is Sex (Sonic Youth)
6. Live (Devo)
7. Papa M Sings 'EP' (Papa M)
8. Pig Lib (Steve Malkmus & The Jicks)
9. Fanfare (Mocket)
10. Vampire On Titus (Guided By Voices)

# 149

1. M.I.A.: The Complete Germs (The Germs)
2. The Kingdom Of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm (Entrance)
3. Living In The Streets (Kim Fowley)
4. Horndog Fest (The Dirtbombs)
5. Waitin' For A Superman 'EP' (The Flaming Lips)
6. She Don't Use Jelly 'EP' (The Flaming Lips)
7. Come To Daddy 'Single' (Aphex Twin)

# 148

1. Entertainmet!/Yellow 'EP' (Gang Of Four)
2. Seconds Before The Accident (Archers Of Loaf)
3. Better Can't Make Your Life Better (Lilys)
4. Challenge For A Civilized Society (Unwound)
5. Pacific Trim 'Single' (Pavement)

# 147

1. The Blow Up 'Disk 1' (Television)
2. The Blow Up 'Disk 2' (Television)
3. Chairs Missing (Wire)
4. I Am A Scientist 'EP' (Guided By Voices)
5. Younger, Louder, And Snottier (The Dead Boys)
6. The Obliterati (Mission Of Burma)
7. Dynasty (Kiss)
8. Chrome Ratz Vs. Basement Rutz (Chromatics)
9. Drive This Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart (Ink & Dagger)

A letter to the editor (from a concerned reader) ......

Dear Sir,
I must take issue with your blog posting of 6/9. I feel that you have mischaracterized standard office banter by approximately 20-40%. The offending portion is reprinted below:

Monday...... I wish it was Friday.
Tuesday.... At least it isn't Monday and it is a day closer to Friday.
Wednesday..... Hump Day!
Thursday...... One more day till... you guessed it.... FRIDAY!
Friday...... Thank god they say, thank god it is Friday.

In my experience, the breakdown is more like this:

Monday: Monday… (exaggerated sigh)
Tuesday: At least it’s not Monday.
Wednesday: Hump Day!
Thursday: Tomorrow’s Friday!
Friday: TGIF!

Monday chit-chat, I find, tends to be primarily anti-Monday and not that pro-Friday, as Friday doesn’t really come into view until Hump Day. Tuesdays and Thursdays are, in and of themselves, empty vessels, commenting only on adjacent extremes. (You could graph it as a pyramid, with Wednesday at the top, and empty office chatter on either side of Wednesday rolling down in either respective direction to comment on its corresponding end.)
I will not comment on the terminology of Wednesdays.

My poor sister.....

My sister lives on the other side of the country. She tends to feel like she is missing out on family things (current example being time spent with our niece) . Seems my sister has resorted to pasting pictures (and poorly) of her face on other peoples bodies to give the illusion of being around. My poor sister is pretty funny........

# 146 (again, it's Friday)

1. Sister (Sonic Youth)
2. Lost Light (Old Time Relijun)
3. I've Visited The Island Of Jocks And Jazz (The Hospitals)
4. Arena (Duran Duran)
5. S/T 'EP' (Interpol) *4*
6. Live Era '87-'93 'Partial Album' (Guns N' Roses)
7. Goo (Sonic Youth)
8. Head To Head Boredom (Gluecifer)

In the elevator at work every week and all people can talk about is Friday. It just dosen't seem right.

Monday...... I wish it was Friday.
Tuesday.... At least it isn't Monday and it is a day closer to Friday.
Wednesday..... Hump Day!
Thursday...... One more day till... you guessed it.... FRIDAY!
Friday...... Thank god they say, thank god it is Friday.

If this were a recipe or a chorus the next word you would find is REPEAT. They're all crazy making all of this ruckus over one day.

# 145

1. Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)
2. Perverted By Language 'Expanded Disk 1' (The Fall)
3. Back In The USA (MC5)
4. Devil In The Flesh (Billy Childish & Dan Melchior)
5. The Covers Album (Cat Power)
6. Maniac On The Floor (Doomsday:1999) *18*
7. Live Album (Country Teasers)

eating Tofutti Cuties and watching......

I think he killed 10 guys, maybe 11? A classic with suprise appearances by Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Guest. I think half of the cast of "Moonstruck" was in it even. Hilarious.

# 144

1. The Red Thread (Arab Strap)
2. The First Imaginary Symphony For Nomad (The Music Tapes)
3. The Grand Hour 'EP' (Guided By Voices)
4. Junkyard (The Birthday Party)
5. The Gay Parade (Of Montreal)
6. Still Feel Gone (Uncle Tupelo)
7. Speak Squeak Creak (Melt Banana)
8. New Plastic Ideas (Unwound)

I'm about to hit my first ever Sonic Youth phase... guess we will see how that goes.

# 143

1. The Natural Bridge (Silver Jews)
2. The Runners Four (Deerhoof)
3. 3 And 4 'Disk 2' (OCS)
4. Double Death (Coachwhips)
5. Cut Your Hair 'Single' (Pavement)
6. The Spell (Black Heart Procession)
7. First And Last And Always (Sisters Of Mercy)
8. Extra Width (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)

# 142

1. S/T (Danzig)
2. Her Wallpaper Reverie (Apples In Stereo)
3. 3 And 4 'Disk 1' (OCS)
4. S/T (Velvet Underground)
5. If You're Feeling Sinister 'Live' (Belle & Sebastian)
6. Bomber (Motorhead)
7. Window (Microphones)
8. The Scientific Supercake (Godheadsilo)
9. Michigan Palace - Live 10/6/73 (Iggy & The Stooges)

Finished season 5 of Six Feet Under tonight, I enjoyed the whole messy drama that it was. I guess I need a new show to watch. Ideas? Anyone? BTW... that Danzig album.... nice.

# 141

1. Hi-Five 'EP' (David Lee Roth)
2. Freedom Of Choice (Devo)
3. American Water (Silver Jews)
4. Major Leagues 'Single' (Pavement)
5. Bad Reputation (Joan Jett)
6. S/T (New York Dolls)

TGIF? Such a big deal I guess.

# 140

1. Rio (Duran Duran)
2. MxBx 1998/13,000 Miles At Light Velocity (Melt Banana)
3. Pro Forma (Mocket)
4. S/T (Major Organ And The Adding Machine)
5. Live: In The Red (Pussy Galore)
6. The Brave And The Bold (Tortoise & Bonnie Prince Billy)
7. Cream Of The Crap! Volume One (Hellacopters)
8. Songs Of Mac 'EP' (Papa M)