Music
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Karaoke at Blue Frog with a whole bunch of fun folks.
Consumption: September 2008
In the Stereo
- Opeth: Watershed
- TV on the Radio: Dear Science
- Metallica: Death Magnetic
- Radiohead: OK Computer
On the Silver Screen
In Print
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Changing lyrics to include characters from Police Academy.
A cappella heavy metal seemed like a funny idea when I was a kid. Apparently it's funnier when people take it seriously: thedeciblog.com/?p=839
Imagining how much better the new Metallica record might have been if Rick Rubin had given them what he gave Slayer in 1986: succinctness.
Jump to the jam, boogie woogie jam slam.
Irony: Feeling old for thinking that much of what the indie music scene digs these days is basically impotent adult contemporary pop bleck.
It's been years since I've heard mention of Chuck Berry's fabled excretory sex tape, but I still giggle at his song "Wee Wee Hours."
Consumption: August 2008
On the Web
- Dear Lulu: A downloadable book of print samples you can use to test the capabilities of print-on-demand services. Such a great idea.
In the Stereo
- Faraquet: Anthology 1997–98
- Don Caballero: Punkgasm
On the Silver Screen
In Print
- The Book of Other People edited by Zadie Smith
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nunzio DeFillippis, and Kevin Cornell
- How Life Imitates Chess by… See more →
Adding a reunited Faraquet to the impressive list of bands I'll miss seeing play while I'm traveling to various places this fall.
Those who don't appreciate white space are of the sort to regard a quiet performance as background music for loud conversation.
Dreamt that Glenn Danzig returned to the Misfits and they recorded a new single at a remote, Midwestern gas station.
Any Philly people going to see Don Cab at Johnny Brenda's tonight?
Unfortunate video of my unfortunate rendition of Prince's "Kiss," courtesy of @TechKaraokePHL: viddler.com/explore/techkarao…
Karaoke at National Mechanics with @sarahphymn, @polexa, @alexknowshtml, @haveboard, and more.
Downloading my first Amazon MP3 album purchase, Don Caballero's Punkgasm.
Dwindling CD storage space may finally make me go digital, but used CDs cost less than MP3s, and I buy more old music than new these days.
2008 US Air Guitar National Finals
Sometimes, you just can’t fight the urge to have your hair shaved into lightning bolts, hop a plane to San Francisco, and stand glaring in chaps on a stage in front of 1,500 drunken lunatics. I did this at the behest of my alter-ego Windhammer and the 2008 Cuervo Black US Air Guitar National Finals last Friday while the rest of the world had decidedly less fun watching the Olympic opening ceremonies.
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Uploaded my first YouTube video. Haven't talked to the (now defunct) band in years; hope they don't mind. Try to spot me: youtube.com/watch?v=ULV4saghl…
Some. One. Keeps. Mo. Ving. My. Chair.
Consumption: July 2008
On the Web
- Beard Revue: Rob Weychert: My beard has been rated 9.5/10.
In the Stereo
- DAT Politics: Are Oui Phony??
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids: Blank Generation
- Mission of Burma: OnOffOn
- Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
- Mercyful Fate: Melissa / The Beginning
- ZZ Top: Tres Hombres
On the Silver Screen
Andrew W.K. is probably the only person from whom I will tolerate the use of "party" as a verb.
Are there really still people that don't know that John Lydon is a consummate asshole?
Brokenhearted over the unfeasibility of me attending any of the Shudder to Think reunion shows. Fingers crossed for more dates.
Trying to create a narrative with a mix CD tracklist, which feels uncomfortably similar to fan fiction.
Found my old photos of myself with Metallica, and posted them on Flickr for your amusement: flickr.com/photos/robweychert…
Adding some hardcore shows from the '90s to my Last.fm event archive, using hardcoreshowflyers.com as a memory aid.
Stopped sharking a minute to get chips and drinks.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
I recently started using the Rating feature in iTunes, and sometimes it can be an interesting visual representation of what I already know. You don't even need to look at the full-size image of this chronological list of Metallica albums to see what the Rating column on the far right has to say about the band's consistency over the years.
Failing to recall where I put those old photos of me and Metallica.
Alright, who slipped me the drug that makes me wake up with that wretched Counting Crows version of "Big Yellow Taxi" stuck in my head?
Alphabetical iTunes frontrunners so far: Artist: A-Ha (33%). Album: Abbey Road (11%).
Alphabetically, my first artist in iTunes is A-Ha; my first album is Absolutely the Best (Lead Belly). What are yours?
Number of utterances of "Satan" on Mercyful Fate's first album: 16. My guess would not have been nearly that low.
Consumption: June 2008
On the Web
- Camp Naked Terror 7: Photos from this year’s Summer Camp Slasher Birthday Bash.
- Touring to Alaska on Vegetable Oil!: My friend Matt and his tour mate Kyle demonstrate how they the prep the environmentally-friendly fuel that’s taking them across North America.
In the Stereo
- Bad Brains: Rock for Light
- Mose Giganticus: Commander!
- Dr. Dre: The Chronic
- Danzig: Danzig II: Lucifuge
- South: South
- Mission of Burma: Vs.
- Kanye West: The College Dropout
- The… See more →
Just finished Lee Sandlin's excellent WWII essay "Losing the War," kind of ashamed that "Danger Zone" was stuck in my head as I read it.
Shudder to Think is playing at the TLA in Philly on October 3rd, when I will be in Atlanta. This is distressing.
Mick Mars is ten years older than Barack Obama.
Fuck. I just found out Andrew WK is playing with Butthole Surfers tomorrow night, and I already have Mission of Burma tickets. Conundrum!
Singing "Inbox: 0" to the tune of "Jukebox Hero."
Getting the Led out, thanks to a neighbor, whether I want to or not, which I don't.
According to everyone in the world, there is a new Coldplay album. I guess that means Coldplay still hasn't fucked off like I asked them to.
Looking for nominees for "Web Site with Highest Disparity Between Quality of Content and Quality of Design/Build." I nominate allmusic.com.
Listening to the bonus tracks on the new reissue of Mission of Burma's Vs, trying like mad to figure out where I've heard "Progress" before.
The Extraordinaires
Emperor X was so good tonight. Pretty much everyone I can think of would have enjoyed this show.
Listening to a record store clerk tell a customer that special orders take 1-2 weeks. Wondering if they hear the clock ticking.