July 2020 – Page 3 – Los Bastardos Reunidos

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

Yeah, No Thanks

It’s like bull riding: it would be phenomenal to last eight seconds at either of these.

I’m old.

July 15, 2020 // 3 Comments

Wanna Feel Old?

Success Kid is a teen now. You’re welcome.

July 14, 2020 // 2 Comments

This Game Is Crazy Good

The Last of Us Part 2. Just finished it a couple of days ago, and man, it was worth the wait.

The song at the end is Pearl Jam’s “Future Days.” I’m guessing Eddie Vedder is a Bloater by this point in the game’s timeline …

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

So after 40+ years, here’s an official video for “The Passenger.” Not sure why this is happening now. Was someone clamoring for an official release? Do some people keep tabs on which great songs lack official videos? Who knows, but it’s a great song and the video’s good.

July 10, 2020 // 3 Comments

Itch, Meet Scratch

More Aussie goodness.

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 // 4 Comments

And now for some REAL dancin’

I’m not much of a Joy Division fan, as I can only take so much post-industrial Midlands desolation. But this one’s pretty good, and Ian Curtis’s stage gestures are interesting to say the least, especially when he really cuts loose at around 3:00.

You bastards might know way more about these guys, so my apologies if what follows is common knowledge. It’s pretty widely known that Ian Curtis hanged himself of the eve of what would have been their first tour of the U.S. Beyond that, I’ve picked up a few interesting facts over the years:

-They formed after seeing the Sex Pistols perform in Manchester. That same gig also inspired the formation of The Buzzcocks and The Smiths.

-Their bass player developed his style of playing in the upper register because when they started out, his amp was so shitty that it wouldn’t reproduce lower notes without sputtering.

-Ian Curtis had epilepsy and based his stage moves on his seizures, to the point that his bandmates could not tell when he was having a real one. This predictably led to some disatrous gigs.

July 10, 2020 // 2 Comments