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I Hate Coming To The Entrance Just To Get Bars On My Phone

October 16, 2009

Today’s pre-festival vegetable is my second-favorite clubbing song next to “The Shy Retirer.”
I forgot to listen to A Grand Don’t Come For Free for a while, but I’m listening right now and shweet jeez it’s great.
Saturday at 4:25.
The Streets – Blinded By The Lights from A Grand Don’t Come For Free

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http://www.myspace.com/thestreets

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“We Traded In Our Needles For Teaching Credentials. I Like That, I Think It’s Beautiful” [video]

September 15, 2009

Natural Fonzie Live At Rot Fest 2009
Hard to pick a favorite, but I find that watching the set-ending double blam of  “Aspen” and “We Built This Town On Drugs” (20:35) early in the morning is as centering an experience as meditation.
The impatient will find the music starting at 2:30, but hey, stop and smell the [...]

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This Will Be The Last Time I Ever Do Your Hair

June 23, 2009

I was about as exited as a bee at a bee party when I got the first Scissor Sisters album and this track came bumping out. I still think it’s the best song they’ve done, and I’m hoping there will be at least one with this kind of vibe on their next album.
I mean, sh’mon!
Scissor [...]

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Thank You Very Much

June 17, 2009

When you’re young, you think being in a band like Ween would be the best thing ever: playing music, cracking up, all the drugs you could ever want.
Later in life, you’re glad you weren’t in Ween because it probably would have destroyed you, and when you have the opportunity to see Gene do a solo [...]

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If She Wants A Scene Report, Don’t Tell Her ’Bout The Kicked-In Doors

May 14, 2009

Hey, what can I say?
Craig Finn has left the world with enough amusing, sad, and true lyrics about drugs to last us the remaining years of our lives.
The Hold Steady – Ask Her For Adderall from the pretty sweet live album A Positive Rage

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http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady

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The Pubs And The Clubs And The Drugs And The Tubs We Shared Together

August 27, 2008

This one’s for people in a spot like I once was in re: The Libertines, meaning that you pretty much know them as that band with that guy who gets in so much trouble that he makes the American tabloids despote the fact that not many in America really know what he does, but it [...]

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You’re More Than What Some People Let You Know

August 5, 2008

Greatest song of all time withoat a Scottish doat.
Too many songs about going out and “having a good time” — not enough songs about the desperation and waste. Aidan Moffat spells it out perfectly here.
Arab Strap – The Shy Retirer from Monday At The Hug And Pint

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Just Put Your Head Out Of The Window On The Coast

July 7, 2008

Shiny shiny sparkly rock songs for summer. The Tyde has a real knack for the sunny song with the drifting dark drug cloud — Twice has two of my favorites: Crystal Canyons (the happiest song about meth addiction ever) and this little number about Henry (the eighth).
The Tyde – Henry VIII from Twice
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La Cocaina No Es Buena Para Su Salud

May 22, 2008

Oh man, I just wanted to learn a little about this song and ended up disappearing down a wormhole of hateratiousness. There are many accusations of unkind artistic behavior against Crystal Castles, and several people are devoting a lot of time to trying to bring this band down.
I’ll say this about that: hey I like [...]

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A Drug Problem That Never Existed

February 15, 2008

It’s only right and natural that this song should be my 200th vegetable. And… there’s really not much more one can say about this.
The Frogs – I’ve Got Drugs (Out Of The Mist) from It’s Only Right And Natural (unfairly out of print, but available used through amazon or you can download the album on [...]

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