February 13, 2007

Fucking Up is Hard to Do

Did anyone notice I was away, studying Japanese, trading CDs and wallowing in my own wastes? I hope so; a fella likes to feel noticed, even when he’s hiding in a dark apartment. Welcome to my world!

Let’s see… Whoa. Six weeks since my last post of any literary substance! S’pose it’s time to type some words again. And just so’s you don’t call me shiftless, here are some curious videos I uploaded to YouTube: douzo. I’ve also been spending my listening time on certain popular artists (like Cat Stevens) it might’ve been inadvisable to post about, given the current confused copyright climate (How’s that for an excuse? It’s all the fault of lawyers). Finally, in other Internet news, you can click on that right photo of the Goddess Bunny for additional pictures captured on my recent travels, proving that a hipster’s life is bigger than bloggery.

Upon first listen, this 1995 Blag Dahlia EP with Tania Hearst on the cover entitled Venus With Arms is not as good as the best of the Dwarves‘ albums. Apparently this was released during a two-year period when the actual Dwarves band was temporarily nonexistent due to drugs and some silly shenanigans with their record company; I wasn’t paying attention at the time. Anyhow, I was just about to chuck this CD into the trading pool when I played the fifth and last song, and suddenly my dick got hard. “Theme From the Vicelords” contains all the most lovable elements of the Dwarves: short, loud, filthy and fast, clever lyrics from the perspective of a self-described loser asshole, over-the-edge macho posturing with a sense of its own ridiculousness, anthemic chaos and Blag’s high-energy sneer - topped off with a completely retarded guitar phase-shifter siren sound in the second half. That’s comedy, my friend. I also dig the wooden Streets of San Francisco-style voiceover intro.

Sure, not everyone agrees with this assessment, but that’s why I have this bully pulpit - to bully you with my personal opinions. Let me point out that this is my second post in two months with the phrase “Fuck Up” in the title.

“Everywhere that we go / Everybody knows / You only can trust us / As far as you can throw…” Sing along with me, dammit.

Blag Dahlia - “Theme From the Vicelords”

Rick at 6:06 pm

1 CommentÈ

Rick,
LOVE your toestubber youtube page: Oh DiAne! What *was* it about that ad? I didn’t mind that it was always on–in fact its repetion was perhaps comforting–Maybe because it and Tom Carvel’s ads (GENIUS) were upbeat and honesty and lacking in all pretention. And nope, they weren’t clever. God, oh how I loathe clever ads…I blame myself…

SFUMATO!
I’ve got a John Wayne super 8mm for you if you want it! (Why didn’t I just email you? ‘Cause I’m stupid…)

Comment by The Kid Ñ February 15, 2007 @ 4:13 am