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Tortoise and Disappears Coming to Headliners in February

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on November 30, 2009

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disappears Tortoise and Disappears Coming to Headliners in February

Somewhat of a strange bill, but I’ll take it. Two Chicago brain burning luminaries, Tortoise and Disappears, will be storming the castle known as Louisville’s Headliners Music Hall. While Tortoise is legendary, I think I’m more stoked on Disappears. Sofa king loud, dude. There are only a few select dates, and you can peep them on the Disappears blog here.

Tortoise and Disappears
Thursday, February 11th
Headliners Music Hall
1386 Lexington Rd., Louisville (map that shizz)
9 p.m. / 18+
$15 advance / $18 at the door
On Sale 12/4 @ 10am (at ear X-tacy and Ticketweb, presented by ProdSimp)

POSSIBLY RELEVANT :::
Disappears – Another Great Verb-As-Noun Band
Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship

MP3 :::
Tortoise – Yinxianghechengqi
Disappears – Lux

[Recording] Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell – 11.27.09

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 30, 2009

in Contraband and Probably Unrelated

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antennafarm3 [Recording] Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell - 11.27.09

While, yes, The Decibel Tolls is a music blog, sometimes I like to write about and share my other interests. No jumping the shark here, dudes. I figure that if you listen to the type of jams we post, you’re probably into weird, fringe, interesting media all around. So now that Art Bell is very occasionally returning to Coast to Coast AM to show everyone how it’s done right, someone needs to start recording, archiving, and making available these shows in MP3 format. I nominate myself.

If you’re not familiar with the program, read my Halloween article and get acquainted. If you like what you hear though, I’m not sure you’d want to turn on the program on any given night. George Noory and team are total dweebs. And they screen calls, which the lack thereof is what made the original C2C program famous. Art provided a forum for anyone to come and discuss their ideas. However, he still makes you prove your highly fringe theory or will calmly tease substance out of your nebulous statement. This makes for entertaining radio. George, on the other hand, totally believes whatever you say (for example, Art remained skeptical about the guests’ estimate of a 90% fatality rate after an EMP attack, whereas George would say “aw geez whiz, 90%, that’s terrible”). Also, there’s something viscerally creepy in Art’s smoky voice in the night that adds an air of mystique and solemness to the program. George sounds like a children’s show voiceover. Not to bash the latter too much, but let’s call a spade a spade, ya know? Hence, it’s always a real treat when the originator comes back to the mic.

Anyway, Art was back late Friday night for an AWESOME show. Here’s the recap from the C2C website: “Art Bell spoke with Prof. William Forstchen for the entire program about how an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack by a rogue nation could disable America’s power grid and communications infrastructure, and lead to an inconceivably high death toll.

Forstchen provided details on Starfish Prime, a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the U.S. in 1962, which increased our awareness of the serious repercussions of EMP. The detonation took place high above the Pacific Ocean yet caused significant electrical damage several hundred miles away in Hawaii, he said.

Major solar flares can also produce EMP, Forstchen added, noting the Carrington Event of 1859, the most powerful solar storm in recorded history. If such a storm hit our planet today, over 80% of the electrical generating systems in the Eastern U.S. would still be offline four years later, he estimated.

Forstchen pointed out that North Korea or Iran could easily place an EMP-calibrated weapon within range of America and blow out the entire U.S. power grid. A 2004 Congressional Study projected a stunning 90% fatality rate from such an attack, he remarked, explaining that it would cause an almost immediate shortage of potable water, food and medical supplies, and eventually lead to a economic and societal collapse.

“We can stop this before it happens,” Forstchen said, agreeing with Art’s assessment that America should preemptively strike any country preparing to launch an EMP attack against it. Forstchen also proposed the U.S. harden its infrastructure and begin stockpiling replacement parts to rebuild it.”

Yeah man, it’s some shit. Below is the entire program, with the commercials, bumpers, and after-break catch-up removed, recorded from the crystal-clear 50,000 watt signal of WHAS. For those that were indeed listening, when Dr. Forstchen was discussing Faraday cages, did anyone else make an immediate LOST connection (the character Daniel Faraday, the electromagnetic force from the DHARMA Swan station, etc.)? Heavy on all fronts.

MP3 :::
Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell – 11.27.09 – Part 1
Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell – 11.27.09 – Part 2

The Inner Space: Can When They Were Simply Scrap Metal

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 28, 2009

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agilok_blubbo The Inner Space: Can When They Were Simply Scrap Metal

I’ve spent some of my downtime over this holiday weekend to start recording some of my vinyl onto Buhbee (the pet name for my Macbook), including this amazing, hard-to-find record (pressed on 180 gram!) Lana scooped up from ear X-tacy for my birthday a few months ago.

The freeform collective The Inner Space consisted of, but wasn’t limited to, West Germans Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, and American Malcolm Mooney. These gentlemen would, only a few months after recording the score to underground German film Agilok & Blubbo, form “The Can,” later to be known simply as Can. And everyone except for Mooney remained in the group until their split in 1979.

The Inner Space, as described in the soundtrack’s original liner notes (which were translated quite hastily):

“The Inner Space group is made up of specialised instrumentalists and excellent sound-engineers, led by the composer. Irmin Schmidt feels at home in all kinds of musical generes, electronics, aleatronics [sic?], classical, jazz and beat are all of equal interest to him. His point of view is that ‘music has to be good, everything else is the people’s choice.’ For the first time in German film history, there is a complete soundtrack of underground music. For the first time, there are electronics with a beat, or the other way around.”

Both Schmidt, the de facto conductor, and Czukay were music academics, so it’s understandable why soundtrack work would be appealing (notwithstanding the fact that Can would release albums with titles like Soundtracks and Monster Movie). And yet, it’s interesting to think that what they actually brewed with this prototype Can was decidedly punk – mostly sloppy, organic, splattered, vaguely psychedelic rock. At times, what The Inner Space did paralleled the sound of what The Velvet Underground was doing at that time in 1968 – a juxtaposition of delicate melody and abrasive noise, from half a world away and without any awareness of each other (as the krautrockers were an insular bunch). Both approaches come out to play on “Kamerasong.”

The Inner Space’s Agilok & Blubbo is certainly a creature of its own – an odd mix of rough and tumble fuzz guitar, embryonic garage space rock, dissonance, and a shit-ton of flute and didgeridoo. However, you can hear where the sonic palette of Can begins to take root in “Flop Pop” – precise rhythm, fluid bass, fluttering freak-outs, and that paradoxical, seamless mash-up of the extremely calculated with the loosey goosey. This is a fascinating listen.

I can’t speak for the movie Agilok & Blubbo itself, as I’ve not seen it and little is written about the film. But I understand it’s a sort of abstract political narrative, and the excellent boobage on the cover suggests there’s probably lots of free love to be had as well. The soundtrack evokes the idea that it’s probably an engrossing headfuck. Take a read of Julian Cope’s review at Head Heritage for more thoughts and some additional frames of reference.

This is absolutely necessary for any serious Can fan’s collection (known as Der Kanfan in German). If you like what you hear below, go visit Wah Wah. As an aside, folklore tells of Can’s ability to focus their energy so acutely during live shows that some audience members would vomit. Anybody have more info on this? Thought I’d ask while I have you around.

MP3 :::
The Inner Space – Flop Pop
The Inner Space – Kamerasong

What We’re Not Thankful For

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 25, 2009

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sarah-palin-turkey What Were Not Thankful For

Of course we have a lot to be thankful for. I have righteous friends, family that thinks I’m pretty cool, good health, attractive/awesome girlfriend, cool toys, and decent grub in the fridge. I would be remiss to mention that. But it kinda should go without saying that, as a semi-rational person, I’m thankful for all the aforementioned. Only a douchebag wouldn’t be thankful for these basic life components. Well… okay, so I am kind of a douchebag, but that fact notwithstanding, I give thanks. However, The Decibel Tolls is not a folksy, feel-good Garrison Keeler corner of the Internet, and there’s a lot to NOT be thankful for in 2K9:

vamps What Were Not Thankful For

Vampire Weekend still exists, people still like them, and they have a new jam coming out. I still hate everything about this fucking band, and I’m really not looking forward to being bombarded on the Internet and in the press on a daily basis about the giant shit their about to take on the world called Cuntra over the next few months. Dammit. So many great artists get swept under the rug while these smarmy hacks (who write songs about exotic drinks and yachts, which my blog bro Sean at Buzzgrinder pointed out is strictly reserved for hip-hop artists and hip-hop artists alone) absorb all limelight like a fucking black hole. I am not thankful for this.

Glenn+Beck+from+Tom+Degan%27s+Rant What Were Not Thankful For

Glenn Beck also continues to exist. I support an almost texturalist interpretation of the First Amendment’s preferred position – freedom of speech. But this dude scares me. He’s bringing the militias out of the woodwork. Methinks it’s entirely possible that some Anarchist Cookbook shit is about to go down. Also, his fat sweaty face and recessed eyes are particularly creepy and punchable. Do not want. Not thankful.

billycorganandtheunicorn-2 What Were Not Thankful For

Billy Corgan developed a Twitter page funnier than my own satirical account (see Publicity Stunts for additional reference), complete with the username of just “Billy” (Just Billy should be a sticom). Dude stole my thunder and made it less fun for me by (unintentionally) making fun of himself more profoundly than anyone else ever could. Oh, and puppets, dude. My journalism degree did not prepare me to begin to encapsulate any thoughts on something that’s this other-side-of-the-looking-glass. Feel no thanks for this.

ftw_necklace What Were Not Thankful For

People are still pervasively using Internet acronyms to express thoughts that they would never actually say in real life. Like, “for the win.” Who the fuck outside XBox Live players say “for the win”? Additionally, who says these things to describe mundane occurrences, like an update that reads “listening to music, ftw!” Um… congratulations? On winning at that? Also, WTF and FML are a bit aggravating to hear from people, especially those who tend to not cuss. Basically, if you wouldn’t say it in conversation, don’t flood my inbox and social networks with it either. Sometimes I feel like seceding from the Internet. LOL is still okay though, but only when immediately proceeding a statement that does not deserve an actual laugh-out-loud (i.e. “having soup for lunch lol,” “father goes in for surgery tomorrow lol,” etc). Not thankful.

mucus2 What Were Not Thankful For

Allergies. Hate this shit, too. 86 Thanks.

There’s lots of other stuff too, but I’m bored of ranting and I’m sure you’re bored of reading it. Sorry for the neg vibes. I hope everyone has a rad long holiday! I hope to see Louisville out tonight at the Phantom Family Halo record release party at Lisa’s! Enjoy some pepperoni.

MP3 :::
George Harrison – Thanks For the Pepperoni

[Contest] Win a Pair to Phantom Family Halo’s Record Release Show

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 23, 2009

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l_60d9dfcb62c0420cafa23f2df98814f8 [Contest] Win a Pair to Phantom Family Halos Record Release Show

No doubt you’re already all up on the double vinyl release Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die. The party for Phantom Family Halo goes down this Wednesday at Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge with openers Softcheque (for fans of Blues Control, Broadcast, Stereolab). I’ve got two guest list passes for the show. Want to go? Leave a comment or shoot an email to kb[at]thedecibeltolls with the answer to the following question:

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR, PILGRIM?!

A winner will be chosen at random, or maybe a winner will be chosen for best response, or… I dunno. But someone will be crowned tomorrow evening by 1800 hrs (that’s 6 p.m.), so shoot that shit my way. You must verify that you’ll be in the Louisville area for the holiday week.

Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die Record Release Party:
Phantom Family Halo with Softcheque and DJ Chaddles
Wednesday, November 25
Lisa’ Oak Street Lounge
1004 E. Oak St., Louisville (map that shizz)
9 p.m.-ish
21+

This show serves as the kick-off for their tourwith Chicago-based cloud-seeding post-rock juggernaut Russian Circles (FIYL Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You Black Emperor) and new Temporary Residence decibel shredders Young Widows. Happy holidays, scaliwag:

NOV 27 – Detroit MI, Magic Stick
NOV 28 – Buffalo, NY Soundlab
NOV 30 – Milford CT, Daniel Street
DEC 1 – New York NY, Bowery Ballroom
DEC 2 – Cambridge MA, The Middle East
DEC 3 – Washington DC, DC9
DEC 4 – Philadelphia PA, First Unitarian Church
DEC 6 – Montreal QC, Il Motore
DEC 7 – Toronto ON, Lee’s Place
DEC 9 – Kalamazoo MI, The Strut
DEC 10 – Cleveland OH, The Grog Shop
DEC 11 – Louisville KY, Skull Alley
DEC 12 – Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall

MP3 :::
Phantom Family Halo – Child of Light
Russian Circles - When the Mountain Comes to Muhammad

Adventures in YouTubin’ 5 – The Prelinger Archives Are The Shit!

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 20, 2009

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youtubin Adventures in YouTubin 5 - The Prelinger Archives Are The Shit!

I was reading my buddy Nathaniel’s recent blog entry on a rad fan-made video for the Atlas Sound / Stereolab collab (rhymes lol) “Quick Canal,” featuring lots of retro kitsch stock footage. Broadcast, you need to find the dude who made this video. Anyway, seeing the video reminded me of something Lana discovered not too long ago called The Prelinger Archives. As Regis Philbin used to say in the Mr. Phipps Tater Crisps commercials: “I LOVE ‘EM!”

The Prelinger Archives is a mindblowingly expansive collection of public domain films from pre and post-WWII America – most of which could be categorized within educational videos, infomericals before there were infomericials, instructional videos, and public service announcements. All of which are could be categorized as “relatively campy and amazing.”

Go to the Internet Archive splash page and browse around. You cannot go wrong with any of these ephemeral films of the atomic age. I tend to gravitate toward the Coronet Instructional Films, which provide the fatherly guidance that made our parents better people I suppose, and the Jam Handy Archive, which is just a grab-bag of awesome. The emphatic narration and general mores displayed are, in many ways, so far removed from how the world is today that you can’t help be feel compelled. The Prelinger Archives is one of my absolute favorite offerings of the Internet right now.

Below are some of the Prelinger videos that made it to YouTube. The last video is the classic “Duck and Cover” classroom film that you’re probably already familiar with but may not have actually seen. The videos from the collection itself are too big to embed on this blog, so you’ll really want to go to the IA portal to explore for yourself! Go here, mach schnell!

Xiu Xiu Drops Details About New Album

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Michael Hansen

on November 19, 2009

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dear god
It’s been almost two years since we’ve heard a proper yelp from Jamie Stewart and his band of avant-humanists. Which isn’t to say he hasn’t been busy, making a record with Former Ghosts, writing personal haiku’s for me and a billion other kids, and even covering Morrissey. And now that we’ve all been tended to, Xiu Xiu will return to form this February with the release of their new full-length called (ready?), Dear God, I Hate Myself.

After the somewhat recent departure of Caralee McElroy, they’ve enlisted the full-time help of previously part-time collaborator Angela Seo on piano, synth, and programming. Production was co-headed by Stewart and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier, who plays on most of the album as well. On “This To Shall Pass Away (for Freddy)”, a possible ode to the late Queen front man, the group will joined by the Immaculata Catholic School Orchestra. Word is that this new release will be heavy on the goth pop side of things (comin’ for you, Cold Cave), with four songs composed heavily on a Nintendo DS. But however they reincarnate themselves, you can be sure to expect the usual ingredients of superb art-damaged pop, scattershot rhythms, atonal explosions, and embarrassing details. Xiu to the muthafuckin Xiu, 2k10.

Dear God, I Hate Myself will be available February 23rd on Kill Rock Stars.

Track list:
1. Gray Death
2. Chocolate Makes You Happy
3. Apple for a Brain
4. House Sparrow
5. Hyunhye’s Theme
6. Dear God, I Hate Myself
7. Secret Motel
8. Falkland Rd.
9. The Fabrizio Palumbo Retaliation
10. Cumberland Gap
11. This Too Shall Pass Away (for Freddy)
12. Impossible Feeling

MP3:::
Xiu Xiu – I am Hated for Loving (Moz cover)

Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind (In Real Time)

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 18, 2009

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Animal_Collective_Fall_Be_Kind Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (In Real Time)

Haven’t done a real time review in a while, and hey, Fall Be Kind just leaked. Let’s see what’s up. Here’s a live blogging of my thoughts, revisited only for editorial clarity or to fix grammatical errors…

Graze (5:22) - Dang, kinda sounds like a Disney film. Like, this fits in well in Aladdin specifically. A ballad sung by Jafar. Dreamy piano drops in at the 2-minute mark. Kinda John Tesh-y. The synth swells and whispy vocals a minute later is similar to Mercury Rev, but like, kinda bad Mercury Rev (via All is Dream). The song’s climax picks up where “Brothersport” left off… safari music. Reminds me of this big exhibit they had at King’s Island when I was a kid, where they’d blast fun Afrobeat while you ride the tram through the various habitats of savannah creatures. The hippos were my favorite. They liked to chill.

What Would I Want? Sky (6:46) - Heavy, trippy, multi-layered percussion and driving rhythm with an almost trip-hop/psych-hop flavor. I like having Avey Tare back in the foreground on throat duty, though the aforementioned visceral Disney tones prevents him from unleashing his vocal chords via “People” or “Grass.” Chorus melody is a little corny, though, and kinda sounds like Metric. The vibe, though, is unlike anything they’ve done before. Wish the shiny production was taken down a notch. It doesn’t suit them. Good track for the most part, though.

Bleeding (3:28) – Space rock backdrop and Noah/Dave vocal interplay that doesn’t really head anywhere after…. what, about three minutes. But if “Bleeding” was a minute and a half long jam… this would’ve been a cut. Almost reminiscent of “Banshee Beat,” but sans some of the mysticism.

On a Highway (4:36) - The creepy voice and drones sound promising. Turns into a relaxed song about smokin’ hash, road trippin’, and not wazzin’ your trousers. Kinda forgot about it playing because I was reading this article on insane, abandoned Cold War projects. Ended up being boring all in all. The song, not the article.

I Think I Can (7:10) - A sort of trance beat anchors this song, with huge percussion dropping in and Panda-led vocal harmonies. Just like Merriweather Post Pavilion. Actually, almost exactly like MPP.

Final thoughts: Looking forward to all the flaming that will occur in the comment sections, but whatever. Maybe it’s because I was listening to George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and Wire’s Pink Flag this morning, two albums so perfect that it’s hard for anyone to follow it up. But maybe Animal Collective just doesn’t have it anymore. No more insane vocal yelps from Avey or destroyed song structures. Just cartoon pop with some cool sounds every now and again. I know they’re all husbands and dads now, but maybe the drugs were doing good things to their collective headspace circa 2004 (and AC was smart enough to hide their stash on tour, LOL KING KHAN!). I mean, I dunno… it is what it is. Animal Collective are a group with ample talent and an adventurous spirit, and I’m sure they will have a sort of “return to form,” even without repeating the successful forumlae found on Sung Tongs. In the interim though, I’ll probably just go back to listening to the new Tune Yards record and continue about my day. I’d like to see more “What Would I Want? Sky,” por favor. Less Sebastian from The Little Mermaid. Plz?

Fall Be Kind is out on Domino on December 15. JUST IN TYMEZ 4 CHRIMMMASSS!

MP3 :::
Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky [excerpt only - don't wanna get Web Sheriffed]

An Open Letter to King Khan and the BBQ Show

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 18, 2009

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To Whichever BBQ Bro It May Concern,

Hey everybody! What’s good? Not much here. Just getting ready to fuck up a can of Campbell’s Chunky for lunch. Should rule.

Welp… heard you all got in a lil’ pickle outside of Nashville in Hopkinsville, Ky. Got nailed for having a lil’ “controlled substance” for party hard solutions. That’s a bummer, man. It’s kinda like the song “Rollin’ Dirty” with the Bone Thug bros. I probably would’ve been humming that to myself if I were in a similar situation. Anyway, good to hear you’re out of the slammer. Hope you followed protocol and bitched up to someone. I’ve not been incarcerated myself, but it’s my understanding that doing such is just good standard operating procedure. When in Rome, amirite?

Alright, let’s get to brass tacks. I recently read that Sam Hunt, your booking agent with Windish (who’s a super great guy who helped us secure a lot of awesome shows for WRFL when I hung tough there – tell him we said hello), gave the local reporter in Hopkinsville a couple of preliminary ruminations from the band: “I’d kind of be surprised if they played again,” Hunt said. “It’s been a real drag, you know? It’s been a real shame for a lot of reasons. They’ll probably never set foot in Kentucky again.”

Ever play again? What, are you guys that wimpy? That shit’s sad, Khan. Lil’ Wayne’s getting his ass arrested all the time, but he still seems to release 500 mixtapes a year and rock a House of Blues or two. I mean, you’re following in a fine tradition of rock stars sporting the fluorescent jumpsuit – check out Rolling Stone’s Hall of Fame. Work this to your advantage. All press is good press, guys. That’s PR 101.

Secondly – “never set foot in Kentucky again”? Dude, that’s some Laguna Beach shit. Like, “She tried to hook up with Stephen, I’m never talking to that bitch again.” What’s with the pedestrian playground mentality? You guys are Pitchfork fodder with a deece record contract. Time to put on the big boy pants now.

Look… unfortunately, there’s no room in this letter to discuss the nature of the war on drugs. Sure, it totally sucks you all were arrested and jailed for a non-violent crime and drug laws in the states are kinda fucked. But the fact of the matter is, right or wrong, the law is the law, and drugs are crazy illegal (see your local statute book and The Wire). So if you’re going to do something illegal, don’t get caught. If you have drugs in the car, it should go without saying that you roll careful style. And if you don’t successfully evade Johnny Law, displacing blame for getting caught with your own stash (that you’re fully aware is not legal) is kinda immature and makes you sorta look like an asshole. Just sayin’.

I understand that you weren’t pulled over for speeding or the like, but were stopped at a random safety checkpoint. Regardless, an officer cannot search your vehicle (“illegal search and seizure” in legalese) in any case without either probable cause or your consent.

The band’s official statement said “officers located a controlled substance in the cab of the vehicle.” That begs the question – how did the officers locate your shroomage? Did you allow them to search your van? Or did you have your paraphernalia all strewn about the vehicle, providing plain sight probable cause? If it’s the former, what the hell? I have nothing else to say to you. If it’s the latter… dude, hide your shit. Especially at checkpoints! It didn’t exactly sneak up on you, ya know! The majority of the Interstate system is comprised of long stretches of completely straight asphalt, as per the original Eisenhower plan. Especially in places like western Kentucky where it’s flat!

The only other scenario I can picture is that manager Kristin Klein’s expired or suspended license warranted the search. Maybe someone who had a driver license should’ve been behind the wheel. Again, good job.

So, like, all things considered, responding to your own ineptitude by saying “fuck this state, we’re never coming here again” is rather asinine, don’t you think? Saving face and manning up is a good style. Just somethin’ to chew on. If you do decide to tour these parts again though, The Decibel Tolls will be more than happy to sponsor it. Shit, I’ll even give you some pointers and show you how I hide my own stash and keep my mouth shut.

Best,
Kenny Bloggins

MP3 :::
Times New Viking – City on Drugs
The Rain Parade – Prisoners
Ariel Pink – House Arrest
Mazzy Star – Free

The Brian Jonestown Massacre Ponders Who Killed Sgt. Pepper

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Kenny Bloggins

on November 17, 2009

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n12901847_35716171_4880 The Brian Jonestown Massacre Ponders Who Killed Sgt. Pepper

In what seems to be a suite of albums that namedrop the jams that Anton Newcombe loves (with the first being 2007’s My Bloody Underground), the Brian Jonestown Massacre is set to drop Who Killed Sgt. Pepper on New Year’s Day. And since Newcome is. always. on. fucking. MySpace. showing. us. the. dinner. he’s. cooking. and. other. random. and. often. stupid. shit., the tracklisting was made available for a brief time before it was retracted. Probably after a phone call from the manager. Be it as it may.

1. Tempo 116.7 (Reaching For Dangerous Levels Of Sobriety)
2. The Heavy Knife
3. Lets Go Fucking Mental (Melodica Mix)
4. White Music
5. This Is The First Of Your Last Warnings (Icelandic Version)
6. This Is The One Thing We Did Not Want To Have Happen
7. The One
8. Someplace Else Unknown
9. Detka! Detka! Detka!
10. Super Fucked
11. Our Time
12. Feel It (Of Course We Fucking Do)
13. Felt Tipped-Pen Pictures Of UFOs

Before the full length drops though, the BJM will release a new teaser EP that comes out next week called One EP. You can czech it courtesy of Cargo Records. Looking forward to hearing that, for sure. However, I currently have no predictions on whether Who Killed Sgt. Pepper will rule or not. This is the best of the streaming tracks I’ve listened to thus far, and I like it quite a bit. But some of the other tracks I’ve heard sound abysmal, and some were pretty decent. I dunno, what do you think? I’m certainly hoping for the best myself. I’m on your team, Anton.