Friday, May 11, 2012

 

Fuck nostalgia, I need new noise.

Now that I’m a gentleman of a certain age, my youth is being recycled and repackaged for me on a daily basis.  Granted, it isn’t all bad.  I’ve enjoyed watching the old band get back together, shake off the cobwebs, and show the balding paunchy kids how it is done, son.  Still, it is a little depressing to watch your summer fill up with reunion tours.  Yeah, I’m excited that Sleep’s Dopesmoker is getting a proper release and the band is touring, but that record was recorded TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGO.  Wouldn’t my time be better spent exploring the vast expanse of the contemporary psychedelic landscape?    

I remember laughing at the old farts lining up the Pine Knob Pavilion to see The J. Geils Band. I felt genuinely bad for them as they recounted The Glory Days™.  You know, when Geils played Pine Knob for a week straight in ’82.  Up next, the tale of drinking two quarts of Michelob in the parking lot and rolling down the hill—but waking up to Magic Dick’s 15 minute harmonica solo.

But am I any better than the toothless rockers recounting the golden daze of yesteryear?  Does riding a bike to see my aging heroes put me on a higher rung than the guy driving like an asshole up I-75 in his Monte Carlo?  

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

 

The Lights Are On


 

Vulgar Display of Power


Monday, June 06, 2011

 

The Sacred Disease

She is dying for our sins.

Friday, March 25, 2011

 

Henry Hawk Learns to Fly

At the Mudai Lounge in Portland.




This song is for Zeta.




 

Fuck California



Wednesday, November 26, 2008

 

Party at the Holidome


 

Cop Sex, the Best Sex


 

A Paper Tab Burning on Your Tongue



Wednesday, July 09, 2008

 

’75 Dodge Dart in Blue

A true icon of the rust belt with its 3.7 litter Slant 6 engine, 4 speed manual transmission, and a thirst of leaded gasoline, this blue beauty would soon be traded straight-up for an 8 input Mackie mixing board.






Monday, July 07, 2008

 

Drain the Pool


Push-push-push. Set-up (nervously).

Pop (awkwardly).

Yikes. This act should be hardwired into your muscle memory (but isn’t).

Legs flailing, you abort the frontside ollie (which given the pitiful size of the bank is a generous description of the act).

Pushing onward dejected but not defeated to the bowl. Thank god only one other person there. Drop-in. Slash microscopic backside “grinds” on the coping. This feels less awkward and more enjoyable as pumping transition is inherently fun.

Mongo-footed Hesher-Girl (Heshette?) arrives with dog on a haggard board with wheels the size of monster truck tires. She doesn’t skate. Just watches.

Growing bold you try to leave you mark on the lip of the pool. Six inches of grey is etched into the coping, a small victory. Time to leave.

Dog growls. Lunges. Heshette, scolding the canine, “Don’t chase people. Don’t chase sk-a-a-a-ters…"

Chuckle to yourself. “Skater.” Quite a compliment, all things considered. Would she categorize you as such if she knew you were going to the grocery to buy organic Swiss chard and tofu, not hot dogs and Hamm’s beer?

Hamm’s gives me the shits.


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