...some mischief for idle hands to do

In praise of idleness.

Dream for some, Nightmare for all.

America, you fucked up. My parents and grandparents were immigrants. They came through Ellis island thinking they were coming to a better world. Everyone of them looked up at the statue of liberty and bought into the dream. But it turns out it was a ticking time-bomb of exploitation and old scores bound to settle. Dream for some, Nightmare for all. I'm sure we are only weeks away from deadly gangster Frankenstein controls.

2017 : lets do this but first we have to talk.

Americans are afraid of ideas. Now we have the ultimate proof of that. A man with the basest of ideas has taken control of the biggest army on the planet.

 (offstage: David Bowie dies. World is already in turmoil. ,The following songs begin to play.)

 1. Tonight (Lust for Life / Iggy Pop , 1977)
 2. Blackstar (Blackstar, 2016)
3. Amlapura  Live? (Tin Machine II, 1991)
4. Outside (1.Outside , 1995)
5. Golden Years (Station to Station , 1976)
6. Dodo (from the 1973 floor show)
7. Helden (German Single , 1977?)
--interlude: interview with some dudes that are like wayne and garth in 1977--
8. I Dig Everything (Single, 1966)
9. Moonage Daydream (Arnold Corns version)
10. A New Career in a New Town (Low, 1977)
11.. i can't give everything away
12 crystal Japan (commercial, dubbed 300 times)
13. the Jean Genie (David Live, 1978?)
13. Success (Lust for Life / Iggy Pop , 1977)
14. Tonight (Tonight / Bowie , 198x) 

As you can probably tell, I favor the years 1975-1978.  Sorry.


Helpful links for those of us who will never get enough:

Bowie did some great impressions

Blackstar references the occult

Did Bowie have a tumblr?

How to make Heroes

German Children sing Helden

Good news site

 

Coming in to work today I listened to "Diamond Dogs". I could almost see the smoldering ruins of the city, smell the decaying corpses, feel the desperation. They really can't be that far away now.

Vinyls I want to get

Man, who says albums are dead? If you are willing to use LPs, you can score some great music. Sure you can download it for free or slightly more off the internet, but that's gotten beyond stupid at this point.

AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA

This is the one of the best blogs in the universe, and now it is a record label. And their two releases so far sound excellent, I think I want both. What more can be said, buy them now!

LAST STEP SLEEP

Sometimes, just when you loose interest in something you see it in a new way and it becomes exciting again. This could be one of those times. And the catalog number bodes well. I really wish I had bought 1961 on triple vinyl, hope they repress it soon.

SQUAREPUSHER MADE ANOTHER NEW WORD

I told a friend of mine that the thing about squarepusher is that when you first hear about his latest project, you are like "holy shit that is going to be so cool", and then when it comes out it really fails to deliver. Let's hope this doesn't happen this time, because they are sure going nuts with the packaging on this one, and charging accordingly.

NAKED RAYGUN REISSUES!?!?!

I was thinking about albums I always wanted to have on vinyl that I had in other formats and my beloved cassette copy of "All Rise" came to mind. A quick Google search later I was amazed to find that they had reissued them in colored vinyl! Take your pick: white or green. I'm really hoping this is not one of those internet shop pages that hasn't been updated in 3 years.

Day 1.

First post, nothing to say yet.

Will advise.