Grotto of Miracles: June 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Don't Just Eat A Hamburger, Eat The Hell Out Of It

S.Koreans pissed about lifted beef ban teach the ol' U-S-A a thing or two about how ugly (and hilarious) nationalism can really be.

Some of my fave songs referencing beef:
Anal Solvent - Sponteneous Smeadcore
Portland wackos experiment with electonics and samples, drink Guiness, take drugs and rap.
Gang of Four - Cheeseburger
How punk is Jon King's melodica? A new inspiration for a muxtape...melodica rock.
Fear - Beef Bologna
Lee Ving knows...the ladies like the beef.
MDC - Corporate Deathburger
"Change from your five"? This song needs an inflation-based lyric update.
Gary Clail & On U-Sound System - BEEF
I ate a hamburger last night humming this song the whole time.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

A.R. & Machines

I'm sure it's stenciled on your bathroom mirror but just in case, this is a reminder that tomorrow night is the debut of DeadHeat at Bowery Electric (327 Bowery nr. 2nd St.) Hope you can make it.

A.R. & Machines Die Grüne Reise (The Green Journey)
I was just recently turned onto this gem by DJ Hallogallo when I guested on his radio show a couple of weeks ago. The A.R. stands for Achim Reichel, apparently a big star in Germany for, among other things, leading a group called The Rattles (aka the "German Beatles"). A fairly straight forward but decent 60's pop group that eventually, toward the end of the decade, morphed into this awesomeness:
In 1971, The Rattles still (ahem) rattlin' on, Achim Reichel started releasing amazing solo guitar records that stretched farther into outer space guitar jams, echo tape delay experiments and the hypnotic rhythmic chugs that would define so-called Krautrock. The Green Journey may or may not have been originally conceived as music for a movie. No footage ever surfaced but the reissue includes a DVD with a student-made film inspired by the music.