You heard it here first everyone. Dont say you didnt. You did. Here’s a new propagandhi song. Why am I even sharing this with you idiots? Call me generous. I’m the 20th preson to view this on the tube.
Sounds potemkiny… but truncated, tightened and melodically improved… and a glimmer of hope. Ground stomping. beautiful.
Filed under: Musical Brilliance
The Lawrence Arms “Oh! Calcutta!” is one of the best albums I have ever heard.
Digging this song today more than anything else in my record collection. What a tune. Hope to capture something like that next time we record. My gosh. There’s a beauty to this music. Its passionate and mature. A thundering bass, and a thumping kick and a lushous guitar. No high pitched dousch! (hi mom!… ahem).
And thats why I like music better than art/film/food/drink/the channel. That aint no joke.
Went to see There will be blood yesterday. Hillariously and amazingly good. Just not as good as the larry arms.
UL.
Sing Along Everybody.
The best thing i ever saw on TV was that S.Q (securite quebec) cop catching a bullet with his teeth.
Condolence, Madame Canadiana, but your husband was a fucking (stuck) pig.
But this song’s not about some romantic account of history.
It’s not about martyrs or mythos or heroes or burnings-in-effigy.
It’s about a native kid flipping her lid just trying to keep some self-respect intact.
It’s about an oka the size of a fist in resistance and a will to fight back…
And the girls at work, they still deny their racism.
They claim tolerance for all.
But it seems the degree of (only) racial slurs is their gauge,
(And it defines tolerance as hate).
And there’s 27 million “girls-at-work” here.
Imagine fighting that for 500 years.
And “golly-gee! how valient!” How the white oppressor makes allowance for calculated gestures of insurgence (all tightly tethered to their purses/purpose).
Oka had this orchestra(tion) aborted.
Oka fucked their rules to choose a future self-determined
And i, for one, support it…
…and the smartest thing i think i ever said: “if a Kevin Kostner Cavalry is your means to their end, then the struggle is dead.
Why do we pretend that our approval is upon what they depend?
“I think rock and roll music is about doing something exciting or different, or passion. I don’t think its about wearing the right clothes or doing sports jumps. You should be playing football. You shouldn’t be in a band if you wanna jump around like a goof.”
Amen to that brutha.
P.S – Nice hair.
Listen to Greg on sound scene revolution. He is more punk than you. For starters, he isnt in a punk band.
Yes. My overdraft is paid off! Totally amazing. I actually have money in my bank account for the first time in about a year. So lets see… I bought a peavey head, a set of new valves and fuses, a set of studio monitor, 2 new (expensive) microphones, tons of leads, a bass guitar, cab and head, paid for recording a demo… and got out of debt! Unbelievable really, I never thought I’d manage it.
Fucking mint. Its a weird feeling when you’ve been so poor for so long. Its like… I could go out and buy something right now. Anything I want. I have money in my account. And not just fake money that belongs to the bank really. Its actually my money. I’m not getting in debt again, that was a little adventure which I don’t regret, but don’t fancy doing again. Maybe I’ll buy some stuff today. There’s a CD by the Indecision Alarm and Enemy Alliance which I’ve heard great things about. I think that’d be cool. Must pick up real versions of the Flatliners new record, Rentokill and International Noise Conspiracy too.
Fuck I actually have loads of stuff to buy. Better not fritter it away and get back into debt. Na. I’ll try to keep £100 minimum in my account at all times or something like that just to be safe.
I wish there was a youtube video for “The Fall Of Man” by Bad Religion. I’d be posting that right now. But there ain’t. So we’ll have to go with this.
Pretty fucking good anyway. I love that record. I love how it sounds, I love the lyrics and I love the music. It is a triumph, one of the best albums ever written. Buy it today. The Process of Belief. Fuck I wish there was a video for Materialist. I think that might be my favourite Bad Religion song ever. I’ll be taking that back in tomorrow but, in this moment of clarity, I think its their best work.
Okay. Nuff said for today I think. I’m pretty chuffed. Maybe I’ll hit the bar tonight and then Manchester with the Dauntless Elite and Offshore Radio tomorrow. Rights.
Its my mam’s birthday today. Went out for a meal to this weird place. 1 vegetarian option. Lame. They are missing out on a large and lucrative demographic. I shall not be gracing their premises again (unless you count the shit I’ll be taking in their beer garden tonight).
Just achieved the requisite grandparent visit, complete with talk of horses and carts, the war and a slideshow of family holidays/births. Fantastic.
I opened a couple of my cards today to get the money. Totally can’t be arsed with birthday. I’m counting today as my brithday… why not? Who cares anyway. Birthdays are shit. You have to meet people… pretend you like them. Its boring and I hate it. So why can’t I get the money early? Makes sense to me.
I like this. Happy birthday.
Finally finished shooting principal photography. Now its down to the edit and special effects. Should be pretty good when its finished. I’m so glad the filming is over. I’ve had a hair cut. Now maybe we can all get along a bit better.
Now here’s today’s weird dream. So we were all ready to go play a gig with Tripdash. We get everyone to the venue… must have been some place in Newcastle but it looked like it was at a school with a bar in it. We arrived and started to set up when we realised that Tripdash only have one guitarist so we needed to bring a guitar cab.
Me and Jonny headed back to the practice room to get the cab and it took us ages to get back to the venue… we arrived about midway through Tripdash’s set. The next band on was really weird. Jord was in the band… and some other people too… but they kept forgetting what they were playing, and decided to play the Five Knuckle song “All Ages”… which sounded a lot like “A Measured Response” for some reason… but they pure slaughtered it… and someone’s guitar was out of tune. So I was pissed off to say the least… because they just played out opening number.
And that’s all I can remember… but I think I was in the weird band for a little bit… and couldn’t play the bass cos I was holding a joint in one hand… and trying to give it to Jord. SO WEIRD. Why am I dreaming about drugs!
Today marks the last day of shooting for our feature-length movie Encounter. Its looking good, despite a severe lack of interest in filming it towards the end. Just a couple final scenes, shouldnt be too difficult to accomplish in an afternoon. Then its all down to edit, special effects and attempting to create the illusion of spaceships flying around. Jeez.
Is anybody remotely upset about the website going? I’m relieved. It looked shitty anyway. Our intentions were great, but ultimately thats all they were. Good intentions. And there’s a lot more important stuff going on than making goofy videos. Gotta have a purpose, ya know. Gotta have a goal in life.I woke up today with a really bad pain in my neck. I can’t look down without it hurting for some reason. I took some pills. Maybe I’m turning into House M.D? Hope so.
I had a dream last night that I offended loads of people in a pub with my parents, and was shouting at them something like “If you’d smoked as much weed as I have in your lifetime [insert stupid justification here]” Truth is I don’t remember much about it but I do remember shouting it in front of my parents… and there wasn’t much uproar. Who cares about drugs these days anyway? Not my parents. Well I left the pub and got into a sports car… and I was wasted… and I was driving pretty recklessly. Strange Dream.
(Cue: “That wasnt a dreeeeaaammm!!!” joke)
I Love This:
I also happened to dream that all of my teeth were really small… and they looked horrible… like they’d gradually been eroded. DAMN YOU ENAMEL EROSION ADVERTS!
Filed under: Musical Brilliance
Lascivious, it’s all that i can think of as i drag my feet, searching like a Diogenes,
Dangerous, the adjectives of the decade and of your alluring intricacies,
I can see your green-screen mentality,
And I can feel the sting of its consequence,
And I know I shouldn’t but it’s too much to ignore,
An emotion i deplore,
Every time i look at you, i just want to do it,
I can clench my fist right through it but i just want to get off!
Rectilinear, this direction we’ve been heading never realizing we are on a runaway machine,
Angular, the momentum that does turn us one step further on our ladder, one more turn toward the east,
I realize your green-screen mentality
And i know it is shared by many more,
I know it is quite impossible but i am damned to find a way,
To revolve the other way,
Every time i scrutinize i just say “screw it”,
We’re on a ride down a blind conduit and i just want to get off!
Hi everyone. I’ve been locked out of my own blog for a long time as you can tell. Times are a’changin’. Cannot be arsed to make a fully fledged channel anymore. I’ll be making blog posts of the videos posted since the move to the “website” (see below). Then deleting the “website”. We’ve run back screaming to the blog. All videos are now available on the blog under “The Channel”.
We have one more video project for you though. Its currently finishing shooting and will be up “some time in the future.” I couldn’t get hold of myself to make further comment. Apologies.
Funny thing is, I still enjoy blogging. Hmm. What could this spell or earlythrasher.co.uk? Something incredibly predictable I assure you all.
VERY COOL
