Murmurs In The Background....

Late IMS FRMPS Klark Kent life has been apparently ramping up for popcorn season because the Evil Masterminds have been throwing buses at me nonstop. If that makes any sense and even if it doesn't. Anyway, life goes on, one phase ends another begins. Or doesn't. Look for me on a steam grate near you.

Back to politics soon. John McCain: Insane, Senile, or evil? Discuss.

All sympathy to the Kennedy clan, including the Gropenfuhrer. Mad props to a Democratic Legend.





1. Dominance And Submission from the album "Secret Treaties" by Blue Öyster Cult Old school satirical metal. One of my favorites from the old days. I've even picked up a few of the chords, which are of course pretty easy. Kind of my standard for picking up chords, I guess. I love how the end builds into a creaming over drive "Dominance! Submission!" and reprises the opening chords with a Buck Dharma squeeee solo built over the top of it. Still an adenoidal geek-teen at heart, liking the guitar wankery.

2. Behind The Smile from the album "Blue Sky On Mars" by Matthew Sweet Follow up to Altered Beast; it seems to be a reaction to the reviews of the previous album that didn't care for the darker material. The album is relentlessly poppy; not a bad thing coming from Sweet, but it could have used a little more variety.

3. Light Comes Down from the album "Boogaloo" by Nazareth Ouch. Another candidate for an Amnesty thread. I always like Nazareth though, especially fond of No Mean City. Manny has a great rock and roll voice, and when they had that double guitar attack they were monsters.

4. Little Fury Things from the album "Fossils" by Dinosaur Jr Squalling guitar and screaming. Little J. Mascis, little Lou Barlow, Lots of noise and volume. Not Nice But Loud indeed.

5. This Is Your Life from the album "Blackout" by Dropkick Murphys Every Dropkick song I've ever heard can be summed up thus: Rousing. or Rousinge if you're fancy. Fancee. Shouted anthemic chorus and blasting guitar chords. NNBL.

6. Good, There Are No Lions in the Street from the album "Days for Days" by The Loud Family Wonderful, wonderful title, from a wonderful alt-power-pop band. Scott Miller has been an underappreciated genius for far too long. I've seen him once with Game Theory and twice (I think) as Loud Family. Amazing every fuckin time. But even he finally hung it up, sticking with his Klark Kent job as a programmer.

7. Forward from the album "Gravity Kills" by Gravity Kills Passe industro-techno. But hey, I like the noise.

8. Lullaby from the album "Blood Money" by Tom Waits Followed up by a weeper from Tommy the Cat. But it's a Friday Tom Waits song, shout out to driftglass! Hey, drifty!!!

9. Like Suicide from the album "Superunknown" by Soundgarden Seems to be kind of a noisy Friday. NNBL. Lucky this bloggo goes to eleven.

10. Theme for Great Cities from the album "Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call" by Simple Minds Techno, before they went all New Wavey and John Hughesy and MTV. Remember when MusicTelevision played Music? Get off my lawn already. Bring tha nOIZE, muthafucka. This is cool in a Kraftwerky way, but really doesn't fit into a NNBL Friday. As Glue Birl once said, If you don't love the song playing, life isn't worth it. SKIP!!

11. Winter Light from the album "The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt" by Linda Ronstadt This is my ONLY Linda Ronstadt song. It's part of a wonderful playlist I got offa iTunes called "Melancholy Winter" which is just what it sounds like. Great music for gray, snowy January days. Not working so much on a NNBL Springtime Friday. Need songs to blast out the windows and inspire the squirrels to fuck. Did I mention this is the only Linda Ronstadt song on the list? Sorry, ex-Mrs. Jerry Brown, el SKIPPO.

12. Pot Of Gold from the album "The Brooklyn Side" by The Bottle Rockets
13. Night Boat To Cairo from the album "The Business (Disc 1)" by Madness I old, I know. First wave ska.
14. Remember Me from the album "C'est La Vie" by Marques Bovre & The Evil Twins Talented guy from Madison. Unfortunately has since disbanded to become a christian pastor (for the church I grew up in, I think) so what can youdo? That old debbil music rock and roll electric guitar gets put on the shelf for prays jeebus and a fambly. I still like his old stuff, though, and always like it when it comes up, good old fashioned midwestern alt-country.
15. Trashman In Furs from the album "Butch" by The Geraldine Fibbers Another great lost noise-alt band.
16. Breaking Point from the album "Change (Remastered)" by The Alarm Zelmo bridled at my suggestion that these guys out-anthem U2, but i'm afraid I can't see it Z. Bono et al do SOME anthems, especially in the olden days, but hey what about ZOOROPA? and POP? while the Alarm makes every one of their flippin songs into an anthem. They write anthems like Bono wears shades while providing photo ops for world leaders; i.e., EVERY TIME YOU FLIPPIN TURN AROUND!! Seriously, Bono, I understand that you take support where you can find it when you're looking to ease world hunger and disease, but seriously, Chimpy McGolfer? I mean, you wouldn't photo op with Jeffrey Dahmer to get an extra sandwich, would you? Come on, he's still a bumbling war criminal coke addict sadist.
17. Heaven Or The Highway Out Of Town from the album "The Bottle & Fresh Horses" by The Refreshments with that, I'm taking the highway out of town. With a bottle.

17a> Long Haired Guys From England from the album "Live At Least" by Too Much Joy Says it all, really. And they never actually say 'teabag'.




OK, where's my Sorrows? I listened to the sorrows in my car on my way to lunch, where I enjoyed two glasses of a fine Pinot grigio, and I WANT SOME FUCKIN SORROWS!!!! gorram iTunes.

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