What's up? Hope everyone had
a happy and safe New Years...
I ended up at a diner drinking
coffee and eating ice cream,
and I think I was probably
playing Gears of War II at
midnight. Sweet.
Anyway, that's beside the
point - what I wanted to talk about
was 2008. Best and worst.
Top 5 Bottom 5. We've done it
before, so let's do it again.
Anything goes really... It can
be your five best and worst
personal experiences, albums,
movies, moments, girls/guys,
sexual conquests, school
papers, whatever. As always,
feel free to include images.
TOP 5
Met my girlfriend Eva,
Got a new car,
Moved into my new flat,
saw kings of Leon and
Had amazing christmas dinner!!!
Bottom
Broke my hip snowboarding
spent loadsa time in bed cos i couldn't walk
missed Biffy Clyro cos of it
My computer got sick and d...
The above photo was taken from
my bedroom window in my
apartment in Boston during the
winter of 2000, the year
Makeoutclub started. Was
feeling a bit nostalgic over
the weekend here in LA due
mostly to the unusually cold
nights and the rain yesterday
and today... - and I started
pulling some old records and
mixtapes off the shelf.
With the rush of memories and
nostalgia that is triggered by
a change in seasons or weather
often comes it's soundtrack -
and with the first day of
winter around the corner, I
thought it would be cool to
share our perfect winter
playlists.
What would your perfect winter
playlist be? Add an image too
if you like!
Writer, musician, and
performance artist
extraordinaire Lisa Carver
(Lisa Suckdog) was responsible
for one of the most fantastic
early 90s zines ever, Rollerderby. She performed in bands (Psychodrama, Costes), toured the world, was a
prostitute in her teens,
married Boyd Rice, penned a ton of articles and
books (Dancing Queen, Drugs are Nice), was a sex columnist for Nerve, the list goes on...
Basically, she's fucking
interesting. I'll attach some
links at the end of this so
you can go read up if you're
clueless, but the reason for
this article is that she's
having an insane garage sale
right now... Lisa is selling
awesome shit for dirt cheap...
everything from original
photos, drawings, and writing,
to an interview she did with
her ex-husband and world
reknowned Satanist and
troublemaker Boyd Rice, to
cool records, and a whole
whirlwind of
interesting/creepy/cool/unbeli
evable ephemera. Get on it.
no joke, this is the first time i have ever heard anyone acknowledge hearing of her ever, save when i approached grant stoddard in a bar and brought up their Nerve.com threesome whilst he was on a date.
I AM INTO THIS THREAD!
Well in the last week a ton of
shit happened... the west
coast Unbroken / Undertow / Swing
Kids / Jenny Piccolo show is no longer rumor and
is actually at the Glass House
in Pomona this May
Saturday May 9th 2009 at:
The Glass House
200 W. Second St.
Pomona CA, 91766
That shit is going to be
absurd... people flying in
from all over, if you're in
the area, don't miss it.
It's 1995, and ur moshing.
What else happened? Wattie
from the Exploited got beat up
in Madrid by a crew of
anti-fascist youth with iron
bars at a show put on by an
anti-fascist youth group...
*scratches head*... When asked
to explain themselves, they
claimed they saw the infamous
and very old
Exploited/UKSubs/Charlie
Harper photo where they are
saluting (as a joke.) Punks
not dead. Source.
Hmm... what else? My record
label Dais Records put out some more stuff... if
you're into minimal
synth/coldwave, check out COLD CAVE, and if you're a fan of TG,
Genesis, or Psychic TV -
you'll love the new Psychic TV/PTV3 album... hit up our website
for more info. www.daisrecords.com
In other MOC news, we have a
sweet bugfix build going live
this coming Monday, December
1st that will address recent
issues with the forums as well
as uploaded images. hurrah.
Be well, eat a lot this week.
xo
To celebrate the release of
the new record, "Folie à Deux", Fall Out Boy is offering 5 "Golden Tickets" randomly placed in pre-order
packages for "Folie à Deux".
They haven't yet revealed what
the tickets are for or what
they get you, but if it
involves Gene Wilder in any
way, count me the fuck in.
HEY LOOK THERE I AM! no jk i couldn't go but i would've if i could. But seriously why are you fighting over this now? why didn't you make a difference then not complain after the fact? Personally I think that Obama was a great choice but every one is entitled to their own opinion. Why does it matter if he's black? Why doesn't it matter that McC...
Oh fuck. It's actually
happening? I got dates on the
Chicago gig at the Metro in
May as part of the Burning Fight book release show, (Burning
Fight is an upcoming book
covering the 90's hardcore
scene.) and there is supposed
to be a SoCal date - hunting
that down at the moment, if
anyone has any info hit me up.
In addition to Unbroken, many of you from the old
guard will recognize Split Lip, Trial, Underdog,
108, and many others on this
bill. Hopefully this gets
pulled off without a hitch.
For you younger folks who
might not know Unbroken (for shame!), they were a San
Diego based Straight Edge
hardcore band active in the
early 90s, (members of Julia, Swing Kids, etc) and very much at the
forefront of blurring the
lines between traditional
hardcore and a more driving,
dark, and emotional sound.
They would become an
inspiration and undeniable
reference point to many of the
bands to follow, especially in
the early 00's.
Somewhere along the line MTV
stopped being about music and
started being about teenage
dating shows, drunken brawls
in the "Real World" house,
blurred sex on hidden cameras,
and "confessionals"... Well if
Reality Shows killed the video
star, the internet saved it.
Today MTV launched MTV Music,
where you can basically watch
any fucking video you want in
much better quality than
YouTube (and, for the moment,
without all the stupid
comments).
Philly heroes Blacklisted kicked off their tour last
night in Tulsa, taking them
across the USA until November
finishing in New York on the
19th. Amazing dudes,
incredible band. If you get a
chance go out and support.
Indierock and punk legend (and
makeoutclub member) Calvin Johnson was recently interviewed by,
well, indierock and punk
legend Ian Svenonius on Ian's own Vice (VBS.tv)
show Soft Focus.
If you aren't familiar (tsk
tsk) - Calvin sang for Beat Happening, an American indie band that
formed in 1982 and basically
paved the way for all american
twee/indie/punk bands to come.
In my opinion they are
America's first...
He also started a little label
called K Records to put out their material and
stuff from his friends... to
quote Rory over at Vice: "K was extremely DIY, even by
the standards of the time.
Half the artwork for the early
releases and promo material
looked like it was done in
crayon. This, coupled with
Beat Happening's gradeschool
sound and Calvin's used
sweaters, often leads to K
being pigeonholed as a
strictly twee-pop label, sort
of the US equivalent of Sarah
or Postcard Records. We're not
trying to be all nohomo about
twee or anything, it just
bears mention that this is the
same label that put out Bikini Kill and Nation of Ulysses, who are slightly heavier
than say, the Softies."
Ian Svenonius of course was in
DC legends Nation of Ulysses
and and sang for the mid-90's
mod legends (spock haircuts
and white belts, anyone?) The
Make-Up.
The interview is fantastic for
a number of reasons, but
mainly because the two of them
are close friends and kindred
spirits - which shows as they
speak on everything from the
old days of K and the 7" 45rpm
punk uprise, to the history of
and (current state of) the
music/record industry, to
Charlies Brown.
Basically this is two dudes
that know their shit having a
great conversation that's
worth your time.
