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The Most Ut in 2006 - Part IIDecember 18, 2006... 2006 was the first year in a long time where I didn't spend any time with my special friend, Mary. I'd kinda suspected for a while that she'd been having a negative influence on my life, making it "comfortable" for me be reclusive, so I wanted to see how I would do without her. In truth, the results of this little experiment have been mixed. Even though I have been less reclusive over the past year than in the previous year, I don't think it can be attributed solely to cutting Mary out of my life. For one thing, I have actually been employed full-time and able to support myself financially for most of the past year, things I couldn't say about the previous year. This has had an impact my sociability. Still, there sure have been a lot of blah days in the past year. And if there's one thing you can say about Mary, it's that she can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile. I'm sure her absence is one reason why I wasn't bowled over by 2006 music in 2006...
#91. Blue Cheer - Come and Get It (1968). When I picked up a used $7.95 copy of Blue Cheer's Outside Inside a few months ago, I wasn't very optimistic about it. I was wrong. Before the Stooges, Black Sabbath, Mudhoney and the bands that sound like the Stooges, Black Sabbath and Mudhoney today, there was Blue Cheer. And it was good. In case you're wondering, though, dude is not singing "Rubbin' my horn and it's ecstacy," in the choruses ... although it would be kinda cool if he were. Blue Cheer - Come and Get It#13. Laughing Hyenas - Just Can't Win (1994). When I learned via the blogs of the death of Laughing Hyenas guitarist, Larissa Strickland, I downloaded a few songs to reaquaint myself with the band. Though I enjoyed their first EP when it came out in 1987, its repetitive, cliche-ridden lyrics about hearts "black as coal" relegated them to the same shitlist as Rollins Band, and for same reasons... Anyway, I duly listened to my new downloads, thought they sounded "pretty good, I guess," and promptly forgot about them. Then, a few days later, while my media player was on shuffle, this song tore through the speakers. I went straight to The Predator, bought a scuffed $4.95 copy of the album and played it several times a day for a week. Laughing Hyenas - Just Can't Win#65. Mclusky - Rice is Nice (2000). Waiting in front of the Bloor Cinema, with time to kill before the movie, I decided to step into The Predator briefly. I will only look for one thing, I vowed to myself, and I will only buy that one thing if it's used. What are the odds that a used, single-disc version of Mcluskyism will be kicking around inside the belly of the beast? At $10.95, it was about a dollar per minute, and worth every minute. Mclusky - Rice is Nice#1. Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations (2006). Everyone loves this record! Hold Steady - Stuck Between StationsWhat? Was that a piano? Wow, I thought they outlawed dem tings. Wait a minute, did I post a Bruce Springsteen song instead of a Hold Steady song? Damn! Understandable, though... Seriously, kids, if you want poetry, listen to the Weakerthans. If you want rock hard hard rock guitars, listen to AC/DC. If you want to listen to a maudlin drunk slobbering incomprehensibly about something, buy me a drink. But if you're feeling nostalgic for Journey, well, The Hold Steady's new album might do. Hang tough: parts III and IV yet to come... Permadink | | |
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