Molotov... Con Todo Respeto

Released: October 26, 2004
Length: 44:23
Label: Universal Music Latino
Producer: Robert Carranza
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This week I’ve decided that I’m gonna be a little more international and do an album that’s not entirely in English, so I’ve chosen Molotov’s Con Todo Respeto. This one really rocks and I had to write about this one because it’s a cover album with some random songs that sound pretty kick ass in Spanish, Marciano (I turned into a Martian by The Misfits) is a great song to begin with, and it just sounds pretty funny with a Cumbia sound.

Even in English Girls by The Beastie Boys is funny and as Chavas in Spanish it makes the song seem fresh to me again… especially after having to hearing it on a moronic rotation every day since I was a kid growing up in So Cal. It seems the lyrics are pretty much the same, but it’s funny that they used the Caló slang word for girl, “Chava”.

Growing up I spent allot of time with my Grandma, and she use to have me do chores around the house. She would feed me things like burritos or hotdogs, and when I would get mouthy she would slap me or scold me talking like that around her. So when I heard Molotov sing Agüela I laughed my ass off because it was almost exactly like my life growing up and mash up they did with Young MC’s Bust a Move just pushed it way over the top for and made it that much better.

I really enjoyed this album and that's why I'm telling you all PASS IT ON

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Track listing

1. "Amateur" (Cover Of "Rock Me Amadeus" By Falco)
2. "Diseño Rolas" (Cover Of "Designer Music" By Lipps Inc)
3. "Marciano" (Cover Of "I Turned into A Martian" By The Misfits)
4. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (La Revo)" (Cover Of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron)
5. "La Boa A Go Go"(Cover Of "La Boa" by La Sonora Santanera)
6. "Chavas" (Cover Of "Girls" By Beastie Boys)
7. "Mamar" (Cover Of "Mama" By Los Amantes De Lola)
8. "Quién Pon-Ponk" (Cover Of "Quen Pompó" By Tabascan musician Chico Che)
9. "Da Da Da" (Cover Of "Da Da Da" By Trio)
10. "Perro Negro Granjero" ("mash" Of El Tri's "Perro Negro" And ZZ Top's "La Grange")
11. "Agüela" ("mash" Of "My Abuela" By Wilfred y La Ganga, "The Magnificent Seven" By The Clash And "Bust A Move" By Young MC and Matt Dike)
12. "Agüita Amarilla" (Cover Of "Mi Agüita Amarilla" By Los Toreros Muertos)

Queens of the Stone Age... Lullabies to Paralyze

Released: March 21, 2005 (Europe)March 22, 2005 (US)
Recorded: August – November 2004 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
Length: 59:26
Label: Interscope B0004186-02
Producer: Josh Homme, Joe Barresi
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Every so often there’s a song that really catches you because of another sound it reminds you of. When I first heard This Lullaby by Queens of the Stone Age it reminded me of Tom Waits with the gruff sounding vocals and simple sounding guitar… hell even the lyrics gave me that impression.

When I followed through with this album I got allot more catchier songs, that I would be able to listen to for years later. Little Sister caught me with the cowbell at the beginning, because no one does that any more, unless it’s during a live album. The drums continue to kick ass throughout the whole song till the guitar solo kicks in at 1:01.

Ending songs can sound really cool and still kick ass, Queens of the Stone Age do that with Long Slow Goodbye… this one was really good and ends the album well, but then again this band always closes strong. This song really makes you want more, and the band later did deliver another great album eventually.

At the end of the Year I'm playing to do something a little different from normal, hope you folks will dig it... but till then keep listening to The Pinata Hour and remember to PASS IT ON
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All tracks written by Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo, except where noted. All lyrics written by Homme, except additional lyrics on "Medication", "Tangled Up in Plaid" and "Long Slow Goodbye" by Mark Lanegan.

1. "This Lullaby" Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Joey Castillo, Mark Lanegan 1:22
2. "Medication" Homme, Van Leeuwen, Castillo, Lanegan 1:54
3. "Everybody Knows That You're Insane" 4:14
4. "Tangled Up in Plaid" Homme, Van Leeuwen, Castillo, Lanegan 4:13
5. "Burn the Witch" 3:35
6. "In My Head" Homme, Van Leeuwen, Josh Freese, Castillo, Alain Johannes 4:01
7. "Little Sister" 2:54
8. "I Never Came" 4:48
9. "Someone's in the Wolf" 7:15
10. "The Blood Is Love" 6:37
11. "Skin on Skin" 3:42
12. "Broken Box" 3:02
13. ""You Got a Killer Scene There, Man..."" 4:56
14. "Long Slow Goodbye" ("Hidden Finale" at 5:16) Homme, Van Leeuwen, Castillo, Lanegan 6:50
Total length: 59:26

R.E.M... Monster

Released: September 26, 1994
Recorded: April–May 1994 at Kingsway Studio, New Orleans; Crossover Soundstage, Atlanta; Criteria Studios, Miami; Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Length: 49:15
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Scott Litt and R.E.M.
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This week’s choice is kind of a special selection… namely as this band, just recently announced that they are calling it quits R.E.M.; I wasn’t really into R.E.M. but I liked enough to not complain when I heard them on the radio. But whenever I hear Bang and Blame it reminds me of hanging out in dark arcades in the middle of the day (because I would ditch school). The guy who owned the place had a jukebox that he used to play that song all the time while I was playing Turtles in Time. Man I miss video arcades; I use to spend a good portion of my days playing video games in those dark noisy places…

By the way whatever happened to the music video? They use to be awesome and weird, before they became elaborate dance routines or boring rappers driving slow throwing money at hookers… Crush with Eyeliner was a cool video; it was kinda trippy to me because, I remember R.E.M. being a bunch of white dudes, but in the video there was an Asian dude singing the song with Michael Stipe in the background at a restaurant. Kind of confused me a bit but it was a good song anyways.

Most light hearted movies I see as of late like a John Cusack movie always has the song “What's The Frequency, Kenneth?” playing during a montage in the movie of the main character working on something difficult like painting a house or something. It’s a good song that I think should be taken out of that boring formula… I’m just saying...there is way more potential in this song to further a plot; that’s just my opinion.

Not feeling to well this week, so I'm gonna be quick about it... Listen to The Pinata Hour with LEE and remember to PASS IT ON
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All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" – 4:00
"Crush with Eyeliner" – 4:39
"King of Comedy" – 3:40
"I Don't Sleep, I Dream" – 3:27
"Star 69" – 3:07
"Strange Currencies" – 3:52
"Tongue" – 4:13
"Bang and Blame" – 5:30
"I Took Your Name" – 4:02
"Let Me In" – 3:28
"Circus Envy" – 4:15
"You" – 4:54

The Pixies... Surfer Rosa

Released: March 21, 1988
Recorded: December 1987 at Q-Division in Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 32:50
Label: 4AD
Producer: Steve Albini
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Ok so back in the day before everybody finally discovered The Pixies, I use to listen to Rodney on Roq just to hear crazy sounds before they were on the regular rotation. Where is my mind is the first song I remember listening to back in like 1994… yeah I know Rodney at the time use to come on before and after Loveline at the time, but his show was the best where you could find awesome bands like The Pixies.

Yeah I know everybody knows that song from Fight Club great movie, but there were more songs on that album than just that one like Gigantic. I love this song it really reminds of the time I spent alone after high school working as a security in a little shack in the industrial side of Brea. I had only a little boombox to pass the time and it only played stations from San Diego or AM stations… go figure. But the cool thing about that boombox, was that it had a tape deck that I could play my Rodney on the Roq mixtape, the Pixies were on that tape more than once I can say for sure.

Yeah I’m kinda fixated on the 90’s era of music… well it’s because that’s the era I grew up in, and the decade that followed it didn’t have anything that got my attention (well at least on the radio). That period had allot moody music and strange sounds that haven’t really been repeated since like Brick is Red… something about this song really sounds like that period of time. Weezer kinda has that sound in some of their old songs and the way that the guitar hums at 1:03 really sounds like something Blur would do.

Ok so the Pinata Hour is back so you should listen to Lee do interviews and play music that is too badass for the radio...

All thanks for reading and remember boys and girls to PASS IT ON
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All tracks written by Black Francis, except where noted.

1. "Bone Machine" – 3:02
2. "Break My Body" – 2:05
3. "Something Against You" – 1:47
4. "Broken Face" – 1:30
5. "Gigantic" (Francis/Kim Deal) – 3:45
6. "River Euphrates" – 2:33
7. "Where Is My Mind?" – 3:53
8. "Cactus" – 2:16
9. "Tony's Theme" – 1:52
10. "Oh My Golly!" – 1:48
11. "Vamos" – 4:18
12. "I'm Amazed" – 1:42
13. "Brick Is Red" – 2:00

The Descendants... Two Things at Once

Released: 1988
Recorded: 1979 at Media Art studios, March 1981 at Music Lab in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and June 1982 at Total Access studio in Redondo Beach, California
Length: 32:14
Label: SST
Producer: Spot, David Nolte
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This week seemed difficult for the most part to write about an album that struck me… everyone has allot of suggestions, but nothing they recommended hit me as what I wanted to write about. Like most times I’ll hear a song and that’ll strike me and that’ll be the inspiration for the week. While standing in the local brewery waiting for my growler to be filled up I could hear Kabuki Girl playing the background and thought it’s been a long time since I’ve listened to the Descendants.

The Descendants are a great “Underground Punk Band” that I’m glad didn’t really get lumped into the green day shit… they had way more angst songs than most of the other bands at the time Hope is one of those songs that I think most guys have felt about a girl that never comes around… unrequited love is a story most everyone that is human has felt. This one kind of makes it seem like there’s a mistake that’s being made but that doesn’t matter because things will work out in the end because they’re won’t be any judgments.

Bikeage has that same fell to it, I remember back in the day I had a girl that I really l loved, but never told her and she tore herself down throughout the years. These lyrics really seem to speak the words that I would later tell her years later, after I got tired of watching her fall apart… later on in life she cleaned up and became productive in her life (shit she’s probably more straight edge than I am now). Some of these albums I choose are almost a catalog of my emotions and experiences through the years… funny thing about this one, are that I didn’t even hear the entirety of this one till about 5 years ago... so you should all PASS IT ON!!!

Pinata Hour is making a come back and you should listen DAMMIT!!! 

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Milo Goes to College (1982)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Myage"	Bill Stevenson	2:00
2.	"I Wanna Be a Bear"	Tony Lombardo, Frank Navetta	0:40
3.	"I'm Not a Loser"	Navetta	1:28
4.	"Parents"	Navetta	1:37
5.	"Tonyage"	Lombardo, Stevenson	0:55
6.	"M-16"	Lombardo, Milo Aukerman	0:40
7.	"I'm Not a Punk"	Lombardo	1:01
8.	"Catalina"	Lombardo, Stevenson	1:44
9.	"Suburban Home"	Lombardo	1:40
10.	"Statue of Liberty"	Navetta	1:58
11.	"Kabuki Girl"	Lombardo	1:09
12.	"Marriage"	Navetta, Stevenson	1:37
13.	"Hope"	Aukerman	1:58
14.	"Bikeage"	Stevenson	2:12
15.	"Jean Is Dead"	Stevenson	1:31

Fat EP (1981)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"My Dad Sucks"	Navetta, Lombardo	0:35
17.	"Mr. Bass"	Navetta	2:05
18.	"I Like Food"	Stevenson	0:16
19.	"Hey Hey"	Lombardo	1:31
20.	"Weinerschnitzel"	Stevenson, Pat McCuistion	0:10

from Chunks (1981)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
21.	"Global Probing"	Navetta	1:05

"Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" (1979)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
22.	"Ride the Wild"	Navetta	2:30
23.	"It's a Hectic World"	Lombardo	1:52
Total length:			32:14

The King Khan & BBQ Show... Invisible Girl

Released November 3, 2009
Label In the Red Records
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There are very few bands that can do an older style of music and still make it kick ass. King Khan and BBQ Show make it their own, with their crazy lyrics that are just ridiculously funny and catchy hooks that make you want to sing along with music. Just like the title song Invisible Girl great sing along and the lyrics aren’t ridiculous almost like if this was a cover of a song from the early 60’s… like a real kinda love song.

Some of these songs really put a smile on my face like Animal Party; I remember singing this song one time when I was riding around with my friend Bisou and she was laughing at the lyrics and me singing. She liked the song so much that after the song finished played the song 2 more times afterwards and during the last song she sang along to, it was funny.

If you know me you probably already know what my favorite band is The Misfits, just by looking at my tattoo. When I hear songs that have that kind of flavor to them it will more than likely get my attention. Truth or Dare is a perfect example of the crunchy sounding guitars and dark vocals. I can almost imagine Danzig singing this song back in the day. It sounds like Devils Whore to me in many way, I'm guess that's the hook that gets me again.
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Track listing

All lyrics written by King Khan and Mark Sultan.

1. "Anala" Sultan 2:55
2. "Invisible Girl" Khan, Sultan 4:00
3. "Tastebuds" Sultan, Khan 3:21
4. "Animal Party" Khan, Sultan 3:37
5. "Spin the Bottle" Khan, Sultan 3:17
6. "Third Avenue" Sultan 4:43
7. "I'll Be Loving You" Sultan 3:10
8. "Truth Or Dare" Khan 2:38
9. "Crystal Ball" Khan, Sultan 4:07
10. "Lonely Boy" Khan 2:29
11. "Tryin'" Sultan, Khan 3:49
12. "Do The Chop" Khan, Sultan 4:15

Circle Jerks... Group Sex

Released 1980
Recorded 1980 at Byrdcliffe Studios, Culver City, California
Length 15:40
Label Frontier
Producer Circle Jerks, Cary Markoff
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Over the years when ever I feel like being obnoxious, drop in Circle Jerks Group Sex. Every song has that teenage obnoxious feel to it, everything I lived with back in the day. Like the song Deny Everything, seems like something I would tell myself back in the day to get out of something stupid. Yeah back in the day I could be hella obnoxious for the stupidest things.

The obnoxious feeling in that song, carries over for me in to Wasted… because every time I’d wake up from a crazy night or when a girlfriend would get mad at me for drinking. I’d just fade away into my head to play that song over and over again (Maybe because its only like 43 seconds long)… that always made me laugh, no one should ever try to change anyone, it’s just a waste of time and energy.

And as things have been going on lately Live Fast Die Young, seems appropriate. Not that I’m suicidal or anything like that, just that people in general are pretty stupid if you ask me. So when it comes to the line “I don't wanna live, to be thirty-four, I don't wanna die, in a nuclear war” it seems very appropriate given the madness of life lately.

With this little gem I would like to say to everyone to PASS IT ON and to listen to the Pinata Hour
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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Deny Everything"	Keith Morris, Roger Rogerson	0:28
2.	"I Just Want Some Skank"	Circle Jerks	1:10
3.	"Beverly Hills"	Morris, Rogerson	1:06
4.	"Operation"	Lucky Lehrer, Rogerson	1:30
5.	"Back Against the Wall"	Circle Jerks	1:35
6.	"Wasted"	Greg Ginn, Morris	0:43
7.	"Behind the Door"	Circle Jerks	1:26
8.	"World Up My Ass"	Rogerson, Morris	1:17
9.	"Paid Vacation"	Circle Jerks	1:29
10.	"Don't Care"	Ginn, Morris, Brian Migdol	0:36
11.	"Live Fast, Die Young"	Morris, Greg Hetson	1:33
12.	"What's Your Problem?"	Morris, Rogerson	0:57
13.	"Group Sex"	Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Circle Jerks	1:04
14.	"Red Tape"	Morris, Hetson	0:57
Total length:			15:40

TSOL... Dance with me

Released: 1981
Recorded:1981
Length: 26:11
Label: Frontier Records
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Growing up the only sounds that I could get a hold of, besides Crap from Riverside was the Old school OC Punk, that I got from my uncle. I remember him always talking about TSOL and how they were probably the most experimental band in that scene also on a few occasions, he told me there were always fights and people getting stab or shot.  So this band always stuck with me because of those stories.

The song that was always obvious, that anybody ever talked about was Code Blue. I was a kid when I first heard this song (maybe 10 years old) and remember laughing at it, because it was so obnoxious and that’s what hooked me. Maybe it’s the season but these lyrics seem right “Middle of the night so silently
I creep on over to the mortuary”, gets me every time Lol.

Great lyrics and some of the subjects you didn’t ever really expect. Especially with the song The Triangle, it was all about secret agents and trying to get out of the Spy vs. Spy game. I never would’ve expected that after hearing Code Blue just before.

The best way to end the album was with a bang, and that’s how Dance with me comes off. Everybody always talks about Social Distortion being the greatest underground punk bands on the west coast, but I think after they went more Rockabilly, all their stuff started sounding the same... BORING. Yeah they get more play (mostly in Bro Bar), but TSOL is way more talented and more outrageous lyrics especially with this song.

So this is something that I've always Loved, so that's why I'm you should PASS IT ON and enjoy it... Also don't forget to check out Lee's show THE PINATA HOUR... if you miss it remember you can always download pass episodes
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1. "Sounds of Laughter" - 3:26
2. "Code Blue" - 2:08
3. "The Triangle" - 3:30
4. "80 Times" - 2:03
5. "I'm Tired of Life" - 1:51
6. "Love Story" - 2:05
7. "Silent Scream" - 2:46
8. "Funeral March" - 1:23
9. "Die for Me" - 2:02
10. "Peace Through Power" - 1:47
11. "Dance with Me" - 2:51

Brightblack Morning Light

Released:June 20, 2006
Length:52:49
Label: Matador Records
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OK I don’t really know where this one came from but I likes it. Brightblack Morning Light has an ambient jazz feel to it with some shoe gaze mixed in somehow. Sometimes I come upon music in some random places from the net, driving down the street, and my favorite way is through movies. Hearing a song at some point in a movie or just living is always a great feeling.

Everybody Daylight is a great way to open up the self titled album. There’s something hella sexy in that song, like if a teasing before the moment of getting close. Then when things look all is over, that’s when a second wind comes into slowly rock into it.

Ever hear a song that sounds like the beginning of a good day? It’ll stick with you all day, might even put a smile on your face. I don’t know that may just be me trying to be optimistic with my life. I can imagine myself humming along with this song Friend of Time while even just walking down the street, it’s slow but it’s got a great vibe.

When some days end you just want to have a hot meal and a cold beer, then melt into a chair till you fall asleep that’s how All We Have Broken Shines sounds to me. The day doesn’t have to be a bad one it’s just the felling this song invokes in me a long day done.

Make sure to keep listen to new music and keep reading this weekly blog From The Mess so PASS IT ON... also keep listening to my buddy Lee over there at the Pinata Hour
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All tracks by Nathan Shineywater

1. "Everybody Daylight" – 6:01
2. "Friend Of Time" – 6:30
3. "Fry Bread" – 1:46
4. "Star Blanket River Child" – 10:29
5. "All We Have Broken Shines" – 5:06
6. "A River Could Be Loved" – 4:03
7. "Amber Canyon Magik" – 4:54
8. "Black Feather Wishes Rise" 5:05
9. "Come Another Rain Down" – 3:16
10. "We Share Our Blanket With The Owl" – 5:39

PJ Harvey...Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Released: October 23, 2000

Recorded: March–April 2000
Length: 47:25
Label: Island
Producer: Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, PJ Harvey
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With this album that I choose this week PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. I can say that this is the sexiest and smartest songwriter I’ve heard in my life. This woman has soul in her voice and lyrics that make you think about yourself and where you’re going.

Shit that’s how it made me feel, I remember when I first heard This is love from a music video she made. I was working a truly dead end job as a security guard during the graveyard shift, in some shitty industrial park somewhere, remembering some girl that I never got to love. With this song it made me think that I was giving up with this job and that I was only existing without a purpose. I soon quit the job to go back to school full time (which I later dropped out after 2 months lol). But it still has allot of soul in it to me and Pj Harvey is just fucking sexy in the video.

As I went through the album later on, and after I quit that job, I could see that my life was only beginning and there was still soo much more to do, than sit still watching everyone around me doing nothing as well. The song Good Fortune made me want to get out of my barrio to do something unexpected and that the pains that were to be would make the good parts even sweeter… that would be my Good Fortune. Hearing it again and listening to the lyrics, makes me think that I've never been in Love just Lust or Complacency... maybe one day I'd have that.

And from those days of lust or complacency I could hear myself waking to Horses in My Dreams. Picking up the pieces of myself that I let get tangled up in forcing things. I always felt like I was like a charging beast getting away, trying to hide feelings until they didn’t mean anything anymore. We all get a little dirty dealing with others and we got pull away. Well that’s what I got out of this song during the last 10 years.

This week before I cut you all lose, I would like to thank everyone, who has taken the time to read my thoughts and feelings about albums that strike me at the right time I appreciate it.

Also I would ask that you PASS IT ON (Meaning to share and make someone else read this) and to check out my buddy LEE's show the Pinata Hour
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All lyrics and music by PJ Harvey.

1. "Big Exit" - 3:51
2. "Good Fortune" - 3:20
3. "A Place Called Home" - 3:43
4. "One Line" - 3:14
5. "Beautiful Feeling" - 4:00
6. "The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore" - 4:01
7. "This Mess We're In" (featuring Thom Yorke) - 3:57
8. "You Said Something" - 3:19
9. "Kamikaze" - 2:24
10. "This Is Love" - 3:48
11. "Horses in My Dreams" - 5:38
12. "We Float" - 6:07
13. "This Wicked Tongue" - 3:42 (UK & Japan bonus track)

2MEX... Over the Counter Culture

Released: April 19, 2005
Label: Up Above Records
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Every time I hear anything from 2MEX I’m always blown away by how crazy his beats are and how his lyrics are soo smart. I’ve been wanting write about 2MEX for a while now but I could never decide what album I wanted to write about. But I finally found myself in the right frame of my mind to do 2MEX justice with Over the Counter Culture.

The whole reason I picked up this album was just for the Everyday… great song, fucking brilliant lyrics that make me laugh, because they’re soo true. “If you were to keep a smile on my face, hit me up on my space, just end up at my place, I would love you everyday” that line is my favorite. Sounds like something I might say to a girl that I like.

Soo many more words is always awesome with the lyrics and beats. I actually first heard this song as a mash-up with Weezer as the beat. There’s soo much anger and frustration in this song I could use as my theme song especially with”saw you at the show, you pretended that you never knew me, I don't know I guess ill act like I rented you like a movie”. I had my time of funny stories of girls treating me like crap and everything that’s said in this song I can’t say are lies… this guy always hit the right spots with his music.

This album has a very frustrated sound to it, kinda depressing, but with truth about the feelings that come from relationships or the pursuit of one. I didn't mean to touch your hand says that in the title and when you listen to it, that’s what you notice about the whole song. straight raw nerves about everything in this one.

this is a great album that really comes alive quick, so that's why I'm saying to PASS IT ON

Also don't forget my buddy LEE's show the Pinata Hour
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1 Once Again
2 It's All 4 You
3 Minors into Fire
4 Gone 'Til Whenever
5 Big Beat Walkthrough
6 Love (Interlude)
7 Everyday
8 Dream Small
9 Love (Interlude)
10 So Many More Words
11 Interruption From The Lie Love You
12 I Didn't Mean to Touch Your Hand (Last Desperate Attempt)
13 Breath of a Salesman
14 S-S-Sorry
15 Everywhere Once
16 Songodsuns at Night
17 Over the Counter Culture
18 Don't
19 (Untitled Track)

Iggy Pop... Naughty Little Doggie

Released March 5, 1996
Recorded at Track Record Inc.
Length 40:05
Label Virgin
Producer Iggy Pop, Thom Wilson
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Yeah I’ve been on an Iggy Pop kick lately, so what I love his stuff. Every album has something that gets my attention, It’s happened before and I’m sure it will happen again. Naughty Little Doggie caught me a few weeks back when I was going through the Iggy Pop catalogue; it’s a perfect blend of 90’s aggression and old school strength. Both of those descriptions can be found in the first track I Wanna Live, good stuff that has me coming back over and over again.

You know that part in life when you gotta grow up and your life doesn’t seem as fun? But when you find the fun that you thought you had lost, is now more fun than you could ever remember it. That’s what Innocent World makes me remember, growing up and having to be tough about the changes in personality. It’s good to go back at least in your mind when things are quiet or when you go back to your old neighborhood.

Driving fast, with gallons of caffeine in my blood looking for beer, Knucklehead can be heard blasting from my radio. Get song allot of energy that makes me what jump up and be a maniac when I hear it. And to think Iggy Pop is in his 60’s and still kicking ass with songs like this, makes me wish I could still kick ass that late in my life.

There are certain sounds that belong to era’s of music and life, Keep on Believing has that sound that’s very familiar to me. Must be the 90’s sound that I hear, it always gets me when I hear guitars and bass like that. Good times always ensue when I hear music like this.

Before I go and after I say PASS IT ON you should all listen to the Pinata Hour with my friend LEE
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All tracks composed by Iggy Pop, except where noted

1. "I Wanna Live" (Whitey Kirst, Pop) - 4:31
2. "Pussy Walk" (Pop, Eric Schermerhorn) - 3:47
3. "Innocent World" - 3:28
4. "Knucklehead" - 4:09
5. "To Belong" - 4:11
6. "Keep on Believing" (Pop, Schermerhorn) - 2:29
7. "Outta My Head" - 5:36
8. "Shoeshine Girl" (Pop, Schermerhorn) - 3:50
9. "Heart is Saved" - 3:02
10. "Look Away" - 5:02

Deadboy & the Elephantmen... We Are Night Sky

Released February 7, 2006
Recorded 2005
Genre Alternative rock
Length 38:00
Label Fat Possum Records
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A few years back I heard deadboy and the elephantmen on the Henry Rollins show he had on Sundance, and I can say without a doubt the song Stop I’m already dead caught my attention right off the bat. That one song inspired me to find more of their music , too bad they only had 2 album and a million EP’s.

There are very few songs that really rock and have great lyrics… Ancient Man is one of those few songs. I find myself singing the words when I’m jamming around town, it’s not a happy song but it’s not sad, just badass with the lyric of “I envy the night, for its absences of light” that just sounds soo fucking cool.

Straight sexy grinding sound of Misadventure of Dope makes a night come to life while on a prowl looking for trouble. It’s a dirty sounding song but that’s what makes it cool. I can see bar fights and cold beers whenever I hear this song, but not like in one of those yuppie bars. I’m talking about those shit bars are dark and run down looking, that’s what this song is.

Don't forget to PASS IT ON when your done listening... also checkout my Homie LEE's show the Pinata Hour
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"Stop, I'm Already Dead" (2:19)
"No Rainbow" (4:35)
"How Long the Night Was" (3:14)
"Ancient Man" (3:17)
"Dressed in Smoke" (3:57)
"Blood Music" (3:36)
"Walking Stick" (3:25)
"Kissed by Lightning" (2:04)
"Misadventures of Dope" (2:30)
"Break it Off" (3:47)
"Evil Friend" (3:09)
"What the Stars Have Eaten" (2:52)

Iggy Pop... American Caesar

Released September, 1993
Recorded Kingsway Studio, New Orleans and Bearsville Studios, NY
Length 71:32
Label Virgin
Producer Malcolm Burn
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Over the years we’ve all heard at least one Iggy Pop song wither we knew it or not. He’s been in the music business being a maniac since the 60’s, so his stuff has been everywhere. Just like this album American Caesar, I’ve heard these songs in compilations and in movies for years.

But when I actually listened to the album, I saw something different in this one than what came before. I could hear emotions, besides just having a good time and such. The song Fuckin’ Alone really gave me a feeling of a man, who had allot happen in his partying and he’s now in the rumble, reflecting on what he’s created. I guess it being the 90’s when this album was created, allot of depressing music came out of musicians that weren’t all that depressing could release something more somber.

The whole album wasn’t all slit your wrist kinda music, some of it had allot of balls like Wild America. Which always reminds me, of acting a fool at some show or at a bar with friends. There were allot of those days and I think there are allot to be had, especially with this song rattling in my head (Good times LOL).

Classic Iggy Pop could be heard with Sickness, all the hallmarks are there with the howling vocals and crazy chorus. The guitars and drums seem bigger than they are; this one really gives me nostalgia for the 90’s and being a teenager in Riverside, where nobody I knew growing up even knew who Iggy Pop was. They were into being groovers or morons who only listened to pop music or G Funk (nothing against G Funk, but the people at the time were idiots). I didn’t get to listen to much other types of music till I became an adult, and now as an adult I can listen to my heart’s content.

this album is one that i really feel that by trying something different back when, was well worth it. so that means PASS IT ON

Don't forget to Check out Lee's show the Pinata Hour for more surprises soon
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All tracks composed by Iggy Pop, except where noted

"Character" (Pop, Eric Schermerhorn) – 1:07
"Wild America" (Pop, Schermerhorn) – 5:52
"Mixin' the Colors" – 4:49
"Jealousy" – 6:04
"Hate" – 6:56
"It's Our Love" – 4:09
"Plastic & Concrete" – 2:55
"Fuckin' Alone" (Pop, Schermerhorn) – 4:56
"Highway Song" – 3:44
"Beside You" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 4:29
"Sickness" – 3:15
"Boogie Boy" – 4:53
"Perforation Problems" – 3:15
"Social Life" – 4:12
"Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 3:47
"Caesar" (Pop, Schermerhorn) – 7:09
"Girls of N.Y." – 4:15

Black Flag... Everything went Black

Released 1982
Recorded January 1978 - April 1981
Length 61:58
Label SST
Producer Black Flag
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Friday this week really made me want to listen to Black Flag’s Louie Louie cover, just to get crazy with. Hell with this song rattling inside my head we pounded down some Tequila shots and Coors light with the Boss. So a good party song had to be on the top of the list so Louie Louie had to be played loud all weekend.

Yeah so growing up I thought Dez Cadena was the best singer that Black Flag ever had (even though my friend said otherwise). But I did like the Keith Morris stuff (Johnny Bob Goldstein) especially “I don’t care” and "I got no values". Just because they sound awesome and a those lyrics make me think of whenever a girl tried to change me, before I walked off

Even so Chavo did have a real good vibe, that was pretty good (not the best but still good). "Clocked in" really reminds me of having a shitty office job that went nowhere all day long. Work was meaningless because most of the time I was soo down, that I’d drink the night before and wake up with a hang over, but how I got over it was by hiding in the bath and sleeping on the toilet for about half an hour before I went back to work(after 30 minutes questions are asked).

So last week I beat Lee to the Punch with the Pinata Hour, so I didn't get to tell everyone about my Friends Ilir, Travis, and Henry being on his show as Peg Leg Love. Great fucking back good people.

With that said you peoples PASS IT ON
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Keith Morris - vocals
"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" – 2:00
"I Don't Care" (Ginn/Morris) – 0:58
"White Minority" – 1:09
"No Values" – 1:58
"Revenge" – 1:01
"Depression" – 2:07
"Clocked In" – 1:29
"Police Story" – 1:30
"Wasted" (Ginn/Morris) – 0:42
Ron Reyes - vocals
"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" – 1:40
"Depression" – 2:40
"Police Story" – 1:33
"Clocked In" – 1:36
"My Rules" – 0:58
Dez Cadena - vocals
"Jealous Again" – 2:24
"Police Story" – 1:36
"Damaged I" (Ginn/Cadena) – 2:05
"Louie, Louie" (Berry) – 1:27
Dez Cadena - vocals
"No More" (Dukowski) – 3:00
"Room 13" (Ginn/Medea) – 2:08
"Depression" – 2:40
"Damaged II" (Ginn/Cadena) – 4:13
"Padded Cell" (Ginn/Dukowski) – 1:53
"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" – 1:48
"Crass Commercialism" (Black Flag) – 17:34

Bruce Springsteen... Darkness of the Edge of Town

Released:June 2, 1978
Recorded:October 12, 1977–March 19, 1978 Record Plant Studios (New York, New York)
Length:42:55
Label:Columbia
Producer:Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt
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Over the years, there are albums that never really get much play, not because they’re bad. It just doesn’t work out for whatever artist, they maybe going through an evolution, or maybe it’s something that has happened in their lives that inspired an album that doesn’t resonate with everyone.

Take Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town, I never heard it before. But one day when I was listening to 100.3 FM the sound a song, that I had never heard caught my attention called “Prove It All Night”. Yeah it’s a thinly veiled song about sex, but its kinda sweet in many more ways than one. I love the all the instruments and the lyrics the way they’re sung really seems like a working class love story, it makes allot of sense to me.

I didn’t get to actually listen to this album till last week, when I finished last week’s blog entry, but upon giving it time immediately afterwards the song “Adam Raised A Cain” really caught me because to me it didn’t fit my idea of Bruce Springsteen but more of Glen Danzig, lyrically and vocally. Oh yeah and the music really has a real dark feel to it which probably makes me think Danzig.

We’ve all had darker days, from love or what have you and you just want to be alone. The song “Streets of Fire” seems like that feeling, while driving alone at night with a kind of anger that is best to be left alone inside that car. Time alone is the best while just rushing down those streets trying to burn out that feeling while going nowhere, those streets are the therapy.

LEE's got another good show coming up this week on Wednesday so check out the Pinata Hour

This album speaks for itself so you give it a chance and PASS IT ON
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All songs written by Bruce Springsteen.

"Badlands" – 4:01
"Adam Raised a Cain" – 4:32
"Something in the Night" – 5:11
"Candy's Room" – 2:51
"Racing in the Street" – 6:53
"The Promised Land" – 4:33
"Factory" – 2:17
"Streets of Fire" – 4:09
"Prove It All Night" – 3:56
"Darkness on the Edge of Town" – 4:30

Van Halen... II

Released: March 23, 1979
Recorded: December 1978 - January 1979, Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Length: 32:00
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Ted Templeman
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Ok so this week’s album choice Van Halen II, I think is an awesome album even if for one song “Dance the Night Away”. I find myself singing this song randomly, and I it’s always during the “Ooh baby baby” part. Sometimes at work when this song comes on the radio I can hear other people in the shop sing it to, that always puts a smile on my face. It’s a happy song that’s fun to sing to even when people are around.

Anytime I hear "Light up the Sky" I think of my friend Juan, who once told me a joke about Eddie Van Halen that goes something like this “do you know why you always see Eddie Van Halen smiling in all his pictures?” I replied “I don’t know, why?”, “it’s because he’s FUCKING EDDIE VAN HALEN!” I laughed my ass off, and that joke seems fitting for this song . Theres soo much that is awesome in this song, that if I wrote this song, I’d be smiling all the time to… LOL

Metalocalypse really drew my attention to Van Halen with the Dr. Rockzo Character who sounds like David Lee Roth. Yeah it’s funny and all but it made me actually stop and listen to Van Halen, as I didn’t grow up with their music in my house. So when I heard the song “Beautiful Girl” It really reminded me of the Dr. Rockzo character which was the reason I took the time to listen.

Hope other people enjoy this album as much as I did (BTW another good song that isn't on this album is "Intruder" which leads into a cover of "Pretty Woman" on the Driver Down Album).

So PASS IT ON and don't forget to check out my buddy LEE's Pinata Hour show
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1. "You're No Good" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) 3:16
2. "Dance the Night Away" 3:06
3. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" 2:52
4. "Bottoms Up!" 3:05
5. "Outta Love Again" 2:51
6. "Light Up the Sky" 3:13
7. "Spanish Fly" (Instrumental) 1:00
8. "D.O.A." 4:09
9. "Women in Love..." 4:08
10. "Beautiful Girls" 3:56

Jean Grae... This Week

Released: September 21 2004
Genre: Underground Rap
Label: Babygrande Records
Producer: Joey Chavez, Shan Boogie, The Belief, Dirty Swift, LT. Moe, William Tell, Sid Romes, Adam Deitch, Bruce Waynne, 9th Wonder
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Yeah so a few years back I thought Hip hop was dead, if not just a joke. Till one day when I meet that Sweet Jane girl and she made me listen to Jean Grae… and in those first few lines in A-Alikes really spoke to me. Hip hop wasn’t dead and women could rhyme and not sound like a weak imitation of some moron talking about cars he doesn’t even own.

 

At that time in my life when I was reintroduced to Hip Hop, I was going through allot of emotion bull (all of which didn’t mean anything in the long term). But “Give it up” was the theme song to those childish pining days, even though those days mean nothing now… Jean Grae’s soulful lyrics still ring true. Relationships can be confusing and consuming but question that come from it need to be answered at the time.

A perfect theme for my writing would be “Don’t Rush Me” nothing but the truth in this song like if it wrote it as one of my poems, but being sober and self reflective with lyrics like “Listen, there's nothing like knowin' yourself, Like the way I know that smokin's kind of broken my health, Like the way I know my flow don't make appropriate wealth, I can't change that, But funny I'm sayin' that when it's money I'm aimed at” every line in this song I can relate with, like people and the world expecting something out of you, things that aren’t part of your plan and there is no time limit to, I think most people can find something in this song.


Here's another Example where I was Amazed at what was behind the doors I ignored for years, so that's where I say what I always say PASS IT ON

Don't forget to check out my buddy LEE's Show 

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Track listing

1. "Intro" (featuring Ruddy Rock)
2. "A-Alikes"
3. "Cuervo Loco (Skit)"
4. "Going Crazy"
5. "Skit"
6. "Style Wars" (featuring Block McCloud)
7. "Not Like Me"
8. "Supa Luv"
9. "Give It Up"
10. "Whatever"
11. "The Wall"
12. "Before The Spot (Skit)"
13. "You Don't Want It"
14. "Watch Me"
15. "P.S."
16. "Don't Rush Me"
17. "Fyre Blazer"

 

AC/DC... Back in Black

Released: 25 July 1980
Recorded: April–May 1980 at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas and Electric Lady Studios in New York
Length: 42:11
Label: Albert/Atlantic Records
Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
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I don’t care what anyone says but AC/DC kicks ass. See I didn’t grow up with Rock or anything heavy other than Punk so I missed out on allot of the obvious foundation of Rock, so as an adult when I actually stopped and listened to what was considered to be “Redneck music” I was blown away with how awesome AC/DC was. Like most things, I was told was lame, was actually allot better than anything those people listen to now.

There was soo many things I missed out on, because of the close mindedness I was taught, but listening to “Shoot to Thrill” I wanted to jump up and sing along with the song even though it was the first time I ever heard this song. It was soo much a shock to me that I had to find this album and dig deeper like I always do, and Back in Black delivered what I missed and then some.

I read somewhere that Richard Ramirez felt the lyrics to Night Prowler described himself, but in my opinion I would say that “Let Me Put My Love into You” is something he probably listened to or played in his mind. But that all aside, this is a hardcore song that has all the fury in the world, aggression, and animalistic lust in it those are the things that come to mind when I hear this song. Arguably the best song on the album, never heard it on the radio, but its FUCKING AWESOME!!!

Everyone would say that I have to add the album titled song Back in Black in this blog, but this is mine so I’m going with "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", Because it’s a powerful anthem, to the whole Rock genre. After work on a Friday when I get paid I blast this song in the Caddy, windows down all the way and the volume up all the way till they start rattling all funny like. I get weird looks from the Paisas when I roll to the liquor store to buy my Modelo Especial, but fuckit “Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution, Rock and Roll will never die”.

This weeks entry is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of trying something different you maybe surprised, so that means you  should PASS IT ON

also don't forget to check out LEE's show the Pinata Hour

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1. "Hells Bells" – 5:10
2. "Shoot to Thrill" – 5:17
3. "What Do You Do for Money Honey" – 3:33
4. "Given the Dog a Bone" – 3:30
5. "Let Me Put My Love into You" – 4:16
6. "Back in Black" – 4:14
7. "You Shook Me All Night Long" – 3:30
8. "Have a Drink on Me" – 3:57
9. "Shake a Leg" – 4:06
10. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" – 4:15

Miles Davis... Get Up With It

Released: November 22, 1974
Recorded: May 1970 - October 1974 at Columbia Studios B and E (NYC)

Length: 123:52
Label: Columbia/Legacy
Producer: Teo Macero
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Ok this doesn’t happen too often to me, where I can listen to a single song over and over again for the entirety of the day. But there was some kind of addiction with Miles Davis’s song “He Loved Him Madly” yeah it goes on for over half an hour but it’s very visual when you’re driving around southern California. This song is the soundtrack to L.A. for me; there are a few different movies that could be made about this song.

And to think this song was a tribute to Miles Davis’s friend Duke Ellington, I could see all the session players, contributing their love for Duke Ellington in my head, with Miles sitting towards the back in contemplation, while hovering over the organ playing very lightly, till about the last ten minutes of the song he just explodes and can’t contain the emotions he feels, about his missing friend. You can hear the emotion rumbling out of that song… very powerful.

I didn’t even listen to any other songs on this album till about the third day, that’s how powerful “He Loved Him Madly” is. But when I finally got around to listening to the rest of the album, “Red China Blues” came out from where I thought all the energy was lost. Straight Blues in this track, reminds me of Cowboy Bebop with the harmonica and the guitars… good stuck had me going back for more and more all week.

I guess with the end of the 60’s into the beginning of the 70’s, musicians listened to jazz and were inspired by the new exciting sounds of Legends. Then to think a living Legend at the time Miles Davis was inspired by the sounds you make. Take the Mtume I hear allot of Santana and Hendrix in it, but I can still hear the inspiration that still lives today. And it’s awesome I just hope that the next generation can appreciate the past like I do.

One last thing I gotta say about this album is that it was a major influence on Brian Eno and his Ambient music that he helped develop especially “He Loved Him Madly”.

Im gonna end this weeks selection like I’ve been doing by say to PASS IT ON and to share with everyone. Also don’t forget to check out my buddy Lee’s show the Pinata Hour

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and Part II

Part III

Part IV

Pavement... Brighten the Corners

Released: February 11, 1997
Recorded: July 15-30, 1996, Piedmont Triad Studio[1]
Length:46:10
Label: Matador Records (1999-present), Matador Records/Capitol Records (1997-1998)
Producer: Pavement, Mitch Easter
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This week’s selection was harder than most from the heat or the hangover, I don’t know but I had two albums I wanted to write about Charles Mingus “The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” and Pavements “Bright the Corners” both are really good.

The only reason I think Pavement won out this week, is because when I hear Shady Lane it reminds of being 13years old waiting for love line to finish, so I could listen to Rodney on the Rock to hear music from all over that the day DJ’s never even touched. That’s actually how I heard Pavement, they were on love line one night while I was waiting, and I feel in love with the song I still got the cassette with a radio recording of that song some where in my mess.

I really hate summer because of the heat and the lack of AC. Music makes it tolerable to get through and sometimes there will be a song that makes me feel it’s not hot. Old to Begin makes summer cool down especially with the line “I don’t need your summary acts, summary acts” which I always believed was “I don’t need your summery acts, summery acts”. Because of that it was always an anti summer song to me easing my discomfort.

Opening up a new week with Passat Dream makes my world seem cinematic, like the week is just a montage to get the real story. It has an even flow that makes every transition easily. I always want to sing this song when I’m driving but I always forget the world because I just get caught up in the music.

I love this Album its one that gets played allot on my playlist and I have a copy that's 20 tracks deep, thank God I don't use tapes any more for that reason alone. So for this one I will say PASS IT ON and share it with everyone, your neighbors, your Priest, your Rabbi, or what have you.

Also Check out my Buddy Lee's show The Pinata Hour

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All songs written by Stephen Malkmus, otherwise noted.

"Stereo" - 3:07
"Shady Lane / J vs. S" - 3:50
"Transport Is Arranged" - 3:52
"Date w/ IKEA" - 2:39 (Scott Kannberg)
"Old to Begin" - 3:22
"Type Slowly" - 5:20
"Embassy Row" - 3:51
"Blue Hawaiian" - 3:33
"We Are Underused" - 4:12
"Passat Dream" - 3:51 (Scott Kannberg)
"Starlings of the Slipstream" - 3:08
"Fin" - 5:24 (Listed as "Infinite Spark" on non-US pressings)

Bastidas... Fantastica Bastidas

Released: April 20,2010
Length: 7:31
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Ok so a couple years back, I end up at some little whole in the wall spot in L.A. somewhere that was slightly bigger than my bedroom, I remember it was hotter than hell in this spot, because there were soo many people jammed into this tiny place.

At first I didn’t really wanna be there, as I had just left my EX the week before, but some acquaintances kept telling me to get out of the house and have some fun. Thank God I did because I discovered my favorite Bastidas in that place.

From the moment I first heard Bastidas tear up this shoebox place I was hooked. Never in my life had I heard such sounds. At the time everything was sounding stale to me, and I thought I had to meet this band that broke my glass shell and tell them they blew my mind. After they played their set I was introduced them and I probably gushed about how awesome they were. They were really down to earth people that were friendly to me, and from about that time on every chance I got I went out to see them (usually with a few drinks in hand).

I can say that I am a fan of Bastidas from that point on and always I’ve tried to get my hands on anything they release like their demo (which Henry the Vocal/Guitar later told me was rare to find) , and EP’s. Like their Fantastica Bastidas EP, which by the way is FUCKING BRILLIANT.

I remember I missed the release party, but I went to the next show afterwards and bought the EP from LEE the Drummer (who coincidently has his own radio show called the PINATA HOUR). They kicked ass that night at the Smell, before they did their set, we sat in my buddies car drinking Modelo Especial. But after the show my buddy and I listened to that EP like 4 times on our way back to Fullerton.

All these songs I wanted to create a video for and do some crazy things. I was beat to the punch on making a video for Hue, as a guy more talented and experienced than me named Vim Crony did the song justice. But that didn’t stop the ideas from flowing in my head. Henry, Lee, and Sonia you guys need to us more stuff soon

This week I really think this is something that I truly believe should listen to and PASS IT ON

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1.Holy Spirit   01:20
2.Hue             03:12
3.Bolen          01:31
4.Gobi           01:31

Sonic Youth... Rather Ripped

Released:June 13, 2006
Recorded:December 2005 – February 2006, Sear Sound, NYC
Length:51:53 (international edition)
Label:Geffen/Interscope
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Ok I’m gonna start out this week by saying “I love Sonic Youth.” And Rather Ripped is probably my favorite album(even though it doesn't have Diamond Sea on it). Honestly I can listen to incinerate all day. It’s got a good vibe that keeps me going, and the guitars are fucking awesome, the style is unmistakable you can tell that its sonic youth by the first few notes(and from that point on you know you’re in for a treat).

Jams Run Free Reminds me of rainy days in the 90's for reason. With all of its awesome sound. Not to say that it’s depressing sounding, it exactly the opposite in my eyes, it makes me want to walk around town listening to this song going on in my headphones for a minute. I became really visual in my head when I hear more instrumentals so this one really feeds my imagination.

I love movies and I think that music is very important to the feel and timing of a movie so when I hear Pink Stream, I wonder why I haven’t heard it in a movie yet. Something about it is very cinematic, it could be used for a drama, thriller, or what have you. It’s a good long song that has very little lyrics.

So once again I'm gonna leave off by say for everyone to PASS IT ON and for everyone to tune into my buddy LEE's shows the Pinata Hour
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1."Reena" (vocals Gordon) 3:47
2."Incinerate" (vocals Moore) 4:55
3."Do You Believe in Rapture?" (vocals Moore) 3:11
4."Sleepin Around" (vocals Moore) 3:42
5."What a Waste" (vocals Gordon/Moore) 3:33
6."Jams Run Free" (vocals Gordon) 3:52
7."Rats" (vocals Ranaldo) 4:24
8."Turquoise Boy" (vocals Gordon) 6:14
9."Lights Out" (vocals Moore/Gordon) 3:32
10."The Neutral" (vocals Gordon) 4:09
11."Pink Steam" (vocals Moore) 6:57
12."Or" (vocals Moore) 3:31







And Just Because I Run This Shit And I Like This Song Dammit!!!

Porno for Pyros

Released: April 27, 1993
Recorded: Summer, 1992
Length:39:17
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer:Perry Farrell, Matt Hyde
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Back when cassette tape had power, Jane’s Addiction and Porno For Pyros were always in the mix, even when people thought I was weird for liking music that wasn’t Bubblegum or Rap… hell people thought I was weird for listening to Nirvana, but now a day’s even my mom likes them (Not saying their bad, it just takes a while for some sounds to be accepted).

I could honestly say that Pets was the first song I heard from Porno For Pyros, obviously because it was their first single and it was during the time in my life that I pulled away from what was expected of me culturally so I remember allot from that time. There was a whole new world that I didn’t even know existed, till I turned the dial and noticed other music. Thank God cassette tapes were only a dollar at the time for a 60 min tape.

Too bad most of the songs on this album were never played for whatever reason. I didn’t get to listen to any of the other songs till I was almost out high school and I heard a mix tape someone made of a live show. The song Meija was the one that caught me mostly because it had a Spanish title. The harmonica really caught me because at the time I believed that it was only for Blues and Jazz music, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Cursed Male started differently than I had expected till it picked up and got fast out of nowhere. I remember listening to this one while spending the day with the girl that I never got. Every time I hear this one it reminds me of that day, but those are kid’s fantasies that are only that. I actually listen to the words now, and they make me laugh thinking of some old dude trying to impress some young girl with money because he doesn’t have much more to him.

This album makes me think of the 90's and all the weirdness I saw and felt in that decade, so all I'm gonna say  is PASS IT ON and enjoy it. There maybe other people out there who may also enjoy it.

And on a final note you should listen to my buddy Lee on the Pinata hour Wednesday's at 7PM Pacific time

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1."Sadness" – 2:33
2."Porno for Pyros" – 3:06
3."Meija" – 3:13
4."Cursed Female" – 3:24
5."Cursed Male" – 3:50
6."Pets" – 3:36
7."Bad Shit" – 2:58
8."Packin' .25" – 4:08
9"Black Girlfriend" – 4:33
10."Blood Rag" – 3:29
11."Orgasm" – 4:27

Velvet Underground... Loaded

Released: November 1970
Recorded: April–August 1970, Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, New York, United States
Length: 40:35
Label: Cotillion
Producer: Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan, The Velvet Underground
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Summer doesn’t start for me till I hear some Velvet Underground’s Loaded album, because I always sing the song “Who Loves the Sun” every morning I wake up with a hangover. I end up cursing the sun all day because its hot and bright outside, also it doesn’t help when people say “it's such a beautiful sunny day”. I’d rather lay low till night, listening the musings of Lou Reed all day long.

Sweet Jane always reminds me of this girl I knew way back when, with her wild indifference of everyone’s comfort level, and me with my greased black hair barely noticing anything around me. It was always just like traveling in my mind, seeing different sides of the world, showing my side world of the world where the working class lives and what we eat.  Traveling between the middle class and the working class always seemed like a journey to another world. It just makes it seem funnier that I was ignoring everything, while listening to this song when I meet her.

There’s a cool little draw that goes on when I listen to Cool It Down, the confidence in Lou Reed’s voice just fits the toughest stance I got. Slow and low just simple guitars and drums pick up and make you want to scream this song while in a dark bar with friends.

I Found A Reason is a sappy kinda love song that doesn’t sacrifice the talent of The Velvet Underground for bubble gum. It just hits the mark and makes use of the whole doo wop style. I can see allot of people dancing to this song at a wedding if they were cool and not Jersey Shored out (God I Hate MTV with that crap) there is allot sweet lyrics in this one.

So in the end you should really dig this album and share it. So this will be my new thing Pass it on meaning repost this link and share the music like I have

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1."Who Loves the Sun" – 2:50
2."Sweet Jane" – 3:15
3."Rock & Roll" – 4:47
4."Cool It Down" – 3:05
5."New Age" – 4:39
6."Head Held High" – 2:52
7."Lonesome Cowboy Bill" – 2:48
8."I Found a Reason" – 4:15
9."Train Round the Bend" – 3:20
10."Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" – 7:23