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Damn. Rest in peace, Jason Molina. Such a shame.

http://pitchfork.com/news/50000-rip-jason-molina/

I saw Magnolia Electric Co. a few years ago at the First Unitarian Church in Philly. It was so hot in there that there were actual puddles of sweat on the ground. Jason commented on how hot it was, then took out his wallet and asked for someone in the audience to go buy some...
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In a passing conversation tonight, a friend mentioned that he got the "worst fortune" ever from a fortune cookie recently. I don't remember what, exactly, it was, but I was reminded about a good friend of mine who got one that was totally blank, and I told him that I should stay away from him for fear of the extremely bad karma that such a...
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So...yeah... Controlled Bleeding is pretty much my favorite band right now. Paul Lemos, in addition to being a very cool, kind person, is a genius. Seek out some recordings (particularly the earlier ones..circa 'Knees and Bones') and hear the influence. This is the real industrial, kiddies.

"It's Valentine's, I'm drinking wine and I'm thinking of you. Passing the time, doing lines, I've got nothing to lose.....




Leave your heat behind please, crawl along beside me."

Molly McGuire, "Love Two by Four," from the album "Lime"

I'm now trying to figure out how I'm going to afford going to California in April to see the Refused reunion at Coachella. It WILL happen. I will NOT miss this.

ps. Did I hear correctly...Atari Teenage Riot are reforming????

pps. And At the Drive In, too?

Oh, sweet nostalgia.

So, this time of year always makes me want to only watch Horror films. I'm compiling my own personal list of faves for October viewing...it will probably change and be added to quite a bit, but here goes...off the top of my head :

"The Haunting" 1963, directed by Robert Wise
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" 1983, directed by Jack Clayton
"Halloween" 1978, directed by...
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"The morning grey ignites a twisted mess of foreign shapes and sounds/I wish the ceiling was the ground/I'll send you flowers made of silent tiny pieces of the sun/To help me make up for this one/While you send me tidal waves of love when you're alone and I can't remember what you do/To find a way to turn the signal back to Heaven sounding blue...
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"Yet art and literature are often the first targets of tyranny, because theyre the most prominent features of a free, creative, and open society."

-George W. Bush.

"We recognize our own mortality, and are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame but rather, how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in bettering the lives of others." - Barack Obama

That was part of his speech at the Memorial Service in Tuscon, AZ...
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