Like most people, punk was a gateway into other genres and art forms outside the mainstream. Yes, I still love some punk music, but much like the 80s and 90s alternative I love so much, I’ve moved on.
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Because of the aforementioned points, this feels like a very mature Superdrag record. All the important elements are still there, but it’s been filtered through the experiences of The Lees of Memory and the solo records that came before, and that makes it something altogether unique and wonderful.
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As is often the case, when artists make brief appearances, either in life, or in the public spotlight, they become influential. Some get more than their due, some less, but we wonder about these folks either because of tragic ends (the 27 Club members) or because so few willing step away from the limelight.
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In the immortal words of Cliff Burton, "Kill 'em all." Kidding, seriously... but bad jokes aside, I have no love for any politician. I'm interested in art and other things that unite us.
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As I sit here and type this, I’ll admit to you dear reader that I am a bit demoralized.
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On one hand, where do I begin? But on the other, I don’t want to give too much away about recording.
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Writers are born, not made. I don’t mean to say that a writer is not a slave to their craft, they are. What I am saying is that no one would ever choose to be a slave to this craft if they weren’t born to do so. See, when people say things to a musician or writer or whomever, “well you have a God-given talent”, it really is a “God-given ability and a God-given desire to work”.
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I just know that when I read whomever gushing about it, while at the same time discussing how Geffen didn’t want it, I needed to go get it.
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It’s really impossible not to connect to the characters in these songs, and that, to me, is really the point of it all.
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I certainly was a melancholic child, and by 1991, I was ingesting R.E.M., Chris Isaak’s Heart Shaped World, U2’s The Joshua Tree and others alongside grunge and Top 40 radio, but as I grew into a teenager, with new messy feelings about the fairer sex, Out of Time sounded exactly like I felt.
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I think seeing things for what they truly are and where you fit, or don’t fit, into them is really a pre-requisite of personal growth and great art.
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We have lost the ability to distinguish between consuming something and experiencing something.
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Three weeks in a sling consuming a ton of media, mostly TV, movies and reading. I didn’t listen to a lot of music, sorta on purpose. I didn’t listen to any of my own stuff on purpose. I did, after 2 weeks, start working in PhotoShop and tweaking some lyrics. Loved Loudermilk, not much else significant enough to note.
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An incomplete list of the concerts I’ve attended.
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A mostly true anecdote from 2012. Names changed to protect the guilty.
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A short piece of fiction written about 2014.
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We knew the night was destined for something to happen, we just didn't know what.
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It was 1994. I was watching 120 Minutes on MTV and they played “Ultra Twist” by The Cramps. I cannot be certain of the time of year – if it was the end of middle school, the beginning of high school or the summer in between. All I know is this video blew my mind.
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