Not as funny as The Misfats, but still pretty great.
Not sure of the origin (Harvard Lampoon, maybe?), but it came from my buddy Neil via Baby Leg.
Pray tell, Chunklet reader, what other endorsements are we forgetting?
(Tell us in the comments section)
Got this interesting email from our dear buddy Aaron Burgess:
"Hi, Henry. Outside of Jason Pettigrew, whom I promptly called after finding the attached picture, I figure you’re one of the few people who’d get a kick out of this story.
I was headed out from the day job for lunch this afternoon when, lo and behold, I stumbled across this badge that a certain familiarly named Dell visitor had discarded in the parking lot. Now, I’m fairly certain there’s more than one Sooyoung Park (hyphenated or otherwise) out there, but if by some chance Seam’s old drummer was leaving the Dell campus this afternoon, I just wanted to call him out for being a litterbug."
Those interested in reading a bit about Seam (another of Soo Young’s bands) check it out here.
I guess you could say I’m kinda burned out right now. The Rock Bible is all but done. Finished booking this Harvey Milk tour. Within two weeks I got the new Torche, new Harvey Milk and the demos for the next Part Chimp all of which have been crushing my brain. Finally, I think we’ve got some decent names that are in the running for our new dog. And right now? I’m listening to George Jones. He tends to make me a bit sleepy. Oh, I’ve been semi-forced into not eating meat until after Easter. No energy. Bah.
Anyway, Rites of Spring! Chunklet trampled over the emo debate almost ten years ago, so I’ll spare repeating it. Just go read it. However, I dug up these demos and I was like "Hey, I think people would dig checking this out." ROS were easily one of the shining stars of mid- to late-80’s post-punk/hardcore. Dischord also released a remastered version of their CD/LP recently. I strongly recommend checking it out. Also, I’d recommend Happy Go Licky and One Last Wish which were two post-ROS bands that were far from ROS, but damn, the entire band fell head-over-heels for art punk and didn’t want to ruin their previous band’s legacy. Great stuff.
The argument could be made that this is the most low energy post I’ve ever done.
Rites of Spring – By Design (demo)
Rites of Spring – End On End (demo)
Rites of Spring – For Want Of (demo)
Rites of Spring – Hain’s Point (demo)
Rites of Spring – Persistent Vision (demo)
Rites of Spring – Remainder (demo)
"All My Children" is hip, it’s now, it’s in tune with the über-cool kids of the day! And of course, sadly, probably mirrors reality in no small way.
(By the way, I checked with God and he claims no responsibility for Mike Patton whatsoever.)
So this is a little experiment done entirely with the wife’s permission.
As many of you already know, we have one dog already – an Australian Labradoodle named Bun E. Carlos. Yes, after the drummer in Cheap Trick. We’re so mega-gay for this dog that we’re getting one of his siblings from the same breeder. And please lay off the comments about adopting versus a breeder. The wife and I are super allergic and this breed of dogs doesn’t shed. No kidding.
So anyway, another dog is in our immediate future.
The names that have been shot down. Lando. Tackleberry. Both deemed not appropriate. However, the most recent pitch was received well – Udo Dirkschneider. Yes, the Bavarian midget from the metal band Accept. "Balls To The Wall". But that’s a name for a boy dog.
My biggest gripe with my wife’s choices is that they’re too plain. Too human. The point of having a dog is to name it something that you’d never name a child. Therein lies our problem.
Our dog is most likely going to be a girl and the names we’ve been coming up with are just not "there" yet. So I’m opening the floor to you, dear Chunklet reader, to offer up names for this dog that will invariably become as famous as his sibling.
I now open the floor. And by "floor", I mean the comments section.
Who would’ve thought that in 2008 that a band that put out their own album on their own self-funded label could get on a major television show like Conan O’Brien? I couldn’t be more proud of them, I tells ya!
Ah yes, the Black Lips whirlyball show sequel! A marvelous time was had.
Stellar performances by all. Coffin Bound! The Baby Shakes! Gentleman Jesse and His Men! And yes! The Black Lips even kicked out "You’re Dumb" towards the end of their set! And the show takes Team Chunklet’s tally to 42 and 0.
All I know is that I need to purchase more whirlyball scoops seeing as how mine are completely destroyed from extreme use. Oy.
I’m including a few choice audio tracks from this past weekend recorded by Chunklet contrib and all-round good guy, Curt Wells. I tried to include mp3s of the songs each band actually did for the Whirlyball 7" which is available in limited supply. If we’re lucky, you’ll hear/see more of this show in the upcoming documentary about the Atlanta music "scene". Hooah!
Note: Listen to Jesse’s comments at the end of "I Don’t Want To Hear." Although I don’t particularly agree, he does make a very valid point for the merits of whirlyball.
Oh! And there’s the entire Black Lips show available for download at Southern Shelter which also has a slew of other great live recordings all done here in the fine state of Georgia.
Black Lips – You’re Dumb (Live at Whirlyball ’08)
Black Lips – Lean (Live at Whirlyball ’08)
Baby Shakes – What Can You Do? (Live at Whirlyball ’08)
Baby Shakes – Untitled (Live at Whirlyball ’08)
Coffin Bound – Is John Really Dead? (Live at Whirlyball ’08)
Gentleman Jesse and His Men – Connection (Live at Whirlyball ’08)
Gentleman Jesse and His Men – I Don’t Wanna Know (Live at Whirlyball ’08)