Yessssss!

I received some pretty epic shit in the mail today. Woah, maan... woah.

A letter to my best friends

When people ask me who my close friends are, I always say you four. I just want to let you know that I'm feeling good. At first, moving back home with my parents was ridiculous. My mom ignored me for four days, I'd mope and yearn, and feel deprived of life.

Lately I've been feeling fucking awesome.

I rearranged my room, put up some band posters. I have a growing collection of boxes and records. I have an area to fucking rage on guitar and make xerox crap with a lil'old xerox machine my mom gave me. My job is less than 5 minutes away. I enjoy the scenery that wraps around this pennsylvania hillside. I have a boyfriend and I love making love to him. I opened a library card and netflix account. I have my budget in order. And I spend all my free money on records. And save my change for the soda machine at work.

My radio show is acquiring a local fan base, outside of my mom and dad. I've been making radio fliers to post around the city and campus. I'm happy when I see someone tore them down. The last one was of bart simpson with a upside down cross on his forehead. I stapled it above the payphone near Wawa and the next morning when I went to buy a wawa sizzler, only the stappled corners where left.

Last weekend, my uncle came over for dinner and him and I talked about Flipper, X, Jackie DeShannon, Meat Puppets, Pretty Things, ... 60s psych. I had no idea he was into it. He had no idea I was into it. All I knew about him was that he cheated on my aunt for years, left her and my cousin, came back for Christmas with a new girlfriend, punched my other uncle in the face, and likes to drink beer and cook BBQ. He's back with my aunt and my cousin is preggo with child. She's my age and is still smoking. Her boyfriend likes to drink and has huge coin slots for nostrils.

I miss you guys.

Grass Widows

I can't stop listening to Grass Widow!

I have tremendous cabin fever. I dislike it very much. I want out!

ARCHIVE FINDINGS PART TWO

I went through two whole columns today. Two down, 25 more to go.

Artist: Tall Dwarfs
Album: Hello Cruel World
Label: Flying Nun; 1987

Artist: Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston
Album: Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair
Label: 50,00... Watts Records; 1989

Artist: Friends of Ghosts
Album: Realm of the Senses
Label: C'est la Mort Records; 1987

Artist: Deacon Blue
Album: Suffering/Church
Label: Unreleased, 1988

Artist: Jackie DeShannon
Album: Your Baby is a Lady
Label: Atlantic, 1974

Artist:Pere Ubu
Album:We Have the Techonology
Label: Restless Records; 1988

Artist: Jet Black Berries
Album: Desperate Fires
Label: Pink Dust Records; 1986

Artist: My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
Album: Kooler Than Jesus
Label: Spurburn; 1989

Artist: Depeche Mode
Album: Personal Jesus
Label: Sire; 1989

Artist: The Chesterfield Kings
Album: Stop!
Label:Mirror Records; 1985

Artist: My Dad is Dead
Album: The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get
Label: Homestead Records, 1989

Nothing is that spectacular. This album is like the self deprecating guide to slacker rock... "I don't have anything because I don't try that hard at anything".

Artist: The Fall
Album: 458489 A Sides
Label: Beggars Banquet; 1990

Artist: Dinosaur Jr.
Album:Little Fury Things
Label:SST; 1987

Artist: Downy Mildew
Album: Mincing Steps
Label: Texas Hotel; 1988

Artist: Eek A Mouse
Album: U-Need
Label: Island Records; 1991

Artist: Various Artists
Album: Charlie Manson Street
Label: M.D. Records; 1989

Artist: The Feelies
Album: Paint It Black 12" Single
Label: Stationary Music; 1980

Artist: Dada
Album: Right Men Tell Lies
Label: A Major Recording Label; 1988

Music inspired by American politics in 1988 is boring. Inserts that have pictures of missiles and a globe in a trash can are boring. College is so boring.

MENTIRA MENTIRA

I GET THESE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE TELLING ME TO WRITE/POST MORE:

"...UH, WHY YOU SO MISERABLE MISS MELISSA? MAYBE IF YOU WROTE ME YOU'D BE MORE HAPPY"

"I MISS YOUR TOUCH"

"I USED TO READ YOUR BLOG DAILY, BUT NOW I JUST DON'T"

EVERYONE CHILL.

JUST LET THIS BAND TO GRACE YOUR EARS -- MENTIRA MENTIRA

MEXICAN. AND FRIENDS OF FRIENDS.

SOUND LIKE THE STUFF I PLAY IN MY BEDROOM 10 MINUTES FROM NOW. PROBABLY STUFF YOU PLAYED 15 YEARS AGO FROM NOW. BOTH ARE EQUIDISTANT TO MY HEART.


LATER.

http://www.myspace.com/mentiramentira

Archive Findings Part One

Lafayette College Radio, where I select music for your listening pleasure, has a huge room of lost and forgotten records. Gold mine.

Here's what I picked up so far:

INSOUND.COM / LP OF THE MONTH CLUB

HORRIBLE IDEA.

Insound.com, the sometimes on-point / sometimes 'ughhhhhh' indie online-record store, just did something I'm in no way motivated to support.

Offering a 6-month and 12-month subscription service, Insound.com will send one LP, of their choosing, per month to your door. And it's not cheap.

At 22-25 bucks a record, just fucking get your ass to your local store and pick out what you want yerrrrrself.

Oh, wait - they are offering one free Tshirt that you probably won't like, in addition to the shitty record you just overpaid for.

But hey! I'm not trying to shit on their income - but it's in no way an exclusive deal worth subscribing to.

MELISSA AUF DER MAUER

SUCKS.

What a disappointment. Don't even watch that video. I just wanted to submit my dislike into the internet.

For someone having such a close resemblence to my own full name, I thought Melissa Auf Der would rule. She doesn't.

I guesssss she's hot and rocks or something according to BlenderRollingBillboardStoner. She was that willowy bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins. But c'monzzzZZZZZzzz.

The lyrics = dumb. The songs = dumb.

Hate.

**Update

I just found this, MelissaADM and supermodel Karen Elson singing Danzig's "Devil's Plaything" and crap I like it. A lot. I think I have a thing for redheads now. And Smashing Pumpkins bassists. D'arcy Wretzky... Melissa Auf Der Mauer ... and now, Ginger Reyes.



***Update

Nevermind.

LOS SAICOS

Artist: Los Saicos
Album: Wild Teen Punk from Peru 1965
Label: Electro Harmonix

I posted this album before, but my sister requested it after watching a video of me dancing to "Demolición" recently. Wrapping it up: No LP, only singles between 1965 and 1966. Total essential wild teen punk from Peru. First class, top-diez magic. Download to be on the down-low. Doi! Doi! Doi!

Download here.

SWISS BEAT GENERATION (THE COLUMBIA SINGLES)

Artist: V/A
Album: Swiss Beat Generation (Columbia Singles)
Label: Jaxx Records

Worth it just for "Someone Like Me" by The Dynamites. Total self-destruction jam beat compilation.

Download here.