A mad dutchman has memorized “Stairway to Heaven” in reverse, then filmed himself karaokin’ it and reversed the film. The result is a mesmerizing video.
I audiohijacked the sound so you can have this artifact wherever you go in audio form: Backwards Stairway (8.7M .mp3). Please save to hard drive rather than streaming thx.
Thanks to the null device, and to eyeteeth for the transliterated headline.
I was at Café Ruba tonight looking at the freaks. They have VH1 Classic on a big screen TV in there, and said network was playing old metal videos. I don’t think I’d ever seen Dio’s “The Last In Line” video and it was spectacularly bad.
I think the “worst video”, “worst hair in a hair metal band”, and “stupidest song” awards have to go to Boyz Are Gonna Rock by the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Also Worst Makeup. Also Lamest Attempt To Be Badass.
Grant McLennan died. I really disliked the Go-Betweens the first time I heard them. Took me ten years to appreciate them. Now I won’t see him play! Rats. 😦
From: Savage Republic
Date: May 2, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: LA show just confirmed
Savage Republic will be playing our only headlining LA appearance in 2006 on Saturday, June 3rd at LA’s newest club, Safari Sams! We are proud to welcome very special guests and longtime friends, WCKR SPGT (www.wckrspgt.com) There will be another opening band announced very soon.
We will be fresh back from peddling our wares in Greece and should have some suprises in store!
Please check http://www.safari-sams.com for more info and how to purchase your advanced tickets.
My favorite insane cult from the 1980s is the CHURCH UNIVERSAL AND TRIUMPHANT, led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Her books were in the weirdo section and I was always fascinated. There was something about St. Germain, and new Christian prophecies, and aliens, and everything.
Like everyone else they had a compound. Theirs was by Yellowstone and they stockpiled weapons waiting for the inevitable pseudo-Christian apocalyptic disaster.
Ms. Prophet had a unique preaching style, and fortunately a recording of one service at least survives. This is from my 20th birthday! Many of you will have heard one of these tracks (“invocation for Judgement”) because it’s an attack on rock music that lists a long series of popular bands in 1984 that must be destroyed, and are comically mispronounced (Cindy Looper, etc.).
Decree 12.10 is only for completists, as it’s basically 27:57 of deranged cattle auctioneer/martian hoedown/speaking in tongues. The others are great though. If you just get one, get #4, the Great Divine Rector’s Call. Please download rather than streaming, and mirror if you want to share.
IT MAY SEEM A BIT DRY AT FIRST BUT HANG IN THERE UNTIL THE SOLO/DRUM BREAK WHEN THEY REALLY START TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES INHERENT IN THE SONG AND ADD THEIR OWN INESTIMABLE CREATIVE POWER
http://music.aol.com/home/blender/rock-6
#18 and #13 are dead on
I’m sorry to say that #1 appears to be lil_om. Sorry, Adam. You’re a nice guy, but…YOU’RE WHAT’S WRONG!
The We Jam Econo Minutemen documentary, two CDs with all kinds of cool extras, is available for preorder for $24. Such a deal.
http://www.theminutemen.com/home.html
This one’s for the right to petition.
http://anamericanpunkinsuburbia.blogspot.com/
Has video from New Wave Theatre and some rare punk crap, So Cal stuff mostly. Nice.
i’ve loved Annie Anxiety’s music since the 1980s. She made records with On-U-Sound that are unique, like a female dub version of Tom Waits or a reggae Diamanda Galas, but not like that really, just like her. Highly recommended. Here’s a winner of a track:
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