RIP David Johansen

Originally debuted on the New York Dolls' 2009 album Dancing Backward in High Heels, this live version is taken from the 2011 album Live From the Bowery. HUGE loss. David Johansen became a pop culture icon in the late 80s/early 90s, appearing in movies, paling around with Bill Murray, and just generally being a 'personality.' Normally, those are folks that don't have a lot to offer. Not the case here. 

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Watch:

They had me at "Tom Hardy."

Drops 4/26.

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Playlist:

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Firewater - The Ponzi Scheme

Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum

Ween - Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 1990 - 1998

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Talking to Nomads

 

Was in a New York Dolls mood yesterday. I love the entire 2011 Dancing Backward In High Heels record, but this is one of the two or three best on there.

 

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I noticed a movie from 1986 called Nomads dropped on Shudder last week. I also noticed that John McTiernan directed it.

 

Despite the fact that I believe McTiernan directed the two greatest action movies of the 80s (possibly of all time), I don't know anything about his work other than Die Hard and Predator, so I'll be watching this one sometime soon. Starring Remington Steele and Adam Ant, well, how can this go wrong?

 

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Playlist:

The Police - Outlandos D'Amour

Don Henley - Apple Essentials

New York Dolls - Dancing Backward In High Heels

James Brown - Black Cesar Soundtrack

Mrs. Piss - Self-Surgery

Lustmord - The Others

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Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Bound Tarot, which you can buy HERE.

Emotional growth ebbs and flows while different aspects of the day-to-day push and pull on me. Pretty vague; that's the kind of reading I'd expect if I paid someone for a reading. However, I slept awful and my head's still a bit spongy, so that's the best I can do at the moment. I guess I'll be watching out for the more reactive side of my personality and be sure to keep it in check.