Monday, May 20, 2013

Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World



Wouldn't say they're the best band ever, but they might have written the best songs ever.

Definitely his favorite:

image courtesy of wikipedia

You Lust - The Flaming Lips Live @ GoogaMooga



Courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan, who have an AWESOME spread on this, with several more videos and a wealth of fantastic photos here!!!

RIP Ray Manzarek w/ Two Keyboard-Heavy #'s by The Doors



RIP Ray Manzarek. These are not only my two favorite songs by The Doors, but both have some bad ass keys courtesy of the late/great Mr. Manzarek. Not to Touch the Earth's dissonant keyboard breakdown really cements my feeling that this song is LSD turned transmogrified into musical form. And Strange Days - I always think of the scene in Oliver Stone's The Doors that this song plays over, with Nico in the Elevator. I really always felt that - and this is no dis to Krieger or Densmore - but if anyone in the band could understand or channel what Morrison was about, judging by his keyboards, it was Ray Manzarek.


image courtesy of LastFM

You'll be missed Mr. Manzarek.


David Lynch


Besides my wife/friends/family, David Lynch is the one human being who just makes me happy when I look at him.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

200 Gram Vinyl, 5.1 Special Edition Sailing the Seas of Cheese...


...comes out this Tuesday, May 21. Buy it. Here's the link to Primus' website  through which you can link to pre-order it.

Here's some descriptive text from amazon:

"The deluxe edition will be available in two six-panel Digipak configurations, each featuring the album's new stereo mix on CD and the new 5.1 surround mix on Blu-ray or DVD, plus three exclusive, previously unreleased bonus tracks, including two live recordings from Primus' 2012 '3D Tour' and a Bassnectar Remix of 'Here Come The Bastards.' The Blu-ray's audio options also include Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround. The audio bonanza is accompanied by four visualizer video streams, previously unpublished photos from the band's archive, and new liner notes by music journalist and author Greg Prato. 

A 200-gram vinyl LP to be released on the same date also features Claypool's new stereo mix of the album. In a 'Mystery Vinyl' challenge for fans, 1000 unmarked, randomly selected copies will contain the new stereo mix on a yellow vinyl LP instead of black."

Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver



image courtesy of Prawnsong.com

Zoltron's Poster Series


These really are amazing. Go to the Zoltron site here and check out more amazing art (including their current Primus Tour Poster Series) and you can buy their cool stuff in their shop, here.