The Marked Men - A Little Time
I think of all the bands during whose sets I have lost or broken my glasses, (see also, in reverse chronological order: Pygmy Shrews, White Load, Ramming Speed, Polysics) the Marked Men are my favorite.
“You know- he was always acting like he was on his way between two secret places; couldn’t ever talk to anybody.”
“Maybe he really did have a very rich secret life,” I suggested.
“Nah.”
“Nah,” sneered the bartender. “He was just one of those kids who made model airplanes and jerked off all the time.”
(via kylexo)
LAMPS - Bertha Walt
Surely one of the best songs out there about a woman being devoured by an elephant.
—Garry Winogrand (via)
God’s Gift - Anaesthetic
Heard this band/tune for the first time this morning on Michael Goodstein’s superlative podcast/sometime-radio-show Choking On Cufflinks. The rest of the record is so-so, but it’s been a long time since I liked a song so much on first listen.
Next time you think about the word “infallible,” think about Greg Ginn and this picture.
The Mice - Public Television
Bill Fox should pretty much definitely be mentioned alongside the Westerbergs and Pollards of the world, but instead he went into seclusion and now he’s more or less only mentioned when people talk about that amazing Believer piece a few years back (that McSweeney’s has apparently refused to put online in favor of, among other things, what I’m sure is a totally awesome and unique Kevin Barnes interview in the same issue).
In sixth grade I gave a presentation about this book, made the entire thing up based on the back cover, and got an A. It easily stands as the smoothest thing I’ve ever done. It’s been all downhill from there.
(image via nevver)
Crystal Stilts - “Love is a Wave”
(via tumbledore)
Tubeway Army - Listen To the Sirens
