Noel quits Oasis! awesome!

from Oasisnet.com: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."

REVOLTING COCKS to tour North America for the first time since the late 1980s. Band will release Sex-O MiXXX-O in late September, a collection of remixes from their 2009 album Sex-O Olympic-O.

Holy crapes, the deliberately offensive RevCo has been re-charged by industrial metal icon Al Jourgensen and co. after Jourgensen ended Ministry this year. Jim Rose will host the shows, plus openers Blownload and Left Spine Down. RevCo started with Jourgensen, Luc Van Acker and Richard 23 from Front 242. The new line-up has Jourgensen joined by singer Josh Bradford, guitarist Sin Quirin, keyboardist/electronicist Clayton Worbeck, drummer Aaron Rossi (Ministry, Prong) and bassist Murv Douglas (Powerman 5000).

Check the new redneck industrial metal noise track "I'm Not Gay"

September 10 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
September 12 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
September 13 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
September 14 - Ft Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
September 15 - Salt Lake, UT - Club Vegas
September 17 - Coeur d'Alene, ID - The Grail
September 18 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
September 19 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
September 20 - Portland, OR - Dante's
September 23 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
September 24 - Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
September 25 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
September 26 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
September 27 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
October 1 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
October 2 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
October 3 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont
October 4 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
October 6 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
October 7 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
October 8 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
October 9 - St. Thomas, ON - Coolz Warehouse
October 10 - Ottawa, ON - Babylon
October 11 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
October 12 - Toronto, ON - Reverb
October 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
October 15 - Allentown, PA - Croc Rock
October 16 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
October 17 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
October 18 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
October 20 - Jacksonville, FL - Jackrabbits
October 21 - Orlando, FL - Firestone
October 22 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
October 23 - St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre
October 24 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
October 25 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
October 27- Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
October 29 - Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
October 30 - Austin, TX - Emo's

movies left for dead

Headless Eyes (1972) [rating: *] Weirdo artist tries to steel a girl's money. After she gouges his eye out with a spoon, he is now obsessed with doing the same to random victims. He takes the eyes and then does creative things with them, like putting them in ice cubes. Headless Eyes is terribly made with many pointless, dragging scenes, but considering this is from the early 1970s, the gore involving eyeballs must have been shocking. The most memorable--and quite hilarious--scene is at the opening when the guy's eyeball is hanging and the audio for his screaming is looped as he's climbing down the fire escape. -Kenyon
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Spasms (1982) [rating: *1/2] A wealthy man is obsessed with resurrecting the spirit of a giant demon snake. It's just something he has to do. Peter Fonda's character and the man's neice fail in following the creature, while studying the obsessed man's telepathic connection he has with the snake. After biting people to death and causing spasms, the snake makes its way to the guy who has the supposed connection and the snake kills him, even though they had that telepathic connection. Bad snake, bad movie. -Kenyon

Piney Gir--i prefer calling her Pony Girl--is in London making cupcakes and knitting twee with country. And by country, i mean old school original country like Patsy Cline, especially for the butter-churning "Of All the Wonderful Things." With help from backing band the Age of Reason, Piney Gir is supporting her new album The Yearling, which is released next month. It includes first focus song "Say I'm Sorry" and "For the Love of Others," which features a sing-along of "he loves me, he loves me not" and a tuba! -Kenyon

http://www.myspace.com/pineygir

"...leave some time to wander around." That's all we SEE here is people wandering around! Girl, i'll show you something AWESOME. Farrell with Leann Rimes killed the respect right there. Or is that his wife? I...I can't tell them apart. If you need to see Perry and wife Etty for sure, there's this new single/video just released and it's a strong candidate for worst thing of the year.

WWE Smackdown/ECW
at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.
August 4, 2009. Aired on NY Channel 9 August 7.



matches included: jeff hardy vs CM punk (2.5 matches), christian vs tommy dreamer (extreme rules), rey mysterio vs mike knox, john morrison vs smaller guy from the stupid hart dynasty, mike knox vs dolf ziggler vs finlay vs r-truth (fatal 4-way for championship match at summer slam), chris jericho vs JTG, great khali vs ricky ortiz (with kane attacking).

big russian guy vs huge black dude. and a small white dude on floor.

favorite current intro theme music

E! C! W! Tommy Dreamer also brought out a hotdog cart with hotdogs.

notes: rare appearance of mr. mcmahon. tommy dreamer with hotdog cart and hotdogs, kane dragging khali's manager through the crowd, really boring talking at beginning of ECW (shelton benjamin, zakk ryder), CM punk laying in ring till the very very end, matt hardy guest outside ref helping jeff win, no women's match.

John Morrison intro.

Hart Dynasty won't last long. I bet they go to TNA.

white rice? welllll it's the BIG SHOW. and his music is terrible
when mashed with Chris Jericho's.

tallest wrestler ever.

build the cage! faster! get more helpers!

building cage was a waste of time. this match was a quick extra after the

real show was over and it lasted one minute.

CM punk waiting for the ref to tell him that everyone in the arena has left.

he's still there. bizarre.

Sunset Rubdown dates with the nite.

10/16/09 New York, NY - Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
10/17/09 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
10/18/09 Columbus, OH - The Summit
10/19/09 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
10/20/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
10/21/09 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway Nightclub
10/22/09 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
10/24/09 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10/26/09 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
10/27/09 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour

Wowzer holy cow! new Circulatory System and tour dates and junk.

The very long awaited Signal Morning will be in CD and digital September 8, 2009. Taking seven years to finish, Circulatory System is pretty much Olivia Tremor Control and a couple people from Neutral Milk Hotel. Amazingly, leader W. Cullen Hart put this together while battling Multiple Sclerosis. New cut "Overjoyed" is available now and is a stunning piece of subcultural bliss. Are we looking at the next Loveless? Prolly not, but it's still gonna RULE. -Kenyon

[mp3] - "Overjoyed"

Dates with the nite-

08/15 - Asheville, NC - Transfigurations 2009
09/07 - Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight
09/08 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
09/09 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
09/10 - Worcester, MA - The Grind at Clark University
09/11 - Purchase, NY - The Student Center at SUNY Purchase
09/12 - Monticello, NY - All Tomorrow's Parties
09/14 - Boston , MA - YMCA Theatre
09/15 - Geneseo, NY - Union Plaza at SUNY Geneseo
09/16 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
09/17 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
09/18 - Chicago, IL- Chopin Theatre
9/19 - Lexington, KY - Al's Bar
09/20 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light

With Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t and Nesey Gallons except 8/15 and 9/12.

someone sure dropped the ball on THAT ONE!

NIN presale for terminal 5 in NYC already sold out in like 5 minutes. Regular public sale next friday.

Naked Raygun to record new tracks for first time in like a hundred years. + U.S East Coast tour dates!

Influential Chicago punk band Naked Raygun will record tracks for a series of 7" records. That's hardcore old school, like the band has been frozen in time since 1992. No mention of digital in the press release. Raygun put out a bunch of albums back in the day. And if it wasn't for MTV's 120 minutes airing the video for "Home" in the early 1990s, i wouldn't have heard of them. The band broke up in 1992 and had a brief reunion in 1997. In 2006 they reunited for Riot Fest in Chicago. People liked that, so they're still doing stuff. The lineup, which changed several times since they formed in 1980, consists of where the band left off in 1992- Eric Spicer on drums, Bill Stephens on guitar, Pierre Kezdy on bass and Jeff Pezzati on vocals.

U.S East Coast dates with Shot Baker and Paint it Black

September 9, 2009- The Mideast (Cambridge, MA)
September 10, 2009- First Unitarian Church (Philadelphia, PA)
September 11, 2009- Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
September 12, 2009- The Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)
September 13, 2009- Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ)

and now finally, an excuse to post this video! throw sh*t at the wall, yea!

Polly Scattergood: s/t (Mute)
style: tragic indie songwriter pop
similar: Portishead, Dot Allison, Bright Eyes
[rating: ****] Scattergood was intent on having her vocals upfront in the mix for her debut album, so it's unavoidable to notice her tragic revealings of low self-esteem and heartbreakings. The young, British Scattergood therefore commands our attention. Some examples come with "Other Too Endless" and "Unforgiving Arms," both of which demonstrate serious potential. Though her voice gets a little peculiar in parts of "Poem Song," Scattergood's otherwise girlish whispery words stand strong among the piano, percussive electro beats and pillowy synth. Joy. -Kenyon

sent to destroy.
Combichrist at Crazy Donkey June 29, 2009
with Julien-K (ex-Orgy)


selections included: (not in order) - sent to destroy, electrohead, this is my rifle, this sh*t will f*ck you up, f*ck that sh*t, today i woke to the rain of blood, all pain is gone, what the f*ck is wrong with you?, shut up and swallow.


clicky on images to make bigger.

julien k

julien k

dear mike tramp, please get the REAL band back together and THEN play at the crazy donkey.

The Dodos
upcoming album + tour dates

The Dodos, who can quote me as saying they make "some of the most intriguing low-key post-Elephant 6 music this side of the equator," announced details for the next album and tour dates. See the interview with them on this blog from January 2008, when they were promoting the stellar Visiter album. Their third work, Time To Die, is due mid-September through Frenchkiss. The duo added a third member to play vibraphone, while allowing production skills from Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Shins). The Dodos will tour with the kaleidoscopic Ruby Suns. -Kenyon

Dodos live 2009.

9/26 - Henry Miller Library - Big Sur, CA
9/27 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
9/28 - Casbah - San Diego, CA
9/29 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
9/30 - Modified - Phoenix, AZ
10/2 - House of Blues, Pontiac Garage - Dallas, TX
10/3 - The Orange Show - Houston, TX
10/4 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX
10/6 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
10/7 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
10/8 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
10/9 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington DC
10/10 - Talking Head - Baltimore, MD
10/12 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
10/13 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
10/14 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
10/15 - Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA
10/16 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, QC
10/17 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
10/19 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
10/20 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
10/22 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
10/24 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
10/25 - Aladdin Theatre - Portland, OR
10/26 - The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC

Annie and the Beekeepers
Squid Hell Sessions EP
release: May 12, 2009
style: country folk with no drums
similar: Gillian Welch, Tori Amos, Neko Case
[rating: ***1/2] The tragedy of disappearing bees inspired the name for this talented group, and hopefully they can tie in some awareness to a potential environmental danger. The Berklee College-bred group sings in pretty pastel colors while playing upright bass, cello, accordion and mandolin. The strangely titled EP--named after the studio where they recorded--includes the touching "Nobody" and the lilting "Pirate's Life." Lyrically, the songs address the confronting of suffering and getting through the pain. Everyone has problems, don't forget it. But if all those bees go away, we are all going to have serious problems up the ying-yang. -Kenyon

www.myspace.com/annielynch