tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56641565935748559942024-03-21T03:35:15.873-07:00POWERPOP78'S SOAP BOX TALKPOWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-22389339346717506752012-01-06T10:49:00.000-08:002012-01-08T14:01:16.188-08:00Happy 2012<style>
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Happy New Year Everyone!<br /><br />2012 is going to be a great year for me; I can feel it in my bones. After much soul searching and long talks with my husband and dear friends. I have made a decision to switch gears in my career and pursue my two greatest passions in life next to Music, Math, Science and Computers. Most people who are close to me know I am also a Painter-Collage Artist and Confection Creator. And this year, I am going to travel down that path.<br /><br />It was hard to walk away from my job and the people that I really loved. But my quality life and family life seemed to be suffering in a lot. I was not able to catch up on a lot of things that I really enjoyed. And my stress levels were flying off of the charts. I was no longer able to enjoy my 2 hours a day at the gym, due to a hellish commute and I so tired when I got home at night. I could not commit to evening plans, or pick up a paintbrush. Walking my dog even became an extra stress in my life.<br /><br /><br />In November a dear friend of mine Diane came to my home to give me a massage and visit our loft. She was truly one person who realized I needed a true break, and told me point blank! "Hopey you need to learn to take time for yourself" I have thought about this conservation a lot, mainly because I don't get the chance to see Diane that much. And it was the first time that I heard those words from someone who was a dear friend, but not in my daily circle.<br /><br />Needless to say Diane's words truly started affecting me, and I knew I needed to do something to make me truly happy and get my creative juices flowing again. I wanted to be able to do something that was truly coming from my heart, and something that I loved doing to a very passionate and artistic way. There was also a commitment I felt I needed to make to my grandparents, as they are the two people that truly helped me become the person I am today.<br /><br />As I am writing this now, there is a feeling of fear knowing that I am taking a huge risk walking away from my career and jumping into uncharted waters. But I know at the same time this has to be done.<br /><br />This week I am starting my journey and launching two new online businesses. One will be Devilish Delights LA, my online Dessert Company and the other is Pop Life Arts, and Etsy store where I will be trying to sell my paintings and collage items. I have no ideas what will happen with these ventures and I can only hope for some success to come out of them. But at the end of the day I know in my hearts of heart I am doing to be doing something that will make me happy and relaxed.</div>
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Happy New Year Everyone!</div>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-33350713483450814682011-07-01T11:24:00.000-07:002011-07-01T11:58:03.408-07:00Summer Means New Love = A Summer Return of CollageNot to quote the Beach Boys too hard. But I really feel that this summer is going to be a good one. As last year we did not even have a summer here in Los Angeles. And I was struggling with much of an artist block and was working in a place with very limited space, that really caused me to be very depressed with my work and social life. <br /><br />But in January of this year. Blaine and I moved to a new loft in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, it has been quite a refreshing change and I feel much of my creative self has been restored. Knowing this it gives me great hope in making some really great work this summer. I have been producing a small amount of work over this past year. However moving away from collage and diving straight into painting again is starting to feel a little stale like a day old croissant. <br /><br />Though painting it is such a great passion of mine, and my style is quite unique and makes people feel good. I just feel like a huge part of me is missing and needs from the easel and sink my teeth into a heavy collage projects. I often have plans to go out and start hunting for something to start working on. But Our schedule has not permitted me the time to go on the great treasure hunt for new stuff. So I just go back to painting. <br /><br />However this summer I feel that with the change in the weather and the good space that we are in now. It's time for me to go out and do a treasure hunt for pieces to collage and move forward with my plans. It means a lot to me to have tons of cut up magazines around me with a glue gun, lacquer, cigarettes, beer, lots of French pop and 60's pop records playing in the background with the sun shining through the french doors of downstairs room of my loft and Lester Bangs wagging his tale while I am up till hours with the night creating things that make me feel full and not so empty inside.<br /><br />As of today, this will be Powerpop78's summer of collage.<br /><br />oxPOWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-81137356049652403472011-04-12T04:42:00.000-07:002011-07-01T11:23:31.982-07:00Coachella TakeoffUp early getting last minute things together and trying to work on the final packing stages. Packing is something I am quite good at and enjoy. However every year we go to Coachella I find myself in a little panic over what to bring. From clothing, jewelry, bath and body products, shoes, household items, pool toys, food, drink and office supplies.<br /><br />I do feel that since we have a rental place I can do a little over packing. I am sitting here now writing this and suffering from a small panic over what clothes I have packed and whether or not I need to Weigh my options not sure if it's really worth it, but this is just how I am "The Constant Over Thinker"<br /><br />Julie came over for a drink and a chat last evening, and I even sent her off with cooking chaffers, party supplies and a pinata. I am starting to wonder if I am alone in this feeling and if anyone else worries about this stuff like I do.<br /><br />powerpop78's Double Take List<br /><br />1. Do I need to pack more kitchen stuff (the house comes with a stocked kitchen"<br />2. Maybe I need more pool towels someone make not like the ones there.<br />3. I think we need more alcohol for the guest (keep in mind I don't drink hard alcohol)<br />4. If I have face scrub I need to have a toner and if I bring the toner, I have to have eye cream firming solution.<br />5. Batteries is one long package enough. (well I can always stop at Target)<br />6. What is someone forgets that. I should just have one on hand (this could mean any item I become fixated on at the time)<br />7. Film cameras and bags. I have this compulsion to bring them all.<br />8. I can't let people see me in the same swim suit daily. Is 5 really enough.<br /><br />All and all with all of this over thinking I manage to forget something it just seems inevitable. I keep telling myself don't worry. However I just can't work this way. But the show must go on and there is still so much to do. I am now just going to to and relax and pack up my car before the counting of the hair ties starts. I just need to relax and this about the great bands that are playing and the friends I get to see.<br /><br />In some ways I always feel like Coachella is the music business version of The Bill Chill for my generation for dear friends a colleagues. And for myself and the B it's like a great reunion for friends from far and near. I can't wait to get to the desert, crack and Red Stripe, float on a pool raft and get ready to open of my desert abode for 5 night of non stop madness with some of the most talented people I know. <br /><br />Cheers! and Happy Coachella to all of you!POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-67161285495111565012011-04-11T06:19:00.000-07:002011-04-12T07:13:58.967-07:00POWERPOP78 COACHELLA ART PROJECT 2011<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTErzNRnMeAHmwScj-EFepKAcpESYQO714cAULUQq7NzoqB6fao56NnbgJN1z6F8_5p7YZm8HdtpppA8fT_FtZRjcd5Q1Uqqa1CNw6nPgQPXmYnzmax6_kIVsdGcxhAuP4aIKDicqMAdrl/s1600/coachella_08_lineup_announced_all_points_west_conf_444x290.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTErzNRnMeAHmwScj-EFepKAcpESYQO714cAULUQq7NzoqB6fao56NnbgJN1z6F8_5p7YZm8HdtpppA8fT_FtZRjcd5Q1Uqqa1CNw6nPgQPXmYnzmax6_kIVsdGcxhAuP4aIKDicqMAdrl/s320/coachella_08_lineup_announced_all_points_west_conf_444x290.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581723417151118770" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I have been working on my schedule for my traveling Coachella art project. And the master plan is now in action. Over those three days of great music, warm sunshine, beautiful people and art. I will be roaming the grounds with my camera and team looking for interesting things and people who will help create and inspire this project.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I am also willing to send people copies of the photos I take. As long as I have contact info. I may also ask you a few questions as well.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >COACHELLA ART PROJECT SCHEDULE.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Day 1 Friday April, 15 2011</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >"ON YOUR FEET"</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I will be taking photos of peoples feet on the move and the shoes they are wearing.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Day 2 Saturday April, 16 2011</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >"WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM"</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I will be shooting random festival goers and asking you. Where you are from and what brought you to the festival.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Day 3 Sunday April 17</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >"WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN YOU MOUTH"</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Random shots will be taken of people eating, drinking, dancing and doing god know what with things in their mouths.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I will be using all of these items for an upcoming art show I am working on. I am hoping to receive a warm response from people while I am taking these photos.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I look forward to seeing you all there.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Powerpop78</span>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-81812745534555547742011-03-28T10:20:00.000-07:002011-03-29T13:54:03.890-07:00Coachella Fashion Police "We will be watching"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-whGM6FFp-24DiqzmQDDVvNgw5F6YBgnB0u1TwgT4srRZTKLVJcyi3EyMFaYQWavcIKr5uq5N5d-StNbx7roDHy69XrVCj3d_1YxsOPxu44SJ1AGnZtDTtSRzvU4i10HTzoNRt5XoSBm/s1600/james-murphy-lcd-soundsystem--large-msg-127180659491.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-whGM6FFp-24DiqzmQDDVvNgw5F6YBgnB0u1TwgT4srRZTKLVJcyi3EyMFaYQWavcIKr5uq5N5d-StNbx7roDHy69XrVCj3d_1YxsOPxu44SJ1AGnZtDTtSRzvU4i10HTzoNRt5XoSBm/s320/james-murphy-lcd-soundsystem--large-msg-127180659491.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589292951367396002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">For over the past 12 years, I have been lucky to be part of the Coachella music festival. My husband has had several of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">the bands </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">bands that he manages play there ever since the very first festival. During the first two years of the festival fashion was never the important of a thing. people came out in shorts, t-shirts, sandals and vintage frocks. Over the years the festival has reached such great heights, that fashion and celebrities became a huge influence on culture of the festival as we know it today.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >The years of free and easy dress died with the electroclash movement. Now you find retailers branding swimsuits, shorts, Bags, Sandals, dresses, sun glasses and poser boho fashions as "Coachella Style" I find this quite funny, as one can go on to the Nordstroms website and purchase the</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/lucky-brand-coachella-bikini-top-hipster-bottoms/3094419">Lucky Brand "Coachella Bathing Suit"</a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> And then do a search for the rest of your wardrobe for that long weekend.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >In the early years, when style came into play with the festival, you saw some really great original styles, much like the ones you would see at Reading to Leads festivals in the UK. But over the years the festival has launched A few major standing styles that have really saturated the polo grounds. I referrer to some these as the YIKES factor, and the other ones are pretty great and original and practical for the desert.</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Here are some of my dos and don't for Coachella.</span><br /><br />1. The Low brow "Bros & Hoes fashion.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Would you really want to bee seen with fools like this!</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvTo7dCxT4O-vjhLf4NX2x1KqxxjcMAweNbv0bcv6e0o7H7T_jI4yNbyyAIo_E81zzdU1KK391BiO19CrQEPTLwwIeHfEd_8oObakoBNO5RrDAYKJjQ7odqCmuqcjS1o0oWPN509cb8vF/s1600/advice-douche-bag.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvTo7dCxT4O-vjhLf4NX2x1KqxxjcMAweNbv0bcv6e0o7H7T_jI4yNbyyAIo_E81zzdU1KK391BiO19CrQEPTLwwIeHfEd_8oObakoBNO5RrDAYKJjQ7odqCmuqcjS1o0oWPN509cb8vF/s320/advice-douche-bag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589192104062218354" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2. "All I wanted to do was look cool".<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This really says a lot</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7L7KAKPJ5sP3iVDMMieW5gvLFp-wU0hwTgd00dXByBSeYhF1fVTlrimMxFW9TUbtnR1e-w1-mLBRAvG_YMY0AHHc-B7-9FQs34FMV979KYjMn_BW1FXAlrbH7-X-Dldx-3BY9kUXebvY/s1600/drunk_girls_myspace.0.0.0x0.294x441.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7L7KAKPJ5sP3iVDMMieW5gvLFp-wU0hwTgd00dXByBSeYhF1fVTlrimMxFW9TUbtnR1e-w1-mLBRAvG_YMY0AHHc-B7-9FQs34FMV979KYjMn_BW1FXAlrbH7-X-Dldx-3BY9kUXebvY/s320/drunk_girls_myspace.0.0.0x0.294x441.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589206065995415538" border="0" /></a>3. The Goths, how I admire them. Staying so true to who they are in that hot weather. And looking smashing.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">She looks a little hot, but I bet she is having a good time.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRXGH58r7wMGh_g_dQYfuuaFcn5EhQjwkiEfp_Mt3aZ_-vb1GiEA7lfUlPeUu_yl3dby633Mcvg91dHQYHJdIp9QmlwEKxRdQW3iSmmPt1gnXF9HbkY1GrCsSTpFefdkrasirsAL6MkEL/s1600/DSC02717.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRXGH58r7wMGh_g_dQYfuuaFcn5EhQjwkiEfp_Mt3aZ_-vb1GiEA7lfUlPeUu_yl3dby633Mcvg91dHQYHJdIp9QmlwEKxRdQW3iSmmPt1gnXF9HbkY1GrCsSTpFefdkrasirsAL6MkEL/s320/DSC02717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589204939226719218" border="0" /></a><br />4. I am a Rock Star so I can get away with it. (well maybe)<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Har Mar showing is festival side</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6XsX6w1WrOx4puOKYtOD11bu96uIII9S6Fd4EftZ0uMOPpuvRQeYwzKsQAcpdWjr53rcB0u32RrooIidq90o55O7In-9dH7RP1Pd5XKZKN0t8BscaYo_P6CscldFvwbs6YNiaOTT01Cy/s1600/coachella-celebrities-37-300x300.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6XsX6w1WrOx4puOKYtOD11bu96uIII9S6Fd4EftZ0uMOPpuvRQeYwzKsQAcpdWjr53rcB0u32RrooIidq90o55O7In-9dH7RP1Pd5XKZKN0t8BscaYo_P6CscldFvwbs6YNiaOTT01Cy/s320/coachella-celebrities-37-300x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589210289973805378" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />5. I really wanted to stand out, but I think it was a bit much.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Honey, if you were going for Mod, you got it all wrong!</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYUqJ7zXso4p-_uSsuRBHg0yTib8bwT-DF4L8rHHyXqh5eF2qLw1cPOdRzc3y9nm080BMZeRazmwBvAp7wJFl8AkJY2kR1iyyFAJoMuDin6try0KmLb1bx1dkfJIeUUfE6jYQM8rrszyL/s1600/10m1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYUqJ7zXso4p-_uSsuRBHg0yTib8bwT-DF4L8rHHyXqh5eF2qLw1cPOdRzc3y9nm080BMZeRazmwBvAp7wJFl8AkJY2kR1iyyFAJoMuDin6try0KmLb1bx1dkfJIeUUfE6jYQM8rrszyL/s320/10m1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589211577664614498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">6. To have good style, you must also have some class.<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Great outfit, I give her a ten. </span></span><br /></div></div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaBm42amrh8QWyO8oCRvR812ytRFtv3mKtvK2ecC_kagwjMufffNDDpHisScl4mm7aRJBrZo9hvIt4CpOHDlWaatxZftdiqTskC40zd-hJk-QfA5U-tJb4vA1XnOHtRUbzXSKOUvg2Yc4/s1600/Sara-Powell-edit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaBm42amrh8QWyO8oCRvR812ytRFtv3mKtvK2ecC_kagwjMufffNDDpHisScl4mm7aRJBrZo9hvIt4CpOHDlWaatxZftdiqTskC40zd-hJk-QfA5U-tJb4vA1XnOHtRUbzXSKOUvg2Yc4/s320/Sara-Powell-edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589213152241477282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">7. I am not here for the party, I am just a music fan.<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cute and comfortable she knows how to do it right!, and you know she has jeans in that big bag she is carrying!</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBx-cIy-frxtj-98x_8kWMOJPXnMMfuqveCW37PbG4GhwV6k_SqYs0qc5H_YyeRb3bcQHsKP2p-YwBurmKzNyHfggykDs5p2fbLnoAzFNU5vOq6_XgwacBAwiiBMVuaRLY8QfQoVfA4gQ/s1600/6a00d83548242253ef01156f49e294970c-800wi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBx-cIy-frxtj-98x_8kWMOJPXnMMfuqveCW37PbG4GhwV6k_SqYs0qc5H_YyeRb3bcQHsKP2p-YwBurmKzNyHfggykDs5p2fbLnoAzFNU5vOq6_XgwacBAwiiBMVuaRLY8QfQoVfA4gQ/s320/6a00d83548242253ef01156f49e294970c-800wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589213859644845650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;">8. Out to Party and Get Fucked! </span> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">You know many festival goers are looking for a one night stand, well here you go!</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZuD9t8ehWkzCHsY44UuISQktRs6Jd8U9ffPCzQ5_CJusrqJ4cZQvdODIHYGaR5F-HqHAU-GrAs38Pj_8SxxXi68u8yJ0Jds5LIuYT2Vktv1gc5KAwO7zkEZGw8vYu3SDEHbq0FLwznfL/s1600/2441979953_dbb79ceb69.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZuD9t8ehWkzCHsY44UuISQktRs6Jd8U9ffPCzQ5_CJusrqJ4cZQvdODIHYGaR5F-HqHAU-GrAs38Pj_8SxxXi68u8yJ0Jds5LIuYT2Vktv1gc5KAwO7zkEZGw8vYu3SDEHbq0FLwznfL/s320/2441979953_dbb79ceb69.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589214837284713970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">9.</span> Working Class Punk Looking Dashing in the Heat</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >LCD''s Handsome Fearless Leader James Murphy Dress to Impress.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM_x71-kHcAeCQf4sGlY27vQqVp4jHQLBOfl-bV37NG6toCYokuZSPR6KqPLUYw1BSAAuC1wx3lHlF9Cn_EXNuCdWiDFc9RDppfsPsR19W567DCDWTpdWJxG270bGqGyuwXSjRtrGBnpN/s1600/lcd-soundsystem-coachella-trailer-hro-cobrasnake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM_x71-kHcAeCQf4sGlY27vQqVp4jHQLBOfl-bV37NG6toCYokuZSPR6KqPLUYw1BSAAuC1wx3lHlF9Cn_EXNuCdWiDFc9RDppfsPsR19W567DCDWTpdWJxG270bGqGyuwXSjRtrGBnpN/s320/lcd-soundsystem-coachella-trailer-hro-cobrasnake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589223952733699666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">10. Classic Punk Straight Edge Chic.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ian MacKaye Wearing his classic DC Punk style works for him every time!</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAdwg8fmFSTv9uM9YgI-68yDN4o5QGaW3jVDfd7Elr0ijLRuDQHaja8UTdqO9Je3GC8JAJKUcVBmjNRxN1FZoWhsjf8ZTq1wI7dRJ-ADxXJPbZWLdi72XSpWVnh4jLkDcsKPqqYvDEYK7/s1600/3455792203_1d65d859be.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAdwg8fmFSTv9uM9YgI-68yDN4o5QGaW3jVDfd7Elr0ijLRuDQHaja8UTdqO9Je3GC8JAJKUcVBmjNRxN1FZoWhsjf8ZTq1wI7dRJ-ADxXJPbZWLdi72XSpWVnh4jLkDcsKPqqYvDEYK7/s320/3455792203_1d65d859be.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589225056720492546" border="0" /></a>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-29067216291089410362011-03-23T10:38:00.000-07:002011-03-27T17:01:25.221-07:00Powerpop78's 70's Thoughts<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >When I think about growing up in the 70's these are songs that I remember, for good reasons. I think that this list does not totally represent me, however these are songs I will never forgot, memories so ingrained in my head I often find myself singing some of these songs and bursting out in laughter or tears.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >I hope you enjoy this list</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >1) The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ramones</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Blitkrieg</span> Bop</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdWTvUVz-0FTbZYUdGEEjLGSddNFzgad3SweyBrWHwFnbHxRLeyz4e0PJrziUP9amsdc6bsD3NOv3XxDWv0lYW3Cw57Pk5N86D1mVpEymDrGeABdvdRYhvuGJ0BvI21nPxPqU-KgNi3pe/s1600/ramones_rocket_to_russia-SIRK56648-1200338119.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdWTvUVz-0FTbZYUdGEEjLGSddNFzgad3SweyBrWHwFnbHxRLeyz4e0PJrziUP9amsdc6bsD3NOv3XxDWv0lYW3Cw57Pk5N86D1mVpEymDrGeABdvdRYhvuGJ0BvI21nPxPqU-KgNi3pe/s320/ramones_rocket_to_russia-SIRK56648-1200338119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587333542573929394" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >2 minutes of sublime noise. Perhaps I like it so much because it has that 60s garage spirit floating through it. Also a band of great presence. They changed the face of Rock music by giving it a gentle tweak.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >2) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Fórmula</span> V – Eva <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">María</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >As promised, prime Franco-era bubblegum pop. Formula V.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >3) The Who – Amazing Journey</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >From Tommy, the greatest Rock Opera/Concept album ever written. Amazing Journey tells of a trip to inner space where a young boy escapes his life’s trauma. Awesome drumming by Mr Moon as usual.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >4) Lou Reed – Vicious</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >The whole Transformer album is a joy. A dirty, New York, heroin-addled blow job delivered by Andy Warhol’s most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">talented</span> man-whore. Oh honey you so vicious…</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >5) Stiff Little Fingers – Wasted Life</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Jake Burns is probably the best vocalist ever. A voice so raw it can scrape the paint off your skirting boards (don’t point your speakers downwards). Here we get pure punk mingled with Northern Irish politics. Fucking A.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >6) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Hawkwind</span> – Spirit of the Age</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Here <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Hawkwind</span> invent Rap music (probably) after bringing a melding of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Moorcockian</span> SF, acid, noise generators and a tenor sax to a boil and adding Bob Calvert’s lyrical genius. If I could I would have included 50 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Hawkwind</span> tunes here, but that would break the rules (one song per band only).</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >7) Blondie – (I’m Always Touched by your) Presence (Dear)</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Debbie, Debbie, Debbie… What a perfect little pop song this is.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >8) Eater – Outside View</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Can’t get this song out of my head. Just a great punk record.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >9) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Funkadelic</span> – One Nation Under A Groove</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >George Clinton, Dr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Funkenstein</span> from the planet Funk… A radical political agitator bringing revolution to the dance floors of a segregated, racist nation. I’m a late convert to the delights of Funk, this is one of the tracks that sucked me in.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >10) Janette – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Por</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Qué</span> Te <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Vas</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >The Song title (translation: Why are you leaving?) A great little ballad too. Featured in Carlos <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Saura</span>’ s great allegorical film ‘Raise Ravens’ about the evils of military dictatorship (the film was released while Franco was still alive. A brave move).</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >11) Jethro Tull – Jack-In-The-Green</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >12) Soft Machine – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Etika</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >13) Magazine – Shot By Both Sides</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >14) David Bowie – Rebel Rebel</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >15) Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >16) The Stranglers – Ugly</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >17) Alice Cooper – School’s Out</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >18) The Sweet – Teenage Rampage</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >19) Al Green – Let’s Stay Together</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yNHdiMvzLrEbCUSQNuyRgQ6Mxx6rjzcmiEDOUp779GcL-V0B61iPdfC-oSRSRT-usBAJA1WzaYEIeS4dEW2acgOFePc5XMZ28Pv3haf24LFhhevlt2Q-zU9oFUPanIpXj5bYhjPPtgcY/s1600/album-lets-stay-together.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yNHdiMvzLrEbCUSQNuyRgQ6Mxx6rjzcmiEDOUp779GcL-V0B61iPdfC-oSRSRT-usBAJA1WzaYEIeS4dEW2acgOFePc5XMZ28Pv3haf24LFhhevlt2Q-zU9oFUPanIpXj5bYhjPPtgcY/s320/album-lets-stay-together.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587334198937654258" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >20) John Lennon – Imagine</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >21) The Special AKA – Gangsters</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >22) The Runaways – Dean and Justice</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >23) Pink Floyd – Money</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >24) Thin Lizzy – Whisky in the Jar</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >25) The New York Dolls – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >26) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Patrik</span> Fitzgerald – Trendy</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >27) Jean Michel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Jarre</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Equinoxe</span> 4</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >28) Los <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Diablos</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Acalorado</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >29) The Jam – In a Strange Town</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzPCFTq-E0BMuZyRiCYRFwScZ5oqenVP8cmw-I7W8U5hgO_bdgdiViQnWO7RthDBibgkExMA1Gkm_D8OCN-ilaoQM_9QrHwEsprrjRuxL2-N2tXVLe1BeyU0xGGedBkayyTPX4U-NXa7y/s1600/archive-the_jam-431x300.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzPCFTq-E0BMuZyRiCYRFwScZ5oqenVP8cmw-I7W8U5hgO_bdgdiViQnWO7RthDBibgkExMA1Gkm_D8OCN-ilaoQM_9QrHwEsprrjRuxL2-N2tXVLe1BeyU0xGGedBkayyTPX4U-NXa7y/s320/archive-the_jam-431x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587337513437679858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >30) The Angelic Upstarts – Murder of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Liddle</span> Towers</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >31) Uriah Heep – Blind Eye</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >32) 20/20 – Yellow Pills</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >33) KC & the Sunshine Band – That’s the Way (I Like It)</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >34) The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Dickies</span> – Paranoid</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >35) Wishbone Ash – The King Will Come</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >36) Captain <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Beefheart</span> & His Magic Band – The Floppy Boot Stomp</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >37) Television – Venus</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >38) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Kirsty</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">McColl</span> – They Don’t Know</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >39) The Damned – Smash it up</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >40) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Tubeway</span> Army – Are Friends Electric?</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >41) Fernando <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Esteso</span> – La Ramona</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >42) The Rolling Stones – 100 Years Ago</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >43) Wizard – See My Baby Jive</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >44) Tom Petty & the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Heartbreakers</span> – American Girl</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >45) The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Notsensibles</span> – I’m in Love With Margaret Thatcher</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >46) The Undertones – Get Over You</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >47) Silvio Rodriguez – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Ojalá</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >48) Iggy & the Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >49) Led Zeppelin – Black Dog</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >50) Steve <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Hillage</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Electrik</span> Gypsies</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >51) Gil Scott Heron – The Bottle</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >52) Can – Vitamin C</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >53) The Ruts – Babylon Burning</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >54) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Spizz</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Energi</span> – Where’s Captain Kirk?</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >55) Secret Affair – Time For Action</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >56) The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Buzzcocks</span> – Orgasm Addict</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >57) Black Sabbath – War Pigs</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >58) The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Hawklords</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Psy</span> Power</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >59) Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >60) The Pink Fairies – The Pigs of Uranus</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >61) Saxon – Backs To The Wall</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >62) Abba – Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >63) Tyrannosaurus Rex – Ride A White Swan</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >64) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Devo</span> – Mongoloid</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >65) Ian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Dury</span> & the Blockheads – Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3)</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >66) Rush – 2112</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >67) Ten Pole Tudor – Who Killed Bambi?</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >68) The Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >69) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >70) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Vangelis</span> – Dervish D</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >71) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >72) Wire – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Mannekin</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >73) The Doors – LA Woman</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >74) Wayne County & the Electric Chairs – Fuck Off</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >75) X Ray <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Spex</span> – Up Bondage Up Yours<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSQP_x9OsVZISIBHZrJozD7CHO9MX3zQKs05ded8oDh8vcHWYezKU14ZR_kMzHtkMvAdNJaY-Yqab_v-xqrByR4aQ7D0G7W27Yz67mp7qoTau9QIuYpfRR24C3M7IUKHRxR0Fbj2avKjZ/s1600/Poly+of+X-ray+Specs+backstage+at+CBGB.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSQP_x9OsVZISIBHZrJozD7CHO9MX3zQKs05ded8oDh8vcHWYezKU14ZR_kMzHtkMvAdNJaY-Yqab_v-xqrByR4aQ7D0G7W27Yz67mp7qoTau9QIuYpfRR24C3M7IUKHRxR0Fbj2avKjZ/s320/Poly+of+X-ray+Specs+backstage+at+CBGB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587373081384541490" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >76) John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >77) Siouxie & the Banshees – Staircase</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >78) P.I.L. – This Is Not A Love Song</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >79) Melanie – Ruby Tuesday</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >80) Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >81) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Come Up and See Me</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >82) Gang of Four – At Home He’s a Tourist</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >83) Hot Chocolate – Everyone’s a Winner</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >84) Norman <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Greenbaum</span> – Spirit in the Sky</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><br />85) The Adverts – One Chord Wonders</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >86 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Wreckless</span> Eric – Whole Wide World</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >87) Slaughter & the Dogs – Where Have All the Boot Boys Gone?</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >88) The Dead <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Kennedys</span> – Chemical Warfare</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >89) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Triana</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Luminosa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">Mañana</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >90) The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Mekons</span> – Where We You?</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >91) The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >92) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Motorhead</span> – No Class</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >93) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Lluis</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Llach</span> – L’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Estaca</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >94) Metal Urbain – Lady Coca Cola</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >95) Steve Miller Band – Jet Airliner</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >96) Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >97) The Rocky Horror Show – Sweet Transvestite</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >98) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Badfinger</span> – Day After Day</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >99) Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >100) Throbbing Gristle – Something Came Over Me</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span></span>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-4981806619702324292011-03-21T16:25:00.000-07:002011-04-02T07:09:25.698-07:00CORNELIUS Video Interview<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/520KcMNgtMo?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="295"></iframe>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-10078441733543353122011-03-21T16:02:00.000-07:002011-03-23T13:29:45.207-07:00Alexander Calder performs his "Circus" - Whitney Museum<span style="font-family:verdana;">Everything that I had ever wanted to do in art was because of Calder. I still remember seeing this on 60 Minutes. Though I was just a Small girl I could never get this segment of 60 minutes out of my mind. I would go to sleep at night with these Images would dance in my head.<br /><br />I guess I owe Calder a lot, he really inspired me in many ways. I Really hope others feel the same way. I just wanted to share this video with others. As it always brings a smile to my face.</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t6jwnu8Izy0?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-46929026098683627072011-03-01T15:38:00.001-08:002011-03-01T16:59:27.603-08:00Laughing out LoudThe little bruised angel had fallen on the pavement in front of my feet I just looked and laughed...POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-51208710149698364732011-02-28T15:28:00.000-08:002011-02-28T15:46:52.806-08:00"ON YOUR FEET PAL" IS TRAVELING TO COACHELLAThis year at Coachella, I will be coming from behind the scenes and in full action looking for some new shots of feet. So if you see me coming with my camera you just may be part of my art project "On Your Feet" along with this I will be starting my new project. "So what are you having" I will be taking shots of people from the concessions areas all spring and summer long at different music festival from around the globe. So is you see me coming get ready. POWERPOP78, the artist on the go...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7eQQpoJTiEF4wh7lvThczWezWRDyvqjZr3DpvJQHpojJXL4G_5N6wJW-dUmwgOK8btV4KRPebBLkJeubEkrJX9okNPbLC-fsIx8VI0dafDwfO8JwbnFUYPn2bnRpgMKtRd0nyLYp3X-q/s1600/27939_397151989302_616784302_3968765_2458455_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7eQQpoJTiEF4wh7lvThczWezWRDyvqjZr3DpvJQHpojJXL4G_5N6wJW-dUmwgOK8btV4KRPebBLkJeubEkrJX9okNPbLC-fsIx8VI0dafDwfO8JwbnFUYPn2bnRpgMKtRd0nyLYp3X-q/s320/27939_397151989302_616784302_3968765_2458455_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578888883601602530" /></a>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-24183708573942212182011-02-04T06:30:00.000-08:002011-02-04T06:37:22.298-08:00Fake Plastic Trees "Just a thought"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUk_rwTF-lx9h2zkyXIx0ev-Yz00wyAKPkmQnAppUHhyphenhyphenC77Ft20iXCmvDdKK6rQnrZ_GlVSXS0iV4oenKetczgWQV2eej0u2HafGkOdwwXtQ7G_5rjFlFWnyx2NEcbOYfvf_DDHC0B0T4G/s1600/lego-tree.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUk_rwTF-lx9h2zkyXIx0ev-Yz00wyAKPkmQnAppUHhyphenhyphenC77Ft20iXCmvDdKK6rQnrZ_GlVSXS0iV4oenKetczgWQV2eej0u2HafGkOdwwXtQ7G_5rjFlFWnyx2NEcbOYfvf_DDHC0B0T4G/s320/lego-tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569842461770038082" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Fake Plastic Trees" criticizes how modern society stifles individuality and forces people to swallow idealized conceptions of how life should be. The whole song centers on the idea that humans, either through their own fallibility or through society's relentlessness, easily and obliviously mold their lives according to the unspoken standards they set on themselves. The result is a shallow, artificial, "fake plastic" living that perpetuates itself and destroys uniqueness.<br /><br />The first two verses, which reveal the tragic consequences of pretense, evoke feelings of despair and pointlessness. The image of a woman watering a plastic money tree is heavily shadowed by shades of existentialism. The act of nurturing is the woman's attempt to create something genuine, something reflecting her identity. The bleak, futile reality lies in the fact that her "creation" thrives unto itself, surviving as the product of society's goals and inhibitions and outlooks, not hers. The plastic tree is a misconstrued representation of her true self. Helpless and beguiled, she falls victim to the ruthless nature of society and its indifference to the individual experience.<br /><br />Her green plastic watering can<br /><br />For her fake Chinese rubber plant<br /><br />In the fake plastic earth<br /><br />That she bought from a rubber man<br /><br />In a town full of rubber plans<br /><br />To get rid of itself<br /><br />This artificialness of life is all-encompassing; no one is spared. The people around the woman are just as deceived as she is: the "fake plastic earth", the "rubber man", and the "town full of rubber plans" all point to a self-contained societal body that runs without human contribution. What's sadly ironic is that the people are self-destructive. The nihilist underpinnings of the line "in a town [that] plans to get rid of itself" suggest that many people probably realize the absurdity of the niches they're supposed to fill but lack the willpower or drive to swim against the tides of society.<br /><br />It wears her out, it wears her out<br /><br />It wears her out, it wears her out<br /><br />The chorus "It wears her out" is the first indication of the problematic effects of living to society's standards. It's very unnatural to change yourself or survive in a place that offers no room for personal development. It's also frustrating (for the few people who choose not to fill this mold) to put your heart into something artificial.<br /><br />She lives with a broken man<br /><br />A cracked polystyrene man<br /><br />Who just crumbles and burns<br /><br />The second character introduced provides an example of the absolute deterioration of a person who has unsuccessfully tried to fill his niche in society. Descriptive phrase like "broken" and "cracked polystyrene" paint a picture of a crumbling, wrecked mold victim to external undoing. Years of adhering to society have cracked the man's resolve and razed his spirit, leaving him useless and non-contributing (a message about communism, perhaps? hehe).<br /><br />He used to do surgery<br /><br />For girls in the eighties<br /><br />But gravity always wins<br /><br />The next verse is a specific criticism of facades. The eighties marked the heyday of cosmetic surgery, ushering in a genre of image obsession and appearance alteration. For many people, plastic surgery was a panacea to life's problems, a way of handling the aesthetic imperfections that society places so much negative emphasis on. But changing how you look is only a superficial way of feeling better about yourself, so it's not surprising that Yorke associates this form of surgery with artificial gain. After years as a plastic surgeon, the man has reached a point in his life where he no longer accepts that he was "helping" the girls. The poignant line "gravity always wins" (besides being an obvious reference to image augmentation) brings attention to the eternal conflict between man's inventions (like society) and nature, and even goes as far as to suggest who will be the victor.<br /><br />She looks like the real thing<br /><br />She tastes like the real thing<br /><br />My fake plastic love<br /><br />But I can't help the feeling<br /><br />I could blow through the ceiling<br /><br />If I just turn and run<br /><br />The song continues with the narrator's near rejection of his "fake plastic love." She fits her mould nicely, because she embodies verisimilitude, but simply for that reason her love can never be real. The narrator realizes this when he says "But I can't help the feeling/I could blow through the ceiling/ If I just turn and run." He's so close to tearing away from the clutches of society - all he has to do is act extraordinarily and unexpected. Sadly, he reverts to normalcy and submission, even tendering an apology for not always being dishonest to himself like she was:<br /><br />If I could be who you wanted<br /><br />If I could be who you wanted all the timePOWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-38510899573017784452011-02-04T05:08:00.000-08:002011-02-07T16:10:07.175-08:00On Your Feet Pal<span style="font-family: arial;">I am in the process of working on a new project. This project has been in the works for years! however I felt it was time to use it for my art show that will happen this year. Over the years I have traveled all over the world. I documented this by taking photos of my feet in places I had never been before. I have this compulsion on my feet at the strangest of times as well. I wanted to give people a little taste of what is in store. I hope you like it.</span>
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<br />Me and the very famous Large Marge waiting in the Coachella catering for Radiohead.
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<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">Me in New York wandering around shopping while B was in business meetings.
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Backstage at the Nokia to see Beck opening night.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Somewhere somehow in summer time..</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >The clean streets of Tokyo.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Retuning home from London with my right foot swollen from walking all over with my pal Joel.</span>
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The Mekons</span><br /><span>2.</span> Lake of Fire<span> - The Meat Puppets</span><br /><span>3.</span> Screen Door<span> - Uncle Tupelo</span><br /><span>4.</span> Fuck This Town<span> - Terry Allen</span><br /><span>5.</span> If I Had a Boat<span> - Lyle Lovett</span><br /><span>6.</span> New York, New York<span> - Ryan Adams</span><br /><span>7.</span> Constant Craving<span> - kd lang</span><br /><span>8.</span> A Ghost To Most<span> - Drive By Truckers</span><br /><span>9.</span> Outtasite (Outta Mind)<span> - Wilco</span><br /><span>10.</span> One Big Holiday<span> - My Morning Jacket</span><br /><span>11.</span> Righteously<span> - Lucinda Williams</span><br /><span>12.</span> The Funeral<span> - Band of Horses</span><br /><span>13.</span> Dark Light<span> - The Beat Farmers</span><br /><span>14.</span> Drown<span> - Son Volt</span><br /><span>15.</span> Sweet Jane<span> - Cowboy Junkies</span><br /><span>16.</span> Shelter<span> - Lone Justice</span><br /><span>17.</span> Murder (Or A Heart Attack)<span> - Old 97's</span><br /><span>18.</span> You've Been So Good Up to Now<span> - Lyle Lovett</span><br /><span>19.</span> Copperhead Road<span> - Steve Earle</span><br /><span>20.</span> Yesterday's News<span> - Whiskeytown</span><br /><span>21.</span> Don Henley Must Die<span> - Mojo Nixon</span><br /><span>22.</span> Banditos<span> - The Refreshments</span><br /><span>23.</span> Gravity's Gone<span> - Drive-By Truckers</span><br /><span>24.</span> I've Forgotten What It Was in You (That Put the Need in Me)<span> - Maria McKee</span><br /><span>25.</span> Waiting for the Sun<span> - The Jayhawks</span><br /><span>26.</span> The Way That He Sings<span> - My Morning Jacket</span><br /><span>27.</span> Gun<span> - Uncle Tupelo</span><br /><span>28.</span> Shop It Around<span> - Jason & The Scorchers</span><br /><span>29.</span> Ways To Be Wicked<span> - Lone Justice</span><br /><span>30.</span> Can't Stand It<span> - Wilco</span><br /><span>31.</span> Car Wheels on a Gravel Road<span> - Lucinda Williams</span><br /><span>32.</span> Guitar Town<span> - Steve Earle</span><br /><span>33.</span> Is There A Ghost<span> - Band of Horses</span><br /><span>34.</span> Let's Kill Saturday Night<span> - Robbie Fulks</span><br /><span>35.</span> Star Witness<span> - Neko Case</span><br /><span>36.</span> I See A Darkness<span> - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy</span><br /><span>37.</span> Till I Am Myself Again<span> - Blue Rodeo</span><br /><span>38.</span> You Never Know<span> - Wilco</span><br /><span>39.</span> In Love With A View<span> - Mojave 3</span><br /><span>40.</span> Eight Piece Box<span> - Southern Culture on the Skids</span><br /><span>41.</span> What Made My Hamburger Disappear<span> - Jefferey Frederick</span><br /><span>42.</span> Fast as You<span> - Dwight Yoakam</span><br /><span>43.</span> Hard to Be Human Again<span> - The Mekons</span><br /><span>44.</span> Help There's A Fire<span> - Jason & The Scorchers</span><br /><span>45.</span> I Don't Know<span> - Hank Williams III</span><br /><span>46.</span> Factory Belt<span> - Uncle Tupelo</span><br /><span>47.</span> Comin' Down<span> - The Meat Puppets</span><br /><span>48.</span> I'm Gonna Soothe You<span> - Maria McKee</span><br /><span>49.</span> Danko/Manuel<span> - Drive-By Truckers</span><br /><span>50.</span> Make It Last<span> - The Beat Farmers</span><br /> <span>51.</span> Let it Ride<span> - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals</span><br /><span>52.</span> I'm the Man Who Loves You<span> - Wilco</span><br /><span>53.</span> Lights of Downtown<span> - The Long Ryders</span><br /><span>54.</span> Even If It's Wrong<span> - BR5-49</span><br /><span>55.</span> Cowboy Man<span> - Lyle Lovett</span><br /><span>56.</span> The Other Kind<span> - Steve Earle</span><br /><span>57.</span> Steal Your Love<span> - Lucinda Williams</span><br /><span>58.</span> Windfall<span> - Son Volt</span><br /><span>59.</span> Goodbye's All We Got Left<span> - Steve Earle</span><br /><span>60.</span> Goddamn Lonely Love<span> - Drive-By Truckers</span><br /><span>61.</span> Magic Toy Missing<span> - The Meat Puppets</span><br /><span>62.</span> 4th Of July<span> - Shooter Jennings</span><br /><span>63.</span> People Got A Lotta Nerve<span> - Neko Case</span><br /><span>64.</span> She Must Think I Like Poetry<span> - Robbie Fulks</span><br /><span>65.</span> Radar Gun<span> - The Bottle Rockets</span><br /><span>66.</span> I'm Gonna Make You Love Me<span> - The Jayhawks</span><br /><span>67.</span> Black Soul Choir<span> - 16 Horsepower</span><br /><span>68.</span> Sam<span> - The Meat Puppets</span><br /><span>69.</span> Blue Collar Suicide<span> - The Refreshments</span><br /><span>70.</span> Give Back My Heart<span> - Lyle Lovett</span><br /><span>71.</span> Barrier Reef<span> - Old 97's</span><br /><span>72.</span> I'm Amazed<span> - My Morning Jacket</span><br /><span>73.</span> Mississippi Mud<span> - Hank Williams III</span><br /><span>74.</span> I'm Down to My Last Cigarette<span> - kd lang</span><br /><span>75.</span> What Else Would You Have Me Be?<span> - Lucero</span><br /><span>76.</span> No One's Gonna Love You<span> - Band of Horses</span><br /><span>77.</span> Jacksonville Skyline<span> - Whiskeytown</span><br /><span>78.</span> No Depression<span> - Uncle Tupelo</span><br /><span>79.</span> Looking Forward to Seeing You<span> - Golden Smog</span><br /><span>80.</span> No More Room in Hell<span> - Grievous Angels</span><br /><span>81.</span> Crazy Mary<span> - Victoria Williams</span><br /><span>82.</span> She's A Jar<span> - Wilco</span><br /><span>83.</span> Murder, Tonight, In the Trailer Park<span> - Cowboy Junkies</span><br /><span>84.</span> It Won't Hurt<span> - Dwight Yoakam</span><br /><span>85.</span> White Freight Liner Blues<span> - Jimmie Dale Gilmore</span><br /><span>86.</span> Amelia Earhart vs. The Dancing Bear<span> - The Handsome Family</span><br /><span>87.</span> Hot Rail<span> - Calexico</span><br /><span>88.</span> Cursed Sleep<span> - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy</span><br /><span>89.</span> Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)<span> - Lone Justice</span><br /><span>90.</span> Burying Geraldine<span> - Freakwater</span><br /><span>91.</span> Where the Devil Don't Stay<span> - Drive-By Truckers</span><br /><span>92.</span> Gotta Get Back<span> - Shelby Lynne</span><br /><span>93.</span> When Leon Spinx Moved to Town<span> - Califone</span><br /><span>94.</span> She's No Lady<span> - Lyle Lovett</span><br /><span>95.</span> Clogger<span> - 16 Horsepower</span><br /><span>96.</span> Home<span> - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros</span><br /><span>97.</span> Lost Highway<span> - The Mekons</span><br /><span>98.</span> Race Horse<span> - The Blood Oranges</span><br /><span>99.</span> Harriet Tubman's Gonna Carry Me Home<span> - The Long Ryders</span><br /><span>100.</span> Any Day Will Be Fine<span> - Mojave 3</span></b></span>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-6800914647242749362010-07-27T14:06:00.000-07:002010-08-12T12:10:54.827-07:00My Life With and Without Big Star<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxKPxdBg_9ZOprNNzU0Bj_2qmcYiBNJkWgqwe7qMoh5ElBFePexWLMvux7toWndBEE-u80QpUV-vigPGcjb_j5ra66beZknhcUP4Kz8WTcWdTP8H33Wf9UkXoL_MEXXDN5VKT4WobLkYt/s1600/BigStar.gif.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxKPxdBg_9ZOprNNzU0Bj_2qmcYiBNJkWgqwe7qMoh5ElBFePexWLMvux7toWndBEE-u80QpUV-vigPGcjb_j5ra66beZknhcUP4Kz8WTcWdTP8H33Wf9UkXoL_MEXXDN5VKT4WobLkYt/s320/BigStar.gif.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504602829747457730" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;" >Whenever I think of growing up, I always think of Big Star. There are so many songs and lyrics that capture those little </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;" >precious</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;" > moments in time that we would all like to store in a bottle. I can still remember the fist time I ever heard Big Star, it was at my friend Jon Elliot's house on a Friday night in the summer of 78, we were up late and watching the Midnight Special.<br /><br />I just remember the way they announced them "Young Alex Chilton and his band Big Star" though Alex did have fame from being the young singer of the Boxtops and having a huge hit with "The Letter" I just remember them breaking into Thirteen and my mind went blank. I had never heard anything so beautiful in my life. Every note was played with such perfection and passion. Now this was worth leaving the bay City Rollers for and jumping on the Big Star band wagon. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After this one viewing my life became obsessed with Big Star. I spent my summer vacation doing all the research I could about the band, though these were the days before the Internet and getting media and print was not that easy. But somehow I managed to have quite a collection of information and recordings by summers end.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">During college I had my radio show The Pure Years. I always opened the show with a BS song and would ofter have Andy on for BS Q&A. When Alex reformed BS with the Pixies backing him up I traveled from San Fransisco to NYC to Nashville and then nights in LA . I now sit here in Los Angeles, it is the summer of 2010 and Big Star has now lost 3 of the 4 members. This is a huge loss to the music community. Axel Chilton alone severed as a hero to many a guitar player and song writer. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I still get the chills every time I drop the needle down on "Way Out West" And summer will always remind my of driving down the 405 blasting Radio City at the ripe old age of 16. </span>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-52200292012421053852010-04-12T12:07:00.000-07:002010-04-12T12:41:18.916-07:00male white corporate oppressionIt's really sad to stay that I am plagued by people like this in the working world. The intense bastards who are more ego than substance. OK balding guy in your polo shirts and white Reebook listening to Coldplay because hes internet company pals told him to. <br />It's males like this who treat women in the work place like shit and feel that they can never be equal. These are the same men who don't let there wives have any other job being a stage mother to their untalented children who they are hoping to make stars out of one day so they now longer have to work. <br /><br />This is just a note I had in my journal from the other night when I had a slight meltdown regarding one of these animals.POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-75281177426555936292010-03-19T20:08:00.000-07:002010-03-19T20:10:32.714-07:00My Top 100 Power Pop Songs of All Time1. No Matter What - (1970) Badfinger<br /> 2. September Gurls - (1974) Big Star<br /> 3. Go All The Way - (1972) Raspberries<br /> 4. Please Please Me - (1963) Beatles<br /> 5. The Kids Are Alright - (1965) Who<br /> 6. Starry Eyes - (1978) Records<br /> 7. When You Walk In The Room - (1964) Searchers<br /> 8. I Am The Cosmos - (1977) Chris Bell<br /> 9. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - (1965) Byrds<br />10. Cynical Girl - (1982) Marshall Crenshaw<br />11. Love Grows - (1970) Edison Lighthouse<br />12. I Wanna Be With You - (1972) Raspberries<br />13. Dover Beach - (1984) Bangles<br />14. What I Like About You - (1979) Romantics<br />15. Lies - (1965) Knickerbockers<br />16. Girl Don't Tell Me - (1965) Beach Boys<br />17. Friday On My Mind - (1966) Easybeats<br />18. Baby Blue - (1971) Badfinger<br />19. My Sharona - (1979) Knack<br />20. I've Been Waiting - (1991) Matthew Sweet<br />21. Cruel To Be Kind - (1979) Nick Lowe<br />22. There She Goes - (1988) La's<br />23. Needles And Pins - (1964) Searchers<br />24. The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) - (1981) Greg Kihn Band<br />25. Rock And Roll Girl - (1979) Paul Collins Beat<br />26. What You Do To Me - (1991) Teenage Fanclub<br />27. If I Needed Someone - (1965) Beatles<br />28. If We Never Meet Again - (1988) Reckless Sleepers<br />29. Red Rubber Ball - (1966) Cyrkle<br />30. Southern Girls - (1977) Cheap Trick<br />31. The Way - (1998) Fastball<br />32. Ever Fallen In Love - (1978) Buzzcocks<br />33. Just A Smile - (1974) Pilot<br />34. She's Not There - (1964) Zombies<br />35. Baby's Coming Back - (1990) Jellyfish<br />36. Another Girl, Another Planet - (1978) Only Ones<br />37. I Can't Let Go - (1966) Hollies<br />38. I Only Want To Be With You - (1963) Dusty Springfield<br />39. We Got The Beat - (1981) Go-Gos<br />40. Girl Of My Dreams - (1979) Bram Tchaikovsky<br />41. The Trains - (1986) Nashville Ramblers<br />42. Ballad Of El Goodo - (1972) Big Star<br />43. Someday Someway - (1982) Marshall Crenshaw<br />44. And Your Bird Can Sing - (1966) Beatles<br />45. Baby It's Cold Outside - (1977) Pezband<br />46. What Do All The People Know - (1982) Monroes<br />47. She May Call You Up Tonight - (1967) Left Banke<br />48. Behind The Wall Of Sleep - (1986) Smithereens<br />49. Look Through Any Window - (1965) Hollies<br />50. Live - (1967) Merry-Go-Round<br />51. A Million Miles Away - (1982) Plimsouls<br />52. Precious To Me - (1981) Phil Seymour<br />53. Tonight - (1973) Raspberries<br />54. Seems So - (1997) Apples In Stereo<br />55. Making Time - (1966) Creation<br />56. Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) - (1980) Squeeze<br />57. Goody Goody Gumdrops - (1968) 1910 Fruitgum Company<br />58. Shake Some Action - (1976) Flamin' Groovies<br />59. Solar Sister - (1993) Posies<br />60. Fresh As A Daisy - (1970) Emitt Rhodes<br />61. Just A Little - (1964) Beau Brummels<br />62. That Thing You Do! - (1996) Wonders<br />63. Hearts In Her Eyes - (1979) Searchers<br />64. Surrender - (1978) Cheap Trick<br />65. I Can't Explain - (1965) Who<br />66. Whenever You're On My Mind - (1983) Marshall Crenshaw<br />67. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - (1979) Rubinoos<br />68. Senses Working Overtime - (1982) XTC<br />69. Don't Worry Baby - (1964) Beach Boys<br />70. Rock And Roll Love Letter - (1975) Tim Moore<br />71. This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide - (1980) Kings<br />72. I'm On Fire - (1975) Dwight Twilley Band<br />73. James - (1984) Bangles<br />74. Saturday Night - (1973) Bay City Rollers<br />75. Dreaming - (1979) Blondie<br />76. Alcoholiday - (1991) Teenage Fanclub<br />77. I Got You - (1980)Split Enz<br />78. Til I Hear It From You - (1995) Gin Blossoms<br />79. Couldn't I Just Tell You - (1972) Todd Rundgren<br />80. Back Of My Hand - (1979) Jags<br />81. Fox On The Run - (1975) Sweet<br />82. Girlfriend - (1991) Matthew Sweet<br />83. She Don't Care About Time - (1965) Byrds<br />84. Hanging On The Telephone - (1976) Nerves<br />85. Daydream Believer - (1967) Monkees<br />86. Little Mascara - (1985) Replacements<br />87. Teenage Kicks - (1978) Undertones<br />88. Open My Eyes - (1968) Nazz<br />89. Big Brown Eyes - (1982) dBs<br />90. Tomorrow Night - (1979) Shoes<br />91. Hackensack - (2003) Fountains Of Wayne<br />92. Outside Chance - (1966) Turtles<br />93. Yellow Pills - (1979) 20/20<br />94. Get Your Radio - (1979) Secrets<br />95. Golden Blunders - (1990) Posies<br />96. Where Were You When I Needed You - (1966) Herman's Hermits<br />97. Getting Closer - (1979) Wings<br />98. (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World - (1977) Wreckless Eric<br />99. Do Anything You Wanna Do - (1977) Eddie & The Hot Rods<br />100. Teacher Teacher - (1980) RockpilePOWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-75101331884974357622010-03-19T19:09:00.000-07:002010-03-19T19:48:39.365-07:00It's just too much!It's bad enough that the music community has been overrun for the past ten years with fake hipsters and people who claim to be alt-country tree huggers. Being raised as one of these boho types I am really starting to get ill at the mass marking of the Laurel Canyon scene. I went to purchase clothing online at the Lucky Brand website. As I glanced that the new and upcoming summer wear. The swimsuit pages tells young size zero hipsters what to purchase for each music festival. <br /><br />I had a good laugh but is was quite disturbing at the same time. So you need to know how to dress at Coachella, Love Fest, Redding, Pitchfork or whatever festival is in fashion and the flavor of the month. You can now log on to Lucky Brand and find out what to wear. <http://www.luckybrand.com/Womens-Swim-from-Lucky-Brand/womensSwim,default,sc.html?navpos=topNav><br /><br />This now proves that there is nothing really left for the indie community. A community that many of my dearest friends have helped build over the years. It's really make me ill when I go to see bands and every fool in this city is there just to be seen because it is the thing to do. It's funny when you go to see someone like Randy Newman, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock or The Flatlanders. Where are all of these so called hipsters then. I guess they either spent too much money on a pair of 1968 used Frye boot on ebay or the trust fund transfer is just being wired a day late and a dollar short.<br /><br />Glen Friedman has said it best. When you get a whore like Tony Hawk out there claiming to be vegan then doing a "Got Milk" ad and then see him a DEVO wearing leather shoes it only proves there are no real heroes in this community. <br /><br />People just blow a-lot of hot air. I know many great artist who have work hard at bringing something beautiful and special to this city. Yet they are over shadowed by the loft party downtown who is just having members of the BMRC DJ for the night. Come one people if you are really part of it support it. <br /><br />What are these little waifs doing to better our community. Where were they when people were fighting to smash the PMRC. They are only there to suck up the air and make the economy tighter by the ways of the internet millionaire what-to-be-cool school. I am sure Patti Smith has it out for these people too. <br /><br />It's a real sad thing, that no one thinks for themselves or just is happy with the way they are.<br /><br />All I can say it the Faint was right! "THE GEEK WERE RIGHT" just remember it was the nerds, geeks, queers, dorks, and outsiders that built this community that so many want to be a part of and it truly saddens me. I would like to see theses peoples the Regan years and I would dare and of them to sit down and lunch with the likes of Kinky Freedman, Leggs McNeal or Ian Mackaye.POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-11413357090706074022010-02-26T08:04:00.000-08:002010-02-26T08:08:17.552-08:0030 punk Records that changed my life!<img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/sonics.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>1) THE SONICS—<em>Here are the Ultimate Sonics </em></strong><br />No history of punk would be complete without a bow to Tacoma’s Sonics, who, in 1964 and 1965, anticipated the whole thing on two LPs worth of crazed noise before terminal obscurity set it. Amid a spastic frenzy of riffs lifted from Chuck Berry and lots of demented screaming, the Sonics ravaged the classics of rock and roll. They also came up with three twisted originals: “Witch,” “Psycho” and “Strychnine” indicated that when they weren’t pillaging rock’s roots, they were seeking inspiration from comics and bad horror flicks—all this an easy 10 years before the Ramones had similar ideas. This compilation includes two albums, alternate versions and some live cuts as well. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/mc5-kickoutthejams.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>2) MC5—<em>Kick out the Jams</em> </strong><br />Back when punk was something you didn’t want to end up becoming in jail, these boys thundered out of Detroit with a live record inspired by Motown, free jazz and drag racing that spit high-energy guitar scree in the face of all that laid-back Sixties hippie rock. As defiant as a molotov cocktail, the original pressing of the album included the word “motherfucker” and even had liner notes that called for a revolution based on “smoking dope and fucking in the streets.”</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/thestooges.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>3) IGGY AND THE STOOGES—<em>The Stooges</em> </strong><br />Iggy Pop hasn’t made a record worth listening to in years, but back in 1969 his band virtually invented punk on this, their premier outing. It’s all here: the bad attitude, the three chords and the mind-and-body-in-the-gutter-imagination. From the dead-eyed desperation of “1969” to the twisted sexual references of “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” this lean masterpiece became a primer for the next generation of drug-addled idiot savants, proving that less was ultimately more.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/nydolls.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>4) NEW YORK DOLLS—<em>New York Dolls</em> </strong><br />Some say the New York Dolls created punk rock; others say it was the MC5 or Iggy. But in reality, the Dolls were just a poor man’s Rolling Stones in drag with more heroin and dirtier clothes. The reason they and this album remain important is because of guitarist Johnny Thunders, who created the classic punk rock lead (ultimately derived from the style of Chuck Berry) which changed the face of guitar playing forever. His haunting string bends and primal wailing live on today.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/electric-eels.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>5) ELECTRIC EELS—<em>God Says Fuck You</em> </strong><br />This slab of fear and loathing came out of Cleveland. Recorded in 1975, it is a prime example of punk’s first wails, when it was still covered in slimy afterbirth and before anybody suspected it might survive. This album features 17 primal poundings straight from the ugly subconscious, none of which were released during the band’s short life span (give it a spin and you won’t have to ask why). No venue in town would give this dangerously disturbed brat pack a gig.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/dead-boys.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>6) DEAD BOYS—<em>Young, Loud, and Snotty</em> </strong><br />The very essence of punk rock, distilled like the cheapest, nastiest rotgut you have ever imbibed. With songs like “Sonic Reducer,” “I Need Lunch,” and “Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth,” this band, with vocalist Stiv Bators and psycho guitarist Cheetah Chrome, captured the ears of the Blank Generation. The album title says it all.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/sexpistols.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>7) SEX PISTOLS—<em>Never Mind the Bollocks (Here’s the Sex Pistols)</em> </strong><br />The Sex Pistols were always scammers. Created by Malcolm McLaren to advertise his clothing store, the Pistols embodied everything the entrepreneur had learned from his brief stint as manager of the New York Dolls. But true to the best traditions of rock, the Pistols proved greater than their inspiration and made an album of raw, passionate pop tunes that foretold of the collapse of England well before all the university-trained pundits had a clue that there was no future left for that soggy isle.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/thedamned.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>8) THE DAMNED—<em>Damned Damned Damned</em> </strong><br />This one holds the honor of being the first punk album released in England. In 1977, when lumbering guitar heroes ruled the earth, the masses were blown away by the Damned’s raw speed, muscular energy and radical disregard for technique. Alas, 20 years later, the kids probably just file it away as Rolling Stones outtakes. But a true aficionado will appreciate the afterburn of this steaming load of unabashed rock as it clears their speakers.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/theclash.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <strong>9) THE CLASH—<em>The Clash</em> </strong><br />Until the Clash, punk was merely a bad attitude with no place to go, but on their 1977 debut, these working class wanabees introduced the rhetoric of class revolution into the genre and gave losers on both sides of the Atlantic something to believe in. It may have been just another defiant posture, but it was also great rock and roll. Inspired by Mick Jones’ fiery garage guitar and Joe Strummer's cockney rage, rebel anthems like “White Riot” and “London’s Burning” infused even the most passive art student with an incendiary ardor.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/thestranglers.jpg" align="left" width="116" height="116" /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><strong>10) STRANGLERS—<em>No More Heroes</em> </strong><br />Unlike most of their peers, these Brits didn’t blow their wad their first time out but left the motherlode for their sophomore effort. Always iconoclastic, the Stranglers managed to imbue this rabid late-’77 assault with a little pop flair to further hone the ironic edge of anthems like “Bring on the Nubiles” and “I Feel Like a Wog.” It all made for a great album, but also unfortunately laid the foundations for New Wave.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> <strong>11) ADVERTS—<em>Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts </em></strong><br />One of the least celebrated of punk’s class of ’77, these Brits were in reality musical primitives who made up for their lack of technical finesse with a bellyful of imagination and came up with a nearly perfect album for their trouble. Taking punk’s snotty pretensions seriously, they neither spared themselves (“One Chord Wonders”) nor their audience (“Safety in Numbers”). The Adverts are also notable for being the first punk band to have a female rhythm section, an innovation that seemed wildly radical at the time. </p> <p> <strong>12) DEVO—<em>Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!</em></strong><br />This record was to punk rock what the Residents and Captain Beefheart are to rock and roll—a deranged mutation that somehow manages to catch the essence of the genre. Devo’s music was off-the-wall and extremely catchy. Their dress style—yellow chemical suits and 3-D glasses, new standards in the art of punk-rock show biz. And the track "Gut Feeling" is as soulful as any song ever written. </p> <p> <strong>13) STIFF LITTLE FINGERS—<em>Inflammable Material</em> </strong><br />These Belfast natives put out an album that was a poppy, punky, raw-vocaled masterpiece and an utter joy to behold. Listening to it now, it sounds like everything the Clash wished they could be, but never were. Stiff Little Fingers also inspired a great number of bands to come, including the Undertones. </p> <p> <strong>14) BUZZCOCKS—<em>Singles Going Steady</em> </strong><br />Great, snappy songwriting, hilarious lyrics and tons of cool harmonies. They did great takes on teenage life that hadn’t been dealt with in such an upfront, funny way before, as with the song “Orgasm Addict.” The Buzzcocks’ sound was the predecessor for the whole Gilman Street scene in San Francisco and, by extension, most of Cali punk. </p> <p> <strong>15) THE GERMS—<em>(GI)</em> </strong><br />Darby Crash was the L.A. scene’s poster boy for the joys of self-annihilation, but then where would punk be without its share of ugly death? On this 1979, Joan Jett-produced album, which is catapulted into greatness by Pat Smear’s raging guitar, the ultimate casualty bawls and brays his way through desperately ravaged tunes like “Manimal” and “We Must Bleed,” making the need for writing a suicide note a year later utterly superfluous. </p> <p> <strong>16) GANG OF FOUR—<em>Entertainment</em> </strong><br />A very influential album with regard to what we now recognize as alternative music. With power-soaked guitar noise, angular riffs and angry, witty political lyrics, this album is the reason bands like Fugazi exist. Their second album, <em>Solid Gold</em>, was equally awesome—but after that, they completely lost it. </p> <p> <strong>17) MISFITS—<em>Misfits Walk Among Us</em> </strong><br />Fronted by Glenn Danzig, the Misfits always looked like a zombie football team—ready to crack someone's skull and eat their brains at the sound of the whistle. <em>Misfits Walk Among Us</em>, their first album, was a compilation of many of their early seven-inches, and the music and vocals influenced such major acts as Metallica, Slayer, and every other metal/punk band out there. Lyrically, they were into old movies and scary monsters. They have now returned to the punk arena (sans Danzig), proving you just can't kill a zombie. </p> <p> <strong>18) MOTORHEAD—<em>Ace Of Spades</em> </strong><br />This is the only album in history that can possibly be called the best speed metal, hardcore, punk, and heavy metal album of all time. <em>Ace Of Spades</em> is a vicious juggernaut of inspired nastiness, with despicable lyrics, Lemmy’s untouchable bass playing and more bad attitude than Pat Buchanan on PCP. </p> <p> <strong>19) PLASMATICS—<em>New Hope for the Wretched</em> </strong><br />Frontwoman Wendy O. Williams was probably best known for having the greatest rack in punk rock¬—firm, proud and mostly covered in electrical tape. The music on this album is fast and furious, and severely punk rock in the sense that, during the recording of “Dream Lover,” the band went into separate isolation booths and played simultaneously without hearing or seeing one another! And it sounds like it. </p> <p> <strong>20) X—<em>Los Angeles</em> </strong><br />On their 1980 harmonies-with-an-attitude debut, X anticipated Cali-punk by almost a decade, but they are saved from onus of being the forefathers of that genre by the sheer nastiness of songs like “Johnny Hit and Run Pauline” and “Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not.” Billy Zoom’s manic rockabilly guitar injected an extra dose of barbed frenzy into the tunes, and the Offspring would be well served checking him out the next time they’re looking to steal a winning riff. </p> <p> <strong>21) CIRCLE JERKS—<em>Group Sex</em> </strong><br />The Circle Jerks’ first record shows how a bunch of bored kids from the suburbs of California can be just as pissed off as anyone and play some real punk rock. The tracks "I Just Want Some Skank" is truly classic. </p> <p> <strong>22) DEAD KENNEDYS—<em>Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables</em> </strong><br />Undeniably the best-named band in history, the Dead Kennedys brought politics into American punk on this, their fast and furious debut. Equipped with a vox that claws its way under your skin, Jello Biafra heaped ridicule on the “father knows best” illusions of Reagan's America with an irony and incisiveness that was unfortunately lost on the legions of P.C. punks who followed in his wake. </p> <p> <strong>23) MINUTEMEN—<em>Paranoid Time</em> </strong><br />This was the first and purest expression by these San Pedro, California, cultural radicals and it really delivered on punk’s anti-pop promise with a sonic spew that only by the most liberal standards could be called songs. There are no choruses or versus here, just one minute blasts of inspired rage loosely held together by D. Boone's ranting vocals and Mike Watts’ blurting bass. The seven cuts rendered in under seven minutes on this 1980 EP are probably mistakenly credited for inspiring hardcore and are now available on CD as part of the Minuteman compilation, <em>Post-Mersh, Vol. 3</em> (SST). </p> <p> <strong>24) MINOR THREAT—<em>Minor Threat</em> </strong><br />Punk's first straight-edge band. Minor Threat, fronted by Ian MacKaye (now of Fugazi, who are on indefinite hiatus, and the Evens), defined that early hardcore Marshall stack sound, with lyrics that were truly personal, serious and not about getting fucked up at all. This record is considered a landmark in punk history, and other members of this band have since joined such acts as the Meatmen and Bad Religion. </p> <p> <strong>25) MEATMEN—<em>We're the Meatmen, and You Suck!</em> </strong><br />Originally released on Touch and Go Records, this album was as hilarious, raw and angry-as-hell now as when it was released. When lead singer Tesco Vee belted out lyrics like "Oh Mr. Tapeworm, you make my ring burn,” and “Buttocks, I love buttocks,” you knew this band meant business. The Meatmen pioneered a style that later became a major factor in the sound of hardcore. </p> <p> <strong>26) BLACK FLAG—<em>Damaged</em> </strong><br />From the first notes of “Rise Above” to Henry Rollins’ ending screams on “Damaged,” this album defined the early crossover from punk to hardcore. Every song on this album is a classic, and Greg Ginn's guitar leads set a new standard in eardrum-piercing insanity. <em>Damaged</em> is the best thing Black Flag—or Rollins, for that matter—ever did. </p> <p> <strong>27) ANGRY SAMOANS—<em>Back From Samoa</em> </strong><br />Early veterans of the L.A. punk scene, the Samoans came together to create what is now considered the funniest and most psychotic punk album of all time. With songs like “They Saved Hitler's Cock,” “Gas Chamber,” “My Old Man's a Fatso” and much more, this band injected a brand of much needed, willfully politically incorrect humor into the punk scene. </p> <p> <strong>28) CRASS—<em>Christ,the Album</em> </strong><br />The ultimate album from the ultimate English “Do it Yourself” anarcho-punk outfit originally came with a 24-page booklet of assorted political rants and a poster when it was released in ’82, but you don’t need to sit down for an evening of heavy reading to figure out where they were coming from. In every song these cockney rebels wail away at the injustices of the system, with racism, sexism and militarism all getting their just due. But what could be an hour-plus spent in strident politico hell isn’t because, while Crass may have been crude, they weren’t completely artless. Unlike their hardcore brethren on this side of the Atlantic, they paid attention to individual song structures and delivered their blows in a lively combination of styles. Strings even make an appearance on one tune. </p> <p> <strong>29) BAD RELIGION—<em>Suffer</em> </strong><br />In the face of the onslaught of their imitators, it’s easy to forget what a breath of fresh air Bad Religion was in ’88. <em>Suffer</em> broke the brutal testosterone-infused chokehold of hardcore on punk and along the way introduced a new generation to the forgotten art of writing lyrics and melodies. It also didn’t hurt that Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin knew how to balance their rage with heavy doses of intellect and weren’t such tough guys that the thought of adding a little harmony into a tune didn’t fill them with mortal terror. </p> <p> <strong>30) RAMONES—<em>RamonesMania</em> </strong><br />Clad in leather jackets and holding cheap guitars, the Ramones are the quintessential punk rock band. They, along with writers Legs McNeil and John Holstrom of <em>Punk</em> magazine, coined the term "punk rock." The music on this greatest hits/sampler album is simple, straightforward and it changed history forever. This is the Ramones at their best. Of course, you can’t go wrong with their debut, <em>Ramones</em>, either. </p> <div class="image_gallery"> <span id="adzone" style="display: none;">34</span> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/11-the_adverts_crossing.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/11-the_adverts_crossing.jpg" alt="11-the_adverts_crossing.jpg" title="11-the_adverts_crossing.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">11) ADVERTS—Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/12-devo-arewenotmen.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/12-devo-arewenotmen.jpg" alt="12-devo-arewenotmen.jpg" title="12-devo-arewenotmen.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">12) DEVO—Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/13-stifflittlefingers-inflammable-material.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/13-stifflittlefingers-inflammable-material.jpg" alt="13-stifflittlefingers-inflammable-material.jpg" title="13-stifflittlefingers-inflammable-material.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">13) STIFF LITTLE FINGERS—Inflammable Material</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/14-buzzcocks-singlesgoingsteady.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/14-buzzcocks-singlesgoingsteady.jpg" alt="14-buzzcocks-singlesgoingsteady.jpg" title="14-buzzcocks-singlesgoingsteady.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">14) BUZZCOCKS—Singles Going Steady </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/15-thegerms-gi.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/15-thegerms-gi.jpg" alt="15-thegerms-gi.jpg" title="15-thegerms-gi.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">15) THE GERMS—(GI)</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/16-gang-of-four-entertainment.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/16-gang-of-four-entertainment.jpg" alt="16-gang-of-four-entertainment.jpg" title="16-gang-of-four-entertainment.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">16) GANG OF FOUR—Entertainment</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/17-misfits-walkamongus.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/17-misfits-walkamongus.jpg" alt="17-misfits-walkamongus.jpg" title="17-misfits-walkamongus.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">17) MISFITS—Misfits Walk Among Us</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/18-motorhead-aceofspades.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/18-motorhead-aceofspades.jpg" alt="18-motorhead-aceofspades.jpg" title="18-motorhead-aceofspades.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">18) MOTORHEAD—Ace Of Spades </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/19-plasmatics-newhopeforthewretched.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/19-plasmatics-newhopeforthewretched.jpg" alt="19-plasmatics-newhopeforthewretched.jpg" title="19-plasmatics-newhopeforthewretched.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">19) PLASMATICS—New Hope for the Wretched </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/20-x-losangeles.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/20-x-losangeles.jpg" alt="20-x-losangeles.jpg" title="20-x-losangeles.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">20) X—Los Angeles</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/21-Circle_JerksGroup_Sex.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/21-Circle_JerksGroup_Sex.jpg" alt="21-Circle_JerksGroup_Sex.jpg" title="21-Circle_JerksGroup_Sex.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">21) CIRCLE JERKS—Group Sex </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/22-deadkennedys-freshfruit.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/22-deadkennedys-freshfruit.jpg" alt="22-deadkennedys-freshfruit.jpg" title="22-deadkennedys-freshfruit.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">22) DEAD KENNEDYS—Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/23-minutemen-paranoid-time.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/23-minutemen-paranoid-time.jpg" alt="23-minutemen-paranoid-time.jpg" title="23-minutemen-paranoid-time.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">23) MINUTEMEN—Paranoid Time</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/24-minor_threat.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/24-minor_threat.jpg" alt="24-minor_threat.jpg" title="24-minor_threat.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">24) MINOR THREAT—Minor Threat </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/25-meatmen-werethemeatmen.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/25-meatmen-werethemeatmen.jpg" alt="25-meatmen-werethemeatmen.jpg" title="25-meatmen-werethemeatmen.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">25) MEATMEN—We're the Meatmen, and You Suck! </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/26-blackflag-damaged.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/26-blackflag-damaged.jpg" alt="26-blackflag-damaged.jpg" title="26-blackflag-damaged.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">26) BLACK FLAG—Damaged</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/27-angrysamoans-back.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/27-angrysamoans-back.jpg" alt="27-angrysamoans-back.jpg" title="27-angrysamoans-back.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">27) ANGRY SAMOANS—Back From Samoa </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/28-crass-christthealbum.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/28-crass-christthealbum.jpg" alt="28-crass-christthealbum.jpg" title="28-crass-christthealbum.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">28) CRASS—Christ, the Album </div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/29-badreligion-suffer.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/29-badreligion-suffer.jpg" alt="29-badreligion-suffer.jpg" title="29-badreligion-suffer.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">29) BAD RELIGION—Suffer</div> </div> <div class="image_body"> <div class="image_thumb"> <a href="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/images/30-ramones-mania.jpg" rel="image_gallery" class="thickbox" title=""><img src="http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imagecache/gallery_thumb/images/30-ramones-mania.jpg" alt="30-ramones-mania.jpg" title="30-ramones-mania.jpg" class="image" /></a> </div> <div class="image_caption">30) RAMONES—RamonesMania </div> </div> </div>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-7876919724212647082010-02-26T07:40:00.000-08:002010-02-26T07:52:50.568-08:00I came across <a href="http://therumpus.net/2009/03/the-editors-desk-what-it-means-to-be-a-hipster/www.myspace.com/leliabroussard" target="_blank">this beautiful, flannel wearing, songstress soon-to-be YouTube star</a> via <a href="http://www.fimoculous.com/" target="_blank">Fimoculous</a>. Here she is singing “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3OkmZMejdY&eurl=http://molls.tumblr.com/post/83668408/i-love-love-love-this-i-think-this-girl-is-so" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');" target="_blank">Hipster Bitch</a>” (that’s the name of the song!). What’s so interesting and weird about this is the mutation of the term “hipster.” According to this song, whose ramifications I can feel <a href="http://twitter.com/The_Rumpus" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/twitter.com');" target="_blank">twittering</a> across the Internets even as I write, the “Hipster Bitch” wears daisy dukes, compares her poetry to Dylan, and snorts cocaine at overpriced New York bars. I thought hipsters wore flannels, played accoustic guitar, called people out for misquoting Dylan, and posted their songs on YouTube?<br /><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gretchenrobinette/3251994715/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.flickr.com');" target="_blank">Here’s someone I thought was a “hipster”</a> at the American Apparel protest with a sign, “no more hipster scum.”</p> <p>I would like to reclaim the term and adopt all the angry young hipsters in my neighborhood. A hipster is not someone who lives in mid-town, the Marina, or the Miracle Mile (depending on your city). Hipsters don’t listen to Britney Spears. They certainly don’t wear Daisy Dukes AND snort crack. If hipsters are snorting crack, they’re doing it in their pajamas before heading out to a Flaming Lips concert. They’re on their way to a Meth problem, not business school. And they don’t want their neighborhood to resemble a shopping mall.</p> <p>I’ve often been referred to as a hipster, or an aging hipster, because I haven’t done much in the way of growing up, i.e. , holding down a job, getting married (or carrying on a successful relationship), And because <span style="text-decoration: underline;">60's style Laural Canyon clothing</span>. But I like hipsters. Recently the word hipster is starting to take on new meaning, and I want to take it back.</p> <p>If, like me, you were born between 1961 and 1977, and you still think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_%28album%29" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" target="_blank"><em>Teenage Riot</em></a> by Sonic Youth is THE perfect album, then you are a member of Generation X. You probably remember the kids in college wearing tie-dyes, sitting cross-legged on top of the table in the cafe reading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Here_Now_%28book%29" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" target="_blank">Baba Ram Dass</a>, and listening to “classic rock.” Those kids wanted to be part of an earlier generation, the boomer generation, but they were too late. Their generation came and went right about the time they were born. They rejected the sullen individuality of Gen X.</p> <p>Well, those twenty-somethings that we call hipsters, they are that version of us, our version of the twenty-year-old wearing a tie-dye in 1990. Hipsters are Generation X, but they were born too late. Hipsters reject being called hipsters because they don’t like to be grouped. To assign a collective consciousness is an assault on individuality. But hipsters don’t want to be millennials or “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Y" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" target="_blank">Generation Y</a>.” And who can blame them? Who would want to be part of a generation that <em>likes</em> being <a href="http://therumpus.net/2009/02/the-editors-desk-f-pop-culture/" target="_blank">told what music to listen to</a>? Who would choose <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=474257" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.thestranger.com');" target="_blank">Britney Spears</a> over <a href="http://therumpus.net/2009/03/advice-from-frank-black/" target="_blank">Paul Weller</a>?</p> <p>Here are some traits of Generation X, shared by hipsters:</p> <p>More than anything we hate to be marketed to, that’s why our hero appeared on the cover of <em>Rolling Stone</em> wearing a t-shirt that said Corporate Magazines Still Suck.<a href="http://therumpus.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/corporate_magazines_still_suck.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-11248 alignleft" title="corporate_magazines_still_suck" src="http://therumpus.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/corporate_magazines_still_suck.jpg" alt="corporate_magazines_still_suck" width="270" height="324" /></a> We’re suspicious of corporate America (with good reason). We don’t like to join groups. We usually don’t like anything once it’s become popular (which is a dumb and lame way of looking at the world, but no <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_%28statistics%29" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" target="_blank">cohort</a> is perfect). We don’t like to spend a lot of money on clothes that make us look like everybody else. We shop in thrift stores or, if we’re rich, we buy expensive clothes that look like they were bought in thrift stores. We listen to music that was created by an artist, as opposed to music that is created by a marketing team and assigned to the next hot young vacuum. We take huge pleasure in finding great art no one’s heard of before.</p> <p>The girl <a href="http://molls.tumblr.com/post/83668408/i-love-love-love-this-i-think-this-girl-is-so" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/molls.tumblr.com');" target="_blank">in this video</a> singing about the Hipster Bitch, is herself the hipster. The boy protesting the chain-store moving onto Valencia Street is a hipster. We shouldn’t let “hipster” (or “aging hipster”) become a bad word the way “liberal” became a bad word. It’s time we embrace the term, though perhaps doing so would be too much like joining a group, or starting a movement.</p>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-73398389100022191282010-01-22T07:23:00.000-08:002010-01-22T07:25:50.623-08:00If you want to hear what I am spinning<span style="font-family:arial;">My internet </span>Radio Station<br />www.http://blip.fm/POWERPOP78<br /><http: fm="" powerpop78=""></http:>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664156593574855994.post-60548953220848775782010-01-22T04:53:00.000-08:002010-01-22T04:59:46.806-08:00JOB LOSS AND DEPRESSION<span style="font-family: arial;">There are thousands of people out of work and it's so very sad. I was told by someone that for every job posting there are over 700 resumes coming in as soon as the post go up. What really makes me sad is there are people with degrees from some of the best colleges in the nation applying for entry level positions. I blame all of this on the Bush years and all of the mini internet millionaires who flashed there money and IPO's around like Starbucks coffee. What will happen to the youth who are now leaving college an entering the working world. Such a sad state we are in. My suggestion to the youth of today is take advantage for starting you own business. Be creative and don't fallow bandwagon trends.<br /></span>POWERPOP78http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942735719180039814noreply@blogger.com0