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oh didn't read the whole thing obv

jerry brown being governor has nothing to do with libraries being open on sundays, I don't think? are libraries open on sundays? I don't think ours are.

Only central branch libraries are open on Sunday in Texas.

ahe's been readin' the rong adult books

x-p I don't understand.

She goes from specific good things (balanced budget, libraries open) to vague right-wing scare talk. Fight *who* to *survive* what? Which rights? Did California have open carry rights in 1976? (Answer: No.)

And the last part of the quote above sounds like she wants to die in a gunfight on main street.

Is there a specific age at which you become afraid of everything? 'Cause I'm in my 40s already, so if it's creeping up on me I'd like to know.

it was better before, before they voted for what's-his-name.

She had to leave...Los Angeles!

when I was fifteen years old in Florida

mmhmm

Aging X fans outraged at a x-punk expressing love for freedoms of various sorts.

(No I'm not a libertarian but the erosion of liberties and rights I care about in the U.S. in general has me more than a little angry.)

Number of Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population:

California 7.7
Texas 11.0

welp, at least they die politely

I'm 56 and still not afraid, but I understand the desire to left alone by the gov't and strangers in general.

x fans alarmed by exene's positions on certain matters had best avoid reading about billy zoom's positions on certain matters.

Best avoid Exene's YouTube channel of conspiracy videos too: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5jzBhmqPI2n62s2-dyf1bw

Is there a specific age at which you become afraid of everything? 'Cause I'm in my 40s already, so if it's creeping up on me I'd like to know.

Going by my nearest and dearest, it's 57. (sorry nickn)

Is there a specific age at which you become afraid of everything? 'Cause I'm in my 40s already, so if it's creeping up on me I'd like to know.

i'll let you know for sure after february 19, but i'm guessing 46.

it was better before, before they voted for what's-his-name.

A+ lol, fcc!

Nah not 46 afaict.

then i've got at least another year before i go from "afraid of 94% of everything" to "afraid of 100% of everything."

this is a relief.

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Aging X fans outraged at a x-punk expressing love for freedoms of various sorts.

― _Rudipherous_, Friday, February 14, 2014 11:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(No I'm not a libertarian but the erosion of liberties and rights I care about in the U.S. in general has me more than a little angry.)

― _Rudipherous_, Fri

Exene only cares for freedom in a Rand Paul kind of way. Gun rights have not exactly been restricted much in the US. Exene doesn't seem to care about women's rights in Texas

Hey! FCC! This must be the first time you have encountered someone saying that l.a. isn't as good as it used to be, right?

i heard johnny hit and run paulene earlier today. it's lost none of it's power, or power to shock.

great band. i've never bought the follow up to los angeles, which i think is wild gift. worth it?

Everything from Los Angeles through More Fun in the New World is worth your time. The third album, Under the Big Black Sun, is particularly underrated IMO. More Fun is where diminishing returns start to set in—the energy level dips a lot (though the cover of Jerry Lee Lewis's "Breathless" is fantastic) and there are too many weird/arty songs. Then they try to go radio-friendly hard rock on Ain't Love Grand (which was also recorded while John and Exene were splitting, so it's a love/hate album) and get rootsy & dull on See How We Are.

x-p

Wild Gift is very good too, and I like Under the Big Black Sun. It was the ones after that I was less and less thrilled with.

^last two posts are so otm

Yeah, See How We Are was the first one I was actually disapponted with, made worse by the fact that it was the first CD I ever bought.

I was a total wide eyed fanboy and man the 1-2 punch of the Wild Thing 12" followed by Ain't Love Grand just broke my heart, fortunately the Knitters record happened a few years later.

I just saw them back in December, they were very good and Billy Zoom was loud as fuck.

The Knitters record actually happened during the ALG-era.

haha that's what I get for guessing at my age

I only remember it from later on, cuz it was all we had to listen to that wasn't classic X until See How We Are came out

I picked up the Knitters album last year, great fun!

I concur with the comments about the first 4. The "Beyond And Back" anthology is also worth having for alt/live versions and the best bits from the weak albums.

Under the Big Black Sun is the one I reach for the most. But the first three (ish) are all pretty ace.

the first three, and three-quarters of the fourth, are all fab. the first knitters album is fab (there was a followup like 20 years later, which i don't think i've heard). i heard "burning house of love" on the radio today and it was kinda meh. speaking of meh, i also heard "i'll be you" on the radio today, same station obvi. kind of a meh day for '80s amerindie on the radio.

Hey! FCC! This must be the first time you have encountered someone saying that l.a. isn't as good as it used to be, right?

yes! though maybe now that the nbc universal building in studio city is becoming the comcast building, more such complaints will follow.

(i also quite like the single "country at war," from their 1993 attempt at a comeback album, hey zeus, though i recall the rest of the album not being very good.

I saw them on tour supporting Hey Zeus. Tony Gilkyson on guitar instead of Billy Zoom, which was disappointing. But they opened with "The Hungry Wolf," which fucking ruled.

The "Beyond And Back" anthology is also worth having for alt/live versions and the best bits from the weak albums.

OTM. The first albums pack the hardest punch but I'm also partial to the demo versions of some of their later tunes, 4th of July and See How We Are in particular, on the Beyond & Back anthology.

Beyond And Back also has that live track prefaced by Exene telling a story about Debbie Harry giving her the cold shoulder when they met earlier in the day.

She had nothing but love onstage for Harry & Blondie when I saw X open for them recently

Great documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AHW4I_WO0

Hey thanks for posting that, I'd never seen it before and it's great. The sequence where they're moving the building through LA streets on a flatbed truck while "The Unheard Music" (the song) plays is amazing.

Also wish there was a full hour of John and Exene singing old country songs in their living room.

That sequence with the building moving through the streets of LA is insane. Some of it appears to have been filmed from inside the building ... had to know someone to get those shots.

The original lineup is playing the first four albums over four nights in Chicago this week, anyone seen them recently? They're playing "More Fun in the New World" tonight, wish I could go but it seems to be sold out.

Was going to go last night but didn't. I'm sure it's fine. Sad to hear Exene has been doubling down on her conspiracy theories and rants, at least online.

BigO has the "More Fun" show from NYC posted.

We saw them last week. Strongly suggest seeing them in their current pseudo-acoustic configuration. At least one-third of the set were songs I've never seen them play live ever - think the dive into the back catalog has reinvigorated them. John/Exene sounding great. No black helicopters.

My X story...I was never really into them that much, I liked some of the songs but the albums never did much for me. I certainly didn't hate them or anything but I was always a bit confused when people would talk about how they're such a great band, etc, etc. I always thought John Doe was cool, Exene was cool, but X, I just did not get. At all.

My wife, however, was (remains) a huge fan. So in 2009 she bought us tickets to the see Knitters and I was all "eh, ok I'll go".

About three notes into the first song, I got it. Completely. All of sudden everything about them made sense. I went for being "whatever" to fan boy in an instant. It just took me forever to get to that point.

Those first three records are fucking perfect. I listen to them all the time. We saw X a few yrs ago, totally awesome live. I would go see them again in a heartbeat.

It's Billy Zoom that turns X from a good to a great band, one of the best of the era.

Shared by the band page on FB: Beach Party X!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=SJuirtVUHW4&app=desktop