ahe's been readin' the rong adult books
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
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.
― nickn, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
it was better before, before they voted for what's-his-name.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
She had to leave...Los Angeles!
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
when I was fifteen years old in Florida
mmhmm
― waved my hands in the air (problems solved) (Hunt3r), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
Aging X fans outraged at a x-punk expressing love for freedoms of various sorts.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
(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_, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
Number of Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population:
California 7.7Texas 11.0
welp, at least they die politely
― waved my hands in the air (problems solved) (Hunt3r), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
I'm 56 and still not afraid, but I understand the desire to left alone by the gov't and strangers in general.
― nickn, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link
x fans alarmed by exene's positions on certain matters had best avoid reading about billy zoom's positions on certain matters.
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:56 (ten years ago) link
Best avoid Exene's YouTube channel of conspiracy videos too: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5jzBhmqPI2n62s2-dyf1bw
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Going by my nearest and dearest, it's 57. (sorry nickn)
― WilliamC, Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
i'll let you know for sure after february 19, but i'm guessing 46.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
A+ lol, fcc!
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:38 (ten years ago) link
Nah not 46 afaict.
― waved my hands in the air (problems solved) (Hunt3r), Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:49 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 February 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
― nickn, Saturday, 15 February 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
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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
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 15 February 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
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?
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:45 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
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.
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
^last two posts are so otm
― waved my hands in the air (problems solved) (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
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.
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:10 (ten years ago) link
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.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
The Knitters record actually happened during the ALG-era.
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
haha that's what I get for guessing at my age
― sleeve, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
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
― sleeve, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
Under the Big Black Sun is the one I reach for the most. But the first three (ish) are all pretty ace.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
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.
yes! though maybe now that the nbc universal building in studio city is becoming the comcast building, more such complaints will follow.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
(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.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
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.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link
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.
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
She had nothing but love onstage for Harry & Blondie when I saw X open for them recently
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
Great documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AHW4I_WO0
― that's not my post, Sunday, 31 August 2014 07:19 (nine years ago) link
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.
― il balletto da bronx, yo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 08:21 (nine years ago) link
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.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 04:46 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 5 September 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 September 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
BigO has the "More Fun" show from NYC posted.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 6 September 2014 05:31 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 September 2014 10:43 (nine years ago) link
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.
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 25 September 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
It's Billy Zoom that turns X from a good to a great band, one of the best of the era.
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 25 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Shared by the band page on FB: Beach Party X!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=SJuirtVUHW4&app=desktop
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 March 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
I saw Penelope S. stating somewhere that all the Decline of Western Civilization movies are gonna be released on dvd, blue-ray, etc
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, Shout! Factory is putting out a box with all three movies, bonus interviews and performances, commentary track from Dave Grohl, etc., etc., at the end of June.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 27 March 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
I guess Grohl comments will help sell it
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 28 March 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link