I got the teaching assignment I wanted for the Fall! I will be teaching an Art Class this time! Everything’s turning up Milhouse…
Month: July 2010
Look, I’m having a Friday!
Apparently, I’m really bad at Scrabble. And Trivial Pursuit. And every other game that other people like.
Woah. This could be cool.
https://www.avclub.com/articles/nick-cave-brought-in-to-awesome-up-the-crow-reboot,43545/
Just because I’m on vacation, doesn’t mean there can’t be radio.
https://acronyminc.blogspot.com/
Just because I’m on vacation, doesn’t mean there can’t be radio.
https://acronyminc.blogspot.com/
Any Seattle-area folk I haven’t had a chance to hang with? I’m here for another week…
Woah. Lazy Sunday.
Sometimes, the universe amazes me.
Yawn. Sleeping in is… weird.
Another Day, Another Breakfast.
Finally got the links sorted out for Saturday’s show. I will be out of two for two weeks, so there are four retrocasts this week, too. Enjoy!
https://acronyminc.blogspot.com/
will be in Washington for the next two weeks. If you are in the Seattle area, and want to hang, you know who I am.
Now the question remains: what will I accidentally forget to bring with me?
I think I’m almost packed.
I need a checklist.
Another day, another download.
When I have all the free time in the world it’s a drag. When I’m busy as fuck it’s a drag. Hello, happy medium? Hello?
The gap by which the distance between myself and my friends is measured uses increments like, “Children,” “Wedding,” “Long-Term Partners,” “Careers,” “Buying A House,” and, “So, has anyone here read the new Mike Mignola Comic?”
Sometimes, I think about the jobs I’ve had over the years, and I burst into uncontrollable laughter for about 3 days solid.
The Greatest Album Cover Ever Made
We’ve got it all, on UHF.
The Greatest Album Cover Ever Made
https://acronyminc.blogspot.com/
wishes he could afford to see Quintron on Wednesday.
Three different shows to choose from! The possibilites are endless…
https://acronyminc.blogspot.com/
Torn between the FB comments I want to make, and the ones that are Nice and Friendly.
Tomorrow on Blasphuphmus Radio (1 PM on kpsu.org), it’s a veritable D&D Fantasy as I bring you: METAL. Comment your requests.
Where am I? What’s happening? What’s going on? Who are you?
I’m looking for someone to trade some design work with. I need some business cards. Any takers?
It’s all come horribly true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Barley
wishes the Melvins were playing Portland.
“Hey ho, it’s easy, let it go / Where nothing before was real.”
“When blastoff day finally arrives, will you
be among the hot ’60s-looking girls to wish Space Captainface a
safe voyage? And if not, how come?”
How cool is this? We used to make such excellent movies in this country… what happened?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_(film)
Devolutionary Tactics
Devo – Something For Everybody
Warner Bros. Records. 2010.
Devolution is a painful process for many bands, often slipping into a period of releasing a series of bad records before descending into self-parody and, yikes, Greatest Hits Tours. It happens to the best of them, and in many cases, the successes of the past aren’t even enough to make up for the sins of today. Starting out great is often the worst career move a band can make, with the full knowledge that it only gets worse from then on out.
Fortunately for Devo, this isn’t a problem. Self-Parody was part of the initial concept. While little should be said of their last two albums – in some ways, unforgivable even by Devo standards – they were the evidence cited by most everyone that it was the end of their all-too brief career. However, their recent adoption of Greatest Hits Tours (complete with critiques of the conceits and conventions of Greatest Hits Tours) worked perfectly for their particular brand of musical repartee, and the occasional new song surfaced for compilation albums and other assorted appearances. However, even this fan was not expecting this, an entirely new album of songs that – what’s this? – are not that bad? Say what?
Leave it to Devo to surprise me yet again. Not only is this album 88% Focus Group Approved (assumedly a reference to the fan voting system they had on the clubdevo.com website), but the songs are catchy. The guitars are prominent, and the synths are dancey and appropriate. Rather than embrace the pop conventions of now (the knife that slit the throats of Smooth Noodle Maps and Total Devo), they stick to what they’re good at historically, which is off-kilter social commentary, strange New Wave ballads, and an affinity for strange costumes and pseudo-narratives for the players in the story of Devo.
While I cannot say that this will ever enter into the realm of being my favorite Devo album, my initial fears were entirely dissipated after hearing “Later Is Now,” “Don’t Shoot (I’m A Man),” and even “Mind Games.” There are a few low moments, as can be expected. “No Place Like Home,” sort of plods and drones, getting lost when it tries to be profound, and the lyrics aren’t as sharp as the rest of the record. (While leading a track with a strong piano part might seem like a good idea, it just doesn’t translate on headphones.) And some of the other lyrics dance around in that area that seems poignant at first, but loose their punch after a couple listens.
Still, if that is the worst this album offers, then it is definitely a return to form for these lovely Akron weirdoes. The fact I want to listen to it a few times in a row is an excellent sign that things are improving for these devolutionary heroes, and that alone makes me excited. A change of clothing can sometimes set a new tone for someone who has been stuck in a rut, and the new jumpsuits and masks are a sure sign that things are changing for the better. Not that they were in any danger of loosing this fan, but if future efforts are this good, I’ll even take back some of the things I said about the two “mistakes” in my record collection.
Deal?
I feel sloth coming on. Wondering if I should embrace the sin.
Review of the new Devo album. What’s this? I like it?
http://kpsu.org/node/34064
Ah, that new Radio-Station Lobby smell. Smells like… radio.
Special 4th Podcast: a Retrocast from 2007. Enjoy.
http://archive.kpsu.org/station/archives/34059
Heroes and Villains on this weeks show. I even let Marvel Comics have their fives minutes, too.
http://kpsu.org/node/34049
What is this stupid big grin doing on my face? It’s so… unfamiliar.
Superheroes and Villians on Blasphuphmus Radio at 1 PM (kpsu.org). Make sure to comment your requests for, “Who Was That Masked Man?”
Tomorrow, on Blasphuphmus Radio at 1 PM on KPSU: Who Was That Masked Man? Comment your suggestions, and TUNE IN!
“You internet types ruined Trogdor! Just like you did zombies, pirates, ninjas, and Strong Bad!”
How can I work so much and make so little?
At The Tube 30 June, 2010
Ain’t it the truth.
Still Obsessed with this song. I should probably stop listening to it every day, but I can’t. Not yet, anyway.
Also: The Vanguard (PSU’s paper) ran a story, too.
http://www.dailyvanguard.com/kpsu-loses-am-signal-1.2277615
The Mercury just ran a print story about KPSU’s situation.
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/the-day-the-music-died/Content?oid=2641663