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  • The bit that you skip #253: Red House Painters – Lord Kill The Pain

    When I was a kid, I had this uncle who was a bit of a hero to everyone. He made the greatest parties, he always had a quick smile with a wink, could make the best drinks, and always made you laugh. The entire family was always there for gatherings at his massive house in…

  • The bit that you skip #252: VAST – Free

    The randomness of getting to know a band is always fascinating. Maybe you got a YouTube recommendation. Maybe you had a song in your head and through the magic of searching, you stumble upon that earworm from years before. Sometimes you find a band through another band. In 2002, I was obsessed with American McGee’s…

  • The bit that you skip #251: Live – Lakini’s Juice

    A tragic song doesn’t necessarily have to be a slow song. Lakini’s Juice always felt like a song rooted in utter destruction, which I’ve always understood being self-control. Once there’s no barrier, wanton overwhelms our protagonist. The video seems to confirm it and I know a few places banned it. The busybody pearl clutchers from…

  • The bit that you skip #250: Peter Gabriel – Mercy Street

    Peter Gabriel always felt like “the guy with funny videos who went serious”. Blame it on the MTV megahit Sledgehammer. Or the lesser known follow up, Steam. Both songs have trippy, technically deft videos that sort of damage the song from my viewpoint. The songs are great, that’s a fact, but the videos seem to…

  • The bit that you skip #249: Pink Floyd – Pigs (Three Different Ones)

    The previous post I wrote for Sloucher got me a warning from the AI censorbots from threads. Apparently, the cover art from Those Darlins counts as “sex solicitation”, or so says threads, who don’t even have a button to reply, just a few kafkian options and none applies to “the album has a cover with…

  • The bit that you skip #248: Those Darlins – Optimist

    Many years ago, American Laundromat, an american Indie label, got in touch. They’ve read my constant bigging up of Repo Man and they had a tribute album to the film. I got a review copy and was happily surprised on the new takes on songs I’ve loved since I was a kid. Repo Man is…

  • The bit that you skip #247: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Ballad of the mighty i

    Recently I checked my last.fm stats and found a curious factoid: I’ve listened to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds thrice the time that I’ve listened to Oasis in the last 5 years. It figures, as I’ve grown apart from Oasis, and honestly, the second half of their career has a scarcity of great ideas. I’ve…

  • The bit that you skip #246: Stiltskin – Inside

    I love writing. I’ve been writing since I was a kid, but only got “serious” around ’94, when I started fervently listening to music, both on CD and tape. I wasn’t too keen on popular music for the longest of time due to bully issues in primary school, but once I got free of those…

  • The bit that you skip #245: Simply Red – Fairground

    “His music’s rubbish, and he’s ginger” declares God (maybe?) at the end of 24 Hour Party People to Tony Wilson. Both portrayed by Steve Coogan. It’s a film I love but I always felt the hate for Mick Hucknall was a bit excessive. Part of the joke, I guess? Simply Red isn’t a bad band.…

  • The bit that you skip #244: Waylon Jennings – Are you sure Hank done it this way?

    “We could never find Waylon” joked Willie Nelson on his VH1 Storyteller session with Johnny Cash. Ghost Riders in the Sky had just finished, and for my money, it’s the best version out there. Waylon Jennings always had a reputation, akin to being the Keith Moon of Country. Between the alcohol, the drugs, and the…