Realities of War

One of the most iconic record covers. Discharge - Realities of War. February 1980. Photographer took a pic of the band but the singer didn't want his face on the record so he turned around. They cropped the photo and here's the cover. How many kids did up jackets after seeing this. And the music was ferocious.

Damnation of the deer

Saw Fontaines D.C. on Monday night at the Ogden Theater. Good show, they were tight. The guitar player switched guitars every single song, his tech was running the whole night. No hello's or anything, straight gig in a small town feel, but they played well. Rythym guitar looked a lot like Strummer and the singer had an Ian Curtis thing going on. The crowd was surprisingly mostly close to my age.... heh. Older for sure. I'm only once through the new record but it's

like the more serious tone of Hero's Death rather than Dogrel. Sounding closer to the Murder Capital and Iceage I think. Moody and dark, so right up my alley.

Holey Moley

Well, I for one love the stupid TV Show Holey Moley. Mini golf, silly double entendres, and generaly goofiness. I am also a Muppets fan, mostly for the nostalgia aspect of being a kid and seeing them live on TV when I was young. However the new season of Holey Moley deviates from this pattern, no dumb jokes and all my Muppets voices are dead (I am assuming). The "new" Muppets seem to be souless shadows of days past, and that's OK. But the two should not be married, what a poor decision from the network.