Most people are conned by TRICKS, and I mean that in a few ways. They are duped by VANITY into believing that HUGE, VIRTUOSO, MASTURBATORY displays of skill (and technique) are powerful, and thereby meaningful. Kids see a 30-stair 360 flip and are all, “Ohhhh my godddd.” Fucking guitar jammer #9743 rips some alien surfer shit and moms around the globe wet themselves. The White House moron machine spews out Hollywood fairy tales and the masses scream for more. I’ll take one beautifully timed carve on a fucking driveway. One three-line poem that lays it out clean and with conviction. A single-note guitar drone with some GODDAMN REAL FEELING. One decent, compassionate ACTION in REAL, FUCKING LIFE to a whole VIRTUAL WORLD of TALKING TALKING TALKING.
Pure X’s Michael P. McGregor on conviction
Chris Cubbison – Some of that Purrp (See to Believe)
I did this last week while visiting family in Santa Cruz. Most of the song is built on recorded live samples, my voice, hitting blocks of wood against each other.
Ian MacKaye on Fugazi and his Goals
“Ultimately, I know what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. I’m trying to be a construction worker. I’m trying to make things. If people are not interested in that, fine. I just don’t give a damn. Truth is, right now two bombs could drop out of the sky and blow up this house and whatever building you’re in and just obliterate Dischord and Pitchfork. And there’ll be some people crying, there’ll be some slow singing, but for 99% of the world, it won’t even affect the fly on their soup. Most of the world never have, or ever will hear of me, Fugazi, or Pitchfork. Right now, someone just got killed in Ukraine. Do you feel any different?”
Chief Trud – Cloud Hall / 1 Year
After the Range Rover show at the Casbah in San Diego at the beginning of the month, Austin and John ventured over to visit Cody in New York. While they were there, Austin recorded these two songs as Chief Trud. Check em out
Triptides Live @ Cubbfest
Download the Triptides Live at Cubbfest album for free at their bandcamp.
Range Rover – Tunnel
Here’s a video of us playing “Tunnel” at the San Diego Casbah from the 3rd of November. Check out Range Rover’s Bandcamp page.
“Do Read”
404, bass, samples of David Foster Wallace. I’ll be uploading more very soon.
