Hi, I’m Meathead.  As part of my ongoing quest to “edutain” (that’s a combination of “educate” and “entertain”) you people who come here to read about The Duke Spirit and get pissed off whenever you see I’ve posted something, I’ve collaborated with the hip musical group Color Me Badd to create an informative video about fecal incontinence.  That’s a fancy medical term for “crapping all over the place, not just for fun, but because your anus is broken.”  It can happen to you!  Not to me, though, thank god.   Gross.

Sorry if I made anyone upset with my last post about Radiohead.  I honestly didn’t mean to be so hard on them, seeing as how they did have some decent songs back in the 90’s.   Sure, In Rainbows may have been a complete and utter disappointment, but that certainly doesn’t mean that Radiohead doesn’t have at least one more hit in them before they’re crushed to death under the weight of their own self-importance.   I should have chosen my words a little more carefully, as we all know that Radiohead fans are an emotionally fragile bunch, and I’d hate to be responsible for yet another mass suicide.  So please accept my most sincere apologies for my lack of sensitivity.  Buddyhead deserves better.

While I’m throwing sorries around,  I’d also like to apologize to the guy who pointed out my lack of research when writing about that Provigil ad banner a couple of weeks ago.   Oh shit, busted!  I thought I could get away with it, but Inspector DZK is on the case.  Thanks for setting me straight, dude.  I bet you’re a real hit at parties.  And you’re right, Buddyhead readers don’t come here for that shit.  They come here to read the infamous gossip page watch Raconteurs videos.  In that spirit, I thought I’d talk about a video I saw on the internet today.

I log on to MySpace every now and then, mainly so they won’t delete my account for inactivity or some bullshit like that.   Inevitably, as soon as I get there, I see a plug for some new horrible flavor-of-the-week hipster band that is apparently all the rage right now but nobody will give a shit about by the time you’re done reading this sentence.  Usually I just ignore them — I mean, what’s the point of looking at hipsters if you’re not able to reach out and physically strangle them?  Maybe the next Firefox update will let me do that, but in the meantime, my only options are to A) log out of MySpace and lock myself in the closet, or B) buy some piano wire and go for a walk down Vermont Ave.

For reasons known only to the Lord Jesus Christ, I let my masochistic curiosity get the best of me this time and clicked on the latest piece of shit that MySpace is telling me to like.  It’s a video by some group with the oh-so-ironically retro-cool name “Crystal Castles.”  Yeah, Crystal Castles was an Atari game from the early 80’s.  I played it for about five minutes once, then turned it off because it was fucking retarded, and I played some Zaxxon instead.  I would bet a substantial amount of money that there’s an indie hipster band somewhere out there with that name too.  Hopefully DZK, the official Buddyhead fact-checker, will drop by soon to let us know.  Or what about Jungle Hunt?  Anybody remember that game?  Anybody want to start a band called that?

Even more idiotic than the band’s name is the name of this particular song: “Courtship Dating.”  Are you kidding me?  What in the fuck kind of dumb-ass title is that?  The kind that makes me want to click on the link just so I can have something to regret later.  So I did.  And I do.  For a brief moment as the video was loading, I felt a little guilty.  Maybe I was being unfair by judging them so harshly before even giving them a chance.  Who knows, maybe they’re actually really talented!  Maybe I was wrong about them!

Nope, I was right.  You know those songs that start out sounding kind of cool, like it’s building up to something interesting, and then it makes a hard left and immediately starts hemorrhaging gallon after gallon of suck as you frantically scramble to find the button to turn it off?   Well, “Courtship Dating” isn’t one of them.  It blows chunks right from the get-go.  Oh, what’s this?  Retro-sounding 8-bit noises?  No fucking way!  That’s so unexpected and innovative!  Like, it totally takes me back to when I was a kid with my Commodore 64, and I have fond memories of that (even though, let’s be honest, it was a piece of shit), so naturally I’ll just transfer these warm, fuzzy feelings of nostalgia onto “Courtship Dating” and enjoy that too!  I’ll ignore the fact that I can’t understand one goddamned word this dumb girl is “singing,” because I’m just so enthralled by those Nintendo-esque arpeggios!

One thing I can say in favor of this heaping helping of audio/visual tragedy is that, at least, the quality of the video is on pretty much the same level as the quality of the so-called music.  They put about as much effort into making an interesting visual accompaniment as I put into heating up a Pop-Tart.  Actually, no, fuck that, I make damn good Pop-Tarts.

It all begins with Lil’ Miss Poser in a dark room with a strobe light, half-heartedly mouthing along to the non-words that someone actually allowed her to record in a studio, while some shithead in a Slayer t-shirt (seriously? Slayer?) pretends to be rocking out with some unidentifiable object that resembles a large toothbrush.  I can only imagine that this is something they thought other people would actually enjoy watching.  This goes on for roughly 40 seconds, and then we’re treated to a shot of them performing live in front of their eight fans, accompanied by an extremely brief noise interlude that, quite frankly, is the only part of the entire song that even approaches vaguely resembling interesting.  Then it’s back to more of the same strobe light shit.  Thankfully, the question “Could this music video possibly be any less enjoyable?” is finally answered.

The answer is a resounding “YES!”  First we get another moment of pointless-as-everything-else noise (sorry, it might have worked once, but twice is pushing it), and then WOW!  It’s poser-girl standing around in the kitchen eating something.  I wish it were my excrement — maybe someday!  I mean, don’t get me wrong, I don’t condone violence, especially against women, but am I the only one who gets the uncontrollable urge to beat her with a shovel just from looking at her?  I bet she likes The Killers.  Oh look, she’s drinking a can of Pepsi!  Yeah, that’s something I really want to sit and watch for an extended period of time!  Maybe she’ll defrost the freezer next! Could I please watch her cook some ramen for three minutes?  That’s what I call compelling entertainment.

Instead we get some more self-gratifying live footage and some “hey look at us, we’re out on the road touring” footage.  Honestly, this is the most unsettling thing about this video.  The thought that someone may have actually gone out of their way to see these losers, and possibly even paid for admission, causes me the kind of physical pain that can only be dulled by hard liquor and possibly an Oxycontin or two.   Then again, maybe they’re just the openers, and the audience is just humoring them while awaiting the headlining act.   I can’t really take comfort in that idea, though, because what band worth a shit would want these guys to open for them?  Goddamn it.

I guess this is the kind of stuff MySpace Tom listens to.   Look, Tom, if you want to listen to this shit in the privacy of your own home, that’s your business.  You have that right as an American (or Canadian or whatever the fuck you are).  But you really might want to keep this sort of thing to yourself.  Next thing we know, you’ll be pushing Neutral Milk Hotel on us again.

Oh, I almost forgot to share Crystal Castles - “Courtship Dating” with you guys!  How silly of me!  Here it is.  I hope it has the same effect on you as it did on me.

Hi, I’m Meathead.  I’m not 100% sure, but I think I posted on this site before at some point.  I don’t really have much of anything worthwhile to say most of the time, and today is certainly no exception, so let’s talk about Phil Collins.  Specifically the video for his supersmash ultra-megahit “Sussudio.”  I asked that guy Travis if it would be okay to write about this, and he said it was okay, so deal with it.  Actually, that’s a lie, I asked him if I could write about Billy Joel.   See, what I did there was an ancient technique known as the “bait and switch.”  Kind of like if I were to invite you over for some hot, delicious Pizza Hut pizza, and then go and punch your sister in the face.   (Just kidding, I would never do that.   Domino’s is way better.)

So, let’s get this shit over with so I can go do something else.   It’s been nearly 35 years (roughly) since Phil Collins’ “Sussudio” first sodomized our ears and, thanks to the magic of MTV, our eyes.  Many respected scholars contend that if it weren’t for Phil Collins’ “Sussudio,” the U.S. economic recession of the early 1990’s would never have occurred, and Fidel Castro would have shaved his beard and produced the Butthole Surfers’ Locust Abortion Technician album.  Way to go, Phil.

This goddamned piece of shit starts out at some lame hole-in-the-wall bar, presumably in England (because that’s where Phil Collins is from).  Sorry, I guess the proper word is “pub.”  They don’t have “bars” in England.  But I digress.  See, here’s the thing.  At the very opening of the video, Phil and his band are actually rocking the fuck out.  Fuck this 80’s corporate rock bullshit, I want to hear what they’re playing at the beginning.  It’s like they’re taunting us with the fact that they actually possess the capability to be cool, which makes the rest of the video all the more heartbreaking and, dare I say, morally reprehensible.  Shame on you, Phil Collins.  You could actually be on Buddyhead Records and touring with Shat right now (provided you include some thought-provoking lyrics about fucking our respective moms in a Ferrari), but no, you had to go all “Against All Odds” on us.  Hey, your loss.

So there they are, tearing shit up on stage, and Phil, as best as a total square like himself can, appears to be sincerely having a good time.   But, as you’ll soon discover, nobody else in the pub seems to give a fuck.  It’s kind of like that part in Back to the Future when Marty spazzes out on “Johnny B. Goode,” only to remember with embarrassment that it’s the 1950’s and they haven’t invented the devil horns yet.  Obviously Phil is ahead of his time, and none of those 80’s dorks know how to mentally process his band’s asskickery.  So what does Phil do?

I’ll tell you what Phil does.  If you pay close attention, at around the 0:33 mark, you can actually see Phil make the conscious decision to start sucking Satan’s cock.  He turns to his band and says, “Hey guys, let’s go ahead and play that song that we swore we’d never ever play in public unless we officially gave up all remaining self-respect and decided we’re not above doing anything for some quick cash.”  “Oh, you mean ‘Sussudio’?”   “Yeah, that one!  And a 1, and a 2…”

At this point, the bored pub patrons with the Flock of Seagulls hair remain unimpressed.  They’re thinking, understandably, “If we didn’t enjoy ‘(I Want To) Shit In Your Mouth’ or ‘Come Get Some VD,’ what makes you think we’ll enjoy this song either?”  But boy do they have another thing coming!  The drummer starts to kick out a beat that sounds incredibly like something from some sort of “drum machine,” and a bunch of magical black dudes in snappy white suits appear out of nowhere to form a fucking horn section.  Then comes one of the cheesiest synth riffs in the history of mankind.  Of course, since it’s the 80’s, this automatically captures the audience’s interest.  Woo!  Yeah!

While he waits for his cue to start singing, watch in awe as Phil claps in total independence of the beat and plays some wack-ass air guitar (even by air guitar standards).  His goddamned microphone has more stage presence.  But the suddenly packed house is too enraptured by the corntastic music to care.  I guess they just now noticed that he’s Phil Collins.

The rest of the video is pretty much a showcase for how cool and hip Phil is.  The audience gradually starts getting into it, and by the time the Lord mercifully allows this thing to draw to a close, they’re even doing something that vaguely resembles dancing.  Christ, that’s just depressing.  I mean, I’ve had enough drinks before to actually think “What’s Up” by Four Non-Blondes was an underrated song, but I’ve never, ever been so trashed that I’ve wanted to get down to some Phil Collins.  Okay, to be fair, I’ve never been drunk in the 80’s.  But still, I mean, really.  Don’t these people have anything better to do?  Could they not get tickets for Huey Lewis?  Are they just trying to avoid going home for some reason?  There’s no excuse for this shit, and I hope they’re all ashamed of themselves.

Sorry, I know this stuff is fairly old news by now, and I know it’s not nice to speak ill of the dead, but this video has caused me untold amounts of suffering while growing up, and I just really needed to get this off my chest.   Thanks for listening.

Big Daddy MJK emailed me this photo of himself a week ago, for reasons still unknown. Holy cow, look at that name I just dropped. You probably know who Maynard is, he’s kinda of a big deal in the music world. He’s the dude who sings for the ass kickin’ band “Tool”, who without any TV or radio play… sell MILLIONS OF ALBUMS and fill arenas where they melt people’s faces off . Yep, The Nard has seen a million faces and they’ve rocked em all.

Dude also sings for “A Perfect Circle”, the band who I forever owe because they introduced me to arena rock (and in the process - the lobster tank - RIP). Now “Puscifer” is his new endeavour into the “solo-artist” world where he’s been collaborating with everyone from Danny Lohner (the two beer drunk) to the mint Milla Jovovich (not sure what she did but it doesn’t matter cuz she’s one of the hottest girls on the planet) to Tim Alexander from Primus… What the fuck am I doing right now… I’m basically writing an ass kissing bio and I haven’t even heard this shit nor is Maynard paying me for this. Dude seriously needs to hire me to make him cooler… I’m not sure what he’s waiting for to be honest.

Anyways back to Tool… I just gotta say that if you happen to like Heavy music but for some reason or another you aren’t into Tool… Take a closer look man. Check out their record “Ænima”, it’s the “OK Computer” of metal… I know that sounds lame, but give it a shot. If you ever go see Tool live, get ready to watch their hair-whipping bass player Justin Chancellor and their basketball jersey wearing mini bar destroyer of a drummer Danny Carey SLAY!As for Puscifer, I haven’t heard the album yet (even though Josh Freese and I will did a video commentary thing which I think should be coming out on a DVD or the single “Queen B” someday) cuz Maynard has yet to mail me a copy of the record. But no matter what the Puscifer album actually sounds like, the laws of physics will prevent it from being anywhere near as rad as Tool. It’s like those lion robots in the Voltron cartoon back in the day… yeah they’re cool lion robots, but when all of em join forces they’re this massive rad giant ass kicking mega robot that’s UNSTOPPABLE!

But just based on the fact that the Puscifer album is titled “V is for Vagina”, I recommend that you buy it from Itunes by clicking here. fuck, burn me a copy dude.

Anyways, I have no idea what this photo of Maynard is all about, but I figured it’d look really good on the front of Buddyhead.com for a week or so. Do you have any idea what’s up with this photo? If so post your caption or story of the photo below. Whoever I think comes up with the best caption or has the best story for this photo gets a free item of their choice from the BUDDYHEAD ONLINE STORE @ http://merchlackey.com/buddyhead/.

Tool - “Ænima” music video

Puscife - “Country Boner” music video

Puscife - “Queen B” music video

Tool tourdates with Trans AM opening:
2007 14 Dec Las Vegas, NV US The Pearl Latest
2007 13 Dec Las Vegas, NV US The Pearl Latest
2007 11 Dec San Francisco, CA US Bill Graham Civic Latest
2007 10 Dec Los Angeles, CA US Nokia Theater Latest
2007 08 Dec Nampa, ID US Idaho Center Latest
2007 07 Dec Spokane, WA US Spokane Arena Latest
2007 05 Dec Portland, OR US Memorial Coliseum Latest
2007 04 Dec Everett, WA US Everett Events Center Latest
2007 03 Dec Missoula, MT US Adam’s Fieldhouse Latest
2007 01 Dec Victoria CANADA Save On Foods Memorial Center Latest
2007 29 Nov Kelowna CANADA Prospera Place Latest
2007 27 Nov Saskatoon CANADA Credit Union Center Latest
2007 25 Nov Billings, MT US Metrapark Arena Latest
2007 24 Nov Salt Lake City, UT US E Center Latest
2007 23 Nov Casper, WY US Casper Events Center Latest
2007 21 Nov Denver, CO US Pepsi Center Latest
2007 19 Nov Tulsa, OK US Tulsa Convention Center Latest
2007 17 Nov New Orleans, LA US New Orleans Arena Latest
2007 16 Nov Houston, TX US Toyota Center Latest
2007 14 Nov Austin, TX US Frank Erwin Center

The Warlocks have a new record out on Tee Pee Records called “Heavy Deavy Skull Lover”, which although I’m not crazy about it… it’s a good record you should buy. I know you kids today don’t know what the fuck that means, but I suggest trying it. It’s a rush that’s similar to a whippit, but i think it kills less brain cells. As for this band… I can’t help but miss the days when these guys were just shooting to be LA’s Spacemen 3, with good songs like “Shake The Dope Out”, “Baby Blue” and “Cosmic Letdown” (all on “Phoenix”). I’m not really sure what they’re trying to be now aside from sounding a lil’ high. I also feel like their song-writing has taken a backseat to some jams on this new record. Either way you slice it, I like the old shit better, but I’m still backing the new shit. The old shit is a killer blowjob but the new stuff is a hand job from a girl way out of your league. Got it? Do yourself a favor and check out The Warlocks new song “So Paranoid” below, maybe try buying the record (trying new things is good), watch the videos of the old jams I like, go see em live when they roll through your shitbox town (hopefully with Darker My Love) on tour and yell “PLAY THE HEAVY SHIT FOR ANGRY JESUS PUSSIES!” for me. They’ll be stoked, I promise.

“Shake The Dope Out” video

“Baby Blue” video

Tourdates:
11/13/07 Chop-Suey w/ Darker My Love Seattle WA
11/14/07 Doug Fir Lounge w/ Darker My Love Portland OR
11/16/07 Bottom Of The Hill w/ Darker My Love San Francisco CA
11/17/07 Troubadour w/ Darker My Love Los Angeles CA
11/22/07 Roadhouse Manchester UK
11/23/07 Fibbers York UK
11/25/07 Tunnel Vision Festival Brean Sands UK
11/26/07 Sonic Cathedral @ Bodega Social Club Nottingham UK
11/27/07 Brookes University Students Union Oxford UK
11/28/07 Sonic Cathedral London London UK
11/30/07 Gazteleku Onate, Gipuzkoa Spain
12/01/07 El Casino Vidreres, Girona Spain
12/02/07 Auditorio – Ciclo Ricoamor Castellon City Spain
12/03/07 Es Heineken w/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Madrid Spain
12/07/07 Barfly (Camden) London UK
12/08/07 Coliseum w/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Coventry UK
12/09/07 The Old Market w/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Hove UK
12/10/07 University Of East Anglia w/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Norwich UK

From what I can tell, Brooklyn band Blood On The Wall have a new record called “Liferz” in the can and it will be coming out sometime soon. I say “from what I can tell” cuz I can’t find much info on it. But… if you look below this mess of words you can download the first song from it called “Hibernation”, which is a small taste of what the album sounds like. And if that tastes good in your ears (like it does in mine), then hit up their labels site @ http://www.thesocialregistry.com for more info. You can also download “Mary Susan” which was my favorite song on their last record “Awesomer”. You got a little bit of history now, fuck yeah! And just to fill up space I’ve posted a video for their song “Reunite On Ice” which is kinda cool, but I woulda made a video for “Mary Susan” if I was calling the shots over there. If that ain’t enough Blood On The Wall for you… TOOFUCKINBAD. That’s a YP and you’re gonna have to hit up the band’s website page if you need more dude. http://www.bloodonthewall.com/. Sorry if this reads like I wrote it in a hurry but… well I did. It’s Friday and I’m gonna go pound-a-beer. Woo!

(Download - “Hibernation”)

(Download - “Mary Susan”)

Blood on the wall - “Reunite On Ice

MOJO (nope I’m not talkin’ about the only music magazine I read, this is “the premiere high definition network”) is offering up a fall line-up of new shows on travel, technology, cars and music… including London Live. London Live is a showcase of bands performing at London’s Koko Club hosted by BBC Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox. So far the artists they’ve had on include Richard Ashcroft, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Graham Coxon, Moroon Jive, Jarvis, Kasabian, Rufus Wainright, Feist, Primal Scream, Air (f/Charlotte Gainsbourgh) and others. London Live airs Fridays at 9pm ET/PT. http://mojohd.com/mojoseries/londonlive/. Anyhoo… the nice people over at London Live wanna give you, the Buddyhead reader, a brand new IPod Nano (that’s the little guy) and an Amazon Gift Card. All you gotta do is email traviskeller@gmail.com with “LONDON LIVE” in the subject and in the body tell us why you love London Live (and why you should win these killer prizes). It’s pretty painless… the winner will be chosen by me and posted here whenever I do such.

Air - “Mer DU Japon” on London Live

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Yep, another Buddyhead Contest where you can win some killer shit for doing next to nothing. We love giving you guys cool shit. Speaking of, you can still win the new Oasis DVD. Anyhoo… this time the cool shit giving away happens to be The Beatles’ classic 1965 film ‘Help!’ on DVD. You’re stoked even if you already own it, cuz it’s this the newer new version that’s digitally restored with a newly created 5.1 soundtrack and is fuel injected to make it less filling but still keep that great taste. In other words, it’s a major ass kicker. The winner will also get a Beatles T-shirt, limited edition CD, a date with Ringo and a non-lubricated hand-job from Yoko Ono while she wears sandpaper gloves. Ok, we’re only kidding about the last two…

All you have to do is send me an email (traviskeller@gmail.com) with BEATLES DVD in the subject. And then in the body, tell me why you’re glad “Buddyhead is back”, any found Buddyhead memories you have and/or what you expect to see from us in the future. Basically just talk about us and how cool we are, the one who does it best to our liking wins. I’ll post the email I like the best on the site and that dude (or dudette) will be crowned the winner of all this Beatles shit. Fuck yeah!

Watch the trailer:

When I heard about the movie “Joe Strummer – the Future is Unwritten”, I was on board to see it. After seeing the rave review Mojo gave it, it looked like a winner. So last night I dragged Travis away from figuring out how to get 1.2 jigawatts outta this thing, he packed up his pill bottles, we piled into the Delorean and checked this flick out.If you are a fan of the Clash, prepare to be bummed. If you are a casual fan of the Clash or Joe Strummer, do yourself a favor and check out “Westway to the World” instead and skip this pile of garbage. All this movie essentially was, is Julian Temple (who did a good job with the Sex Pistols movie “the Filth and the Fury”) being pissed off that Don Letts made the aforementioned Clash movie “Westway to the World” before him.

For two hours, you get to watch non-stop interviews of people sitting in front of a bonfire stating the obvious, Joe Strummer rules. The guy actually was so hard up you get to see what Matt Dillon, John Cusack, and Johnny Depp think about Joe Strummer. Cinematic genius! The Clash footage interweaved is basically all the same stuff from Westway, only worse. And the portrait they paint of Joe after the Clash is that of a hippy who sat around campfires with nothing to say for 10 years. This movie presents about as much insight into the life of Joe Strummer as Aaron does into healthy eating. There was no reason to make this movie, it was already done way better.

Me and Dr Feelgood were totally bummed. Such a shame, because there are some recent rockumentaries that are so well done (You’re Gonna Miss Me, Devil and Daniel Johnston) that there’s just no excuse to make a pile of crap like this anymore. Not even worth a rental. It reminded me a lot of the Paris Hilton porno, it should be awesome, but in the end it was really boring.

Watch the trailer here:

Also, on the “old is better than new” trip, but with absolutely no complaints a la “Why the fuck didn’t they include this…” is the new “Amazing Journey” documentary about The Who on dvd. It’s astonishing. So retardedly bad ass. Completely re-affirms every notion I’ve ever had that this was the greatest rock n’ roll band ever. Yeah, I said it. Go buy it and figure it out for yourself. This is great cos they don’t try to gloss over the darker stuff… There’s a story about Roger Daltrey being fired from the band in the early years for throwing out the rest of the band’s speed. Pete Townshend describing Keith Moon as a drug, sex, and alcohol addict. Pete’s run in with the law concerning the child pornography scandal he was accused of… And when they get to Entwistle’s death, they make no attempt to hide the fact that he died surrounded by hookers and blow. These guys have the guts to show their ugly sides, and it makes them all the more human, loveable, and yet even bigger icons at the same time.

 

Amazing Journey trailer:

You can pre-order this DVD:
http://www.thewhomovie.com/

Githead is Collin Newman’s side project. You remember Collin from a small band called Wire, right? I fuckin’ hope you do. Speaking of Wire, they’ve got a new “Read & Burn 3″ EP coming out reeeeeaaaaal soon that I’m super stoked to hear. The first two “Read & Burn” EPs and the “Send” record they put out SLAYED! Prolly my favorite Wire records to date actually. Anyways, back to Githead. It’s a bit different from Wire, it’s a bit more “groove based” and has a little funk in it. Sorry that description stunk worse than the shit I took this morning… But, trust me… it’s good. I wasn’t into the first EP they put out but this full length is pretty killer. You can buy all things Wire & Githead (among other cool things) @ http://posteverything.com/. The message is DO IT!

(Download - “On Your Own”)

(Download - “Drop”)

(Download - “Drive By”)

“Drop” Music Video

P.s. If you’re in LA this weekend I’m DJing The Polyphonic Spree show @ the Henry Fonda tonight, IAMX @ The El Rey tomorrow & The Shout Out Louds @ The Fonda on Monday (fuck you, I know that’s not the weekend anymore). Kisses

 

Hey Kids, this is borderline short-notice, if you happen to find yourself in Los Angeles tonight (Sunday October, 28th 2007) get it together champ and come on down to The El Rey Theatre and see Roky Erickson! And if you wanna kill two birds with one stone by buying me a beer at the same time, tonight is your night cuz I’ll be DJing some sweet rock n’ roll tunes before as well as between the bands (1990’s are also playing). I’ve been a pretty immersed fan of Mr. Erickson for a while now, so I’m really fuckin’ excited to see homeboy play to say the least. And my fingers are crossed that “Night Of The Vampire” is part of tonight’s set. Don’t fuck me on that dude… play it!

 

 

For those of you who haven’t already seen the rockumentary titled “You’re Gonna Miss Me”, I highly recommend doing so cuz I think it’s one of the best films ever made about rock n’ roll (aside from that sweet movie Marky Mark made called Rockstar). The film covers everything in Roky’s bizarre life including his personal battles with drug addiction (heroin and LSD binges), mental illness (struggles with schizophrenia), music “career” (including the 13th Floor Elevators), stays at Austin State Hospital and Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and his eventual recovery and return to performing music. It’s a good one dudes, trust me. Buy or borrow or rent or netflix or steal or whatever that DVD.

Trailer for “You’re Gonna Miss Me”:

In the haze of craziness from everything that’s been going on here at Buddyhead this past week… you know the usual… new websites, new writers, & Aaron’s new male life partner… it looks like we fucked up once again and somehow forgot to tell you about the new Oasis (digital) single! Yeah, we don’t know how we forgot to tell you about the greatest current rock band’s “new” song either. Even if it is just a left over song that didn’t make the cut for their last album, it’s still way better than anything else we’ve heard lately.

So anyhoo… On October 23rd, Oasis released a new song called “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down” which features Noel on vocals and is also the theme song to the rockumentary film of the same name that’ll be coming out on DVD real soon. We recommend that you buy the single from Itunes by clicking here, dime your stereo and head-bang while brother Noel kicks you down some knowledge about being tired, on drugs and hungover. We’re sure you won’t be able to relate… Oh, and check out the video dudes…

Now, let’s get some opinions… what do you guys think of the song? The video? The forth-coming DVD?

Yeap! Spiritualized are jumping the pond and coming to the US to play some rock shows. Well, kinda. They’re coming over here to play some “acoustic mainlines” shows. We can’t confirm exactly how “rock” they’ll be, but that’s besides the point. At the shows, J. Spacemen will be accompanied by strings, gospel singers (which makes us think maybe he’s in his “Illusions-era” now) and the setlist will feature a mix of Spiritualized jams, Spacemen 3 cuts, and the music of others. Sounds pretty sweet to me man. Check this dude out when he comes to your town (that’s if you live in one of the good big ones) and don’t forget your tablets.

Tourdates:
11.02 - Voxhall - Recession Aarhus, Denmark Aarhus
11.02 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
11.11 - San Francisco - Bimbos
11.12 - Los Angeles - Vista Theater
11.13 - Los Angeles - Vista Theater
11.16 - New York - The Apollo
11.17 - Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatr
11.19 - Boston - Museum of Fine Arts- Remis Auditorium
12.09 - London - Union Chapel
12.10 - London - Union Chapel

Spiritualized official myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/spiritualizeduk

The Cassettes just finished an animated music video for their song Rogue Gnome, which you can find on their critically acclaimed album ‘Neath The Pale Moon! If you haven’t checked out that bad boy yet, we highly recommend you do so now by clicking HERE. Either way, check out this video… it was brought to life by Stephen Guidry and illustrated by Shelby Cinca, both dudes are in The Cassettes.

Ok… another huge gap between updates here at Buddyhead dot net. Yeah, sorry we go off. Sure, we could pretend like we actually give a shit about what’s going on in “popular music”, and have constant updates, but we’re pretty sure you’d be able to tell we were faking it, right?

Speaking of going off, Travis and Aaron are both in Europe right now. Yeah, both of us. Shit’s gonna go HasslehOFF in Germany. Aaron’s supposed to be out here cuz he plays guitar for that nine inch males band, and Travis is pulling his old move of just freeloading his way around and barely making bus call cos he spent the whole night before pounding bottles of 12 year old Jameson and 12 year old boys. Anywhoo… speaking of Europe…

Dear Europe and surrounding areas,

So far we’re having a great time over here. It’s always good to get away from home and check out shit that we normally wouldn’t see. You guys have a few rad things going on that we don’t have back in America… Like all the old buildings, history, culture… Aaron thinks your chocolates are killer, the whole “wearing a bra is optional” system you got going on is bad ass, the spruced gooses and all the titties you show on tv is great. Travis is stoked about all the different kinds of beer, people are psyched on Oasis, being able to actually drive on the freeway is bomb, Sully is amped you can smoke cigarettes anywhere at anytime, and in the countries where English isn’t the primary language it’s pretty cool to be able to ask strangers if they’re into bukakke and have them reply with “Yes!”. But… we have a few reccomendations that you might wanna include when you come out with the upgraded Europe 7.3. First off, it’s cute and everything that you’ve become totally Americanized, and that there’s a Starbucks on every corner here too, but here’s the deal… If you wanna ape American culture so badly, and have every Burger King decorated inside with pictures of “Americana”, then ya gotta play by some of the more reasonable American rules. Here’s the deal… Ketchup is supposed to be FREE. Figure it out fuckers. It’s tomatoes and water. Don’t act like it’s fuckin gold. Also, when a Coke is ordered, throw some ice in that bad boy. At least where we come from, nobody likes warm soda. You wanna get hip and enjoy a little more of the American experience? Well, cold soda is where the fuckin’ party is at nucca! If you guys lost the recipe for ice somewhere along the way, let us know, and we’ll hook that shit up. Another thing you guys might wanna check out, is a small thing called OLD SPICE. Yeah, cut the shit and take care of the BO. We tried buying deoderant at the grocery store the other day, and it would’ve been easier getting a kidney transplant than finding that shit. Also, let’s get rid of all these fucking coins you savages have to lug around. It sucks dick having to haul all of these worthless pieces of metal in your pockets everywhere you go, and NOBODY with a clue wants to start sporting fanny packs (AKA fag bags). Next time you come out with the newest versions of Swedish pesos or whatever the fuck you have here, let’s press those puppies onto paper, deal? And finally, what’s up with you people and the fuckin’ “Euro barge”? Any time there’s supposed to be a wait for something… standing in line for food, waiting to get on an airplane, walking into a movie theater… these cave people start trampling over each other to get in first. It’s a small thing called a LINE. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Obviously not, but ya might wanna check it out. I don’t know about you guys, but every fucking time I wanna get a burger, or see some shitty flick, or ANYTHING, I don’t wanna all the sudden hafta be a contestant in some sort of urban decathalon, and edge out grandma with my elbow just so I can get my McFlurry before everybody else. It’s retarded. Let’s figure this out by the next time we come back, cool?

Love,
Buddyhead

Speaking of McFlurrys, what the fuck does “may contain peanuts” mean? Move the bucket of peanuts over, or figure out if they’re in there or not. If we can put men on the moon, we can figure this shit out too.

If you wanna come out to a show, and give Travis bottles of booze, or let him father some illegitimate Euro-babies, here’s where him and those NIN cunts are gonna be. Travis needs lovin’ out here… He’s had a hard time dealing with our favorite prank we constantly pull on him, where everybody farts into his bunk while he’s asleep. He always wakes up with a confused look on his face saying, “Damn, I can’t figure out why I’m so HORNY”. Check Travis’ Flickr page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/traviskeller/) for some photos he’s been taking on the trip, he’ll be updating it as we truck along. Do it. So yeah, if yer not scared away by some of the kids at these festivals who look like this, come check it out:

aug 01 moscow, russia @ luzhniki arena
aug 03 st petersburg, russia @ jubeleyny arena
aug 05 helsinki, finland @ ankkarock festival
aug 07 stockholm, sweden @ hovet
aug 08 oslo, norway @ oya festival
aug 11 budapest, hungary @ sziget festival
aug 12 bratislava, slovakia @ incheba hall
aug 13 prague, czech republic @ slavia zimni sdion
aug 15 avenches, switzerland @ rock oz’arenes festival
aug 16 salzburg, austria @ frequency festival
aug 18 hasselt, belgium @ pukkelpop
aug 19 biddinghuizen, holland @ lowlands festival
aug 21 edinburgh, scotland @ t on the fringe
aug 22 dublin, ireland @ marley park
aug 24 leeds, uk @ leeds festival
aug 26 reading, uk @ reading festival
aug 28 birmingham, UK @ academy
aug 30 wolverhampton, UK @ civic hall
sep 01 kontanz, germany @ rock am see festival
sep 02 bologna, italy @ independent day festival
sep 03 munich, germany @ circus krone
sep 05 tel aviv, israel @ fair, trade & convention center
sep 09 beijing, china @ beijing pop festival
sep 11 seoul, korea @ olympic hall
sep 13 hong kong, china @ asia world expo hall
sep 15 sydney, australia @ big top luna park
sep 16 sydney, australia @ hordern pavilion
sep 18 honolulu, hawaii @ blaisedell arena

So anyways, back to us… The Verve took our advice and are getting back together. Yeah, yer all welcome. A small thing called US… willing The Verve back together with a little thing called “The Secret”! WOO! Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones, and Pete Salisbury are finishing up a new album right now, and are doing their first shows in the UK in November. All of them are sold out, and we’ve got tickets to two of ‘em! Shit yeah! Hopefully Dicky and the boys know that we’re invited to the party of life, and that means we’ll be drinking some of their beer backstage. Hey Nick, we’ll see you in London and Blackpool… Let’s do this proper and open at least one of these shows with “The Rolling People”. Tell Dicky to come out puffin’ a J too.

So it’s been 20 years since “Appetite For Destruction” came out, and to celebrate, Adler’s Appetite performed at the Key Club in LA. The word on the street was that all the original members of Guns N’ Roses were gonna show up (minus Axl, even though he was “invited”) so we figured we’d better check that shit out even though it was taking place at the epicenter of jiveness, The Key Club. What really went down is Steven Adler’s GNR tribute band played, and then halfway through the set, Izzy & Duff came out and played a song, except the fake Izzy and fake Duff (Chip Znuff) didn’t leave the fuckin’ stage. Duff looked super bummed, and even brushed off fake Axl when homeboy tried to put his arm around him. Slash was there too (as was Gilby from Rock Star Super Poser) hanging out backstage wearing a Social Distortion t-shirt (Uncle Scott was super stoked on that) but homeboy wouldn’t come on stage to shred leads. If we were Slash, we wouldn’t have either based solely on how dorkus the fake Slash was. Later in the set Izzy came back out and played a solo song of his, and a few other GNR songs too which was kinda cool, but overall the experience was balls. Yo, Steven… Yeah you, Popcorn… Joe Burns wants to join Adler’s Appetite. Call that dude up! Here’s some video from the show… check it out.

This also means that when September 17th, 2011 rolls around, it’ll be time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of both “Use Your Illusion” I & II. Hey Axl, here’s the deal bro… First, get the real band back together ASAP! No more dicking around with chicken bucket headed guys or weirdo Jethro Tull goth dudes. We’re talkin’ you, Izzy, Duff, Slash and whoever on drums. Got it? Second, we’ve got the solution to those shitty hairplug dreadlock thingies yer sporting too… just go back to rockin’ the bandana and backwards N.W.A. baseball cap brahski. Bring that guy back, people liked that guy. Nobody likes this new Ali G Axl. And last, but certainly not least, let’s do what you should have done the first time around and release “Illusions” as ONE DISC. No “My World”, no “Get In The Ring”, no covers, and no alternate lyrics because those are what the rest of the world call B-SIDES! Here’s the tracklisting cuz we’re pretty sure if you can’t figure out how to dress yourself these days, yer not gonna be able to wrap your brain around the sequencing of this baby either. Yeah, we’re just here to help… yer welcome Bill.“Use Your Illusion” Tracklisting
1) You Could Be Mine
2) Right Next Door To Hell
3) Don’t Cry
4) Pretty Tied Up
5) Perfect Crime
6) Civil War
7) Double Talkin’ Jive
8) Dead Horse
9) Locomotive
10) Dust N’ Bones
11) Garden Of Eden
12) Yesterdays
13) 14 Years
14) November Rain
15) Estranged
16) Coma

Yeah, it was about four months ago, but we figured we’d give you a report on our Coachella experience we had this year. We only went the first day cuz that was the day Travis DJ’ed in the dome with Troy Boy. The best part about Coachella this time was they gave Travis a trailer, and Danny Devito dropped a massive deuce in his bathroom, and then pounded beers with us. We told Danny he fucked ‘em up on “The View” and to call us the next time him and Clooney go trollin’. Jarvis Cocker put on a decent show, and was cool as shit when Travis cornered him toward the end of the night. But the real highlight for us was The Jesus & Mary Chain SLAYING and melting everyone’s faces off. We had high expectations and even some doubts as to whether those dudes could pull it off or not, and we’re happy to report that the JAMC brought their A-game. They sounded great, the guitars were loud as fuck, Jim looked like he couldn’t care any less (which is a good thing) and the new song (“All Things Must Pass”) was even pretty good. The only bummer was when they let that actor chick from Home Alone 3 on stage to mumble manly backups for “Just Like Honey”. All in all, we were stoked, and can’t wait for the record we hear they’re going to be putting out sometime in 2008. Should be fuckin’ cool if their live shows lately are any indication. On that note…

Dear William Reid,

Travis is still bummed out about you stealing his I-pod at that bachelor party, and we know you’re getting paid mad loot for all these festivals you’re playing… I-pod’s are like 300 bucks brother! Pony up and buy him a new one, and then maybe he’ll think about returning your calls asking where you can buy good weed.

Love,
Buddyhead

Amy Winehouse is a little high.

When we recently had the night off in Oslo, the fine folks from Serena Maneesh took us to see Sonic Boom play at a small club. Being big fans of Spaceman 3, we were pretty excited to see what homeboy was up to these days. To put things somewhat nicely, let’s just say he’s not up to a helluva whole lot. The first indication of the suckage was when we realized it was just gonna be him taping down keyboard keys and twisting knobs on a few delay pedals while he read gibberish from pieces of paper he had all over the place. Real exciting… NOT! Aaron figured the second song in was the perfect time to let homeboy know how rad the show was when he shouted point-blank at him, “SHIT YEAH, FUCK ‘EM UP SONIC BOOM! DELAY PEDAL SOLO! WOO!”

Devendra Banhart, guru of modern hippiedom, has a new album out called “Smokey Bowls Down Thunder Canyon” with more songs about elbows, moss, tree bark and bugs. The first line of the song we heard was, “I’m high, I’m happy and I’m free”. Yeah you are dude.

There’s really nothing quite like sucking mad dong and not even being aware of it. It seems to happen quite often in our hometown though. There’s an article in the new Vanity Fair titled “I’m with her!” that would have been more appropriately titled “I’m a massive DOUCHE!” The article discusses the shallow and clueless lives of Kevin Federline, Pete Wentz, Steve Aoki, Benji Madden, Cisco Adler, and Joel Madden. If you’re in the above photo, how could you not feel like a giant tard while posing next to Kevin Federline… or the rest of those posers for that matter? Wouldn’t some sort of Dorkus-alarm go off inside yer head when you rolled onto that set and that geek-squad was there? Apparently not. Check out these dweebs make total assholes of themselves here: http://www.vanityfair.com

We’ve got a new favorite band… Hell Yeah! Maybe you’ve heard of em? They’ve got members of Pantera, Damageplan, Mudvayne and Nothingface. We would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when these brainiacs came up with this shit. All the light blubs turning on at once must have been blinding. We highly recommend you watch this video of the band buying $1,000 worth of Jagermeister. It gets better with repeated viewings, we promise.

In related news Aaron, Travis, Sully, Josh, Uncle Scott and whoever else is cool enough are starting a new band called SHIT YEAH. We will be touring with HELL YEAH earlier next year. We will also be SHREDDING LEADS on axes that look like this:

No shit. Work has already begun on a double album that should be released sometime soon, most likely on Buddyhead. Here’s the tentative tracklist.1) Fuk ‘Em Up
2) Go Off
3) Big Titty Monster
4) I’m So Smoked
5) Motorboat Those Things!
6) You Motorboatin’ Son of a Bitch!
7) Deuce Condusive
8) Thrash Some Gash
9) Slobs
10) Slavs
11) Built for speed! (Fuck comfort!)
12) Stack ‘Em
13) Two 6’s Make a 12
14) Fucking Pelle
15) I’m a Little High
16) High As Shit
17) Spruced Goose and Caboose
18) Sorry I Go Off
19) “Double Talkin Jive” Is Possibly The Greatest Song Ever
20) Sick For Rocker Dick
21) Full Gulp Pull (that dark green bottle)
22) I’m A Motherfuckin’ Titty Suckin’ Two Ball Bitch, Yer Mama’s In The Kitchen Cookin’ Red Hot Shit!
23) Shiftin’ Like Garcia
24) Get Warmed Up (POSER!)
25) Drinkin’ Lesson 101
26) Plug It Out
27) Red Dragons
28) The Futbol Guy Had It
29) You’d Hafta Tazer Me Off That Thing
30) High As Shit (Reprise)Chris Pennie, formerly the drummer of The Dillinger Escape Plan, has recently joined the band Cokehead and Cheetohman. Good move slick. In related Dillinger news, they’ve recently wrapped up the recording of their newest album in LA, and Greg, the buff lil singer guy, is living at Aaron’s place while he’s in Europe. We know that Greg has been partying and getting weird with the crackhead trannys that live across the street in the park, and prolly even blowing loads on Aaron’s pillow but… Yo Greg, try not to bum out the neighbors by playing yer gay gonzo porn at deafening volumes like yer used to, cool? And don’t forget to water the plants.We interviewed a lil band called Goon Moon recently. It’ll be up in the next few days, hang tight. In related news, we’re in the process of finding out how to get rid of this guy…

…and bring back this guy.

Also, the rumors about Jeordie being “half black from the waist down” are true. Here’s some closure to that whole argument.

Even more Jeordie news, kinda… Dave Navarro has a cute little radio show on Indie 103, and a few weeks ago he had Jeordie “Crab Legs” White on as a guest. Dave talked about how him and Twiggy used to go off, how he still hates wearing shirts, and more importantly… us. Yep, it’s always back to us. At the beggining of 2006, Travis and Joe Burns thought it would be a great idea to call Dave Navarro every day. Nine times out of ten Dave would pick up the phone and be a good sport about it. The calls would usually start a little something like this… “YEAH DAVE WHATS UP? IT’S BUCKETHEAD, LET’S JAM ON “WHORES” RIGHT NOW BRO! ME, YOU, PERKINS AND THAT WEIRD SINGER DUDE FROM PANIC CHANNEL! YEAAAAH! GRAB ONE OF YOUR KILLER PARKER FLY AXES AND MEET US AT MATES, LEAVE THE SHIRT AT HOME!” Anyways, long-story-short we ran into homeboy on the fourth of July this year while party hopping, scoring free booze/cheeseburgers, and staring at Jenna Jameson’s weird new grill. To our surprise Dave’s actually a nice guy, and we’re pretty sure he was surprised we’re nice guys too. No, he wasn’t wearing a shirt. Hey Dave, let’s party again brahma. Drinks on you. Anyways, check out the video clip of the show…

When Josh Freese isn’t busy watching old episodes of “24”, he’s freaking everybody out with these videos he makes. Check out the first three here: “The Cabin”, “Tijuana Boob Job” and our personal favorite “The Tommy Lee Waltz”. Shit gets all weird Euro style on the bus in the wee hours… dude’s are “a little high” and start lookin’ like this:
“The Tommy Lee Waltz”

“The Cabin”

“Tijuana Boob Job”

Speaking of T Lee… Yep, Tommy Lee is still the greatest man alive. For further proof, check out this video of him ruling the school. Tommy, let’s fuckin’ party you fuckin’ fucker! Call up Morello, Danny Lohner, and some chicks, and let’s NOT STOP THE PARTY! IT CAN’T BE STOPPED!

Rick Embry got a new tattoo.
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