SWAMP DOGG LIVES!!!!! Check out his "We Crowned an Idiot King" (the last musical word on the Bush presidency) and his
recipes in the book THE CATALOG OF COOL. Keep being your own man, Jerry! The First Church gonna put your image in STAINED FUCKIN' GLASS!
The First Church STILL respectfully asks you to donate
to a valid Katrina relief charity!
Brutal Admission:
Though my passion for music is totally undiminished, I have not felt the burning compulsion to write about it for over a year. Part of this is due to the nature of the most recent great music: what am I, a landlocked Midwestern, Bible Belt white boy of Dutch-German descent gonna have to say about M.I.A., Go-Go Bordello, or even Lil' Wayne that can enlighten you? BUT...BUT...BUT...for the music obsessive--despite the fact this site's seldom updated--if you explore it I am confident you are gonna find some cool musical "Holy Grails" to go after. And while we're talking 'bout that...FUCK MP3s!!!! Don't you want the hard copy, with real album art, musician credits, and liner notes? YOU KNOW YOU DO! IT AIN'T TOTALLY ABOUT CONSUMER CONVENIENCE AND PORTABILITY!!!! I don't fucking care if my house is overrun with CDs and vinyl--it's just my way of keeping connected to other humans in the face of a world that's whisperin' in your ear, "Hole up! Everybody's crazy, everybody's a threat!!! Create a life where you can get what you need and not have to really interact with humans!!! And give US (the ominous, vague, hovering, ominpresent US) your money so you can BE SAFE!!! NOTHING BETTER THAN SAFE!!!!" I have two words in response: Fuck "safe." Safe is anti-life. Throw yourself into the maelstrom and FEEL what it's like to be alive.
OK...you're on your own.
Check out the Reverend's Podcast, ROCK THERAPY:
Until and after I get my shit together,
some GREAT LINKS:
We have been suffering from technical difficulties and waning inspiration of late.
While we correct them, make sure you've heard these great records from 2006:
SONNY ROLLINS: Sonny, Please
THE COUP: Pick A Bigger Weapon
THE HOLD STEADY: Boys and Girls in America
WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Political Blues
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Rogue's Gallery--Pirate Ballads,
Sea Songs, and Chanteys
BOB DYLAN: Modern Times
HANDSOME FAMILY: Last Days of Wonder
TODD SNIDER: The Devil You Know
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tropicalia--A Brazilian
Revolution in Sound
ORNETTE COLEMAN: Sound Grammar
VARIOUS ARTISTS: It Came from Memphis--
The Legendary Sounds of Memphis
CHARLES MINGUS: UCLA, 1965
BABY GRAMPS AND HIS BACK SWAMP POTIONERS:
Baptized on Swamp Water
THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: Panedelirium
H-BOMB FERGUSON: Big City Blues 1951-1954
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Big Apple Rappin'--The
Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in NYC '79-'82
THE MICROSCOPIC SEXTET: Seven Men in Neckties
DEAD MOON: Echoes of the Past
After months enduring the hot winds of torpor, depression, computer disobedience, disillusion, and spiritual skepticism, the Church imploded. Now that I have thoroughly wallowed in the ashes and been re-sanctified by the Drive-By Truckers, a summer full of New Orleans R&B, and a winter enlivened by the Hold Steady, I'm rebuilding. Please be patient...there's still mostly old stuff up and it's currently a pain to navigate. But if you're new or just a sentimental old fluff...click on any of the site areas below (I suggest either of the first two) to get a taste of what the Church is about.
(Relatively) Recent Stuff:
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