Reliving one of the best punk albums EVER!!!!

So today I broke down and got an Itunes copy of Leatherface "Mush". I'm not the hugest fan of Leatherface. But there is just something about this album, and for such reasons it's rated as one of the best 50 punk albums of all time by too many sources to site. Frankie Stubbs, the lead singer, has a voice like an angel, who's smoked 50 packs of cigs, has had it's heart ripped out, and voice tortured. The melodies have meat hooks in my heart and the choruses are catchy in all the right ways.

As many of you know I hate the Itunes store. I feel it is basically just a way to find a song. They rarely give you the liner notes from old albums and such. At the same time I also refuse to Illegally download anything either. I always buy the albums and rip them to my Itunes. Why... cause I like to know my money is going to the right places (record labels, bands and such), but more importantly I have to get the cover art and liner notes in my hands. Ever since I first got into music I would go out and buy new albums from bands I was into and listen to the whole thing in my car while flipping through the liners and smoking. It was a process, it gave me an educated opinion and really let the music set in. The process was the same with discovering new bands that already existed, like the Clash, Ramones, Snuff, Jawbreaker, and others.

In the digital age, everyone has Ipod (including me), listens to just random or popular songs by artists, the experience of an album is all but dead. I still make the effort to go through the process, and that's what I did today, I haven't heard "Mush" the whole way through in 8 to 10 years. So I downloaded it last night and took the long way to work today, smoked about 4 cigs and reminded myself of a time since past. It was exactly what I needed.

I hope this vinyl revolution that's been teetering for a couple years now eventually gets bigger. I like getting a free Itunes download of the album I just bought on vinyl... I can put it on my Ipod, but I can also just sit down and listen strait though and have the giant original liners an covers... It's an encouraging thought.

Post sequitur - The whole reason why I downloaded "Mush" and reason I started writing this... Leatherface "Mush" is no longer in print. Unless you got a G to drop on the vinyl it's virtually impossible to find on CD. Sorry I should have mentioned that in the above but... well ... I forgot, fuck it!

Fat guy on a little plane!

As a guy who has about 20+ lbs' on him that he doesn't need and being about 6'1", I know how uncomfortable planes are. Whenever I get off a plane I feel like I blew out an MCL cause as soon as were in the air the person in front of me will typically lean down their seat causing a pressure point right on the top of my kneecap and I can never seem to get both knees in a comfortable position, always one is being pressed toward the ground. I hate it, the seats are so narrow that if I can't sway the armrests away from someone I'm left doing the narrow shoulders hands in your crotch thing.. It sucks, flying sucks.

I bring this up this story in light of the Kevin Smith incident this weekend on SouthWest (AKA SouthWorst) Airlines. We all know about how cheap SW is and that it is the white trashiest/greyhound of the sky. No first class, seat yourself battles, customer service that is sketchy at best cause there's only one service desk for every 3 gates. So Kevin Smith (creater of Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, and Cop Out) was flying SouthWest and was removed from his seat for anything but the right reasons. The basis is that he was too overweight for just one seat and needed to have a buy a second, but since one wasn't available he had to leave the plane.

After going through this humiliating and completely wrong process he proceeded to quote "scorch" southwest on twitter and for good reason. This led to many of his over a million followers to start "scorching" SW on twitter causing the servers to go down. He also went home an recorded a podcast with his wife explaining his story word for word and then going on a huge rant. It was epic... EPIC! Let's face it, he's a good writer and master of swearing.. He put them in their place.

So here's the reason of all this. I had no idea he had a podcast. I rarely look at twitter.. ever, but when I heard about his rant on there and what happened I went to his twitter it out and then found out through there that he has a podcast... Damnit it's even with Scott Mosier (who is a producer, writer and editor on basically everything K.Smith does)... Fucking heaven, the stuff these guys say is so unedited and just great witty off the cuff humor and totally ridiculous banter. And for all those Kevin Smith and View Askew believers it's a must listen to on a weekly basis.

New Favorite Cartoon from a Cartoon Junky

I'm a lover of cartoons, mostly adult cartoon (though I did see Sponge Bob the movie in the theater). One of my favorite writers and producers Adam Reeds, formally of 70/30 Productions, and his new production squad (Floyd County Productions) have a new cartoon out called Archer on FX. The show pick up right where his other great cartoons (Frisky Dingo, SeaLab 2021) left off. Nothing but awkward racy humor with great voices H. Jon Benjamin and Aisha Tyler. If FX pulls this show after the 6 episode contract I will revolt like a Zapatista!

Anyways if you want to see any of the old 70/30 shows they are shown on AdultSwim.com ad nauseum.

If your are feeling a little more daring and need a great laugh check out Archer's personal twitter. Has probably 20 of the best 100 one liners of all time on it