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Kurt Vile Deduxion

KURT VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - LE

That's Kurt Vile to you. Don't he just look like Neil Young in the gatefold photo of After The Goldrush? 

I dunno how I know cos the thing ain't on the streets for a good few weeks but Smoke Ring For My Halo is all kinds of good things = a welcome reprieve  from the dissapointment /  failure that was his official de-butt (sic) LP, Childish Prodigy. 

Matador records have a way of scooping 'em up from obsurity and draining all the energy and excitement out of them (Jay Retard RIP), yet Mr. Vile has perservered and given us Smoke Ring, a record where he sings: 

"I bet by now you probably think that I'm a puppet to the man...you best believe that I am."  

  

NEW TAPE: Baptism of Uzi

GET IT 

B-17...

full ** on ** idle

mediocrity rulz man

• went to see Peaches the other night tho I'm not much of a follower so drank flat beer slowly 
• while JD Sampson played a terrible opening DJ set of yuck techno that I needed pills to enjoy and didn't have. 

But I dig JD - she's cool and reminded me how much I love her earlier band, Le Tigre, and especially their 2000 EP called From The Desk Of Mr. Lady. If this little thing is all Le Tigre ever did than that'd be enuf for this queer.  People who I hate who need their 'art' to 'go somewhere' or make some kind of enormous farting statement will need to die quickly please. An over-looked gem.
Kathleen, call me. 

Jealous Guy

Schism Schema

Album of the Year

Mahatma, Fort U.S.A

Lock It Up, Dorothy Mae

       

Earthquake Geese

Guru: RIP

I was shocked to find out (by way the of the neighborhood graf below) that Guru of Gang Starr died from cancer in April. He was only 43. I first heard Gang Starr on student radio sometime in the mid-nineties. They had elements to them unlike any group I'd heard then or since: intelligent lyrics, flow, DJ Premier's beats and mix, etc. Their '91 LP Step In The Arena is one my favorite hip hop albums of the 'golden era'. Guru's voice is/was perfect. 

I'm strong / I'm like Hercules / you'll get hurt with these lines / close the curtains please