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surfin bird — it's amazing that these lovable psychos recorded this in 1963 and performed it wearing suits and ties

not sure that I like the song or band (the trashmen) exactly but it definitely seems ahead of its time

@mattshawsome

May 23, 2025

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I WANNA BE YOUR DOG - THE STOOGES

Time to get this out of the way!
this is the greatest rock song ever made. The thing about the other greats… led zepp…. pink floyd… uh… the beatles? idk who else to consider…. and im purposefully not talking about the rolling stones BECAUSE this song is very stones inspired- but the big difference (as pointed out by lester bangs) is that while Jagger primps and preens, iggy writhes around and dares you to take a look at what it means to be horny, confused, dirty, no-dream, no-promise, no-skill, no-nothing. the real animus of the end of the fever dream sixties- that mask comes off and you get just a gaping and confused id. Ok those other bands i mention can rock, but i dont think i ever really feel their music in my guts… it’s more like a head high, wow far out man shadows are taller than our souls! that’s a cool wall made of bricks!
this is like a whole psychosexual unmasking- the hippies preferred making love, but i think everyone really just likes to fuck if you know what i mean!
like why did it take someone so long to just come out and sing so messed up / i want you here? Isnt that just the most honest way of expressing yearning…?
this has the velvet underground‘s errrr s&m “sexiness” but i just believe it more. way more. like being a teenager and getting that first real confusing, world shattering, despondent crush. it’s Primal.
You just cant beat that riff either.
just give it a listen.

@j0nn

Jun 3, 2025

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Jonathan Richman Live in san fransisco 2002

i revisit often

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HI, I'm new here

I just joined a few days ago as my friend Chloe recommended it (she also wants a mug). I find it neat like early Tumblr -or MySpace which I loved until it stopped loading and felt forced to join the cold and creepy Facebook which kept on getting creepier and creepier and then made Instagram creepy too. I have been finding the internet really nasty lately what with AI, Twitter, Spotify, and all these techie supervillains running about. This does feel nicer.

@robertdayton

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Cold Glitter

Hi, self promo time! "Cold Glitter" is my new book from Feral House. It has lots of wild stories and fabulousness on a dime so no, you definitely do not have to be Canadian or a Glam head to enjoy it. Over 400 pages of PIZZAZZAMATAZZ and ten years in the making. Get it from Feral House or ask for it at your favourite shop or library. "Dayton's deep plunge into the crystalline depths of Canadian Glam is a strange swim indeed, something only an author this obsessive could provide -- a mirror ball's worth of wild reflections on an ice-cracked world long gone. No need to know anything beforehand about Canada or its music to be thoroughly dazzled by this scintillant dip! C'mon, shoot the boots!" Guy Maddin, director of Rumours (2024), My Winnipeg (2007), and The Saddest Music in the World (2003) among many. “The always-entertaining Robert Dayton details a mysterious, undocumented scene that was hiding in plain sight up North. Written with the enthusiasm of a renegade entomologist who just uncovered a rare, precious, and peculiar bee, the book is loaded with colorful characters and alternate-universe tales.” Gregg Turkington, actor, writer, and comedian best known for his character, Neil Hamburger. "Cold Glitter is a province-by-province walking tour of the soft sequined underbelly I never knew I had, as a so-called Canadian. It is enlightening and hilarious and in the end inspiring. Cold Glitter creates a home for the perverse and the ecstatic, in a nation vehemently down on both.” Dan Bejar, musician (DestroyerCold Glitter is a province-by-province walking tour of the soft sequined underbelly I never knew I had, as a so-called Canadian. It is enlightening and hilarious and in the end inspiring. Cold Glitter creates a home for the perverse and the ecstatic, in a nation vehemently down on both.” Dan Bejar, musician (Destroyer

@robertdayton

Jul 4, 2025

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Louise Lasser's infamous snl hosting

I'm not an SNL fan finding it hacky from the get-go (John Belushi? not funny) and not as fresh and edgy as it positioned itself to be (nor inventive...shows like SCTV blew them out of the water). Lorne Michaels just poached the cast from the right places to make something that wasn't far off from the broad yuks of Laugh-In or Rich Little. But I needed to buy this particular 1976 episode for 1.99 from YouTube because the host was Louise Lasser who was then starring in my favourite television show Mary Hartman Mary Hartman. There's never been anything quite like Mary Hartman with its deadpan sensibilities. I'd call it skewed but it was right on target with the issues of the day (and it was also a rather feminist show). It was more than mere soap opera parody dealing with the curious denizens of the town of Fernwood, USA. It lasted just two years and over 300 episodes at five nights a week (which must have utterly been exhausting for Lasser) and was a culutural phenomenon. Louise Lasser's character Mary Hartman had a total nervous breakdown on the show and Lasser did similarly during her opening monologue on SNL. It's fascinating to watch as an exercise in awkward comedy out of step with the rest of SNL. What is real and what isn't here? When she rubs her gums is she really high on cocaine? She discusses her personal problems. How planned is this? This is true comedic risk-taking that doesn't always work but is fascinating to watch. She mostly performs solo (or, as in one sketch, across from a dog) leaving the rest of the cast to fill the rest of the show with their by-the-numbers work -the sole exception being a bizarre song sketch about television technology featuring SNL's two stand-out talents: the no-holds-barred Dan Aykroyd and the very under-rated Laraine Newman. It was said (perhaps falsely) that Lasser was the first host to be banned from SNL but with SNL later having guest hosts like Trump and Musk, today being banned from SNL reads like a badge of honor.

@robertdayton

Jul 19, 2025

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