When I first heard of Destroyer I assumed, based on their name, that they were some sort of tongue-in-cheek 80’s hair metal revival act – something like The Darkness. But as I listened to the 2006 record “Destroyer’s Rubies” I quickly realized that I was dealing with a whole different kettle of fish. Destroyer is [...]
Destroyer - "Foam Hands" [3:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Destroyer - "European Oils" [4:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download“Blame it on the Tetons.
Yeah, I need a scapegoat now…”
-Modest Mouse – “Blame It On the Tetons”
As you may or may not know, Dr. O’C is not the only expatriate in her family. Her sister lives in Sweden with her husband and two boys. What follows is a recent textual “conversation” with Dr. O’C:
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Variety being the spice of life and inspired by Arizaphale’s foray last week I’ve decided to forsake Wordless Wednesday for Best Shot Monday.
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“San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
Do you think I’ll be different when you’re through?
You bent my heart and mind and you may my soul,
And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.”
-Johnny Cash – “San Quentin”
I’ve not been blogging long enough to start running repeats of old posts, I think I [...]
“And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start
For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art
Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange
Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay…”
-Belle and Sebastian – “Expectations”
There are a number of British bands that it [...]
Let the 90’s nostalgia begin! With the possibility of another Clinton in the White House – though, thankfully Barack Obama’s trouncing of Hillary Clinton in South Carolina may slow that train – new albums by 90’s rock bands are the next indicator of a revival of the decade of my 20s. This week, 90’s icons [...]
“God save the Queen,
We mean it man,
There is no future in England’s dreaming…”
For someone born deep in the heart of republican Ireland and raised in sovereign Australia, Dr O’C has a deep and proud Royalist streak. So, our Saturday excursion to Windsor Castle was more of a pilgrimage for Dr. O’C. In fact, I saw [...]
“Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mother’s got a hairdo to be done
She says they’re too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
In this suburban hell…”
-The Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia”
In September of 1985 I was 14 years old and entering the ninth grade, full of puberty [...]
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“Sara spelled without an ‘h’ was getting bored
On a Peavey amp in 1984
While Zak without a ‘c’ tried out some new guitars
Playing Sara-with-no-h’s favourite song…”
-Ben Folds – “Zak & Sara”
Ben Folds is one of the most entertaining live performers I’ve ever had the good fortune of seeing. He owns both his piano and the crowd, [...]
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