I've never seen you when you're smiling
Tonight we went to the Constantines concert, but we didn't get in. "Duh, you knew it would sell out, Jane" you are saying. And "F- you, I bought tickets, punk" I say back, because what didn't get us in wasn't lack of tickets, but an ID fiasco. An ID fiasco, at 29? Don't ask, don't tell.
So instead, we went to see lovely Joe at the Abbey and got totally drunk (three pints of cider, shut up. Depression kills tolerance, evidently. Anyone anywhere will tell you how I could hold my own before). While drunk, many things were discussed, some of which need to be discussed further here. You'll have to remind me to elaborate later, as I am too drunk to do it now. Keywords include coolness vs. fantasticness. Also, the quote, "Well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder." I used a film director as an example (as well as myself, obviously), but I won't be able to use him here for reasons of confidentiality. But it's a great theory.
When I got home, I got it in my head that Dollie needed to see the following things:
- What Al Jourgensen looked like in the video for "Revenge" (PS Why didn't anyone tell me about this? PPS Oh my God! How do you go from that to "Jesus Built My Hotrod"?!
- The video for "Black Metallic"
- King, the astonishingly gay(-seeming?) guy who sang "Love and Pride" but this was a different song.
This is because today, while playing Yahtzee, El Fano and I watched the videos I DVDed off "The Alternative" marathon. I love "The Alternative." But I've said that so many times before. PS Yes, we are so cool to watch videos and play Yahtzee, jealous.
OK, maybe I go to sleep. Did you know that I didn't wake up until noon? Which is ironic, in a way, because since P. Phone quoted "Greetings to the New Brunette," I've had, "You're my reason to get out of bed before noon" in my head. I guess I don't have one. Oh, that's just drama. On the real, I've been insomniac. It's got to catch up with your sometime, son.
posted by j @ 2:52 AM
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Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic"
See, and it sounds to me like Information Society or something, not death rock. Where did they go wrong?
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And of course, I LOVE Information Society. Can I be a Ministry fan who only likes that one record (based on one song, so far?)
Oh oh oh oh Jane! Surely you must read my RBRT on this very issue. But you probably knew it already. Do you need W.S., because I can get you a copy v. easily. Along with the 12" disc and the E.Trax so posted about, which is everything you need because, as you so noted, nothing else Ministry did is even remotely evident of talent or listenable, and yet these things are so marvellous. How do these things happen? Kids, don't do drugs. Maybe if I ever told you that once P. Margaret was on the phone with A.J. and I was in the background yelling "IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL AFTER WITH SYMPATHY" and he wasn't happy about it. P.M. I mean. Plus it's not totally true as I have a soft spot for "Halloween" but you know. Represeh'.
Also an old friend of mine was totally in love with King, had Star Hits posters of him everywhere and made paintings of him. Paintings that used real paint. I wish I could say I was kidding, and yet not, because these are the things most people can't be lucky enough to reminisce on. He was a VJ on UK MTV even! She had bootleg tapes! Now I have "Love and Pride" stuck in my head (because that is indeed what my heart yearns for now).
I did read that RBRT, but remember that before I heard this song for myself (and saw the video, honestly), when people would say 'Ministry,' everything after that would sound like "blah blah blah" because I thought I hated them. I really couldn't have understood the turn, you see, without coming upon it accidentally. El Fano brings home his With Sympathy tonight, but I will need to look into this Early Trax thing. It sounds very promising.
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