Darkest Hour

You know what it is. Happy Halloween.

Celebration

Ecstacy Symphony

Yrs truly video snagged Morrissey performing "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself." Viva Moz!

Bad Kids

At the Vermont Swap Meet earlier today, I stumbled across a collection of old Cash Money goodies, including The Hot Boys, BG, and Mannie Fresh and Baby, which I've been jamming to all day. Check out babyfaced Dewayne Carter.

Anyone else excited about the Hot Boys reunion?

Night of the Vampire

After meeting the man the night before, I was treated to a performance by Roky Erickson at the El Rey. Above is Roky Erickson performing "Two Headed Dog," which he performed tonight. Thanks to Travis for the tickets!

Coupon the Movie

During my Weekend of Firsts (first weekend of my 'adulthood,' first weekend in my new apartment), I headed to the Silent Movie Theatre on Saturday for a screening of cult horror flick, The Creature with the Atom Brain, introduced by none other than superfan Roky Erickson. Other than bellowing "Hello Big City!" Roky didn't say much, but I enjoyed the film and Roky's presence. Above is Erickson performing his song by the same name - think he was influenced much by the film?

Apparently, the film is also available on NetFlix (according to my brand new account), for all you NetFlix fiends.

And thanks to Sammy over at FAMILY for bringing the theatre back. It looks great! I'll definitely be back for future evenings at the theatre.

Don't Bother Me

A slight step down from Crook By The Book, but it sounds like Patrick Houston is back.

PS - Since when is Project Pat a romantic? Remember "This Pimp?"

Velvet Jam

I caught Boris last night at the EchoPlex (big ups to Aaris for the ticket) and the result was far from disappointing. By far, my favorite song was "Rainbow" off their Drag City release of the same name. Peep the video.

When Everything Is New

On the eve of CMJ, a benefit jam of epic proportions was announced for St. Mark's Church, organized by ANP Quarterly and aNYthing. Just in time, as my flight lands at 7pm Wednesday evening (JFK, get at me.)

See you there?

UPDATE101607: [Courtesy of BARR on MySpace] " It is with dumbfounded expressions and great sadness that we must announce that tomorrow’s event at the St Marks Church has been CANCELLED due to events beyond our means or control.
Surely this would have been a beautiful event, one for the history books no doubt, but it has been shut down just over 24 hours in advance by authorities that we cannot control. That said, we wish you all a beautiful Wednesday, tomorrow, and please know that we will be back with fun things in the future.
Sincerely,

ANPQuarterly, Ethan Swan, OffBowery and A-Ron the Downtown Don. "

Bummer.

ExtraHard

After suffering a massive heart attack last week, Big Moe passed away. Sadly, Moe isn't the first member of Screwed Up Click to pass in recent years, but his death, as I understand it, marks a breaking point in Houston culture - fans and artists alike are swearing off lean, the mixture of codeine cough syrup and soda that contributed to the rise and eventual legacy of underground rap in Houston, along with the subsequent deaths of Big Moe and other artists from the underground.

Return of the Fresh

Again, as you may have noticed, the So Fresh blog was on sleep for a minute, until Darker My Dude Rob Barbato stepped up. Like the man said, I'm headed to CMJ in New York on Wednesday and am also in the midst of moving apartments and planning new projects for IHATEROCKNROLL (and maybe even a release through So Fresh, So Cold?) Stay tuned.

Putting out a record, achord.

So Matzah and I have been talking about the "bedroom label" quite a bit and since he's busy putting out his own records and getting ready to go to new york, I thought I'd tell you about a small label based in the big apple.


Achord Recordings: So I found out about this label when I went home to rhode island this summer to spend a week with my parents. So I drove up to boston to see my old employer and good friend p.david white. He owns Analog Keys , an analog synth repair/dealership/antique store. So I bought a synth and we went out to eat. When we got back to the shop he handed my a package that was from Brendan Ford.

Brendan Ford and I went to highschool together. We played music together in the jazz combo and he hipped me to zappa and tubeway army and all sorts of good stuff. He went on to Ithaca College and with a bunch of other dudes from westborough mass got a little collective going.

In the package was the We Are The Arm "Cares 7inch . It was put out by Achord Recordings, So I looked them up to find a cool labely consisting of Seth Olinsky (akron/family), Butane Variations, We Are The Arm and Phil Weinrobe.

I also knew Phil Weinrobe (pictured above) in highschool through playing in bands, anyway..he has this great group called Butane Variations which is some where between Simon and Garfunkel, Jim O'rouke, and Sun Volt. The song "goldie hawn" cleverly shrugs some political humor with "George Washington you better wash your hands they're stained, and can you taste your wooden teeth?"
so check it out, maybe you'll like it.

We Are The Arm....is Ford's band.....just listen to it, spazz controlled jazz to the max. Think deep you can find it....fast breaks, soft bongos, neat plaza's, romance.

music made without pretense or money.
http://www.achordrecordings.com/