Lash by Jesus Lizard, The - CD
A short EP with a couple of good new tracks and 4 live tracks.
Groucho And Me
This autobiography was pretty uninformative. Reads more like a compilation of unrelated essays about with a little bit of anecdotal commentary added to personalize it. Not awful, but would have been better as an audio book read by Groucho himself.
Liar by Jesus Lizard, The - CD
Goat laid the ground rules for the Jesus Lizard’s sound and Liar solidified it into a formula. It’s a swell formula indeed, but after Liar, the JLs records start to blend into one and other. This is still a great CD.
Goat by Jesus Lizard, The - CD
Jesus Lizard’s finest record. Crazy bluesy licks on top of a pounding rhythm section and off-the-wall vocals. This could possibly be the best record of the 90s. Seriously.
Head/Pure by Jesus Lizard, The - CD
I’d have to say it’s a toss up between Goat and Head as my favorite Jesus Lizard album. Pure/Head shows a lot more variety than the later records which is both good and bad. It’s good because the songs are never boring, bad because the experimentation doesn’t always work (Happy Bunny Goes Fluff Fluff Along). Because of the drum machine and distorted vocals, this early JL is much more industrial sounding than later efforts too, which I sorta like.
For Your Own Special Sweetheart by Jawbox - CD
More of Jawbox being Jawbox. The only thing that signing to a major may have changed about the band is that this CD seems to have been mastered louder than previous releases.
T.S.B. (Tom’s Strip and Bowl) by Mono Men - CD
As much as I appreciate Dave Crider and his label Estrus Records, I could never get in to his band, Mono Men. They always seemed like the most generic of the already generic garage rock genre. Anyhow, this is a live recording of a show in Bloomington, Illinois. I guess you had to be there to “get” this.
Novelty by Jawbox - CD
Good 90s post punk music. Much more rockin’ than say, Fugazi, but the songs are not as memorable.
The Happy Return (aka Beat to Quarters)
Thought I’d give this series a try after finishing the Aubry/Maturn series. Hornblower is definately a simpler read, and it’s almost as good O’Brian. The characters were not as vivid as O’Brian’s.
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on Nintendo DS
A nice, light-hearted version of Zelda for the DS with some interesting stylus controls.