FOUR EFFIN' EFFS FOR FRIDAY: August 27th, 2010

Faith No More - "From Out Of Nowhere"


Violent Femmes - "Color Me Once"


Further Seems Forever - "The Moon Is Down"


Fantômas - "Rosemary's Baby"

FOUR EFFIN' EFFS FOR FRIDAY: August 20th, 2010

The Finger - "Vendetta"


Frank Black - "Los Angeles"


Faron Young - "If That's The Fashion"


Ben Folds - "Late"

Dylan Dog Movie Looks Like A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episode, But Not In A Good Way

Dylan Dog was my favorite graphic novel series growing up in Italy. It follows l'indagatore dell'incubo Dylan Dog and his assistant, Groucho, on horror-themed inquests, battling zombies, vampires, and a myriad of ungodly monsters. The monthly books were ripe with violence, wit, sex, and metaphysical high jinks. I loved 'em, and so did many other Italians; Dylan Dog sells about a million copies every month and is distributed successfully all over Europe. Dark Horse Comics has even brought a few issues over to the US.

A couple of years ago, rumors started circulating of a US-produced Dylan Dog film being green-lit, and right away I thought it was a terrible idea. There was no way the source material was going to be honored and since very few people outside of Europe really know anything about Dylan Dog, it was pretty much a doomed project from the start.

Well, after watching the newly-released trailer today, I'd say I was 100% correct with my prognosis.

As Topless Robot points out, it has the tone and look of a Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode—not really the dark tone the series is known for. And it doesn't even take place in London. And there's no Groucho. Or Inspector Bloch. Oh, and two words: Taye Diggs. Yeah. Yikes.

The only saving grace is that it looks like it probably won't be released in US theaters after all. It's got straight to video written all over it. I just feel bad for comic fans in Italy, who get to see an icon being bastardized for international audiences. What a shame.

Here's the trailer for Dead of Night:

FOUR EFFIN' EFFS FOR FRIDAY: August 13th, 2010

Faraquet - "Cut Self Not"


Feist - "I Feel It All"


The Faint - "Glass Danse"


Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain"

Half Of Russia Is On Fire Right Now

As if the title isn't scary enough for you, Google Earth supplied this alarming topographical model. Yikes.

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Two Friends, A Conversation.

Her: I think _______ will blow up with this upcoming album.
Him: Really? I think their sound has a pretty limited audience.
Her: Well, I don't mean blow up-blow up—like Bieber or anything—I mean blow up on blogs. You know, they'll be blog-famous.
Him: Yeah, but does that actually amount to anything?
Her: It means they'll be known beyond just the local scene. There will be buzz around their name.
Him: I guess. But it's still a pretty limited scope. How many people actually read those blogs? It's gotta be around like, 50,000 people, if that. And how many of those people will actually spend real money, and not just BitTorrent the album? Three, four thousand at best?! Will they be able to make a living with being blog-famous? Me thinks not. Plus, they'll be forgotten like, a month later. It's all about 'what have you done for me lately?' on blogs. There's a new band of the moment every fucking... moment, you know?
Her: Maybe. But do you really think they have such a limited audience? They're so punky and surf music...ky.
Him: Whatever. They're punk rock with no aggression, or sense of danger. And surf musicky without the fucking Sun, or the feeling of summer. They're like hollow effigies of those genres—completely devoid of what was fun about those types of music in the first place. I sat through some of their shows, they were boring as fuck. I couldn't hum you one of their songs five minutes after the show ended. They're mediocre at best—completely forgettable.
Her: Look, that may be true, but boring bands are in vogue right now. All the blogs cover the shit out of boring bands. Boring has come to mean 'unaffected by the common trappings of pop music.' It's really a response to hook-saturated mainstream pop—and that in itself is punk rock as fuck.
Him: Even if that was true—which it isn't—being punk as fuck won't pay back your college loans, or rent, or a fucking car. Or most importantly, make me believe that what you're doing is good art. Let's face it, they're not good at being a band, they're just good at looking cool while going through the motions of being a band. The people at their shows feel cool for being there because they're fucking 22-years old and it's probably the first time in their lives that they've felt cool, surrounded by other people who think they're cool. Everyone tries to fuck each other—some succeed, some don't—and it has very little to do with the actual music that's played in the background. It's no different than going to a sports bar or a dance club. It's just part of being young and wanting to belong to something greater than yourself.
Her: So let me get this straight. If you think it has nothing to do with music, and it's just about looking cool, and you yourself just said that they're good at that, why don't you think they're going to blow up?
Him: Aaah fuck, you're probably right. They'll be fucking branded with Pitchfork's fucking Best New Music as soon as they put out their shitty album. And I'll probably BitTorrent that fucker too, just so I know what all these kids are raving about, and because I'm desperate enough to still want to seem cool.

[Pregnant pause]

Her: Hey, speaking of which... can we BitTorrent that new Best Coast album? My friend told me it got an 8.4 on Pitchfork and that was like, almost two weeks ago. Uuugh, I'm sooooo far behind...

Soundgarden Release Badmotorfinger-Era Track "Black Rain"

Soundgarden recorded “Black Rain” during the sessions for 1991’s Badmotorfinger, a perennial bazookaluca favorite. It’s due to appear on Soundgarden’s upcoming greatest hits compilation, Telephantasm, as well as Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock.

UPDATE - The song, predictably, got yanked by the powers that be. Check back later when it pops back up.

FOUR EFFIN' EFFS FOR FRIDAY: August 6th, 2010

The Flaming Lips - "In The Morning of the Magicians"


Fionn Regan - "Put A Penny In The Slot"


The Folk Implosion - "Natural One"


fIREHOSE - "Relatin' Dudes To Jazz"