Monday, December 11, 2006

All Tomorrow's Parents

You'd have to be in a coma not to be feverishly aware that Britain is sick with feral adults who breed feral children to become feral adults. The Tories choose to point this out to us with reference to Victorian morality and homosexuals. I thought Cameron was paying public relations gurus to show the Tories how to aim away from their own feet. Steady... steady.. and jerk goes the knee!

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All Tomorrow's Parties festival at Minehead this past weekend had a running theme: your parents' band is better than yours. Thurston Moore curated the line up, consisting chiefly of bands signed to his Ecstatic Peace label. Many of them were boring. The weekend was rescued by the indie rock elder statesmen: Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, The Melvins, Gang of Four, and The Stooges. It shouldn't have needed to be.

Too many noise guitar bands were hiding behind noise instead of using it. I don't want to see an experiment, I want a carefully prepared demonstration. I want you to crack my skull open. I want this

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I dont think the feral underclass is defined by wealth or privilege. Its a mentality. I will choose primitive nihilism unless you show me exactly what I will get for me, now, out of being compassionate, kind and a positive force in society. Eatate agents for instance whilst maintaining an ostensible front of respectibility can be feral.

Fuck it in ten years it will be just like Children of Men anyway.