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Sorry I missed Social Junk and Big Nurse last night, but sometimes you just gotta lay down and close your eyes for a few hours. The night before I did enjoy the magnificent splendor of seeing Richard Lloyd and Billy Ficca (of the amazing/godly Television) along with some considerably younger blond fellow on bass--his name escapes me. I feel real bad about that because he did an excellent job backing these legends through an old fashioned power trio set that spawned Lloyd's latest solo album, two well chosen numbers from Marquee Moon ("Friction" and "Elevation"), and here's the kicker, five Hendrix covers. The whole set did the job and basically reaffirmed my fundamental world views in the most cathartic of ways. A fine night at Club Dada.

Yah, so Werner Herzog has apparently signed on to direct a new Bad Lieutenant film, which is neither a remake of or sequel to Abel Ferrara's cult classic. The cast, including Val Kilmer and Nic Cage in the leads, looks very Hollywood, and it's set in New Orleans. All rather dubious, but intriguing none the less, as Herzog continues his great pilgrimage towards the center of American pop culture. This interview, snagged from Defamer, is a fuckin' hoot:

Defiant Werner Herzog to Defamer: 'Who is Abel Ferrara?"

Wowzerrzzzz The Flaming Lips movie, Christmas on Mars, is finally finished! And if this trailer's any indicator it's gonna rock pretty hard...

Thanks Pitchfork.

Dear Readers,
Thanks for the positive vibes regarding recent personal celebrations. Keep 'em comin'!

I just made an order from Abandon Ship Records, which has got a kick ass sale going on right now where you can get nearly 50% off anything in their catalog, depending on the purchase. The breakdown reads something like:

-Buy one 7", and get any 2 releases of your choice for free

-Buy any 3 tapes/cdrs/3" cdrs and get 1 release of your choice for free

-Buy any 5 tapes/cdrs/3" cdrs and get 2 releases of your choice for free

-Buy any 7 tapes/cdrs/3" cdrs and get 3 releases of your choice for free

This will be going on throughout July/August. Fans of beautiful tape editions and other limited ephemeral things best git on it!

Okay, I definitely like The Dark Knight, even love it. Heavy shit for Summer popcorn escapism, and it honors the "reality" of this discombobulated, morally ambiguous, conspiracy paranoid world we live in today more truthfully than any movie of its ilk that I've come across. Go baked. Take someone ya love (who also really likes allegorical/philosophical superhero mumbo-jumbo).

Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!