David Rat's Blog: "RAT BITES" - Posts Tagged "no-wave"
"Happy Beginning" new 5 ★ Amazon Review
"Happy Beginning"
February 12, 2013
5.0 out of 5 ★´s
"When you decide to be an outlaw, you gotta stick with it or you're gonna fall flat on the chopping block at some point. You have to embrace the darkness and start dropping bombs on everything you see. This is a life you won't hear about in school, or on the news, or in the official history...it's where David Rat lives. He exists in the sideways glances of everybody on the crappy bright streets; he runs with the hogs and when the night is over, he eats their hearts to live just...a little bit...longer; he is in the dungeon of rock and roll--c'mon down, at once! Yeah it smells like vomit, it's way too hot, and way too loud but it's the only way to redeem yourself after listening to NPR all morning. That's where David Rat is...or rather, was.
So what is a happy ending? Maybe it's the sure end to suffering that David hints at. Maybe it's just the end of another day when you've tricked yourself into thinking you're still alive. Or maybe it's the idea that people can change the world they inhabit. Because in the midst of all this bleakness, there is a tiny glowing atom which may grow into something unexpected.
Rat is easily one of the most fantastic drummers on Earth...but that is not going to save his life. It might save yours though, because that's what rock and roll is for. Rarely does a disciple of the rock church destroy the spectrum of aural joy and then write about it well. David Rat does..."
- douq ep- (verified amazon purchaser)
February 12, 2013
5.0 out of 5 ★´s
"When you decide to be an outlaw, you gotta stick with it or you're gonna fall flat on the chopping block at some point. You have to embrace the darkness and start dropping bombs on everything you see. This is a life you won't hear about in school, or on the news, or in the official history...it's where David Rat lives. He exists in the sideways glances of everybody on the crappy bright streets; he runs with the hogs and when the night is over, he eats their hearts to live just...a little bit...longer; he is in the dungeon of rock and roll--c'mon down, at once! Yeah it smells like vomit, it's way too hot, and way too loud but it's the only way to redeem yourself after listening to NPR all morning. That's where David Rat is...or rather, was.
So what is a happy ending? Maybe it's the sure end to suffering that David hints at. Maybe it's just the end of another day when you've tricked yourself into thinking you're still alive. Or maybe it's the idea that people can change the world they inhabit. Because in the midst of all this bleakness, there is a tiny glowing atom which may grow into something unexpected.
Rat is easily one of the most fantastic drummers on Earth...but that is not going to save his life. It might save yours though, because that's what rock and roll is for. Rarely does a disciple of the rock church destroy the spectrum of aural joy and then write about it well. David Rat does..."
- douq ep- (verified amazon purchaser)
