Pawl Schwartz's Blog, page 154
March 25, 2015
urchicago:Blink 182 Loses Frontman || Pop-Punk Eats ItselfAbove...
Blink 182 Loses Frontman || Pop-Punk Eats Itself
Above is footage of the first Blink 182 show featuring Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) in place of Tom DeLonge! Turn your eyes and ears back to age twelve and feast them on this little lo-fi bootleg gem.
The main thing that stands out is that the vocals certainly need some work, Sorry Matt, we still love you.
I wish I was at this event, or that Blink actually had a tour going right now. I’d love to see how the opening act, Travis Barker + Yelawolf comes off. More electronic music needs to add a live drummer or two.
Official: 'X-Files' returning to Fox for 6 episodes
The truth is right here, and it’s amazing: After 13 years off the air, The X-Files is officially returning to Fox as a limited series. …The X-Files is back! Officially now! This is not wild speculation! It’s really back!
February 26, 2015
urchicago:Some Sega Genesis Nostalgia - ToeJam and Earl are...
Some Sega Genesis Nostalgia - ToeJam and Earl are beginning a new chapter!
So what’s this all about? My name is Greg Johnson, and I am one of the two original creators and owners of the Toejam and Earl games (just to be clear, Sega doesn’t own it). I, along with some bright and talented friends, are finally going to make that ultimate Toejam and Earl sequel that the fans have been asking for all these years.Fund the project on kickstarter and get schwag!
December 17, 2014
urchicago:
Cats || Now With Personal Space Issues!
Pause what...
Cats || Now With Personal Space Issues!
Pause what you are doing, and let this brighten your day. I feel like cats the world over are now all resting soundly, assured that the full force of their feline anger has been expressed to humankind.
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NEW BOOK REVIEW: 300,000,000 by Blake Butlerreview...
NEW BOOK REVIEW: 300,000,000 by Blake Butler
review by Pawl Schwartz
Three Hundred Million blasts off like an LSD pipe bomb from page one, beginning in a messy big bang of vague, sociopathic declarations and aphasia-level word-salad that washes over and through the rest of the book like static on a TV, always struggling against the solid footing given to the reader by the interspersed monologues of “normal people,” Gravey’s “boys,” and how they were drawn to our disoriented narrator, the thing inside Gravey. Read on, reader…
November 18, 2014
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How’s this for High Concept || You’ve Given The...
How’s this for High Concept || You’ve Given The Universe an STD
Cosplay Fetish Battle Drones poses an interesting dilemma: What happens when you not only have intercourse with the universe, but also pass on a pesky STD to it? Well, you don’t simply call the universe, or meet face to face to break the news: you go on a demented Power Rangers wet dream of mangled VHS tapes and wonky acting, as evidenced by the trailer above, which gives me horrific flashbacks to the style of Too Many Cooks; but can be traced back directly to the likes of TV Carnage as well as Ruben and Ed. This means that the movie does have a high possibility of pushing the line from nerve-bursting hilarious awkwardness over into the land of boring nonsense, but that is a chance I am willing to take.
If one movie is going to sell me purely on concept this year, this is it.
October 27, 2014
urchicago:
A Wild Marilyn Manson appears || ‘Third Day of a...
A Wild Marilyn Manson appears || ‘Third Day of a Seven Day Binge’
With zero warning, Marilyn Manson posted this shiny new song yesterday. Big fuzzy bass under floyd-esque instrumentation and an acoustic guitar are not what you would expect from Marilyn (unless you’ve been paying attention to his recent efforts), but this slow burn of a song turns out to be far from a snooze. I’ve always loved Marilyn’s strange vocal production, and this chorus shows that element off hard. Third day turned up loud on big speakers comes on like a Mechanical Animals ballad and goes out licking your eardrums with vibrating textured subtlety.
-Pawl Schwartz
October 21, 2014
urchicago:
Primus’ Golden Ticket || Another Reason to buy...
Primus’ Golden Ticket || Another Reason to buy Vinyl
If you haven’t already heard the genius Primus and the Chocolate Factory , well, then you should probably get on it. Not just another Les Claypool fuckin around album, this is an interesting, wonky, and honed musical marriage. And what’s more: There are five golden vinyl hidden amongst the first pressing! Look at that beautiful fucking vinyl! If you are lucky enough to find one, you get free Primus concert tickets for life. Fucking seriously. Can’t argue with that prize.
I just gotta know, does that prize transfer? Like if someone buys the record on eBay, do they get the tickets for life, or just the original person who bought the record? Cause if it passes with the record, that means that you have to bring the record along to the show every time and flash it around like a backstage pass to get in, which kind of rules, except… well, that record is going to get stolen at every Primus show.
At $20 a pop, it’s hard to pass up this chance for a beautiful lifetime access pass to Les Claypool. You could probably use it to hypnotize him and take over his life. Some say the golden vinyl contains mysterious powers.
I want to see a reality show based around a man that gets this vinyl and decides “Les Claypool…I will destroy you!”
October 18, 2014
urchicago:
Mastodon || ‘The Motherload’ Gets official Video...
Mastodon || ‘The Motherload’ Gets official Video (NSFW-ish)
Mastodon continue to rock and baffle the world with this new video featuring vaguely evil rituals as juxtaposed by the shaking of large bare butt cheeks.
I’m so confused here. The Chorus is telling me that Mastodon ‘won’t leave me this way’, and I’m picturing myself hanging on the edge of some cosmic cliff, reaching up to Brann Dailor in order to grasp his hand, my last hope, as he sings honeyed lyrics; but then I snap out of my reverie, back to the video, and I am utterly bamboozled by undulating asses in some kind of sepia toned stripper aerobics nightmare. What do you want me to feel, Mastodon? You won’t leave me this way? How are you achieving that by partying with jiggly butts? I demand answers!
You just…you do you, Mastodon. We support you (you know, as long as the music continues to rule).
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Childish Gasm-Bino || ‘Life is Fucked Up’
Watch...
Childish Gasm-Bino || ‘Life is Fucked Up’
Watch Childish pair his most awkward track with a unique game that deserves the appreciation.
