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There's been buckets of ink already spilled about 1980's Stone Age cassette culture and spinner dial broadcasting to warrant a Penguin size tome, and may much more pour forth. For now, here are my digital contributions. Caveatz tho’~~~~Air check playbacks of my 18-22 year old self are characterized by a superficially outsized air personality, elitist nods to the imagined cognoscenti and strained analysis accompanied by lame one-liners. I sound like an ESPN announcer (more so on WMUA than WPRB or WMFU)~~~~But even though there’s nothing as immediate and tasteful as the meat sliced by the original Pat Benatar band, the selections were choice then and remain so now, yes?~~~ No?~~~ Love is a battlefield!~~~~~All shows at 320 kbps, chopped into proper MP3s with lovingly detailed labeling~~~~Download Qs: leftofleftofthdial@gmail.com

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Me shavin' razor's cold, and it stings

Now that Marc Bolan, Ronnie James Dio and Davy Jones are gone, the Awesome Short Guys Club (aka  Randy Newman Haters) - of which I've been a member since 1986 - is seeking applicants to fill quorum requirements and pursue club biz. This primarily involves pushing you taller freaks out of the way at shows with more than 75 people and devising heels that add inches, yet don't look ridiculous. (Keep in mind we kicked Danzig out years ago, for obvious reasons).  The surviving members (me, Prince, Malcolm & Angus Young and that guy from XRay Eyeballs) wish to express our condolences to Davy Jones' fam and fans.  

Yea, Jones' showbiz hack inclinations made an awkward fit with this ersatz collective. It brings to mind Byron Coley's description of Steve Shelley (no giant himself) upon replacing Bob Bert in Sonic Youth in'85 (and I paraphrase): "He looks about as comfortable as a worm in a colostomy bag." Watching Jones in the linked video, one must admit he seems out of place. But nevertheless, the guy did what short guys gotta do: persevere. Me shavin' razor's cold, and it stings.

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